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>> Announcer: LAKELAND PBS IS PROUD TO PRESENT LAKELAND NEWS AT 10.

WE'RE 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.

THANKS FOR WATCHING TONIGHT.

A STATE OF MINNESOTA COURT OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING JUDGE HAS DENIED THE CITY OF BEMIDJI'S REQUEST FOR REHEARING OR RECONSIDERATION OF BOUNDARY TRIAL AGAINST NORTHERN TOWNSHIP.

JUDGE JESSICA PALMER-DENIG RULED THE COURT LACKED JURISDICTION AND THE RELIEF REQUESTED BY THE CITY IS OUTSIDE THE COURT'S POWER TO GRANT.

THAT MEANS THE COURT'S FEBRUARY 10 DECISION REMAINS IN EFFECT, GRANTING NORTHERN TOWNSHIP'S PETITION FOR INCORPORATION AND DENYING THE ANNEXATION PETITION.

NORTHERN TOWNSHIP SAID IN A PRESS RELEASE: "WITH THIS LATEST ORDER, OUR COMMUNITY'S PATH FORWARD REMAINS CLEAR AND OUR WORK CONTINUES ON ALL FRONTS.

THE WASTEWATER PROJECT IS MOVING AHEAD, WE ARE PREPARING FOR THE TRANSITION TO CITY OPERATIONS LATER THIS YEAR, AND WE REMAIN FOCUSED ON DELIVERING CONSISTENT, DAY-TO-DAY SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS."

THE RELEASE WENT ON TO SAY: "WE ALSO REMAIN GENUINELY OPEN TO CONSTRUCTIVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY OF BEMIDJI AT ANY TIME.

WE BELIEVE PRACTICAL, MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL SOLUTIONS ARE WORTH PURSUING, AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO A COOPERATIVE APPROACH THAT SERVES BOTH COMMUNITIES AND THIS BROADER REGION WELL."

BEMIDJI MAYOR JORGE PRINCE ALSO RELEASED A STATEMENT TO LAKELAND NEWS, SAYING: "THE CITY WAS DISAPPOINTED TO LEARN THE RESULTS OF ITS RECONSIDERATION REQUEST.

IT WAS EQUALLY DISAPPOINTED TO LEARN THE RULING WAS BASED ON PROCEDURAL CONSIDERATIONS AND NOT NECESSARILY THE FACTS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW.

THE ORDER WAS RECEIVED BY THE CITY LATE YESTERDAY AND THE COUNCIL MET LAST EVENING IN CLOSED SESSION TO CONSIDER ANY FUTURE ACTIONS."

>>> CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN BEMIDJI SHUT DOWN AT THE END OF THE 2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR AS A COST-SAVING MEASURE FOR THE DISTRICT, AND LAST FRIDAY THE BUILDING WAS SOLD TO A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, SACRED BUNDLE.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK VISITED THE SITE OF THE FORMER SCHOOL AND SPOKE TO A SACRED BUNDLE REPRESENTATIVE ABOUT WHAT THE LOCATION WILL BECOME IN THE FUTURE.

>> Sydney: CENTRAL ELEMENTARY WAS BUILT IN 1959 AND HAS SAT VACANT FOR NEARLY FIVE YEARS.

ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2nd, OF 2026, THE NEW OWNERS, AN INDIGENOUS EDUCATION FOCUSED NONPROFIT SACRED BUNDLE, STEPPED IN TO START CONVERTING THE BUILDING INTO A COMMUNITY HUB.

>> BASICALLY, THE OFFICE HAD BEEN OUR FOUNDER, MIKE MEYERS AND HIS WIFE HAD BEEN THEIR HOME, SO WE WERE TRYING TO FIND A PLACE TO, LIKE, KIND OF RAMP UP OUR EFFORTS AND ACTIVITIES.

WE KIND OF FOCUSED ON HOW CAN WE HELP WITH THE SPACE, IF WE GO FOR THE SPACE, HOW DO WE HELP OUR COMMUNITY WITH WHAT ITS NEEDS ARE.

>> Sydney: PHASE ONE OF THE REMODEL IS SET TO BE CREATING A COMMUNITY COMPUTERER LAB AND GENERAL BUILDING CLEANUP.

SACRED BUNDLE HAS REVIEWED LOCAL SURVEYS TO SEE WHAT SERVICES ARE MOST NEEDED IN THE BEMIDJI AREA.

>> CHILDCARE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE CONSIDERING.

IN THE BASEMENT OF THE SCHOOL IS A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN SPACE AND WE'RE HOPING TO TEACH INDIGENOUS FOODS CLASSES, PARTNER WITH SHAWN SHERMAN'S NATIVE ORGANIZATION IN THE CITIES FOR SOME KIND OF INDIGENOUS FOOD HUB.

>> Sydney: THE ORG IS BASING THEIR COMMUNITY HUB MODEL ON WHAT THEY CALL AN UNBOARDING SCHOOL WITH A FOCUS ON BRINGING FAMILIES TOGETHER AND ON INDIGENOUS, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND LANGUAGE EDUCATION.

>> WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY GEARED TOWARD ANY ONE AGE GROUP.

WE'LL WORK WITH LITTLE BABIES AND, YOU KNOW, ELDERS AND TRY TO JUST KEEP TEACHING HOW TO LIVE IN A GOOD WAY.

IT IS HONESTLY FELT LIKE THE BUILDING IS SO EXCITED AND GRATEFUL TO HAVE A GROUP THAT IS GOING TO, LIKE, BRING IT BACK TO LIFE.

>> Sydney: THE ORGANIZATION HAS ALSO PARTNERED WITH A PROJECT MANAGEMENT CLASS AT BEMIDJI STATE TO HELP PLAN OUT THE LOGISTICS OF REMODELING THE 42,770-SQUARE-FOOT BUILDING.

>> LOT OF THEM ARE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT STUDENTS, DESIGN STUDENTS.

THERE'S A STUDENT THAT KNOWS A TON ABOUT CHILDCARE THAT I'VE BEEN PICKING HER BRAIN ABOUT WHAT DO WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT WITH CODES.

THEY'RE BUSY RIGHT NOW LOOKING UP CODES AND SAFETY THINGS AND HOW WOULD IT LOOK IF WE HAD APARTMENTS IN A CLASSROOM.

WHAT WOULD A DESIGN CONCEPT BE?

SO THEY'RE BUSY HELPING US MOVE SOME OF OUR IDEAS FORWARD.

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

>> Dennis: BY THE END OF THE YEAR, SACRED BUNDLE HOPES TO HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY HUB FINISHED AND THE GYM OPEN FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS OR ORGANIZATIONS TO RENT OUT AS A COMMUNAL SPACE.

>>> A FIRE AT A STAPLES APARTMENT HAS DISPLACED ALL THE RESIDENTS.

THAT'S ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE FROM THE STAPLES FIRE DEPARTMENT.

NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THE FIRE ON SATURDAY MORNING, BUT FIREFIGHTERS FOUND SMOKE AND AN ACTIVE FIRE ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE BUILDING LOCATED ON THE 400 BLOCK OF SECOND AVENUE NORTHEAST IN STAPLES.

FIREFIGHTERS WERE ON THE SCENE FOR FIVE HOURS.

THOSE DISPLACED ARE RECEIVING ASSISTANCE FROM THE AMERICAN RED CROSS.

>>> THE BRAINERD CITY COUNCIL HAS ACCEPTED THE RESIGNATION OF BRAINERD POLICE CHIEF JOHN DAVIS.

COUNCIL MEMBERS AGREED TO ACCEPT THE RESIGNATION AT THEIR MEETING YESTERDAY WHILE ALSO APPROVING AN UPDATED JOB DESCRIPTION FOR THE POSITION.

DAVIS HAS BEEN POLICE CHIEF SINCE 2023, BUT SAID IN A LETTER TO THE COUNCIL THAT HE DECIDED TO RETIRE AFTER FINDING OUT HIS BLADDER CANCER HAD RETURNED.

DAVIS' LAST DAY ON THE JOB WILL BE APRIL 30th.

>>> A WHITE BEAR LAKE, MINNESOTA, WOMAN WAS AMONG THE SIX U.S.

SOLDIERS WHO DIED ON SUNDAY WHEN A DRONE HIT A COMMAND CENTER IN KUWAIT.

39-YEAR-OLD SERGEANT FIRST CLASS NICOLE AMOR WAS SERVING IN THE MIDEAST AS PART OF THE ARMY RESERVES IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION EPIC FURY.

SHERRELL HUBBARD HAS THE LATEST ON DAY FOUR OF THE WAR.

>> Sherrell: >> YOU'RE GOING TO REALLY BEGIN TO PERCEIVE A CHANGE IN THE SCOPE AND INTENSITY OF THESE ATTACKS AS FRANKLY THE TWO MOST POWERFUL AIR FORCES IN THE WORLD TAKE APART IN TERRORIST REGIME.

>> Sherrell: SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO BRIEFED CONGRESS ON THE U.S.-ISRAELI WAR WITH IRAN.

HOWEVER, SOME LAWMAKERS ARE STILL QUESTIONING OPERATION EPIC FURY.

DEMOCRATIC SENATOR CORY BOOKER SAYS BASED ON THE INFORMATION HE RECEIVED, HE BELIEVES THERE WAS NO IMMINENT THREAT TO THE U.S.

>> WE HAD A CLASSIFIED BRIEFING THAT LET ME UTTERLY ASTONISHED AT THE LACK OF INFORMATION THEY PROVIDED TO JUSTIFY THE HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF KORS AND THE AMERICAN LIVES LOST.

>> Sherrell: NEARLY 800 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN RECENT DAYS IN IRAN, INCLUDING MORE THAN 180 PEOPLE WHO DIED IN U.S.-ISRAELI STRIKES ON A SCHOOL ACCORDING TO IRANIAN STATE MEDIA.

FOUR OF SIX U.S.

SERVICE MEMBERS BASED IN KUWAIT WHO WERE KILLED IN AN AIRSTRIKE SUNDAY HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BIT PENTAGON.

MEANTIME, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP PRAISED THE PROGRESS OF THE WAR.

>> THEY HAVE NO NAVY, IT'S BEEN KNOCKED OUT.

THEY HAVE NO AIR FORCE, IT'S BEEN KNOCKED OUT.

>> Sherrell: THE GROUNDS OF THE US CONSULATE IN DUBAI WERE STRUCK BY A SUSPECTED IRANIAN DRONE TUESDAY TOP THE FIRE WAS QUICKLY EXTINGUISHED.

THE STATE DEPARTMENT WARNING ALL AMERICANS TO LEAVE SOME COUNTRIES IN THE REGION IMMEDIATELY.

I'M SHERRELL HUBBARD REPORTING.

>> Dennis: THE FOUR U.S.

SERVICE MEMBERS THE PENTAGON HAS IDENTIFIED WERE ASSIGNED TO THE 103rd SUSTAINMENT COMMAND.

>> Announcer: STILL TO COME ON LAKELAND NEWS AT 10: >> Stacy: WE'LL SEE AREAS OF FOG AND SOME DENSE FOG IS POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY IN WESTERN MINNESOTA WHERE WE'VE WITH A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT TONIGHT.

I'LL HAVE THE FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> Miles: AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK IN THIS WEEK'S NORTH WOODS EXPERIENCE, THE CITY OF HACKENSACK IS LOOKING TO RENOVATE ITS LAKESIDE PARK.

>>> AND NOW, MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>> Dennis: MINNESOTA LAWMAKERS ARE STILL DIVIDED ON ANTI-FRAUD MEASURES.

THE STATE GOVERNMENT FINANCE AND POLICY COMMITTEE HEARD TWO GOP-AUTHORED ANTI-FRAUD BILLS ON TUESDAY WITH DEMOCRATS STRONGLY OPPOSING BOTH.

ONE BILL WOULD REQUIRE FRAUD IMPACTS TO BE INCLUDED IN BUDGET FORECASTS AND THE OTHER NAMED THE "FRAUD ISN'T FREE ACT," WHICH WOULD ESTABLISH SEVERAL FRAUD PREVENTION PROVISIONS.

BOTH BILLS RECEIVED SCRUTINY FROM HOUSE DEMOCRATS, CLAIMING THE BILLS WOULD BE INEFFECTIVE AND POSSIBLY HARMFUL TO MINNESOTA TAXPAYERS.

HOUSE 2-A REPRESENTATIVE BIDAL DURAN SAYS THE STATE SHOULD'VE HAD SOMETHING IN PLACE FOR POTENTIAL FRAUD A LONG TIME AGO.

>> IT'S BEEN SAID BY MULTIPLE PEOPLE NOW THAT THERE'S HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT HAS GONE MISSING.

THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR ZEK CADS.

THERE'S NO REAL OVERSIGHT TO WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

IT HAS ABSOLUTELY EXPLODED UNDERNEATH THE WATCH OF GOVERNOR WALZ.

WE NEED TO NOT MAKE THIS OFFICE A POLITICAL LANDMARK.

IT SHOULD BE JUST SEPARATE FROM EVERYBODY.

IT SHOULD BE NEUTRAL.

THAT'S WHAT REPUBLICANS ARE TRYING TO DO, BUT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE PRETTY MUCH GUT THE WHOLE THING AND NOT MAKE IT EFFECTIVE.

>> Dennis: AND STACY CHRISTENSON JOINS US NOW REQUEST A LOOK AT THE VERY NICE WEATHER WE'LL HAVE THIS WE CAN.

>> Stacy: WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE VERY MILD TEMPERATURES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

WE COULD BE SEEING AREAS OF FOG AGAIN TONIGHT AND THERE'S A POTENTIAL FOR REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO DENSE FOG, ESPECIALLY IN WEST MINNESOTA.

WE HAVE THAT DENSE FOG STROIZ IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING.

WE >>> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

>> Stacy: WE DID HAVE SOME FOG EARLIER TODAY.

ONCE THAT LIFTED, WE DID ENJOY SOME NICE SUNSHINE, A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDSES AND SUN IN THE AREA.

TEMPERATURES VERY MILD FOR MOST OF US AND THAT MILD WEATHER WILL CONTINUE HEADING THROUGH MOST OF THIS WEEK.

WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR DENSE FOG, ESPECIALLY IN WESTERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT, AND WE HAVE A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF OUR VIEWING AREA.

I'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT IN A SECOND.

HERE ARE OUR CURRENT CONDITIONS.

IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 33 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.

AT THE STUDIO WINDS CALM WITH A DEWPOINT OF 33, HUMIDITY AT 100%.

IN BRAINERD, CLOUDY SKIES, 37 DEGREES WITH A DEWPOINT OF 35.

PRESSURE IS HOLDING STEADY ANZ WINDS ARE SOUTHWEST AT 3 MILES PER HOUR.

A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF WESTERN LAKELAND COUNTRY, INCLUDING EASTERN POLK AND CLEAR WATER AND MAHNOMEN COUNTIES.

THIS IS THIS EFFECT UNTIL 8 A.M.

ON WEDNESDAY.

WE'RE EXPECTING TO SEE VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS WITHIN SOME OF THAT DENSE FOG.

ON OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING SOME CLOUDS AND SOME AREAS OF FOG DEVELOPING THIS EVENING.

OTHER THAN THE FOG, WE WILL BE SEEING MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

THAT FOG LINGERS INTO TOMORROW MORNING.

ONCE IT LIFTS, WE SHOULD EVENTUALLY SEE SKIES ACROSS MOST OF THE VIEWING AREA BECOMING PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY.

WE'LL HOLD ON TO THE CLOUD COVER IN FAR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

WEATHER SHOT STOP SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT.

LOWER RED LAKE AND STEPHEN IN LITTLE ROCK RAIBL TO CAPTURE THE LUNAR ECLIPSE THIS MORNING IN THE SKIES UP THERE.

WE'VE ALSO GOT ARLENE SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF A WIDESPREAD AT THE FEEDER.

WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL SUNSHINE FROM CHRISTY IN DEERWOOD AND SPOTTING SOME SWANS ON THE LAKE.

ANGELA SENDING US THIS PHOTO FROM CASS LAKE OF THE MOON REFLECTING ON THE WATER AND THE ICE.

THANK YOU ALL FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYE REPORTS, BOB IN BLUFFTON, NI AND 45 TODAY, ARLENE IN MENAHGA WITH A HIGH OF 48.

CHRISTY IN DEERWOOD WITH SUNSHINE TODAY, TOPPING OUT AT 45.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUNSHINE AND 48.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, MOSTLY CLOUDY AND A LOT OF MELTING GOOD ON, AND STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, PARTLY CLOUDY WHAT HIGH OF 49.

A QUICK LOOK AT OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD TOPPING OUT TODAY AT 49SD, MILD TEMPERATURES OUT THIS.

WE HAD A LOW 306 AND SUNRISE AT 6:52.

BEMIDJI, 42 FOR THE HIGH TEMP, 22 FOR THE LOW, AND 6:08 FOR THE SUNSET.

TOMORROW'S FORECAST, WE'LL BE SEEING SOME AREAS OF FOG IN THE MORNING AND AGAIN A LITTLE BIT OF CLOUD COVER EARLY ON, BUT WE DO START TO SEE THE CLOUDS BREAKING UNAS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON.

TEMPERATURE-WISE, IT IS GOING TO BE COLDER WHERE WE HAVE THE DENSER SNOW PACK IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, SO 33 IN WARROAD, A LOT OF 40s, CHOSE TO 50 IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA WITH LOW TO MID 50s IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE.

THE FORECAST, MOSTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT WITH AREAS OF FOG AND FREEZING FOG, LOWS DOWN TO 22.

VARIABLE CLOUDS TOMORROW WITH AREAS OF FOG AND FREEZING FOG STILL IN THE MORNING WITH HIGHS NEAR 4837 LOOK AT THE EXTENDED FORECAST, STILL PRETTY QUIET THROUGH THURSDAY AND HEADING INTO THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT, WE HAVE THE CHANCE FOR RAIN OR SNOW, POSSIBLY EVEN FREEZING RAIN AND THEN TEMPERATURES ARE COOL LATE THIS WEEK BEFORE THEY REBOUND A BIT ON SUNDAY WITH A HIGH OF 46.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: TIME TO SPORTS.

CHARLIE IS OFF TONIGHT, BUT SYDNEY DICK IS HERE WITH A LOOK AT LOCAL SPORTS AND PLAYOFFS CONTINUE FOR HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS.

>> Sydney: THEY DO INDEED AND TONIGHT WE HAVE BASKETBALL FROM THE BEMIDJI BOYS.

IT WAS CLOSER OF A GAME THAN ONE MIGHT HAVE EXPECTED AS THEY HOSTED ROGERS.

WE'RE IN MARCH MADNESS AND WE SAW THAT OBVIOUSLY ON THE COURT TONIGHT.

I'LL HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK.

>>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS AT 10.

>> Sydney: THEY CALL IT MARCH MADNESS FOR A REASON BECAUSE WHEN POST SEASON STARTS, THINGS CAN GET A LITTLE CRAZY.

BEMIDJI BOYS BASKETBALL GOT A TASTE OF THE MADNESS TONIGHT WHEN THEY HOSTED A FOUR-WIN ROGERS TEAM IN THE SECTION 8-AAA QUARTERFINALS.

IT'S THE BUM HER JACKS FIRST HOME PLAYOFF GAME SINCE 2022.

THEY ENTER AS A 2 SEED, BIT IT WAS THE 7 SEEDED ROYALS THAT CAME OUT NOT.

THEY LED BY AS MUCH AS 20 IN THE FIRST HALF BEHIND THE SHOOTING OF JACKSON BAR GUESS.

THEN IN THE SECOND, JUST A FOUR-POINT LEAD NOW.

BRINGING BEMIDJI WITHIN ONE, 40-39.

JUST UNDER THREE MINUTES TO PLAY, TRAILING BY TWO, AUSTIN GOES UP AND NOTHING BUT NET, GIVES THE LUMBERJACKS THE LEAD.

57-56.

THEN UNDER 30 SECONDS TO GO, JACKS UP 59-56.

JACKSON UP WITH THE DAGGERS ABOUT HE HADN'T HIT A THREE ALL NIGHT PRIOR TO THAT.

BEMIDJI BEATS ROGERS 64-56.

FOSHEE HAD 20 POINTS DESPITE NOT HITTING A FIELD GOAL TILL MIDWAY THROUGH THE SECOND HALF.

LUMBERJACKS WILL NOW HOST ELK RIVER ON FRIDAY IN A SEMIFINAL.

>>> IN GIRLS SECTION BASKETBALL, MENAHGA SEES THEIR TERRIFIC SEASON COME TO AN END AND IN AN ABSOLUTE STUNNER, THE NUMBER 2 TEAM IN CLASS 2-A, CROSBY IRONTON GETS KNOCKED OFF BY THE RIVAL PEQUOT LAKES.

THEY MOVE ON TO PLAY DULUTH MARSHALL IN THE FINAL.

THEY GET A REMATCH WITH SACRED HEART ON FRIDAY.

CASS LAKE BENA MOVE TO THE FINAL WHERE THEY CAME A GRAHAM.

>>> FOR NEARLY A DECADE, BRAINERD ADAPTIVE HOCKEY HAS DOMINATED THE GAME, AND THAT DOMINANCE WAS ON FULL DISPLAY AS THEY BEAT MAPLE GROVE OVER THE WEEKEND FOR BACK-TO-BACK STATE TITLES.

THE WARRIORS, WHO COMPETE IN THE PHYSICALLY IMPAIRED DIVISION, WON THE PROGRAM'S EIGHTH STATE TITLE BY SCORING 7 GOALS ON THE CRIMSON.

FOUR BRAINERD PLAYERS FOUND THE BACK OF THE NET, WITH JOSH PENCE, ERIC FORDYCE, AND OWEN OLSEN NETTING TWO GOALS APIECE, AND AIDEN OLSEN SCORING ONE OF HIS OWN.

WARRIOR GOALTENDER ANDREW KARGEL WAS ABLE TO SHUT OUT THE CRIMSON AS BRAINERD FINISHED THEIR SEASON UNDEFEATED.

SOME PEOPLE TALK ABOUT DYNASTIES, BUT THIS IS RIDICULOUS, SIX STATE TITLES IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS.

THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS GOT NOTHING ON THIS TEAM.

>>> AND THIS PAST SUNDAY, BEMIDJIS TEAM BERG WON THE MINNESOTA STATE HIGH SCHOOL CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP ON HOME ICE.

THEY OUTLASTED 16 OTHER TEAMS VYING FOR THE TITLE, BEATING ANOTHER BEMIDJI SQUAD IN THE FINALS TEAM BARNES BY A SCORE OF 8-7.

>>> NORTHERN LAKES BOYS HOCKEY IS RIDING A FIVE-GAME WIN STREAK INTO ITS SECOND STRAIGHT STATE TOURNAMENT APPEARANCE AND THIRD IN PROGRAM HISTORY.

LAST YEAR, THE LIGHTNING FELL IN THE CLASS-A QUARTERFINALS TO THE EVENTUAL STATE CHAMPS, BUT PICKED UP THE PROGRAM'S FIRST EVER STATE TOURNEY WIN AGAINST LUVERNE IN THE CONSOLATION SEMIFINALS.

THE LIGHTNING ARE HOPING TO BUILD ON THAT EXPERIENCE AS THEY HEAD INTO THIS YEAR'S TOURNAMENT.

TO BETTER PREPARE THEMSELVES THIS SEASON, THE LIGHTNING BUILT A TOUGHER SCHEDULE WITH EIGHT OF THEIR OPPONENTS RANKED IN THE TOP 20.

THAT LIST INCLUDES SECTION FOE SARTELL, WHO NORTHERN LAKES UPSET IN THE SECTION 6-A CHAMPIONSHIP LAST THURSDAY TO PUNCH THEIR TICKET TO STATE.

>> YOU KNOW, WE LEARN TO PLAY AGAINST THE TOUGH GAMES AND THE TOUGH TEAMS AND YOU DON'T EVER DO WELL IN THAT SECTION.

I FEEL CONFIDENT IN THIS TEAM TO COME OUT AND PLAY ON THE BIG STAGE.

>> WE'RE NOT A PRETTY TEAM.

WE LIKE TO GO TO THE NET AND GET SHOTS ON NET AND GET REBOUNDS.

WE'RE NOT A BIG FLASHY, DOING ALL THIS FANCY STUFF KIND OF TEAM.

WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THAT, FOCUS ON WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING ALL YEAR AND IT'S BEEN WORKING.

STI AND THE BOYS HOCKEY TOURNAMENT STARTS TOMORROW WITH CLASS A ACTION, NORTHERN LAKES TAKE ON 3-SEED WARROAD IN THE LATE GAME AT 3 P.M.

WE DON'T HAVE HIGHLIGHTS FOR YOU FROM THAT GAME, BUT WE'LL HAVE UPDATES ON THE STATE TOURNAMENT TOMORROW ON OUR SPORTS CAST.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT.

SOUNDS GOOD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SYDNEY.

>> THE CITY OF HACKENSACK IS LOOKING TO REDEFINE ITS LAKESIDE PARK.

THANKS TO A GRANT VIA THE BERNICK FAMILY FOUNDATION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CENTRAL MINNESOTA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THE CITY HAS RECEIVED ANOTHER $27,000 TOWARDS THE PROJECT.

REPORTER MILES WALKER MET WITH HACKENSACK PARKS COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO LEARN MORE IN THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE.

>> Miles: HACKENSACK'S LAKESIDE PROJECT HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR ROUGHLY TWO YEARS, NOW IN AN EFFORT TO RENOVATE THE HEART OF THE CITY'S DOWNTOWN AREA.

>> THE CITY ASKED US TO GET A GROUP OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO PUT TOGETHER A PARK COMMITTEE WITH THE GOAL OF KIND OF UPDATING, RENOVATING, KIND OF FIXING THE PARKS, BRINGING THEY WILL UP TO MODERN SPEED.

IT'S TIME TO DO A PROJECT AND REFRESH THE WHOLE THING.

>> Miles: BACK IN EARLY 2025, THE CITY HOSTED A COMMUNITY SUMMIT WHERE THOSE WITHIN THE TOWN VOICED THEIR TOP PRIORITIES.

>> WE HAD FOLKS IN KIND OF TALKING ABOUT THE PARK, HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS TO THEM, HOW THEY USED IT, WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IN TERMS OF CHANGES.

THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY WAS LET'S REFRESH THE PLAYGROUND, MAKE IT MORE SAFE AND MORE ACCESSIBLE.

>> Miles: AND TOP PRIORITIES FOR THE PROJECT INCLUDE REPLACING AND UPDATING A PLAYGROUND OVER 30 YEARS OLD FOR IMPROVED ACCESSIBILITY AND SAFETY, ADDING A BAND SHELL TO SUPPORT EVENTS AS WELL AS IMPROVE RESTROOM ACCESS AND OVERALL PARK INCLUSIVITY AND ACCESSIBILITY.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING IN THE NEW DESIGN IS WE'RE PUTTING A FIVE-FOOT-WIDE CONCRETE PATH ALL THE WAY AROUND THE PLAYGROUND.

IT'S GOING TO HELP WITH ACCESSIBILITY AND GIVE KID AND PLACE TO PLAY AND PROVIDE MUCH BETTER ACCESS TO THE EQUIPMENT.

SWINGS, PLAY GROUND STRUCTURES, LOGS AND FISHING ACTIVITIES.

>> Miles: THE HACKENSACK PARKS COMMITTEE IS STILL WAITING TO SEE IF IT WILL RECEIVE A $250,000 GRANT FROM THE MINNESOTA DRN BEFORE FINALIZING WHAT IT CAN INCLUDE IN THE LAKESIDE PROJECT.

ONCE THAT IS DECIDED, THE CITY CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH ITS BLUEPRINT.

>> BECAUSE THIS IS STUCH A LARGE PROJECT, A LITTLE OVER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS, WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE PLEDGE THAT IF WE GET THE DNR GRANT, THAT THEY WILL GIVE US FUNDS.

IF WE DON'T RECEIVER THE DNR GRANT, WE CAN STILL UPDATE THE PARK AND MAKE IT A SAFE PLAYGROUND, BUT IT WOULD JUST BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, NOT DOING THE ENTIRE THING.

>> Miles: REPORTING IN HACKENSACK WITH THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, MILES WALKER, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: THE HACKENSACK PARKS COMMITTEE WILL BE HOSTING A FUNDRAISER FOR THE LAKESIDE PROJECT AT WREN VERY VIEW BREWERY AN APRIL 11th.

>>> LET'S LEARN MORE ABOUT THE WEATHER RIGHT NOW.

>> WE'LL SEE AREAS OF FOG OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND SEE DENSE FOG THAT COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS.

WE HAVE A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA UNTIL 8 A.M.

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

HAVE A GREAT TONIGHT, EVERYBODY.

WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

GOOD NIGHT.

>> Sydney: GOOD NIGHT.

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