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DENNIS WEIMANN WITH THE NEWS.

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TONIGHT ONE MAN IS DEAD AFTER AN EARLY MORNING FIRE AT A HOME NEAR WADENA.

TODAY, JUST BEFORE 4 A.M.. FIREFIGHTERS FROM BLUFFTON, WADENA, SEBEKA AND NEW YORK MILLS RESPONDED TO THE SCENE ON THE 37000 BLOCK OF COUNTY HIGHWAY 75, WHICH IS NORTHWES WEST OF THE WADENA CITY LIMITS.

THE MAN WAS LOCATED INSIDE THE RESIDENCE.

THE CAUSE OF DEATH IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

AUTHORITIES SAY AT THIS TIME, NO FOUL PLAY IS SUSPECTED.

THE RESIDENCE IS A TOTAL LOSS, AND THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING.

NOW, NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED IN A BEMIDJI AREA FIRE THAT HAPPENED LAST FRIDAY MORNING.

IT HAPPENED AT A HOME LOCATED ON CARDINAL ROAD ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF BEMIDJI.

27 FIREFIGHTERS AND NINE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT WERE ON THE SCENE FOR ABOUT FOUR HOURS.

THE BUILDING AND ITS CONTENTS ARE A COMPLETE LOSS.

THE RED LAKE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY HAS LOCATED A FUGITIVE THEY WERE SEEKING.

OFFICIALS SAY DILLON GEORGE TAYLOR IS NOW IN CUSTODY.

TAYLOR WAS WANTED FOR SHOOTING ANOTHER MAN LAST MONTH CAUSING SERIOUS BODILY INJURY.

AND A REWARD WAS BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION THAT LED TO HIS ARREST.

A 58 YEAR OLD PARK RAPIDS AREA MAN ACCUSED OF THREATENING A REPUBLICAN STATE SENATOR AND TO EXECUTE EVERYONE AT THE STATE CAPITOL, IS NOW FACING A NEW CHARGE.

JOHN TOBIAS WAS PREVIOUSLY CHARGED ON FEBRUARY 25TH WITH TWO COUNTS OF THREATS OF VIOLENCE FOR ALLEGEDLY THREATENING REPUBLICAN STATE SENATOR GLEN GRUENHAGEN AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND MAKING A PHONE CALL T THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, THREATENING TO EXECUTE EVERYONE AT THE CAPITOL BUILDINGS.

IN THE THREATS TOBIAS SAID HE LOST $1.4 MILLION DURING COVID BECAUSE OF GOVERNOR TIM WALZ UNCONSTITUTIONALLY SHUTTING DOWN THE STATE.

HE SAID HE WOULD CARRY THROUGH WITH HIS THREATS UNLESS HE GOT HIS MONEY BACK.

TOBIAS TOLD INVESTIGATORS THAT HE MADE THE CALL AND FACEBOOK POST, BUT DID NOT HAVE ANY INTENTION OF KILLING ANYONE.

HE SAID HE WAS TRYING TO GET PEOPLE'S ATTENTION.

HE IS NOW FACING A THIR CHARGE OF THREATS OF VIOLENCE, AND IS ACCUSED OF LEAVING A VOICEMAIL FOR STATE REPRESENTATIV KRISTA KNUDSEN ON FEBRUARY 11TH THAT SAID THAT IF HE DIDN'T GET HIS MONEY BACK, HE WAS GOING TO KILL EVERYONE FOR TREASON, CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, FRAUD AND THEFT, AND THAT EVERYONE IN THE GOVERNMENT IS DEAD WHEN HE'S THROUGH.

REPRESENTATIVE KNUDSEN TOLD INVESTIGATORS THE VOICEMAIL WAS TERRIFYING, MADE HER FEEL SCARED, AND THAT SHE WAS UNSURE WHETHER TOBIAS WOULD CARRY OUT HIS THREAT.

IN A SEARCH WARRANT OF TOBIAS, HIS RESIDENCE, THE HUBBARD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SEIZED NINE FIREARMS AND 45 BOXES OF AMMUNITION.

TOBIAS IS CURRENTLY OUT OF JAIL ON $150,000 BOND, AND HIS NEXT COURT APPEARANCE IS JUNE 1ST.

WELL LAST WEEK, CLOSE TO 40 POLITICAL AND COMMUNITY LEADERS FROM THE BEMIDJI AREA RODE DOWN TO THE STATE CAPITO TO LOBBY FOR POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS FACING THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVES OF BELTRAMI COUNTY.

THEY WERE ON HAND AS WELL.

OUR REPORTER, MATTHEW FREEMAN HAS DETAILS ON WHAT THE COUNTY LOBBIED FO DURING THEIR DAY AT THE CAPITOL.

BELTRAMI COUNTY SITS AS THE THIRD LARGEST COUNTY IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, BUT IT'S ALSO THE SECOND POOREST, WITH ONLY A 25% TAXABLE AREA.

THE COUNTY SAYS THAT OVER THE PAST DECADE, NEW UNFUNDED MANDATES HAVE ADVERSELY IMPACTED LOCAL GOVERNMENTS BY ADDING A PROJECTE 2 TO $3.5 MILLION IN COST SHIFTS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS TO AN ALREADY TIGHT BUDGET IN BELTRAMI COUNTY.

EVERY COST SHIF THAT GETS PUT ON TO OUR COUNTY IS A COST THAT'S BORNE FOUR TIMES MORE THAN MOST OTHER COUNTIES WHO THE MUCH LARGER TAX BASE.

WE'VE ENDURED ABOUT 15% PROPERTY TAX INCREASE FOR THE MANDATES JUST IN THE LAST THREE YEARS THAT WE'VE HAD TO ABSORB, AND WE'RE CONCERNED THAT THAT'S GOING TO GROW BY ANOTHER 3 TO $6 MILLION BY 2028, BASED UPO WHAT THE STATE IS TALKING ABOUT.

BELTRAMI COUNTY WANTED TO PETITION THE STATE LEGISLATURE DURING ITS DAY AT THE CAPITOL TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER, MANDATE REFORM AND ACQUIRE A COST SHIFT EXEMPTION FOR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COUNTIES.

RIGHT NOW, WE GOT A BILL THAT'S GOING TO, IT'S GOING TO CARVE OUT IMPOVERISHED COUNTIES FROM SOME OF THE MANDATES BEING PUSHED DOWN FROM SAINT PAUL.

I DON'T KNOW.

BELTRAMI COUNTY HAS A NICE LITTLE, STAR ON IT RIGHT NOW JUST BECAUSE WE ARE, I AND OUR DEMOGRAPHICS AND HOW WE RUN THINGS.

BUT HOW THE BILL IS WRITTE RIGHT NOW WOULD ACTUALLY AFFECT ABOUT THREE COUNTIES, MAHNOMEN, BELTRAMI.

MAYBE CLEARWATER.

A LOT OF MANDATES CAN COME IN MANY DIFFERENT FORMS, INCLUDING A DEPARTMENTAL RULE CHANGE THAT WOULD IMPACT THE BELTRAMI COUNTY LANDFILL.

THE MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY HAS A GOAL TO CLOSE ALL UNLINED LANDFILLS IN A STATE, WHICH WOULD CAUSE AN EARLY CLOSURE OF THE COUNTY'S LANDFILL.

WELL, THE PROBLEM IS OUR LANDFIL HAS BEEN OPERATING FOR DECADES.

WE HAVE ANOTHER DECADE OR MOR OF LIFE FULL OF LIFE LEFT IN IT, AND NOW WE'RE BEING TOLD WE CAN'T ACCESS IT OR USE IT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO CHANGE RULES THAT HAS NOT HA ANY OVERSIGHT BY THE LEGISLATURE AND OR RATIFICATION.

AND THAT'S WHAT'S CREATING A LOT OF THE CHALLENGE FOR US IN THE COUNTY, IN THE CITY AND ELSEWHERE THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

ADMINISTRATOR BARRY AND BELTRAMI COUNTY'S HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR ANN LINDSETH, REPRESENTED THE COUNTY DURING THE 19TH ANNUAL BEMIDJI DAY AT THE CAPITOL.

REPORTING FROM SAINT PAUL.

I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

SOME OF THE OTHER LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR BELTRAMI COUNTY INCLUDED THE ELIMINATION OF THE COUNTY'S SHARE OF THE BEHAVIORAL HEALT FUND, AS WELL AS STORM RECOVERY FROM THE JUNE 21ST WINDSTORM THAT SWEPT THROUGH THE AREA.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP DESCRIBED THE ONGOING WAR IN IRAN AS A SHORT TERM EXCURSION DURING REMARK TO HOUSE REPUBLICANS ON MONDAY.

BUT A TOP IRANIAN OFFICIAL TOLD CNN THAT TEHRAN IS PREPARED FOR A LONG WAR.

SHERRELL HUBBARD HAS MORE DETAILS ON THE 10TH DAY OF THE IRAN WAR.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP UPDATED REPORTERS ON OPERATION EPIC FURY.

IT'S ALL BEEN BLOWN UP.

THEY HAVE NO RADAR.

THEY HAVE NO TELECOMMUNICATIONS, AND THEY HAVE NO LEADERSHIP.

WHILE TRUMP SIGNALED THAT THE CONFLICT MAY BE SHORT LIVED AND SAID U.S.

GOALS IN IRAN ARE NEAR COMPLETE, A TOP IRANIAN OFFICIAL TOLD CNN IN AN INTERVIEW THAT TEHRAN IS PREPARED FOR A LONG WAR.

WE ARE NOT DEPENDENT ON ANY OTHER COUNTRY FOR WEAPONS, ON ARMS.

THE SON OF PREVIOUS SUPREM LEADER AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI, WHO WAS KILLED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CONFLICT, IS NOW THE NEWLY SELECTED LEADER OF IRAN, A PICK TRUMP HAD PREVIOUSLY STATED WOULD BE UNACCEPTABLE AND A BIG MISTAKE.

I WAS DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE WE THINK IT'S GOING TO LEAD TO JUST MORE OF THE SAME PROBLEM FOR THE COUNTRY.

THE CONFLICT SPOOKING INVESTORS AND CAUSING GLOBAL MARKETS TO SINK BEFORE RALLYING AS FEAR OF ONGOING VIOLENCE COULD CAUSE A SEVERE DISRUPTION TO ENERGY SUPPLY.

AS U.S.

AND ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES ARE TARGETING AND DESTROYING OIL FACILITIES IN IRAN, AND VESSELS CARRYING OIL THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ HAVE HALTED.

WHEN QUESTIONED ABOUT THE SPIKE IN OIL AND GAS PRICES, THE PRESIDENT DOWNPLAYED CONCERNS.

WE'RE PUTTING AN END TO ALL OF THIS THREAT ONCE AND FOR ALL, AND THE RESULT WILL BE LOWER OIL PRICES, OIL AND GAS PRICES FOR AMERICAN FAMILIES.

I'M SHERRELL HUBBAR REPORTING PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WAS ALSO QUESTIONED ABOUT AN ATTACK ON AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN SOUTHERN IRAN, CLAIMING THE LIVES OF AT LEAST 168 CHILDREN AND 14 TEACHERS THAT DIED IN THE STRIKE.

TRUMP SUGGESTED THE ATTACK ON SATURDAY WAS DONE BY IRAN.

IRAN HAS BLAMED THE U.S.

FOR THE SCHOOL STRIKE, ACCORDING TO IRANIAN STATE MEDIA.

STILL TO COME ON LAKELAND NEWS AT TEN.

WE DO HAVE CHANCES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WITH SEVERAL MORE CHANCES OF SNOW AND RAIN AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE WEEK.

OF YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK FOR THIS WEEK'S IN BUSINESS, FIDDLESTICKS FIBER ART IN BEMIDJI IS CREATING COMMUNITY WITH THEIR BIWEEKLY FIBER AND FRIENDS.

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

>> Dennis: PEOPLE WITHIN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA GATHERED AT THE LAKES AREA RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROJECT'S FACILITY FOR AN IMPACT LAUNCH EVENT.

REPORTER MILES WALKER HAS THE DETAILS ON THE SHIFT LARJP IS MAKING IN ITS WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY.

>> Miles: THE LAKES SQUARE RESTORE STASIVE JUSTICE PROJECT RECEIVED A SOURCEWELL IMPACT GRANT WHICH REPRESENTS A SHIFT IN INTERVENTION, DIVERSION AND FOLLOW-UP PROGRAM.

>> LETTERS FROM KIDS AND THE VALUE AND THE IMPACT THAT THE KIDS HAVE IN WHAT WE'RE DOING.

FIRST THEY NEED TO KNOW WE'RE HEARING THEM AND WE'RE RESPONDING, BUT WE'RE ONLY DRAETION THE HARM OR THE OFFENSE, AND THEN WHAT?

>> Miles: THE LARJP WILL ALSO BE PAIRING THE IMPACT STWRANT WITH NEW HIRES WHO WILL BE WORKING IN BRAINERD HIGH SCHOOL AND FORESTVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL.

>> WE WANT TO IMPACT LIVES EARLY SO THEY'RE NOT FACING HARDSHIP LATER IN LIFE, SO WE HAVE PROGRAMS LIKE ELEVATE IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM TO USE LEARNING FOR HOW TO RESOLVE CONFLICT AND TALK WITH PIERCE.

WE LIKE THE FULL POTENTIAL.

HELPS US ELIMINATE NA SCHOOL-TO-PRISON PIPELINE.

>> Miles: THE GRANTS HELP THE LARJP PROVIDE NO-COST ACCESS TO ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, INCLUDING SACRED PATHWAYS, LAKEVIEW BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, WELLNESS IN THE WOODS AND CROW WING COUNTY CENTRAL SERVICES.

>> I SEE DREAMS BIRTHING IN EACH OF THE THOSE PROGRAMS.

IF WE GO BACK IN TIME, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SIGH WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHAT WE'RE SUING RIGHT NOW, SHIFT THAT NARRATIVE DOWN THE ROAD.

>> Miles: THE LARJP SUPPORTS THE COMMUNITY WHILE VALUING EMPATHY AND CARING.

BETWEEN 2020 AND TODAY, THE ORGANIZATION HAS SEEN A 200% INCREASE IN BOTH REFERRALS WRITTEN AND TOTAL REVENUE AND IS LOOKING FORWARD TO STAYING THE COURSE IN ITS MISSION.

>> HELPING INDIVIDUALS UNDERSTAND WHY THEY MAY HAVE MADE THAT MISTAKE, BUT THEPG THEM WORK THROUGH IT SO THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR LIVE AND CONTRIBUTE POSITIVELY TO THE COMMUNITY.

THEY SHOULDN'T DEFINE US AND HINDER US FROM OPPORTUNITY LATER IN LIFE.

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

>> Dennis: SAMP WILL BEGIN WORKING IN BOTH BRAINERD HIGH SCHOOL AND FORESTVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL NEXT WEEK.

>>> SOMETIME FOR WEATHER.

STACY IS HERE.

WE MELTED OFF SOME SNOW OVER THE WEEKEND, BUT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE ADDING SNOW THIS WEEK.

>> Stacy: WE HAVE CHANCES OF SNOW, SPECIAL IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND THERE ARE MORE CHANCES THROUGH THE WEEK.

>>> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH >> Stacy: TEMPERATURES WERE COOLER TODAY THAN YESTERDAY, BUT WE DID HAVE A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE ACROSS THE AREA.

WE DO HAVE CHANCES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT, ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE WE COULD SEE ANYWHERE FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES OF ACCUMULATION, BUT IT'S JUST THE FIRST ROUND OF POTENTIAL THAT WE'LL BE SEEING HEADING THROUGH THE WEEK, NUMEROUS CHANCES BEFORE WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT IS 24 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.

WINDS ARE NORTHEAST AT OUR STUDIO AT 7 MILES PER HOUR WITH A DEWPOINT OF 15.

IN BRAINERD, WE HAVE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND 31.

THE DEWPOINT IS 24 AND WINDS ARE NORTH AT 8 MILES PER HOUR.

ON OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING SOME AREAS OF PRECIPITATION, A LOT OF THIS ISN'T REACHING THE GROUND JUST YET, BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE STEEG A VERY GOOD CHANCE OF SEEING SOME OF THAT SNOW MOVING ACROSS MAINLY CENTRAL MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND A LITTLE BIT SMALLER CHANCE HEADING FARTHER TO THE NORTH.

SOME OF THAT COULD LINGER IN EASTERN MINNESOTA TOMORROW.

WE'LL HAVE VARIABLE CLOUDS ACROSS THE AREA AND THEN AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS, WE DO HAVE SOME CHANCES OF RAIN MOVING INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT.

A BEAUTIFUL MORNING FROM ARLENE IN -- EXCUSE ME, ANDREA IN CASS LAKE, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, AND DEBORAH AT LAKE ADA.

LINDA SPOTTING A SQUIRREL STOPPING FOR A SNACK AND GARY SENDING THIS PHOTO.

OUR EAGLE EYE REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 37 AND CALM THIS MORNING.

DEBORAH IN PINE RIVER, 38 THIS MORNING.

JOAN IN LAP PORT, PARTLY SUNNY, BUT A COLD BREEZE.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, PARTLY CLOUDY WITH HIGH OF 42.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, MOSTLY CLOUDY AND 38, AND STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, OVERCAST AND A HIGH OF 46.

LOOKING AT OUR ALMANAC, 55 WAS THE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN BRAINERD EARLY TODAY.

WE'VE BEEN SEEING THE TEMPERATURES FALL.

OUR LOW IS CURRENT AT 31.

7:15 WAS THE SUNSET.

BEMIDJI TOPPING OUT AT 51 AGAIN EARLY ON TODAY.

WE HAD A LOW OF 23 AND SUNRISE AT 7:44.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT SNOW CENTRAL MINNESOTA TOMORROW.

THERE'S A SLIGHT CHANCE EARLY ON THAT A FEW OF THOSE LINGER THROUGH THE EASTERN PART OF THE STATE.

HEADING THROUGH THE DAY, MORE SUNSHINE TO THE NORTHWEST AND CHANCES OF RAIN AND SNOW MOVING INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE TOMORROW.

HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 30s ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA WITH UPPER 30s TO NEAR 40 IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

HERE'S OUR FORECAST.

SNOW IS LIKELY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT WITH ONE TO THREE INCHES OF ACCUMULATION AND THERE IS A SMALLER CHANCE OF SOME OF THAT SNOW COULD PUSH A LITTLE BIT FARTHER NORTH.

LOWS NEAR 18.

VARIABLE CLOUDS TOMORROW.

THERE'S THAT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES IN EASTERN MINNESOTA IN THE MORNING WITH SOME RAIN MOVING INTO MAINLY WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN THE AFTERNOON, HIGHS NEAR 36.

RAIN AND SNOW WILL MOVE ACROSS MAINLY CENTRAL MINNESOTA TUESDAY NIGHT, CLEARING OUT ON WEDNESDAY, BUT AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN SETTING UP WITH MORE CHANCES OF SNOW AND RAIN HEADING THROUGH THE WEEK WITH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS THIS WEEKEND.

HIGHS IN THE 30s THROUGH SATURDAY, 21 ON SUNDAY.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: EXCITING ACTION AT THE STATE HOCKEY TOURNAMENT OVER THE WEEKEND.

>> Charlie: IT'S THE MOST FUN I'VE HAD IN A WHILE AND EXACTLY THAT, WARROAD TRYING >>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

>> Charlie: AFTER 21 YEARS, THE WAIT IS OVER.

THE WARRIORS ARE STATE CHAMPIONS ONCE AGAIN.

HEARTBREAK HAD DEFINED WARROAD BOYS HOCKEY AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT THE PAST TWO DECADES, COMING CLOSE BUT JUST NOT CLOSE ENOUGH.

ON SATURDAY, THEY FINALLY EXORCISED THE HOCKEY DEMONS IN DRAMATIC FASHION TO WIN THEIR FIFTH STATE TITLE IN PROGRAM HISTORY, AND HERE'S A BREAKDOWN OF THAT CRAZY FINISH IN SAINT PAUL.

CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY HAS ARRIVED.

>> Charlie: IT WAS 3-SEED WARROAD VERSUS TOP SEED HIBBING CHISHOLM.

LESS THAN GO MINUTES IN, THE WARRIORS HAD A GOAL FROM THE STICK OF CONNOR LUND.

>> HIGH UP, SCORE!

>> Charlie: THE SCORE COULD STAY THAT WAY UNTIL MIDWAY IN THE SECOND PERIOD WHEN THE BLUE JACKETS TIED THE GAME AT ONE, BUT HUNTVET ANSWERED 45 SECONDS LATER.

>> I KNOW THAT MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE.

EVEN WHEN WE PLAYED HIBBING EARLIER IN THE YEAR, WE GOT DOWN RIGHT AWAY .

HIBBING PLAYED WELL AND TO JUMP OUT TO THE LEAD HELPED.

>> Charlie: HELPING KEEP THE LEAD WAS PATRICK KENNEDY WHO MADE 21 SAVES IN THE SECOND PERIOD.

>> WE NEEDED ALL OF THEM FOR SURE TO KEEP OUR TEAM IN IT.

>> Charlie: LATE IN THE PERIOD, THE WARRIORS TOP LINE GIVE THE NET MINDER SOME CUSHION, SCORING A GOAL THAT HAD THE WHOLE ARENA BUZZING.

>> WHAT A PASS, GAVIN ANDERSON!

>> I SAW BJ GOING TO THE NET AND I JUST PRETTY MUCH THREW IT OVER THERE AND IT WENT RIGHT ON HIS STICK.

>> IT GOT ON MY STICK AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT WENT, BUT IT WENT IN FIVE-HOLE AND I WAS SO JACKED TO SEE IT AT THE BACK OF THE NET.

>> Charlie: THE SECOND PERIOD WAS ELECTRIC, BUT THE THIRD PERIOD WAS ALMOST IMPROBABLE.

HIBBING CUT THE LEAD TO ONE AND THEN TIED THE GAME.

35 SECONDS AFTER THAT, THE BLUE JACKETS HAVE THE LEAD.

THE HEAD COACH CALLED A TIME OUT.

>> THE THING WAS JUST TO CALM DOWN AND GET OUR BEARINGS AND AFTER THAT, WE WENT OUT AND PLAYED HARD AND GOT PATRICK OUT OF THE NET WHEN 1:30 LEFT.

>> Charlie: THAT'S WHEN THE UNBELIEVABLE HAPPENED.

>> SCORE!

WE ARE TIED.

>> IT FELT AMAZING.

I'VE NEVER BEEN THAT EXCITED IN MY LIFE.

I WAS STANDING IN THE SLOT WITH MY STICK DOWN AND THEN IT WENT IN.

>> Charlie: JUST A MINUTE INTO OVERTIME, MOONEY SHAUGABAY GIVES THE MOMENT THEY WERE WAITING.

>> IT'S WARROAD, THEY'RE THE CHAMPS!

>> THIS WIN GOES OUT TO ALL THOSE GUYS WHO FELL SHORT.

THERE'S NO WAY TO DESCRIBE IT.

THIS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN SO GOOD TO US FOR ALL THE YEARS OF STRUGGLING AND TO FINALLY GET IT DONE FOR THEM IS ABSOLUTELY SURREAL.

>> Charlie: THERE IT IS, 5-4 THE FINAL AND AFTER 21 YEARS, THEY HAVE THAT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

THE WARRIORS MADE THE NEARLY SIX-HOUR DRIVE BACK ON SUNDAY AND WERE GREETED BY A HOST OF WARROAD HOCKEY FAITHFUL.

THE SHOW OF SUPPORT INDICATIVE OF WHAT HOCKEY MEANS IN THE SMALL TOWN OF LESS THAN 2,000 AND THE IMPACT OF WHAT A STATE TITLE WILL HAVE ON FUTURE GENERATIONS OF WARRIORS.

>> IT'S SPECIAL TO COME BACK TO A PLACE THAT YOU'RE SO WELCOMED AND CHEERED FOR.

IT'S NOT JUST FOR MY TEAM AND I THIS YEAR.

BUT IT'S FOR EVERYONE ELSE THAT MAYBE THEY GET ONE SINCE 2005, SO IT'S NOT JUST ONE WIN, IT'S ONE OUT OF 21 YEARS WORTH OF WINS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

>> I WATCHED MY BROTHER FAIL TWICE.

HE GOT FOURTH AND SECOND, AND THAT KIND OF MADE ME REALLY, REALLY WANT TO DO IT AS WELL.

AND BRINGING IT HOME MEANS MUCH MORE THAN JUST FOR OUR TEAM.

IT'S FOR THE WHOLE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

>> Charlie: WELL, THEY ALL GOT THAT HARDWARE PLUS THEY HAD A COUPLE OF ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM MEMBERS, FOUR OF THEM RIGHT THERE.

ALSO OVER THE WEEKEND, GRAND RAPIDS, THEY FINISHED BY GETTING TWO WINS AT THE END OF THE SEASON, THE CONSOLATION FINAL, SETH CARLSON MAKES ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM FOR THEM AND BEMIDJI STATE'S SEASON COMES TO AN END AS AUGUSTANA BEATS THEM 2-1 IN THAT SECOND GAME OF BEST OF THREE.

>> Dennis: VERY EXCITING.

THANKS, CHARLIE.

>>> FIDDLESTICKS FIBER ARTS OPENED UP IN DOWNTOWN BEMIDJI ALMOST A YEAR AND A HALF AGO AND RECENTLY WAS NAMED ONE OF THE TOP TEN FIBER ARTS SHOPS IN THE UPPER MIDWEST SECTION OF "BEST OF THE MIDWEST."

FOR THIS WEEK'S IN BUSINESS, OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK VISITED THE SHOP AS THEY OPENED UP A NEW CLASSROOM AND SPENT TIME WITH THE LOCAL FIBER ARTIST COMMUNITY THAT VISITS FIDDLESTICKS EVERY SATURDAY MORNING AND THURSDAY EVENING.

>> Sydney: FIDDLESTICKS FIBER ARTS IN DOWNTOWN BEMIDJI SELLS ALL THINGS FIBER ARTS, YARN, KNITTING NEEDLES, FELTING SUPPLIES, BUT THEY ALSO HOST CLASSES A BIWEEKLY FIBER AND FRIENDS MEETUP AND THEY'RE OPEN FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BRING THEIR PROJECTS IN FROM HOME TO ASK FOR HELP.

WHEN THEY OPENED IN 2024, OWNERS MICHELLE AND DEBBY WANTED TO CREATE WHAT THEY CALLED PEOPLE'S THIRD SPACE.

>> THE FIRST SPACE IS YOUR HOME, SECOND SPACE IS WORK AND PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY AFTER COVID, ARE JUST LONGING FOR CONNECTION AND HAVING A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN PLUG IN AND THEY'RE KNOWN AND SEEN AND ENJOY BEING WITH OTHERS OF SIMILAR INTERESTS.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT FIDDLESTICKS HAS BECOME.

>> PEOPLE WHO DON'T TALK SHOP WITH IN YOUR REGULAR DAY, WHATEVER YOUR PROFESSION IS, STAY-AT-HOME MOM, A NURSE, A TEACHER, ANOTHER BUSINESS OWNER, AND PEOPLE COME IN AND THEY FIND THEY HAVE IN WONDERFUL SOMETHING IN COMMON WITH THIS JOY OF FIBER ARTS, AND THAT'S INSTANT CAMARADERIE.

>> Sydney: ONE OF THE BIGGEST POINTS OF INTEREST IS THAT IT'S OPEN TO FIBER ARTISTS FROM ANY ABILITY, FOR THOSE WHO NEVER PICKED UP YARN BEFORE, TO THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN KNITTING OR CROCHETING THEIR ENTIRE LIVES.

>> IT'S SUCH A DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE AS FAR AS IJ AN AND BACKGROUNDS AND SKILL LEVELS.

EVERYBODY COMES AND THEY BRING WHATEVER PROJECT THEY HAVE.

THEY ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER AND IT'S SUCH A POSITIVE PLACE TO BE.

>> Sydney: RECENTLY, FILLED STICKS WAS NAMED AS ONE OF THE TOP TEN YARN SHOPS IN THE UPPER MIDWEST AS A PART OF A BEST OF THE MIDWEST COMPETITION.

>> IT'S A LOT OF HOURS, LATE NIGHTS, EARLY MORNINGS AND THERE'S A LOT OF WORRY AT NIGHT SOMETIMES, YOU'RE LAYING THERE GOING, I HOPE PEOPLE COME INTO THE SHOP.

IT'S EXTREMELY SATISFYING.

>> BECAUSE YOU GET TO SHARE THIS PASSION THAT YOU HAVE AND TO SEE THEM FALL IN LOVE WITH IT AS WELL.

I HAVE SOME STUDENTS THAT STARTED A YEAR AGO AND SINCE THEN, THERE'S BEEN HATS AND NECK WARMERS AND MITTENS AND STOCKS AND THEY'VE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH THE CRAFT AND THAT'S FUN.

>> Sydney: REPORTING FROM BEMIDJI IN THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, I'M SYDNEY DICK, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: ONE LAST CHECK OF WEATHER.

>> Stacy: CHANCES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, WE COULD SEE ONE TO THREE PERIODS OF SNOW.

LOWS NEAR 18, THE NEXT SYSTEM MOVES INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN THE AFTERNOON.

>> Dennis: THAT'S IT FOR US TONIGHT.

HAVE A GREAT NIGHT, EVERYBODY.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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