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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.

>>> ONE OF THE LARGEST RESORTS IN MINNESOTA WILL SOON HAVE A NEW OWNER LEISURE HOTELS AND RESORTS IS PURCHASING CRAGUN'S RESORT IN BRAINERD.

TERMS OF THE SALE HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED AND THE SALE WON'T BE FINAL UNTIL LATER THIS SPRING.

CRAGUN'S RESORT EMPLOYS MORE THAN 400 PEOPLE AND INCLUDES 206 LODGE STYLE ROOMS, 55 CABINS, AND 7 HOMES ON THE GOLF COURSE, ALONG WITH 5 DINING OPTIONS AND 3 GOLF COURSES.

CRAGUN'S HAS BEEN OWNED BY THE CRAGUN'S FAMILY SINCE 1940.

DUTCH, WHO IS NOW 93, AND HIS WIFE THE LATE IRMA CRAGUN OPERATED IT FOR MANY YEARS AFTER DUTCH'S PARENTS ORIGINALLY BOUGHT THE PROPERTY.

CRAGUN'S GENERAL MANAGER ERIC PETERSON SAID IN A PRESS RELEASE THAT, ”DUTCH AND IRMA'S VISION SHAPED THIS LAKESIDE DESTINATION, SO IT'S IMPORTANT THIS TRANSACTION NOT ONLY MARKS A NEW CHAPTER IN THE AMAZING LEGACY OF CRAGUN'S RESORT BUT ENSURES ITS GENERATIONS OF MEMORIES CONTINUE TO CREATE JUST THAT MORE GENERATIONS OF MEMORIES."

PETERSON SAYS THE CURRENT RESORT TEAM LOOKS FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE NEW OWNERSHIP GROUP TO CONTINUE PROVIDING THE SAME AMAZING HOSPITALITY THAT HAS SET CRAGUN'S RESORT APART.

JAMIE TATGE IS THE PRESIDENT OF LEISURE HOTELS AND RESORTS AND IS A BRAINERD LAKES RESIDENT.

HE SAID THAT THEY ARE INCREDIBLY HONORED AND HUMBLED TO CARRY THE LEGACY AND EXCELLENCE OF THIS LEGENDARY PROPERTY WHICH HAS PRODUCED NEARLY A CENTURY OF MEMORIES FOR SO MANY MINNESOTANS.

>>> A 21-YEAR OLD DETROIT LAKES MAN HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO MURDER IN THE DEATH OF AN 18-YEAR OLD BEMIDJI MAN.

IN BELTRAMI COUNTY COURT TODAY, DANIEL KEEZER PLEADED GUILTY TO THE MURDER OF ANDREW FISHER.

FISHER WAS FOUND DEAD WITH MULTIPLE STAB WOUNDS NEAR JW SMITH ELEMENTARY IN JUNE OF 2023.

KEEZER ADMITTED IN COURT THAT HE AND TWO OTHERS WERE TRYING TO ROB FISHER AND THAT HE STABBED HIM MULTIPLE TIMES CAUSING HIS DEATH.

BELTRAMI COUNTY ATTORNEY DAVID HANSON SAYS HIS OFFICE INTENDS TO SEEK A 35-YEAR SENTENCE FOR KEEZER.

THE OTHER TWO MEN INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT, ROBERT KEEZER AND JAMES BURNETTE, ALSO PLEADED GUILTY TO AID AND ABET AGGRAVATED ROBBERY.

HANSON SAYS HE WILL SEEK 15-YEAR SENTENCES FOR THOSE TWO MEN.

>>> BEMIDJI STATE'S TUNNEL SYSTEM IS RECEIVING AN UPGRADE.

ALTHOUGH THE UNDERGROUND PASSAGEWAYS PROVIDE SHELTER FROM BRUTAL MINNESOTA WINTERS, NOT EVERYONE CAN USE THEM.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK HAS MORE ON THE CARTOGRAPHY STUDENTS WHO ARE CREATING NEW MAPS AND APPS TO MAKE THE TUNNELS MORE ACCESSIBLE.

>> Reporter: BEMIDJI STATE'S UNDERGROUND TUNNEL SYSTEM BROKE GROUND IN 1935, NEARLY A CENTURY LATER, SEVERAL STUDENTS ARE LOOKING TO REMAP THESE TUNNELS AND HELP WITH ACCESSIBILITY.

>> BASICALLY WE HAVE A TEAM THAT WENT OUT AND TOOK POINTS AND LOCATIONS WITHIN THE TUNNELS THAT POINT TO KEY INTEREST AND PUT THAT ON A BASE MAP, WHICH WILL HAVE PRINTED IN THE TUNNEL SYSTEMS FOR STUDENTS TO SEE AND THEN WE CREATED AN APP THAT CAN BE USED ON A MOBILE DEVICE, WHERE YOU CAN TURN ON AND OFF FEATURES ON WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT OR PERSON IN THE TUNNEL.

>> Reporter: THEY WANT TO HELP WITH HANDICAP ACCESSIBILITY SO SOMEONE DOESN'T GET TO THE END OF THE HALL WAY AND REALIZE THERE IS NO ELEVATOR TO TAKE THEM UP OR DOWN A FLOOR.

>> IF THEY DON'T KNOW AND THEY GOT 10 MINUTES BETWEEN EACH CLASS AND THEY GO TO THE SPOT AND IT'S UNACCESSIBLE, THAT'S GOING TO CUT INTO A LOT OF TIME.

THEY COULD BE LATE FOR CLASS POTENTIALLY AND TO HAVE IT MAPPED OUT SO ALL THE STUDENTS CAN KNOW WHERE IS ACCESSIBLE IS IMPORTANT.

>> Reporter: IT WILL ADDRESS MORE ISSUES THAN JUST STAIR ACCESS.

>> PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF THE MAP WAS DARK, SO WE BASICALLY MADE THE BACKGROUND AND THE FONT EASIER AND ALSO ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE WITH COLORBLINDNESS ISSUES AS WELL.

>> Reporter: IT BEGAN WITH CARTOGRAPHY CLASSES BUT EVERYTHING HAS BEEN BROUGHT TOGETHER THIS YEAR.

>> IT STARTED OUT AS A CLASS ASSIGNMENT AND THEN IT TURNED INTO SOMETHING THAT WE ALL SAW THE NEED FOR, AND IT TURNED INTO A PASSIONATE WORK WHERE WE ALL ARE EXCITED TO COME TO CLASS EVERY DAY AND WORK ON THIS.

ONCE THIS WAS APPROVED, IT WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

>> MY MOM IS A DIRECTOR OF DISABILITY SERVICES, AND IT HITS HOME.

I WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: REPORTING FROM BEMIDJI, I'M SYDNEY DICK, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE PROJECT IS STILL UNDERWAY AS STUDENTS ARE FINISHING ALL OF THE FINER DETAILS BUT HOPE THAT THE NEW MAPS WILL BE IN THE TUNNELS THIS SCHOOL YEAR AND THE MOBILE APP AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD ALSO WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

>>> PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ADDRESSED CONGRESS TONIGHT, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS SECOND TERM, LAYING OUT HIS PLANS FOR THE MONTHS AHEAD AND TOUTING THE PATH HE BELIEVES THE COUNTRY.

>> SIX WEEKS AGO, I STOOD BENEATH THE DOME OF THIS CAPITOL AND PROCLAIMED THE DAWN OF THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICA.

FROM THAT MOMENT ON, THERE HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT SWIFT AND UNRELENTING ACTION TO USHER IN THE GREATEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL ERA IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY.

WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED MORE IN 43 DAYS THAN MOST ADMINISTRATIONS ACCOMPLISHED IN FOUR YEARS OR EIGHT YEARS, AND WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE].

>> Dennis: DEMOCRATIC U.S.

SENATOR DELIVERED THE DEMOCRATIC RESPONSE.

DEMOCRATIC U.S.

SENATOR TINA SMITH OF MINNESOTA BROUGHT A NATIONAL PARK RANGER WHO WAS RECENTLY FIRED DURING MASS FEDERAL LAYOFFS TO THE PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS TO CONGRESS TONIGHT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO WHAT SHE DESCRIBES AS RANDOM AND CHAOTIC CUTS.

SMITH AND KATE SEVERSON A FORMER PROGRAM MANAGER AT VOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK SPOKE TO US EARLIER TODAY PRIOR TO THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS.

>> KATE AND HUNDREDS OF OTHER MINNESOTANS HAVE BASICALLY BEEN FIRED FROM THEIR FEDERAL JOBS BY ELON MUSK.

THAT IS HAVING VERY NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON VOYAGERS NATIONAL PARK AND ON VETERANS' HEALTH CARE AND ON THE SERVICES THAT FARMERS RELY ON IN MINNESOTA.

SO I'M USING THE EVENT OF THE PRESIDENT'S JOINT ADDRESS TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THIS AND HOW IT'S HURTING MINNESOTANS.

>> THE PARKS ARE UNDERSTAFFED.

MY POSITION WILL HAVE TO BE FILLED.

I WILL LIKELY GO ON AND FIND ANOTHER JOB, BUT THE WORK THAT IS THERE STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE.

>> ONE OF THE OTHER GUESTS AT THE PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS TONIGHT WAS BEMIDJI'S PHIL VERCHOTA WHO IS ORIGINALLY FROM DULUTH AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE 1980 MIRACLE ON OLYMPIC ICE HOCKEY TEAM.

VERCHOTA WAS A GUEST OF REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN PETE STAUBER.

STAUBER IS CURRENTLY PUSHING HIS MIRACLE ON ICE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL ACT IN THE HOUSE AND IS CLOSE TO SECURING ENOUGH COSPONSORS FOR VOTE ON THE HOUSE FLOOR.

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

>> SOME OF US MAY SEE A LITTLE BIT OF SNOW THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING, BUT WE'LL SEE STRONG WINDS ALL ACROSS THE AREA.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK WITH THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, THE FAT BIKE RALLY RETURNS >> THIS PORTION OF LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED BY C.T.C.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> THE CENTRAL LAKES PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ANNOUNCED THEIR SCHEDULE FOR THE 2025 PRODUCTIONS.

IT WILL GET UNDER WAY FROM MARCH 28 FROM 4:00 TO 6:00 P.M. AND ON THE 29th FROM 10:00 A.M. UNTIL NOON.

THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER WILL BE SHOWING TWO SHOWS ONE WITH AN ALL TEEN CAST AND ONE WITH OLDER CHILDREN AND ADULTS.

>> I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND THROUGH YEARS OF BEING AN EDUCATOR AND YEARS OF EXPERIENCING YOUTH THEATER HOW POWERFUL IT IS AND MEANINGFUL IT IS FOR KIDS TO WORK ON SOMETHING SO COLLABORATIVE AND SPOT LIGHTS THEIR INDIVIDUAL TALENTS.

WE WILL HAVE TWO OF THE MOST POPULAR CURRENT MUSICALS DONE WITH CASTS THAT HAVE BEEN TRAINING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THESE CHALLENGING SHOWS.

>> Dennis: AND TIME FOR WEATHER NOW.

STACY JOINS US.

SOME PARTS OF THE STATE ARE SEEING SOME SNOWFALL TODAY.

>> Stacy: SOME PARTS IN OUR VIEWING AREA ARE PICKING UP SOME SNOW, BUT WE ARE MISSING THE BULK OF THIS SYSTEM.

WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE SEEING SOME WINDY CONDITIONS, THAT'S GOING TO BE THE CASE PRETTY MUCH STATEWIDE TOMORROW.

EXPECT TO SEE WINDY CONDITIONS, MORE SUNSHINE AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON, QUIETER WEATHER >> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS SPONSORED BY THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS OF MINNESOTA AND THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, DEAF, DEAF/BLIND, AND HARD OF HEARING STATE SERVICES DIVISION.

>> SANFORD HEALTH; HERE FOR ALL, HERE FOR GOOD.

DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT OUR SERVICES IN THE BEMIDJI AREA IS AVAILABLE AT SANFORDHEALTH.ORG.

>> THE WEATHER IS SPONSORED BY WIDSETH; ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS, LAND SURVEYORS SERVING MINNESOTA COMMUNITIES SINCE 1975.

>> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, WE HAVE SEEN A BIT OF SNOW IN PARTS OF THE AREA TODAY AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE CHANCES OF SNOW MAINLY IN EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING.

BEYOND THAT, IT LOOKS LIKE SUNNY SKIES WILL RETURN, HOWEVER AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT AND TOMORROW, WE WILL HAVE TO CONTEND WITH STRONG WINDS ALL ACROSS THE VIEWING AREA.

MORE IN YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW SECONDS.

IT'S 23 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.

WINDS FROM THE STUDIO AT 10 MILES PER HOUR AND WE HAVE A PEAK WIND GUST OF 19 THIS EVENING, DEW POINT IS 21.

IN BRAINERD WE HAVE SUNNY SKIES, DEW POINT IS 22.

THE WINDS ARE OUT OF THE NORTH AT 17 MILES PER HOUR, AND GUSTS UP TO 35.

LOOKING AT THE RADAR, WE HAVE SEEN A FEW AREAS OF SNOW IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

MOST OF IT IS FOCUSED IN THE EAST-CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE, A FEW EXTENDING BEYOND THAT, AND SOME OF IT NOT SHOWING UP ON THE RADAR.

HEADING INTO THE OVERNIGHT, WE WILL BE SEEING MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES ACROSS THE AREA AND THERE IS THE POTENTIAL OF SEEING SOME SNOW IN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA, EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING.

WE WILL SEE CLEARING SKIES AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON, BUT STRONG WINDS WILL BE THE CASE ALL ACROSS OUR VIEWING AREA TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU, WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL SKIES THIS MORNING FROM ARLENE IN MENAHGA AND ANGELA AT CASS LAKE.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD PICKING UP SOME SNOW TODAY.

CARRIE SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE SCENE AT LEECH LAKE TODAY.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE WITH US TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD REPORTING OVERCAST SKIES, NORTH WIND AT 12 TO 25 MILES PER HOUR, AND ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, CLOUDY WITH SOME SNOW SHOWERS AND REPORTING BREEZY CONDITIONS.

ON OUR ALMANAC, TOPPING OUT AT 37.

THE LOW IS OUR CURRENT TEMPERATURE AT 29.

SUNSET AT 6:09.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 36, AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT ABOVE THE AVERAGE WITH A LOW OF 23.

AND WE'RE GOING TO START TOMORROW MORNING WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW IN EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA, PLENTY OF CLOUD COVER FOR MOST OF THE VIEWING AREA WITH CLEAR SKIES IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, BUT AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY, WE WILL SEE THE SNOW MOVE OUT, SKIES WILL CLEAR, AND WE SHOULD ENJOY A LOT OF SUNSHINE, AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ALL DAY LONG.

AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES GO, HIGHS AROUND 25 TO 30 ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA, WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW 30s IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE.

MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES TONIGHT WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW IN EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WHERE WE HAVE THAT SNOW WE COULD SEE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW, AND NORTH WINDS 10 TO 30.

AS WE LOOK AT TOMORROW, VARIABLE CLOUDS, WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE MORNING, SHOULD SEE PLENTY OF SUNSHINE BY THE AFTERNOON, HIGHS NEAR 29 AND STRONG WINDS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

LOOKING AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, QUIET ON THURSDAY, AND THEN AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, IT LOOKS OVERALL PRETTY QUIET.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW ON SATURDAY.

WE WILL SEE WARMER TEMPERATURES AS WE HEAD ESPECIALLY INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND WITH HIGHS NEAR 38 ON SUNDAY.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: THANK YOU STACY, GIRLS PLAYOFFS ARE STARTING TO NARROW DOWN.

>> Charlie: YES, THEY ARE OVER THE HALFWAY POINT AND WE HAVE SEMIFINAL ACTION HEADED YOUR WAY.

WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY, TAKING ON BERTHA HEWITT.

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>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORT WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

>>> WE'VE PASSED THE MIDWAY POINT OF THE GIRLS' BASKETBALL SECTION TOURNAMENTS WITH CHAMPIONS TO BE CROWNED BY WEEKS END AND TICKETS TO BE PUNCHED FOR STATE BUT TONIGHT BEGINS THE SEMIFINAL MATCH-UPS AND WE'LL START IN SECTION 5A AT WADENA-DEER CREEK HIGH SCHOOL WHERE TOP SEED WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY IS BACK IN THE SEMI'S TAKING ON 2-SEED BERTHA-HEWITT, THEIR FIRST MEETING SINCE THE WOLVES ENDED THE BEARS SEASON IN LAST YEAR'S QUARTERFINAL GAME.

FIRST HALF, BEARS DOWN 3.

PIPER BANKS IN THE TRAY.

SHE HAD 11 ON THE NIGHT, KNOTTING THINGS AT 13.

THE WOLVES CLOSED THE HALF.

PART OF HER 20-POINTS TONIGHT, WALKER LEADS AT THE BREAK.

SECOND HALF, WALKER UP 10, AVA BECOMES THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE 1,000 POINT, 1,000 REBOUND CLUB.

SHE HAD 11 POINTS AND THE WOLVES ARE UP 12.

BLACK AND BLUE PULLING AWAY.

WATER FROM DEEP, SHE FINISHED WITH 19 AS WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY DOWNS BERTHA HEWITT.

THEY HAD FOUR PLAYERS IN DOUBLE FIGURES.

THEY WILL MAKE A SECOND STATE TRUMP TO CLASS A STATE TOURNAMENT.

NORTHOME-KELLIHER IS GOING TO FACE SACRED HEART AFTER BOTH THOSE TEAMS WON.

THEN IN 6-2A IN THE SEMIFINALS, ROYALTON IS UNDEFEATED UNTIL TONIGHT, THEIR SEASON COMES TO AN END.

IT WAS A CLOSE GAME DOWN TO THE WIRE.

IN 7-2A, PEQUOT LAKES GETS THE WIN.

IN 7-2A, PILLAGER AND PIERZ MOVING ON AS WELL.

DULUTH MARSHALL, STAPLES MOTLEY, THEY GET WINS.

IN THE NBA, THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES GET A WIN.

THE FROST FALL IN A SHOOTOUT AND RIGHT NOW, THE MINNESOTA WILD CURRENTLY LEAD 4-2 OVER THE SEATTLE KRAKEN.

>>> BEMIDJI BOYS BASKETBALL ENDED THE REGULAR SEASON ON A HIGH NOTE WITH A 75-44 WIN OVER SAINT CLOUD TECH, CAPPING 15-AND-11 CAMPAIGN.

THE LUMBERJACKS HAVE WOWED FANS ALL YEAR LONG WITH THEIR PROLIFIC SCORING OFFENSE, LED BY JUNIOR GUARD JAXON BOSCHEE.

SO DESPITE BEING UNDERDOGS ENTERING THE SECTION 8-4A TOURNAMENT, YOU CAN'T COUNT OUT THE JACKS JUST YET.

>> IF YOU HAPPEN TO CATCH A BEMIDJI BOYS BASKETBALL GAME THIS SEASON, THEN YOU PROBABLY SAW A THREE POINTER OR TWO, OR THREE, OR FOUR.

YOU GET THE POINT.

>> WE SHOOT A LOT OF THREES, BUT WE MAKE A HIGH PERCENTAGE AT THE SAME TIME.

YOU KNOW, IT'S PICKING AND CHOOSING WHEN WE NEED TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE TO THE RIM AND WHEN THE SHOTS ARE FALLING, YOU DON'T WANT TO KEEP SHOOTING THE BALL.

>> Reporter: THE JACKS HAVE PLENTY OF PLAYERS THAT CAN DRAIN A TRAY, NO ONE CAN DO IT LIKE JACKSON.

>> SOME OF THE STUFF HE DOES.

>> THERE ARE MOMENTS WHERE I WILL LOOK AND I'M LIKE HE'S NOT SHOOTING THAT AND THEN HE MAKES IT.

>> Reporter: IF THE SHOT LOOKS FAMILIAR, MAYBE YOU'RE A KANSAS FAN.

HIS UNCLE PLAYED FOR THE JAY HAWKS IN THE EARLY 2000s, BUT HE CREDITS HIS FATHER MIKE WITH TEACHING HIM HOW TO SHOOT.

>> EVER SINCE I WAS LITTLE, HE WOULD TAKE ME TO THE GYM, WORK ON MY FORM, JUMP SHOT, MECHANICS, AND I JUST ADAPTED A FEW THINGS THAT FELT COMFORTABLE.

IT WAS HIM THAT STARTED IT.

>> Reporter: HE HAS EXPANDED HIS GAME TO A THREE POINT SHOOTER TO A ROUNDED SCORER, SURPASSING THE 1,000 POINT MARK AND PACING HIM TO BEAT BEMIDJI'S SCORING RECORD.

>> I SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THE WEIGHT ROOM BECAUSE I WAS A SCRAWNY KID GROWING UP.

THAT WAS MY BIGGEST GOAL AND WORKING ON MY OVERALL GAME, GETTING TO THE RIM AS MUCH AS I CAN AND I THINK IT HAS HELPED A LOT.

>> Reporter: AND IT HASN'T JUST HELPED HIM, IT HAS A POSITIVE EFFECT ON THE TEAM.

>> WHEN YOU HAVE A PLAYER THAT GARNERS AS MUCH ATTENTION AS HE DOES, IT OPENS UP OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHER PLAYERS AND FOR THEM TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT, IT'S A CRITICAL ELEMENT.

>> Reporter: BUFFALO HELD THE LUMBERJACKS TO 49 POINTS, 20 LESS THAN THE JACKS' PER GAME AFTERNOON.

>> WE REALLY STRUGGLED IN THE SECOND HALF, FINDING THE RIGHT SHOT, WE LED A LOT OF OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS AND TURNOVERS AND FOCUSING IN.

>> I JUST REMEMBER THEM BEING SCRAPPY AND PHYSICAL AND THEY WANTED IT THE FIRST GAME.

I THINK THIS GAME, WE HAVE TO COME IN SUPER PHYSICAL AND OUT SCRAP THEM AND BE MORE PHYSICAL.

>> Charlie: AND HERE'S A LOOK AT WHERE THE SECTION 8-4A QUARTER FINALS.

DENNIS, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU -- HIS UNCLE AT VALLEY CITY HIGH SCHOOL, YOU COVERED HIM WHEN YOU WERE IN FARGO.

>> Dennis: YES, WHAT A HECK OF A PLAYER.

HE DID REALLY WELL IN KANSAS.

HIS DAD IS A GOOD PLAYER AS WELL.

THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> WITH THE WEATHER WARMING UP AND THE SNOW SOON TO BE ALL BUT MELTED AWAY, THIS YEAR'S NORTHLAND FAT BIKE RALLY LOOKED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

FOR THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN WENT OUT TO LAKE BEMIDJI STATE PARK TO SEE HOW THIS YEAR'S RACE COMPARED TO PREVIOUS YEARS.

>> Reporter: LAKE BEMIDJI STATE PARK HAS BEEN THE HOME OF THE FAT BIKE RALLY SINCE 2015.

>> THIS IS THE 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE EVENT AND IT'S BEEN ORGANIZED TO GET MORE PEOPLE TO RIDE FAT BIKES.

>> IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO RIDE FAT BIKES AND GET PEOPLE TOGETHER.

IT'S BEEN SUNNY OUT AND THE RIDERS ARE HAVING A GREAT TIME.

>> Reporter: IT'S OPEN TO ALL LEVELS OF FAT BIKERS AND HOST A TIMED RACE THROUGHOUT LAKE BEMIDJI STATE PARK.

IT STARTS WITH A LONG STRETCH ON TOP OF LAKE BEMIDJI HERE BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS NOT A LOT OF SNOW, MAINLY ICE, SO FOR SAFETY CONCERNS, THIS YEAR'S ROUTE HAD TO BE IMPROVISED.

>> WITH THE CONDITIONS BEING ICY, SLICK, WE DECIDED FOR SAFETY REASONS TO MOVE IT UP TO THE BEACH.

IT TAKES SOME DISTANCE OFF THE COURSE BUT THE GOOD THING WITH FAT BIKING IS THEY CAN GO DURING ANY CONDITION.

>> IT WAS FUN.

THE LAKE WAS FROZEN SO IT DIDN'T FEEL LIKE SAND.

>> Reporter: THE FAT BIKE RALLY IS MORE THAN A COMMUNITY RACE AS THIS IS A FUNDRAISER FOR THE MOUNTAIN BIKE CLUB.

>> WE TAKE A FREE WILL DONATION AND WE USE THAT MONEY TO BUY NEW GEAR AND EQUIPMENT FOR OUR KIDS.

WITH THIS EVENT, WE WERE ABLE TO BUY NEW HELMETS FOR OUR STUDENT RIDERS.

A LOT OF KIDS WANT A MOUNTAIN BIKE BUT DON'T HAVE ANY GEAR, SO WE PROVIDE THEM WITH HELMETS, MOUNTAIN BIKES, SO IT WAS AWESOME.

WE'RE HOPING IN THE FUTURE AS WE CONTINUE TO RAISE MONEY, WE CAN KEEP BUYING MORE BIKES, SO WE CAN GET MORE KIDS OUT RIDING.

>> Reporter: THE WARMER CONDITIONS SAW LESS PARTICIPANTS THAN USUAL, BUT THEY WERE STILL HAPPY WITH THE TURNOUT.

>> WE HAD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE PARTICIPATE OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW YEARS.

THE EXCITEMENT THAT PEOPLE BRING WHEN THEY COME OUT AND PARTICIPATE IN THE EVENT.

THE FAMILIES, THE SPECTATORS, THE FRIENDS, IT JUST BRINGS A WHOLE NEW ENERGY OUT TO THE EVENT HERE.

IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE.

>> IT'S A LOT OF FUN.

I LOVE SEEING EVERYBODY ON BIKES AND ENJOYING THE SUNSHINE.

I LOVE SEEING PEOPLE SMILE AS THEY COME THROUGH THE TRAIL AND BUILDING THAT COMMUNITY HAS BEEN A FUN THING TO SEE OUT HERE AND HOPEFULLY WE CONTINUE TO GET MORE PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BEMIDJI FOR THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: AND WE HAVE TIME FOR A LAST LOOK AT OUR WEATHER.

WE GO BACK OVER TO STACY.

>> Stacy: WE WILL BE SEEING AREAS OF SNOW IN EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND WE COULD SEE BLOWING SNOW, OTHERWISE MOSTLY WINDY, LOWS NEAR 17.

WINDY TOMORROW AND WE MAY SEE LINGERING SNOW IN EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN THE MORNING, OTHERWISE EXPECT SUNSHINE AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON.

>> Charlie: BOYS HOCKEY STATE TOURNAMENT STARTS TOMORROW, BUT BRAINERD HAS THEIR ADAPTED BOYS HOCKEY -- OR THEIR ADAPTED HOCKEY TEAM.

THEY ARE UNDEFEATED AND WE GET TO HEAR FROM THEM AHEAD OF THEIR STATE TOURNAMENT.

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

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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