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>> THE WEATHER IS SPONSORED IN PART BY WIDSETH; ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS, LAND SURVEYORS, SERVING MINNESOTA COMMUNITIES SINCE 1975.

>> SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED IN PART BY PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS, CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF THE GIGAZONE, THE ALL FIBEROPTIC NETWORK THAT HAS TRANSFORMED HOW WE LIVE AND WORK.

>> 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.

[♪♪♪] >> Matthew: HEY EVERYWHERE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING, MY NAME IS MATTHEW FREEMAN FILLING IN FOR DENNIS WEIMANN WITH YOUR LAKELAND NEWS.

>>> A FORMER TEACHER AT VOYAGEURS EXPEDITIONARY SCHOOL IN BEMIDJI IS NOW IN CUSTODY AND FACING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES.

30-YEAR-OLD AUSTIN CLASEMAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF DISSEMINATE PORNOGRAPHIC WORK, MINOR UNDER AGE 14, AND FIVE COUNTS OF POSSESS PORNOGRAPHIC WORK, MINOR UNDER 14.

ACCORDING TO THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT, THE BEMIDJI POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS ASSIGNED TO INVESTIGATE A REPORT OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL CONNECTED TO A SUSPECT IN THE CITY OF BEMIDJI.

THE TIP FROM THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN SAID THREE FILES CONTAINING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY HAD BEEN UPLOADED IN APRIL BY A KIK ACCOUNT.

KIK IS A FREE MESSAGING APP THAT ALLOWS ANY USER TO CONNECT WITH ANOTHER USING USERNAMES INSTEAD OF PHONE NUMBERS.

>> THE ACCOUNT WAS CONNECTED TO AN E-MAIL ADDRESS NAMED AUSTIN.

A SEARCH WARRANT WAS OBTAINED FOR HIS RESIDENCE AND ONCE OFFICERS ARRIVED, HE FAINTED AND FELL ON TO ONE OF THE OFFICERS.

HE WAS ASSESSED BY E.M.S.

AND CLEARED.

HE TOLD INVESTIGATORS THAT HE WAS PART OF A KIK GROUP AND THAT PORNOGRAPHY WAS SHARED IN THE GROUP.

HE ADVISED HE WOULD DOWNLOAD THE IMAGES AND HE COULD SHARE THEM.

HE TOLD THE OFFICERS THAT THE CONTENT THAT WAS SHARED WAS "VANILLA STUFF" BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN BORDERLINE.

HE DIDN'T THINK HE POSTED IT TO THE GROUP CHAT.

OFFICERS RECOVERED A BLACK SAMSUNG CELL PHONE, A BLACK LAPTOP, AND THREE USB FLASH DRIVES.

A SEARCH WARRANT WAS EXECUTED AND FIVE IMAGES OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY WAS LOCATED, AS WELL AS A SELFIE.

IT WAS LATER DISCOVERED THAT HE SENT THOSE IMAGES TO TWO OTHER USERS.

>> STATEMENTS FROM VOYAGEURS EXPEDITIONARY SCHOOL ON FACEBOOK DID NOT NAME CLASEMAN, BUT THEY SAY THEY ARE "DISHEARTENED BY THE ALLEGATIONS AND DENOUNCE ALL CRIMINAL CONDUCT VICTIMIZING CHILDREN" AND THAT HE HAS RESIGNED HIS EMPLOYMENT AND POSITION ON THE BOARD, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.

THEY ADDED THAT TO THEIR KNOWLEDGE, "THE ALLEGED CONDUCT DID NOT TAKE PLACE ON SCHOOL GROUNDS AND DID NOT INVOLVE ANY STUDENTS OR OTHER STAFF OF THE VOYAGEURS COMMUNITY."

>>> GOVERNOR TIM WALZ TODAY ANNOUNCED THE AUTHORIZATION OF EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR AREAS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOLLOWING SEVERE STORMS THAT CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DESTRUCTION EARLIER THIS SUMMER.

THE DERECHO STORM DAMAGED INFRASTRUCTURE, CAUSED POWER OUTAGES FOR SEVERAL DAYS ACROSS THE AREA, AND DOWNED AN ESTIMATED 9 MILLION TREES.

AREAS AFFECTED BY THE STORM FELL JUST SHORT OF ELIGIBILITY TO REQUEST FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE BY $800,000.

THE DISASTER ASSISTANCE CONTINGENCY ACCOUNT WILL PROVIDE A 75-PERCENT REIMBURSEMENT FOR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGE.

FUNDING AND PUBLIC ASSISTANCE WILL AID BELTRAMI, CASS, CLEARWATER, HUBBARD, MAHNOMEN, NORMAN, AND TODD COUNTIES, AND THE WHITE EARTH BAND OF CHIPPEWA IN REBUILDING PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGED BY THE STORMS.

ALL AREAS AFFECTED BY THE JUNE 21ST STORM WILL SUBMIT A DAMAGE ASSESSMENT REPORT, AND WILL BE REIMBURSED FOR 75% OF THAT.

THE OTHER 25% IS LEFT UP TO THOSE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

>>> A NEW POTENT SUBSTANCE, FLUBROMAZOLAM, ALSO CALLED LIQUID XANAX, HAS BEEN CIRCULATING IN THE RED LAKE AND REDBY DISTRICTS.

ACCORDING TO A RELEASE POSTED ON THE RED LAKE POLICE DEPARTMENT FACEBOOK PAGE.

IN TORONTO'S DRUG-CHECKING REPORTS OF SEPTEMBER 2023, 31-PERCENT OF SAMPLES EXPECTED TO BE FENTANYL CONTAINED BROMAZOLAM, A CLASS WHICH INCLUDES LIQUID XANAX.

CONSUMING LIQUID XANAX CAN RESULT IN STRONG SEDATION AND PARTIAL AMNESIA LASTING MORE THAN 24 HOURS.

DEATH CAN OCCUR IF TAKEN IN LARGE QUANTITIES.

SEDATION AND PARTIAL AMNESIA CAN MAKE PEOPLE VULNERABLE TO INJURY AND LOSS OF PERSONAL POSSESSIONS.

IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON POSSIBLE NARCOTICS USE OR SALES, PLEASE CONTACT THE RED LAKE NARCOTICS TIP LINE AT THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN.

>>> THE APPADIN INVESTMENT COMPANY BROKE GROUND ON A NEW WORKFORCE HOUSING PROJECT IN GRAND RAPIDS.

REPORTER DANIEL PURSELL HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: OVER 11,000 PEOPLE LIVE IN THE CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS BUT WITH MORE AND MORE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING IN THE AREA, THE CITY FINDS THEMSELVES WITH A HOUSING SHORTAGE.

>> SO WE HAVE DONE HOUSING STUDIES, 2018, UPDATED IN 2022, WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF HOUSING FOR EXISTING RESIDENTS BUT ALSO FOR NEW BUSINESSES THAT ARE COMING TO TOWN.

WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH REGIONAL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, ACTUALLY, STATE-WIDE TO HOPEFULLY CLOSE THE GAP.

>> Reporter: TO COMBAT THE SHORTAGE, THE CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS PARTNERED TO BUILD A 132-UNIT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

>> WE LOOKED AT ALL THE COMPLEXES AND HOUSING SO IT'S ALL FULL.

THE NEED IS HERE AND THERE IS EMPLOYMENT GROWTH AND THAT'S WHAT THE EMPLOYERS ARE ASKING FOR.

THE CITY CALLED US BECAUSE WE ARE SUCCESSFUL AT THE SENIOR LIVING COMPLEX NEXT DOOR AND THE CITY CALLED AND SAID WE NEED HOUSING.

CAN YOU HELP US OUT.

>> Reporter: BUSINESSES ARE FLOCKING TO THE STREETS OF GRAND RAPIDS, REQUIRING HOUSING FOR CURRENT RESIDENTS AND ANY THAT MAY MOVE TO TOWN.

>> AMAZON, WE HAVE A DISTRIBUTION CENTER, EXPANSIONS ARE GOING ON, AND OTHER PROSPECTS LOOKING TO COME TO THE AREA.

SO, THEY WANT TO COME HERE AND THEY ARE LOOKING TO SEE WHERE CAN OUR FUTURE, I SHOULD SAY FUTURE EMPLOYEES BUT ALSO PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING HERE NEED PLACES TO LIVE.

>> Reporter: THE COMMUNITY HAS NOT JUST WELCOMED NEW CITIZENS WITH OPEN ARMS BUT NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS AS WELL.

>> THE CITY RECOGNIZES THE NEED BECAUSE THEY LIVE HERE, RIGHT?

THEY WANT A PLACE TO LIVE AS WELL.

WE ARE INNOVATIVE IN HOW WE PARTNER, SO WE HAVE THESE AGREEMENTS SET UP SO PEOPLE WHO ARE READY TO DEVELOP HOUSING WANT TO COME HERE, WE'RE READY TO DO THE WORK.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN GRAND RAPIDS, I'M DANIEL PURSELL, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> CONSTRUCTION ON THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO TAKE ABOUT 20 MONTHS, WITH A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY EXPECTED TO TAKE PLACE AT THE SITE IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2027.

>>> THE CASS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS IDENTIFIED THE VICTIM OF THE FATAL MOTORCYCLE CRASH THAT HAPPENED IN NEAR BACKUS.

ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, 54-YEAR-OLD, CHRISTOPHER ALEXANDER OF PINE RIVER, WAS FOUND DECEASED AT THE SCENE.

THE CRASH WAS REPORTED JUST BEFORE 7:30 A.M. ON PINE MOUNTAIN LAKE ROAD, DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP, IN RURAL BACKUS.

RESPONDERS FOUND A HARLEY DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE HAD LEFT THE ROADWAY AND CRASHED INTO THE DITCH SOMETIME DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

>>> AS BACK-TO-SCHOOL TIME IS ROLLING AROUND, SANFORD HEALTH IN BEMIDJI PUT ON A SAFE-GUARD FOR SCHOOL EVENT FOR A DAY FULL OF BACK-TO-SCHOOL IMMUNIZATIONS.

GETTING BACK IN THE CLASSROOM AFTER A SUMMER OFF EXPOSES KIDS TO ALL SORTS OF NEW GERMS AND SANFORD WANTED TO SHOW THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING IMMUNIZED.

BACK TO SCHOOL SHOTS ARE CATEGORIZED INTO TWO GROUPS, THE KINDERGARTEN GROUP FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE FOUR AND FIVE YEARS OLD, AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL BOOSTERS AROUND ELEVEN YEARS OLD.

THE RECOMMENDED BACK-TO-SCHOOL SHOTS FOR THE YOUNG GROUP ARE MMRV AND D-TAP, THAT ARE MEANT TO HELP PROTECT AGAINST SEVEN DIFFERENT ILLNESSES.

>> 11 YEAR OLDS, IT'S THE T-DAP BECAUSE THEY'RE OLDER, AND PERTUSSES.

SO THAT'S ALSO KNOWN AS WHOOPING COUGH.

LAST YEAR, THERE WERE MORE THAN 3,000 CASES IN MINNESOTA, WHICH IS MORE THAN THE PREVIOUS SEVEN YEARS COMBINED, AND SO FAR IN MINNESOTA THIS YEAR, WE HAD OVER 1,000 CASES, INCLUDING OVER 35 IN BELTRAMI COUNTY.

>>> DOCTOR RENDON HAS 4-YEAR-OLD TWINS OF HER OWN WHO GOT THEIR SHOTS AT THE CLINIC, THE IDEA OF WHICH WAS TO HAVE A FULL DAY OF IMMUNIZING SHOTS TO GET AS MANY KIDS UP-TO-DATE AS THEY COULD.

THERE WERE REWARDING LOLLIPOPS AND ICE CREAM FOR THE KIDS, BUT ALSO INFORMATION FOR PARENTS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE VACCINES.

>> SO, FROM A PARENT'S PERSPECTIVE, I REALLY THINK I AM TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO GIVE MY KIDS THE BEST PROTECTION THAT THEY CAN HAVE.

THAT'S ALL A PARENT WANTS TO DO, TO PROTECT THEIR KID AND TO ME, IMMUNIZATIONS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF THAT.

WE JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO GET THEIR VACCINES.

WE DON'T REALLY CARE IF YOU ARE CATCHING UP OR IF YOU NEVER DONE IT BEFORE.

IF YOU'RE COMING HERE TO GET YOUR SHOTS, WE'RE HAPPY.

>> EVEN THOUGH SANFORD BEMIDJI'S ‘BACK TO SCHOOL IMMUNIZATION' EVENT IS FINISHED, THERE IS STILL TIME BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTS FOR CHILDREN TO GET THEIR VACCINES.

THE CHILDREN'S CLINIC ACCEPTS SCHEDULED SHOT APPOINTMENTS AS WELL AS WALK-INS.

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

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WE HAVE CHANCES OF SEEING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA TONIGHT AND THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS.

I'LL HAVE THE DETAILS IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, THE 12th ANNUAL MILES FOR SMILES FAMILY FUN RUN WAS UNDERWAY THIS AFTERNOON.

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

[♪♪♪] >>> PEOPLE IN BRAINERD LAKES AREA LACED ON THEIR RUNNING SHOES AND GATHERED FOR THE MILES FOR SMILES 1K AND 5K FAMILY FUN RUN, WALK, AND BIKE THIS AFTERNOON.

AN EVENT TWELVE YEARS IN THE RUNNING, REPORTER MILES WALKER STOPPED BY FORESTVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR THE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: WHILE PHYSICAL HEALTH IS AMONG THE CLEAR PLUSES FROM THE MILES FOR SMILES FAMILY FUN RUN, THE MENTAL HEALTH BENEFITS ARE EQUALLY AS PARAMOUNT.

>> I BELIEVE MENTAL HEALTH AND PHYSICAL HEALTH GO HAND IN HAND.

THEY ARE REALLY CONNECTED, MORE THAN WE THINK.

FOR ME PERSONALLY, I KNOW WHEN I'M STRUGGLING WITH MY MENTAL HEALTH OR FEELING ANXIOUS OR A LITTLE BIT DOWN.

GOING FOR A RUN OR WORKING OUT JUST REALLY IS A NICE RELEASE.

>> Reporter: MILES FOR SMILES, WHICH ORIGINALLY WAS KNOWN FOR RACE FOR GRACE, TRANSITIONED BEFORE SMILES FOR JAKE TOOK OVER THE HELM, A SUICIDE PREVENTION MOVEMENT THAT SPREADS POSITIVITY THROUGH LISTENING EARS AND THE MESSAGE THAT EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE HOPE.

>> THERE IS A LONGSTANDING SILENCE AROUND MENTAL HEALTH AND THE STRUGGLES YOU GO THROUGH INTERNALLY.

IT'S BEEN DOWNPLAYED BY SOCIETY, I THINK A LOT.

SMILES FOR JAKE IS REALLY CHANNELLING IN THAT SPEAK OUT, TALK ABOUT IT, DON'T BE AFRAID TO GET THE HELP AND THE RESOURCES YOU NEED.

>> Reporter: AS AMONG MANY THINGS, IT STANDS FOR HOPE, PASSION, POSITIVITY, KINDNESS.

>> IT REPRESENTS THOSE ASPECTS OF THE WAY THEY TREAD THROUGH THE COMMUNITY AND THESE PAVE THE WAY TO GIVE US THE RESOURCES AND INCOME TO PROVIDE MORE EVENTS LIKE THIS SO WE CAN MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS AND REALLY IMPROVE THROUGH THOSE PILLARS.

>> Reporter: ALL PROCEEDS FROM MILES FOR SMILES ARE GOING DIRECTLY TO THE GRACE LEE FUND WHO SUPPORTS FAMILIES AND CHILDREN IN REMEMBRANCE OF GRACE ELIZABETH LEE, AND FOR THE JAKE PROGRAM.

>> JUST GOING THERE AND SAYING WE SEE YOU AND THIS JOB CAN BE REALLY DRAINING FOR YOU.

IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO SWITCH THAT MINDSET AWAY FROM THE CORPORATION, KIND OF INDIVIDUAL, AND THE TEAM THAT YOU ARE A PART OF.

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

>> AND CONGRATULATIONS TO DOMINIC HANSON FOR TAKING FIRST PLACE IN THE 5K WITH A TIME OF 23 MINUTES, 57 SECONDS.

>>> IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS WE WILL FIND OUT WHO IS THE WINNER OF OUR LAKELAND PBS VACATION GIVEAWAY CONTEST.

THE GRAND PRIZE WINNER GETS A THREE-NIGHT STAY AT CRAGUNS RESORT NEAR BRAINERD.

ALL SUMMER LONG DURING EACH NEWSCAST WE DRAW FIVE POTENTIAL QUALIFIERS FOR A GRAND DRAWING THAT WILL HAPPEN ON OUR MONDAY, AUGUST 25TH NEWSCAST, SO EIGHT MORE DAYS OF QUALIFYING CHANCES FOR THAT DRAWING.

AND HERE ARE TONIGHTS POTENTIAL QUALIFIERS.

TO BE AN OFFICIAL QUALIFIER, IF YOU SEE YOUR NAME, CALL THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN BEFORE THE END OF THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY AND YOU WILL BE IN THAT GRAND DRAWING SLATED FOR LATER THIS MONTH.

>>> STACY IS HERE TO GIVE US MORE DETAILS ON THE WEATHER FOR THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND.

>> Stacy: YEAH, WE WILL BE SEEING NUMEROUS CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STARTING TONIGHT AND AGAIN, CONTINUING AT VARIOUS TIMES AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

THERE IS THE CHANCE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THAT ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE.

I'LL HAVE THE DETAILS ON THAT [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WE HAVE SEEN A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND NOW AS WE MOVED INTO THE EVENING HOURS, WE ARE EXPECTING TO SEE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RETURNING.

WE DO HAVE SOME SEVERE WEATHER TO OUR WEST, NOTHING IN OUR VIEWING AREA RIGHT NOW, BUT THERE ARE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND OF COURSE WITH THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY, ESPECIALLY THE HUMIDITY, WE COULD SEE THOSE STORMS BECOME STRONG OR SEVERE.

IN FACT, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

SO MORE ON THAT IN A SECOND.

CURRENT CONDITIONS RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT IS 74 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.

AT OUR STUDIO, WINDS ARE SOUTH AT 6 MILES PER HOUR, THE DEW POINT IS UP TO 65, AND HUMIDITY IS AT 73%.

IN BRAINERD, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, 71.

THE DEW POINT IS 64.

PRESSURE IS ON THE RISE, WINDS ARE SOUTH AT 8 MILES PER HOUR.

NOW AS YOU LOOK AT OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR PICTURE, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING THE MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

WE AGAIN ARE SEEING THAT TONIGHT.

LOOKING TO THE WEST, WE DO HAVE ONE THUNDERSTORM CELL THAT HAS TURNED SEVERE.

THAT'S NOT IN OUR VIEWING AREA, BUT THE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE ITS WAY TO THE EAST AND AS IT DOES, WE DO HAVE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN OUR VIEWING AREA AND WITH THAT HUMIDITY OUT THERE, THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS OVERNIGHT, ESPECIALLY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

THE SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH IT, IT WILL BE MAINLY QUIET FOR MOST OF THE DAY TOMORROW, BUT AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND TOMORROW EVENING, MORE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RETURN.

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

GARY, JOAN IN LAPORTE, AND VERN WITH THE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS IN BLOOM RIGHT NOW.

AN EAGLE HUNTING, DEAN WITH A PASSING THUNDERSTORM OVER LOWER RED LAKE THIS EVENING, SARAH AT LAKE EDWARD WITH THE EVENING SKIES AND A BEAUTIFUL SUNSET FROM ANGELA AT CASS LAKE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE PHOTOS WITH US TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORT, BOB IN BLUFFTON, CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE TODAY.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, CLOUDS A SUN, A BIT BREEZY AS WELL.

JOAN IN LAPORTE, PARTLY CLOUDY, THE HIGH WAS 77.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD WITH A HIGH OF 82.

DEAN FROM NEAR LOWER RED LAKE SAYING IT WAS 71 AND HUMID THIS EVENING.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, MOSTLY CLEAR WITH A HIGH OF 80.

BRAINERD TOPPED OUT AT 82, AND WE HAD A LOW OF 66.

BEMIDJI TODAY TOPPING OUT AT 82, SO ABOVE THAT AVERAGE, 63 WAS OUR LOW, AND SUNRISE AT 6:16.

SO AS WE LOOK AT TOMORROW, THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE OUT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT A FEW COULD AFFECT PARTS OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA IN THE MORNING.

THEN WE WILL SEE THE CLOUD COVER MOVING OUT AS WELL.

WE WILL BE SEEING PLENTY OF SUNSHINE THROUGH THE DAY.

AS WE HEAD INTO THE EVENING, THE OVERNIGHT HOURS, THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SEEING SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.

HIGH TEMPERATURES TOMORROW WILL BE FROM ABOUT 75 TO 81 ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID-80s IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST.

TONIGHT, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, SOME COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE.

LOWS NEAR 62.

VARIABLE CLOUDS TOMORROW, THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, BEST CHANCE WILL BE IN THE AFTERNOON.

HIGHS NEAR 80, VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 15.

MORE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

WE WILL BE SEEING A NUMBER OF ROUNDS MOVING ACROSS OUR VIEWING AREA, HIGHS SHOULD BE IN THE 70s, MAYBE ABOUT 72, SO A LITTLE BIT COOLER THERE ON SUNDAY.

TEMPERATURES ARE STILL IN THE 70s EARLY NEXT WEEK, A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY, QUIET ON TUESDAY.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Matthew: THANK YOU SO MUCH STACY.

WE HAVE CHARLIE WITH US AND WE HAVE NEWS ON ONE OF THE BSU SOCCER PLAYERS.

>> Charlie: YES, SHE HAD A PRETTY GOOD SEASON LAST YEAR.

SHE WAS THE PLAYER OF THE YEAR, THE OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR FOR BSU, BUT WE ALSO HAD A CHANCE TO TALK SOCCER WITH BEMIDJI BOYS HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL.

THEY HAVE THEIR SEASON STARTING UP A WEEK FROM TODAY.

WE HEAR FROM THEM AND WHAT THEIR SEASON [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪] >>> BSU WOMEN'S SOCCER SENIOR FORWARD KATRINA BARTHELT WAS VOTED THE NSIC PRESEASON OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR FOR 2025.

THE SECOND-YEAR CAPTAIN WAS THE 2024 OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR AFTER LEADING THE CONFERENCE IN REGULAR SEASON SCORING WITH 11-GOALS AND A LEAGUE HIGH 25-POINTS.

SHE WAS ALSO NAMED OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK THREE TIMES LAST SEASON IN ADDITION TO BEING NAMED ALL NSIC AND D-2 CCA ALL-REGION FIRST TEAM.

REDSHIRT SENIOR EMMA HILLSNITZ WAS TABBED AS THE BEAVERS' DEFENSIVE PLAYER TO WATCH.

ALSO RELEASED TODAY WAS THE NSIC SOCCER PRESEASON COACH'S POLL AND BEMIDJI STATE WAS PICKED TO FINISH 3RD OVERALL, BEHIND CONCORDIA-SAINT PAUL AND MINNESOTA STATE, THE LATTER PLAYING IN THE NATIONAL TITLE GAME LAST YEAR.

THE BEAVER'S WILL BE CELEBRATING 30-SEASONS OF WOMEN'S SOCCER IN 2025.THEY BEGIN PRACTICE NEXT MONDAY.

THE TWINS HAD A 3-0 LEAD BUT THEIR BATS FELL SHORT AND FELL 4-3.

>>> HAVE YOU EVER LOOKED IN THE MIRROR AND DON'T RECOGNIZE THE FACE STARING BACK AT YOU?

THEY WENT BACK TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2018.

THE LUMBERJACKS WILL REPLACE MANY OF THE UPPERCLASSMEN WITH A SOLID INCOMING GROUP OF SOPHOMORE BUT ONE THAT HAS SEEN LIMITED MINUTES.

TO ACHIEVE THEIR RECOGNIZABLE STYLE OF PLAY, THEY WILL RELY ON THEIR RETURNING SEEN -- SENIORS, AND LEADERSHIP WITH THE INCOMING PLAYERS.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE SEE THE 11 SENIORS WE LOST BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD GUYS COMING IN.

THEY NEED SOME LEADERSHIP FROM US.

A PLAYER-LED TEAM WILL GO MORE THAN A COACH-LED TEAM.

THIS IS A GREAT GROUP TO BE WITH AND I'M EXCITED TO JUST CONNECT WITH THEM AND HAVE A GREAT TIME.

>> YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO COME DOWN TO THEIR LEADERSHIP.

THIS IS THEIR YEAR TO LEAD, IT'S THEIR YEAR TO SHINE.

WE'RE GOING TO RELY ON THOSE GUYS TO SHOW A PATH TO THE YOUNGER GUYS THAT DIDN'T GET THAT EXPERIENCE LAST YEAR.

IT WILL RELY ON THAT SENIOR LEADERSHIP AND YOU KNOW, TREMENDOUS WORK ETHIC.

>> Charlie: A RECOGNIZABLE FACE THIS SEASON IS LUMBERJACKS KEVIN.

HE HAD BEEN THE STARTER SINCE BEING A SOPHOMORE AND THEY EXPECT HIM TO EXCEL.

>> HE'S REALLY MATURED OVER THE YEARS TOO.

I MEAN WATCHING HIS DEVELOPMENT AS A TECHNICAL PLAYER HAS BEEN PRETTY SPECTACULAR.

HE IS PROBABLY THE MOST TECHNICAL GOALIE WE EVER PRODUCED.

HE'S THE FIELD GENERAL.

HE IS LOUD, HE HAS THE RESPECT OF HIS TEAMMATES, HE CAN COMMAND THEM AROUND AND THEY WILL RESPOND.

HE IS ESSENTIAL TO WHAT WE WANT TO DO.

>> I LOVE ALL THE PRESSURE.

I AM GOING TO HAVE TO STEP UP HUGE.

I AM GOING TO STEP UP, THE WHOLE NEW BACK LINE AND I'M READY FOR IT.

I WANT TO PROVE I CAN BE A GOOD GOALIE.

I HAD 10 PEOPLE IN FRONT OF ME THAT SAY THEY'RE SUPER GOOD AND I WANT TO BE A KEY FACTOR IN THAT STATE RUN.

>> Charlie: WELL, THEY'RE GOING TO START THEIR NEXT ATTEMPT AT A STATE RUN ONE WEEK FROM TODAY.

ON THE ROAD AT SAINT MICHAEL ALBERTVILLE, THEY WILL HAVE THEIR HOME OPENER AGAINST HOPKINS.

>> Matthew: LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THEY DO.

>> Charlie: I'LL HAVE FUN WATCHING THIS YEAR.

>> Matthew: THANK YOU CHARLIE.

ITS ALIVE, WELL AT LEAST THE BAIT IS.

AND FOR WEEKS EDITION OF FISHING TIPS, RAY AND MANDY TEACH US HOW TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR LIVE BAIT SO IT STAYS THAT WAY WHEN YOU HEAD OUT FOR A DAY ON THE LAKE.

>> TOPPED -- TODAY WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT LIVE BAIT AND HOW YOU TRANSPORT IT FROM YOUR PLACE, FROM THE BAIT SHOP, OUT TO THE LAKE WHERE YOU WILL BE FISHING.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THREE KINDS OF BAIT THAT ARE PRETTY, PRETTY COMMON.

ONE IS MINNOWS, ONE IS LEECHES, AND THE OTHER IS NIGHT CRAWLERS.

THE NIGHT CRAWLERS PROBABLY DON'T REQUIRE MUCH SPECIAL ATTENTION UNLESS YOU GET THE JUMPING KIND.

IF YOU READ ABOUT THEM, THERE IS A NIGHT CRAWLER THAT JUMPS IN THE PAIL.

I THINK IF YOU GET THOSE, YOU MAY WANT TO CONTACT THE D.N.R.

AND SEE HOW YOU CAN DISPOSE OF THEM.

ANYWAY, THERE IS SUCH A THING AS A JUMPING NIGHT CRAWLER.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT WHEN YOU GO INTO THE BAIT SHOP, YOU TAKE A CONTAINER LIKE WE GOT HERE TODAY AND PUT FRESH WATER IN IT AND YOU PUT YOUR MINNOWS IN THIS FRESH WATER.

THEN YOU PUT THIS IN YOUR TRUCK, NOT IN YOUR BOAT, THEN YOU GET OUT TO THE LAKE.

YOU CAN TAKE THIS OUT AND THIS CAN GO INTO THE LAKE.

IT'S CLEAN WATER.

WHEN YOU GET BACK FROM THE LAKE, AND YOU ARE BACK FROM FISHING, THERE ARE TWO THINGS PEOPLE ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO.

ONE IS TO DISPOSE OF THE MINNOWS YOU DON'T USE.

THERE IS HARDLY ANY PLACE IN THE AREA ALONG THE LANDING TO GET RID OF THOSE.

SO YOU NEED TO BRING YOUR OWN BAG FOR DISPOSAL.

THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

THE OTHER THING IS IF YOU WANT TO SAVE THOSE MINNOWS, YOU HAVE TO BRING FRESH WATER IN YOUR TRUCK, OR IN YOUR CAR, TO THE LAKE, WHEN YOU ARE DONE WITH THIS, TAKE IT OUT OF THE LAKE, PUT THE MINNOWS IN FROM THIS INTO THE FRESH WATER YOU CARRIED AND YOU CAN TAKE THAT BACK HOME LEGALLY.

YOU DON'T CONTAMINATE THE WATER.

>> ANOTHER THING TO THINK ABOUT AND RAY WAS TALKING ABOUT LEECHES AND NIGHT CRAWLERS, YOU WANT TO KEEP THEM COOL.

IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

SO, IF IT'S A SUPER HOT DAY, DON'T PUT THE LEECHES IN A LEECH BAG AND THROW THEM IN.

IT WOULD BE HANDY TO KEEP THEM IN A CONTAINER, IN A COOLER WHERE IT'S COLD, SAME THING WITH THE NIGHT CRAWLERS.

YOU WANT TO KEEP THEM IN A CONTAINER WHERE IT'S COLD.

THERE'S NOTHING WORSE THAN OPENING YOUR BAIT AND IT'S ALL EXPIRED.

>> I'M RAY GILDOW.

>> AND I'M MANDY UHRICH, THE BASS N' BIOLOGIST.

>> WE HAVE SOME MORE TIME SO WE WILL HEAD TO STACY.

>> Stacy: WE HAVE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

SOME OF THOSE COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE.

OTHERWISE, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH LOWS NEAR 62.

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

WE'LL BE BACK TOMORROW.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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