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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, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING TONIGHT.

>>> A FIRE CAUSED AN EXPLOSION AND DAMAGED SEVERAL STRUCTURES IN BEMIDJI EARLIER TODAY IN A NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY.

WE WERE TOLD BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AT THE SCENE THAT NO ONE WAS HOME AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE, AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK HAS MORE DETAILS.

>> JUST PLUMES OF DARK SMOKE AND GRAY SMOKE AND BLACK SMOKE.

IT WAS HUGE.

I SAW THE FLAMES AND THEN I CAME OVER HERE TO GET A CLOSER LOOK.

THE HOUSE IS ALREADY DESTROYED.

>> Reporter: FIRST RESPONDERS ARRIVED AT THE SCENE AT 2:30 THIS AFTERNOON TO A TWO STRUCTURE FIRE JUST OFF THE BSU CAMPUS.

ALL THE HOMES ON THE BLOCK WERE EVACUATED BETWEEN 15th STREET NORTHEAST AND 16th STREET NORTHEAST, TO CALLAHAN NORTHEAST, AS FIRST RESPONDERS WORKED TO PUT OUT THE FLAMES.

>> I LIVE THREE OR FOUR BLOCKS THAT WAY AND IT SOUNDED LIKE A GIANT BOMB WENT OFF WHERE IT SHOOK MY GARAGE.

>> WHEN IT BOOMED AND EXPLODED, MY HAIR WENT FLYING BACK AND EVERYTHING.

NO ONE SEEMED TO BE HOME WHEN IT WAS HAPPENING.

THAT'S WHEN ALL THE OFFICERS GOT ON SCENE AND THEY EVACUATED US ALL OF US OUT OF OUR HOMES.

THEY WERE JUST GETTING HERE WHEN THE SECOND BOOM HAPPENED.

THERE WERE TWO OF THEM.

THE FIRST ONE HAPPENED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, BY THE TIME THEY GOT HERE, THE WHOLE STRUCTURE WAS FULLY ENGULFED.

>> Reporter: NEITHER THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY OR THE TENANT RENTING WERE HOME AT THE TIME.

FLAMES JUMPED TO THE NEIGHBORING GARAGE, IGNITING THAT STRUCTURE AND KNOCKING OUT POWER FOR THE SURROUNDING HOUSES.

THEN THE FLAMES IGNITED A 100-POUND PROPANE TANK, CAUSING AN EXPLOSION THAT FURTHERED DAMAGES.

>> IT WAS SCARY.

I WAS STANDING RIGHT THERE.

I THINK MY GARAGE IS GONE.

I THINK MY VAN IS GONE.

I HEARD MY HOUSE ISN'T GONE, SO I'M REALLY HOPING THAT'S THE CASE.

>> Reporter: OFFICIALS AT THE CASE SAY THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE MAY HAVE BEEN FROM INTERNAL RENOVATIONS BUT BEMIDJI FIRE CHIEF SAYS THAT THE EXACT CAUSE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION BUT IT DOES APPEAR TO BE ACCIDENTAL.

>> ANOTHER NEIGHBOR LADY CAME BY AND SAID DO YOU SEE THAT SMOKE?

I LOOKED BEHIND MY HOUSE AND THERE WAS BLACK SMOKE BILLOWING EVERYWHERE.

WHEN I SAW THE NEIGHBORING GARAGE ON FIRE, IT TOOK ME TWO MINUTES TO SEE THE FRAME OF THE GARAGE.

IT WAS SO FAST.

I HAD NO IDEA THAT IT WENT AS FAST AS IN THE MOVIES.

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

>> WE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO BEMIDJI FIRE CHIEF JUSTIN SHERWOOD TOMORROW FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE INCIDENT AND EXTENT OF THE DAMAGES.

>>> STATE PROSECUTORS HAVE CHARGED AN ICE AGENT WITH ASSAULT FOR POINTING HIS GUN AT THE OCCUPANTS OF A CAR ON A HIGHWAY IN MINNEAPOLIS.

THE CRIMINAL CASE ANNOUNCED THURSDAY IS BELIEVED TO BE THE FIRST BROUGHT AGAINST A FEDERAL IMMIGRATION OFFICER INVOLVED IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN.

GREGORY DONNELL MORGAN JUNIOR IS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF SECOND-DEGREE ASSAULT IN THE FEBRUARY 5TH INCIDENT.

HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY MARY MORIARTY SAID MORGAN ILLEGALLY DROVE ALONG THE SHOULDER OF MINNESOTA STATE HIGHWAY 62 AND POINTED HIS SERVICE WEAPON AT TWO PEOPLE IN A VEHICLE.

>> TODAY'S CHARGES REFLECT AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE IN OUR EFFORTS TO SEEK ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE HARMS INFLICTED ON OUR COMMUNITY DURING OPERATION METRO SURGE.

OUR COMMUNITY IS STILL NAVIGATING THE EFFECTS OF THE FEDERAL OCCUPATION.

>> MORGAN AND OFFICIALS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAVE NOT RESPONDED TO EMAILS SEEKING COMMENT.

>>> CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS ARE SENDING PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP A RESOLUTION FOR HIS SIGNATURE THAT WOULD LIFT A FEDERAL BAN ON MINING NEAR MINNESOTA'S BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA WILDERNESS.

THE SENATE PASSED THE RESOLUTION THURSDAY.

THE HOUSE APPROVED IT ON JANUARY 21ST.

THE PUSH TO END THE BAN COMES AS A CHILEAN MINING COMPANY IS LOOKING TO OPEN A COPPER MINE IN THE SUPERIOR NATIONAL FOREST ON THE EDGE OF THE WILDERNESS AREA.

CONSERVATIONISTS INSIST MINING WOULD CONTAMINATE THE PRISTINE WATERSHED.

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S ADMINISTRATION BLOCKED THE PROJECT IN 2023 BY IMPOSING A 20-YEAR MORATORIUM ON MINING ACROSS 400 SQUARE MILES IN THE FOREST.

DEMOCRATS ARGUED ON THE SENATE FLOOR THAT LIFTING THE BAN WOULD SET A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT THAT COULD LEAD TO LIFTING PROTECTIONS ON PUBLIC LANDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

MINNESOTA SENATORS AMY KLOBUCHAR AND TINA SMITH WARNED REPUBLICANS WERE STEALING PART OF THEIR STATE'S IDENTITY.

U.S.

REPRESENTATIVE PETE STAUBER, A DULUTH REPUBLICAN, INTRODUCED THE RESOLUTION TO LIFT THE MORATORIUM IN JANUARY.

HE SAID THE BAN HAS COST MINNESOTA JOBS AND PUT THE COUNTRY'S MINERAL SECURITY AT RISK.

>>> TWO AREA LEGISLATORS WERE AMONG THOSE IN A HOUSE COMMITTEE YESTERDAY CALLING FOR IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS TO BEGIN FOR GOVERNOR TIM WALZ AND ATTORNEY GENERAL KEITH ELLISON.

REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVES BEN DAVIS OF MERRIFIELD AND MIKE WIENER OF LONG PRAIRIE CO-AUTHORED HOUSE RESOLUTIONS 6 AND 7.

THE RESOLUTIONS CALL FOR IMPEACHMENT BASED ON ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPT CONDUCT IN OFFICE, FAILURE TO FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE LAW, AND ABUSE OF POWER, PARTICULARLY IN CONNECTION WITH WIDESPREAD FRAUD IN STATE PROGRAMS.

THE VOTE TO START THE IMPEACHMENT HEARING PROCESS FAILED ON A PARTY-LINE 8-8 VOTE.

>>> BEMIDJI SCHOOL DISTRICT NEGOTIATORS HAVE REACHED A TENTATIVE AGREE WITH THE BEMIDJI EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, THE UNION THAT REPRESENTS OVER 400 TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS IN THE DISTRICT.

THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENT IS ONE OF THE ACTION ITEMS ON AGENDA FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING SCHEDULED FOR NEXT MONDAY AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ARE EXPECTED TO VOTE ON IT AT THAT TIME.

THE AGREEMENT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY A VOTE OF THE ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP.

ACCORDING TO INFORMATION ON THE SCHOOL BOARD PACKET THE TOTAL CONTRACT COSTS USING THE MINNESOTA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION MODEL IS 3.71 PERCENT.

CONTRACT DAYS WERE ALSO SHORTENED FROM THE CURRENT 182 DAYS TO 178 FOR THE 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR AND TO 179 FOR THE 26-27 SCHOOL YEAR.

>>> PEQUOT LAKES RESIDENT NICKY HARDY HAS OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED HER DISTRICT 6B MINNESOTA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CAMPAIGN.

HARDY IS THE ENDORSED D.F.L.

CANDIDATE IN THE RACE, AND SUBSTITUTE TEACHES FOR BOTH THE PEQUOT LAKES AND PINE RIVER-BACKUS SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

HARDY WANTS TO HELP FIND PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS THAT MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR MINNESOTANS.

SHE HAS CITED HEALTHCARE, FRAUD, EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENT, AND COMMUNITY AS THE MAIN ISSUES SHE HOPES TO TACKLE.

>> THE UNDERLYING THING THAT BRINGS THEM ALL TOGETHER IS REALLY AFFORDABILITY.

I AM A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR MINNESOTA HEALTH CARE FOR ALL.

STABILITY AND FUNDING, THE WAY WE FUND OUR SCHOOLS, MAKING SURE THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE NOT DEALING WITH WHIPLASH, THOSE THINGS ARE INTERCONNECTED.

THEY ARE SEPARATE PLATFORM ITEMS, BUT THEY ARE ALL LINKED TOGETHER.

>> REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE JOSH HEINTZEMAN CURRENTLY HOLDS THE 8-B SEAT.

HE IS IN HIS 6TH TERM IN THE LEGISLATURE.

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

>> Stacy: WE'LL SEE A WINTERY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA LATER TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING.

WE DO HAVE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY OUT FOR THAT REGION AS A POWERFUL COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA TOMORROW.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK IN THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN APPLE, BRAINERD HIGH SCHOOL'S [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪] >>> BEMIDJI RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS TRAVELING THROUGH THE AREA THIS SUMMER SHOULD EXPECT A LOT OF ROAD CLOSURES AND DETOURS, AS THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WILL BEGIN CONSTRUCTION OF HIGHWAY 197, ALONG WITH THE CITY OF BEMIDJI DOING CONSTRUCTION OF MULTIPLE OTHER ROADS IN THE SAME AREA.

OUR REPORTER, MATTHEW FREEMAN, ATTENDED AN OPEN HOUSE EARLIER THIS WEEK AND HAS MORE DETAILS ON THE PROJECT.

>> Reporter: THE HIGHWAY 197 PROJECT HAS BEEN IN MOTION SINCE 2017.

AFTER MANY YEARS OF DISCUSSION, MnDOT WILL BEGIN STAGE ONE OF ITS PORTION OF THE HIGHWAY 197 PROJECT THIS SUMMER, WITH DETOURS AND CLOSURES EXPECTED FROM THE BEGINNING OF MAY THROUGH LATE SEPTEMBER.

>> BETWEEN MnDOT AND THE CITY OF BEMIDJI, THERE WILL BE SIX ROUNDABOUTS CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN 2025 AND 2027, MAKING IT ONE OF THE BUSIEST CONSTRUCTION SEASONS IN THE CITY'S HISTORY.

>> THIS TRULY IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST IMPACT OF A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT I WILL EXPERIENCE MOVING HERE.

>> Reporter: TEMPORARY DRIVING LANES AND SIGNALS WILL BE ESTABLISHED ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF 197 FOR STAGE 1-A OF THE PROJECT.

STAGE 1-B AND 1-C IS WHEN THE HIGHWAY RECONSTRUCTION BEGINS.

THIS PHASE OF THE PROJECT WILL LAST THE LONGEST FROM MID-JUNE TO LATE AUGUST.

>> IT WILL HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS BUT EVERYONE WILL STILL HAVE ACCESS AND 197 WILL BE DOWN TO A TWO LANE, ONE WAY IN EACH DIRECTION, WITH SIGNALS.

SO, YEAH.

IT WILL MOVE TRAFFIC.

>> IT WILL IMPACT EVERYONE, NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.

BEMIDJI, OUR POPULATION PROBABLY DOUBLES IN THE SUMMER.

SO YOU SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM OUT OF TOWN COMING INTO TOWN.

COMMUNICATION WILL BE REALLY IMPORTANT.

>> Reporter: ON THE CITY'S SIDE OF THE PROJECT, THEY WILL BE ADDING ROUNDABOUTS TO MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HANNAH AVENUE THIS SUMMER.

THEY SHOULD BE CLOSED TO 6 TO 8 WEEKS DEPENDING ON THE WEATHER.

>> THERE WILL BE CHALLENGES GETTING THEIR NEW ROUTES PLANNED, BUT WE WILL ADD SOME BUSINESS SIGNAGE AND THAT WILL BE SPECIFIC TO EACH LOCATION TO GET THE STOREFRONT.

THE DURATION IS NOT SUPER LONG, 6 TO 8 WEEKS WILL BE A CHALLENGES FOR SOME, BUT IN TERMS OF THE 6 MONTHS SUMMER, WE WILL TRUNCATE CONSTRUCTION QUITE A BIT.

>> Reporter: PLAN BEFORE YOU TRAFFIC AND KEEP YOURSELF INFORMED ON THE DETOURS AND ROAD CLOSURES ON MnDOT'S WEBSITE.

>> SLOW DOWN AND PAY ATTENTION TO THE ROAD.

HAVE SOME PATIENCE SO WE CAN ALL GET HOME SAFE AND OUR CREWS CAN GET HOME SAFE, AND ALL THE TRAVELING MOTORS THROUGH BEMIDJI IS SAFE.

>> Reporter: THIS IS STAGE ONE OF THE HIGHWAY 71 PROJECT AT MnDOT.

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

>> HIGHWAY 71 BETWEEN TURTLE RIVER AND TENSTRIKE WILL ALSO BE RECONSTRUCTED THIS SUMMER.

AN OPEN HOUSE WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, MAY 19TH, FROM FOUR TO 6:00 P.M.

AT TURTLE RIVER TOWN HALL, FOR ANY RESIDENTS IN THE AREA TO GET INFORMATION ON THE PROJECT.

>>> WELL TIME FOR WEATHER, WE HAD A VERY NICE DAY TODAY STACY, BUT THINGS ARE CHANGING VERY QUICKLY AS WE HEAR SOME STORMS MOVING ZWROEFR -- OVERHEAD.

>> Stacy: YES, WE WILL SEE ANOTHER SYSTEM MOVE IN LATER ON TONIGHT, BRINGING RAIN TO NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA BUT SOME MIXED PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING.

WE HAVE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PART OF OUR AREA INTO TOMORROW MORNING, BUT THE STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA, SO WE'LL SEE THE MIXED PRECIPITATION, RAIN, SNOW, FREEZING RAIN, SLEET, AND THUNDERSTORMS ALL IN THE [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, AFTER SOME SUMMER-LIKE WEATHER EARLIER TODAY, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS OUR VIEWING AREA THIS EVENING.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS, BUT WE WILL BE SEEING MORE RAIN SHOWERS DEVELOPMENT IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND SOME MIXED PRECIPITATION IN NORTH MINNESOTA WHERE WE HAVE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING.

MORE ON THAT IN A SECOND.

HERE ARE THE CURRENT CONDITIONS, IT'S 70 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT IN BEMIDJI, WINDS ARE NORTHEAST AT 6 MILES PER HOUR, 39 IS OUR DEW POINT, NO MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION AT LAST CHECK, BUT WE HAVE BEEN HEARING A LOT OF RAIN ON OUR ROOFTOP AND SOME THUNDER THIS EVENING.

IN BRAINERD, CLEAR SKIES, DEW POINT IS 38, WINDS ARE SOUTH AT 13 MILES PER HOUR.

NOW WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA FROM MIDNIGHT UNTIL 10:00 A.M.

ON FRIDAY.

MIXED PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED, TOTAL SLEET BETWEEN 1 TO 3 INCHES AND 0.1-INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.

PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS, VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE.

WE HAVE LOCALIZED MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING.

NOW AS FAR AS TONIGHT, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING THOSE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAKING THEIR WAY ACROSS THE AREA.

THEY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE THAT LINE MOVES OUT.

LATER ON TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA, WE WILL START TO SEE MAINLY RAIN SHOWERS MOVING ACROSS THE NORTH, AND THAT WILL BECOME MIXED AS WE HEAD MORE TOWARDS THE MORNING HOURS IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, AND A LITTLE BIT OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE IN THAT AREA.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE FROM ARLENE IN MENAHGA AND SOME CLOUDS OVER LOWER RED LAKE FROM SAMROSE.

THE WOOD DUCKS WERE SWIMMING IN DEERWOOD.

GARY SENDING US THAT PHOTO AND ANGELA IN CASS LAKE SPOTTING SOME EAGLES.

WE HAVE SOME TURKEYS IN ONAMIA.

SOME NICE EVENING SKIES FROM ZELDA IN PARK RAPIDS.

LOOK AT THESE PICTURES FROM AROUND SUNSET TONIGHT.

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA 40 AND CALM THIS MORNING.

JOAN IN LAPORTE WITH A HIGH OF 78.

BOB IN BLUFFTON REPORTING A HIGH OF 78 AND ARLENE IN LONGVILLE REPORTING SUNNY AND 78.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD WITH A HIGH, YOU GUESSED IT, AT 78.

LOOKING AT OUR ALMANAC, 78 WAS THE HIGH TEMPERATURE TODAY IN BRAINERD, WELL ABOVE THE AVERAGE, NOT SETTING A NEW RECORD.

WE'RE STILL SHY OF THAT, 40 DEGREES WAS OUR LOW TEMP, AND BEMIDJI TOPPING OUT AT 78, A VERY POPULAR NUMBER, A FEW DEGREES OFF THE AVERAGE HIGH.

WE HAD A LOW OF 37.

SO LOOKING AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, WE WILL START TO SEE THE MIXED PRECIPITATION IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA IN THE MORNING, AND AGAIN THAT COULD CREATE SOME ICE OR SNOW ACCUMULATION AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH.

WE HAVE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OUT AHEAD OF THAT AND WE WILL BE SEEING COOLER TEMPERATURES BEHIND THAT, HIGHS IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA IN THE 30s.

AHEAD OF THAT, IT WILL BE WARMER, SO A LITTLE BIT WARMER IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, BUT EXPECT THE TEMPERATURES TO FALL TO ABOUT THE MID-30s TO MID-40s IN THE AFTERNOON.

SO OUR FORECAST, VARIABLE CLOUDS TONIGHT, A CHANCE OF RAIN, MAINLY IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, LOWS NEAR 39.

TOMORROW, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA, HIGHS NEAR 48, WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 10 TO 25.

LOOKING AT THE REST OF OUR WEEKEND FORECAST, COLD TEMPERATURES AS WE HEAD INTO SATURDAY WITH HIGHS NEAR 36, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY.

WE START TO WARM UP AS WE HEAD INTO SUNDAY WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY EARLY NEXT WEEK, AND TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE BACK IN THE LOW 60s BY TUESDAY.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: WELL CHARLIE, YOU GOT A LITTLE SUN TODAY.

>> Charlie: IT WAS 78 DEGREES AND I GOT TO WEAR SOME SHORTS.

CHET ANDERSON STADIUM FOR BEMIDJI STATE SOFTBALL'S HOME OPENER AND STOPPED OVER FOR BASEBALL'S HOME OPENER AS WELL AT BSU.

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

[♪♪♪] >> Charlie: WELL, IT'S FINALLY HOME, SWEET HOME FOR BEMIDJI STATE SOFTBALL, WHO SPENT THEIR FIRST 39 GAMES OF THE SEASON ON THE ROAD.

TODAY THE WEATHER WAS GREAT AT CHET ANDERSON STADIUM AS BSU HOSTED MINNESOTA STATE MOORHEAD.

WE PICK UP IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FIFTH.

JILLIAN GROUNDS OUT, BUT ABLE TO PLATE KALI FROM THIRD TO TAKE A 1-0 LEAD.

IN THE 7th, A CHARGE IN IT, JACKIE LARSON WITH THE HIGHLIGHT REEL CATCH, ENDS THE INNING.

WE HEAD TO THE BOTTOM OF THE 7th, AUBREY WALKS IT OFF.

AND THEY COLLECT THEIR 10th WIN OF THE SEASON BUT THEY WOULD FALL IN GAME NUMBER 2, 12-5 WITH THAT ONE.

>>> BEMIDJI STATE BASEBALL WITH THEIR HOME OPENER TODAY, HOSTING MINNESOTA DULUTH FOR A DOUBLE HEADER.

IN GAME TWO, WE PICK UP IN THE SECOND, MAN ON SECOND FOR ADRIAN, WHO HE PUNCHES IT TO THE GAP, SCORES MATT, AND THE BEAVERS LED 4-2 AFTER 2.

GNASH PUTS THE BEAVERS BACK IN FRONT WITH AN RBI SINGLE TO RIGHT.

IT'S 5-4.

UMD WOULD NOT GO AWAY, THEY TIE IT AT 5-5 AND THEN GABE KNOCKS IN ANOTHER, SCORES HAYDEN, AND BSU IS SWEPT BY THE DOGS, 9-8 IN GAME ONE.

>>> IN HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL, BRAINERD STILL SEARCHING FOR THAT FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON, THEY'RE HOSTING SAUK RAPIDS-RICE.

BOTTOM OF THE FIRST, TWO OUTS, BASES LOADED FOR MICHAEL HAGELIE LACES ONE TO RIGHT CENTER, CARTER READEMAN CAN'T BRING IT IN, WARRIORS EMPTY THE BASES, IT'S 3-0.

TOP THIRD, SAME SCORE, RUNNERS ON THE CORNER, WILD PITCH BRINGS HOME THE STORM'S FIRST RUN, CUTS BRAINERD'S LEAD TO 3-1.

HOWEVER WARRIORS JOEY CASTLE, DOING WHAT HE CAN TO KEEP THE TEAM IN IT, HAD SAUK RAPIDS WINDOW SHOPPING, HE STRUCK OUT FIVE.

SAUK RAPIDS WOULD PUT UP A THREE SPOT, AND THEY TOOK THE LEAD AND NEVER LOOKED BACK.

THEY BEAT BRAINERD 8-3 IN THAT ONE.

>>> LITTLE FALLS WINS.

MENAHGA GETS THE WIN OVER LAPORTE.

STAPLES MOTLEY GETS THE WIN AND PILLAGER.

BLACKDUCK GETS A BIG WIN OVER CLEARBROOK-GONVICK.

WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY, 11 RUNS.

HILL CITY NORTHLAND BEATS NEVIS 4-3.

PIERZ TOPS PEQUOT LAKES.

LAKE OF THE WOODS HANDLES NORTHOME-KELLIHER.

GRAND RAPIDS IN THEIR DOUBLE HEADER, THEY SPLIT AFTER A PAIR OF RUNS IN GAME ONE AND ONE RUN IN GAME TWO.

IN SOFTBALL, BRAINERD GETS THE WIN OVER SAUK RAPIDS RICE.

BLACKDUCK TOPPING HIBBING.

PINE RIVER-BACKUS, NO PROBLEM WITH CROSBY-IRONTON TODAY.

NORTHOME-KELLIHER GETTING THE WIN.

PIERZ BEATS LITTLE FALLS.

PILLAGER SWEEPING THEIR DOUBLE HEADER TODAY.

SEBEKA DOING THE SAME THING.

>>> BRAINERD BOYS LACROSSE AT HOME TONGIHT HOSTING SARTELL-SAUK RAPIDS.

WE'LL PICK UP IN THE SECOND QUARTER, BRAINERD DOWN 6-0, TRYING TO FIND SOME OFFENSE, LANDON RANWEILER DELIVERS, GETS THE WARRIORS ON THE BOARD.

BUT THE STORMIN SABRES CAME TO PLAY TODAY, A MINUTE LATER, WILL SIEBEN FAKES HIGH, GOES LOW, AS THEY EXTEND THE LEAD.

BRAINERD DROPS TONIGHT'S MATCHUP AGAINST SARTELL-SAUK RAPIDS 15-6.

GOING OVER TO GIRLS LACROSSE, GRAND RAPIDS GREEN WAY, A BIG CONFERENCE MATCH UP.

WILLIAMS WITH IT OUT FRONT, IT POPS UP IN THE AIR BY A WOLF PACK DEFENDER AND HITS THE NET.

9-3.

A LITTLE LATER, OLIVIA FINDS HERSELF OUT FRONT, PADDING THE LEAD, THAT WOULD BE YOUR FINAL.

THE LIGHTNING TAKE THIS ONE 10-3.

A COUPLE MORE SCORES FOR YOU IN BOYS TENNIS, ST.

CLOUD TOPS BRAINERD, BUT BEMIDJI, THEY HAVE THEIR MEET CANCELED TOMORROW.

THEY ARE PLAYING AT THIEF RIVER TODAY, 6-1 OVER THIEF RIVER FALLS.

BEMIDJI FINISHES 10th.

OVER IN THE SPUD INVITE, BRAINERD FINISHES THIRD.

SO, ALL OVER THE PLACE TODAY.

>> Dennis: A LOT OF ACTION.

>> Charlie: EVERYBODY IS TRYING TO GET IN BEFORE THE WEATHER GETS IFFY TOMORROW.

>> Dennis: RIGHT.

THANKS CHARLIE.

BRAINERD HIGH SCHOOL HOSTED ITS ANNUAL COOL SCHOOL POLAR PLUNGE WITH PROCEEDS GOING TO SPECIAL OLYMPICS MINNESOTA.

OUR REPORTER XZAYVER CURRY WILL DIVE RIGHT INTO THE DETAILS FOR THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN APPLE.

>> Reporter: HERE AT BRAINERD HIGH SCHOOL, THE POLAR PLUNGE HAS BEEN A MAJOR EVENT FOR THE PAST 8 YEARS.

IT BRINGS TOGETHER THE WHOLE SCHOOL AND THE COMMUNITY, GIVING PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUMP ONBOARD SUPPORTING SPECIAL OLYMPICS MINNESOTA.

>> JUST SEEING OUR SPECIAL ED STUDENTS BE ABLE TO INTERACT WITH PEOPLE AND BE ABLE TO BE AROUND.

THIS IS A DAY THEY LOOK FORWARD TO FOR THE WHOLE SCHOOL YEAR AND THEY WILL TALK ABOUT IT ALL SCHOOL YEAR.

SO JUST BEING ABLE TO MAKE A MINI DREAM COME TRUE FOR THEM, IT MAKES US SO HAPPY.

>> Reporter: THE EVENT WAS PART OF BRAINERD HIGH SCHOOL'S WARRIOR DAY.

ALL OF THE PROCEEDS ARE SPLIT UP BETWEEN THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS TEAM AND THE BAHS WARRIORS, HELPING LOCALLY AND GIVING OPPORTUNITIES TO EVERYONE INVOLVED.

>> WE SHARE OUR FUNDS WITH THE TEAMS AND ACTIVITIES.

SO THE STUDENTS USE THE FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN GOING TO EVENTS, UPGRADING SOME GAMES AND ACTIVITIES WE DO TOGETHER, AND JUST BEING ABLE TO SPREAD SOME JOY WITH EVERYBODY.

>> Reporter: YEAH, IT'S COLD BUT THAT'S THE POINT.

EVERYONE HERE AT BRAINERD HIGH SCHOOL IS TURNING THIS REAL ICY WATER INTO A REAL IMPACT FOR A CAUSE THAT THEY CARE ABOUT.

>> HOW IMPORTANT THIS DAY IS FOR THEM.

THEY GET TO BE NORMAL STUDENTS WITH EVERYONE ELSE THAT THEY RARELY GET ALONG WITH.

THE CONNECTIONS YOU MAKE, THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE PART OF THE FOOTBALL TEAM BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL PLUNGING.

IF YOU SEE A SPECIAL ED KID IN THE HALL, A SMILE, WAVE, HIGH-FIVE GOES A LONG WAY AND THEY WILL TALK ABOUT IT FOR THE DAY, THE WEEK, THE MONTH.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BRAINERD FOR THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN APPLE, XZAYVER CURRY, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> ACCORDING TO THE POLAR PLUNGE WEBSITE, 116 BHS STUDENTS PLUNGED AND RAISED $13,847 FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS MINNESOTA.

>>> LET'S GO BACK TO STACY FOR A LAST CHECK ON OUR WEATHER.

>> Stacy: WE HAVE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TO 10:00 A.M.

WE COULD SEE MIXED PRECIPITATION, UP TO A 0.1-INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION.

VARIABLE CLOUDS OVERNIGHT AND LOWS NEAR 39.

>> Charlie: BSU WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD HAD TWO FIRST PLACE FINISHERS TODAY, SOPHIE AND ALISON.

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

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

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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