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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, THANKS FOR WATCHING TONIGHT.

>>> A SHOOTER OPENED FIRE THROUGH THE WINDOW OF A MINNEAPOLIS CATHOLIC CHURCH TODAY, STRUCK CHILDREN CELEBRATING MASS DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL.

MINNEAPOLIS POLICE CHIEF SAID TWO CHILDREN WERE KILLED AND 17 PEOPLE WERE WOUNDED IN THE SHOOTING THIS MORNING AT THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL WHERE CLASSES STARTED ON MONDAY.

THE CHILDREN WHO DIED WERE 8 AND 10 YEARS OLD.

AUTHORITIES SAY THE SHOOTER IDENTIFIED AS ROBIN WESTMAN APPROACHED THE SIDE OF THE CHURCH AND SHOT DOZENS OF ROUNDS THROUGH THE WINDOWS TOWARD THE CHILDREN SITTING IN THE PEWS DURING MASS JUST BEFORE 8:30 A.M. POLICE BELIEVE THE SHOOTER THEN DIED BY SUICIDE.

FOURTEEN OTHER KIDS AND THREE PARISHIONERS WERE WOUNDED.

OFFICIALS ARE STILL LOOKING INTO THE SUSPECT'S MOTIVE.

O'HARA SAYS THE SHOOTER WAS IN THEIR EARLY 20S, DOES NOT HAVE AN EXTENSIVE KNOWN CRIMINAL HISTORY AND IS BELIEVED TO HAVE ACTED ALONE.

THE MINNESOTA STAR TRIBUNE IS REPORTING A 2017 ANNUNCIATION YEARBOOK SHOWED THAT ROBIN WESTMAN, WHO WENT BY ROBERT AT THE TIME, ATTENDED THE SCHOOL FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR.

WESTMAN'S MOTHER PREVIOUSLY WORKED AT THE SCHOOL FROM 2016 THROUGH 2021 ACCORDING TO SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS.

OFFICIALS SAY ALL THE REMAINING VICTIMS ARE EXPECTED TO SURVIVE AND ARE EXPERIENCING A RANGE OF INJURIES.

>> THE COWARD THAT SHOT THESE VICTIMS TOOK HIS OWN LIFE IN THE REAR OF THE CHURCH.

THAT COWARD HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 23-YEAR-OLD ROBIN WESTMAN.

NO PRIOR CRIMINAL HISTORY.

AS TO THE WEAPONS USED TO PERPETRATE THIS HORRIFIC ATTACK, THERE WAS A RIFLE, A SHOTGUN, AND A PISTOL.

ALL THREE HAD BEEN LAWFULLY PURCHASED BY THE SHOOTER.

>> THERE IS NO WORDS THAT IS GOING TO EASE THE PAIN OF THE FAMILIES TODAY.

ON BEHALF OF ALL THE PEOPLE OF MINNESOTA, OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHIES, A WISH THAT ANY OF THESE WORDS WOULD MAKE WHAT YOU ARE FEELING NOW BETTER, BUT IT WON'T.

A PLACE THAT IS FOUNDED ON COMMUNITY, FOUNDED ON SERVICE, FOUNDED ON FAMILY.

>> PRESIDENT TRUMP AND GOVERNOR WALZ BOTH ORDERED FLAGS AT HALF STAFF AT ALL GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS UNTIL SUNSET SUNDAY.

>>> IN LOCAL NEWS TONIGHT, A 59-YEAR-OLD WOMAN FROM CASS LAKE IS DEAD AFTER THE PONTOON SHE WAS IN CRASHED INTO THE ROCKS AND SHORELINE ON THE SOUTH SHORE OF LEECH LAKE NEAR WALKER CITY PARK.

THE CRASH WAS REPORTED JUST BEFORE 1:30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND THE WOMAN WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN THE BOAT.

WHEN DEPUTIES AND RESPONDERS ARRIVED THE WOMAN WAS UNRESPONSIVE.

SHE WAS REMOVED FROM THE WATERCRAFT AND MEDICAL AID IMMEDIATELY RENDERED.

LIFESAVING EFFORTS CONTINUED WHILE SHE WAS BEING TRANSPORTED TO THE WALKER AIRPORT WHERE SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.

THE VICTIMS NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED YET.

AN AUTOPSY IS SCHEDULED WITH THE RAMSEY COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE.

>>> A 32-YEAR-OLD COHASSET MAN HAS DIED IN AN A.T.V.

CRASH IN COHASSET.

THE ITASCA COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE HAS NOT NAMED THE VICTIM BUT SAY HE WAS DRIVING A SIDE-BY-SIDE IN THE AREA OF 242 WHEN THE CRASH OCCURRED.

THERE WERE NO OTHER OCCUPANTS AND AUTHORITIES BELIEVE THE CRASH HAPPENED AROUND 6:00 A.M. ON TUESDAY BECAUSE THAT IS WHEN THEY RECEIVED A 9-1-1 CALL REPORTING A CRASH DETECTED THROUGH AN IPHONE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM.

>>> EDGEWOOD VISTA IN BRAINERD IS HOME TO ELDERLY RESIDENTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND ON WEDNESDAY THEY CELEBRATED ONE OF THEIR OWN REACHING A VERY SPECIAL MILESTONE.

CURT NELSON OF BRAINERD CELEBRATED HIS 100th BIRTHDAY ON TUESDAY.

NELSON SPENT MOST OF HIS LIFE HERE IN THE LAND OF TEN THOUSAND LAKES.

BUT HAS TRAVELLED FAR BEYOND THE STREETS OF BRAINERD SERVING IN WORLD WAR 2, BUT WITH ALL OF THE NEW FOUND ATTENTION ON HIM FOR HIS MILESTONE BIRTHDAY, CURT IS HAVING TROUBLE KEEPING HIS FANS AT BAY.

>> I AM FINDING IT'S TOUGH TO BE THE CENTER OF ATTENTION.

EVERYBODY WANTS TO TALK TO ME AND THERE WAS ALMOST 60 PEOPLE THERE.

SO, IT WAS ENJOYABLE BECAUSE I HADN'T SEEN A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

>> NELSON SAYS THAT HIS SECRET TO A LONG LIFE IS HIS GOOD GENES, CITING THAT HIS FATHER LIVED TO BE 109.

>>> THE WHITE EARTH NATION STARTED A PROGRAM A FEW YEARS BACK TO HELP RESTORE THE BISON POPULATION TO ANISHINAABE LANDS.

WELL, EARLIER THIS MONTH, THE PROGRAM WELCOMED ITS FIRST CALF.

OUR REPORTER, MATTHEW FREEMAN, HAS MORE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 5TH, A HISTORIC BIRTH ON THE LAND OF THE WHITE EARTH NATION MARKED THE NEW CHAPTER IN THE NATION'S ONGOING EFFORTS TO RESTORE THE BISON POPULATION TO THEIR LANDS.

>> IT WAS EXCITING, SHOCKING, AND JUST THE ATTENTION IT HAS RECEIVED.

IT'S A GOOD THING AND IT'S A SIGN OF THAT RESILIENCE OF THE ANIMAL, THE RESILIENCE OF THE NATIVE PEOPLE, RESTORING THESE BISON BACK TO WHAT I CONSIDER AND MOST CONSIDER THEIR NATIVE LANDSCAPE.

>> Reporter: THE BIRTH WAS A SURPRISE FOR THE PROGRAM AS THEY WEREN'T EXPECTING A CALF UNTIL SPRING OF 2026.

>> YES, SOME OF THESE PRIVATE RANCHERS HAVE CALVES THIS LATE IN THE SEASON, BUT YOUR BIGGER HERD, THEY ARE CALVING IN THE SPRING.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS TELLING EVERYBODY.

LEAVE IT TO WILDLIFE AND NATURE TO THROW IT OFF A LITTLE BIT.

>> Reporter: THE PROGRAM WAS FIRST LAUNCHED DURING COVID WHEN CERTAIN FOOD SOURCES WERE HARD TO COME BY FOR THE NATION.

>> WE HEARD THINGS LIKE FOOD DESERT, THINGS LIKE THAT.

THIS PROGRAM CAME BACK ON THE FOREFRONT OF CONVERSATION AND IT'S TO PROVIDE A HEALTHY PROTEIN SOURCE FOR THE TRIBAL PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: AND THE SCHOOL SEASON, THE BISON PROGRAM WILL FULFILL THAT ACHIEVEMENT.

>> THE CIRCLE OF LIFE ACADEMY, THEY WILL BE GETTING A BISON TO FEED IN THEIR SCHOOL PROGRAM THIS SEASON, SO THAT'S A GREAT FIRST STEP.

>> Reporter: WHILE THE CALF IS CUTE AND CUDDLY, THERE IS NO DENYING ITS SIGNIFICANT OF ITS BIRTH TO THE BISON POPULATION AND THE WHITE EARTH NATION.

>> IT DOES MEAN A LOT TO THE PEOPLE.

BISON RESTORATION ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS HUGE.

THERE IS 86 TRIBES THAT BELONG TO THE INTERTRIBAL BUFFALO COUNCIL AND THEY ARE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND IT'S A FORM OF RESILIENCE FOR NATIVE PEOPLE AND THE BISON.

SO THEY ARE WALKING THAT PARALLEL PATH TOGETHER, NATIVE PEOPLE CONSIDER THAT BISON ARE RELATIVE.

>> Reporter: THE CALF'S ARRIVAL IS MORE THAN JUST A MOMENT OF JOY FOR THE WHITE EARTH NATION, A SIGN OF RESILIENCE, HEALING, AND HOPE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

>> THE FUTURE OF THE PROGRAM, WE HOPE TO GROW, HOPE TO PROVIDE MORE MEAT TO THE PEOPLE, AND I WANT TO EXPLORE THAT CULTURAL ASPECT A LITTLE BIT MORE AND HOW DO WE GET A KIT TO TEACH KIDS ABOUT BISON.

SO THE FUTURE AND THE POSSIBILITIES, THEY'RE ENDLESS.

>> Reporter: HE HOPES TO WELCOME AT LEAST TWO MORE CALVES TO THE HERD BY THE TIME SPRING ROLLS AND BUT WHO KNOWS WHAT MOTHER NATURE HAS INTENDED FOR THE PROGRAM.

I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE WHITE EARTH NATION PROGRAM CURRENTLY HAS 10 TOTAL BISON BETWEEN ITS BREEDING HERD AND HARVEST OPERATION WITH THE GOAL OF HAVING 44 TOTAL BISON BY EARLY NEXT YEAR.

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

>> Stacy: WE HAVE A VERY QUIET FORECAST AS WE HEAD INTO OUR LABOR DAY WEEKEND, AND IT LOOKS LIKE TEMPERATURES WILL BE MAINLY IN THE 70s RIGHT ON THROUGH LABOR DAY.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, AN ANNUAL POWWOW WAS HELD AT SANFORD HEALTH IN BEMIDJI.

[♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪] >>> SANFORD HEALTH IN BEMIDJI JOINED RED LAKE AND CASS LAKE INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES LAST THURSDAY FOR THEIR 20TH ANNUAL POWWOW THAT CELEBRATES THE HEALING POWER OF HERITAGE.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK ATTENDED THE EVENT THAT CONNECTED OJIBWE HERITAGE WITH MODERN MEDICINE, AND GAVE THANKS TO LOCAL HEALTHCARE WORKERS.

[♪♪♪] >> Reporter: MANY TRADITIONAL POWWOWS RUN FOR SEVERAL DAYS BUT SINCE THE EARLY 2000s, SANFORD HEALTH IN BEMIDJI HAS HELD A ONE DAY EXHIBITION POWWOW BUT ONE DAY IS STILL ENOUGH TO GATHER SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE EVERY SUMMER.

>> WE GIVEN IT A NAME.

IT MEANS TO DANCE.

SO WE DO THIS TO HONOR THE HEALERS THEMSELVES.

SO THOSE WHO ARE WORKING HERE IN THE HOSPITAL, IN I.H.S., CASS LAKE, RED LAKE, AND WHITE EARTH, THEY ARE DEDICATING THEIR TIME TO TAKING CARE OF THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH THEIR HEALTH CARE NEEDS.

>> Reporter: THE POWWOW HAS BEEN GOING ON AND OFF FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS BUT THIS YEAR, THEY SAW ONE OF THEIR BIGGEST TURNOUTS YET.

>> IT'S ALL ABOUT HEALING, BRINGING COMMUNITY TOGETHER, BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS.

FOR ME, BEING A HEALER FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, WORKING IN HEALTH CARE, THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES, US COMING TOGETHER AND HELPING EACH OTHER AND RECOGNIZING THE WHO PERSON, MIND, BODY, AND SOUL, ESPECIALLY THE SOUL.

THIS SPEAKS TO THE SOUL.

>> Reporter: MORE THAN 60 DANCERS OF ALL AGES PARTICIPATED IN THE POWWOW ALONGSIDE SINGERS AND DRUMMERS.

MEN'S GRASS DANCE, MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TRADITIONAL, SPOT DANCES LASTED ALL DAY TO CELEBRATE HOLISTIC HEALING AND THANK TRADITIONAL HEALTH CARE WORKERS.

>> THOSE PEOPLE THAT PUT THEIR TIME AND THEIR EFFORT, GIVING OF THEIR SELVES, THEIR HEART, THEIR HARD WORK, TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF IN A GOOD WAY.

>> Reporter: OF COURSE OPEN TO EVERYBODY, MANY HEALTH CARE WORKERS ATTENDED THE POWWOW TO REFLECT ON WHAT BROUGHT THEM TO THE CAREER IN THE FIRST PLACE.

>> I KNOW I WAS MEANT TO BE A HEALER AND THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THAT, THAT IT FIT FOR ME.

I KNEW IN MY HEART, I WAS A SERVANT, TO HELP PEOPLE, TO HAVE A BETTER JOURNEY IN LIFE.

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

>> THE POWWOW ENDED WITH A COMMUNITY FEAST FEATURING RED LAKE WALLEYE AND LEECH LAKE WILD RICE, CONTINUING TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING.

SOUNDS LIKE QUITE THE FEAST THERE.

>> Stacy: SOUNDS DELICIOUS, DOESN'T IT?

>> Dennis: YEAH.

>> WE HAVE SOME NICE WEATHER MOVING IN AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEKEND, INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

WE WILL BE SEEING VERY QUIET WEATHER, NICE COMFORTABLE TEMPERATURES, AND THAT WILL STAY WITH US UNTIL AT LEAST [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON, [♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, WE DID HAVE KIND OF A MIXTURE OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND POSSIBLY EVEN A FEW HIT AND MISS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

A COLD FRONT HAS BEEN MOVING THROUGH THE AREA.

ANY LINGERING SHOWERS OUT THERE, THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS WILL DIMINISH AS WE HEAD INTO THE OVERNIGHT AND THE WEATHER PICTURE LOOKS VERY QUIET AS WE HEAD INTO THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND.

HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD REACH THE 70s AND WARMER ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 65 DEGREES.

AT THE STUDIO, WINDS ARE CALM.

HUMIDITY IS AT 86%.

IN BRAINERD, FAIR SKIES, 69 DEGREES, A DEW POINT OF 59.

PRESSURE IS RISING AND WE HAVE A LIGHT SOUTHWEST WIND.

ON OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR PICTURE, WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF CLOUD COVER AND WE DID HAVE A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OUT THERE THIS EVENING, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, ONCE THE SUN WENT DOWN, A LOT OF THOSE ARE DIMINISHING.

AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT, A FEW COULD LINGER IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS BUT A LITTLE AFTER MIDNIGHT, WE WILL SEE THOSE COMING TO AN END AND WE SHOULD HAVE A RETURN TO CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, POSSIBLY SOME AREAS OF FOG TONIGHT, AND THAT COULD LINGER INTO TOMORROW MORNING.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT.

ARLENE IN MENAHGA WITH THIS GORGEOUS SHOT OF THE SKY THIS MORNING.

JOAN SAYING THE BEES WERE BUSY IN LAPORTE.

GARY SPOTTING A MONARCH BUTTERFLY.

THE NICE CALM REFLECTION AT TURTLE RIVER LAKE.

WE HAVE SANDRA SPOTTING AN EAGLE ON THE LOOKOUT IN CASS LAKE.

TONIGHT'S SUNSET WAS JUST BEAUTIFUL, SAMROSE OVER LOWER RED LAKE AND SARAH AT LAKE EDWARD WITH THOSE PICTURES.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 53 AND CALM THIS MORNING.

DEBRA AT PINE RIVER REPORTING 53 THIS MORNING.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, SUNNY WITH A HIGH OF 78.

SONYA AT TURTLE RIVER LAKE, 75 AND CALM THIS EVENING.

SANDRA AT CASS LAKE, PARTLY CLOUDY AND 74 THIS EVENING.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES, TOPPING OUT AT 78, AND JOAN IN LAPORTE, MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A HIGH OF 79.

ON OUR ALMANAC, 84 WAS THE HIGH IN BRAINERD.

WE HAD A LOW OF 65.

SUNSET TONIGHT AT 8:02.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 79, ABOVE THAT AVERAGE, 52 FOR THE LOW, AND SUNRISE AT 6:33.

AS WE LOOK AT OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, WE COULD HAVE SOME AREAS OF FOG OUT THERE, SOME LOW CLOUDS, THOSE WILL BE CLEARING OUT AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE MORNING AND THE FOG LIFTS AND BURNS UP.

WE SHOULD ENJOY A LOT OF SUNSHINE TOMORROW, HIGHS SHOULD BE IN THE LOW TO MID-70s ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA.

IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, MAINLY MID-70s, COOLER IN AITKIN AND WADENA, REACHING A HIGH OF 77.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST, CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT, COULD SEE SOME PATCHY FOG WITH LOWS NEAR 52.

TOMORROW, PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, HIGHS IN THE MID-70s, AND EAST WINDS 5 TO 10.

LOOKING AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, OVERALL VERY QUIET AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE WEEKEND.

MOSTLY THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND, THERE IS THE SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THERE ON LABOR DAY, MONDAY.

HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND SHOULD BE IN THE UPPER 70s SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, STILL 75 ON MONDAY.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THANKS STACY.

CHARLIE IS HERE.

WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR US TONIGHT?

>> Charlie: COMING BACK HOME, ADAM TO THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS.

A BIG TRADE HAPPENING TODAY, WE HAVE THE DETAILS FROM THAT AND A COUPLE HIGHLIGHTS AS WELL, COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

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

[♪♪♪] >> Charlie: HE'S BACK, DETROIT NATIVE ADAM RETURNS TO THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS WHERE HE BEGAN HIS CAREER AT MINNESOTA STATE, PLAYING NEARLY A DECADE WITH THE FRANCHISE BEFORE SPENDING THE LAST TWO SEASONS IN CAROLINA.

A SPECULATION FOR THE HOMECOMING FOR THE WIDE RECEIVER HAS BEEN CIRCULATING.

THE 35-YEAR-OLD HAD A PAIR OF 1,200-PLUS YARD SEASONS IN 2017 AND 2018, WHICH HE MADE THE PRO BOWL AND WITH THE PANTHERS, HE MADE ANOTHER 1,000-PLUS YARD YEAR.

JALIN OUT WITH A HAND INJURY, HE IS EXPECTED TO MAKE AN IMPACT RIGHT AWAY ALONGSIDE WIDE RECEIVER NUMBER ONE JUSTIN JEFFERSON.

THE TRADE BREAK DOWN HERE HAS A COUPLE OF LATE ROUNDERS GOING TO THE VIKINGS WHILE THE PANTHERS GET A COUPLE OF MID ROUND PICKS OF THEIR OWN.

>>> LOCAL SPORTS, GIRLS TENNIS HOSTING EAST GRAND FORKS.

TAKING ADVANTAGE, SHE WINS HER MATCH 6-3, 6-0.

CARLSON AND MIRE DOWN A SET, UNRELENTING, THEY WILL COMPLETE THE COMEBACK WINNING.

THE LUMBERJACKS GET A WIN OVER GREEN WAY.

THEY SWEEP GRAND RAPIDS IN THE TRIANGULAR.

A FEW MORE SCORES FOR YOU, GIRLS VOLLEYBALL, ROYALTON GETS A WIN.

IN GIRLS SOCCER, BRAINERD WINS OVER FERGUS FALLS.

GRAND RAPIDS GETS THEIR FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON.

GRAND RAPIDS BOYS FALL TO MOORHEAD.

IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, AFTER WINNING YESTERDAY, THE TWINS LOSE.

THEY HAVE NOT WON TWO IN A ROW SINCE AUGUST 8TH.

>>> BRAINERD GIRLS VOLLEYBALL USHERED IN A NEW ERA LAST NIGHT AGAINST SAUK RAPIDS-RICE.

AFTER HEAD COACH OF 8 YEARS RICK KHUELWEIN STEPPED DOWN LAST SEASON, TANA JOHNSON HAS NOW OFFICIALLY TAKEN OVER THE REIGNS.

SPORTS REPORTER MILES WALKER STOPPED BY PRACTICE TO SEE HOW THE WARRIORS ARE ADJUSTING TO THE NEW CHAPTER.

>> Reporter: COACHING IS NOTHING NEW AS THE VARSITY VOLLEYBALL HEAD COACH SPENT 20 YEARS COACHING VOLLEYBALL FROM SIXTH GRADE TO JUNIOR VARSITY IN THE BRAINERD SCHOOL DISTRICT.

>> THE BIGGEST ADJUSTMENT IS PROBABLY THE TIME THAT I AM PUTTING INTO IT RIGHT NOW AND THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE I AM IN CONTACT WITH THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

IT'S NOT A TWO HOUR A DAY JOB AND GETTING THE GIRLS READY FOR THE LEVEL OF PLAY.

>> Reporter: JOHNSON IS NOT JUST PRIORITIZING BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH HER FELLOW WARRIORS, BUT INSTILLING CONFIDENCE WITHIN THEM.

>> THE GIRLS I HAVE ON THE VARSITY TEAM HAVE NOT PLAYED AT A VARSITY LEVEL OR THEY PLAYED THE LAST COUPLE YEARS WITHOUT HAVING A WINNING RECORD.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO DO WITH THE SCORE AT THE END OF THE NIGHT, IT'S JUST THEIR PERSONAL BEST IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO.

>> Reporter: ALTHOUGH THEY GRADUATED 7 SENIORS LAST YEAR, THEY ARE BRIMMING WITH PROMISE AND ATHLETICISM.

>> YEAH, I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF GIRLS THAT ARE WELL ROUNDED IN A LOT OF SPORTS.

I THINK IT'S GOOD WE HAVE A LOT OF TALENT.

IT'S REALLY COOL TO SEE HOW VERSATILE THEY ARE OF ALL THE GIRLS AND WE HAVE A LOT OF HITTERS THAT CAN DO A LOT OF THINGS.

>> Reporter: THEY ARE LOOKING TO IMPROVE UPON LAST YEAR'S CAMPAIGN AND CLOSER TO THE FIRST WINNING SEASON SINCE 2021.

WHILE THEY ARE LOOKING TO ESTABLISH THEIR PRESENCE, THE WARRIORS BELIEVE THE MAIN KEY TO SUCCESS WILL FALL ON OUR SERVICE.

>> WE HAVE A LOT OF STRONG DEFENSIVE PLAYERS THIS YEAR.

IT'S ABOUT CONNECTING AND WORKING TOGETHER.

>> I THINK WE CAN DO IT.

IT'S JUST NERVES AND IF WE CAN GET THAT DOWN, EVERYBODY WILL PLAY.

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

>> Charlie: BRAINERD FELL TO SAUK RAPIDS RICE IN THEIR FIRST GAME.

THEY WILL BE LOOKING FOR A WIN WHEN THEY PLAY ON THE ROAD IN ALEXANDRIA.

>> Dennis: THANKS CHARLIE.

ACCORDING TO THE C.D.C., MORE THAN 38 MILLION AMERICANS LIVE WITH TYPE-2 DIABETES AND THAT NUMBER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE GROWING.

WHEN IT COMES TO TREATMENTS, ONE SIZE DOESN'T FIT ALL, BUT A RECENT STUDY SUGGESTS A NEW TOOL COULD HELP PATIENTS IN REAL-TIME.

IN TODAY'S HEALTH MINUTE, MANDY GAITHER TALKS TO THE STUDY'S PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR ABOUT HOW ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE MAY BE THE FUTURE OF TYPE-2 DIABETES CARE.

>> Reporter: WHEN IT COMES TO TYPE 2 DIABETES, FULL MANAGEMENT OF THE DISEASE CAN BE A STRUGGLE.

>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET THE BLOOD SUGAR UNDER CONTROL, TO REDUCE THE PATIENT'S RISK OF DEVELOPING A LONG-TERM COMPLICATION.

>> Reporter: CLEVELAND CLINIC SAYS THAT MANY OF THEIR PATIENTS WANT TO LEARN HOW TO GET OFF THE MEDICATIONS USED TO HELP THEM MANAGE BLOOD SUGARS, WHICH IS WHY HE AND A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS ARE LOOKING AT HOW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CAN HELP THROUGH AN APP ON A PATIENT'S SMARTPHONE, HE SAYS THE TECHNOLOGY USES A PERSON'S DATA FROM BIO SENSORS, INCLUDING THEIR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, AND CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITOR AND COULD LEARN A PREDICTED GLUCOSE RESPONSE TO VARIOUS MEALS AND THEN PROVIDES PERSONALIZED RECOMMENDATIONS.

>> IN REAL-TIME, IT WILL TELL THE PATIENTS BASED ON THEIR PREDICTED RESPONSE WHAT THEY SHOULD CONSUME FOR THE MEAL, HOW MANY GRAMS OF CAR BAA HEY DRATS AND THE ORDER THAT THE FOOD IS CONSUMED.

>> Reporter: 71% OF PATIENTS WHO TOOK PART IN THE STUDY WERE ABLE TO GET AN AVERAGE BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL KNOWN AS A1C OF 6.5% WITHOUT GLUCOSE LOWERING MEDICATION, EXCEPT FOR METFORMIN, COMPARED TO THE PARTICIPANTS THAT TRIED TO ACHIEVE THE SAME RESULT WITH STANDARD DIABETES CARE FROM THEIR DOCTOR AT THAT TIME.

>> WHEN YOU GIVE PATIENTS THE TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGY TO SUCCEED, THEY CAN DO REALLY WELL.

>> Reporter: FOR HEALTH MINUTE, I'M MANDY GAITHER.

[♪♪♪] >> DR. PANTALONE SAYS THESE RESULTS ARE FROM THE FIRST YEAR OF THE STUDY AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY UNDERGOING RESEARCH FOR THE 2ND YEAR.

HE SAYS RESEARCHERS ARE NOW WORKING TO DETERMINE IF THE RESULTS FROM THE FIRST YEAR CAN BE MAINTAINED IN THE LONG-TERM.

>>> WELL, WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE LAST LOOK AT OUR WEATHER.

WE GO BACK TO STACY.

>> Stacy: ANY LINGERING SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH IT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

WE COULD SEE PATCHY FOG.

PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES TOMORROW, HIGHS IN THE MID-70s, EAST WINDS UP TO 10, VERY QUIET WEATHER AS WE HEAD INTO THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND.

TEMPERATURES MAY WARM UP AS WE HEAD INTO SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

>> Dennis: THAT'S GOING TO DO IT FOR US.

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

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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