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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 RED LAKE NATION HAS RELEASED A STATEMENT REGARDING THE IMPOUNDMENT OF AN AIRCRAFT FOLLOWING AN EMERGENCY LANDING WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE RED LAKE INDIAN RESERVATION.

ON FRIDAY WE TOLD YOU THE STORY OF ROSEAU'S DARRIN SMEDSMO WHO LANDED HIS PLANE ON A ROAD ON RED LAKE NATION LAND AFTER THE ENGINE ON THE PLANE FAILED.

WE REACHED OUT TO RED LAKE OFFICIALS FOR SEVERAL DAYS SEEKING COMMENT FOR THAT STORY BUT NEVER HEARD BACK.

TODAY THOUGH, THE TRIBAL COUNCIL ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING THE RED LAKE NATION MAINTAINS ITS SOVEREIGN AUTHORITY OVER ITS LANDS, NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF ITS CITIZENS.

THE RELEASE SAYS THE BAND UNDERTOOK THE IMPOUNDMENT OF THE AIRCRAFT BECAUSE OF THE FOLLOWING.

THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RESERVATION LAND WITHOUT PRIOR AUTHORIZATION OR REQUIRED COORDINATION WITH TRIBAL AUTHORITIES.

THE LANDING CREATED IMMEDIATE SAFETY, LIABILITY AND RESOURCE PROTECTION CONCERNS FOR THE TRIBE.

AND THE TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE INCLUDES ENSURING PUBLIC SAFETY, PROTECTING TRIBAL PROPERTY AND ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH TRIBAL LAWS AND RESOLUTIONS.

THE RELEASE SAYS THAT THE MATTER IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION AND ONCE THAT INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE COURT PROCEEDINGS WILL COMMENCE AND THAT THOSE PROCEEDINGS WILL PROVIDE SMEDSMO WITH DUE PROCESS UNDER TRIBAL LAW.

SMEDSMO IS DUE IN TRIBAL COURT FOR A HEARING TOMORROW.

>>> WE ARE NOW ON DAY 34 OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.

JUST TWO DAYS AWAY UNTIL IT'S THE LONGEST GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IN OUR NATION'S HISTORY.

BEMIDJI REGIONAL AIRPORT'S T.S.A.

AGENTS HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SHUTDOWN, DESPITE NOT RECEIVING A SINGLE PAYCHECK SINCE THE SHUTDOWN BEGAN.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN HAS MORE DETAILS ON HOW THE SHUTDOWN HAS, AND COULD STILL AFFECT THE AIRPORT AND ITS EMPLOYEES.

>> Reporter: THE BEMIDJI REGIONAL AIRPORT HAS A DOZEN FEDERAL EMPLOYEES WORKING WITH THE TSA OR F.A.A.

STAFF MEMBERS WORK FULL TIME, 8 TO 10 HOUR SHIFTS AND HAVE NOT RECEIVED A PAYCHECK FOR THEIR LAST 34 DAYS OF SERVICE.

>> I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW DIFFICULT IT IS.

COMING TO WORK, YOU STILL HAVE TO PAY FOR GAS, YOU'RE PAYING FOR FOOD, CHILDCARE, HEALTH CARE EXPENSES, AND IF YOU'RE NOT GETTING A PAYCHECK, IT CAUSES A LOT OF EXTRA STRESS IN THEIR LIVES, I'M SURE.

>> Reporter: THE SHUTDOWN IS NOT ONLY AFFECTING GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES BUT THE AIRPORT AS WELL.

>> IT CAN CREATE SOME DIFFICULTIES.

>> Reporter: THEY'RE ON DAY 34 WITH SEEMINGLY NO END IN SIGHT AS WE APPROACH THE LONGEST SHUTDOWN IN U.S.

HISTORY.

IF IT CONTINUES UNTIL DECEMBER, THE BEMIDJI AIRPORT COULD LOSE SIGNIFICANT FUNDING.

>> POTENTIALLY LOSS OF FUNDING FOR FLIGHTS, THEY DID EXTEND THE FUNDING UNTIL NOVEMBER.

>> Reporter: 1.4 MILLION EMPLOYEES ARE WITHOUT PAY DUE TO THE SHUTDOWN.

THERE ARE 700,000 EMPLOYEES FURLOUGHED AND 700,000 CONTINUING TO WORK WITHOUT PAY.

THE LATTER HALF INCLUDES ALL FEDERAL STAFF WORKING AT THE BEMIDJI REGIONAL AIRPORT.

>> THE EMPLOYEES HERE ARE NOT SEEING A PAYCHECK, THANKFULLY ARE STILL SHOWING UP TO WORK, WHICH WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR.

WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY EFFECT ON THAT SIDE OF THINGS.

>> Reporter: HE HAS BEEN THROUGH A FEW GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND HE IS CONFIDENT THAT THE OPERATIONS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE SHUTDOWN ENDS.

>> WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH THESE BEFORE AND EVEN IF THE FUNDING RUNS OUT, THEY PLAN TO CONTINUE FLYING.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BEMIDJI, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

>>THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ESTIMATED THAT THE SHUTDOWN HAS CAUSED AN ESTIMATED $7 BILLION LOSS OF OUTPUT FROM THE ECONOMY SO FAR.

>>> MEANWHILE, SOME RELIEF IS ON THE WAY FOR AMERICANS WHO RELY ON SNAP BENEFITS AND FLIGHT DELAYS LINKED TO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER SHORTAGES MAY CONTINUE.

THE SENATE RETURNED TO CAPITOL HILL MONDAY.

BUT REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS DON'T SEEM ANY CLOSER TO RESOLVING THEIR SHUTDOWN STALEMATE.

KARIN CAIFA HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: AS THE U.S.

GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN APPROACHES RECORD LENGTH, SNAP BENEFIT RECIPIENTS -- >> I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER I CAN LAST.

>> Reporter: AND GOVERNMENT WORKERS REMAIN IN LIMBO.

>> BY NOT HAVING OUR PAYCHECKS, IT HAS BEEN -- WE HAVE A 2-YEAR-OLD, SO IT HAS REALLY IMPACTED OUR ABILITY TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE COVERING ALL OF OUR BILLS.

>> Reporter: FACING A MONDAY DEADLINE FROM A FEDERAL JUDGE IN RHODE ISLAND, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SAID THEY WOULD FUND HALF OF NOVEMBER'S SNAP BENEFITS USING CONTINGENCY FUNDS.

SUNDAY, FULL BENEFITS CAN BE RESTORED IF DEMOCRATS DROP THE DEMANDS OF EXTENSIONS OF FEDERAL HEALTH CARE SUBSIDIES AND PASS THE FUNDING BILL TO END THE SHUTDOWN.

>> THE DEMOCRATS ARE IN THE MIDST OF A CIVIL WAR AND THEY SHOULD OPEN THE GOVERNMENT.

THAT'S THE EASIEST WAY TO DO THIS.

>> Reporter: SOME DEMOCRATS ARGUE THAT PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SHOULD DO MORE TO CUT DOWN THE STALE MATE.

>> HE SHOULD BE AT THE TABLE, NEGOTIATING WITH DEMOCRATS TO REOPEN THE GOVERNMENT.

>> Reporter: TRUMP WITH AN INTERVIEW WITH 60 MINUTES ENCOURAGED SENATE REPUBLICANS TO DITCH THE 60-VOTE RULE TO FORCE AN END TO THE SHUTDOWN.

>> THE REPUBLICANS HAVE TO GET TOUGHER.

IF WE END THE FILIBUSTER, WE CAN DO EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO LOSE POWER.

>> Reporter: MONDAY SAW DELAYS IN LINES AT THE NATION'S AIRPORTS.

TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY SAYS SOME AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS HAVE CALLED IN SICK IN PROTEST OF HAVING TO WORK WITHOUT PAY AND OTHERS ARE TAKING TIME OFF TO WORK OTHER JOBS UNTIL GOVERNMENT PAYCHECKS RESTART.

IN WASHINGTON, I'M KARIN CAIFA.

>> MORE THAN 440,000 MINNESOTANS RECEIVE SNAP BENEFITS PER MONTH, AND WITH THOSE BENEFITS AT RISK DUE TO THE SHUTDOWN, MANY FOOD SHELVES HAVE BEEN IMPACTED ALREADY, EVEN THOUGH CHANGES DIDN'T OFFICIALLY GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL NOVEMBER 1ST.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK STOPPED BY THE BEMIDJI COMMUNITY FOOD SHELF EARLIER TODAY TO SEE WHAT CHANGES THEY HAVE SEEN SO FAR, AS TODAY WAS THEIR FIRST DAY OPEN AFTER THE CHANGES HAVE GONE INTO EFFECT.

>> Reporter: THE FOOD SHELF REPORTS A 31% INCREASE FROM SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR TO OCTOBER IN HOUSEHOLDS THAT HAVE VISITED THE SHELF FOR EITHER THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR OR THE FIRST TIME EVER.

>> 48% OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE HELPED WERE EITHER UNDER THE AGE OF 17 OR OVER THE AGE OF 64.

THAT IS 173 INDIVIDUALS TODAY.

>> Reporter: THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE FOOD SHELF HAS BEEN OPEN SINCE THE REDUCTION OF SNAP BENEFITS AND AFTER NORMALLY SEEING 70 FAMILIES PER DAY, TODAY THEY SAW 120.

>> SINCE MID-OCTOBER WHEN THE ANNOUNCEMENT WENT OUT ABOUT SNAP BENEFITS BEING EFFECTED COME NOVEMBER, WE ONLY HAD ONE DAY WHERE WE HAVE SEEN LESS THAN 100 HOUSEHOLDS IN A DAY.

>> Reporter: BEMIDJI FOOD SHELVES OBTAIN A LOT OF THEIR ITEM FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY FOOD BANK, BUT THEY PARTNER WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES AND RELY ON DONATIONS TO KEEP THE SHELVES FULL.

>> I HAVE BEEN HITTING E-MAILS AND PHONE CALLS, THE PAVEMENT LITERALLY VISITING, THANKING PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THINGS TO HELP US GET THROUGH THIS.

I AM REACHING OUT MORE.

I AM REALIZING THAT WE NEED TO BUILD A LOT MORE PARTNERSHIPS BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT HAPPENS, THE QUANTITY JUST ISN'T THERE.

EVERYBODY IS NEEDING MORE.

>> Reporter: EVEN WITH THE RECENT UP SURGE IN FOOD INSECURITY AND THE UNKNOWN FUTURE FOR SNAP FUNDING, THE BEMIDJI FOOD SHELF AIMS TO BE THERE FOR THE COMMUNITY AS MUCH AS THEY CAN.

>> I FEEL CONFIDENT IN SAYING TO YOU AND TO ANYBODY THAT HAS GIVEN TO US THAT I KNOW I CAN PUT FOOD ON THE SHELVES THROUGH NOVEMBER.

I AM CONFIDENT I CAN DO THAT.

I AM HOPING I DON'T HAVE TO START SAYING WHERE ARE WE AT IN DECEMBER, BUT EVEN WHEN SNAP IS STARTED BACK UP AND FUNDED AGAIN, THAT TAKES TIME TO GET INTO THE SYSTEM.

IT TAKES TIME TO GET INTO THOSE HOUSEHOLDS.

WE'RE THERE FOR THEM IN THE INTERIM.

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

>> THE BEMIDJI FOOD SHELF DOES ACCEPT MONETARY DONATIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY, WHICH CAN BE EITHER GIVEN TO THE LOCATION IN PERSON, OR SENT IN THE MAIL.

MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO DONATE, OR HOW TO VOLUNTEER, CAN BE FOUND ON THE BEMIDJI COMMUNITY FOOD SHELF WEBSITE.

>>> WE ARE STILL AWAITING DETAILS BUT A PICKUP TRUCK DROVE INTO THE SIDE OF A BUSINESS BUILDING THIS EVENING IN BEMIDJI.

IT HAPPENED AT SANFORDS VIVAS MEDICAL SPA.

THE TRUCK WAS GONE BY THE TIME OUR CAMERA ARRIVED ON THE SCENE BUT YOU CAN SEE THE DAMAGE THAT WAS CAUSED TO THE BUILDING.

NO WORD YET ON ANY INJURIES.

>>> IT'S ELECTION DAY TOMORROW AND WHILE THERE ARE NO MAJOR LEGISLATIVE CONTESTS ON THE BALLOT IN LAKELAND COUNTRY THERE ARE SOME SCHOOL VOTES HAPPENING.

THE CROW WING COUNTY BALLOT WILL FEATURE JUST ONE QUESTION, A REFERENDUM FOR THE CROSBY IRONTON SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT WOULD SEE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT INCREASE ITS GENERAL EDUCATION REVENUE BY $1,500 PER PUPIL, ACCORDING TO THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE.

OFFICIALS WITH CROW WING COUNTY HOPE THAT ELIGIBLE RESIDENTS WILL SHOW UP AND VOTE DESPITE THE LACK OF ELECTIONS ON THE BALLOT.

>> LOCAL ELECTIONS ARE, YOU KNOW, HAPPENING IN OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS, IN OUR OWN COMMUNITIES, AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO HAVE A SAY IN WHAT HAPPENS LOCALLY AT THEIR LEVEL.

IT IS THE MOST GRASSROOTS FORM OF DEMOCRACY THAT WE HAVE AND PEOPLE ARE ENCOURAGED TO EXERCISE THAT FREEDOM.

>> ONLY THOSE WHO LIVE IN THE CROSBY-IRONTON SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL BE ABLE TO VOTE IN TOMORROW'S ELECTION AND ELIGIBLE VOTERS MUST VOTE AT THEIR ASSIGNED POLLING LOCATION.

THERE ARE ONLY FOUR LOCATIONS TO VOTE IN THIS YEAR'S ELECTION, CROSBY CITY HALL, DEERWOOD TOWN HALL, EMILY CITY HALL, AND MISSION TOWN HALL.

TO CHECK WHICH PRECINCT YOU MUST ATTEND HEAD TO POLLFINDER.SOS.MN.GOV.

AND THERE ARE 70 SCHOOL REFERENDUM VOTES STATEWIDE SCHEDULED INCLUDING IN THESE TEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE LAKELAND VIEWING AREA.

WE HOPE TO HAVE SOME RESULTS FOR YOU TOMORROW AT 10:00.

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

>> Stacy: SOME OF US WILL SEE SOME RAINFALL TOMORROW AFTERNOON, BUT TOWARDS THE WEEKEND, TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLDER AND WE COULD PICK UP A LITTLE BIT OF SNOW.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK IN THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, LEXINGTON MANUFACTURING HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS THE MANUFACTURER OF THE YEAR.

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

[♪♪♪] >>> ACCORDING TO A 2023 REPORT BY THE NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION, ABOUT ONE THIRD OF THE UNITED STATES' POPULATION LIVES IN A HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA.

BUT ESSENTIA HEALTH IS TRYING TO CHANGE THAT BY IMPLEMENTING AN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM AT MANY OF THEIR HOSPITALS ACROSS THE REGION.

AND LAST WEEK, ST JOSEPH'S IN BRAINERD WELCOMED THEIR FIRST GRADUATE OF THE PROGRAM.

ALEXIS PARDONE IS THE FIRST PERSON TO GRADUATE FROM THE 12 MONTH PROGRAM AS A CERTIFIED SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST.

THE PROGRAM INCLUDES ON THE JOB TRAINING TO BETTER PREPARE PARTICIPANTS FOR THE WORK FORCE.

PARDONE WAS NOT ONLY PAID DURING HER EDUCATION BUT ALSO HAD ALL OF THE COSTS OF THE PROGRAM PAID FOR BY ESSENTIA.

>> I'VE ALWAYS HAD A FEAR OF STUDENT DEBT AND MONEY AND ALL THE STUFF, BUT ESSENTIA PAID FOR THE PROGRAM.

SO I DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANY OF THAT.

IT WAS PAID FOR AND IT WAS PERFECT FOR ME, BEING THAT I LOVE SURGERY AND HELPING PEOPLE, ULTIMATELY I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

>> ESSENTIA'S APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM IS A REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP THROUGH THE U.S.

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND WITH THE STATE.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, STACY IS HERE, YOU MENTIONED SOME SNOW.

THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE COMING UP WITH THE DEER HUNTING OPENER THIS WEEKEND.

>> Stacy: IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR, TEMPERATURES FOR MOST OF THE WEEK ARE GOING TO BE IN THE 40s AND 50s, SO IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE ON THE MILD SIDE FOR MOST OF THIS WEEK, BUT WE HAVE THE COOL DOWN AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND AND THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SNOW ON [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, WE DID ENJOY SOME SUNSHINE TODAY AND WE HAD ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES, ALTHOUGH IT WAS ON THE BREEZY SIDE.

CLOUDS ARE GOING TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT AND IN FACT MOST OF US WILL HAVE A LOT OF CLOUD COVER TOMORROW.

TOMORROW AFTERNOON, THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SOME RAIN, ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

OVERALL TEMPERATURES OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEK SHOULD BE IN THE 40s AND 50s FOR DAYTIME HIGHS, BUT WE ARE GOING TO SEE A COOL DOWN AND POSSIBLY A BIT OF SNOW AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 40 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.

AT THE STUDIO, WINDS ARE SOUTH AT 6 MILES PER HOUR, THE DEW POINT IS 22, HUMIDITY IS AT 49%.

IN BRAINERD, WE HAVE PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND 43 DEGREES, THE DEW POINT IS 22, PRESSURE IS FALLING AND WINDS ARE WEST AT 7 MILES PER HOUR.

LOOKING AT OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING SOME SUNSHINE TODAY BUT THE CLOUDS HAVE BEEN INCREASING THIS EVENING AND MOST OF US SHOULD SEE PLENTY OF CLOUD COVER OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

WE'RE LOOKING AT PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW MOST OF US SHOULD HAVE CLOUD COVER.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF SOME RAINFALL, ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, BEAUTIFUL SUNSHINE THIS MORNING FROM BRANDON ON HIS WAY TO MINNEAPOLIS AND ARLENE SENDING US THIS PHOTO FROM MENAHGA.

A LITTLE BIT OF A BREEZY DAY ON UPPER RED LAKE, SAMROSE WITH THAT PICTURE.

GARY SAYING THE LEAVES ARE GONE OFF THE TREES IN THE AREA.

JOAN IN LAPORTE SPOTTING SOME TURKEYS IN THE YARD.

LINDA SPOTTING A FLOWER STILL IN BLOOM IN NOVEMBER.

ANGELA SENDING US THIS PICTURE OF THE EVENING SKIES OVER CASS LAKE AND WE HAVE THE MOON IN THE SKY FROM DEBRA OVER LAKE ADA, LAURIE OVER LITTLE TURTLE LAKE AND YOLANDA WITH THAT PHOTO.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, JOAN IN LAPORTE, PLENTIFUL SUNSHINE WITH A HIGH OF 53.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, SUNNY AND 47.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, CLEAR SKIES WITH A HIGH OF 54.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUNNY AND BREEZY TODAY.

ON OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD TOPPING OUT TODAY AT 55, NEARLY 10 DEGREES ABOVE THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE AND WE HAD A LOW OF 38.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 53, SO AGAIN, RIGHT AROUND THAT 10 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE MARK, 35 FOR THE LOW, 7:08 WAS OUR SUNRISE.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, A LOT OF CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE AREA AND MOST OF US WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE CLOUD COVER THROUGHOUT THE DAY, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, AND AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON, WE HAVE A CHANCE FOR SOME RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS, ESPECIALLY NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 40s TO LOW 50s ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA AND WE SHOULD BE SEEING SOME MID-50s IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH LOWS NEAR 32.

AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, BUT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, HIGH TEMPERATURES NEAR 51.

LOOKING AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, WE SHOULD BE SEEING SUNSHINE AND 47 THERE ON WEDNESDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF RAIN IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, AGAIN THURSDAY AND THEN AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, TEMPERATURES COOL, HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 30s, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY, AND PRECIPITATION ON SATURDAY, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME SNOW, POSSIBLY A LITTLE BIT OF RAINFALL.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THANKS STACY.

CHARLIE IS HERE NOW.

NEVIS GIRLS VOLLEYBALL BACK TO STATE.

>> Charlie: YES, IT'S BEEN OVER A DECADE AND WE GOT A CHANCE TO TALK TO THEM AT PRACTICE AND THEY LEAVE WEDNESDAY FOR THEIR THURSDAY MATCH UP.

WE HEAR FROM THE TEAM AND MORE FROM THE WEEKEND THAT WAS COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

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

>>> THE GIRLS STATE VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT BEGINS THIS WEEK, AND THE NEVIS TIGERS ARE MAKING THEIR FIRST APPEARANCE THERE IN 12-YEARS.

THE GREEN AND YELLOW HAVE BEEN CLOSE TO A CLASS A STATE BERTH OVER THE LAST SEVERAL SEASONS, INCLUDING A SECTION RUNNER-UP PERFORMANCE IN 2023.

THIS YEAR NEVIS FINISHED THE REGULAR SEASON 19-7, AND ENTERED THE SECTION TOURNAMENT AS THE TOP SEED IN THE WEST.

PUSHED TO THE BRINK BY VERNDALE IN A 5-SET SEMIFINAL, AND THEN FIGHTING OFF MULTIPLE SET POINTS TO EVENTUALLY DOWN SWANVILLE 3-1, THE ROAD TO G.C.

ARENA HAD PLENTY OF BUMPS.

BUT THAT MADE LIFTING THE HARDWARE ALL THE MORE SPECIAL.

>> IT'S A GREAT FEELING, JUST FEELING ACCOMPLISHED AND IT WAS NICE TO HAVE THE TEAMMATES ALL COME IN AND CHEER US ON AND OUR FANS.

IT WAS A MOMENT TO REMEMBER FOREVER.

I KNEW FROM THE START THAT WE WERE GOING TO WIN.

I JUST TOOK SOME TURNS THROUGHOUT THE SEASON BUT I KNEW I COULD DO IT.

>> WE HAVE A LOT OF SKILLS.

SINCE WE WERE YOUNG, WE WON A BUNCH OF TOURNAMENTS AND I THINK WE HAVE CONFIDENCE TOO.

>> YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE MINDSET THAT YOU CAN COME BACK IF YOU'RE DOWN BY TWO SETS, YOU CAN COME BACK JUST LIKE THAT.

YOU JUST HAVE TO LOCK YOUR MIND IN AND GET IT DONE.

>> NEVIS HAS A CORE GROUP OF FIVE SENIORS LEADING THE TEAM WITH TWO JUNIORS AND SEVERAL UNDERCLASSMAN MAKING BIG CONTRIBUTIONS AS WELL.

NOW, WITH SECTION PLAYOFFS IN THE REARVIEW, THE EYES OF THE TIGERS SIT SQUARELY ON THE UPCOMING STATE TOURNAMENT, AND THE OPPORTUNITIES IT OFFERS THEM.

>> IT'S BEEN A DREAM SINCE I WAS A LITTLE GIRL.

I HAVE BEEN ON VARSITY SINCE I WAS A FRESHMAN AND I ALWAYS HAD THAT DREAM.

YOU KNOW, I AM REALLY EXCITED TO PLAY THOSE BIGGER SCHOOLS BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH I WON'T BE HERE NEXT YEAR, IT WILL MAKE OUR YOUNGER PLAYERS BETTER.

PLAYING PEOPLE BETTER THAN YOU, THAT'S HOW YOU GET BETTER.

WE'RE ALL SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE THE EXPERIENCE IN GENERAL.

>> Charlie: WELL, THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE ON RUSSELL TYLER, WHICH IS NOT A PERENNIAL POWER DOWN AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT, BUT IN 2023, THEY DID WIN THE CLASS A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

THAT GAME IS THURSDAY AT 7:00.

>>> JUST OVER A WEEK AGO THE BEMIDJI BOYS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM PULLED OFF THE PROVERBIAL UPSET, FINISHING FIRST AT THE SECTION CHAMPIONSHIP AHEAD OF THE LIKES OF ALEXANDRIA, BRAINERD, SAINT MICHAEL ALBERTVILLE AND MOORHEAD.

ON SATURDAY, THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVE IT WASN'T A FLUKE AT THE CLASS 3-A STATE MEET, HELD AT THE LES BOLSTAD GOLF COURSE ON THE CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA.

THE LUMBERJACKS FINISHED 14TH OVERALL, AND STILL AHEAD OF ALEXANDRIA, BLAKE DEWITT LED THE JACKS FINISHING 81ST OVERALL IN 16-MINUTES 42-SECONDS.

5-SECONDS BEHIND HIM WAS TEAMMATE WILL AMES, FOLLOWED BY CALEB KNOTT, TANNER JOHNSON, AND DEVEN BENTLER, WHO ROUNDED OUT THE SCORING.

DANIEL SCHERLING AND KYLE MILLER ALSO RACED FOR THE BEMIDJI BOYS.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT HOW SOME OF THE TEAMS DID.

THE ONLY OTHER TEAMS PLAYING WERE IN CLASS A AND BOYS 8th PLACE BRADY FROM BERTHA HEWITT AS AN INDIVIDUAL AS WELL, THAT'S HOW CLASS A FAIRED.

ON THE GIRL'S SIDE, INDIVIDUALLY 6th PLACE, CHLOE WAS THE TOP TEN FINISHER AND THERE ARE THE REST OF THE AREA SCHOOLS AND HOW THEY FINISHED AS WELL.

THE CLASS A INDIVIDUAL RUNNER UP, AUDREY FROM STAPLES MOTLEY.

SHE HAS STATE TITLES IN TRACK AND CROSS COUNTRY AND ALL OVER THE PLACE, AND NOT SURPRISED THAT SHE FINISHED UP THERE IN THE TOP 3.

>>> BSU MENS HOCKEY FINISHED THEIR ROAD SERIES ON SATURDAY AT BOWLING GREEN, FOUR THE LAST 5-GAMES BETWEEN THESE TWO WENT TO OVERTIME, AND GUESS WHAT FOLKS, THIS ONE DID AS WELL.

WE JUMP AHEAD TO THE THIRD, BEAVERS TRAILING 2-0, TEAM'S LEADING SCORER OLIVER PEER, CUTS THE LEAD IN HALF WITH A POWER PLAY GOAL.

A FEW MINUTES LATER, BEAVS ON ANOTHER POWER PLAY, ADAM FLAMMANG, BACK-TO-BACK GAMES WITH A GOAL, KNOTS THINGS AT TWO.

AS PROMISED, O.T, FRIDAY NIGHT ENDED IN A TIE, NOT THIS TIME, HUDSON THORNTON, WHO HAD THREE POINTS ON THE EVENING, SECURES THE VICTORY.

PEER ALSO HAD THREE POINTS IN THE WIN, BEMIDJI STATE MAKES IT A 4-POINT WEEKEND IN OHIO AND GET THEIR FIRST WIN AT BOWLING GREEN IN THREE YEARS.

>>> SOME MORE SCORE FROM THE WEEKEND, AT BSU, MINNESOTA STATE WINS 2-0.

IN FOOTBALL, BEMIDJI STATE LOSES TO MSU MOORHEAD IN THAT RIVALRY.

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL, BEMIDJI STATE SWEPT AT SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA STATE.

IN WOMEN'S COLLEGE SOCCER, BEMIDJI STATE CLENCHED THE HOME GAME IN THE NSIC TOURNAMENT, THAT WILL BE NEXT MONDAY AT CHET ANDERSON STADIUM.

IN THE NBA, THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES WIN 125-109.

SOMETHING COOL OVER THE WEEKEND THAT HAPPENED, GUNNAR, WE KNOW HIM, HE IS NORMALLY A PUNT RETURNER FOR THE NEW YORK GIANTS, HE CAUGHT HIS FIRST TOUCHDOWN FOR THE NEW YORK GIANTS THIS WEEKEND FROM JACKSON, NOT ONLY HIS FIRST TOUCHDOWN, IT WAS HIS FIRST RECEPTION WITH THE GIANTS AND HIS FIRST TARGET BY THE NEW YORK GIANTS AND LIKE I SAID, PLAYING WIDE RECEIVER IN THE NFL, HE IS A PRETTY GOOD ATHLETE.

>> Dennis: VERY GOOD ATHLETE.

HE HAS THE RIGHT ATTITUDE TOO.

YOU THROW IT TO HIM, HE WILL MAKE A PLAY.

>> Charlie: IT'S GOOD TO SEE HIM DOING THE THINGS THAT HE DID AT BSU IN THE NFL AS WELL.

>> Dennis: THANK YOU CHARLIE.

LEXINGTON MANUFACTURING HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS THE MINNESOTA MANUFACTURER OF THE YEAR.

NOW IN ITS 26TH YEAR AT ITS SOUTH BRAINERD LOCATION, REPORTER MILES WALKER HAS MORE ON HOW THE COMMERCIAL DOOR MANUFACTURER CONTINUES TO SERVE ITS RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES, IN THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS.

>> Reporter: LEXINGTON MANUFACTURING STOOD TALL SINCE 1981, ORIGINALLY IN THE MINNEAPOLIS ST.

PAUL AREA.

FOR MIKE DILLON, WHO HAS WORKED AT THE MANUFACTURER SINCE 1995, THE STAYING POWER IS THE BYPRODUCT OF BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS, CREATING SOLUTIONS, AND DELIVERING VALUE.

>> WE ARE LAUNCHING A COMPANY THAT HAS HAD A REPUTATION FOR STANDING BY OUR CUSTOMERS AND BUILDING DEEP RELATIONSHIPS THAT HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROBLEMS ARE AND HOW WE CAN HELP SOLVE THEM.

THEY COME TO TRUST US AND KEEP COMING BACK.

IT'S BEEN A GOOD RAY WITH -- RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL OUR CUSTOMERS.

>> Reporter: LEXINGTON HAS EARNED ITS LIVING MANUFACTURING HIGH QUALITY DOOR AND WINDOW COMPONENTS AND AT THE BRAINERD LOCATION, APPROXIMATELY 2,000 ARE PRODUCED EVERY SINGLE DAY.

>> TOURISM IS THE PRETTY FACE OF THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA ECONOMY, BUT MANUFACTURING IS THE QUIET MUSCLE.

WHEN I THINK OF A MANUFACTURING BUSINESS THAT REALLY IS AT THE TOP OF ITS GAME, I THINK OF LEXINGTON MANUFACTURING.

>> Reporter: THEY'RE ONE OF THE LARGEST MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA, COVERING 140,000 SQUARE FEET.

ITS PRODUCTS ARE SENT OUT OVER NORTH AMERICA, WITH 50 TO 70 SEMI-TRAILERS, TRANSPORTING 45,000 POUNDS OF MATERIAL EVERY WEEK.

>> LOTS OF ENGINEERING, HARD WORK, AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT TO GET TO THOSE LEVELS.

IT'S ABOUT LOTS OF PARTS, LOTS OF DOORS, LOTS OF WINDOWS.

OUR RECORD IS 75 SHIPMENTS IN A WEEK.

A LOT OF THE CUSTOMERS BUY IN VOLUME BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY CAN GET ALL THE PARTS FROM ONE PLACE.

>> Reporter: THE NUMBER OF LEXINGTON EMPLOYEES HAVE GROWN OVER THE YEARS, FROM THE LOW 20s IN THE 2000s, TO AROUND 300 TODAY, ALL WHILE GIVING THOSE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RISE WITHIN THE COMPANY, JUST ASK DILLON WHO USE TO WORK IN SALES AND NOW IS LEXINGTON'S PRESIDENT.

>> IT'S THE TEAM AND INDIVIDUALS.

>> WE PROMOTE LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT, PROMOTION FROM WITHIN, IT'S A FAMILY ATMOSPHERE HERE.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BRAINERD WITH THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, MILES WALKER, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, ONE LAST LOOK AT OUR WEATHER.

LET'S GO TO STACY.

>> Stacy: PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, LOWS SHOULD FALL TO 32, WITH WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15.

PARTLY CLOUDY TOMORROW, A CHANCE FOR RAIN SHOWERS IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA IN THE AFTERNOON, HIGHS NEAR 51.

>> Dennis: THAT'S GOING TO DO IT FOR US TONIGHT.

HAVE A GREAT NIGHT EVERYBODY, WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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