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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.

>>> THERE IS SOME CONTROVERSY BREWING ABOUT THE YMCA PROJECT IN BEMIDJI THAT WILL SOON START CONSTRUCTION WITH THE DEMOLITION OF THREE ABANDONED BUILDINGS IN THE RAIL CORRIDOR DISTRICT.

THOSE BUILDINGS ARE SOMETIMES USED AS AN UNREGISTERED SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS WHEN ALL OTHERS ARE FULL, AND PROJECT LEADERS PLAN FOR THOSE BUILDINGS TO BE TAKEN DOWN BEFORE THE YEAR'S END.

OUR REPORTER, MATTHEW FREEMAN, HAS MORE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: GREATER BEMIDJI HAS PLANS TO DEMOLISH THREE BUILDINGS FOR A NEW YMCA FACILITY AND OTHER BUSINESSES.

SOME VIEW THE BUILDINGS AS A SAFETY HAZARD, SOME VIEW TO THIS BUILDING AS A MANSION, AND IT'S OFTEN A PLACE OF RESIDENCE FOR THE HOMELESS POPULATION IN THE AREA.

>> TEMPORARY SHELTERS, NO BARRIER SHELTERS.

>> Reporter: WHILE THEY CAN SEE THE DANGERS OF THE BUILDINGS.

>> THERE IS NO SANITATION, THERE ARE NO TOILETS, IT'S NO RUNNING WATER.

IT'S A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN BE VICTIMIZED OR OVERDOSE.

>> IT'S A SPACE THAT IS UNSIGHTLY AND IT IS DANGER.

>> Reporter: SHE BELIEVES TEARING DOWN THE BUILDINGS WILL CREATE EXTRA BARRIERS FOR PEOPLE IN THE AREA.

>> FOLKS CAN'T CAMP OUT IN THE CITY.

WE DON'T HAVE ORDINANCES TO SUPPORT PEOPLE CAMPING IN CITY LIMITS.

YOU LIMIT YOURSELF TO THE I CAN'T CAMP, WHERE AM I GOING TO GO?

>> Reporter: FOR SOME, THE MANSION WAS THE ONLY FORM OF SHELTER DURING THE WIND STORM WHERE 120 MILES PER HOUR WIND SPEEDS BLEW THROUGH THE STREETS OF BEMIDJI.

>> THAT BUILDING SERVED AS SAFETY.

THAT BUILDING SERVED AS SHELTER AND AS DAMAGED AS THE BUILDING GOT, IMAGINE WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE IN THE STORM AND NOT HAVING A SHELTER TO GO TO.

>> Reporter: SOME OFFICIALS BELIEVE MORE HOUSING OPTIONS WILL HELP.

SHE BELIEVES THAT MORE SHELTERS NEED TO BE AVAILABLE.

>> WE KNOW STATISTICALLY THAT THERE ARE A LOT LESS HOUSING OPTIONS THAN THERE ARE CITIZENS.

AT THE SAME TIME, IF WE'RE HAVING PEOPLE SLEEPING ON THE STREETS, AT THE MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS, AT ABANDONED BUILDINGS, THAT IMMEDIATELY TELLS US WE NEED TO HAVE SHELTER SPACE.

>> Reporter: SHE KNOWS THE SOLUTION WILL REQUIRE A LOT OF TIME, MONEY, AND RESOURCES, BUT A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.

>> WE KNOW THERE ARE OPTIONS TO DO REZONING.

WE KNOW THERE ARE OPTIONS TO REALLOCATE DIFFERENT FUNDING OPTIONS AND WE'RE IN A LOT OF BUDGET DEFICITS.

MONEY IS SOMETHING A LOT OF US DO NOT HAVE.

WE DO HAVE SPACES THAT CAN BE REPURPOSED.

WE HAVE SPACES THAT ARE FORFEITED, IF WE LOOK AT TAX DEFERRED LAND AND WE LOOK AT SPACES THAT ARE IN OWNERSHIP OF CITY AND COUNTY FOLKS, USING THOSE SPACES AND TURNING THEM INTO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

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

>> A PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD NEXT TUESDAY, WHERE THEIR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DAVE HENGEL, ANNOUNCING THE FIRST NEW BUSINESSES COMING TO THE CORRIDOR.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE.

>>> TWO MEN SUSPECTED OF DISTRIBUTING NARCOTICS ON THE RED LAKE RESERVATION HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AND HAVE BEEN SERVED RED LAKE NATION EXCLUSION ORDERS.

ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE FROM RED LAKE POLICE, JARRETT LEE ANDERSON WAS IN POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE, FENTANYL AND TWO FIREARMS WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED ONLY OCTOBER 1st.

ANDERSON IS ALSO A PROHIBITED PERSON DUE TO A CONVICTION OF THIRD-DEGREE MURDER.

AND ON OCTOBER 16TH A RED LAKE OFFICER STOPPED AND ARRESTED BRANDON SCOTT WINGER.

AUTHORITIES FOUND METHAMPHETAMINE, A FIREARM AND A BALLISTIC VEST.

THE INVESTIGATION INTO BOTH ARRESTS IS ONGOING.

RED LAKE POLICE SAYS ANY PERSON THAT DISTRIBUTES NARCOTICS ON THE RED LAKE NATION WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND PROSECUTED FOR THEIR CRIMES.

ANYONE CAN ALERT THE NARCOTICS TIP LINE IF YOU SUSPECT SOMEONE IS DISTRIBUTING NARCOTICS WITHIN THE RED LAKE NATION.

>>> THE FOND DU LAC BAND OF LAKE SUPERIOR CHIPPEWA HAS ANNOUNCED THE SIGNING OF A TRIBAL STATE CANNABIS COMPACT AUTHORIZED UNDER STATE STATUTE.

THE AGREEMENT, SIGNED ON OCTOBER 20TH BY GOVERNOR TIM WALZ AND FOND DU LAC BAND CHAIRMAN, BRUCE M. SAVAGE, OUTLINES HOW BOTH GOVERNMENTS WILL ADVANCE LAWFUL, COOPERATIVE, AND MUTUALLY RESPECTFUL CANNABIS REGULATION, WHILE PROMOTING PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.

UNDER THE COMPACT, THE FOND DU LAC BAND WILL BE AUTHORIZED TO OPEN UP TO EIGHT OFF-RESERVATION RETAIL CANNABIS LOCATIONS.

SELL CANNABIS PRODUCTS STATEWIDE THROUGH LICENSED DISTRIBUTORS AND RETAILERS.

PARTICIPATE IN STATE-LED COMPLIANCE, TESTING, AND INSPECTION PROTOCOLS.

AND OPERATE WITH THE SAME PRIVILEGES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AS OTHER ADULT-USE LICENSEES.

THE COMPACT ALSO AFFIRMS THE BAND'S SOVEREIGN RIGHT TO REGULATE CANNABIS ON ITS OWN TERMS.

THE FOND DU LAC BAND IS NOW THE 4TH TRIBAL NATION IN MINNESOTA TO ENTER INTO A CANNABIS COMPACT.

>>> FOR NEARLY A DECADE THE UNITED WAY HAS RECOGNIZED FIVE WOMEN A YEAR WITH A “WOMEN UNITED TRIBUTE AWARD” SHOWCASING THE WORK THAT THEY DO FOR THE COMMUNITY.

ON WEDNESDAY, A NEW BATCH OF LOCAL WOMEN WERE RECOGNIZED.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK WAS IN ATTENDANCE AND HAS MORE FROM THE 2025 AWARD RECIPIENTS.

>> Reporter: FOR THE PAST NINE YEARS, THE UNITED WAY OF BEMIDJI AREA HAS SURPRISED FIVE LOCAL WOMEN IN THE AREA WITH THE WOMEN'S TRIBUTE AWARD TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPACTS THAT THEY HAVE HAD IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

>> I APPRECIATE THAT SOMEONE RECOGNIZES THINGS THAT I DO, WHICH REVOLVE AROUND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND GIRLS AND WOMEN HAVING OPPORTUNITIES.

>> I HAVE JUST SEEN OVER THE YEARS SO MANY GREAT WOMEN THAT HAVE GOTTEN THIS AWARD, THAT HAVE DONE SO MUCH FOR OUR COMMUNITY, SO BEING RECOGNIZED THAT WAY WAS EMOTIONAL FOR ME.

YEAH.

>> Reporter: THE 2025 AWARD WINNERS WERE SARAH, NICKI, CHRISTY, MIRA AND CARLA.

THIS YEAR, A RECORD BREAKING 250 PEOPLE GATHERED TO SEE THE CEREMONY.

>> A LOT OF TIMES WOMEN THAT RECEIVE THESE DON'T NECESSARILY WANT THE RECOGNITION BUT DESERVE IT.

>> FOR EVERY ONE OF THESE, THERE ARE PROBABLY 100 OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE EQUALLY DESERVING.

I SEE IT AS A COMMUNITY AWARD AND WAY TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT PEOPLE ARE GIVING.

I MEAN IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE ARE BUILT ON VOLUNTEERISM.

>> DESPITE THERE BEING FIVE WOMEN THAT WON THE AWARD, THERE WERE HUNDREDS FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT SHOWED UP TO EAT SOME BREAKFAST, LISTEN TO THE KEYNOTE SPEAKERS, AND CELEBRATE THE AWARD WINNERS THEMSELVES.

>> I INVITED PEOPLE THAT I SAY MAKE ME LOOK GOOD AND MAKE IT EASY TO BE A VOLUNTEER.

SO, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THIS TIME WITH THEM.

>> BUT THE ANNUAL BREAKFAST IS ABOUT MORE THAN JUST HANDING OUT A PLAQUE TO FIVE WOMEN IN THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S ABOUT EMPOWERMENT, LEARNING ABOUT LEADERSHIP, AND SHEDDING LIGHT ON SOME OF THE VOLUNTEER WORK THAT PEOPLE MAY NOT NORMALLY GET RECOGNIZED FOR.

>> AS WE GROW OLDER AND WE WORK AND WE RAISE FAMILIES, IF WE CHOOSE TO RAISE A FAMILY, AND WE'RE ALSO INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY, IT'S A LOT AND CAN BE A LOT.

HAVING OTHER WOMEN THAT YOU CAN LOOK UP TO, THAT YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS TO, AND JUST REALLY FIND YOUR WAY, IT'S REALLY, EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN PATH.

SO THIS REALLY JUST FACILITATES THAT.

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

>> THE TRIBUTE AWARD BREAKFAST IS ONLY ONE OF THE WOMEN UNITED GROUP'S QUARTERLY MEETINGS, WHERE THEY GET TOGETHER TO WORK ON VOLUNTEER PROJECTS AND LEARN ABOUT WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY.

>>> OPEN ENROLLMENT IS BACK, A TIME WHEN PEOPLE CAN ENROLL, RENEW OR CHANGE HEALTH CARE PLANS FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.

BUT NO MATTER WHETHER YOU CHOOSE A HEALTH CARE PLAN THROUGH YOUR EMPLOYER OR THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, MOST WILL SUFFER STICKER SHOCK.

MARYBEL GONZALEZ REPORTS ON WHAT'S CHANGING AND HOW MUCH MORE COVERAGE COULD COST IN 2026.

>> Reporter: IF YOU OBTAINED HEALTH INSURANCE THROUGH WORK, THE TOTAL COST OF HEALTH BENEFITS IS GOING TO RISE BY 6.5% NEXT YEAR, THE HIGHEST INCREASE WE HAVE SEEN IN 15 YEARS.

>> FROM THE CONSULTING FIRM MERCER, THEY SAID EMPLOYEES WILL FEEL IT THROUGH PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS.

>> THE SAME HEALTH CARE SERVICE AND GOODS YOU BOUGHT LAST YEAR WILL BE HIGHER.

>> Reporter: A SURVEY BY K.F.F., A NON-PROFIT RESEARCH GROUP FOUND THAT WEIGHT LOSS DRUG USE IS DRIVING UP COSTS FOR SOME LARGER FIRMS.

>> MANY OF THOSE EMPLOYERS TOLD US THAT THEIR SPENDING WAS HIGHER THAN EXPECTED AND THAT IT'S A BIG PART OF THEIR SPENDING.

>> Reporter: SEPARATELY, MARKETPLACE CUSTOMERS COULD SEE PREMIUMS MORE THAN DOUBLE NEXT YEAR.

IF AFFORDABLE CARE ACT ENHANCED TAX CREDITS EXPIRE.

>> WE HAVE BEEN PAYING $650 A MONTH AND NOW IT WILL GO UP TO $1,900 FOR THE SAME PLAN.

>> Reporter: THEY ARE FACING TOUGH CHOICES.

>> IT WOULD EITHER BE ME RE-ENTERING THE WORKFORCE AND SHUTTING DOWN MY SMALL BUSINESS OR HE NEEDS TO COME OUT OF RETIREMENT AND GO BACK TO WOR >> Reporter: SO WHAT CAN CONSUMERS DO TO NAVIGATE THE COST?

>> PEOPLE SPEND LESS TIME PICKING OUT A HEALTH PLAN THAN A TELEVISION, BUT THIS IS A YEAR TO FOCUS IN ON ALL THE OPTIONS.

>> Reporter: I'M MARYBEL GONZALEZ REPORTING.

>> ACCORDING TO A SURVEY BY HEALTH-POLICY ORGANIZATION K.F.F.

ANNUAL PREMIUMS FOR U.S.

FAMILIES WITH EMPLOYER-SPONSORED HEALTH INSURANCE IN 2025 ROSE 6-PERCENT TO NEARLY $27,000.

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

>> Stacy: MOST OF US WILL SEE A LOT OF SUNSHINE AND MAYBE SOME BREEZY CONDITIONS OVER THE WEEKEND.

CHANCES OF RAIN ARE BACK EARLY NEXT WEEK.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, 16 SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT STAGE OF >> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪] >>> A PINE RIVER WOMAN IS AMONG SIXTEEN SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS WHO HAVE BEEN CHOSEN TO MOVE TO THE NEXT STAGE OF THIS YEAR'S INITIATORS FELLOWSHIP SELECTION PROCESS.

HALLIE POND IS AMONG THE FINALISTS FOR CONFLICT RESILIENCE.

SHE IS THE FOUNDER OF TRUESPACE CONSULTING WHICH ACCORDING TO IT'S MISSION STATEMENT HELPS PEOPLE FLOURISH BY ACTIVATING AUTHENTIC, VULNERABLE AND BRAVE CONVERSATION.

>> WHEN THINGS GET CHALLENGING IN RELATIONSHIPS, SOMETIMES WE CAN DEFAULT TO PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR.

THAT MEANS WE'RE NOT COMMUNICATING OR SHOWING UP FOR EACH OTHER.

IT'S HERE TO SUPPORT PEOPLE IN ACTIVATING THEIR OWN INHERENT WISDOM, STRENGTH, AND COURAGE SO THEY CAN FLOURISH BY THEIR OWN DEFINITION OF THRIVING.

>> THE 16 FINALISTS WILL PARTICIPANT IN FINALIST DAY IN SAINT CLOUD ON OCTOBER 30TH, WHERE UP TO NINE FELLOWS WILL BE SELECTED.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, STACY IS HERE.

LOOKING LIKE A SUNNY WEEKEND.

>> Stacy: IT LOOKS LIKE MOST OF US WILL SEE A LOT OF SUNSHINE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, WINDS COULD PICK UP A LITTLE BIT, ESPECIALLY IN WESTERN MINNESOTA.

TEMPERATURES OVERALL LOOK MILD THIS WEEKEND, BUT CHANCES OF SHOWERS WILL BE BACK AS WE HEAD [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, WE DID HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF SUNSHINE EARLY ON TODAY, BUT WE HAVE SEEN INCREASES IN CLOUDS AND A FEW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

THOSE WILL BE MOVING OUT, IT LOOKS LIKE OVERALL, A QUIET NIGHT IN STORE FOR US TONIGHT.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW AND INTO SUNDAY, WE SHOULD BE SEEING A LOT OF SUNSHINE ACROSS MOST OF THE VIEWING AREA WITH MILDER TEMPERATURES AND POSSIBLY AN INCREASE IN WIND SPEEDS.

IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 43 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.

AT OUR STUDIO, WINDS ARE SOUTH AT 6 MILES PER HOUR, THE DEW POINT IS 35 AND HUMIDITY IS AT 73%.

IN BRAINERD, WE ARE SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT RAIN THIS EVENING, IT'S 44 DEGREES.

THE DEW POINT IS 39.

WE HAVE A FALLING BAROMETRIC PRESSURE WITH SOUTHEAST WINDS.

ON OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR, WE CAN SEE THE CLOUDS AND THE SHOWERS, WHICH HAVE BEEN MAKING THEIR WAY ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING.

WE COULD STILL SEE A FEW LINGERING IN EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, BUT MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE MOVING OUT.

WE WILL BE SEEING VARIABLE CLOUDS AS YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE CLOUDS ARE ALREADY CLEARING OUT OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, AND LOOKING AT TOMORROW, IT LOOKS LIKE MOST OF US SHOULD SEE SUNSHINE ONCE AGAIN AND TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE MILD SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT.

IT WAS A GORGEOUS SUNRISE THIS MORNING AND OUR EAGLE EYES WERE CAPTURING THAT FOR US.

AMY SENDING US THIS PHOTO FROM WILTON, ARLENE WITH THAT PICTURE FROM MENAHGA, COURTNEY FROM PEMBINA, RALPH, JENKINS, AND YOLANDA WITH THE BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE.

WE ALSO HAVE A SUNRISE FROM TRACY OVER LAKE BEMIDJI, SAYING IT WAS FROSTY AS WELL.

ANGELA SENDING US THIS PHOTO BETWEEN WALKER AND CASS LAKE.

DEBRA WITH A PICTURE OF ONE OF THE FROSTY LEAVES IN PINE RIVER.

SAMROSE WITH A PICTURE OVER LOWER RED LAKE.

THERE IS AN EAGLE IN THE DISTANCE IF YOU ZOOM IN.

DAVE SPOTTING A BEAR ON THE MOVE THERE, CLIMBING UP THE LADDER IN BEMIDJI AND LAURIE WITH THIS PICTURE OF THE SUNSET TONIGHT OVER LITTLE TURTLE LAKE.

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR SHARING THOSE.

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

BOB IN BLUFFTON, A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS, WITH A HIGH OF 52.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, OVERCAST WITH A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN TODAY.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS, 51 FOR THE HIGH.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, CLOUDY AND WINDY WITH A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS.

LOOKING AT OUR ALMANAC, 54 WAS THE HIGH IN BRAINERD.

WE DID CLIMB ABOVE OUR AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE.

22, A CHILLY START THIS MORNING, SUNRISE AT 7:49.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 49, SO AGAIN WE ARE 2 DEGREES ABOVE THE AVERAGE AND WE DID START OUT WITH THE COLD LOW TEMP OF 22.

SO OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, WE WILL BE SEEING A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUN, ESPECIALLY EARLY ON.

MOST OF US WILL BE SEEING PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES THROUGHOUT THE DAY, MORE CLOUD COVER DEVELOPING, ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD INTO EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

THEN AS FAR AS OUR HIGH TEMPERATURES GO, WE WILL BE BACK MAINLY IN THE MID TO UPPER 50s ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA WITH LOW TO MID-50s IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

SO OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, VARIABLE CLOUDS.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WITH LOWS NEAR 38.

AND VARIABLE CLOUDS TOMORROW, 54 FOR THE HIGH, SOUTH WINDS PICKING UP A BIT AT 5 TO 20.

THE REST OF OUR WEEKEND FORECAST WILL BRING US PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, WITH HIGHS NEAR 58.

CHANCES OF RAIN RETURN AS WE HEAD INTO MONDAY AND TUESDAY, AND THAT WILL COOL TEMPERATURES A LITTLE BIT, HIGHS ON TUESDAY NEAR 48.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THANKS STACY.

CHARLIE IS HERE NOW.

BIG BSU MEN'S HOCKEY GAME AND A REAL THRILLER.

>> Charlie: YEAH, THEY WERE TAKING ON AUGUSTANA.

TRYING TO SNAP A FOUR GAME LOSING STREAK, MATT WAS THERE AS WELL TO DROP THE PUCK, IF YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT MATT, 8 SEASONS IN THE NHL HELPED LEAD THE BEAVERS TO A FINAL FOUR, FROZE EN [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪] >>> AFTER OPENING THE SEASON WITH A WEEKEND SWEEP AT ALASKA ANCHORAGE, THEY FIND THEMSELVES ON A FOUR GAME SKID, DROPPING BACK TO BACK SERIES AGAINST ST.

CLOUD STATE AND MINNESOTA DULUTH.

TONIGHT, THEY BEGIN CCHA PLAY AGAINST AUGUSTANA, HOPING TO GET TO CONFERENCE WILL TURN THINGS AROUND.

FIRST, MATT REID AS A CAPTAIN 15 YEARS AGO, TAKING THE PUCK DROP TO OPEN THE SANFORD CENTER, SWITCHING ROLES AND DROPPING THE PUCK AHEAD OF HIS HALL OF FAME INDUCTION.

WE'LL GET RIGHT TO IT.

IN THE FIRST, NO SCORE, NOAH, MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE GOAL OF THE YEAR IF HE CONVERTED AFTER 1.

HE HAD 27 SAVES TONIGHT.

NO ONE SCORE IN REGULATION, SO 3-ON-3 OVERTIME, ADAM, OLIVER, AND WALKS IT OFF FOR BEMIDJI STATE.

THEY START OFF THE PLAY RIGHT, 1-0 THE FINAL, SNAP THAT NASTY FOUR GAME LOSING STREAK.

THEY GOT AUGUSTANA TOMORROW AT 6:00.

>>> BSU WOMEN'S SOCCER, COMING OFF A HISTORIC 8-0 WIN LAST SUNDAY, THEY'RE AT HOME TRYING TO WIN THEIR 3RD IN A ROW AGAINST CONCORDIA-SAINT PAUL.

IT'S A TRAVELING TROPHY FOR THE TEAMS.

MID FIRST HALF, NO SCORE, GRACE TRIES HER LUCK ON A BREAK AWAY BUT SYDNEY IS THERE TO MAKE THE STOP.

LATER, STILL NO SCORE, THIS TIME MOLLY TESTING THE WATERS, BUT POTTER UNRELENTING, SCORE WILL STAY 0-0 AT THE BREAK.

THEN 71st MINUTE, BEAVERS WITH A CHANCE, CONVERTS FOR HER FIRST GOAL OF THE SEASON.

THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH AS BEMIDJI STATE DOWNS CONCORDIA ST.

PAUL 1-0 AND I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THE PIG UNTIL TODAY BUT SHE RETURNS TO BEMIDJI STATE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2021.

>>> GOT A COUPLE OTHER SCORES FOR YOU ALSO, BEMIDJI STATE, THEY ARE FRESH OFF AN UPSET WIN AGAINST MINNESOTA DULUTH.

TONIGHT, THEY COULD NOT DO THE SAME THING, THE NUMBER 6 WAYNE STATE.

THEY FALL IN THREE SETS.

IN WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY, BEMIDJI STATE FINISHED IN THE TOP 10.

MAGGIE PLACED 20th OVERALL.

>>> CROSBY-IRONTON HAS BEEN ON A HISTORIC RUN THIS YEAR IN GIRLS VOLLEYBALL.

THE RANGERS HAD A WINNING SEASON FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2019, AMASSED 18-WINS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER TWO DECADES, AND TOOK HOME THEIR FIRST CONFERENCE TITLE SINCE 1996.

ALL THAT EARNED THEM THE NORTH'S 1-SEED IN THE SECTION 7-2A TOURNAMENT AND A 1ST ROUND BYE.

TONIGHT, C.I.

HOSTING NORTH 4-SEED TWO HARBORS IN THE QUARTERFINALS, IT'S THE TWO TEAMS FIRST MEETING THIS SEASON.

FIRST SET, CROSBY, SHOT OUT OF THE GATE, AVA, TOO MUCH FOR THEM, SHE LED WITH 16 KILLS.

TWO HARBORS WOULD FIGHT BACK, TIED AT 20-20 IN THE FIRST SET.

UNLEASHES, SHE HAD 13 KILLS, AND THEY ARE BACK IN FRONT.

NOW 23-21, RANGERS IN THE FIRST SET, IT'S CLOSE.

VERONICA SENDS A BULLET BACK.

THEY TAKE THE FIRST SET.

THEY GO ON TO WIN, 3-1 OVER TWO HARBORS.

RANGERS WILL FACE RUSH CITY IN HERMANTOWN NEXT WEDNESDAY.

I HAVE ONE MORE VOLLEYBALL SCORE FOR YOU OUT OF 7-2A, GREEN WAY ALSO HAVING A GREAT SEASON AS WELL.

THEY ARE THE TWO NORTH SEED AND THEY BEAT PROCTOR TONIGHT 3-1.

>>> IN SECTION 6-2A, PEQUOT LAKES GIRLS VOLLEYBALL IN THE QUARTER FINALS, PATRIOTS WON AGAINST THE FALCONS.

HOWEVER, FOLEY TOOK THE FIRST SET.

NOW PEQUOT LOOKING TO RESPOND.

JUNE PUNISHES THE HARDWOOD.

LATER IN THE SET, 18-18.

BROOKLYN POWERS THROUGH THE LOCKERS, AND THEY ARE BACK UP BY 1.

THEY WOULD RALLY TAKING A 24-21 LEAD.

PEQUOT STILL FIGHTING.

EMPATHETIC REJECTION, THEY WOULD BATTLE TO TAKE THE SECOND SET.

THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY SET THEY WOULD CLAIM AS PEQUOT LAKINGS FALLS TO FOLEY 3-1.

THAT WAS AN UPSET THERE.

>>> MORE AROUND THE AREA, 6-2A, SALK CENTER KNOCKS OFF ROYALTON.

WADENA DEER AND ROSEAU GO TOE TO TOE.

THEY ARE MOVING ON.

IN THE 8A QUARTER FINALS, BELTRAMI KNOCKS OFF BLACKDUCK.

NEVIS GETTING THE WIN OVER BERTHA HEWITT.

VERNDALE KNOCKS OFF SEBEKA.

PINE RIVER-BACKUS BEATING MILLE LACS IN THREE STRAIGHT SETS.

ALSO IN THE HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS, TORY, THE LAST TENNIS PLAYER WE HAD IN THE CLASS A INDIVIDUAL SINGLES, SHE FELL IN THE SEMIFINALS, SHE FALLS IN THIRD PLACE, SO SHE FINISHED FOURTH PLACE OVERALL.

A GOOD SEASON AND A GOOD ONE AFTER THIS.

>> Dennis: YEAH, A GOOD ONE FOR A SECOND SPORT.

>> Charlie: AND BASKETBALL.

PRETTY GOOD BASKETBALL PLAYER AS WELL.

>> Dennis: THANKS CHARLIE.

HALLOWEEN IS NEXT WEEKEND AND KIDS AND ADULTS ALIKE ARE PREPPING THEIR COSTUMES TO CELEBRATE THE SPOOKY HOLIDAY.

BUT WHAT SOME PEOPLE MIGHT NOT KNOW IS THAT THERE IS ANOTHER HOLIDAY NEXT WEEKEND, REPORTER DANIEL PURSELL HAS MORE WITH THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS.

>> Reporter: THE CENTER IN BRAINERD HAD A LUNCH AND LEARN ON FRIDAY TO TEACH BRAINERD RESIDENTS ABOUT DAY OF THE DEAD, A MEXICAN HOLIDAY THAT CELEBRATE IT IS LIVES OF THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY.

>> OUR CULTURE, FOR WHATEVER REASON, NEEDS TO BE FRIGHTENED AND WE NEED TO HAVE CHAINSAW MASSACRES AND THINGS JUMPING OUT OF OUR FRONT YARDS AND SCREAMING AT US.

IF YOU PUT THAT TOGETHER WITH DEATH, WELL, YOU KIND OF GET FRIGHTENED OF DEATH AND SPOOKINESS WITH DEATH.

THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WHATSOEVER WITH DAY OF THE DEAD.

IT'S ALL ABOUT, I GUESS FOR ME, WARMTH AND REMEMBRANCE.

>> Reporter: FOR JANE WHO LED TODAY'S TALKS, THE HOLIDAY PROVIDED HER AN OUTLET TO PROCESS HER GRIEF AFTER LOSING HER HUSBAND IN A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT AT 25 YEARS OLD.

>> INSTEAD OF NOT TALKING ABOUT SOMEBODY, GETTING RID OF ALL OF HIS STUFF, JUST FEEL THAT I WOULD WALK INTO A ROOM AND EVERYBODY WOULD JUST QUIET DOWN.

IT GAVE ME THINGS TO DO THAT WERE JOYFUL.

I COULD REMEMBER THAT HE MADE COOKIES.

I COULD TALK ABOUT WHEN HE FIRST GOT HIS FIRST BOAT AND WENT WATER SKIING AND IT OPENED UP THINGS THAT ALSO I COULD SHARE WITH MY 1-YEAR-OLD SON THAT NEVER KNEW HIS FATHER.

SO, IT JUST CHANGED MY LIFE.

>> Reporter: DESPITE ITS PROXIMITY TO HALLOWEEN AND ITS SUBJECT MATTER, IT'S A HOLIDAY OF REFLECTION AND REMEMBRANCE, ONE WAY THAT PEOPLE CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAY IS BY SETTING UP AN ALTAR AND DISPLAYING PICTURES OF FAMILY MEMBERS AND ITEMS TO REMEMBER THE LIFE THEY LIVED.

>> THE YOUNG KIDS COMING UP ALSO WILL BE MORE FAMILIAR WITH DEATH AND DYING.

IT'S PART OF LIFE.

LIFE AND DEATH, YOU KNOW, DEATH IS ALWAYS OVER YOUR SHOULDER.

LIFE IS TO BE CELEBRATED AND LIVED FULLY.

IT'S TOGETHER.

IT'S TOGETHER AND NOT IN A FEARFUL WAY.

>> Reporter: FOR THOSE WHO ATTENDED THE TALK, THEIR EYES WERE OPENED TO NEW CULTURES AND POTENTIALLY A NEW WAY TO LOOK AT LIFE AND A NEW WAY TO LOOK AT DEATH.

>> WELL, I THINK AS WE JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE, IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO LEARN NEW THINGS AND TO EXPLORE DIFFERENT CULTURES AND BELIEF SYSTEMS.

I THINK IT JUST HELPS US HONE INTO WHAT WE BELIEVE AND ALLOWS US TO EMBRACE OTHER CULTURES AND LEARN FROM THEM IN WAYS THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT INTO OUR BELIEF SYSTEM AS WELL.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BRAINERD WITH THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS, I'M DANIEL PURSELL, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: THE HOLIDAY IS CELEBRATED ON NOVEMBER 1ST AND NOVEMBER 2ND.

>>> OKAY STACY, TELL US MORE ABOUT THE WEATHER.

>> Stacy: WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING VARIABLE CLOUDS IN THE AREA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE SOME RAIN SHOWERS COULD LINGER WITH LOWS NEAR 38 AND SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 5 TO 15.

>> Dennis: WE'RE OUT OF TIME.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYBODY, WE'LL SEE YOU ON MONDAY.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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