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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.

[♪♪♪] >> Matthew: HI EVERYONE, MY NAME IS MATTHEW FREEMAN, FILLING IN FOR DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE AN UPCOMING REFERENDUM IN NOVEMBER WHICH IF PASSED WOULD MAKE SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO SCHOOL SECURITY, BUILDING DAMAGE, PARKING LOTS, AND MORE.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK SPOKE WITH THE WHA SUPERINTENDENT FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT WHAT THE REFERENDUM ENTAILS.

>> ADDITIONS IN THE '60s AND 2000s BECAME THE SCHOOL THAT STANDS TODAY.

NOW THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IS LOOKING TO MAKE SEVERAL CHANGES, BUT HAVE TO PUT IT TO A PUBLIC VOTE FIRST.

>> WE HAVE DEBT RETIRING FROM THE SCHOOL, SO THE FIRST QUESTION ON THIS IS 15.9 MILLION TO DO ROOF IMPROVEMENTS, SAFE ENTRANCES, UPGRADES TO OUR AIR SYSTEMS.

>> Reporter: THE RETIRING DEBT WILL PAY FOR EVERYTHING AND AREA TAXPAYERS WILL NOT SEE ANY INCREASE TO THEIR CURRENT TAXES BECAUSE OF QUESTION 1.

>> THE SECOND QUESTION IS, $3 MILLION AND IT WILL PAY FOR EXPANDING OUR PARKING AND IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE DEDICATED TO BUILDING A BUS GARAGE.

MOST OF OUR BUSES HAVE TO SIT OUTSIDE BECAUSE OUR GARAGE WAS BUILT MANY YEARS AGO AND MODERN THINGS DON'T FIT.

>> Reporter: THIS $3 MILLION WOULD COME FROM TAX MONEY IF THE QUESTION PASSES.

ON A MEDIAN PRICED HOME OF $350,000, TAXES WILL INCREASE $1.92 PER MONTH, STARTING IN 2026, AVERAGING OUT TO LESS THAN $24 A YEAR.

THE ELECTION IS NOVEMBER 4TH BUT ABSENTEE VOTING IS OPEN NOW.

>> AND IT'S THE ONLY TWO QUESTIONS ON THIS YEAR'S ELECTION.

THERE ARE NO TOWNSHIP ELECTIONS OR ANYTHING ELSE, SO THIS IS SOLELY AN ELECTION FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, ALTHOUGH IT'S ON A NORMAL VOTING DAY.

>> Reporter: IN TOTAL, IF BOTH QUESTIONS ON THE REFERENDUM PASS, THE WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY SCHOOLS WILL UNDERGO $18.9 MILLION IN RENOVATIONS.

>> THE IDEA WILL BE THAT ALL OF THE SPECS ARE DONE BY FEBRUARY OR MARCH BECAUSE WE LET BIDS OUT TO ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO BID ON EACH PORTION OF THE PROJECT AND THEN THE GOAL WOULD BE TO START AS SOON AS SCHOOL IS OUT OR IN SOME AREAS, MAYBE SOONER, IF IT'S AN AREA THAT DOESN'T AFFECT STUDENT LEARNING.

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

>> Matthew: THERE WILL BE THREE POLLING PLACES ON ELECTION DAY, ALL OF THEM ARE SHOWN CURRENTLY ON THE SCREEN.

MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE REFERENDUM AND HOW IT WOULD AFFECT THE AREA, AS WELL AS A CALCULATOR TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH LOCAL TAXPAYERS WOULD BE PAYING CAN ALL BE FOUND ON THE WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY PUBLIC SCHOOL'S WEBSITE.

>>> THE U.S.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS SUING THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, ITS TWO LARGEST CITIES AND A COUNTY OVER SO-CALLED SANCTUARY POLICIES THAT THE AGENCY SAYS INTERFERE WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE IMMIGRATION POLICIES.

THE LAWSUIT FILED MONDAY TARGETS THE STATE, MINNEAPOLIS, ST.

PAUL, AND HENNEPIN COUNTY, WHICH INCLUDES MINNEAPOLIS.

THE LAWSUIT ALLEGES THEIR POLICIES RESULT IN THE RELEASE OF DANGEROUS CRIMINALS WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE SUBJECT TO DEPORTATION.

AND IT ASKS A FEDERAL COURT TO INVALIDATE STATE AND LOCAL LAWS AND POLICIES THAT IT SAYS IMPEDE IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT.

ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT MINNESOTA OFFICIALS ARE JEOPARDIZING THE SAFETY OF THEIR OWN CITIZENS BY ALLOWING ILLEGAL ALIENS TO CIRCUMVENT THE LEGAL PROCESS.

MINNESOTA IS THE LATEST JURISDICTION TARGETED BY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S ADMINISTRATION, WHICH HAS ALSO SUED FOUR OTHER STATES AND SEVERAL OTHER CITIES.

MINNESOTA ATTORNEY GENERAL KEITH ELLISON SAID HIS STATE IS NOT STOPPING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FROM PARTNERING WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO PROSECUTE DANGEROUS INDIVIDUALS.

HE SAID THE STATE WILL RESPOND IN COURT AND CALLS IT A BASELESS LAWSUIT AND MORE POLITICAL RETALIATION AGAINST MINNESOTA.

>>> A VIGIL WAS HELD YESTERDAY IN BEMIDJI FOR CHARLIE KIRK, A 31-YEAR-OLD CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL ACTIVIST, WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED DURING A CAMPUS EVENT AT UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY.

HUNDREDS GATHERED AROUND THE PAUL AND BABE STATUES AT PAUL BUNYAN PARK TO LIGHT CANDLES AND SING SONGS HONORING KIRK.

SPEAKERS FROM BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY'S TURNING POINT CHAPTER U.S.A.

SPOKE ABOUT HOW KIRK IMPACTED THEIR LIVES.

STATE REPRESENTATIVE BIDAL WAS ALSO IN ATTENDANCE AND GAVE A BRIEF SPEECH ABOUT UNITY AND FREEDOM BEFORE THE CANDLES WERE LIT.

>> THE STRENGTH WE FIGHT WHEN WE STAND TOGETHER, DESPITE OUR DIFFERENCES.

THAT'S HUGE.

WE CAN COME TOGETHER NO MATTER WHAT WE DO OR WHO WE ARE, WE COME TOGETHER.

IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE BY OUR BACKGROUNDS OR BELIEFS OR DREAMS, BUT EMBRACING THIS TO BUILD SOMETHING MORE SUBSTANTIAL.

THAT IS WHAT CHARLIE KIRK WAS DOING AND HE WAS BRINGING A LOT OF PEOPLE TOGETHER, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO HERE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE ON WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE GOT AND WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT VISION IS GOOD.

>> NORTHWEST TECHNICAL COLLEGE IN BEMIDJI ALSO LAUNCHED A TURNING POINTS U.S.

CHAPTER THIS LAST AUGUST.

>>> THE CROSSLAKE AREA AND BEYOND GATHERED FOR WHITEFISH AT THE LAKES SENIOR LIVING'S 2ND ANNUAL WALK TO END ALZHEIMER'S EARLIER THIS WEEK.

ALL PROCEEDS WENT TOWARDS SUPPORTING THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION.

ACCORDING TO THE MAYO CLINIC, ALZHEIMER DISEASE IS THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF DEMENTIA, WHICH CAUSES BRAIN CELLS TO DIE OVERTIME.

ABOUT 6.9 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE U.S., AGE 65 AND OLDER LIVE WITH THE DISEASE.

THERE IS NO KNOWN CURE FOR IT, HOWEVER MEDICINES MAY IMPROVE SYMPTOMS OR SLOW THE DECLINE IN THINKING.

>> BEING ABLE TO BE THERE THROUGH EACH JOURNEY IS REALLY POWERFUL.

IT'S REALLY EMOTIONAL, BUT IT'S EMPOWERING BECAUSE I GET TO BE THEIR BEST FRIEND, I'M THEIR CARETAKER.

SEEING THE COMMUNITY COME OUT TO THESE EVENTS, IT'S A LASTING EFFECT FOR US AND OUR RESIDENTS, TO SEE HOW MUCH THEIR COMMUNITY CARES ABOUT THEM.

>> NEARLY $1,300 WERE RAISED DURING THE WALK TO END ALZHEIMERS.

>>> A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN APPEARS INEVITABLE AFTER THE SENATE FAILED TO PASS A PAIR OF DUELING FUNDING PLANS ON TUESDAY.

AND THIS ONE COULD BE DIFFERENT FOR AMERICANS' MONEY, THAN THOSE BEFORE IT.

KARIN CAIFA LOOKS AT HOW THE TIMING AND THE PLAYBOOK COULD IMPACT YOUR WALLET.

>> Reporter: IN THE RECENT PAST, IT HASN'T PUT A DENT IN THE OVERALL U.S.

ECONOMY.

>> THE REALITY IS THAT IT WON'T TYPICALLY HAVE A LASTING IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY, BUT IT CAN BE EXTREMELY DETRIMENTAL FOR INDIVIDUALS.

>> Reporter: THOSE INDIVIDUALS TYPICALLY GOVERNMENT WORKERS FURLOUGHED WITHOUT PAY UNTIL THE SHUTDOWN ENDS.

WITH THE SPUTTERING LABOR MARKET, THEY WARN THAT THIS TIME IT COULD BE DIFFERENT.

>> THIS IS A PRECARIOUS TIME AND IN SOME WAYS, GIVEN THE FACT THAT THE U.S.

ECONOMY HAS BEEN SEEN CURRENTLY AT AN INFLECTION POINT, HAVING THE LACK OF VISIBILITY ON THE JOB MARKET IS EXTREMELY INOPPORTUNE.

>> Reporter: A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN WOULD DELAY THE RELEASE OF THE LABOR DEPARTMENT'S MONTHLY JOBS REPORT THIS UPCOMING FRIDAY, WHICH INFORMS ECONOMISTS, BUSINESSES, AND THE FEDERAL RESERVE ABOUT THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY.

ADDING MORE UNCERTAINTY COULD FURTHER SLOW THE ECONOMIC ENGINE.

>> WE CERTAINLY SEE THAT WHEN TIMES ARE UNCERTAIN, PEOPLE HAVE A HARDER TIME MAKING DECISIONS, SO THAT SLOWS DOWN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY THAT WE SEE AMONGST CONSUMERS, AND ALSO AMONGST BUSINESSES, SO THIS IS JUST ONE MORE THING TO ADD TO THAT LIST OF ITEMS THAT ARE MAKING THE ECONOMY A BIT UNCERTAIN AT THIS POINT.

>> Reporter: POTENTIALLY KEEPING THE JOBS MARKET STUCK.

>> THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ALSO WARNING THAT THERE COULD BE PERMANENT CUTS TO THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE IF A SHUT DOWN OCCURS, PUTTING MORE JOB HUNTERS ON THE MARKET.

IN WASHINGTON, I'M KARIN CAIFA.

>> Matthew: AMONG OTHER IMPACTS, PREVIOUS SHUT DOWNS CANCELED IMMIGRATION HEARINGS AND DELAYED FEDERAL LENDING TO HOMEBUYERS AND SMALL BUSINESSES.

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

>> Stacy: OUR SUMMER-LIKE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE AS OCTOBER STARTS TOMORROW AND IT SHOULD STICK AROUND FOR MOST OF THE WEEK.

WE'LL FINALLY SEE A COOL DOWN LATE THIS WEEKEND.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE NOW HAS ITS FIRST EVER FEMALE WELDING INSTRUCTOR.

[♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

[♪♪♪] >>> CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE HAS ITS FIRST EVER FEMALE WELDING AND FABRICATION INSTRUCTOR.

REPORTER MILES WALKER HAS MORE ON HOW C.L.C.

'S NEW ADDITION IS LOOKING TO LEAVE HER IMPRINT ON THE RAIDERS FAITHFUL.

>> Reporter: KELSEY'S MISSION IS TO BE A POSITIVE ROLE MODEL FOR WOMEN IN A TRADITIONALLY MALE-DOMINATED FIELD.

>> BECOMING THE FIRST WELDING INSTRUCTOR, I'M HELPING PAVE THE WAY FOR OTHER WOMEN LOOKING TO FIND WELDING AS A CAREER, BREAKING DOWN STEREOTYPE, SHAPING EXPECTATIONS ON WHAT A WELDER SHOULD LOOK LIKE.

>> Reporter: THE C.L.C.

ALUM LOOKS TO BUILD MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS WITH STUDENTS, GOALS SHE PICKED UP FROM HER FORMER WELDING INSTRUCTOR.

>> IF YOU CAN BUILD A TRUCK WITH THAT STUDENT, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.

YOU CARE FOR THEM, THEY'RE STRUGGLING WITH A CAR, THEY CAN'T GET HERE, THEY NEED FINANCIAL HELP.

YOU LEARN ABOUT THAT PERSON, THEY WILL WANT TO LEARN FROM YOU.

>> Reporter: WITH 90% OF CLASS BEING SPENT IN THE WELDING LAB, SHE WILL HAVE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES TO OPEN C.L.

CLVMENT STUDENTS' MINDS TO THE MULTIPLE WAYS THEY CAN HARNESS STEEL AND HEAT TO MAKE SOMETHING UNSTOPPABLE.

>> IF MORE WOMEN KNEW WE ARE JUST AS CAPABLE AS MEN AND WE OFTEN CAN BRING OTHER STRENGTHS TO THE TABLE, IT MIGHT BRING OTHER WOMEN OUT OF THEIR COMFORT ZONES TO TRY SOMETHING NEW.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO ME.

>> Reporter: C.L.C.

'S WELDING PROGRAM'S GOAL IS TO TURN STUDENTS MASTERS OF WELDING AND FABRICATION BUT SHE KNOWS THAT PREPPING THE NEXT GENERATION TO BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF TOMORROW AND ENSURE THE SAFETY OF TODAY'S PROJECTS REQUIRES MORE THAN JUST HEAT, METAL, AND PRECISION.

>> WELDING IS SUCH AN ART AND SCIENCE TOO, PROBLEM-SOLVING, THE ABILITY TO ADAPT, THERE ARE NO TWO PROJECTS THAT ARE EXACTLY THE SAME.

THOSE TRAITS WOULD MAKE A GOOD WELDER AND A GREAT WELDER.

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

>> SEVEN OF C.L.C.

'S 42 WELDING STUDENTS ARE WOMEN THIS YEAR.

ACCORDING TO OTTO, THAT IS THE MOST WOMEN THE PROGRAM HAS EVER HAD.

>>> WELL STACY, THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, I WAS ASKING FOR COLDER WEATHER AND IT'S NOT HERE YET.

>> Stacy: WELL, JUST BE PATIENCE, IT'S ON THE WAY.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE MORE SUMMER-LIKE WEATHER.

HIGHS WILL BE IN THE 80s AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE NEXT FEW DAYS BUT LATE THIS WEEKEND, THE COLD FRONT WILL HAVE MOVED THROUGH, DROPPING [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE WARMER THAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA.

HIGHS TODAY ARE MAINLY IN THE 70s.

WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING A LOT OF 80s NOW AS WE HEAD INTO THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

WE'LL START TO SEE MORE UNSETTLED WEATHER LATER ON THIS WEEK AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH.

IT'S GOING TO BRING COOLER TEMPERATURES AND IN FACT, TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE BACK IN THE 60s BY LATE THIS WEEKEND.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 69 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.

60 IS OUR DEW POINT, HUMIDITY IS AT 72%.

IN BRAINERD, WE HAVE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, 67 DEGREES, A DEW POINT OF 60, PRESSURE IS HOLDING STEADY, AND WINDS ARE OUT OF THE EAST AT 8 MILES PER HOUR.

ON OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR, WE HAVE SEEN A LITTLE BIT OF PRECIPITATION IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA, SOME MOISTURE IN THE AIR, HAVEN'T SEEN REPORTS OF ANYTHING MORE THAN A SPRINKLE OR TWO.

WITH THE REST OF THE AREA, WE WILL HAVE A CHANCE OF SEEING SOME SHOWERS AND MAYBE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

OVERALL, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE FAIRLY QUIET HEADING INTO TOMORROW.

WE WILL AGAIN SEE A RETURN TO PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, COULD SEE A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL LATE TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT.

IT LOOKS LIKE WINDS WILL BE PICKING UP AND TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMING UP WITH MANY OF US SEEING HIGHS IN THE 80s AGAIN TOMORROW.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, GORGEOUS SKIES THIS MORNING FROM ARLENE IN MENAHGA.

LAURIE STILL SEEING A COUPLE OF DUCKS ON THE SHORELINES AT LITTLE TURTLE LAKE.

GARY SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE SUNSET AND BILL AND JUDY WITH THE SUNSET OVER UPPER RED LAKE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR PHOTOS WITH US TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE REPORTING 69 AND CALM CONDITIONS THIS EVENING IN MENAHGA.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, CLOUDY WITH SOME DRIZZLE TODAY, TOPPING OUT AT 75.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, CLOUDY SKIES, MORE CLOUDS WERE ROLLING IN THIS EVENING, HIGHS WERE NEAR 74.

ON OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD TODAY TOPPING OUT AT 78.

IT'S NOT QUITE AS WARM AS YESTERDAY, BUT WE ARE WELL ABOVE THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 64.

61 WAS OUR LOW AND SUNSET AT 6:56.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 75, SO AGAIN WELL ABOVE THAT AVERAGE.

61 IS OUR AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE.

58 FOR THE LOW AND SUNRISE THIS MORNING AT 7:19.

SO LOOKING AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, AS I MENTIONED, THERE MAY BE A FEW SPOTTY SHOWERS HERE AND THERE.

OVERALL, IT LOOKS FAIRLY DRY.

WE WILL BE SEEING A RETURN TO PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY.

WINDS WILL BE PICKING UP IN WESTERN MINNESOTA, SO IT COULD BE A LITTLE BIT BREEZY.

AS FAR AS HIGH TEMPERATURES, WARMING UP ONCE AGAIN, UPPER 70s INTO THE LOW 80s IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, WITH TEMPERATURES TOPPING OUT IN THE LOW 80s IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

SO OUR FORECAST, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES TONIGHT, WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.

LOWS NEAR 62, AND PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY TOMORROW, WE COULD AGAIN SEE SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING IN ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW EVENING AND TOMORROW NIGHT.

81 FOR THE HIGH, SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 25.

LOOKING AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, PLENTY OF SUNSHINE ON THURSDAY, HIGHS BACK IN THE LOW TO MID-80s, 84 ON FRIDAY, SOME AREAS COULD BE IN THE UPPER 80s, BUT WE DO START TO SEE THE COLD FRONT MOVING IN, SO WE WILL START TO SEE MORE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

AS YOU CAN SEE, TEMPERATURES WILL COOL SIGNIFICANTLY LATE THIS WEEKEND, 84 FOR THE HIGH ON FRIDAY, 64 ON SUNDAY.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Matthew: THANK YOU SO MUCH STACY.

WE HAVE CHARLIE YAEGER WITH US.

WHAT'S IN STORE FOR US?

>> Charlie: WELL, WE HAVE SOME BREAKING NEWS FOR SPORTS HERE IN BEMIDJI.

SOMETHING BIG COMING THIS WINTER FROM 2-1-8 SPORTS, A SHOWCASE OF SORTS OVER A COUPLE WEEKENDS.

WE GOT THE DETAILS AND MORE COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

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

[♪♪♪] >>> SOMETHING BIG IS COMING TO BEMIDJI THIS WINTER.

LOCAL NON-PROFIT 218-SPORTS HAS BROUGHT BHS AND BSU ATHLETICS TOGETHER FOR A SHOWCASE AT THE SANFORD CENTER IN THREE SPORTS ACROSS THREE SEPARATE WEEKENDS IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY.

DUBBED THE 218-SPORTS SHOWCASE, EACH WEEKEND WILL FEATURE TWO LUMBERJACKS AND TWO BEAVERS GAMES IN THE SAME SPORT.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, BEMIDJI BOYS' HOCKEY WILL PLAY EAST GRAND FORKS AND ROCK RIDGE ON BACK-TO-BACK NIGHTS, WITH BSU MEN'S HOCKEY PLAYING MICHIGAN TECH RIGHT AFTER BOTH GAMES.

>> EXCITED TO BRING THIS EVENT TO THE COMMUNITY AND GIVE OUR ATHLETES AN AWESOME EXPERIENCE, GIVE THE FANS A FUN ATMOSPHERE WHERE THEY CAN SEE THE LUMBERJACKS AND THE BEAVERS AND USE ONE TICKET TO CATCH ALL THAT ACTION.

>> HERE ARE THE DATES, THE FIRST WEEKEND FEATURES MEN'S HOCKEY, WITH WOMEN'S THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND, AND A FEW WEEKS LATER.

THE FINAL WEEKEND WILL RUN THREE DAYS WITH BOTH MEN'S AND WOMEN'S BASKETBALL, BHS AND BSU GAMES WILL BE THURSDAY AND SATURDAY, FRIDAY WILL FEATURE SIX HIGH SCHOOL GAMES BETWEEN OTHER LOCAL SCHOOLS ON FRIDAY.

WE'LL HAVE MORE ON WHO'S PLAYING IN THE SHOWCASE, AS WELL AS HOW IT ALL CAME TOGETHER ON TOMORROW'S SPORTSCAST.

>>> WELL, MINNESOTA WILD FANS GET 8-MORE SEASONS OF THE THRILL.

TODAY THE TEAM SIGNED STAR FORWARD KIRILL KAPRIZOV TO AN 8-YEAR, $136 MILLION EXTENSION, THE RICHEST CONTRACT IN NHL HISTORY AT AN ANNUAL AVERAGE VALUE OF $17 MILLION.

THE 28-YEAR-OLD HAS SCORED 386-POINTS IN FIVE SEASONS WITH THE WILD, INCLUDING 56 WITH A PLUS-19 RATING IN JUST 41 GAMES PLAYED LAST SEASON.

>>> SNAP YOUR FINGERS AND JUST LIKE THAT IT'S SECTION TOURNAMENT TIME.

BEMIDJI GIRLS' TENNIS FINISHED THE SEASON 13-10, EARNING THEM THE 6-SEED IN THE NEWLY CREATED SECTION 8-3A.

WHILE BRAINERD FINISHED 19-5, EARNING THEM THE 3-SEED, AND A FIRST-ROUND HOME MATCH WITH THEIR NORTHERN RIVALS.

WARRIORS BEAT THE JACKS 5-2 IN THEIR LONE MEETING OF THE REGULAR SEASON.

IN NUMBER ONE SINGLES, LIZ PETERSON FOR BEMIDJI, NICE BACKHAND, NETS A POINT ON WARRIORS TARYN MITHUN, PETERSON WOULD WIN IN STRAIGHT SETS 7-5, 6-1.

IN NUMBER TWO SINGLES, BRAINERD'S KAMRYN KRAEMER RIPS A WINNER AGAINST JACK'S BAILEY RUPP, KRAMER WOULD WIN THE MATCH IN 3 SETS 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.

ON THE NUMBER ONE DOUBLES COURT, REBEKAH SOUKUP AND SAM SESIN, SOUKUP TOO MUCH FROM THE NET, THEY WOULD TAKE THE MATCH IN 3 SET MATCH.

THREE OF THE SEVEN MATCHES WENT THREE SETS, BUT BRAINERD DID NOT FLINCH IN ANY OF THEM AS THEY BEAT BEMIDJI.

WARRIORS WILL GO ON THE ROAD TO TAKE ON ALEXANDRIA IN THE SEMIFINALS THIS THURSDAY.

MORE IN GIRLS TENNIS.

THEY WILL HAVE INDIVIDUAL SECTIONS THIS THURSDAY.

>>> SENIOR NIGHT FOR SOCCER, LILY WHEELING AND DEALING, KNOTS THINGS AT 1-1.

FREE KICK FOR BRAINERD, GRACIE JACKOVICH SENDS IT IN FROM MINNEAPOLIS, WARRIORS GO UP 2-1.

39TH MINUTE, STILL 2-1 BLUE AND WHITE, PENALTY KICK FOR MADDIE MAURER, PUTS THE THIRD GOAL OF THE HALF ON THE BOARD FOR THE WARRIORS.

AND THEY WOULD GO ON TO WIN 4-2 OVER MOORHEAD.

WARRIORS WILL WRAP UP THEIR REGULAR SEASON ON THE ROAD AGAINST ALEXANDRIA THIS SATURDAY.

>>> BEMIDJI GIRLS SOCCER COMING OFF A LOSS ON SATURDAY THAT SNAPPED A 7-GAME UNBEATEN STREAK, THEY'RE HOSTING CROOKSTON.

RIGHT OFF THE BAT, THINGS LOOKED A LITTLE STRANGE, BRYNN KLAERS STARTING IN GOAL IN PLACE OF SENIOR CLARA BIEBER WHO STARTED IN THE FIELD TONIGHT.

AND THE REASON, SO SHE COULD SCORE HER FIRST CAREER GOAL, 1-0 LUMBERJACKS JUST 49-SECONDS IN.

27TH MINUTE, JACKS LEADING SCORER IZZY RENN, FROM 25-YARDS OUT, MAKES IT 2-0.

NEAR THE END OF THE HALF LIV THOMPSON, AFTER SHE JUST SCORED ON A P.K., BREAKS THROUGH THE DEFENSE TO NET HER SECOND OF THE NIGHT.

BEMIDJI WOULD ROLL IN THIS ONE, SINKING THE PIRATES 7-0, JACKS NOTCH THEIR 10TH WIN AND ALSO SECURE THE LAKES TO PRAIRIES CONFERENCE TITLE WITH AN UNDEFEATED RECORD.

>>> WE GO -- GOT SOME SCORES FOR YOU, ON THE BOY'S SIDE, RECORY BEATS BRAINERD.

LONG PRAIRIE GREY EAGLE GETS THE WIN.

BEMIDJI CAPTURES THEIR FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON, 3-0 OVER ROCK RIDGE.

GRAND RAPIDS, 3-0 OVER HERMANTOWN.

ST.

CLOUD CATHEDRAL GETS THE WIN OVER LITTLE FALLS.

CROSBY-IRONTON AND STAPLES MOTLEY COLLECTING WINS TONIGHT.

PEQUOT LAKES BEATS FOLEY.

MOUNTAIN IRON-BUHL WINS.

LAKE OF THE WOODS BEATS BLACKDUCK, 3-1.

SEBEKA BEATS LAPORTE 3-0.

FINALLY, BAGLEY GETS THE WIN OVER WIN-E-MAC 3-0.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS, GRAND RAPIDS DID LOSE IN TENNIS TONIGHT, THAT WAS -- I FLIP-FLOPPED THOSE SCORES BY ACCIDENT.

THAT WAS MY FAULT.

>> Matthew: THANK YOU CHARLIE.

>>> FALL OFFICIALLY BEGAN LAST WEEK WITH THE FALL EQUINOX AND BUSINESSES FROM AROUND THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA ARE BEGINNING TO PREP FOR THE AUTUMN ACTIVITIES.

REPORTER DANIEL PURSELL CAUGHT UP WITH ONE BUSINESS WHO IS CELEBRATING THE NEW SEASON.

HERE HE IS WITH THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE.

>> Reporter: THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE YEAR, COPPER CREEK GARDEN CENTER IS A ONE STOP SHOP FOR LANDSCAPING NEEDS BUT AS THE LEAVES BEGIN TO CHANGE, SO DOES COPPER CREEK.

>> WE ACTUALLY ARE SELLING CHRISTMAS TREES AND DOING OUR CHRISTMAS EVENT PRIOR TO THIS, AND THEN WE THOUGHT HEY, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A WINDOW OF TIME, LATE SUMMER, WHY DON'T WE CREATE SOMETHING IN THE FALL TIME?

WE DECIDED TO DO THIS, IT START WITH THE HAY BAILS, AND IT GREW FROM THERE.

>> Reporter: COPPER CREEK UTILIZES NEARLY 7,000 BAILS OF HAY TO PUT ON THEIR EVENT, WHETHER IT'S THEIR HAY MAZE OR FOR PEOPLE TO PLAY ON THEIR HAY-GROUND.

>> WITH THE SIZE IT HAS BECOME, SOMETIMES IT'S LIKE OH, THIS IS A LOT OF WORK, ESPECIALLY COMING TO MOVE.

WE HAVE ABOUT 6,500 BAILS OF HAY, JUST SQUARE BAILS, WE HAVE ONLY 100 ROUND BAILS HERE.

SO SOMETIMES WITH THAT, THAT IS NOT SO FUN BEING CREATIVE BUILDING THE MAZE WHILE MOVING 6500 BAILS.

>> Reporter: IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO PULL OFF THE FALL FESTIVAL, WITH OWNERSHIP SETTING UP THE EMPLOYEES.

>> MY BOSS WAS LIKE WE'RE THINKING OF DOING THE HAY BAIL ART.

WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED?

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT ASPECT?

I SAID IT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD IDEA.

WE WOULD COME UP WITH DIFFERENT SCHEMES, DIFFERENT THEMES AND CHARACTERS AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT PEOPLE COULD RELATE TO, AND MOSTLY AS YOU CAN SEE, FOR KIDS AND CHARACTERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

>> Reporter: UTILIZING THE SKILLS OF THE EMPLOYEES AT COPPER CREEK, THE FESTIVAL TAKES ON A MORE PERSONAL FEEL FOR THOSE COMING TO VISIT.

>> I HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE DIFFERENT CREATIVE SKILL SETS IN DIFFERENT AREAS.

SO IT JUST ALLOWS THEM TO SHOW OFF ALL THE DIFFERENT AREAS FROM DECORAING THE DECOR, WE DO A LOT OF BUSINESS DECORATING TOO, WITH THE FALL HARVEST, YOU KNOW, THE CORN AND THE PUMPKINS AND STUFF.

IT'S FUN TO SEE THE STAFF ENJOY WHAT THEY DO, SHOW OFF THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL TALENTS, AND IT JUST MAKES IT FUN FOR EVERYBODY.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN NISSWA WITH THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, I'M DANIEL PURSELL, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> ADMISSION TO THE FESTIVAL IS $14.

THE FESTIVAL RUNS FRIDAYS THROUGH SUNDAYS EVERY WEEKEND UNTIL OCTOBER 26TH.

>>> THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR YOU TONIGHT.

WE'LL BE BACK TOMORROW.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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