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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.

[♪♪♪] >> Dennis: HI EVERYONE, THANKS FOR WATCHING TONIGHT.

>>> THE HEAD OF MINNESOTA'S STATE INVESTIGATIONS AGENCY SAYS THE U.S.

ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS BARRED IT FROM TAKING PART IN THE INVESTIGATION INTO AN IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT OFFICER'S FATAL SHOOTING OF A MINNEAPOLIS WOMAN.

MINNESOTA BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION SUPERINTENDENT DREW EVANS SAID IT HAD BEEN DECIDED THAT THE BCA WOULD INVESTIGATE THE SHOOTING OF 37-YEAR-OLD RENEE GOOD ALONG WITH THE F.B.I.

BUT EVANS SAID THE FBI INFORMED THE BCA LATER WEDNESDAY THAT THE U.S.

ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAD CHANGED THE PLAN AND THAT THE INVESTIGATION WOULD NOW BE LED SOLELY BY THE F.B.I.

THAT MEANS THE BCA WILL NO LONGER HAVE ACCESS TO THE CASE MATERIALS, SCENE EVIDENCE OR INVESTIGATIVE INTERVIEWS NECESSARY TO COMPLETE A THOROUGH AND INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION >> IS IT PROBLEMATIC?

ABSOLUTELY.

AM I CONCERNED?

OF COURSE I AM.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE IS A CHECK ON THIS ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE SURE THIS INVESTIGATION IS DONE FOR JUSTICE, NOT FOR THE SAKE OF A COVER UP.

THAT'S THE UNDERLYING CONCERN.

>> IT FEELS NOW THAT MINNESOTA HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT OF THE INVESTIGATION.

IT FEELS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT THAT WE WILL GET A FAIR OUTCOME.

>> THEY HAVE NOT BEEN CUT OUT.

THEY DON'T HAVE ANY JURISDICTION IN THIS INVESTIGATION.

>> FEDERAL COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW THE AGENT WHO SHOT GOOD WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN A PRIOR INCIDENT IN JUNE IN WHICH HE USED FORCE AGAINST THE DRIVER OF ANOTHER MOVING VEHICLE IN BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA.

>> HE IS AN EXPERIENCED OFFICER THAT SERVE ADD NUMBER OF YEARS AND WE RECOGNIZE HE ACTED ACCORDING TO HIS TRAINING, AND WE EXPECT ALL THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES OF REVIEW WILL BE EXACTLY THAT HE ACTED APPROPRIATELY TO PROTECT HIS LIFE AND THE LIFE OF HIS COLLEAGUES AND FELLOW LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS THAT WERE THERE AND PEOPLE THAT WERE SURROUNDING.

>> GOVERNOR WALZ SAYS THOUSAND HAVE TAKEN PART IN PEACEFUL PROTESTS TO THE SHOOTING SO FAR AND HE BELIEVES THAT PEACE WILL HOLD BUT HE HAS AUTHORIZED THE NATIONAL GUARD TO GET STAGED AND READY TO SUPPORT LOCAL AND STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT TO PROTECT CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC SAFETY, SHOULD THAT BECOME NECESSARY.

HE SIGNED THE ORDERS A DAY AFTER DIRECTING THE GUARD TO START MAKING INITIAL PREPARATIONS.

THE MINNESOTA STATE PATROL HAS ALSO MOBILIZED 85 STATE TROOPERS.

>>> RED LAKE TRIBAL OFFICIALS ARE WARNING MEMBERS LIVING IN THE TWIN CITIES AREA TO LOOK OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER AND TO AVOID DIRECT CONFRONTATIONS WITH ICE AND OTHER FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

THEY SAY 8,000 RED LAKE MEMBERS LIVE IN THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE ICE IS PATROLLING RED LAKE TRIBAL COUNCIL SAID IN A MESSAGE ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO BAND MEMBERS THAT THEIR NUMBER ONE CONCERN IS THE SAFETY OF THEIR TRIBAL MEMBERS AND EXPRESSED THAT IT IS VERY CONCERNED THAT RED LAKE MEMBERS WILL BE ABUSED BY ICE AND OTHER FEDERAL AGENTS.

THE RED LAKE TRIBAL COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO KEEP TRACK OF TRIBAL MEMBER INTERACTIONS WITH ICE SO THEY THEY CAN ADDRESS ANY INJUSTICES.

PLEASE SEND YOUR INTERACTIONS WITH ICE TO EITHER THE RED LAKE EMBASSY 612-874-9588 OR THE RED LAKE TRIBAL COUNCIL IN RED LAKE 218-679-1478.

RED LAKE OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE CLOSING THE TRIBE WELLNESS CENTER AND EMBASSY IN MINNEAPOLIS FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK AND THE LEECH LAKE BAND OF OJIBWE IS ALSO CLOSING ITS MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.

>>> MORE THAN 50 JOBS WILL BE ELIMINATED AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WABASH NATIONAL, A SEMITRAILER MANUFACTURER, WILL BE CLOSING THEIR FACILITY IN LITTLE FALLS, REPORTER DANIEL PURSELL HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: WELL, THEY FIRST OPENED THEIR DOORS IN 2017, PROMISING AN $11 MILLION INVESTMENT IN RENOVATING THE PLANT AND EMPLOYING OVER 150 PEOPLE BY 2022.

HOWEVER, LESS THAN 10 YEARS LATER, THE FACILITY IS SHUTTING DOWN.

>> IT WAS SHOCKING BECAUSE WE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER FOR MANY YEARS TO GET WABASH HERE.

WE CONNECTED WITH THEM.

WE HAD A BIG CELEBRATION THERE, CELEBRATING THEIR GRAND OPENING AND THINGS WERE GOING VERY, VERY WELL.

>> Reporter: THE COMPANY ANNOUNCED THE CLOSURE OF THE PLANT AND SUBSEQUENT LAYOFFS DUE TO IDLING MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS ON JANUARY 5TH.

FINAL LAYOFFS WILL BE ON APRIL 17TH.

OFFICIALS WITH THE CITY OF LITTLE FALLS ARE WORKING TO HELP THOSE AFFECTED BY THE PLANT'S CLOSURE.

>> WE'RE BEGINNING MEETINGS.

WE HAVE A MEETING WITH A LARGE GROUP ON MONDAY REGARDING THE CLOSURE OF WABASH.

WE WANT TO FIND SOLUTIONS BECAUSE WE DO NOT WANT PEOPLE TO BE HURTING BECAUSE OF LOSS OF EMPLOYMENT AND WITH THE LEVY RATE GOING HIGH AND WITH COSTS OF GOODS GOING UP, THAT WOULD BE DEVASTATING FOR SOME FAMILIES AND WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT.

>> Reporter: CITY OFFICIALS BELIEVE THAT THE CLOSURE OF THE FACILITY WILL NOT JUST HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THOSE THAT WORK THERE BUT THE GREATER COMMUNITY AS WELL.

>> ANY TIME YOU LOSE A LARGE BUSINESS, IT TRULY HURTS THE COMMUNITY.

I THINK IT WILL BE UNFORTUNATE FOR US, BUT WE HOPE TO CONTINUE TO BUILD ON IN OTHER WAYS, TO LEAVE THAT UNINHABITED WOULD BE RATHER DEVASTATING TO OUR COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: TO HELP CREATE NEW JOBS, THE CITY HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH VARIOUS MANUFACTURERS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN POSSIBLY EXPANDING THEIR EXISTING BUSINESSES IN THE AREA, AS WELL AS POTENTIALLY WELCOMING NEW BUSINESSES AND WORKERS TO THE AREA AS WELL.

>> WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TO TRY TO EXPAND THEIR FACILITY AND WE HAVE OTHER COMPANIES THAT CONTACT US AND THAT ARE LOOKING FOR LAND TO BUILD.

I REALLY THINK THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO BLOSSOM.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN LITTLE FALLS, I'M DANIEL PURSELL, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> WABASH NATIONAL ANNOUNCED THAT IT WOULD ALSO BE CLOSING A PLANT IN GOSHEN, INDIANA, LAYING OFF AN ADDITIONAL 144 WORKERS.

>>> THE MINNESOTA D.N.R.

'S PUBLIC WATERS INVENTORY UPDATE PROJECT IS MOVING INTO THE NEXT STAGE, WITH AITKIN, BENTON, BLUE EARTH AND CLAY COUNTIES NOW IN THE PUBLIC COMMENTS STAGE.

THE PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO REFLECT CURRENT LEGAL DEFINITIONS AND WAS INITIATED FOLLOWING A 2024 STATUTE REVISION.

THE PROJECT IS AN EIGHT-YEAR EFFORT, WITH KEY UPDATES INCLUDING ADDING TROUT STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES IDENTIFIED SINCE THE 1990S AND CORRECTING CLASSIFICATION ERRORS FOUND DURING THE BUFFER PROTECTION MAP INITIATIVE.

THE D.N.R.

VIEWS THE PUBLIC WATERS INVENTORY AS A CRITICAL TOOL FOR IDENTIFYING LAKES, WETLANDS, AND STREAMS, THAT LEGALLY QUALIFY AS MINNESOTA'S PUBLIC WATERS.

>> WE DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER SIGNIFICANT PLACES IN OUR SPACE THAT WE DON'T HAVE PUBLIC WATERS NOT SHOWN ON THE MAP.

WE BELIEVE THAT BY INCORPORATING THAT AS PART OF OUR TOOL, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE HAVE ONE STOP SHOPPING, SO PEOPLE REALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE THOSE WATERS ARE THAT DESERVE THE PROTECTIONS AND THE REGULATIONS.

>> CROW WING COUNTY IS AMONG THE NEXT FOUR COUNTIES TO UNDERGO PUBLIC WATER INVENTORY UPDATE.

>>> THE MINNESOTA D.N.R.

ENFORCEMENT DIVISION RECENTLY RECOGNIZED NINE CONSERVATION OFFICERS FOR THEIR LIFESAVING EFFORTS IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS, INCLUDING SEVERAL FROM THE IMMEDIATE LAKELAND VIEWING AREA, THOSE INCLUDE MATT BRODIN OF THE BRAINERD AREA AND LEVI BROWN OF THE STAPLES AREA.

ON NOVEMBER NINTH OF 2025 THE TWO RESPONDED TO A REPORT OF TWO WATERFOWL HUNTERS WHOSE BOAT HAD CAPSIZED IN TODD COUNTY.

THE TEMPERATURE WAS 18 DEGREES WHEN BRODIN AND BROWN ARRIVED ON THE SCENE AND RESCUED THE TWO.

COBY FONTES, OF THE WARROAD AREA WAS ALSO RECOGNIZED FOR RESCUING TWO MEN WHOSE BOAT HAD CAPSIZED ON LAKE OF THE WOODS ON SEPTEMBER 1ST OF LAST YEAR.

AND JAMUS VEIT OF THE BEMIDJI AREA AND BRICE VOLLBRECHT OF THE BLACKDUCK AREA, AS WELL AS DANIELLE REUSS OF THE BENSON AREA, WERE ALL INVOLVED IN LOCATING A LOST HUNTER WHOSE CELL PHONE HAD DIED IN BELTRAMI COUNTY.

THE HUNTER WAS LOCATED IN A REMOTE, HARD-TO-REACH AREA AND THE MAN'S BODY TEMPERATURE WAS 93 DEGREES, AN INDICATION HE LIKELY WOULDN'T HAVE MADE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT WITHOUT HELP.

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

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WE MAY SEE A LITTLE BIT OF SNOW STARTING TOMORROW AFTERNOON THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT AND WE WILL HAVE SOME COLDER TEMPERATURES TO END THE WEEK.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, A LOCAL SCOUTS TROOP DONATED POPCORN TO THE BEMIDJI FIRE DEPARTMENT AS PART OF THEIR HEROES AND HELPERS FUNDRAISER.

[ [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪] >>> THE CROW WING COUNTY SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT HAS OPENED ORDERS FOR THEIR ANNUAL TREE SALE.

THE ORGANIZATION EXPECTS TO SELL ABOUT 30,000 INDIGENOUS PLANTS AND TREES TO CROW WING COUNTY RESIDENTS THIS SPRING.

THE GOAL IS TO HELP REPLENISH THE NATURAL FAUNA IN THE AREA THAT THE ORGANIZATION SAYS HAS BEEN SLOWLY DAMAGED AND DESTROYED OVER MANY YEARS BY VARIOUS NATURAL EVENTS LIKE WIND STORMS AND BLIZZARDS.

>> WE'VE NOTICED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE HAD A LOT OF DIFFERENT WIND STORMS, LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS HAPPENING, EITHER TORNADOS, DROUGHT.

THESE NATIVE PLANTS ARE ABLE TO TOLERATE THESE MORE EXTREME CONDITIONS AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AS WE HAVE A FAIR AMOUNT OF OLDER CLASS OF VEGETATION OR TREES IN THE AREA.

>> THE SALE WILL RUN WHILE SUPPLIES LAST, WITH THE PICKUP TIME FOR THE PLANTS SCHEDULED TO OCCUR AROUND THE END OF APRIL.

>>> OVER THE COURSE OF THE FALL, BEMIDJI SCOUT TROOP NUMBER 25 SOLD POPCORN AND FUNDRAISED TO GO TO THE NATIONAL JAMBOREE IN THE SUMMER.

BUT ALONG WITH RAISING MONEY TO GO ON THEIR TRIP, THE SCOUTS ALSO COLLECTED DONATIONS FOR THEIR HEROES AND HELPERS INITIATIVE.

AT THE END OF THEIR POPCORN SALES EVERY YEAR, THE TROOP GATHERS THE DONATIONS AND GIVES POPCORN AWAY TO LOCAL RESPONDERS.

THIS YEAR, THEY VISITED THE BEMIDJI FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH NEARLY $2,000 WORTH OF POPCORN TO GIVE FIRST RESPONDERS AS A THANK YOU.

>> THEY DO SO MUCH FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

THEY GIVE BACK.

THEY ARE ALWAYS ON CALL WHEN WE NEED THEM AND WE NEVER KNOW WHEN WE'RE GOING TO NEED THEM.

IT'S A NICE WAY FOR THE KIDS TO SEE THE VALUE OF WHAT IT IS TO GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY ARE DOING THAT AS WELL WITH SCOUTS.

THEY'RE DOING SERVICE PROJECTS IN THE COMMUNITY.

USUALLY IT'S NOT EXPECTED, SO IT'S NICE TO RECOGNIZE THOSE PEOPLE THAT GO ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR US EVERY SINGLE DAY.

>> IN TOTAL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED SIX CASES OF POPCORN TO DISTRIBUTE AMONG THE STATION.

>>> A NICE INITIATIVE STACY.

ANOTHER NICE DAY TODAY.

>> Stacy: VERY MILD AND A LOT OF MELTING SNOW.

WE WILL BE SEEING COOLER TEMPERATURES AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE WEEK AND THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF SNOW STARTING TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND THROUGH TOMORRO [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WE SAW A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY, BUT ONCE AGAIN, VERY MILD TEMPERATURES WITH HIGHS IN THE 30s ACROSS OUR VIEWING AREA.

NOW AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW, WE'LL SEE AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS.

WE MAY BE SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF SNOW DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON AND MOVING ACROSS THE AREA TOMORROW NIGHT AND THEN WE SHOULD SEE COOLER TEMPERATURES TO END THE WEEK WITH ANOTHER WARM UP IN STORE NEXT WEEK.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 22 AT THE AIRPORT, A LIGHT NORTHEAST WIND WITH A DEW POINT OF 19 AND HUMIDITY AT 87%.

IN BRAINERD, CLOUDY SKIES, 33 DEGREES, WITH A DEW POINT OF 26.

WE HAVE A FALLING BAROMETRIC PRESSURE WITH WINDS OUT OF THE WEST AT 12.

ON OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING SOME CLOUDS ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING, THE EXCEPTION MAYBE NORTHWEST MINNESOTA SEEING A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE CLEAR SKY.

WE WILL BE SEEING MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES THROUGHOUT THE AREA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND THEN AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW, WE WILL ALSO BE SEEING A LOT OF CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE AREA.

HEADING INTO THE AFTERNOON, IT DOES LOOK LIKE WE'RE GOING TO SEE A CHANCE OF SOME SNOW RETURNING TO WESTERN MINNESOTA, THAT WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TOMORROW NIGHT, AND WE WILL HAVE SOME COLDER TEMPERATURES TO START THE WEEKEND.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, WE HAD SOME FOG ONCE AGAIN IN THE DEERWOOD AREA, CHRISSY SENDING US THAT PHOTO.

BEAUTIFUL SKIES AT SUNRISE FROM ARLENE IN MENAHGA AND JACK AT CASS LAKE.

GARY SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF SOME OPEN WATER HE SPOTTED IN THE DEERWOOD AREA.

SANDRA AT CASS LAKE AND YOLANDA AT PEMBINA WITH THESE GORGEOUS PICTURES OF THE SUNSET TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 23 WITH FOG AND CALM CONDITIONS THIS MORNING.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, CLOUDY WITH A HIGH OF 35.

SANDRA AT CASS LAKE REPORTING A HIGH OF 38.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, 35 WITH CLOUDY SKIES.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, THE HIGH WAS 35.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, MOSTLY CLOUDY, LOTS OF MELTING TODAY AS THE HIGHS CLIMBED TO 36.

ON OUR ALMANAC, 36 WAS OUR HIGH TEMPERATURE IN BRAINERD TODAY, SO WE ARE WELL ABOVE OUR AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 21.

23 FOR THE LOW, SUNSET AT 4:48.

BEMIDJI REACHED A HIGH OF 35, SO AGAIN VERY MILD OUT THERE, 21 FOR THE LOW TEMPERATURE, AND WE HAD SUNRISE THIS MORNING AT 8:06.

SO AS WE LOOK AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, WE WILL BE SEEING SOME CLOUDS ACROSS THE AREA AS WE HEAD INTO THE MORNING AND FOR THE MOST PART, WE WILL BE SEEING THE CLOUDS STICKING AROUND.

WE DO HAVE A CHANCE OF SOME AREAS OF SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON, BUT IT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TOMORROW NIGHT.

TEMPERATURES ARE A LITTLE BIT COOLER THAN TODAY, STILL GENERALLY ABOVE AVERAGE, 23 IN WARROAD, BUT WE WILL BE SEEING A LOT OF UPPER 20s TO 30 IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, AND AS WE HEAD INTO THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE, OUR HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE IN THE UPPER 20s TO AROUND 30 DEGREES.

OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, LOWS NEAR 10, NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 5 TO 15.

THEN TOMORROW, AGAIN, VARIABLE CLOUDS, WE WILL BE SEEING A CHANCE FOR LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES MOVING INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA, MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON, WITH HIGHS NEAR 28.

WE DO HAVE A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW ACROSS THE AREA TOMORROW NIGHT AND SOME OF THAT SNOW COULD LINGER IN EASTERN MINNESOTA ON SATURDAY MORNING, OTHERWISE MOSTLY CLOUDY TO START THE WEEKEND, HIGHS NEAR 15, WE'LL SEE LOW DOWN TO 3, VARIABLE CLOUDS, HIGHS NEAR 22, AND THEN ANOTHER WARM UP AS WE HEAD INTO THE WORKWEEK, HIGHS WILL BE IN THE 30s MONDAY AND TUESDAY, WITH ANOTHER CHANCE OF SCATTERED SNOW ON TUESDAY.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: CHARLIE IS HERE NOW TO TELL US ABOUT A BIG MATCH UP IN GIRLS HOCKEY TONIGHT.

>> TOP TEN MATCH UP IN THE BCA BETWEEN BEMIDJI AND WARROAD.

THEY PLAYED ONCE EARLIER THIS SEASON AND THE LUMBERJACKS WON THAT GAME 2-0.

TONIGHT, AT THE BCA, ANOTHER TIGHT ONE, A LOT OF GOALIES SAVED AND MAYBE NOT SAVED AS WELL.

WE HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS COMING UP NEXT AFTER THE BREAK.

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

[♪♪♪] >>> PREMIER GOALIE PLAY WAS ON DISPLAY WHEN BEMIDJI AND WARROAD MET BACK IN NOVEMBER.

THE LUMBERJACK'S LILLY LAUER CAME AWAY WITH A 37 SAVE SHUTOUT VICTORY, WHILE THE WARRIOR'S PAYTON ROLLI, A MINNESOTA COMMIT, SURRENDERED JUST ONE GOAL.

OF COURSE IT WAS TO BAILEY ROOP, WHO IS CURRENTLY AWAY WITH TEAM U.S.A, AND THE JACKS DID FALL ON TUESDAY IN THE FIRST GAME WITHOUT HER IN THE LINE-UP.

STILL A TOP TEN MATCH-UP TONIGHT, CLASS A'S TOP RANKED WARROAD AT CLASS 2A'S 6TH RANKED BEMIDJI, BOTH WITH JUST TWO LOSSES SO FAR THIS SEASON.

NOW MEGAN MOVED INTO THE TOP LINE IN THE FIRST, SHE BREAKS THE ICE.

THEN IN THE SECOND, BEMIDJI'S SECOND LEADING SCORER MILLI GOES WHERE GRANDMA KEEPS THE GOOD STUFF, EXTENDS THE LEAD TO 2-0.

ON THE OTHER END, A CHANCE TO GET WARROAD ON THE BOARD, BUT IT GOES OFF THE POST AND UNFORTUNATELY, SHE WAS NAILS ALL NIGHT.

SHE SHUTS THEM OUT FOR THE SECOND TIME.

IT'S HER FOURTH SHUTOUT OF THE SEASON AND THE FIRST TIME BEMIDJI HAS BEATEN WARROAD TWICE IN THE SAME YEAR SINCE THE 2006-2007 SEASON, THE LAST TIME THE JACKS MADE THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

>>> A COUPLE OTHER GIRLS SCORES FOR YOU, FERGUS FALLS WINS 3-2.

BRAINERD TRYING TO GET IN THE WIN COLUMN, HOSTING CONFERENCE OPPONENT DETROIT LAKES.

FIRST PERIOD, BRAINERD IS DOWN 1-0.

THE WARRIORS WILL RESPOND.

COOPER PUTS THE COOKIE IN THE JAR AND CUT IT IS DEFICIT IN HALF.

HEAD TO THE SECOND PERIOD, DETROIT LAKES ON THE FAST BREAK.

THEY SEND THIS ONE TO OVERTIME BUT THE WARRIORS COULDN'T COMPLETE THE COMEBACK.

THEY FALL 4-3 TO DETROIT LAKES.

MORE IN BOYS HOCKEY, BAGLEY FOSSTON GETS THE WIN.

HIBBING-CHISHOLM KNOCKS DOWN NORTHERN LAKES.

>>> BRAINERD BOYS WRESTLING HOSTED A TRIANGULAR THIS EVENING, FIRST MATCHUP CAME AGAINST CLASS 2A OPPONENT ROCORI.

IN THE 121 POUND, BRAINERD'S COLE BERHOW, THROWING HIS GUY AROUND THE MAT, HE'D GET THE WIN BY MAJOR DECISION 12-0.

IN THE 127, CREW DAHLHEIMER, PUTTING IN WORK, HE SNAG THE W BY FALL IN 2-MINUTES, 48-SECONDS.

AND IN THE 152, CLASS 3A'S THIRD RANKED WRESTLER EASTONS DIRCKS, SPIN CYCLING TO THE DUB, HE'D WIN BY FALL IN 1-MINUTE, 40-SECONDS.

THEY TIE AT 123I 31, BUT LOSES BY A TECHNICAL, 44-15.

>>> ELSEWHERE, WE LOOK AT THE GIRLS SIDE OF THINGS, MOORHEAD TOPS BEMIDJI.

CROSBY-IRONTON GETTING A WIN OVER EAST-CENTRAL.

ALBANY BEATS PIERZ.

ROSEAU FALLS TO 1.

RED LAKE GETS A TIGHT WIN OVER LAPORTE 64-62.

IN GIRLS BASKETBALL, PINE RIVER-BACKUS BEATING WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY.

CASS LAKE-BENA, A BIG WIN OVER NEVIS.

KYLIE HAD 44 POINTS AND A SCHOOL RECORD 10 THREE-POINTERS, A BIG NIGHT FOR HER AS WELL.

DEER RIVER GETS THE WIN.

THEY ONLY GOT ONE LOSS ALL SEASON.

JULIUS, HE HAD 28 POINTS, AND THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES, THEY KNOCK OFF THE CAVALIERS.

RYAN HARTMAN HAS MINNESOTA LEADING 2-0 IN THE SECOND OVER THE KRAKEN.

THEN THIS SEPTEMBER, THE PROFESSIONAL MUSKY TOUR TRAIL OR PMTT WILL HOST THE RECON BOATS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE NORTHWEST ANGLE, MARKING ONE OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS MUSKY FISHING EVENTS EVER HELD ON LAKE OF THE WOODS.

THE 2026 CHAMPIONSHIP RUNS THREE DAYS AND WILL CONCLUDE A SEASON OF QUALIFYING EVENTS, WITH TOP TEAMS COMPETING FOR THE TITLE AND FIRST PLACE PRIZE PACKAGE VALUED AT MORE THAN $55,000.

THAT PICTURE RIGHT THERE OF NORTHWEST ANGLE GUIDE FORREST HUSET WITH WHAT YOU'D CALL A TROPHY CATCH.

>> Dennis: YEAH.

>> Charlie: DEFINITELY A BIG ONE THERE.

>> Dennis: THAT'S A BIG TOURNAMENT THEY'RE GETTING.

>> Charlie: YEAH, AND IF THEY ARE CATCHING MUSKIES LIKE THAT, IT WILL BE FUN TO WATCH.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

>> Dennis: THANKS CHARLIE.

THE BEMIDJI MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND PERFORMED THEIR ANNUAL WINTER CONCERT EARLIER TONIGHT.

IT WAS ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN IN EARLY DECEMBER, BUT WAS CANCELLED DUE TO BLIZZARD-LIKE CONDITIONS.

TONIGHT'S CONCERT HOWEVER, STARTED WITH A BIT OF DRAMA.

OUR REPORTER, MATTHEW FREEMAN, TELLS US WHY, FOR THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN APPLE.

>> Reporter: YOU KNOW THE OLD SAYING IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY, THE SHOW MUST GO ON.

THAT WAS THE PLAN FOR THE BEMIDJI MIDDLE SCHOOL PLAN WHO WERE HOLDING A MAKE UP SHOW FOR THEIR WINTER CONCERT.

AS THE SEATS WERE FILLING IN, A CONCERNING ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE.

THE SHOW MUST GO ON AS THEY SAY SO THE BEMIDJI HIGH SCHOOL BAND DIRECTOR STEP IN TO FILL IN FOR THE NIGHT.

>> THE KIDS WERE FREAKED OUT BUT I SAID YOU GUYS, WE GOT THIS.

YOU CAN DO THIS AND I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME.

DON'T WORRY, I GOT YOUR BACK.

[♪♪♪] >> Reporter: AFTER HE WAS DONE FOR THE NIGHT, HE SAID THE STUDENTS SOUNDED AMAZING AND THAT HE COULDN'T WAIT TO TEACH THEM ONCE THEY ARE IN HIGH SCHOOL.

>> IT'S THE FIRST TIME I LISTENED TO THEM AND I NEVER REALLY LISTENED TO THEM, SO I FELT LIKE I WAS CRITIQUING AND DIRECTING AT THE SAME TIME.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

YOU ARE DOING IT, YOU SOUND GREAT.

>> Reporter: HE DIDN'T HAVE TO FILL IN FOR LONG AS THE MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND DIRECTOR RUSHED HER WAY ON STAGE TO FINISH THE CONCERT.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE].

>> I APOLOGIZE I AM NOT IN FORMAL ATTIRE, BUT I THINK I MADE THE WORLD RECORD OF GETTING IN AND OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

THANKFULLY IT'S NOTHING SERIOUS.

>> Reporter: ONE VERY PASSIONATE BAND MEMBER WAS EXCITED THAT THE SHOW COULD CONTINUE AS MUSIC HAS BEEN A BIG PART OF HIS LIFE.

>> WHEN I DID GET THE CHANCE TO PRACTICE AS MUCH AS I COULD, I PLAYED PIANO MY ENTIRE LIFE.

I FOUND IT REALLY -- IT'S BEEN A LOT OF EMOTIONAL SUPPORT FOR ME I GUESS, A THERAPIST.

I FEEL MORE EXPRESSIVE ON IT.

>> Reporter: REPORTING FROM BEMIDJI FOR THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN APPLE, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE].

>> Dennis: DELAYED BUT STILL A DANDY OF A CONCERT.

WE GO TO STACY FOR MORE ON OUR WEATHER.

>> Stacy: OVERNIGHT, WE WILL BE SEEING PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, LOWS AROUND 10 DEGREES, NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15.

TOMORROW, VARIABLE CLOUDS, A CHANCE FOR LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA IN THE AFTERNOON WITH HIGHS NEAR 28.

SO SNOW SHOWERS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TOMORROW NIGHT AND THEN ON SATURDAY, LINGERING IN EASTERN MINNESOTA, COOLER TEMPERATURES TO END THE WEEK, BUT ANOTHER WARM UP BY NEXT WEEK.

>> Charlie: THE 2-1-8 SPORTS SHOW TOMORROW, BIG GAMES, BSU MEN'S HOCKEY, MICHIGAN TECH.

WE'LL HAVE THAT SLATE TOMORROW NIGHT.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, HAVE A GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY, WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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