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>> LAKELAND PBS IS PROUD TO PRESENT LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

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.

[♪♪♪] >> Sydney: HI EVERYONE, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

I'M SYDNEY DICK IN FOR DENNIS WEIMANN WITH YOUR LAKELAND NEWS.

>>> SEVERAL THOUSAND PEOPLE GATHERED IN DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS TODAY DESPITE SUBZERO TEMPERATURES TO PROTEST THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN IN MINNESOTA.

AS PART OF A ECONOMIC STRIKE, MORE THAN 700 BUSINESSES STATEWIDE CLOSED TO SUPPORT THE MOVEMENT.

LABOR UNIONS, CLERGY, AND PROGRESSIVE ORGANIZATIONS URGED MINNESOTANS TO STAY HOME FROM WORK, SCHOOL, AND SHOPS, IN RESPONSE TO WHAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY HAS CALLED ITS LARGEST-EVER IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT OPERATION.

AROUND 100 CLERGY WHO WERE DEMONSTRATING AGAINST U.S.

IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY IN MINNEAPOLIS, WERE ARRESTED BY POLICE EARLIER TODAY, AFTER OFFICIALS SAY THEY OVERSTEPPED THEIR PERMIT AT THE MINNEAPOLIS AIRPORT, AND DISRUPTED AIRLINE OPERATIONS.

A METROPOLITAN AIRPORTS COMMISSION SPOKESMAN JEFF LEA SAYS THE CLERGY WERE ISSUED MISEDMEANOR CITATIONS OF TRESPASSING AND FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH A PEACE OFFICER.

THE PROTESTORS WERE THEN RELEASED.

>>> THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY HAS REPORTED THAT MORE THAN 1,300 PEOPLE IN THE STATE HAVE IMMIGRATION DETENTION HOLDS, BUT THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS IS CLAIMING THAT THAT NUMBER HAS BEEN INFLATED.

D.O.C.

COMMISSIONER PAUL SCHNELL EXPLAINED IN A PRESS CONFERENCE ON JANUARY 22ND, THAT THEY REPORT TO ICE WHEN A NON-U.S.

CITIZEN ENTERS INTO THEIR CUSTODY, SO THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS HAS RECORDS OF ICE DETAINERS WITHIN THE STATE.

ACCORDING TO THOSE RECORDS, ONLY AROUND 300 PEOPLE ARE BEING HELD ON IMMIGRATION DETENTION.

>> WE HAVE NOT FOUND A SINGLE INSTANCE OF PROCESS FAILURE IN OUR REVIEW OF THE RECORDS AND THE NAMES PROVIDED TO US BY I.C.E.

CONTINUING TO POINT OUT ON SUPPORTED NUMBERS IS RECKLESS AND IRRESPONSIBLE.

WE STAND READY TO WORK WITH D.H.S.

THE MOMENT THEY ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH US.

WE NEED TO ALIGN FACTS AND THE OPERATIONAL REALITIES BEFORE WE CAN SOLVE WHATEVER PROBLEM THEY THINK EXISTS.

THIS SHOULD NOT BE CONTROVERSIAL.

FACTS MATTER SO IN THE INTEREST OF TRANSPARENCY, MINNESOTA WILL CONTINUE TO CORRECT THE RECORD AS LONG AS D.H.S.

CONTINUES TO DISTRIBUTE FALSE INFORMATION THAT HAS THE EFFECT OF UNDERMINING PUBLIC CONFIDENCE.

>> THE NUMBERS THEY GAVE YOU WERE FROM MINNESOTA, CORRECT, BUT OUR STATS, OUR DETAINERS ARE THE ONES WE COUNT.

WE DON'T GO INTO D.O.C.

DATA AND COUNT THEIR DATA.

IT'S NOT OUR DATA.

OUR DATA SHOWS WE HAVE OVER 1,300.

>> IN MINNESOTA.

>> IN MINNESOTA.

>> NEXT QUESTION.

>> THE BRAINERD DISPATCH IS REPORTING THAT, AS OF THURSDAY, JANUARY 22ND, 44 FEDERAL DETAINEES ARE BEING HELD IN THE CROW WING COUNTY JAIL FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.

LAST MARCH, CROW WING COUNTY JOINED INTO AN AGREEMENT WHICH ALLOWS ICE TO DELEGATE LOCAL OFFICERS THE AUTHORITY TO PERFORM SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS UNDER THE AGENCY'S DIRECTION.

>>> NORTHERN TOWNSHIP IS SET TO RECEIVE A $750,000 GRANT TO GO TOWARDS ITS WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROJECT ALONG LAKE BEMIDJI.

U.S.

SENATORS AMY KLOBUCHAR AND TINA SMITH ANNOUNCED THAT.

THE TOWNSHIP IS SET TO RECEIVE THE GRANT AS A THIRD ROUND OF FEDERAL FUNDING TO GO TOWARDS PROJECT CONSTRUCTION ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE LAKE.

OFFICIALS SAY THE TREATMENT FACILITY WILL HELP WITH THE HEALTH OF LAKE BEMIDJI, AND WITH AGING SEPTIC SYSTEMS IN THE TOWNSHIP.

ADDITIONAL COSTS OF THE PROJECT THAT ARE NOT COVERED BY STATE OR FEDERAL FUNDING WILL FALL ON NORTHERN TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS.

PHASE ONE OF THE PROJECT IS SET TO COST AROUND $12.8 MILLION.

SO FAR, WITH THE NEW $750,000 INCLUDED, THE TOWNSHIP HAS SECURED $6.75 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO GO TOWARDS PHASE ONE OF THE PROJECT, BUT ACCORDING TO A TOWNSHIP RELEASE, OFFICIALS ARE STILL LOOKING FOR OTHER OUTSIDE FUNDING FIRST.

DEPENDING ON THE RESULTS OF THE ONGOING CONTESTED BOUNDARY TRIAL BETWEEN THE CITY OF BEMIDJI AND NORTHERN TOWNSHIP, THE WASTEWATER FACILITY PLANS COULD BE ALTERED.

>>> LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA HAS PARTNERED WITH THE JACK PINE BREWING COMPANY IN BAXTER TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION MONTH.

PROCEEDS WILL BE GOING TOWARDS THE L.S.S.

SAFE HARBOR SERVICES, WHICH SUPPORTS YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS, WHO HAVE BEEN EXPLOITED OR MAY BE EXPLOITED, SO THEY CAN REBUILD THEIR LIVES.

ACCORDING TO THE US DEPARTMENT OF STATE, AN ESTIMATED 27 MILLION PEOPLE WERE EXPLOITED FOR LABOR, SERVICES, AND COMMERCIAL SEX THROUGH FORCE, FRAUD, AND COERCION IN 2024.

HUMAN TRAFFICKING HAS BEEN AROUND FOR CENTURIES, HOWEVER L.S.S.

HOPES THAT ITS EFFORTS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE CAUSE.

>> THESE EVENTS ARE SUPER IMPORTANT AND A GREAT WAY FOR TEACHERS, MEMBERS OF THE FAITH COMMUNITY, HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND OTHERS TO LEARN ABOUT HOW TO IDENTIFY WARNING SIGNS AMONG YOUTHS AND HOW TO REACH OUT.

THAT'S OUR BIGGEST GOAL, TO GO INTO COMMUNITIES AND DO EDUCATION ON IT.

>> FOR EVERY PINT SOLD DURING THE EVENT ON WEDNESDAY AT JACK PINE.

$1 WAS DONATED TO L.S.S.

SAFE HARBOR SERVICES SERVING YOUTH ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE ALSO HELD A WALK TO END SILENCE AT THE MALL OF AMERICA YESTERDAY MORNING.

>>> THE BEMIDJI FIRE DEPARTMENT IS HOPING TO INSPIRE SOME CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF BEMIDJI BY PARTNERING WITH A LOCAL ORGANIZATION THAT HELPS CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE WITH MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES.

OUR REPORTER, MATTHEW FREEMAN, HAS MORE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: ASHER HAS WANTED TO BE A FIREFIGHTER FOR SOME TIME BUT STARTED AS A SIMPLE TOUR AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT QUICKLY DEVELOPED INTO THE FIRST OF ITS KIND PROGRAM.

>> I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THE FIRE STATION AND ABOUT POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITIES.

>> HE SWUNG BY THE FIRE STATION ONE MORNING WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER AND BEFORE I KNEW IT, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE BEMIDJI FIRE DEPARTMENT AND I WAS SO IMPRESSED TO REALIZE THAT HE KNEW MORE ABOUT THE FIRE SERVICE THAN THE HISTORY OF THIS ORGANIZATION THAN I DID.

>> Reporter: THEY MET EVERY MONTH FOR TOURS AND LEARNED MORE ABOUT WHAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DOES.

ASHER THEN THOUGHT OF A UNIQUE PROGRAM INVOLVING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND NEED FOR INCLUSION.

SOON AFTER, THE INCLUSIVE FIRE BRIGADE WAS FORMED WITH THE PURPOSE OF CREATING MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE WHO ARE OFTEN OVERLOOKED.

>> WHAT I QUICKLY FOUND OUT ABOUT ASHER IS THE WAY HIS BRAIN OPERATES IS SIMILAR TO MINE AND OTHER FIREFIGHTERS AND THE LOVE FOR PUBLIC SERVICE, THE LOVE AND ABILITY TO BRING THAT KNOWLEDGE FORWARD QUICKLY SPIT OUT TO ME.

I WAS LIKE THERE IS A PLACE FOR EVERYBODY IN THE FIRE SERVICE.

>> IT'S KIND OF A PARTNERSHIP AT THIS POINT.

I AM HOPING I CAN COME BY AT LEAST ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK TO WASH TRUCKS AND JUST HANG OUT WITH THE GUYS.

>> Reporter: YOUTH LEADERSHIP BOARD MEMBERS PRESENTED THIS PROGRAM TO THE BEMIDJI CITY COUNCIL TO TALK ABOUT THE LONG-TERM VISION ABOUT THE PROGRAM.

>> WE TALKED ABOUT IDEAS, WE TALKED ABOUT LOGOS.

WE KNEW THE IDEAS WERE GOING TO HAPPEN BUT THEN IT STARTED REALLY QUICKLY.

>> I SEE THE BENEFITS OF MAKING JOBS MORE INCLUSIVE SO THERE ARE MORE JOBS OUT THERE THAT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES LIKE ME ARE ABLE TO DO RATHER THAN HAVING ONLY A SELECT FEW JOBS.

>> Reporter: NEED FOR INCLUSION IS APPROACHING THEIR TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY AS A NON-PROFIT IN MAY OF THIS YEAR, COMPARING THEIR HUMBLE BEGINNINGS TO WHERE THEY ARE TODAY.

>> IT WAS AMAZING.

A LOT OF US WERE FIGHTING TEARS AND PRETTY BIG FEELINGS.

A YEAR AGO, WE WERE JUST GETTING STARTED AND TO BE AT THIS POINT NOW IS REALLY AMAZING.

THE YOUTH ARE THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO LEAD THIS WORK.

YOUTH LEADERSHIP IS THE CORE OF WHAT WE DO AND I THINK THEY SHOWCASED WHY THAT IS A SMART AND STRATEGIC MOVE AND IT'S EXCITING TO PARTNER WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO BRING OUR WORK INTO THE COMMUNITY IN A BIGGER WAY.

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

>> CHIEF SHERWOOD ADDED THAT THE INCLUSIVE FIRE BRIGADE COULD BE A ONE-OF-A-KIND PROGRAM ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.

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

>> Stacy: OUR BITTERLY COLD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND WITH WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES OUT FOR THE AREA.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, THE CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IS PUTTING ON A STAGE READING OF TH [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

[♪♪♪] >>> WITH JANUARY BEING NATIONAL RADON ACTION MONTH, CROW WING COUNTY IS HANDING OUT FREE RADON TESTING KITS TO ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY INTERESTED.

RADON IS A COLORLESS, ODORLESS RADIOACTIVE GAS THAT NATURALLY COMES FROM THE SOIL.

ACCORDING TO THE U.S.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, TWO OUT OF EVERY FIVE HOUSES IN MINNESOTA SHOW RADON LEVELS WHEN TESTED.

RADON IS THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF LUNG CANCER, AND ONLY SMOKING CAUSES MORE LUNG CANCER DEATHS.

>> IT'S A REAL SIMPLE PROCESS TO GET IT TESTED, THREE TO SEVEN DAYS, YOU HANG IT UP IN YOUR BASEMENT, LOWER LEVEL.

WINTERTIME IS AN EXCELLENT TIME TO DO IT BECAUSE THERE IS NOT A LOT OF PRESSURE MOVEMENT AROUND THE HOUSE.

IF IT'S 4 PER LITER, IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT YOU GET A SECONDARY TEST AND MITIGATION IF NECESSARY.

>> RADON TEST KITS CAN BE PICKED UP IN BRAINERD AT THE LAND SERVICES BUILDING CUSTOMER SERVICE COUNTER BETWEEN 8:00 A.M.

AND 4:30 P.M.

>>> CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE IN BRAINERD IS HOSTING A FREE COMMUNITY EVENT NEXT WEEK ENTITLED CONNECT EFFECT THAT AIMS TO BRING PEOPLE CLOSER TOGETHER WITHOUT THE USE OF SCREENS.

THE EVENT IS PRESENTED BY REAZ PATEL AN EMMY NOMINATED PRODUCER WHO TRIES TO SHIFT PEOPLE'S PERSPECTIVES THROUGH THE HOUR LONG PROGRAM, BY BREAKING DOWN THE BARRIERS BETWEEN THE SCREEN WORLD AND THE REAL WORLD, AND HOLDING MEANINGFUL CONVERSATIONS DURING THE EVENT.

>> THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE ATTENDED HAVE BEEN AMAZED BY HOW MUCH CLOSER THEY FEEL TO THEIR COMMUNITY WHEN THEY ARE FINISHED WITH IT, HOW MUCH EASIER IT MAKES IT SEEM THAT YOU CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH OTHERS.

IN AN ERA WHERE IT'S SO EASY TO SEE HOW DISCONNECTED WITH REAND TO FEEL ISOLATED FROM ONE ANOTHER, THE REASON WE'RE BRINGING THIS OUT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE SEE THAT IT'S REALLY POSSIBLE TO GET TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS, TO GET TO KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY.

>> CONNECT EFFECT IS A FREE EVENT THAT WILL RUN AT C.L.C.

'S BRAINERD CAMPUS FROM JANUARY 26TH THROUGH THE 28TH.

>>> NOW WE HAVE STACY JOINING US FOR WEATHER.

STACY, MY CAR DID NOT WANT TO START THIS MORNING.

IT IS TOO COLD.

IS THAT GOING TO CONTINUE?

>> Stacy: YES, OUR BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE.

WE CONTINUE TO HAVE WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN THE AREA.

WE SEE SOME RELIEF, BUT THE COLD TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMER, STILL COLD THOUGH AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, WE HAD SOME BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES TODAY WITH HIGHS IN THE DOUBLE DIGITS BELOW 0.

WE ARE GOING TO SEE SOME VERY COLD TEMPS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, NOT A LOT OF WIND, BUT WE WILL SEE THE WINDCHILLS FALLING INTO THE -40s.

AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW, TEMPERATURES ACTUALLY WILL BE A LITTLE BIT WARMER THAN WE HAD TODAY, ONLY SINGLE DIGITS BELOW 0 FOR OUR HIGHS TOMORROW.

COLD WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND, A LITTLE MORE MODERATION EARLY NEXT WEEK.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S -23.

WINDS ARE CALM SO THERE IS NO WINDCHILL IN BEMIDJI, WE HAVE A DEW POINT OF -28.

IN BRAINERD, CLEAR SKIES AND -17, WITH A DEW POINT OF -27.

WE HAVE A WEST WIND AT 7 MILES PER HOUR.

WE HAVE AN EXTREME COLD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN MINNESOTA AND THIS WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON SATURDAY FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND UNTIL NOON SUNDAY FOR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, WITH WINDCHILLS BETWEEN -45 AND -50.

A COLD WEATHER ADVISORY IS OUT UNTIL 9:00 A.M.

IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, NOON FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA, AND 6:00 P.M.

TO NOON SUNDAY FOR NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA, AND AGAIN WE'RE EXPECTING WINDCHILLS BETWEEN -30 AND -41.

AS FAR AS OUR CURRENT WINDCHILLS, WINDS ARE LIGHT SO SOME LOCATIONS NOT REPORTING A WINDCHILL.

WHERE WE HAVE THEM, IT'S AROUND THE -40 MARK AND AS TEMPERATURES FALL, THOSE COULD GET COLDER.

ON THE SATELLITE AND RADAR, IT'S ALL QUIET ONCE AGAIN AND OTHER THAN A FEW FLURRIES THAT MAY POP-UP, IT LOOKS LIKE A QUIET NIGHT, QUIET AND COLD NIGHT FOR US TONIGHT AND ALL THAT CONTINUES INTO TOMORROW, ALTHOUGH HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW 0, SO WARMER THAN WE HAD TODAY.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT.

STEPHEN HAVING SOME FUN WITH THE COLD WEATHER.

HE FROZE HIS PANTS OFF LAST NIGHT.

ANGELA AND ARLENE WITH BEAUTIFUL SHOTS OF THE MORNING SKIES.

WE HAD THE CHILLY BIRDS OUT AND ABOUT TODAY FROM ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, GARY IN DEERWOOD, AND JOAN IN LAPORTE, AND SAMROSE CENTERING US -- SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE GORGEOUS SUNSET.

THANK YOU FOR SENDING THOSE.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, BOB IN BLUFFTON, SUNSHINE TODAY, A LOW OF -35.

JOAN IN LAPORTE, PARTLY SUNNY WITH A SLIGHT BREEZE, -36 FOR THE LOW.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUNSHINE TODAY BUT THE LOW WAS -33.

LOOKING AT OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD TOPPING OUT AT -12.

SO AGAIN WE CAN IS HOW COLD THAT IS.

-27 WAS OUR LOW AND WE HAD SUNRISE AT 7:50.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF -14, -30 FOR OUR LOW TEMP, AND SUNSET AT 5:08.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, A FEW CLOUDS AND FLURRIES IN EASTERN MINNESOTA TOMORROW MORNING.

OVERALL, IT LOOKS LIKE PATCHY CLOUDS HERE AND THERE, BUT A LOT OF SUNSHINE IN STORE FOR US.

TEMPERATURE-WISE, STILL COLD BUT AT LEAST WARMER THAN WE HAD TODAY, WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW 0 ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA, WITH SINGLE DIGITS BELOW 0 IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST, VARIABLE CLOUDS, A CHANCE FOR FLURRIES IN EASTERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT.

WE WILL ONCE AGAIN SEE THE LOWS DROPPING TO -30.

PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN THE EAST TOMORROW.

THE REST OF THE WEEKEND CONTINUES, PRETTY MUCH THE SAME TREND.

WE'RE LOOKING AT SINGLE DIGITS BELOW 0 FOR OUR HIGHS ON SUNDAY, AND A LOT OF SUNSHINE.

TEMPERATURES SHOULD CLIMB ABOVE 0 FOR OUR HIGHS NEXT WEEK BUT WE'RE MAINLY LOOKING AT SINGLE DIGITS WITH DOUBLE DIGITS BELOW 0 FOR OUR LOW.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Sydney: THANK YOU STACY.

NOW WE HAVE CHARLIE YAEGER JOINING US FOR SPORTS.

WHAT DO WE HAVE GOING ON TONIGHT.

>> Charlie: WE HAVE HOCKEY BACK AT HOME AND A COUPLE OF BASKETBALL BEAVER GAMES AS WELL.

WE FINALLY GOT A CHANCE TO HEAR FROM BAILEY ROOP AFTER WINNING THAT GOLD [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪] >>> IT'S ALWAYS FIREWORKS AND LATE HEROICS WHEN BSU AND BOWLING GREEN MEET ON THE ICE.

THE TWO MEN'S HOCKEY TEAMS HAVE GONE TO OVERTIME IN 5 OF THEIR LAST 6 MEETINGS, INCLUDING BOTH GAMES EARLIER THIS SEASON IN OHIO.

THE BEAVERS COME INTO TONIGHTS GAME WITH THE FALCONS TRYING TO HALT A 4-GAME LOSING, AND AN EVEN LONGER 8-GAME WINLESS STREAK.

WE PICK UP IN THE SECOND.

BOWLING GREEN LEADING 1-0.

NOT LONG AFTER, BSU WITH A 5 ON 3, THEY WERE UNABLE TO LIGHT THE LAMP, BEAVS CAME IN JUST 0.75% ON THE POWER PLAY TONIGHT.

THEY WILL GO 0 FOR 4.

HEAD TO THE THIRD, THE HALVES DRAFT PICK FINDS NYLON FOR HIS FIFTH OF THE SEASON BUT THERE WOULD BE NO LATE HEROICS FOR BEMIDJI STATE TONIGHT.

THEY GIVE UP AN EMPTY NETTER.

BEAVERS HAVE NOW DROPPED 5 STRAIGHT.

>>> WELL, BSU WOMEN'S BASKETBALL DROPPED THEIR LAST TWO GAMES AS THEY HOST CONCORDIA ST.

PAUL.

ASHLAND FROM DOWNTOWN, SHE HAD 8 ON THE NIGHT, KNOTS THE GAME AT 14.

ON THE OTHER END, LEAH HAD A GAME HIGH OF 15 POINTS, PART OF AN 11-0 RUN.

THE GOLDEN BEARS LED AT THE HALF.

THIRD QUARTER, TRYING TO KEEP PACE, NAILING THE J, BUT NEITHER SHE OR HER TEAMMATES COULD GET ANY MOMENTUM GOING.

THEY FALL TO CONCORDIA ST.

PAUL, 64-42.

BEMIDJI STATE HAS NOW LOST THEIR LAST 4 MEETINGS WITH C.S.P.

>>> ON THE MEN'S SIDE OF THINGS, THEY FALL 99-95.

ALSO HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL, PIERZ WINS AND ON THE GIRL'S SIDE, ALBANY GETTING WIN, AND IN HOCKEY, LITTLE FALLS BOYS BEATS HUTCHINSON.

>>> WELL, AFTER BAD WEATHER DELAYED HER RETURN, BAILEY ROOP IS BACK FROM THE U-18 WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OF HOCKEY IN NOVA SCOTIA, GOLD MEDAL IN HAND.

BUT THE ROAD TO GOLD WASN'T EXACTLY SMOOTH FOR ROOP, WHO BEGAN THE TOURNAMENT ISOLATED IN HER HOTEL ROOM, SICK AND UNABLE TO TAKE THE ICE WITH TEAM U.S.A.

UNTIL THEIR THIRD GAME OF THE TOURNAMENT.

>> IT WAS TERRIBLE.

I GOT THERE AND I WAS LIKE OH SHOOT, I'M STARTING TO FEEL BAD.

HERE WE GO.

IT WAS A COUPLE DAYS I WAS IN BED, COULDN'T MOVE.

I JUST MISSED THE TEAM SO MUCH.

I WAS MAD.

I MADE IT ALL THE WAY HERE AND NOW I'M STUCK IN BED.

THANKFULLY GOD MADE ME BETTER AND I GOT OVER THE BUMP.

MY FIRST STEP ON THE ICE, I GOT CHILLS ALL OVER.

I THOUGHT THIS IS REAL.

I'M ACTUALLY OUT THERE.

TESTIFIES -- IT WAS AWESOME.

>> ROOP MADE THE MOST OF HER FIRST GAME WEARING THE RED, WHITE, AND BLUE, NETTING A GOAL AND AN ASSIST IN THE UNITED STATES' 14-0 WIN OVER FINLAND.

FIVE DAYS LATER, SHE AND HER TEAMMATES BEAT CANADA 2-0 TO WIN GOLD.

>> I WAS EXPECTING JUST TO PLAY MY BEST HOCKEY.

I WANTED TO GO OUT THERE, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY.

IT'S NOT EVERY DAY YOU GET TO GO OUT THERE AND PLAY.

I WAS SUPER GRATEFUL FOR THAT AND WORKING MY BUTT OFF AND HERE'S THE PUCK, I'M ON A BREAK AWAY AND THEN I PUT IT IN THE BACK OF THE NET.

WE'RE A FAMILY, EVERY MEMBER OF THE TEAM, ALL THE STAFF, ALL OF US ARE SO CLOSE.

THE FEELING OF JUST STANDING THERE ON THE BLUE LINE DURING OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM, I CAN NEVER FORGET THAT.

>> Charlie: SHE PROMISED HER AP HISTORY CLASS THAT SHE WOULD BRING THE GOLD MEDAL IN AND SHE DID.

>> Sydney: A LITTLE BIT OF A FLEX FOR HER.

>> Charlie: YEAH, IT WOULD BE COOL TO BRING A COLD MEDAL TO CLASS.

>> Sydney: YEAH, THANK YOU CHARLIE.

THE CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IS GETTING READY FOR THEIR LATEST PERFORMANCE, A FREE STAGED READING OF THE PLAY THE PILLOWMAN.

REPORTER DANIEL PURSELL WAS AT ONE OF THEIR FINAL REHEARSALS BEFORE THE CURTAIN RISES ON THE SHOW, HERE HE IS WITH THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS.

>> Reporter: THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THE CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER PUTS ON A VARIETY OF SHOWS FOR THE COMMUNITY TO ENJOY.

THEIR LATEST SHOW, THE PILLOWMAN PRESENTS A DARKER THEME THAN MOST OF THEIR OTHER PERFORMANCES, FOLLOWING AN AUTHOR THAT IS FALSELY ACCUSED OF CRIMES HE DID NOT COMMIT.

>> IT'S A PLAY THAT IS A MACABRE FAIRYTALE.

THERE IS A SETTING THAT SHOWS US WHEN THERE IS AN AUTHORITARIAN PRESENCE THAT SEEKS TO CONTROL THE NARRATIVE, ART IS THE FIRST THING THAT THEY TRY TO CATCH, TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE WILL DISAGREE WITH.

IT PUTS US IN THE SHOES OF A WRITER THAT WRITES SOME GRUESOME STUFF.

>> Reporter: THEY BELIEVE IT'S A VALUABLE LOOK INTO A SITUATION THAT MANY PEOPLE WILL NEVER EXPERIENCE.

>> IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE FACE THESE THINGS BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY HAPPEN IN THIS WORLD.

THIS IS A MADE UP STORY, BUT THERE ARE ELEMENTS TO IT THAT ARE REAL, PROBABLY MOST OF US IN THIS AUDIENCE AND IN THIS AREA HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

IT'S NOT A BAD THING TO KNOW THAT THEY DO HAPPEN.

>> Reporter: OFFICIALS WITH THE SHOW THINK THAT IT WILL NOT ONLY BE AN EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR SOME, BUT AN ENTERTAINING ONE AS WELL.

>> I THINK IT WILL TAKE AWAY THAT THERE ARE SHOCKING THINGS THAT HAPPEN AND THEY CAN LIVE THROUGH IT.

THEY CAN GO TO SOMETHING IN THE THEATER WORLD THAT IS NOT LIGHTHEARTED AND STILL ENJOY IT AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT STAYS WITH THEM FOR A FEW DAYS AS THEY THINK ABOUT IT AND MULL OVER.

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

>> THE SHOW WILL RUN TOMORROW ONLY AT 4:00 P.M.

AT THE BOB DRYDEN THEATRE IN BRAINERD.

>>> STACY HAS ONE MORE LOOK AT OUR WEATHER.

>> Stacy: THE COLD CONTINUES INTO THE WEEKEND.

WE DO HAVE AN EXTREME COLD WARNING OUT FOR MOST OF OUR VIEWING AREA.

A COLD WEATHER ADVISORY TONIGHT IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WE'RE GOING TO SEE WINDCHILLS FROM -30 TO -45.

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

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING AND GOOD NIGHT.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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