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

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>> LAKELAND PBS IS PROUD TO PRESENT LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00 WITH LOCAL NEW FROM BEMIDJI, BRAINERD, AND ALL OF THE LAKES COUNTRY.

DENNIS WEIMANN WITH THE NEWS, STACY CHRISTENSON WITH THE WEATHER, AND MILES WALKER WITH YOUR SPORTS.

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

>>> THE FAMOUS BEAN HOLE DAYS EVENT IN PEQUOT LAKES IS GETTING NEW DATES.

INSTEAD OF TAKING PLACE ON A WEDNESDAY AND A THURSDAY, THE EVENT WILL NOW BE PUSHED BACK A DAY AND BE ON A THURSDAY AND A FRIDAY.

THE BEAN HOLE DAYS SITE WILL BE LAID OUT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY NEXT YEAR, WITH THE BEAN PIT MOVED TO JUST NORTHEAST OF THE CHAMBER BUILDING.

NO OTHER MAJOR CHANGES ARE BEING MADE TO THE EVENT.

THERE WILL STILL BE A KING AND QUEEN OF BEAN HOLE DAYS, AND ELVIS WILL PERFORM LIKE PAST YEARS AS WELL.

THE CHAMBER MADE THE SHIFT IN DATES TO MAKE THE EVENT MORE TRAVEL-FRIENDLY AND WITH HOPES TO CONTINUE TO GROW ONE OF THE AREA'S BIGGEST ATTRACTIONS OF THE YEAR.

>> MOVING IT BACK FROM A WEDNESDAY TO A FRIDAY IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BRING A LOT MORE PEOPLE OUT THERE BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE MORE AVAILABILITY ON FRIDAYS.

A LOT OF TIMES, PEOPLE ARE COMING UP AND TRAVELING TO VISIT THE AREA EARLIER IN THE SUMMER SO THEY COME UP ON A THURSDAY OR FRIDAY VERSUS A WEDNESDAY.

SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET MORE TRAFFIC THAT WAY AS WELL.

IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO BEAN HOLE DAYS, IT'S REALLY FUN.

WE HAVE A LOT OF KIDS ACTIVITIES AS WELL.

IT'S A LOT OF FUN FOR ALL AGES.

>> THE NEW DATES FOR BEAN HOLE DAYS ARE THURSDAY, JULY 22ND AND FRIDAY, JULY 23RD.

>>> THE OUTREACH PROGRAM OF BRAINERD LAKES PACKED NEARLY 35,000 MEALS YESTERDAY FOR PEOPLE IN NEED IN THE REGION.

6 AREA ELCA LUTHERAN CHURCHES TOOK PART OF THE MEAL PACKING EVENT AT THE BRAINERD YMCA.

160-PLUS VOLUNTEERS CAME TOGETHER TO PACKAGE EIGHT DIFFERENT MEALS FOR A TOTAL OF 34,560 MEALS.

THOSE MEALS WILL GO TO LOCAL AREA FOOD SHELVES, COMMUNITY MEAL PROGRAMS, SCHOOL BACKPACK PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY SHELTERS,AND TAKE-ONE, NEED-ONE CARTS.

THE OUTREACH PROGRAM OF BRAINERD LAKES STARTED IN 2012.

AND THE ORGANIZATION, WITH THE HELP OF COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS, HAS PACKED OVER 5.6 MILLION MEALS.

THEY ESTIMATE THAT THEY WILL PACK OVER 618,000 MEALS IN 2026 AS PART OF THEIR MISSION TO FEED OUR MINNESOTA NEIGHBORS.

80-90 PERCENT OF THE MEALS PACKED, WILL BE DISTRIBUTED WITHIN A 60-80 MILE RADIUS OF NISSWA.

THE REMAINING 10-20 PERCENT CAN BE USED FOR EXPANDED MINNESOTA DISTRIBUTION, DISASTER RELIEF AND/OR INTERNATIONAL NEEDS.

>>> ELECTION DAY IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER, AND BETWEEN NOW AND THEN WE ARE PREVIEWING A FEW OF THE RACES IN LAKELAND COUNTRY.

TONIGHT, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE FIVE CANDIDATES FACING OFF FOR THE THREE OPEN BEMIDJI SCHOOL BOARD POSITIONS.

INCUMBENT ANNA MANECKE IS NOT SEEKING RE-ELECTION, BUT TWO CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS ARE RUNNING AGAIN.

ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE ASKED THIS YEAR'S CANDIDATES WAS WHAT IS THE BIGGEST DIFFICULTY THAT THE DISTRICT IS CURRENTLY FACING?

>> JENNY HAS AN EARLY CHILDHOOD AND ELEMENTARY EDUCATION DEGREE AND WORKED IN BEMIDJI SCHOOL DISTRICT CLASSROOMS FOR MANY YEARS UNTIL JOINING THE SCHOOL BOARD IN 2022.

>> YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS ELECTED TO THE BOARD, WE WERE OVER $4 MILLION DEFICIT.

NOW WE'RE ON TRACK TO BALANCE THAT BUDGET, WHICH IS SUPER EXCITING.

SO, I JUST WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE TO BE PART OF THAT CONVERSATION BUT THAT IS WHEN THE WORK TRULY STARTS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO STILL FIND REVENUE SOURCES AND YOU KNOW, TO OPERATE A SCHOOL DISTRICT SO THAT IS WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION.

I THINK WHILE THAT MIGHT BE A BARRIER, THAT CAN ALSO BE A CONVERSATION STARTER TO SAY HEY, LET'S JUST TALK.

LET'S JUST HAVE A CONVERSATION.

SO, I AM HOPING THAT AS WE KEEP MOVING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, THOSE GOOD QUALITY CONVERSATIONS CAN HAPPEN.

>> Reporter: CAROL L. JOHNSON HAS LIVED IN BEMIDJI FOR 48 YEARS AND SERVED ON THE SCHOOL YEAR FROM 2005 TO 2022.

>> FINANCIAL IS DEFINITELY A BIG CONCERN.

WE ALSO HAVE SO MANY UNFUNDED MANDATES AND AGAIN, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH FOR YEARS.

WE JUST CAN'T SEEM TO KIND OF GET AHEAD OF THAT BECAUSE ONCE YOU THINK WELL MAYBE THIS ONE WILL WORK OUT, THEN A NEW ONE COMES.

FOR BEMIDJI AREA SCHOOLS, ONE THAT WE HAVE DEALT WITH FOR ALL THE YEARS THAT I'VE PREVIOUSLY SERVED ON THE BOARD WAS TRANSPORTATION AND THAT IS A BIG ONE FOR US.

WE TRAVEL OVER 1 MILLION MILES A YEAR.

ALL WE WOULD LIKE IS TO MAKE US WHOLE.

IT COSTS TO HAVE BUSES, IT COSTS MORE FOR DIESEL FUEL, AND THAT SEEMS TO BE AN AREA THAT WE JUST CAN'T GET AHEAD OF, THAT TRANSPORTATION.

>> Reporter: COLLEEN IS RUNNING FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH 33 YEARS OF BUSINESS EXPERIENCE AND A DECADE OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN ENGLISH TEACHING AND A MASTERS IN ENGLISH.

>> THE DISTRICT HAS HAD THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR OF A BALANCED BUDGET THEY'RE LOOKING AT.

A LOT OF HARD CUTS AND PULL BACKS, SO THE NEXT PHASE IS HOW TO STABILIZE AND KEEP THAT BUDGET AND HOW TO BUILD OUT SO WE CAN GET THINGS BACK TO WHERE IT'S MORE SUSTAINABLE AND IT'S REALLY ABOUT MEETING THE GOALS OF THE STUDENTS IN A HEALTHY SETTING.

SO, I COMPARE IT TO NO LONGER IN HOPEFULLY CRISIS OR SURVIVAL MODE BUT IN MOVING INTO THRIVING MODE.

>> Reporter: FELLOW FIRST TIME BOARD CANDIDATE ALSO BRINGS MANY YEARS OF DISTRICT TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND 51 YEARS OF BEMIDJI RESIDENCY.

>> THE BUDGET CAN BE BALANCED AND THE PLAN FOR THE NEW YEAR IS RUNNING AND LOOKING GREAT.

THE MINNESOTA STATE EDUCATION BOARD CAN SEND YOU THESE UNFUNDED MANDATES.

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO FIND THE MONEY.

IT JUST MAKES IT TOUGH.

WE DON'T WANT TO RAISE TAXES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO THAT WOULD BE A HUGE ISSUE.

>> Reporter: DAVE WALL IS RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION AFTER FOUR YEARS ON THE BOARD AND HAS A BACKGROUND IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION.

>> ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE IS IN THE UPSWING AND WE'RE GOING TO BALANCE THE BUDGET.

THOSE ARE TWO GOOD THINGS.

ENROLLMENT IS A CHALLENGE AND THAT'S IN TWO DIFFERENT WAYS.

THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE WITH THE ENROLLMENT IS MY GOAL IN SERVING ON THE BOARD IS TO MAKE PARENTS CONFIDENT IN PUBLIC EDUCATION AGAIN.

YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO WORK HARD AT THAT AND BE TRANSPARENT IN WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH CURRICULUM AND ALL THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT THAT IS WHERE IT'S AT, IT'S TO BUILD CONFIDENCE IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.

>> Dennis: AND YOU CAN LOOK AT MORE ELECTION NEWS PREVIEWS THROUGHOUT THIS WEEK.

>>> IN OTHER NEWS TONIGHT, A UTILITY TERRAIN VEHICLE CRASH IN MORRISON COUNTY HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A 44-YEAR OLD LONG PRAIRIE MAN AND HAS LEFT A 45-YEAR OLD LONG PRAIRIE WOMAN WITH LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.

THE STATE PATROL SAYS ERIC SPAETH WAS DRIVING THE UTV NORTHBOUND ON HIGHWAY 28 IN CULDRUM TOWNSHIP WHICH IS NEAR SWANVILLE.

HIS WIFE NICOLE WAS A PASSENGER IN THE VEHICLE.

JUST BEFORE EIGHT LAST NIGHT, WHILE NEGOTIATING A LEFT TURN, THE UTV RAN OFF THE ROADWAY TO THE RIGHT AND HIT A DRIVEWAY APPROACH AND ROLLED.

ERIC SPEATH DIED FOLLOWING THE CRASH.

NICOLE SPAETH WAS TAKEN TO AN AREA HOSPITAL WITH LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.

THE STATE PATROL SAYS NEITHER WAS WEARING A SEATBELT.

>>> MEANWHILE, A 55-YEAR OLD LITTLE FALLS WOMAN SUFFERED UNKNOWN INJURIES WHEN THE VEHICLE SHE WAS DRIVING WENT OFF THE ROAD, HIT SOME TREES AND CAUGHT ON FIRE.

THE MORRISON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE SAYS JULIE MOSHIER WAS TRAVELING WEST ON 130TH STREET WHEN THE CRASH HAPPENED AROUND 1:30 IN THE AFTERNOON ON FRIDAY ABOUT A MILE SOUTHWEST OF LITTLE FALLS.

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

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: RAIN SHOWERS ARE MOVING INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND WE COULD SEE A FEW SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MIX AS WELL.

THAT CONTINUES THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING AND THEN WE DO HAVE A FEW MORE CHANCES OF RAIN SHOWERS AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEK.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK FOR THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, ONE BEMIDJI ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE SHOWS THEIR [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪] >>> CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE HAS NAMED ALITA REQUE-PETERSON AS ITS 2025-26 OUTSTANDING EDUCATOR.

THE OUTSTANDING EDUCATOR HONOR IS PART OF THE MINNESOTA STATE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE PROGRAM, WHICH RECOGNIZES EXCEPTIONAL FACULTY ACROSS THE MINNESOTA STATE SYSTEM.

RECIPIENTS ARE NOMINATED BY PEERS AND RECOMMENDED BY A COMMITTEE OF COLLEAGUES.

ALITA REQUE-PETERSON WAS SELECTED FOR HER ABILITY TO CONNECT PSYCHOLOGY CONCEPTS TO REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCES, AND HER ADOPTION OF OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES TO HELP KEEP COLLEGE AFFORDABLE FOR STUDENTS.

HER SERVICE TO CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE EXTENDS BEYOND THE CLASSROOM.

REQUE-PETERSON DIRECTS C.L.C.

'S ANNUAL 5-K FOR MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS AND SERVES AS ADVISOR FOR THE COLLEGE'S PSYCHOLOGY CLUB.

SHE HAS ALSO BEEN RECOGNIZED WITH THE COLLEGE'S CLUB ADVISOR AWARD AND CULTURE OF CARING AWARD.

>> IT'S DEFINITELY AN HONOR TO BE NOMINATED IN THE FIRST PLACE.

WORKING WITH STUDENTS AND ADVISING PSYCHOLOGY CLUB HAS BEEN MEANINGFUL IN HELPING TO COACH LEADERS TO BE ADVOCATES FOR MENTAL HEALTH.

I'M GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO DO WORK THAT I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT AND I LOVE AND TO BE PART OF AN INSTITUTION THAT VALUES EDUCATION.

>> REQUE-PETERSON WILL REPRESENT C.L.C.

AT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AWARD CEREMONY LATER THIS SPRING AND WILL BE UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR SELECTION AS ONE OF SEVERAL MINNESOTA STATE BOARD OF TRUSTEES EDUCATORS OF THE YEAR.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, STACY JOINS US.

THE TEMPERATURES HAVE CHANGED A LITTLE SINCE LAST WEEK AT THIS TIME.

>> Stacy: THEY HAVE.

TEMPERATURES ARE A LITTLE BIT ON THE COOL SIDE AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE ABOUT SEASONAL OR A LITTLE BIT COOL TO THE REST OF THE WEEK.

WE HAVE SOME CHANCES OF RAIN SHOWERS AND WITH COLD TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT, WE COULD SEE SOME SNOW SHOWERS [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, WE DID GET TO ENJOY SOME SUNSHINE EARLIER TODAY BUT CLOUDS AND NOW RAIN SHOWERS HAVE BEEN MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTH AND AS THAT RAIN CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHWARDS AND TEMPERATURES FALL, WE COULD SEE A FEW SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MIX, ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING.

MOST OF THE RAIN WILL TAPER OFF BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON, BUT THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF RAIN ON WEDNESDAY, AND THEN AGAIN LATE THIS WEEK.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 37 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.

WE HAVE A LIGHT EAST WIND.

THE DEW POINT IS 28 AND HUMIDITY IS AT 71%.

IN BRAINERD, WE ARE SEEING SOME LIGHT RAIN THIS EVENING, IT'S 40 DEGREES, A DEW POINT OF 31.

PRESSURE IS FALLING AND WINDS ARE EAST AT 7 MILES PER HOUR.

SO LOOKING AT THE SATELLITE AND RADAR, CLOUDS HAVE MOVED IN EVERYWHERE.

WE HAVE THE RAIN SHOWER ACTIVITY PUSHING IN FROM THE SOUTH AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE ITS WAY NORTHWARD OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

SO MOST OF US WILL SEE THE RAIN SHOWERS MOVING IN AND AS IT MOVES FURTHER TO THE NORTH, WE COULD SEE SNOW SHOWERS ALONG WITH THE RAIN SHOWERS.

THAT CONTINUES INTO TOMORROW MORNING, AND THEN IT WILL BE CHANGING OVER BACK TO ALL RAIN FOR MOST OF THE AREA BY THE AFTERNOON, AND A FEW OF THE RAIN SHOWERS COULD LINGER IN NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, A BEAUTIFUL FULL MOON THIS MORNING FROM ARLENE IN MENAHGA.

GORGEOUS SKIES FROM ANGELA AT CASS LAKE AND DEBRA AT LAKE ADA.

THIS IS THE NARROWS BETWEEN UPPER AND LOWER RED LAKE.

A COUPLE OF DUCKS ARE TAKING A SWIM IN DEERWOOD.

JOAN WITH A BIRD CATCHING A SNACK ON THE FEEDER IN LAPORTE.

BEAUTIFUL SKIES AND A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE FROM THIS EVENING FROM M.D.

AT RED LAKE.

A BEAUTIFUL MOON FROM MELODY FROM THE POWWOW GROUNDS AND LORRIE SENDING THIS ONE FROM LITTLE TURTLE LAKE.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA 33 AND CALM THIS MORNING, ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE.

JOAN IN LAPORTE, MOSTLY CLOUDY AND WINDY, WE HAD A HIGH OF 50.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, THE HIGH WAS 40 WITH OVERCAST SKIES.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, MOSTLY CLOUDY, A HIGH OF 44.

ON OUR ALMANAC, THE HIGH IN BRAINERD WAS 43, SO WE'RE SEEING COOLER THAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES, QUITE A CHANGE FROM LAST WEEK.

37 WAS THE LOW AND SUNSET AT 11 AFTER 6:00.

BEMIDJI TOPPING OUT AT 42, WHICH IS 5 DEGREES BELOW THE AVERAGE.

28 WAS OUR LOW AND SUNRISE AT 7:34.

NOW LOOKING AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, WE MAY SEE SOME LINGERING RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AREA AND AGAIN MAYBE A FEW SNOW SHOWERS IN THE FAR NORTH.

THIS WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT TO THE NORTH.

AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON, MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL COME TO AN END.

WE WILL BE SEEING TEMPERATURES AGAIN IN THE 40s, A LOT OF CLOUD COVER THROUGHOUT THE DAY, SOME MID TO UPPER 40s ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA, AND IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WE WILL BE SEEING THE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 40s TO RIGHT AROUND 50.

TONIGHT, RAIN AND SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA WITH SMALLER CHANCES FARTHER TO THE NORTH, OTHERWISE MOSTLY CLOUDY AND LOWS NEAR 32.

TOMORROW, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, A CHANCE FOR RAIN SHOWERS, ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING, AND A LITTLE BIT OF SNOW IN THE MIX IN THE MORNING IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, HIGHS NEAR 48.

LOOKING AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS ARISE ON WEDNESDAY.

TEMPERATURES ARE A BIT WARMER WITH HIGHS NEAR 58.

QUIETER WEATHER THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME CHANCES OF RAIN RETURNING AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

HIGHS SHOULD BE A LITTLE BIT WARMER, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE TEMPERATURES TOPPING OUT IN THE MID TO UPPER 50s.

BACK TO YOU?

I ALREADY, TIME FOR SPORTS.

MILES IS HERE, BEMIDJI MEN'S HOCKEY, A BIG WEEKEND SERIES WITH MINNESOTA DULUTH.

>> Miles: I ALWAYS WANTED TO SEE THE BOYS GOING UP AGAINST THEIR RIVALS.

WE'LL HAVE MORE FROM THAT GAME RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK.

[♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH MILES WALKER.

[♪♪♪] >>> BEMIDJI STATE MEN'S HOCKEY GAVE THE NINTH RANKED MINNESOTA DULUTH BULLDOGS ALL THE BITE THEY COULD HANDLE THROUGH THE GAME'S FIRST 40 MINUTES ON FRIDAY, TRAILING ONLY 1-0.

HOWEVER THE BEAVERS COULDN'T WEATHER THE LATE GAME STORM FROM UMD, RELENTING THREE GOALS ON THE WAY TO DROPPING 4-1.

THE BEAVERS HAD ANOTHER SHOT AT THEIR INTRASTATE RIVALS SATURDAY NIGHT HOWEVER, FACING WARROAD ALUM JAYSON SHAUGABAY AND THE BULLDOGS.

FINAL SECONDS OF THE FIRST PERIOD, STILL 0-0, BSU SHORTHANDED, RYLAN GOULD BREAKS FREE, CAN'T PUT THE BISCUIT IN THE BASKET, GAME STAYS SCORELESS.

THE BEAVERS KEPT GETTING OPPORTUNITIES, MID-SECOND PERIOD STILL SCORELESS, ETHAN MIEDEMA, JUST A TOUCH OFF SYNC WITH JACKSON PANZER, STILL GOOSE EGGS ON THE BOARD.

HOWEVER UMD WOULD WAKE UP, ON THE POWER PLAY, TY HANSON, SHAUGABAY, LOOKING LIKE PRIME KOBE AND SHAQ ON THE GIVE-AND-GO, ONE OF TWO SECOND PERIOD GOALS FOR THE NATION'S LEADING SCORER AMONG DEFENSEMAN IN HANSON.

BSU WOULD LATER ALLOW A LATE THIRD PERIOD GOAL THROUGH AFTER PULLING THEIR GOALIE, AS THE BEAVERS, CAN'T GET ANYTHING GOING SATURDAY DESPITE RIPPING 22 SHOTS ON GOAL, FALLING 3-0 TO UMD.

>>> NOW, BSU DROPS TO ST.

CLOUD STATE IN THE DOUBLE HEADER.

>>> BEMIDJI STATE'S WOMAN'S VOLLEYBALL IS IN THE MIDDLE OF ITS MOST SUCCESSFUL REGULAR SEASON IN OVER 20 YEARS, BOASTING 15 DUBS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2003.

HOWEVER THE BEAVERS ARE STILL LOOKING FOR THEIR FIRST WIN AGAINST RANKED COMPETITION, CARRYING AN 0-4 RECORD AGAINST TEAMS IN THE TOP 25TH.

BSU HAD ANOTHER ONE ON THE DOCKET THIS WEEKEND, COMING OFF A 3-WIN AGAINST SIOUX FALLS, HOSTING BEMIDJI ALUM MOLLY RUPP AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE.

AND THE BEAVERS FRONT COURT ASSERTED THEMSELVES ON SATURDAY, FIRST SET, BEAVERS DOWN 13-7, NEVAEH CARLSON, RISING UP WITH BAD INTENTIONS, EIGHT KILLS ON THE GAME, HOWEVER BSU DROPPED SET ONE 25-20.

ONTO THE SECOND, TIED AT SEVEN, LOOK AT THE DIG FROM AVA BOELTER, BEAUTIFUL BACK SET FROM MADISON TRIPP, INTO ONE AVA ATHAN'S EIGHT KILLS, WHAT A SEQUENCE, BEAVERS GO UP 8-7.

HOWEVER THE MUSTANGS WOULD JUMP OUT TO A 21-16 LEAD IN THE SECOND, ELLA KRATOCHVIL, PUTTING A CRACK IN THE HARDWOOD, SHE HAD EIGHT KILLS HERSELF.

BUT THE MUSTANGS PROVED TOO MUCH FOR BSU, AS THE BEAVERS CAN'T PULL OFF THE UPSET, IN A 3-0 FINAL TO SMSU.

MADISON TRIPP TOSSED 24 ASSISTS FOR THE BEAVERS.

>>> MORE AROUND IN COLLEGE STORTS, BEMIDJI STATE GETS JAMESTOWN IN A STUMP.

>>> IN COLLEGE SOCCER, BEMIDJI STATE PLAYS NORTHERN STATE TO A TIE.

>>> WELL THE HIGH SCHOOL GIRL'S VOLLEYBALL SECTION TOURNAMENT SEASON GOT UP AND RUNNING THIS PAST WEEKEND.

DOWN IN 5-1A, THE TEAM WEARING LAST YEAR'S CROWN IS NEVIS, THE THIRD DIFFERENT GROUP TO CLAIM THE SECTION TITLE IN THE LAST THREE YEARS.

TIGERS POSTED AN EVEN 14-14 RECORD, EARNING THE SECOND SEED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BRACKET, WHILE LONG PRAIRIE-GREY EAGLE DREW THE WEST'S SEVEN SEED, FINISHING THE REGULAR SEASON 6-17.

NEVIS HOPING TO KICKSTART ANOTHER RUN, LONG PRAIRIE-GREY EAGLE LOOKING TO ADVANCE TO THE QUARTERFINALS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2019.

FIRST SET, NEVIS UP EARLY, HOWEVER THE THUNDER BEGAN TO STRIKE, SOPHIA CHAVEZ OROZCO LETTING THE HAMMER GO, MAKES A 6-4 DEFICIT.

AND THEN THE THUNDER JUST KEPT ON ROLLING, NOW ONLY DOWN 17-16, BRIANNA LUX, PAINTS ONE IN THE CORNER, LONG PRAIRIE WOULD GO OM TO TAKE THE FIRST SET 25-19.

NEVIS WOULD WAKE UP IN THE SECOND SET, UP 12-9, MACKENZIE LINDOW, JUST DRILLING ONE PAST THE THUNDER DEFENDERS, THE TIGERS WOULD END UP TAKING SET TWO 25-22.

HOWEVER, LONG PRAIRIE GREY EAGLE PULL OFF THE UPSET AGAINST NEVIS.

THE THUNDER KNOCK OUT THE TIGERS IN A 5-SET THRILLER.

>>> MORE AROUND THE AREA IN GIRLS VOLLEYBALL, VERNDALE ADVANCES IN SECTION 5-1A.

SEBEKA GETS THE WIN.

MILLE LACS TAKES DOWN McGREGOR.

PINE RIVER-BACKUS GETS THE WIN OVER EAST-CENTRAL.

IN SECTION 8-3A, BRAINERD GETS THE WIN.

LITTLE FALLS TAKES DOWN ST.

CLOUD APOLLO.

CROSBY-IRONTON TAKES DOWN GREEN WAY.

TWO HARBORS GETS THE WIN OVER AITKIN.

IN SECTION 6-2A, PEQUOT LAKES ADVANCES OVER PILLAGER.

ROYALTON GETS THE WIN.

AND PIERZ FALLS TO FOLEY IN A 4-SETTER.

STAPLES MOTLEY FALLS, AND WINAMAC GETS THE WIN.

BLACKDUCK GETS THE WIN.

MAHNOMEN-WAUBUN CAN'T GET IT DONE, AND NORTHWOODS GETS THE WIN OVER NASHWAUK KEEWATIN.

OVER IN THE NBA, THE TIMBERWOLVES TAKE THEIR FIRST LOSS OF THE SEASON AS THEY FALL TO THE CAVALIERS.

>> Dennis: THEY HAVE BEEN PLAYING GOOD TOO.

>> Miles: YEAH, THAT DUO.

IT'S AN EXCITING SEASON.

>> Dennis: I THINK SO.

THANKS MILES.

BELTRAMI ELECTRIC IS SHOWING THAT IT'S CONNECTIONS GO BEYOND POWER LINES.

DURING NATIONAL CO-OP MONTH, THE BEMIDJI BASED BUSINESS IS CELEBRATING WHAT BRINGS LOCAL COOPERATIVES TOGETHER.

REPORTER RYAN FLEMING EXPLORES THE POWER OF THOSE CONNECTIONS WITH THIS WEEK'S IN BUSINESS.

>> Reporter: TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL CO-OP MONTHS, BELTRAMI ELECTRIC DELIVERED GIFT BASKETS AS A TOKEN OF APPRECIATION.

BEHIND THE GESTURE IS A SUPPORT SYSTEM THAT BECOMES ESPECIALLY VALUABLE WHEN CHALLENGES ARISE.

>> IT IS A NETWORK OF PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE.

SO, WHEN COOPERATIVES OFTEN GET INTO A SITUATION WHERE THERE IS, FOR EXAMPLE, BELTRAMI ELECTRIC, WE GOT INTO A STORM.

WE CAN CALL UPON OTHER COOPERATIVES TO COME AND HELP US.

>> Reporter: FROM ELECTRICITY TO COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, THESE COOPERATIVES SERVE DIFFERENT NEEDS.

FOR BELTRAMI ELECTRIC AND PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS, THEIR RELATIONSHIP GOES BACK TO A SHARED HISTORY THAT HELPED BOTH BUSINESSES.

>> Reporter: THIS YEAR, IT'S SHINING A LIGHT OF THE CONNECTION THAT BRINGS COOPERATIVES TOGETHER.

>> PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS WAS FOUNDED BY THE FOUNDERS OF BELTRAMI ELECTRIC WHEN THEY WERE ESTABLISHED.

THEY ARE EVERYTHING TO US.

THEY HELPED GET US STARTED AND HELPED US DOWN OUR PATH.

WE HAVE BEEN PARTNERS IN BUSINESS AND CERTAINLY PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY EVER SINCE.

>> Reporter: BELTRAMI ELECTRIC'S GIFT BASKET DELIVERY IS A SMALL TOKEN OF GRATITUDE BUT THEY'RE SOMETHING BIGGER.

THE COMPANY'S MEMBERS PLAY A BIGGER ROLE IN SHAPING THEIR FUTURE.

>> THE MEMBERS OF BELTRAMI ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE AND TO ELECT THEIR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WHICH IS MADE UP OF MEMBERS THAT USE THE SERVICE AS WELL.

SO, BY BEING A PART OF BELTRAMI ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, THEY GET A VOTE ON HOW THE COOPERATIVE IS HANDLED AND THAT MAKES US DIFFERENT.

>> Reporter: WHAT STARTED AS A CELEBRATION CARRIES A BIGGER MESSAGE.

IT'S ABOUT CREATING OPPORTUNITIES, STRENGTHENING LOCAL COMMUNITIES, AND MAKING SURE THAT BENEFITS REACH THE PEOPLE WHO CALL THEM HOME.

>> HOW DO WE MEET THOSE END STATEMENTS TO BRING ECONOMIC VALUE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY?

YOU KNOW, ALL THESE DIFFERENT PIECES.

SO, TO GET TO CELEBRATE WITH OTHER CO-OPS, IT'S KIND OF LIKE YEAH.

THIS IS REALLY FUN.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BEMIDJI WITH THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, I'M RYAN FLEMING, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> BELTRAMI ELECTRIC SERVES MORE THAN 18,000 MEMBERS ACROSS ROUGHLY 3,000 SQUARE MILES OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA, WITH A COOPERATIVE MODEL THAT PUTS THOSE IT SERVES AT THE HEART OF IT'S OPERATIONS.

>>> WELL TIME FOR A LAST CHECK OF OUR WEATHER.

WE GO BACK OVER TO STACY.

>> Stacy: WE WILL BE SEEING THE RAIN SHOWERS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND AS TEMPERATURES FALL, WE COULD SEE SOME SNOW MIXED IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

LOWS NEAR 32.

>> Dennis: THAT'S GOING TO WRAP IT UP FOR US.

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

>> Miles: GOOD NIGHT.

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