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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.

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

>>> HISTORY WAS MADE AS THE LEECH LAKE BAND OF OJIBWE AND THE ITASCA COUNTY BOARD SIGNED A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING EARLIER TODAY.

THIS M.O.U.

INVOLVES COOPERATION ON SEVERAL FRONTS.

INCLUDING CHILD WELFARE SERVICES, TRIBAL EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS SHARED FORESTRY AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT EFFORTS WITHIN THE CHIPPEWA NATIONAL FOREST THAT OVERLAPS THE RESERVATION.

DISTRICT THREE COMMISSIONER JOHN JOHNSON PRESENTED A GIFT FROM THE PIPESTONE NATIONAL MONUMENT TO LEECH LAKE TRIBAL CHAIRMAN FARON JACKSON SHORTLY AFTER SIGNING THE M.O.U.

>> I NEEDED INSPIRATION ON WHAT I SHOULD DO AND WHAT THIS SHOULD LOOK LIKE AND IT CAME TO ME THAT I HOPE THAT THIS UNFINISHED PIPE IS AS MEANINGFUL TO YOU AS IT IS TO ME BECAUSE I HOPE IT'S EXACTLY LIKE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ITASCA COUNTY AND THE LEECH LAKE BAND OF OJIBWA AND THAT IT REMAINS UNFINISHED AND WE WORK ON THE RELATIONSHIP JUST LIKE THIS FIGHT FOR EVERYONE, GENERATIONS TO LONG COME AFTER US.

>> ANYTHING WE DO, WE HAVE TO TRUST ONE ANOTHER, JUST LIKE A MARRIAGE.

WHEN YOU GET INTO A MARRIAGE, YOU MAKE IT WORK, YOU HAVE TWO THAT TRUST.

I HAVE GOOD VIBES TODAY.

I FEEL GENUINE AND SINCERE.

I'M HAPPY AND HONORED TO ACCEPT THIS TODAY AND ON BEHALF OF JOHN AND THE COMMISSIONER OF ITASCA COUNTY, I WILL SMOKE THIS PIPE TODAY, TO START US OFF.

>> THE SIGNING OF THE M.O.U.

TOOK PLACE SHORTLY AFTER THE GROUND BREAKING CEREMONY FOR THE NEW LEECH LAKE WELLNESS CENTER WHICH IS COMING TO BALL CLUB.

OUR REPORTER, MATTHEW FREEMAN, WILL HAVE MORE DETAILS ON THE GROUNDBREAKING NEXT WEEK.

>>> A 53-YEAR-OLD RUSH CITY WOMAN DIED IN A FIERY HEAD-ON CRASH SOUTH OF ONAMIA ON WEDNESDAY.

SEVERAL GOOD SAMARITANS ARE BEING CREDITED WITH HELPING TO PULL THE OTHER DRIVER OUT OF THE OTHER VEHICLE JUST BEFORE IT BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES.

THE COLLISION HAPPENED AROUND 6:30 A.M.

ON 280TH STREET.

ONE OF THE DRIVERS, IDENTIFIED AS RACHAEL MOREY DIED AT THE SCENE.

THE OTHER DRIVER, IDENTIFIED AS 24-YEAR-OLD LUCAS BOROS OF LITTLE FALLS, WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL.

DUSTIN BEVINS OF DALTON, CHAD BOSER OF PIERZ AND JOSEPH SCHUMAN OF FERGUS FALLS WITNESSED THE CRASH OCCUR AND STOPPED TO HELP.

MILLE LACS COUNTY SHERIFF KYLE BURTON SAID IN A PRESS RELEASE THAT THE TRIO WERE ABLE TO BREAK OUT THE DRIVER'S DOOR WINDOW AND GET BOROS OUT AND AWAY FROM DANGER, LIKELY SECONDS BEFORE THE FIRE OVERTOOK THE VEHICLE MAKING IT TOO DANGEROUS TO CONTINUE RESCUE EFFORTS.

AND THAT THEIR EFFORTS UNDOUBTEDLY SAVED BOROS FROM DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY.

THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

>>> THE ROSEAU COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS WARNING PEOPLE NEAR WARROAD TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A PET BOBCAT THAT ESCAPED FROM ITS OWNER.

A PET BOBCAT WAS REPORTED TO THE MINNESOTA D.N.R.

TO HAVE ESCAPED NEAR WARROAD ON THURSDAY.

OFFICIALS SAY IF YOU SEE THE ANIMAL DO NOT APPROACH IT AND CALL THE MINNESOTA D.N.R.

OR THE ROSEAU COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

>>> A SEVERE WIND STORM HIT BEMIDJI ON JUNE 21ST, AND THE DAMAGE IT CAUSED IS STILL SEEN IN THE COMMUNITY EVERY DAY, EVEN NOW, THREE MONTHS LATER.

MEMBERS OF CONSERVATION CORPS MINNESOTA AND IOWA WERE IN BEMIDJI LAST WEEK TO CONTINUE CLEANING UP FALLEN TREES AND OTHER DEBRIS FOR HOUSES AND PROPERTIES STILL DEALING WITH WIND DAMAGE.

THE NONPROFIT TEAMED UP WITH THE UNITED WAY OF BEMIDJI AREA AND COMMUNITY RESOURCE CONNECTIONS TO BRING 13 VOLUNTEERS TO THE AREA TO WORK ON CHAIN-SAWING AND DEBRIS PICKUP.

THEY WERE GIVEN A LIST OF SIXTEEN PRIORITY PROPERTIES TO START ON.

>> TO PRIORITIZE, WE'RE NEEDING A LOT OF HELP FOR INSURANCE, DISABILITY, OR ACCESSIBILITY REASON, AND WE'RE USING CRISIS CLEAN UP, INDICATES THAT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT MORE, SO I DO THINK WE'RE REALLY ONLY SCRATCHING THE SURFACE, BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING FEELS VERY IMPACTFUL FOR THE PEOPLE WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONNECT WITH SO FAR.

>> THE CURRENT CONSERVATION CORPS CLEANUP IS NOT ONLY FOCUSED ON THOSE WHO MAY NOT HAVE THE FINANCES TO PAY FOR CONTRACTORS, BUT FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT HAVE HAD THE CHANCE TO HIRE ANY, DUE TO HOW EXTENSIVE THE DAMAGE WAS AND HOW BUSY CONTRACTING ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS.

>> THINGS OBVIOUSLY HAVE IMPROVED SINCE THEN, BUT IT IS OBVIOUS THAT AID IS STILL NECESSARY FOR THE COMMUNITY.

THERE IS A LOT OF CONCERN WITH FREEZE THAW WHEN WINTER COMES.

A LOT OF TREES ARE FINE NOW BUT ANOTHER STORM EVENT WITH EXPOSED ROOT SYSTEMS, WHO KNOWS WHAT COULD HAPPEN WITH A LOT OF THESE TREES.

>> CONSERVATION CORPS WILL ONLY BE IN THE BEMIDJI AREA UNTIL MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH, BUT THE UNITED WAY STILL HAS THEIR DISASTER RECOVERY FUND GOING FOR THOSE IN NEED.

THEY ALSO HAVE AN ONGOING LIST OF PEOPLE IN THE AREA WHO STILL NEED DEBRIS OR REBUILDING HELP, AND PEOPLE CAN ADD THEMSELVES TO THE LIST OR ASK FOR HELP ON THE UNITED WAY BEMIDJI WEBSITE.

>>> CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE HOSTED THE MINNESOTA HOUSE CAPITAL INVESTMENT COMMITTEE FOR A CAMPUS BONDING TOUR THIS WEEK.

AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COLLEGE TO SHOWCASE CURRENT PROJECTS AND DISCUSS POTENTIAL PLANS FOR THE FUTURE, REPORTER MILES WALKER WAS IN ATTENDANCE FOR THE LATEST.

>> THE CAMPUS BONDING TOUR KICKED OFF WITH A LOOK AT CENTRAL LAKE COLLEGE'S MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR RENOVATION PROJECT.

>> I'M GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO FUND IT HERE AND I TALKED TO SOME TRIO STUDENTS, I AM A FORMER TRIO STUDENT.

AND THE IMPACT FOR THE LARGE COMMUNITY, IT'S GREAT.

>> THEY'RE INTERESTED IN NOT JUST PROJECTS WE'RE REQUESTING BUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE PROJECTS THAT WERE REQUESTED A LONG TIME AGO.

>> Reporter: THE TOUR SHIFTED TO A DISCUSSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION ASSET PRESERVATION AND REPLACEMENT OR REQUEST END PROJECTS.

>> OUR TOP PRIORITY IS THE BRAINERD WEST ROOF.

WE PUT THAT STAPLES AIR CONDITIONING REQUEST IN ITS OWN THAT WILL GO FORWARD.

NUMBER THREE, WE HAVE A CHILDCARE CENTER, A GREENHOUSE, AND AT THE STAPLES CAMPUS, WE HAVE AN AG BUILDING, ALL OF WHICH ARE VERY OLD AND HAVE WOOD SIDING.

>> Reporter: A SEPARATE CATEGORY FOR BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS FROM BOND PROCEEDS, TO HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, HOWEVER THERE IS A LIST OF STANDARDS THAT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES NEED TO MEET TO RECEIVE FUNDING VIA THE STATUTE.

>> OUR PEERS FROM ACROSS THE MINNESOTA SYSTEM ANALYZE ALL OF THESE PROJECTS AND RANK THEM HIGHEST IMPACT ON STUDENTS.

>> Reporter: WHILE THEY KNOW WHICH PROJECTS THEY'RE REQUESTING FUNDING ON, THE COLLEGE IS STILL FINALIZING THEIR PRIORITIES FOR THE STATUTE WITH TITLE AND ORDER SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

>> THIS IS THE VERY FIRST STEP OF THE PROCESS, THE FIRST OF FIVE REGIONAL TOURS ACROSS THE STATE.

AFTER THAT, WE WILL RETURN TO THE CAPITAL IN ST.

PAUL.

IN FEBRUARY, WE WILL HAVE CONVERSATIONS ON HOW DO WE PUT IT TOGETHER.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BRAINERD, MILES WALKER, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> COMMITTEE MEMBERS ALSO MET WITH BRAINERD CITY OFFICIALS FOR COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE BRAINERD PUBLIC UTILITIES WATER TREATMENT FACILITY, PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE CROSSING OVER STATE HIGHWAY 210 AND THE CUYUNA LAKES STATE TRAIL.

>>> THE FINAL ALTERATION TO THE ARCHWAY OF THE FORMER BEMIDJI HIGH SCHOOL WAS UNVEILED EARLIER THIS WEEK.

HONORING ALL OF THE NAMES WHO DONATED AT LEAST $500 TO THE ARCH RECONSTRUCTION.

AFTER THE OLD B.H.S.

WAS DEMOLISHED IN 2008, A COMMITTEE FULL OF B.H.S.

ALUMNI AND COMMUNITY LEADERS WAS FORMED TO FIND A WAY TO MEMORIALIZE THE BUILDING.

THE OLD PLAQUE, ORIGINALLY PLACED ON THE ARCH, WAS MISSING A FEW OF THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO DONATED.

SO COMMITTEE MEMBERS WANTED TO CORRECT THAT MISTAKE WITH A NEW PLAQUE.

>> WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO DONATED.

WE COULD ONLY PUT ON THE PLAQUE, THOSE WHO DONATED $500 OR MORE, BUT THE MANY, MANY, MANY PEOPLE WHO DONATED, $5, $25, $150, THIS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN BUILT IF THOSE SMALL DONORS HAD NOT COME FORWARD.

>> THE OLD BEMIDJI HIGH SCHOOL REMEMBERED COMMITTEE HIRED JACOBSON'S CONCRETE AND MASONRY TO PLACE THE PLAQUE JUST BEHIND THE ARCHWAY.

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

>> Stacy: WE HAVE A CHANCE OF SEEING A FEW MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERS IN THE FAR NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

OTHER THAN THAT, IT LOOKS LIKE A QUIET AND MILD WEEKEND AHEAD OF US.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, ARTIST FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY FLOCK TO HACKENSACK FOR THE [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> THIS PAST SUMMER WAS THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS WALLEYE CLASSIC IN BEMDIJI.

THE TOURNAMENT WHICH FIRST STARTED AS THE KRAUS-ANDERSON WALLEYE CLASSIC HAS DISTRIBUTED NEARLY $1.4 MILLION SINCE THEN TO COMMUNITY CAUSES.

YESTERDAY PROCEEDS FROM THIS YEARS TOURNAMENT, $126,000 IN ALL, WERE DISTRIBUTED TO TWELVE DIFFERENT CHARITABLE BENEFICIARIES.

TOURNAMENT REVENUES WERE EARNED THROUGH SPONSORSHIPS, DONATIONS, AND THE ANNUAL RAFFLE.

HERE'S THE COMPLETE LIST OF THE BENEFICIARIES.

NEXT YEAR'S KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS WALLEYE CLASSIC WILL BE HELD ON LAKES BEMIDJI AND IRVING ON JUNE 13TH.

>>> STACY, SOME GOOD FISHING IS STILL GOING ON WITH THE NICE WEATHER WE HAVE.

>> Stacy: I'M SURE, IT'S BEEN GREAT WEATHER TO GET OUT ON THE LAKE.

IT'S BREEZY TODAY, WE DID SEE THE WINDS PICKING UP.

IN FACT, WE'RE GOING TO SEE TEMPERATURES COOLER TO START THE WEEKEND, STILL ABOVE AVERAGE, BUT AS WE HEAD INTO SUNDAY AND THEN MONDAY, WE ARE LOOKING AT HIGHS IN THE 70s AND EVEN THE [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] .

>> Stacy: WELL, AFTER SOME CHILLY TEMPERATURES TO START THE DAY, WE DID HAVE THE HIGHS CLIMBING ABOVE AVERAGE ACROSS OUR VIEWING AREA.

WE DID ENJOY THAT NICE SUNSHINE, ALTHOUGH WINDS PICKED UP A LITTLE BIT AS WELL.

LOOKING AT TONIGHT, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE FAR NORTHERN PART OF MINNESOTA, SOME OF THOSE COULD CONTINUE IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

BEYOND THAT, IT LOOKS LIKE VERY QUIET WEATHER WILL BE SETTLING INTO THE AREA.

IT WILL STICK AROUND THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND TEMPERATURES ARE A LITTLE BIT COOLER TOMORROW, WE SHOULD BE SEEING 70s AND 80s AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT IS 62 DEGREES, AT THE STUDIO, WE HAVE A SOUTH WIND AT 6 MILES PER HOUR, THE DEW POINT IS 53, HUMIDITY IS AT 71%.

IN BRAINERD, WE HAVE PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, A DEW POINT OF 54, THE PRESSURE IS ON THE RISE AND WINDS ARE FROM THE SOUTHEAST AT 6 MILES PER HOUR.

LOOKING AT OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR PICTURE, IT HAS BEEN SUNNY THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY.

IT HAS MOVED INTO THE EVENING, WE HAVE SEEN SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF MINNESOTA.

THEY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS FAR NORTHERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND NORTHEAST MINNESOTA COULD SEE SOME SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVERNIGHT.

FOR THE REST OF US, IT LOOKS LIKE A QUIET NIGHT WITH CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL BE SEEING PLENTY OF SUNSHINE BACK ACROSS THE AREA TOMORROW.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL BUT COOL MORNING FROM DEBRA AT LAKE ADA, SARAH ENJOYING THE SUNNY WEATHER OTHER LAKE EDWARD, AND GARY SPOTTING THIS MUSHROOM OUT IN THE WILD, AND ANGELA AT CASS LAKE WITH TONIGHT'S BEAUTIFUL SUNSET PICTURES.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, DEBRA IN PINE RIVER, 50 THIS MORNING.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUNNY AND ALSO 72.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, SUNNY AND 72.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE REPORTING PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, AND THE HIGH WAS 72.

LOOKING AT OUR ALMANAC IN BRAINERD, THE HIGH WAS 72.

I'M SENSING A THEME HERE.

IT IS ABOVE AVERAGE, 66 IS OUR AVERAGE HIGH AND WE DID START OUT WITH A LOW OF 44, PRETTY SEASONAL LOW TEMPERATURE FOR TODAY, SUNSET AT 7:04.

BEMIDJI TOPPING OUT AT 71, SO AGAIN WELL ABOVE THAT AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE.

WE DID DROP TO 36 DEGREES THIS MORNING, SO IT WAS A LITTLE BIT ON THE CHILLY SIDE, AND WE HAD SUNRISE AT 7:14.

SO AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW, NOT REALLY MUCH AS FAR AS CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE AREA TO START THE DAY.

WE'LL PUT THIS IN MOTION, NOT GOING TO SEE MUCH MOTION BECAUSE WE'RE EXPECTING TO SEE CLEAR SKIES AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT THE DAY TOMORROW.

AS FAR AS OUR TEMPERATURES GO, A LITTLE BIT COOLER THAN WE HAVE BEEN SEEING AS OF LATE.

WE SHOULD BE SEEING HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60s, TO LOW 70s ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA AND HEADING INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA, HIGHS WILL BE IN THE LOW 70s.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST, CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES TONIGHT, A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA.

LOWS NEAR 49.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW, SUNNY SKIES ARE BACK, 69 FOR THE HIGH, WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 5 TO 15.

LOOKING AT THE REST OF OUR WEEKEND FORECAST, MORE SUNSHINE ON SUNDAY, AND EVEN INTO MONDAY HEADING INTO THE WORKWEEK, AND TEMPERATURES WILL WARM ONCE AGAIN, 77 ON SUNDAY, WE START MONDAY WITH A HIGH OF 81.

QUIET WEATHER CONTINUES WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70s.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: BEAUTIFUL WEATHER FOR A BIG RIVALRY GAME.

>> Charlie: YES, THE BATTLE FOR BABE'S BELL BETWEEN BEMIDJI AND BRAINERD.

BRAINERD TRYING TO TAKE IT WITH THEM PLUS A WHOLE BUNCH OF HIGHLIGHTS IN FOOTBALL AND MORE COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

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

[♪♪♪] >>> THE BATTLE FOR BABE'S BELL IS A RIVALRY THAT NEEDS NO FURTHER HYPE.

BEMIDJI AND BRAINERD FOOTBALL MET ON THE GRIDIRON TONIGHT FOR THE 80TH TIME SINCE 1940.

AND IN ALL THOSE GAMES YEARS AND GAMES PLAYED, IT STILL HASN'T SETTLED THE DISPUTE OF WHERE PAUL BUNYAN WAS BORN, BUT, WHEN THE FINAL HORN SOUNDED TONIGHT, WE KNEW WHO WAS KEEPING BABE'S BELL, AND ANOTHER YEAR WORTH OF BRAGGING RIGHTS.

LUMBERJACKS, ON HOMECOMING, TRYING TO KEEP THE BELL IN BEMIDJI, HOSTING THE WARRIORS, WHO'D LIKE TO CARRY IT ONTO THEIR BUS AND TAKE IT BACK TO BRAINERD.

FIRST POSSESSION OF THE GAME, JACKS, NORMALLY A RUN HEAVY TEAM.

THEY GO TO THE AIR.

OWEN HITS REESE IN STRIDE, 69-YARD STRIKE, OPENS THE SCORING, BEMIDJI LED 8-0 RIGHT OUT THE GATES.

NEXT DRIVE, WHAT ARE THEY DOING?

THEY'RE GOING TO THE AIR AND HE PASSED TO DEFENSE, THREE CATCHES, 155 YARDS RECEIVING, 2 TOUCHDOWNS, AND JUST LIKE THAT, IT'S 15-0.

SAME SCORE, JACKS DRIVE AND THE WARRIORS KNOCK THE BALL OUT, AND THEY ARE COOKING.

A FEW PLAYS LATER, THEY GET ON THE BOARD, REVERSE OUT OF THE WILDCAT, BO HITS JOHNSON, AND SPECTACULAR.

HE CUTS THE LEAD, 15-6.

THE LUMBERJACKS WILL ANSWER NEXT DRIVE, A 1-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN MADE IT 22-6.

WITH SECONDS LEFT, WARRIORS TRIED FOR A SCREEN PLAY, BEMIDJI FORCES A FUMBLE ON THE SCRAMBLE, BRAYLIN ALMOST SCORES IT, AND HE IS TACKLED WITH 1 SECOND LEFT IN THE HALF.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO KICK IT, THEY'RE GOING TO GO FOR IT.

THEY GO REVERSE, IT'S A PASS AND HE HITS TIGHT END, ALL IN THE END ZONE, THEY LED 30-6 AT THE HALF.

THEN IN THE THIRD QUARTER, LUMBERJACKS WERE GIVING NO QUARTER.

MILES ON THE END AROUND, 105 YARDS ON THE GROUND, RAN THIS ONE TO THE END ZONE, AND THE LUMBERJACKS WERE RUNNING ALL THE WAY TO THE END ZONE AFTER THE GAME.

THEY GET TO KEEP BABE'S BELL ONCE AGAIN, 44-14 THE FINAL SCORE.

SOMETIMES RIVALRY GAMES COME DOWN TO THE LAST PLAY, SOMETIMES RIVALRY GAMES END UP BEING BLOW OUTS LIKE THIS ONE.

THEN A PRETTY COOL SCENE AFTERWARDS, THE BUS, THEY ALL HOPPED ON THE BUS AND WENT TO PAUL AND BABE TO RETURN THE BELL TO WHO THEY BELIEVE ARE THE TRUE PAUL AND BABE.

THEY GOT TO CELEBRATE IN FRONT OF THE STATUTE AND SANG THE ALMA MATER, SANG THE FIGHT SONG, TOOK A LOT OF PICTURES, HOW COOL OF A CELEBRATION FOR THEM AFTER THAT RIVALRY VICTORY.

WHAT ELSE WAS AT STAKE, NOT JUST THE BELL AND THE PHOTOS, BUT TONIGHT BEMIDJI AND BRAINERD FLIP-FLOPPED.

BEMIDJI SECOND PLACE IN THE STANDINGS, BRAINERD FALLS INTO THAT PLAY IN GAME RIGHT NOW, THEY EACH ONLY GOT TWO SECTION GAMES REMAINING THEY HAVE TO PLAY OUT.

BEMIDJI HAS TO PLAY SARTELL AND ALEXANDRIA AND THAT'S WHERE THEY SIT CURRENTLY.

>>> PIERZ FOOTBALL IS 4-0 AND RANKED 5TH IN CLASS 3-A BY THE STAR TRIBUNE, THEY'RE HOSTING 1-3 LITTLE FALLS.

FIRST QUARTER, PIONEERS GOT AFTER IT EARLY, ALREADY UP 6-0, TYLER KIMMAN, GETS HIS SECOND PICK OF THE QUARTER, TAKES IT TO THE CRIB, PIERZ TAKE A 13-0 LEAD.

FINAL TWO MINUTES OF THE FIRST, SAME SCORE, LIAM HENNESSY, HITS CARTER YOUNG IN STRIDE, BRAYDEN FOUST CARRY WOULD EXTEND THE LEAD.

SECOND QUARTER, PIONEERS LOOKING FOR MORE, HENNESSY, DOT TO KIDMAN, SETS UP A SAWYER LOCHNER T.D, PIERZ MOVING AT WILL.

AND THEY WOULD GO ON TO DOWN LITTLE FALLS IN A 40-7 VICTORY.

PIERZ DEFENSE FORCED FOUR INTERCEPTIONS ON THE NIGHT.

>>> IN 4A FOOTBALL, UNDEFEATED HERMANTOWN.

RAPIDS GET IN, MASON JOHNSON GAVE HIM A 7-0 LEAD.

AFTER HERMANTOWN FUMBLES, RAPIDS ARE THREATENING AGAIN, MARCUS GETS THROUGH THE LINE, AND HE IS IN FOR THE THUNDER HAWKS SCORE.

RAPIDS AGAIN IN THE RED ZONE, GETS THE BLOCK, T HAWKS GO ON TO WIN 34-20 KNOCK OFF CLASS 4A'S FIFTH RANKED HERMANTOWN.

THEY'RE NOW 4-1.

>>> AITKIN GETS THE WIN OVER MESABI EAST.

THIEF RIVER FALLS BEATS WARROAD.

PARK RAPIDS GETS THE WIN OVER ROSEAU.

STAPLES MOTLEY IS UNDEFEATED, A HUGE WIN.

MELROSE BEATS ROYALTON.

WADENA DEER CREEK GETTING A BIG WIN AGAINST MENAHGA.

THEY'RE A TEAM THAT DIDN'T GET TO FINISH LAST SEASON.

PILLAGER IS STILL UNDEFEATED AND WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY A BIG WIN IN THE SECTION.

PARK CHRISTIAN BEATS CASS LAKE-BENA IN A FORFEIT.

LONG PRAIRIE GREY EAGLE LOSES.

COOKE COUNTY BEATS NORTHOME-KELLIHER.

BELTRAMI BEATS FOSSTON.

CLEAR BROOK GONVICK FALLS.

BLACKDUCK, THEY GET THE WIN OVER BIG FORK.

>>> IN GIRLS VOLLEYBALL, HOMECOMING FOR PINE RIVER-BACKUS, HOSTING 11-3 CROSBY-IRONTON.

FIRST SET, TIGERS UP 12-6, ELLA BREWER, KILL SWITCH ENGAGED, PINE RIVER GO ON TO TAKE THE FIRST SET 25-20.

SECOND SET, C.I.

TRYING TO FIGHT BACK, SAM HACHEY, ONE OF HER 10 KILLS FOR THE GAME, BUT RANGERS STILL DOWN 13-11.

HOWEVER PINE RIVER WAS JUST TOO MUCH, MARGARET CRIMMINS, SWATS ONE BACK, TIGERS GO ON TO TAKE THE SECOND SET 25-19.

AND WOULD TAKE THE MATCH 3-0 OVER C.I, THAT SPLITS THE SEASON SERIES BETWEEN THE RANGERS AND THE TIGERS.

>>> MOVING TO COLLEGE RANKS, BSU WOMEN'S HOCKEY OPENING UP THE SEASON AGAINST THE REIGNING NATIONAL CHAMPS.

THEY'RE HOSTING NUMBER-ONE RANKED WISCONSIN.

NEAR THE END OF THR FIRST PERIOD, STILL NO SCORE, KIRSTEN SIMMS RATTLES ONE HOME, BADGERS LED 1-0 AFTER ONE.

SECOND PERIOD, BEMIDJI TRAILING 2-0 NOW, CARMEN BRAY BLUE LINER, MADDIE KAISER WITH THE REDIRECT INTO THE NET, FRESHMAN'S FIRST CAREER GOAL IN HER FIRST COLLEGIATE GAME MAKES IT 2-1.

BUT THE BADGERS BEGIN PICKING UP STEAM WITH THIS 5-HOLE SHOT BY MAGGIE SCANNELL EXTENDS THE LEAD FOR THE BADGERS.

THEY GO ON TO BEAT BEMIDJI STATE 9-2.

THE FIRST TIME THE BEAVERS HAVE SCORED MORE THAN ONE AGAINST THE BADGERS SINCE 2021.

THEY PLAY AGAIN TOMORROW AT 3:00 P.M.

>>> BEMIDJI STATE ENDS IN A STATE AGAINST AUGUSTANA, 0-0.

IN VOLLEYBALL, AUGUSTANA SWEEPS BEMIDJI STATE IN THREE SETS.

IN WNBA, RIGHT NOW, CLOSE GAME, SERIES TIED 1-1, MINNESOTA LYNX TRAILING THE MERCURY IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.

THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR THEM, A FIVE GAME SERIES FOR THEM.

>> Dennis: THEY WILL NEED ONE WIN ON THE ROAD.

>> Charlie: YES, IF THEY WANT TO BRING IT BACK HERE AND HOPEFULLY YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE DOWN TWO GAMES TO ONE AND HAVE TO WIN THAT GAME IN PHOENIX LATER THIS WEEKEND.

>> Dennis: SURE, OKAY, THANKS CHARLIE.

FOR OVER 20 YEARS, ARTISTS HAVE FLOCKED TO HACKENSACK TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TOWN'S YEARLY CHAINSAW CARVING EVENT.

REPORTER DANIEL PURSELL WAS AT THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL TO CHECK OUT THE CARVED CREATIONS, HERE HE IS WITH THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS.

>> Reporter: HACKENSACK IS TYPICALLY A QUIET TOWN, WITH A POPULATION OF JUST 300, RESIDENTS ARE USE TO THE SERINE SURROUNDINGS OF THEIR SMALL TOWN BUT THIS WEEKEND, THE TOWN IS ANYTHING BUT QUIET.

ARTISTS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY MADE THEIR WAY TO HACKENSACK TO SAW, PAINT, AND SAND LOGS INTO BEAUTIFUL WORKS OF ART AT THE HACKENSACK CHAINSAW FESTIVAL.

>> IT STARTED 21 YEARS AGO, THEY HAD A CARVER THAT SAID IT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA AND CONCEPT IF YOU WANT TO MAKE SOME MONEY FOR THE TOWN.

SO ALL FOUR ENTITIES, HACKENSACK LIONS, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND THE LEGION, THEY'RE ALL ENTITIES THAT BENEFIT FROM THIS AND THEY'RE VOLUNTEERS.

>> Reporter: MUCH LIKE A POTTER MOLDS ITS MASTERPIECE, THEY BRING OUT THE CHARACTER THAT LIVES WITHIN IT.

>> IT'S LIKE ART, LIKE DAVY JONES, BEARS, BIG FOOT, A DONKEY, ALL KINDS OF STUFF.

>> Reporter: MOLLY WHO WAS INTRODUCED TO CHAINSAW CARVING THROUGH THE EVENT, HOPE VISITORS ARE INSPIRED BY THE CRAFT AS SHE WAS AFTER VISITING.

>> I LIVE HERE AND I WAS NOT A CHAINSAW CARVER AND I WAS WATCHING AND SOME OF THEM ENCOURAGED ME TO PICK IT UP.

I JUST THINK IT'S INCREDIBLE BECAUSE YOU CAN COME DOWN AND SEE IT FROM A LOG THAT JUST GOT CUT DOWN AND BY THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S A PHENOMENAL PIECE OF ART.

IT'S JUST COOL TO WATCH THAT PROGRESSION AND SEE HOW IN THE WORLD IT HAPPENS.

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

>> THE EVENT RUNS THROUGH THIS SUNDAY.

THOSE IN ATTENDANCE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BID AND BUY SOME OF THE ART CREATED AT THE EVENT AT AUCTIONS HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.

CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY: >> Charlie:.

>> Dennis: IT SHOULD BE A NICE WEEKEND.

>> Stacy: YES, 70s AND 80s FOR NEXT WEEK.

TONIGHT, WE WILL SEE CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, A CHANCE FOR SOME SHOWERS IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA, DOWN TO 49.

SUNNY SKIES ARE BACK TOMORROW, A LITTLE COOLER THAN WE'RE USE TO, HIGHS WILL BE NEAR 69, WITH NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15.

LOOKING AHEAD, MORE SUNSHINE ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY, ON MONDAY, IT COULD BE 81, STILL MILD AS WE HEAD THROUGH MIDWEEK.

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

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYBODY, WE'RE BACK ON MONDAY NIGHT.

GOOD NIGHT.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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