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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.

>>> A BELTRAMI COUNTY JURY HAS FOUND A 28-YEAR-OLD MAN GUILTY OF SIX COUNTS OF CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT IN THE FIRST DEGREE.

AFTER A TRIAL THAT LASTED SIX DAYS, THE JURY DELIBERATED FOR LESS THAN TWO HOURS YESTERDAY BEFORE FINDING THOMAS HUMISTON GUILTY ON THE SIX COUNTS.

THE SEXUAL ABUSE, WHICH BEGAN IN 2019, INVOLVED TWO CHILDREN, A BOY AND GIRL.

HUMISTON SEXUALLY PENETRATED THEM NUMEROUS TIMES BEGINNING WHEN ONE OF THE VICTIMS WAS 8-YEARS-OLD.

ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, HUMISTON TOLD THE VICTIMS HE WOULD KILL THEM AND SLICE THEIR THROATS IF THEY DID NOT DO AS THEY WERE TOLD.

THE INVESTIGATION INTO HUMISTON FIRST STARTED IN 2024 WHEN ONE OF THE VICTIMS TESTED POSITIVE FOR A SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE THAT HUMISTON HAS ALSO TESTED POSITIVE FOR.

THE BELTRAMI COUNTY ATTORNEYS OFFICE THEN FILED A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT IN JANUARY OF 2025 AND REQUESTED A NATIONWIDE WARRANT.

HUMISTON WAS ARRESTED IN DOUGLAS COUNTY NEVADA IN FEBRUARY OF 2025 AND WAS THEN EXTRADITED TO BELTRAMI COUNTY.

AFTER OVER A YEAR OF LITIGATION AND MULTIPLE RE-SCHEDULED TRIAL DATES, THE BELTRAMI COUNTY ATTORNEYS OFFICE WAS ABLE TO PRESENT THE CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST HUMISTON TO A BELTRAMI COUNTY JURY THIS PAST WEEK.

BELTRAMI COUNTY ATTORNEY DAVID HANSON SAID, "MY HEART GOES OUT TO THE BRAVE VICTIMS IN THIS CASE; THE COURAGE IT TOOK FOR THEM TO FACE HUMISTON IN OPEN COURT AND TESTIFY TO TRAUMA THAT HE CAUSED THEM WAS AMAZING."

A SENTENCING HEARING FOR HUMISTON IS SET FOR DECEMBER 29TH.

>>> IT'S BEEN NINE MONTHS SINCE INTENSIVE CARE NURSE ALEX PRETTI WAS KILLED BY FEDERAL OFFICERS DURING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT SURGE IN MINNEAPOLIS.

HIS PARENTS SAID TUESDAY THAT NO ONE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS GIVEN THEM ANY SUBSTANTIAL INFORMATION.

MICHAEL AND SUSAN PRETTI SAY THE GOVERNMENT HAS RESPONDED WITH CRUELTY AND THEY ARE CALLING FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO HOLD THOSE WHO SHOT PRETTI ACCOUNTABLE.

>> WE ARE WORKING ON THIS CASE EVERY SINGLE DAY, MY OFFICE IS WORKING IN A COLLABORATIVE WAY WITH THE LOCAL COUNTY ATTORNEY.

WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TRUTH AND JUSTICE PREVAILS IN ALEX PRETTI'S CASE.

WE'RE IN LITIGATION WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RIGHT NOW TO SECURE THE REST OF THE REMAINING FILES, WHICH THEY COULD GIVE US THIS MORNING IF THEY WERE INCLEANED TO -- INCLINED TO DO SO.

I'M SORRY IT COMES TO THAT.

>> RECENT COURT FILINGS SAY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS STOPPED SHARING EVIDENCE WITH STATE AUTHORITIES WHO ARE INVESTIGATING THE KILLINGS OF PRETTI AND ANOTHER U.S.

CITIZEN, RENEE GOOD.

>>> FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE RALLYING TO HELP A LONG PRAIRIE FAMILY AFTER A UTILITY TERRAIN VEHICLE CRASH CLAIMED THE LIFE OF 44-YEAR-OLD ERIC SPAETH AND LEFT HIS WIFE, 45-YEAR-OLD NICOLE SPAETH WITH LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.

THE CRASH HAPPENED SUNDAY NIGHT ON HIGHWAY 28 IN CULDRUM TOWNSHIP WHICH IS NEAR SWANVILLE, WHEN THE U.T.V.

RAN OFF THE ROADWAY TO THE RIGHT AND HIT A DRIVEWAY APPROACH AND ROLLED.

A FUNDRAISER IS UNDERWAY TO HELP THE FAMILY.

NICOLE REMAINS IN I.C.U.

AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN, RYLAN, MADDIE, AND NATALIE, ARE NAVIGATING THEIR FATHER'S LOSS AND THEIR MOTHER'S RECOVERY.

THE GOFUNDME READS IN PART, ERIC AND NIKKI ARE PART OF A WONDERFUL FAMILY IN OUR SMALL COMMUNITY, THIS FAMILY HAS GIVEN SO MUCH KINDNESS, LOVE, AND SUPPORT TO OTHERS, AND NOW IT'S OUR TURN TO SURROUND THEM WITH THAT SAME LOVE.

WE ARE INCLUDING A LINK TO THAT GOFUNDME PAGE ALONG WITH THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

OR YOU CAN JUST GO TO GOFUNDME.COM AND SEARCH SPAETH.

>>> THE BEMIDJI AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HOSTED IT'S 119TH ANNUAL CELEBRATION GALA AT THE SANFORD CENTER IN BEMIDJI, RECOGNIZING COMMUNITY LEADERS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS.

REPORTER RYAN FLEMING TAKES US INSIDE A NIGHT OF RECOGNITION AND INSPIRATION.

>> Reporter: AN ELEGANT EVENING, A CELEBRATION BROUGHT LOCAL BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY LEADERS TOGETHER FOR DINNER, SILENT AUCTIONS, AND SPECIAL HONORS.

>> THEY ARE PUSHED AND PULLED IN A LOT OF DIRECTIONS AND THEY'RE REALLY GREAT AT CONTRIBUTING TO OUR COMMUNITY, BOTH IN TERMS OF ECONOMICALLY, BUT ALSO FUNDRAISING.

YOU SEE THEM ON BASEBALL FIELDS, ALL THESE THINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO, JUST IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THEIR EFFORTS.

>> WITH 19 EMMY AWARDS AND MORE THAN 4 DECADES OF SPORTSCASTING, THE KEYNOTE BROUGHT A MESSAGE, TRUE SUCCESS IS NOT MEASURED IN PROFITS BUT IN THE PEOPLE WE IMPACT.

>> THEIR BUSINESSES ARE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE THEY TAKE CARE OF THEIR EMPLOYEES FIRST.

THEY PUT PEOPLE OVER PROFIT.

THEY CARE ABOUT THE IMPACT THEY HAVE IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

THAT'S THE GREAT THING ABOUT CHAMBERS, THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT SMALLER TOWNS LIKE BEMIDJI.

EVERYBODY CARES ABOUT EVERYBODY.

>> Reporter: FROM SILENT AUCTIONS TO A WINE WALL, TO HONORING LOCAL VOLUNTEERS, AND NEW LEADERSHIP, THE GALA OFFERED PLENTY TO CELEBRATE.

TWO AWARDS HIGHLIGHTED THE STRENGTHENING LOCAL BUSINESSES IN SHAPING THE COMMUNITY'S FUTURE.

THE 119th ANNUAL CELEBRATION MAY BE FILL WITH GLITZES AND GLAMOUR, BUT THE HIGHLIGHT BELONGS TO THOSE MAKING A DIFFERENCE AFTER THE CELEBRATION ENDS.

>> IT CELEBRATES THEM BEING ACTIVE.

WE GO TO 60 DIFFERENT BUSINESSES A YEAR, EXPANSIONS, NEW BUSINESSES, NEW MANAGERS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

SO, THAT WOULD BE PART OF IT.

THE YOUNG PROFESSIONAL ARE FINDING THEMSELVES A LITTLE BIT, GETTING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, BECOMING A LEADER.

>> Reporter: TYLER SMITH EARNED YOUNG PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR AND CHRIS RECEIVED AMBASSADOR OF THE YEAR, TWO DIFFERENT HONORS, BUT ONE SHARED MESSAGE.

LASTING IMPACT IS NOT MEASURED BY AN AWARD, BUT WHAT WE DO FOR OTHERS.

>> WHEN YOU PUT OTHER PEOPLE FIRST, THAT'S THE MAGIC.

A LOT OF PEOPLE TRY TO DO IT BUT SOMETIMES IT TAKES AWARENESS AND INTENTIONALITY AND THAT'S WHAT I TALK ABOUT.

I TELL PEOPLE, IF YOU MAKE ONE POSITIVE INTENTIONAL IMPACT EVERY SINGLE DAY, ONE YEAR FROM NOW, YOUR LIFE WILL BE CHANGED.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BEMIDJI, I'M RYAN FLEMING, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE CELEBRATION ALSO INTRODUCED NEW CHAMBER BOARD MEMBERS, WHO WILL HELP GUIDE THE ORGANIZATION'S EFFORTS TO SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES, STRENGTHEN PARTNERSHIPS, AND ENCOURAGE ECONOMIC GROWTH THROUGHOUT THE BEMIDJI AREA.

>>> 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 CANDIDATES FACING OFF FOR THE BEMIDJI CITY COUNCIL WARD 4 SEAT, INCUMBENT EMELIE RIVERA AND CHALLENGER MISTY BRAY.

ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE ASKED THEM WAS WHY ARE YOU SEEKING THIS POSITION?

>> I WANT TO KEEP GOING ON THE WORK THAT WAS STARTED BACK IN 2019 ON PROJECTS LIKE ZONING AND OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

MENT -- PROJECTS RELATED TO HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING THE REAL CORRIDOR, THAT REQUIRE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE AND I THINK I BRING THAT AND I WANT TO USE THAT TO HELP ENSURE THAT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO ACCOMPLISH GET DONE.

>> I HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY IT'S TIME FOR CHANGE.

IT'S TIME FOR NEW LEADERSHIP.

THE REALITY IS, I'M ALREADY OUT HERE DOING THINGS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

I GET CALLS, I HELP WITH THE PROJECT, I STILL GET CALLS FROM A COUPLE PEOPLE REGARDING I NEED A NEW APARTMENT AND THERE ARE OTHER RANDOM CALLS THAT COME IN FROM OTHER CONSTITUENTS.

CAN YOU HELP WITH THIS PLANNING CODE?

DO YOU KNOW WHERE THIS IS?

AND THE REALITY IS, I AM DOING A LOT OF WORK THAT COUNCIL PEOPLE DO.

>> OUR LAKELAND NEWS ELECTION PREVIEWS WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW NIGHT.

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

>> Stacy: WE'LL SEE CLOUDY SKIES TONIGHT WITH MORE SHOWERS AND EVEN A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA TOMORROW AND THEN AS WE HEAD INTO THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, WE WILL SEE QUIETER WEATHER ONCE AGAIN.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, ONE GRADUATE STUDENT IS STUDYING THE EFFECTS OF INSECTICIDES O [♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪] >>> THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS OPENED A NEWLY CONSTRUCTED ROUNDABOUT NEAR ONAMIA.

THE ROUNDABOUT IS AT THE NORTH JUNCTION OF HIGHWAY 27 AND HIGHWAY 169 NORTH OF ONAMIA.

MINN-DOT REOPENED DIRECT ACCESS TO AND FROM HIGHWAY 27 AT HIGHWAY 169 EARLIER IN OCTOBER.

THE NEW FOUR LEGGED ROUNDABOUT IS DESIGNED TO REDUCE SEVERE CRASHES BY LOWERING VEHICLE SPEEDS AND MINIMIZING HIGH RISK TURNING MOVEMENTS.

IN ADDITION TO THE ROUNDABOUT, THE PROJECT INCLUDES RECONSTRUCTED LOCAL ENTRANCES AND NEW PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALKS.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, STACY JOINS US.

YOU PROMISED US RAIN TODAY, WE CERTAINLY GOT THAT.

>> Stacy: WE DID.

IN BETWEEN THE RAIN SHOWERS, IT WAS MISTY AND DREARY.

WE WILL HAVE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, SOME PATCHY FOG HERE AND THERE AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS RETURNING TOMORROW, ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD INTO THE [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, IT WAS A PRETTY DREARY DAY OUT THERE TODAY, MISTY, ON THE COOL SIDE, AND A LITTLE BIT OF A BREEZE TOO.

AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, SOME PATCHY FOG HERE AND THERE THAT COULD LINGER INTO TOMORROW MORNING.

ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS WILL MOVE IN TOMORROW AND WE MAY SEE SOME THUNDERSTORMS, ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL AND OVER INTO NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA.

ONCE THAT MOVES THROUGH, WE WILL BE SEEING SOME QUIETER WEATHER AS WE HEAD INTO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

IN BEMIDJI, 44 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT, A LIGHT WEST WIND AT THE STUDIO, DEW POINT IS 44, AND WE PICKED UP 0.07-INCH OF RAINFALL TODAY.

IN BRAINERD, CLOUDY SKIES, 46 DEGREES, A DEW POINT OF 43, PRESSURE IS FALLING, AND WINDS ARE SOUTH AT 7 MILES PER HOUR.

LOOKING AT THE SATELLITE AND RADAR, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING VERY CLOUDY SKIES, VERY DREARY CONDITIONS OUT THERE, A LITTLE MISTY, AND THAT'S THE CASE AGAIN TONIGHT.

A LOT OF CLOUDS IN THE AREA, SOME PATCHY FOG IN PARTS OF THE AREA, AND WE COULD CONTINUE TO HAVE PATCHY FOG OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

THAT COULD LINGER INTO TOMORROW MORNING.

TOMORROW MORNING LOOKS FAIRLY QUIET, A FEW SHOWERS OUT THERE, BUT REALLY WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT ACTIVITY PICKING UP AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON AND WE MAY SEE SOME THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME SMALL HAIL, POSSIBLY UP TO PENNY-SIZED HAIL AROUND THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA.

TAKING A LOOK AT OUR WEATHER SHOTS FOR TONIGHT, IT WAS A CLOUDY AND RAINY DAY IN MENAHGA, ARLENE SENDING US THAT PHOTO AND A CLOUDY DAY OVER LITTLE TURTLE LAKE FROM LORRIE.

JOAN WITH A COUPLE OF VISITORS ON THE TRAIL CAM IN LAPORTE.

WE HAVE SOME RECENT PICTURES WITH A LITTLE BIT OF SUNSHINE OUT OF DEERWOOD, GARY SENDING US THIS PHOTO.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 39, RAINY, 0.5-INCH OF RAIN THIS MORNING.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, 0.5-INCH OF RAIN OVERNIGHT.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, 0.38-INCH OF RAIN, OTHERWISE OVERCAST SKIES TODAY.

WE HAD ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, CLOUDY SKIES, HALF INCH OF RAIN.

JOAN IN LAPORTE, 0.01-INCH OF RAIN, AND MELTING SNOWFLAKES TODAY.

BREEZY WITH 0.5-INCH OF RAIN DURING THE DAY, WITH A HIGH OF 48.

LOOKING AT OUR ALMANAC, IN BRAINERD WE TOPPED OUT AT 49, PRETTY CLOSE TO OUR AVERAGE, JUST 1 DEGREE SHY OF OUR AVERAGE HIGH.

38 WAS OUR LOW TEMPERATURE AND WE HAD SUNSET AT 6:09.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 44, 2 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE, SO SEASONAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.

35 WAS OUR LOW AND WE HAD SUNRISE AT 7:56.

SO HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, A LOT OF CLOUDS, SOME PATCHY FOG OUT THERE IN THE MORNING.

WE MAY SEE A FEW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING HOURS IN PARTS OF THE AREA BUT WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE ACTIVITY PICKING UP IN THE AFTERNOON.

AS YOU CAN SEE, WE DID HAVE SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO MAINLY CENTRAL, OVER INTO NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA IN THE AFTERNOON.

HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE A LITTLE BIT WARMER.

WE'RE LOOKING AT HIGHS IN THE 50s ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA, POSSIBLY UP TO 59 IN GRAND RAPIDS, AND IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WE'LL SEE THE HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50s TO POSSIBLY SOME LOW 60s.

SO OUR FORECAST, MOSTLY CLOUDY, PATCHY FOG TONIGHT, LOWS NEAR 38.

FOR TOMORROW, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY, A CHANCE OF SHOWERS, ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON, SO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MIX, HIGHS NEAR 56.

OUR EXTENDED FORECAST WILL BRING US SOME QUIETER WEATHER ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, A LITTLE BIT COOLER THERE ON THURSDAY, BUT BACK UP INTO THE 50s LATE THIS WEEK AND THEN WE DO HAVE SOME SLIGHT CHANCES OF RAIN SHOWERS BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, MILES IS HERE NOW WITH OUR LOCAL SPORTS.

FIRST DRAW IN THE HIGH SCHOOL PLAYOFFS TONIGHT.

>> Miles: WE TOOK A DEEPER DIVE INTO THE 6-2A QUARTER FINALS.

WE'LL HAVE MORE FROM MENAHGA FACING STAPLES MOTLEY RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK.

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

>>> THE SECTION FOOTBALL TOURNAMENTS ARE FINALLY HERE, WITH NOTHING BUT HOPE, OPPORTUNITY, AND UNKNOWN, ALL LYING AHEAD.

IN 6-2A, MENAHGA SECURED THE NUMBER FOUR SEED, PUTTING TOGETHER A 5-3 RECORD, WHILE SCORING ABOUT 24 POINTS A GAME.

THE BRAVES ALSO EARNED A HOME GAME FOR THE QUARTERFINAL ROUND, WELCOMING 2024 SECTION CHAMPS, AND FIFTH SEEDED STAPLES-MOTLEY INTO THEIR FRIENDLY CONFINES.

MENAHGA FACING THE STAPLES-MOTLEY IN THE 6-2A QUARTERS, CARDINALS BEAT THE BRAVES IN THE SAME ROUND 50-13 TWO YEARS AGO.

PICKING UP LATE IN THE FIRST QUARTER, STAPLES UP 7-0.

COOPER FINDS KAIDEN, ZIPPING AND ZAGGING ALL THE WAY DOWN FIELD.

27-YARD RECEPTION, CARDINALS ARE IN BUSINESS IN MENAHGA TERRITORY.

A FEW PLAYS LATER, IT TAKES MORE THAN THAT TO TAKE DOWN THIS WRESTLING CHAMPION, A 37-YARD TO THE END ZONE, THAT GO UP 14-0.

FINAL MINUTE OF THE FIRST HALF, MENAHGA DOWN 14-8, AND THEN ROLLING OUT, LETTING IT FLY RIGHT INTO BRAD, BREAD BASKET, 31 YARDS TO THE CRIB, 21-14.

STAPLES MOTLEY FLEW HIGH, ON TO A 51-22 VICTORY OVER MENAHGA.

>>> AND OVER IN THE SECTION 6-1A QUARTERFINALS, FOURTH SEEDED PINE RIVER-BACKUS, HOSTING FIFTH-SEEDED NEVIS, PRB BEAT THE TIGERS 14-12 BACK IN WEEK TWO.

FIRST PLAY MID WAY THROUGH THE FIRST PINE RIVER UP 7-0 TWO PLAYS AFTER A CALLED BACK 57 YARD RUSHING TD SCOTT SCOVEL SAYS NAH GIVE US THAT TD BACK 35 YARDS TO THE HOUSE PINE RIVER UP 14-0.

NOW IN THE 2ND SAME SCORE PINE RIVER AFTER A FAKE PUNT FOR 47 YARDS, PEYTON BENSON FIGHTS THROUGH FOR 2 YARDS GIVING NEVIS ITS FIRST SCORE 14-7 PINE RIVER.

SIX SECONDS LEFT IN HALF BALL ON THE 10 HAND-OFF TO SHAUN REYES HE TAKES IT IN HIS 3RD TD OF THE DAY GIVING PINE RIVER A 35-6 LEAD.

PINE RIVER WOULD WIN 45-20 ADVANCING TO THE SEMIFINALS AND THEY WILL TAKE ON BRECKENRIDGE.

>>> NOW BEMIDJI, WHAT A TIME TO CATCH YOUR FIRST ONE OF THE YEAR.

WOOD CITY, ALMOST 300 YARDS AND 4 TOUCHDOWNS, THEY ADVANCE TO THE SEMIS.

>>> LITTLE FALLS GETS THE WIN IN AN UPSET WIN AGAINST DETROIT LAKES.

SECTION 8-3A QUARTER FINALS, PARK RAPIDS DROPS TO EAST GRAND FORKS.

WARROAD GETS THE WIN OVER FRAZEE.

AND IN SECTION 7-2A, CROSBY-IRONTON GETS THE W OVER ELY.

AND 6-2A, ROYALTON GETS A WIN AGAINST PILLAGER.

WADENA DEER CREEK FALLS AND SECTION 8-1A, MAHNOMEN-WAUBUN REMAINS UNDEFEATED.

SECTION 7-1A, DEER RIVER GETS A FORFEIT WIN OVER EAST-CENTRAL.

WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY FALLS TO PARKERS PRAIRIE.

WEST CENTRAL WINS IN 5-1A.

WIN-E-MAC ADVANCES TO THE SEMIS WITH A WIN.

NORTHWOODS GETS THE WIN OVER BIG FORK.

LITTLE FORK BIG FALLS CANNOT GET THE W. SECTION 6-9 PLAYER NORTHOME-KELLIHER FALLS.

SEBEKA GETS A HUGE WIN OVER BERTHA-HEWITT.

VERNDALE ADVANCES WITH A WIN OVER McGREGOR.

MILLE LACS IS ABLE TO OUTLAST.

>>> A LOT HAS CHANGED SINCE THE LAST TIME GRAND RAPIDS BOYS SOCCER COMPETED IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

CUBS BREAKING A 108-YEAR DROUGHT, THE IPHONE BEING INTRODUCED, AND EVEN THE CLASS IN WHICH THE THUNDERHAWKS COMPETE IN.

BACK IN 2005, THEY TOOK ON THE CLASS 1A FIELD, NOW, GRAND RAPIDS IS STARING DOWN THE CLASS-2A STAGE, FACING ANOTHER TEAM OVER 20 YEARS REMOVED FROM THE TOURNAMENT IN CRETIN-DERHAM HALL.

SEVENTH SEEDED GRAND RAPIDS LOOKING TO ADVANCE TO CLASS 2A STATE SEMIFINALS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN PROGRAM HISTORY, TAKING THE PITCH AGAINST THE SECOND-SEEDED RAIDERS.

>>> WE'RE GOING TO PICK UP IN THE 45th MINUTE, GRAND RAPIDS DOWN 1-0.

MAX, MY GOODNESS, WHAT A BEAUTY INTO THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER.

HIS SECOND GOAL OF THE YEAR AS GRAND RAPIDS GETS IT TIED UP.

57th MINUTE, TIED 1-1, OUT IN FRONT, AND WHAT ELSE IS HE GOING TO DO, HE GIVES GRAND RAPIDS THE LEAD.

THIS ONE WOULD END UP GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO SUDDEN DEATH AND GRAND RAPIDS FALLS IN AN ABSOLUTE CLASSIC, DROPPING 6-5 IN PENALTY KICKS.

THE THUNDER HAWKS FINISH THEIR SEASON 15-2-2.

>>> TAKING A LOOK AT SOME MORE SCORES, PEQUOT LAKES DOWN IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT, THEY FALL TO LITCHFIELD.

THEY GET THE WIN IN CONSTELLATION.

AND THE FIFTH PLACE FINISH IN THAT.

IN WOMEN'S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL, BEMIDJI STATE GETS THE REVERSE SWEEP.

AND IN THE NHL, MINNESOTA WILD UP 2-0.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THANKS MILES.

BEMIDJI STATE HAS SEVERAL DEGREE PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON THE OUTDOORS, SUCH AS AQUATIC BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, AND FOREST MANAGEMENT.

FOR THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK SAT DOWN WITH ONE BSU GRAD STUDENT, TO LEARN ABOUT THE EFFECTS HIS RESEARCH COULD HAVE ON LOCAL WALLEYE POPULATIONS.

>> Reporter: FOR HIS MASTER'S DEGREE IN BIOLOGY WITH A FISHERIES FOCUS, BEMIDJI STATE GRAD STUDENT JAKE IS WORKING ON STUDYING INSECTICIDES AND THEIR EFFECTS, NOT THE AFFECTS ON THE INSECTS BUT THE POTENTIAL EFFECTS ON FISH, ESPECIALLY WALLEYE.

>> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS NEW IN DEVELOPMENT.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF INSECTICIDE EXPOSURE ON ANIMALS AND TERRESTRIAL SYSTEMS BUT WE KNOW VERY LITTLE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS.

ASKING THESE BIG QUESTIONS AND NOT BEING AFRAID TO DIVE INTO THE UNKNOWN IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

>> Reporter: THE PROJECT AND THE RESEARCH INVOLVED IN IT IS STILL IN ITS BEGINNING STAGES BUT HAS A STRONG EMPHASIS ON FIELDWORK AND COLLECTING PHYSICAL DATA.

>> I WOULD GO OUT AND ANGLE FOR FISH.

I HAVE A BUNCH OF FISH IN THE FREEZER RIGHT NOW.

OVER THE COURSE OF THE WINTER, I AM GOING TO ANALYZE THEIR LIVER AND THEIR MUSCLE TISSUE FOR INSECTICIDE CONCENTRATIONS.

THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF INSECTICIDES YOU CAN FIND IN FISH AND THE CONCENTRATIONS ARE VARIABLE.

WE'RE STILL LEARNING ABOUT THOSE DIFFERENCES.

>> Reporter: THE FISH WILL BE GATHERED FROM 30 BODIES OF WATER ACROSS MINNESOTA AND ARE 15 TO 20-PLUS INCHES IN SIZE, FOCUSING ON A SIZE CLASS THAT PEOPLE WOULD MOST LIKELY EAT.

THE PURPOSE OF THE RESEARCH IS NOT ONLY TO ANALYZE THE INSECTICIDE EXPOSURE IN THE WALLEYE, BUT HOW THAT COULD TRANSFER TO HUMANS.

>> THAT'S WHY IT MATTERS.

IT COULD POTENTIALLY BE EFFECTING HUMAN HEALTH AND THAT IS WHAT I AM TRYING TO LOOK INTO, TO SEE WHAT IS AN UNSAFE LEVEL FOR FISH CONSUMPTION AND DOES INSECTICIDE EXPOSURE EFFECT SAFETY OF CONSUMING FISH?

WE KNOW MERCURY DOES.

THERE IS ESTABLISHED GUIDELINES WITH THE MINNESOTA D.N.R.

THEY HAVE THEM ON THEIR WEBSITE ALL THE TIME.

THOSE GUIDELINES HAVE NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED.

I WANT TO SEE WHAT KIND OF CONCENTRATIONS WE CAN FIND INSIDE DIFFERENT FISH.

>> Reporter: REPORTING FROM BEMIDJI WITH THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, I'M SYDNEY DICK.

LAKELAND NEWS.

>> OVER THE WINTER, THE PREVIOUSLY-CAUGHT FISH WILL BE TESTED FOR TOXIN EXPOSURE IN THE LIVER AND MUSCLE TISSUE.

IN THE SPRING, THE OVERALL RESEARCH COULD INCLUDE LAND USE, WATER SHEDS, AND WATER QUALITY, ONCE THE WEATHER ALLOWS FOR MORE FIELD STUDY.

>>> LET'S CHECK BACK IN WITH STACY FOR ONE LAST LOOK AT OUR WEATHER.

>> Stacy: WE WILL BE SEEING MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES TONIGHT, SOME PATCHY FOG, LOWS DOWN TO 38, AND SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS RETURN TOMORROW.

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