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WE ARE HERE FOR YOU WITH LOCAL NEWS FROM BEMIDJI, BRAINERD, AND ALL OF THE LAKES COUNTRY.

DENNIS WEIMANN WITH THE NEWS, STACY CHRISTENSON WITH THE WEATHER AND CHARLIE YAEGER WITH YOUR SPORTS.

[♪♪♪] >>> HI EVERYONE, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING TONIGHT.

I'M SYDNEY DICK IN FOR DENNIS WEIMANN WITH YOUR LAKELAND NEWS.

>>> THE U.S.

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS OPENED A FEDERAL DIVIL RIGHTS INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEATH OF ALEX PRETTI, THE MINNEAPOLIS NURSE KILLED BY BORDER PATROL OFFICERS LAST SATURDAY.

DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL TODD BLANCHE ANNOUNCED THE NEWS EARLIER TODAY.

THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ORIGINALLY SAID THAT HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS WOULD LEAD THE INVESTIGATION, BUT THE CASE HAS SINCE BEEN HANDED OVER TO THE F.B.I.

THE CHANGE CAME AFTER OTHER VIDEOS EMERGED OF AN ALTERCATION BETWEEN PRETTI AND FEDERAL IMMIGRATION OFFICERS 11 DAYS BEFORE HIS DEATH.

NEITHER D.H.S.

OR THE F.B.I.

IMMEDIATELY RESPONDED TO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT WHEN THE CHANGE WAS OR WHY.

THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WILL NOT BE STARTING A SIMILAR INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEATH OF RENEE GOOD, WHO WAS SHOT BY AN IMMIGRATIONS AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT OFFICER ON JANUARY 7TH.

>>> FORMER CNN ANCHOR DON LEMON, AND AN INDEPENDENT JOURNALIST, GEORGIA FORT, ALONG WITH FIVE OTHER PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH AN ANTI-IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT PROTEST, THAT DISRUPTED SERVICES AT A MINNESOTA CHURCH.

THEY HAVE SINCE BEEN RELEASED FROM CUSTODY, BUT ALL SEVEN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH VIOLATING TWO DIFFERENT FEDERAL LAWS IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROTEST, WHICH OCCURRED ON JANUARY 18TH.

THE PROTESTORS INTERRUPTED A WORSHIP SERVICE THAT SUNDAY, UPSET THAT THE HEAD OF A LOCAL FIELD OFFICE FOR ICE ALSO SERVES AS A PASTOR THERE.

A GRAND JURY IN MINNESOTA INDICTED LEMON AND OTHERS ON CHARGES OF CONSPIRACY AND INTERFERING WITH THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF WORSHIPPERS.

LEMON CLAIMED THAT HE WAS ATTENDING THE PROTEST SOLELY AS A JOURNALIST, AND HAS NO AFFILIATION TO THE ORGANIZATION THAT WENT INTO THE CHURCH.

>>> STUDENTS FROM BRAINERD HIGH SCHOOL LINED THE STREETS OUTSIDE THE CROW WING COUNTY JUDICIAL CENTER TODAY, TO PROTEST THE FEDERAL IMMIGRATION SURGE IN MINNESOTA AFTER FOUR EMPLOYEES AT EL POTRO MEXICAN RESTAURANT WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AGENTS ON MONDAY, JANUARY 26TH.

THE BRAINERD DISPATCH REPORTED MORE THAN 80 STUDENTS GATHERED FOR ONE HOUR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, TO MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD BUT NOT MISS AN ENTIRE SCHOOL DAY.

PROTESTORS WALKED FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL TO DOWNTOWN BRAINERD, AND ONE ORGANIZER SAID THAT HE DID SPEAK TO POLICE OFFICERS AND SCHOOL OFFICIALS BEFORE THE DEMONSTRATION.

AFTER AN HOUR, STUDENTS MADE THEIR WAY BACK TO SCHOOL, AND RETURNED BY THE END OF FIFTH PERIOD.

THE PROTEST WAS A PART OF A LARGER STUDENT WALK-OUT DAY IN WHICH THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS NATIONWIDE TOOK TO THE STREETS TO SPEAK ON THEIR GRIEVANCES.

>>> A STRUCTURE FIRE JUST WEST OF WADENA CLAIMED THE LIVES OF A MAN AND HIS DOG LAST NIGHT.

THE OTTER TAIL COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ALONG WITH SEVERAL LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS.

RESPONDED TO THE SCENE IN RURAL COMPTON TOWNSHIP AT APPROXIMATELY 7:40 P.M.

ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 29TH.

ONE MAN, LATER IDENTIFIED AS 73-YEAR-OLD DAVID HANES OF WADENA, WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE AT THE SCENE.

LIFE-SAVING MEASURES WERE ADMINISTERED AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO ASTERA HOSPITAL, WHERE HE SUCCUMBED TO HIS INJURIES.

A FAMILY DOG WAS ALSO FOUND DECEASED INSIDE THE BUILDING.

THE RESIDENCE WAS DECLARED A TOTAL LOSS.

THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION BUT IS BELIEVED TO BE NON-SUSPICIOUS IN NATURE.

>>> A LEVEL THREE PREDATORY OFFENDER HAS MOVED TO A NEW LOCATION IN THE CITY OF BEMIDJI.

A RELEASE FROM THE BEMIDJI POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS THAT.

32-YEAR-OLD TYLER MICHAEL GABRELCIK MOVED TO THE 600 BLOCK OF 4TH STREET NORTHWEST IN BEMIDJI, ON JANUARY 30TH.

ACCORDING TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, GABRELCIK'S OFFENSE INCLUDED ENGAGING IN SEXUAL CONDUCT AND CONTACT WITH A KNOWN FEMALE CHILD ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AND OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.

THE OFFENSE HAPPENED WHEN HE WAS 18 YEARS OLD, AND CONDUCT INCLUDED GABRELCIK SHOWING SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL, EXPOSING, PENETRATION, AND POSSESSION OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL.

GABRELCIK WAS RELEASED IN JULY OF 2024.

AUTHORITIES SAY GABRELCIK IS NOT WANTED BY POLICE, BUT THE RELEASE OF THE MOVE IS INTENDED TO KEEP THE PUBLIC INFORMED.

>>> REPUBLICAN STATE REPRESENTATIVE BEN DAVIS, OF MISSION TOWNSHIP, HAS ANNOUNCED HIS RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN FOR MINNESOTA HOUSE DISTRICT 6-A.

DAVIS IS ENTERING THE SECOND YEAR.

OF HIS SECOND TERM, AFTER WINNING RE-ELECTION IN NOVEMBER 2024 BY A 32-POINT MARGIN.

HE CURRENTLY SERVES ON THE VETERANS COMMITTEE, AND THE ELECTIONS FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE.

REPRESENTATIVE DAVIS IS ALSO THE CO-VICE CHAIR OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT FINANCE AND POLICY COMMITTEE.

ADDITIONALLY, HE IS A MEMBER OF THE IRON RANGE RESOURCES AND REHABILITATION BOARD, SUPPORTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE REGION.

DISTRICT 6-A INCLUDES PORTIONS OF ITASCA, CASS, AND CROW WING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MINNESOTA, SPANNING GRAND RAPIDS, CROSBY, IRONTON, CROSSLAKE, AND THE EASTERN OUTSKIRTS OF THE BRAINERD AREA.

>>> YESTERDAY WE REPORTED ON CASS COUNTY'S SUSPENSION OF IN-PERSON HEALTH, HUMAN, AND VETERAN SERVICES AT THE CASS LAKE OFFICE, AND THE COUNTY HAS REACHED OUT WITH AN UPDATE ON DETAILS OF THE SUSPENSION, AND MORE DETAILS ON HOW PEOPLE CAN STILL ACCESS SERVICES.

THE IN-PERSON SERVICES AT THE SATELLITE OFFICE PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN CASS LAKE ARE TEMPORARY SUSPENDED DUE TO LACK OF STAFFING, AND THE SIGNIFICANT TRAINING NEEDED TO WORK THERE.

THERE ARE NO MANDATES THAT REQUIRE AN IN-PERSON INTERVIEW FOR CLIENTS TO RECEIVE THEIR BENEFITS, AND SERVICES CAN STILL BE ACCESSED OVER THE PHONE AND THROUGH EMAIL.

HHVS STAFF WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO CHECK THE DOCUMENT DROP BOX AT THE SATELLITE OFFICE IN CASS LAKE FOR DOCUMENTS LEFT BY CLIENTS FOR PROCESSING.

CASS COUNTY VETERAN SERVICES WILL CONTINUE TO BE AVAILABLE AT THE CASS LAKE MUNICIPAL CENTER ON THE SECOND WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH FROM 9:00 A.M.

TO 11:30 A.M.

MORE DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN.

[♪♪♪] >> STILL TO COME ON LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

>> Stacy: TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMER BUT WE HAVE CHANCES OF SNOW AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND AND A PART OF OUR VIEWING AREA IS UNDER A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

I'LL HAVE THE DETAILS IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK WITH THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS, WE'LL GIVE YOU AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE BEMIDJI COMMUNITY THEATER'S NEXT PERFORMANCE.

[♪♪♪] >> AND NOW LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

[♪♪♪] >>> THE BRAINERD SCHOOL BOARD HAS NAMED FIVE SEMI-FINALISTS FOR ITS SUPERINTENDENT POSITION.

BOARD MEMBERS UNANIMOUSLY AGREED ON THE FIVE CANDIDATES OUT OF 19 OPTIONS DURING A SPECIAL MEETING EARLIER THIS WEEK.

THE SEMI-FINALISTS INCLUDE A MINNESOTA STATE HIGH LEAGUE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, A HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SUPERINTENDENT, AS WELL AS A FORMER PEQUOT LAKES HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.

WHILE BRAINERD PUBLIC SCHOOLS INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT PETER GRANT IS STAYING OUT OF THE SELECTION PROCESS, HE IS GLAD TO SEE THE DISTRICT HAS MULTIPLE ROUTES TO CONSIDER.

>> THEY ALL HAVE GOOD BACKGROUNDS, AND REALLY FOR THE BOARD, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE IN A DECISION FOR A DISTRICT IS THEY'RE GOING TO HIRE A SUPERINTENDENT.

I TRUST THAT ONCE THEY GET TO THIS PROCESS, THEY WILL FIND THE BEST QUALIFIED PERSON AND IT WILL BE THE BEST THING THAT CAN HAPPEN FOR THE DISTRICT.

>> SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WILL MEET MONDAY MORNING TO START CONDUCTING SEMI-FINALIST INTERVIEWS.

>>> THE 36TH ANNUAL BRAINERD JAYCEES ICE FISHING EXTRAVAGANZA KICKS OFF TOMORROW ON GULL LAKE, REPORTER DANIEL PURSELL CAUGHT UP WITH ORGANIZERS OF THE TOURNAMENT AT THEIR KICK OFF PARTY IN NISSWA, HERE HE IS WITH MORE.

>> Reporter: THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE L FLOCK TO THE BRAINERD AREA THIS WEEKEND TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ANNUAL JAYCEES ICE FISHING EXTRAVAGANZA.

BEFORE THEY GET A CHANCE TO DROP A LINE, PARTICIPANTS HAVE A CHANCE TO MINGLE AT THE TASTING EVENT.

>> WHAT DO I DO THE DAY BEFORE THE EVENT?

I WANT TO DO SOMETHING LIVELY.

WELL, THIS IS IT.

THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT SAMPLING EVENTS GOING ON AND DIFFERENT FOOD VENDORS.

>> WE'RE CELEBRATING THAT WE MADE IT THIS FAR, RIGHT?

THIS IS A KICK OFF.

WE HAVE TO DO THE THING THAT WE PUT SO MANY HOURS INTO DOING AND THIS IS JUST OUR WAY OF HELPING GIVE BACK AND SET THAT ENERGY FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.

>> Reporter: THE EVENT BROUGHT LOCAL FOOD AND BEVERAGE VENDORS TO GET A TASTE OF WHAT THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA HAS TO OFFER.

>> BEING ABLE TO PUT THEIR NAMES OUT THERE TO PEOPLE ALL OVER THE STATE, ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, AND EVEN HAVE PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

IT JUST HELPS THEM TO GET THEIR NAME OUT THERE AND ALSO HELPS US FEEL GOOD ABOUT GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: JUST LIKE THE EXTRAVAGANZA, THEY HAVE ONE GOAL, TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

>> THIS IS WHAT THE EVENT IS ALL ABOUT, IT'S HIGHLIGHTING THIS COMMUNITY.

EVERYBODY LOCAL, EVERY TYPE OF BUSINESS.

WE HAVE BIG X BREWING, WE HAVE SOME LOCAL SPONSORS THAT ARE HERE, YEAH, YOU NAME IT.

IT'S GOOD TO MAKE AN IMPACT AND HAVE A LITTLE BIT INVOLVEMENT IN SOMETHING NEW.

>> Reporter: FOR ORGANIZERS OF THE EVENT, HELPING LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS SEE THE EXTENSIVE WORK TO PLAN THE EVENT ALL THE BETTER.

>> I HAVE BEEN IN JAYCEES FOR FOUR YEARS NOW, I WOULDN'T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY.

>> Reporter: DANIEL PURSELL, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE ICE FISHING EXTRAVAGANZA KICKS OFF TOMORROW MORNING WITH FESTIVITIES KICKING OFF AT NOON.

>>> NOW STACY JOINS US FOR WEATHER.

WHAT CAN THEY LOOK FORWARD TO FOR THE ICE FISHING EXTRAVAGANZA.

>> HIGHS SHOULD CLIMB INTO THE TEENS, SO IT'S GOING TO BE WARMER THAN WE HAVE BEEN SEEING.

WE DO HAVE A CHANCE OF SNOW AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW, ESPECIALLY TOMORROW NIGHT INTO SUNDAY, AND PART OF OUR VIEWING AREA IS UNDER A WINTER WEATHER ADVI [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

>> Stacy: WE ENJOYED SOME COLD SUNSHINE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO SEE COLD TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

WE EVEN HAVE A COLD WEATHER ADVISORY IN A PART OF OUR VIEWING AREA.

TEMPERATURES START TO WARM UP TOMORROW, BUT CHANCES OF SNOW WILL RETURN.

WE COULD PICK UP AN INCH OR TWO OF ACCUMULATION BUT WE ALSO HAVE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN WESTERN MINNESOTA.

IN BEMIDJI, IT'S -7 AT THE AIRPORT.

WINDS ARE WEST AT 5 MILES PER HOUR, THAT IS GIVING US A WINDCHILL OF -18, OUR DEW POINT IS -15.

IN BRAINERD, WE HAVE A DEW POINT OF -12, WINDS OUT OF THE NORTH AT 3 MILES PER HOUR.

NOW WE ARE GOING TO SEE SOME COLD WINDCHILLS TONIGHT, POSSIBLY IN THE MID 30s BELOW 0, WHERE A COLD WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9:00 A.M.

ON SATURDAY.

THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO ARRIVE, AND WE COULD SEE WINDS UP TO 40 MILES PER HOUR IN WESTERN MINNESOTA, CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

OUR WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THAT AREA FROM NOON SATURDAY TO NOON SUNDAY.

AS FAR AS SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS, WE'RE LOOKING AT 1 INCH TO 1.5 OF ACCUMULATION THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY NIGHT AND THEN THROUGH SUNDAY.

ON OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR, ALL IS QUIET AND WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING QUIET WEATHER OVERNIGHT.

CLEAR SKIES, COLD TEMPERATURES, WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING THAT COLD WEATHER CONTINUE AT LEAST THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE THE WARMER TEMPERATURES ARRIVE TOMORROW.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, A BEAUTIFUL MOON OVER MENAHGA FROM ARLENE.

WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL PICTURES AS WELL FROM SONYA AT TURTLE RIVER LAKE, THE BLUE SKIES FROM GARY IN DEERWOOD, AND THE SUNSHINE THROUGH THE TREES FROM CHRISSY IN DEERWOOD.

THE EVENING SUNSET OVER LOWER RED LAKE FROM SAMROSE.

WE'RE SPOTTING THE MOON IN THE SKY FROM BILL AND ANGELA TAKING A MOONLIT WALK IN CASS LAKE.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA -13 AND KAUP THIS MORNING.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, A LOW OF -18.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUNSHINE WITH A HIGH OF 5.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, THE WINDCHILL IS -11 WITH CLEAR SKIES TONIGHT.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, CLEAR AND 7.

LOOKING AT OUR ALMANAC, 7 WAS OUR HIGH TEMPERATURE IN BRAINERD TODAY, SO OUR COLD WEATHER JUST CONTINUES, THAT IS WELL BELOW AVERAGE.

-11 FOR OUR LOW TEMP, AND BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 5.

SO WE AGAIN ARE VERY COLD OUT THERE.

-25 WAS OUR LOW THIS MORNING, 5:18 THE SUNSET.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, WE DO START OUT WITH SUNSHINE AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY.

WE WILL SEE CLOUDS INCREASE AND THERE IS A CHANCE OF THE SNOW MOVING INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA IN THE AFTERNOON BEFORE SPREADING OVER THE AREA TOMORROW NIGHT.

WE SHOULD SEE HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER TEENS ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA, WITH MID-TEENS IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST, MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES FOR TONIGHT, LOWS NEAR -13, VARIABLE WINDS AT 5 TO 15.

PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY TOMORROW, WE DO HAVE THE CHANCE OF SNOW MOVING INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA IN THE AFTERNOON, HIGHS NEAR 5 AND SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 25.

THE SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY, ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING.

HIGHS ON SUNDAY NEAR 23.

A QUIET START TO THE WORKWEEK, WE SHOULD BE SEEING JUST A FEW ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS ON TUESDAY, HIGHS MAINLY IN THE TEENS, COULD BE UP TO 21 BY WEDNESDAY.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Sydney: THANK YOU STACY.

NOW CHARLIE YAEGER IS JOINING US FOR SPORTS.

LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A LOT OF HOCKEY GOING ON TONIGHT.

>> Charlie: WE DO, WE HAVE THE MEN'S HOCKEY OUT NO NORTHERN MINNESOTA IN THE UPPER PENINSULA.

ALSO HAD SOME BSU WOMEN'S HOCKEY HERE AT HOME.

THEY ARE TAKING ON MINNESOTA STATE.

WE HAVE SOME SWIMMING FOR YOU AS WELL FROM HIGH SCHOOL RANKS.

THAT AND MORE COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

[♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪] >>> IT HAS NOT BEEN THE START TO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SEASON BSU MEN'S HOCKEY WANTED.

SINCE THE NEW YEAR, THEY'VE LOST 6-STRAIGHT, DROPPED FROM 2ND TO 6TH IN THE CCHA STANDINGS, AND ARE NOW 10-POINTS BACK OF EVEN HOSTING IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS.

THEIR LAST WIN, CAME 69 DAYS AGO, BUT IT WAS AGAINST TONIGHT'S OPPONENT.

BEMIDJI STATE ON THE ROAD AT LAST PLACE NORTHERN MICHIGAN, IN FACT THEY SWEPT THE WILDCATS IN THAT SERIES.

TONIGHT, CATS ARE LEADING 1-0.

TOBIAS OFF THE TURNOVER, AND THE 2-SCORED A VANTAGE.

THE THIRD PERIOD, OFF THE CROSS BAR, AND THEN LATER ON AN ODD MAN RUSH, AND ASHTON GOT THE SHUTOUT FOR MMU.

BEMIDJI STATE OUT SHOT NORTHERN, 38-15.

THEY LOSE 2-0.

THEY ARE IN A TOUGH PLACE RIGHT NOW AS THAT LOSING STREAK SWELLS TO 7.

>>> BSU WOMEN'S HOCKEY AT HOME TONIGHT TRYING TO SNAP A SIX GAME LOSING STREAK.

THEY ARE HOSTING 13th RANKED MINNESOTA STATE.

SECOND PERIOD, BEAVERS TRAILING 1-0.

YOU LIKE HER ONE-ON-ONE BUT HAILEY HANSON UP FOR THE CHALLENGE, A SAVE MADE, IT WAS 1-0 AFTER TWO.

LIKE A LIMO IN LOS ANGELES, LAUREN SHOT FINDS ITS WAY THROUGH TRAFFIC.

KNOCK, KNOCK, COME IN, MERCURY AT THE BACKDOOR, FOLKS AROUND THE AREA ARE FAMILIAR WITH HER GAME.

SHE NETS HER 15th GOAL OF THE SEASON TO HELP THEM TO A VICTORY OVER THE BOOEF -- BEAVERS.

GRAND RAPIDS IS PART OF THE HALL OF FAME CLASSIC.

>>> WE HAVE COLLEGE BASKETBALL FOR YOU, 11 REBOUNDS, DOUBLE, DOUBLE, BUT NOT ENOUGH AS AUGUSTANA EDGES BEMIDJI STATE.

THEY MISSED A SHOT AT THE BUZZER TO TIE IT.

WOMEN'S SIDE OF THINGS, 25 POINTS TONIGHT BUT NOT ENOUGH, THEY ALSO FALL TO AUGUSTANA.

>>> GRAND RAPIDS BOYS HOCKEY COMING OFF A ROAD WIN OVER DULUTH MARSHALL ON TUESDAY.

THEY HAVE A BIG SECTION 7-2A MATCH UP AT ROCK RIDGE.

MIDWAY THROUGH THE FIRST, THUNDER HAWKS ON THE POWER PLAY.

WYATT THERE FOR THE SAVE, AND HE KEEPS THE GAME SCORELESS.

T-HAWKS BREAKTHROUGH, WILLIAM OFF THE REBOUND, SNEAKS ONE IN TO GIVE RAPIDS THE 1-0 LEAD.

LATER, ROCK RIDGE WOULD ANSWER TO TAKE THE LEAD, BUT ON THE POWER PLAY, BREAK AWAY, MAY I HAVE ANOTHER, TIES IT AT 2-2.

GRAND RAPIDS IS UNABLE TO REGAIN THE LEAD.

THEY FALL TO ROCK RIDGE 4-3.

>>> A COUPLE MORE BOYS HOCKEY SCORES FOR YOU, BEMIDJI TOPS GENTRY ACADEMY.

CHRISTIAN HILL WITH 50 SAVES IN THAT ONE.

BAGLEY FOSSTON FALLS TO BRECKENRIDGE.

CROOKSTON TOPPLES GREEN WAY, 9-1.

NORTHERN LAKES BEATS I-FALLS, 8-1 IN GIRLS HOCKEY.

>>> IN THE POOL, HOSTING A TRIANGULAR.

STARTING WITH THE FREESTYLE, IT WAS A PHOTO FINISH BUT THE LUMBERJACKS FINISHING FIRST AT 1.54.

AND THEN IN THE 200 I.M., FINISHING SECOND OVERALL, 2 MINUTES AND 17 SECOND THERE IS.

KYLE WON IN 24.11 SECONDS.

HE FINISHED IN FRONT OF CALEB.

THE FINAL SCORE IS THE WAY THEY DIVVIED THEM UP, BEMIDJI BEATS PARK RAPIDS.

THAT PART OF THE TRIANGULAR, BUT MELROSE TOPS BEMIDJI AND PARK RAPIDS WHEN YOU COMPARE THOSE TWO SCORES AS WELL.

THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOME BASKETBALL SCORES FOR YOU.

BRAINERD EDGED BY RECORY, LITTLE FALLS GETTING THE WIN OVER FOLEY.

ALSO IN BOYS BASKETBALL, PEQUOT LAKES AND PIERZ COLLECTING WINS.

BEMIDJI GETS THE WIN IN GIRLS BASKETBALL OVER DETROIT LAKES, PEQUOT LAKES DROPS GRAND RAPIDS.

PILLAGER GETTING A WIN TONIGHT AS WELL.

ROSEAU BEATS CLEARBROOK-GONVICK.

MENAHGA STAYS UNDEFEATED.

NORTHOME-KELLIHER, THEY GET A WIN OVER BLACKDUCK AND THEY'RE PLAYING PRETTY WELL TONIGHT.

>> Sydney: AWESOME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH CHARLIE.

THE BEMIDJI COMMUNITY THEATER IS HOLDING ITS FIRST PRODUCTION OF THE NEW YEAR, WITH AN ADAPTATION OF THE FAMOUS GAME AND MOVIE, CLUE.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN SPOKE TO SOME OF THE CAST OF THE MYSTERY-COMEDY, FOR THIS WEEK'S IN-FOCUS.

>> Reporter: THE MURDER MYSTERY BOARD GAME CALLED CLUE WAS ORIGINALLY DEVISE IN 1943 TO ENTERTAIN PEOPLE DURING AIR RAID BLACKOUTS DURING WORLD WAR II.

THE CULT CLASSIC CLUE MOVIE BASED ON THE BOARD GAME WAS RELEASED IN 1985.

ANOTHER FOUR DECADES LATER, THE BEMIDJI COMMUNITY THEATER WILL ADAPT THE BOARD GAME AND MOVIE TO THEIR STAGE.

>> IT'S THE WHO DONE IT OF WHO DONE IT.

YOU ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO THE MURDERED IS, AND THERE IS A LOT OF MAYHEM AND HILL -- HILARIOUSTY.

>> WE'RE TAKING OUR OWN SPIN ON IT.

EVERYONE IS BRINGING THEIR CHARACTER TO IT.

WE'RE NOT TRYING TO DO IMPRESSIONS OF THE ACTORS IN THE MOVIE.

WE'RE MAKING IT OUR OWN AND BRINGING OUR OWN SPECIAL FLAVOR.

>> Reporter: THE SNAPPY, ALMOST NON-STOP DIALOG BETWEEN THE CHARACTERS IS PART OF THEIR PERFORMANCE AS WELL.

THE ACTORS ARE NOT SWAYED BY THE CHALLENGE.

>> EVERYONE ON THE STAGE HAS A PART AND AS LONG AS THEY ARE DELIVERING THEIRS, YOU CAN DELIVER YOURS.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE ULTIMATE TRUST BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T DELIVER IT PROPERLY AND THEN YOU HAVE TO TRUST THEY KNOW WHERE THEY ARE AT AND FILL IN.

>> IT'S ABOUT GETTING A HARMONY GOING.

ANY PLAY LIKE A BUSINESS OR ARMY.

IT'S A MACHINE MADE OF PEOPLE AND WE HAVE TALENTED PEOPLE INVOLVED.

EVERYONE IS PULLING THEIR OWN WEIGHT, WE HAVE EACH OTHER'S BACK, IT'S GOING TO BE A FANTASTIC PERFORMANCE.

>> Reporter: WHILE THE PRODUCTION IS FILLED WITH FAMILIAR FACES TO THE COMMUNITY, TWO NEW FACES WILL BE WELCOMED TO THE STAGE.

>> IT'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE.

THE WHOLE CAST HAS BEEN SUPER HELPFUL.

>> AS SOON AS I TOLD MY FRIENDS BACK IN FLORIDA I WOULD BE DOING THIS SHOW, THEY IMMEDIATELY SAID ARE YOU GOING TO BE COLONEL MUSTARD?

HE IS DOOFUS AND I CAN'T WAIT TO BE CAST IN BEMIDJI.

>> REPORTING FOR THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE BEMIDJI COMMUNITY THEATER'S NEXT PERFORMANCE WILL BE IN APRIL WITH THE ADAPTATION OF THE SWORD AND THE STONE.

>>> AND BACK TO STACY FOR A LOOK AT OUR WEATHER.

>> Stacy: WE WILL BE SEEING COLD WEATHER AND WINDCHILLS COULD BE AS LOW AS -35.

WE HAVE A COLD WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9:00 A.M.

ON SATURDAY.

ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE MOVING INTO THE AREA AND IN WESTERN MINNESOTA, WE COULD SEE WINDS PICKING UP TO ABOUT 40 MILES PER HOUR, SO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE A CONCERN AND A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS OUT FOR THIS REGION FROM NOON SATURDAY TO NOON SUNDAY.

FOR TONIGHT, ACROSS OUR VIEWING AREA, MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES, LOWS NEAR -13.

WE COULD START TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT SNOW TOMORROW AFTERNOON, AND OTHERWISE PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY WITH HIGHS NEAR 17.

>> Charlie: IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE BUT SECTION TOURNAMENTS ARE GOING TO START NEXT WEEK FOR GIRLS HOCKEY, FOR THE WINTER SPORTS.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE WHERE BEMIDJI GETS SEATED.

I'LL HAVE THAT ON MONDAY.

>> Sydney: FEELS LIKE WE JUST STARTED THE SEASON.

THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR FONT.

THANKS FOR WATCHING AND WE'LL BE BACK ON MONDAY.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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