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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.

[♪♪♪] >> Dennis: HI EVERYONE, THANKS FOR WATCHING TONIGHT.

>>> AIR QUALITY ALERTS ARE OUT FOR MUCH OF THE STATE TONIGHT DUE TO SMOKE FROM WILDFIRES IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND CANADA.

SMOKE CONCENTRATION LEVELS WERE AT ALL-TIME HIGHS IN SEVERAL PARTS OF THE STATE AND THE MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY SAYS THE AIR IS HAZARDOUS FOR EVERYONE AND EVERYONE WILL BE AFFECTED.

WEATHERCASTER STACY CHRISTENSON JOINS US EARLY TONIGHT WITH THE LATEST, STACY WE'VE HAD THESE SMOKE ALERTS AT TIMES THE PAST FEW SUMMERS BUT TODAY THE SMOKE SEEMED TO BE ABOUT MORE INTENSE THAN IN THE PAST.

>> Stacy: RIGHT DENNIS, ESPECIALLY IN NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA, WHERE THE WORST AIR QUALITY IS LOCATED.

WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS IN JUST A SECOND.

WE HAVE BEEN SEEING SOME OF THE WORST AIR QUALITY IN THE WORLD THANKS TO THE WILDFIRE SMOKE.

WE DO HAVE AN AIR QUALITY ALERT AND IT DOES INCLUDE MOST OF MINNESOTA, ALL OF LAKELAND COUNTRY IN THIS, AND THIS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11:00 A.M.

ON FRIDAY.

NOW AS WE LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT WITH OUR AIR QUALITY INDEX, MAROON IS CONSIDERED HAZARDOUS, MUCH OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA IN THAT MAROON CATEGORY, AND LAKELAND IN THE PURPLE OR VERY UNHEALTHY CATEGORY.

WITH THESE TWO CATEGORIES, PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE AIR QUALITY.

WE MAY SEE SOME LIGHT ASH FALL FROM SOME OF THE SMOKE.

RED IS CONSIDERED UNHEALTHY.

THAT'S WHERE MANY MEMBERS IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC COULD EXPERIENCE HEALTH IMPACTS.

FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN THE NUMBERS, WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME VERY HIGH NUMBERS, ANYTHING OVER 150 COULD IMPACT MANY PEOPLE, OVER 300 IS HAZARDOUS.

WE HAVE MANY LOCATIONS IN OUR VIEWING AREA ABOVE 300.

LOOK AT DULUTH, 1,129, VERY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS, POOR AIR QUALITY IN THERE.

WE WANT TO LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE.

WE SHOULD START TO SEE SOME IMPROVEMENT IN THESE NUMBERS FOR MOST OF OUR VIEWING AREA AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

HOWEVER, THEY COULD WORSEN AGAIN AS WE START THE WEEKEND.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THANKS STACY.

WE WILL CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU IN A LITTLE BIT.

>>> NOW THE AIR QUALITY HAS DECLINED ALL OVER MINNESOTA TODAY.

THE CUYUNA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER IS WARNING PEOPLE ABOUT POTENTIAL HEALTH RISKS FROM BREATHING IN THE SMOKE.

AS THE AIR QUALITY INDEX REACHES HAZARDOUS AND VERY UNHEALTHY LEVELS, IT IS RECOMMENDED TO STAY INSIDE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, KEEPING HOME WINDOWS CLOSED, AND USE AIR PURIFIERS TO CLEAR OUT SMOG FROM BUILDINGS.

THE AIR IS DANGEROUS FOR EVERYONE, BUT ESPECIALLY THOSE IN SENSITIVE GROUPS.

>> WHEN THERE IS ANY POLLUTION IN THE AIR, SMOG, OR AIR POLLUTION, PEOPLE ARE AT RISK OF NOT OXYGENATING THEIR BLOOD.

SO YOU'RE BREATHING THIS AIR, YOU ARE NOT GETTING THE OXYGEN QUALITY THAT YOUR BODY NEEDS TO FUNCTION NORMALLY.

FOR PEOPLE ALREADY AT RISK WITH THEIR HEALTH LIKE WITH HEALTH DISEASE OR COPD, WHERE THEIR LUNGS ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY, THEIR OXYGEN LEVELS CAN DROP, WHICH CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS FOR HEALTH.

SOME THINGS TO LOOK OUT FOR IS IF YOU'RE FEELING SHORT OF BREATH THAN YOU ARE AT YOUR NORMAL BASELINE, THAT WOULD BE CONCERNING.

IF YOU'RE DEVELOPING ANY SORT OF WHEEZING SYMPTOMS THAT ARE NEW, THAT WOULD BE CONCERNING, OR CHEST PAIN OR DIFFICULTY MOVING AROUND YOUR HOME WOULD BE CONCERNING AND WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION.

>>> A STUDY PUBLISHED FOUND THAT LONG-TERM EXPOSURE OF PARTICLES FROM WILDFIRE SMOKE CONTRIBUTED TO AN AVERAGE OF 24,100 DEATHS A YEAR IN THE LOWER 48 STATES.

>>> AS FIRES CONTINUE TO BURN IN MINNESOTA'S SUPERIOR NATIONAL FOREST, PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS ARE URGING PUBLIC SAFETY.

ONE GROUP OF YOUNG CAMPERS HAD TO BE EVACUATED.

EMILY HALLING HAS THEIR STORY.

>> Reporter: THE ATMOSPHERE IS ASHY, SMOKEY, AND ANXIETY-RIDDEN ENERGY FILLS THE AIR.

OFFICIALS SAY MILES AWAY, HUNDREDS OF FIREFIGHTERS HAVE BOOTS ON THE GROUND BATTLING THE BLAZE.

>> IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT A SATELLITE PICTURE, IT'S LITTERED WITH FIRE RIGHT NOW.

SO THE DRY CONDITIONS LEADING UP TO THE LIGHTNING EVENT, FOLLOWED BY THREE DAYS OF HOT, DRY, WINDY.

THAT'S EXCEPTIONAL.

>> Reporter: THE U.S.

FOREST SERVICE REPORTED AT LEAST 17 DIFFERENT WILDFIRES IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA AND WITH HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ACRES AFFECTED, EVACUATION IS NO EASY FEAT.

>> WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO KEEP EVERYBODY INFORMED SO THEY ARE AWARE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING.

THIS IS A VERY FLUID SITUATION.

I THINK THE NEXT FEW DAYS ARE IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO PAY ATTENTION.

>> Reporter: WITH THE SUDDEN EVACUATION NOTICE, THE HASTINGS BROTHERS FROM STILL WATER, MINNESOTA WENT CAMPING WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS IN THE BOUNDARY WATERS.

THEY'RE IN THE THICK OF IT.

>> WE'RE CANOEING FOR A FEW DAYS AND THEN IT WAS LIKE CRAZY.

WE SAW SMOKE AND WE CALLED IN BACK TO CAMP.

THEY TOLD US THAT WE NEEDED TO LEAVE THE BOUNDARY WATERS IMMEDIATELY.

>> I WAS AT THE LAKE ONE NIGHT, WHICH WAS MONDAY NIGHT, AND THEN IT STARTED TO RAIN BLACK AND WHITE ASH.

THERE WAS A LOT OF EMBERS COMING FROM THE SKY.

>> THEN THEY SAID WE HAVE TO LEAVE.

WE JUST GOT IN THE BOAT, WE HAD TO LEAVE EVERYTHING, THE CANOE AND STUFF AND GET ON THE BOAT AND LEAVE.

>> Reporter: THE BOYS WERE REUNITED.

THEIR STORY IS NOTHING SHORT BUT A MIRACLE AND IT WAS THANKS TO THE BRAVE SERVICEMEN PATROLLING THE WATERS.

>> I KNOW EVERYONE IS HUNGRY FOR INFORMATION.

AS IT CHANGES, WE TRY TO GET IT OUT.

BACK TO WHAT THE SHERIFF SAID, WE APPRECIATE IT WHEN PEOPLE EVACUATE.

THAT PUTS A LOT OF STRESS ON OUR FIREFIGHTERS KNOWING SOMEONE MAY NOT HAVE LEFT.

THAT IS NOT SOMETHING WE TAKE EASILY.

>> KAREN HARRISON, A SPOKESPERSON FOR STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES INVOLVED IN THE RESPONSE SAID TODAY THAT SMOKE IS MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR HELICOPTERS TO FLY, AND FIRES ARE SPREADING DESPITE FIREFIGHTING EFFORTS.

>>> U.S.

IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT AGENTS ARRESTED ONE PERSON IN BEMIDJI TODAY.

CHIEF MIKE MASTIN SAYS THE BEMIDJI POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS INFORMED TODAY THAT THE U.S.

IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT AGENCY INTENDED TO WORK TARGETED ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS IN THE BEMIDJI AREA LOOKING FOR SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS.

ACCORDING TO DAVID HANSON THE OWNER OF THE SOUTHSHORE HOTEL, AROUND 11:00 THIS MORNING FEDERAL AGENTS ARRIVED IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE SOUTSHORE HOTEL.

AROUND 11:20 MASKED AGENTS EXITED THEIR VEHICLES AND APPROACHED CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WHO WERE ON BREAK.

SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS CHOSE TO RUN FROM THE AGENTS, ONE OF THOSE FLEEING ENTERED THE LAKE NEXT TO A NEARBY BUSINESS.

ICE AGENTS ARRESTED THAT PERSON.

HANSON SAYS THE ARREST DID NOT TAKE PLACE ON THE PROPERTY OF THE SOUTSHORE HOTEL AND THE PERSON ARRESTED WAS NOT AN EMPLOYEE OF THE HOTEL OR LAKESIDE MANAGEMENT.

MASTIN SAYS SEVERAL OTHER INDIVIDUALS OF INTEREST WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY ICE AGENTS.

HANSON SAYS THE SOUTHSHORE HOTEL IS CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE REPAIR AND REMODEL PROJECT STEMMING FROM LAST SUMMER'S STORM.

THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR FOR THE PROJECT IS STRONGHOUSE.

HANSON SAYS STRONGHOUSE HAS ENSURED LAKESIDE MANAGEMENT THAT ALL STRONGHOUSE EMPLOYEES AND SUBCONTRACTORS PERFORMING WORK ON CITE HAVE FULL LEGAL EMPLOYMENT STATUS.

AND, THE PROMISE WAS MADE AT THE TIME THE CONTRACT WAS NEGOTIATED AND AS RECENTLY AS LAST WEEK STRONGHOUSE DID A CHECK OF ALL ITS WORKERS AND SUBCONTRACTORS.

AT THIS TIME LAKESIDE MANAGEMENT IS NOT AWARE OF ANY INDIVIDUALS WORKING ON THEIR PROPERTIES WHO DO NOT HAVE LEGAL EMPLOYMENT STATUS.

STRONGHOUSE IS ACTIVELY IN THE PROCESS, AGAIN, OF VETTING ALL OF THEIR EMPLOYEES AND SUBCONTRACTORS.

>>> FIVE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SENTENCED FOR THEIR ROLES IN WHAT FEDERAL AUTHORITIES ARE CALLING A LARGE-SCALE DRUG TRAFFICKING CASE OUT OF WADENA COUNTY.

ALL FIVE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE SENTENCED FOR CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE METHAMPHETAMINE AND COCAINE.

40-YEAR-OLD ROBERT JOSEPH ANDERSON OF WADENA WAS SENTENCED TO 11-YEARS IN PRISON.

30-YEAR-OLD AARON THOMAS HEIFORT OF CLITHERAL RECEIVED 10-YEARS AND TWO MONTHS.

63-YEAR-OLD BILL J. RUDE OF WADENA, 10-YEARS 39-YEAR-OLD CARLOS DEYVI VALDOVINOS TREJO, 7-YEARS AND 44-YEAR-OLD JESUS VALDOVINOS, 5-YEARS INVESTIGATORS FOUND ANDERSON, A PROMINENT REGIONAL DISTRIBUTOR IN THE WADENA AREA, PROCURED BULK QUANTITIES OF METHAMPHETAMINE AND COCAINE FROM VALDOVINOS-TREJO AND VALDOVINOS, WHICH HE IN TURN SOLD TO DOWNSTREAM DISTRIBUTORS IN GREATER MINNESOTA, INCLUDING HEIFORT AND RUDE.

THE INVESTIGATION BEGAN FOLLOWING THE NOVEMBER 2023 DEATH OF A WADENA COUNTY PERSON WHO OVERDOSED ON METHAMPHETAMINE AND FENTANYL.

BETWEEN DECEMBER OF 2023 AND FEBRUARY OF 2024 DRUG AGENTS SEIZED OR PURCHASED IN CONTROLLED BUYS.

11.45 KILOGRAMS OF METHAMPHETAMINE AROUND 1.3 KILOGRAMS OF COCAINE AND 1.1 KILOGRAMS OF HEROIN.

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

>> Stacy: AIR QUALITY ALERTS CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING, OTHERWISE IT LOOKS LIKE WE COULD BE SEEING A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND UP NEXT ON LAKELAND NEWS, ELECTION RESULTS ARE IN FROM RED LAKE.

WE'LL HAVE THAT WHEN LAKELAND NEWS CONTINUES.

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

[♪♪♪] >>> DARRELL SEKI SENIOR HAS BEEN RE-ELECTED TO ANOTHER TERM AS RED LAKE TRIBAL CHAIRMAN.

SEKI SENIOR EARNED A FOURTH TERM IN OFFICE BY TOPPING FORMER CHAIRMAN FLOYD JOURDAIN IN TUESDAYS ELECTION.

SEKI SENIOR PICKED UP 55-PERCENT OF THE VOTE AND TOPPED JOURDAIN BY 347 VOTES.

IN OTHER ELECTIONS, INCUMBENT EUGENE STANDINGCLOUD TOPPED DELWYN HOLTHUSEN JUNIOR FOR THE PONEMAH REPRESENTATIVE POSITION.

CLEM MAY SENIOR TAKES THE RED LAKE REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION.

AND LISA BEAULIEU WINS THE LITTLE ROCK REPRESENTATIVE SEAT.

>>> THE LAKELAND PBS VACATION GIVEAWAY IS BACK THIS SUMMER.

WE ARE GIVING AWAY A FOUR-NIGHT STAY AT CHASE ON THE LAKE IN WALKER ALONG WITH A $200 RESORT GIFT CARD.

TO REGISTER, SEND US A POSTCARD WITH YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER ON IT AND THEN WATCH LAKELAND NEWS TO SEE IF YOUR NAME IS DRAWN, LIKE TONIGHTS FIVE POTENTIAL QUALIFIERS.

IF YOU SEE YOUR NAME TONIGHT, OR ANY NIGHT ON LAKELAND NEWS YOU CAN QUALIFY BY CALLING US ON THE VACATION GIVEAWAY HOTLINE NUMBER BEFORE 5:00 P.M.

THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY.

WE ARE ANNOUNCING FIVE POTENTIAL QUALIFIERS EVERY WEEKNIGHT THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, RIGHT HERE ON LAKELAND NEWS.

AND WE WILL ANNOUNCE THE GRAND PRIZE WINNER IN A LIVE DRAWING ON OUR MONDAY, AUGUST 31ST NEWSCAST.

>>> TIME FOR STACY NOW AS WE MOVE INTO WEATHER AND STACY, WE HEARD EARLIER ABOUT THE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

WE HEARD ABOUT THE SMOKE CONDITIONS.

NOW YOU ARE GOING TO TELL US ABOUT THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AS WELL.

>> Stacy: RIGHT, AND IN ADDITION TO THE SMOKE, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING HOT TEMPERATURES OUT THERE, HIGHS IN THE 80s AND 90s TODAY.

WE ARE EXPECTING AT LEAST A CHANCE OF SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY IN NORTHWESTERN, NORTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.

THE GOOD NEWS, SOME OF THE SMOKE SHOULD CLEAR OUT OF THE VIEWING AREA BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

[♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, IT WAS A SMOKEY AND HAZY DAY ACROSS THE AREA THANKS TO THE WILDFIRE SMOKE.

WE ARE LOOKING AT SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF FROM THAT AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

IN THE MEANTIME, WE COULD BE SEEING A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT, MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST BY TOMORROW.

OTHERWISE, EXPECT TO SEE SUNNY SKIES, STILL LOOKING AT THE SMOKE IN THE MORNING AND TEMPERATURES WILL STILL BE IN THE 80s AND 90s.

IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 79 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.

THE DEW POINT IS A STICKY 72.

WE HAVE HUMIDITY AT 78%.

IN BRAINERD, CLOUDY TONIGHT AND HAZY OUT THERE, IT'S 80 DEGREES, AND THAT DEW POINT IS UP AT 73.

PRESSURE IS FALLING, WINDS ARE SOUTHEAST AT 5 MILES PER HOUR.

LOOKING AT THIS AIR QUALITY ALERT, IT IS IN EFFECT ACROSS MOST OF THE STATE AND IT WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 11:00 A.M.

ON FRIDAY.

WE ARE EXPECTING TO SEE THE AIR QUALITY INDEX AT THE MAROON LEVEL IN NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA, MUCH OF THE VIEWING AREA IN THE PURPLE OR VERY UNHEALTHY CATEGORY.

AGAIN, WE COULD BE SEEING HEALTH EFFECTS AMONG EVERYONE WITH THE CONDITIONS IN THESE CATEGORIES, AND WE COULD ALSO SEE SOME MINOR ASH FALL DUE TO THE DENSE SMOKE.

LOOKING AT THE SATELLITE AND RADAR, WE DID HAVE THE SMOKE SHOWING UP ON THE SATELLITE PICTURE.

A FEW CLOUDS ARE OUT THERE, WE ARE STARTING TO SEE MORE CLOUD COVER IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS EVENING, AND THERE IS THE POTENTIAL OF SEEING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY IN THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT AND THEN MOVING ACROSS THE AREA INTO NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA TOMORROW MORNING.

EXPECT TO SEE PARTLY SUNNY SKIES WITH HIGHS IN THE 80s AND 90s.

SHARING A FEW WEATHER SHOTS WITH YOU, AND AGAIN THAT SMOKEY HAZY CONDITION, AND WE HAVE PICTURES FROM OUR EAGLE EYES.

ARLENE IN MENAHGA, SAMROSE WITH SOME OF THE SMOKE OVER LOWER RED LAKE EARLIER TODAY, AND BILL AND JUDY LOOKING EERIE WITH THE HAZE AND SMOKE THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

WE HAVE OTHER WEATHER SHOTS IF YOU LIKE TO HEAD TO OUR WEATHER WATCHER GROUP ON FACEBOOK, YOU CAN CHECK THOSE OUT AS WELL.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, BOB IN BLUFFTON WITH A HIGH OF 87.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, TOPPING OUT AT 86.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, 86 FOR THE HIGH.

JOAN IN LAPORTE, 84 IS THE HIGH.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, PARTLY CLOUDY AND REPORTING THAT THE HAZE IS STARTING TO CLEAR OUT A LITTLE BIT THIS EVENING, THE HIGH TODAY 84.

ON OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD WITH A HIGH OF 88 TODAY, A BIT ABOVE OUR AVERAGE OF 82.

OUR LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 61, WE HAD SUNSET AT 9:05.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 86, 6 DEGREES ABOVE OUR AVERAGE.

66 WAS OUR LOW TEMP, AND SUNSET TONIGHT AT 9:12.

SO LOOKING AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, WE MAY SEE SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

THEY WILL PUSH INTO NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW MORNING.

WE WILL, FOR THE MOST PART, BE SEEING VARIABLE CLOUDS, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, SMOKEY CONDITIONS IN THE MORNING, HIGH TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE NORTH, A LITTLE BIT COOLER IN THE FAR NORTH RIGHT AROUND 80, BUT MID TO UPPER 80s FOR THE REST OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WE ARE EXPECTING TO SEE HIGH TEMPS IN THE LOW TO POSSIBLY EVEN SOME MID-90s.

SO OUR FORECAST, VARIABLE CLOUDS TONIGHT, A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN MINNESOTA, ALONG WITH AREAS OF SMOKE.

67 IS THE LOW, PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY TOMORROW, MORNING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTHEAST, AND AREAS OF SMOKE WITH HIGHS NEAR 88.

LOOKING AT THE REST OF OUR WEEKEND FORECAST, PLENTY OF SUNSHINE THIS WEEKEND AND HIGHS WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 80s.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE CONDITIONS ON MONDAY AND THEN ON TUESDAY, HIGHS WILL BE A BIT COOLER, TOPPING OUT AT 80.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, CHARLIE IS HERE WITH OUR SPORTS.

>> Charlie: WE HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO AN NHL PLAYER FROM BAXTER.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PART OF A FULL INTERVIEW THAT WILL GET POSTED ONLINE LATER WITH HIM AND COUPLE HIGHLIGHTS FOR YOU AS WELL, COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

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

[♪♪♪] >>> IN IS 154 HISTORY, THE ONLY THING WE KNOW FOR CERTAIN WITH THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP IS A COURSE NEVER PLAY IT IS SAME WAY TWICE.

THE TOURNAMENT RETURNS TO WHAT SOME ARE CALLING A BURNT OUT LOYAL BERKDALE.

RORY McILROY HAD TROUBLE ALL DAY BUT AT 13, FINDS THE CUP FOR A BIRDIE.

WORLD'S NUMBER ONE, SCOTTY HAD FOUR BIRDIES IN THE FIRST SIX HOLES, HE TIED FOR 13 AT 2-UNDER-PAR.

LEAVING THE TOURNAMENT, JACKSON IN HIS OPEN DEBUT, CARDS A 5-UNDER AFTER THE EAGLE HERE AT 17.

HE'S THE FOURTH PLAYER TO LEAVE THE OPEN AFTER HIS DEBUT ROUND.

IT'S A TOP HEAVY LEADERBOARD.

22 OF THEM HAVE 3 SHOTS.

>>> IT'S BEEN QUITE THE SUMMER FOR BAXTER'S ERIC POHLKAMP.

FROM WINNING A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN MEN'S HOCKEY WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER, TO SIGNING AN NHL CONTRACT WITH THE SAN JOSE SHARKS, WE HAD A CHANCE TO SIT DOWN WITH POHLKAMP AND TALK ABOUT IT ALL.

HE HAD A LOT TO SAY, SO HERE IS A PORTION OF THAT INTERVIEW, WHICH WE WILL POST ON OUR WEBSITE IN ITS ENTIRETY.

>> YOU WON A NATIONAL TITLE.

I KNOW THAT IS SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO DO.

HOW DID IT FEEL TO ACCOMPLISH THAT GOAL?

>> HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR, IF I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU, I WOULD HAVE SECOND GUESSED YOU.

WE'RE SUPER HAPPY AND FORTUNATE TO WIN ONE IN VEGAS.

EVERYONE BOUGHT IN, EVERYONE PLAYED THEIR ROLES.

WE HAD A HECK OF A COACH, WE GOT IT DONE, GREAT GOALTENDING TOWARDS THE END, ALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR PRETTY MUCH.

SUPER HAPPY AND CAN'T BE THANKFUL ENOUGH.

>> JUST DESCRIBE WHAT THESE LAST THREE WEEKS, THIS LAST MONTH HAS BEEN LIKE FOR YOU.

>> A LOT OF EMOTION.

FOR ME, I AM A DAY-TO-DAY GUY.

I LIVE IT DAY-TO-DAY AND I TRY TO EXPERIENCE IT THE MOST I CAN.

AND ARRIVING IN VEGAS, ALL THE EMOTIONS FROM LAST YEAR, PLAYING MICHIGAN IS A REALLY GOOD TEAM AND GOING DOUBLE OVERTIME WITH THEM, THERE WAS A TON OF EMOTION THERE.

IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE.

SUPER FORTUNATE I GOT TO BE PUT IN THAT ROOM AND THEN WAKING UP THE NEXT DAY AND YOU'RE PLAYING THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AND YOU'RE INJURED AND BANGED UP, BUT YOU WANT TO KEEP PUSHING THROUGH AND BE THERE FOR YOUR TEAMMATES AND TO BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THAT GAME WAS AWESOME.

BEING DOWN 1-0, AND THEN WINNING IN THE THIRD PERIOD, THAT WHOLE NIGHT WITH YOUR FAMILY, THE ALUMNI, THE COACHES, TEAMMATES, THAT WHOLE WEEK GOING BACK TO DENVER WAS A WHIRLWIND.

YOU'RE HAVING MEETINGS AND YOUR MIND IS NOT STOPPING.

SAN JOSE CALLS YOU TO SIGN THE ENTRY LEVEL CONTRACT.

I PROBABLY WAS NOT AS EXCITED BECAUSE THERE WAS SO MUCH GOING ON AND IT FELT LIKE ANOTHER THING.

FLYING OUT TO SAN JOSE, LETTING THE TEAM COOL OFF, PLAYING A GAME THAT FRIDAY.

OBVIOUSLY, FLYING BACK TO MINNESOTA.

SO, IT'S BEEN A CRAZY THREE WEEKS AND IT'S GOING TO BE NICE TO SETTLE IN BRAINERD AND LOOK AT THE LAY EVERY DAY, AND GET YOUR THOUGHTS TOGETHER AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT STEP.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE AWESOME.

>> HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE A PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY PLAYER?

>> I WANT TO BE A KID AGAIN.

I WANT TO GO BACK TO COLLEGE.

DEFINITELY A TIME IN YOUR LIFE WHERE YOU FLIP THE SWITCH AND YOU KNOW, MY THREE YEARS OF COLLEGE HOCKEY HAS BEEN AWESOME.

I EXPERIENCED SO MANY LESSONS, SO MANY HIGHS AND LOWS, AND I WON'T FORGET THE EXPERIENCES I HAD.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A NEW STEP, A LOT OF LEARNING, AND YOU KNOW, I WAS TALKING TO MY PARENTS ABOUT BUYING A CAR AND AN APARTMENT OUT THERE, STUFF I HAVE NEVER DONE BEFORE.

EVEN A FINANCIAL ADVISER, STUFF LIKE THAT I WILL HAVE TO LEARN PRETTY QUICK.

THERE WILL NEED TO BE A LOT OF TRAINING AND GETTING READY FOR THE NEXT STEP.

IT'S PRO-HOCKEY, YOU'RE TRYING TO TAKE SOMEONE'S JOB.

IT'S GOING TO BE FUN, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT AND SEE WHERE IT TAKES ME.

>> WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO REPRESENT THIS TOWN?

>> I LOOK AT THE JERSEYS IN THE HOCKEY RINK AND I WILL HAVE MY JERSEY THERE.

THEY WILL PUT MY GOLD MEDAL JERSEY UP WHICH WILL BE AWESOME, AND HOPEFULLY THEY CAN PUT A SHARKS JERSEY UP THERE.

JUST AN OPPORTUNITY THAT BRAINERD HAS GIVEN ME, THEY TREAT ME UNBELIEVABLE HERE AND RUN THE YOUTH CAMP AND I AM GOING TO RUN ONE IN DENVER THIS YEAR JUST TO GIVE BACK TO THE KIDS A LITTLE BIT.

SO, I'M SO HAPPY TO BE BORN HERE.

ALL MY TEAMMATES THAT LIVE IN MINNEAPOLIS, I'LL SHOW THEM A GOOD TIME AND THEY CAN EXPERIENCE IT AS WELL.

>> Charlie: HE WILL BE PLAYING IN THE ALL-STAR GAME THIS SATURDAY SO YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE HIM THERE IF YOU'RE AROUND.

>> Dennis: THANKS CHARLIE.

FAILURE IS NOT AS YOU -- SUCCESS, IT'S PART OF SUCCESS.

NOW RAY AND MANDY HOPE YOU CAN MAKE YOUR NEXT TRIP ON THE WATER A SUCCESSFUL ONE.

>> TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THINGS WE HAVE DONE THAT HAVE FAILED US AS ANGLERS, AND WE LEARNED NOT TO EVER DO THAT AGAIN.

I THINK WE LEARNED NOT TO DO THAT AGAIN.

ONE OF MY BIGGEST REGRETS WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, LET'S JUST SAY A FEW YEARS YOUNGER THAN I AM NOW, I HAD ON A MONSTER NORTHERN PIKE.

I WOULD SAY IT WAS A 43-44 INCH NORTHERN PIKE.

IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT PIKES, THAT'S A BIG PIKE.

I DID NOT HAVE FRESH LINE AND I HAD THAT THING RIGHT BY THE BOAT AND IT SNAPPED ME OFF.

I NEVER SAW IT AGAIN.

I THOUGHT THAT DAY I WILL NEVER GO OUT AGAIN WITHOUT HAVING FRESH LINE TO FISH WITH BECAUSE THAT WAS SOMETHING I NEVER FORGOT THAT I LOST.

THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT WAS SNAP RODS.

RODS TODAY ARE VERY EXPENSIVE.

IN FACT, THE RODS WE BUY TODAY FOR $30 TO $40, 10 TO 12 YEARS AGO, WERE $100 IN QUALITY.

NOW THE RODS ARE MORE EXPENSIVE BUT BETTER QUALITY.

I HAD CUSTOMERS ON MY BOAT, THREE EXPENSIVE RODS, AND A GUY STEPPED ON ALL THREE OF THEM AND SNAPPED THEM ALL IN HALF.

SO, I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW MUCH IT COST BUT IT COST A LOT.

I NEVER EVER LEFT A ROD LAYING IN MY BOAT AGAIN.

MANDY IS GOING TO SHARE A FEW OF HER FAILURES.

>> I AM GOING TO PLAYOFF RAY'S SNAPPED ROD REEL.

CHECK YOUR EYE LIDS, IF YOU ARE A BIG BRAID OR SUPER LINE USER, YOU NEED GOOD EYELETS AND RODS.

IF YOU DON'T, THE EYELETS CAN GET SHARP.

IT WILL BE THE NUMBER ONE REASON FOR A SNAPPED LINE, THE EYELETS THEMSELVES ARE ROUGH.

SIMPLY GRABBING A Q-TIP AND RUNNING IT THROUGH YOUR ROD TO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T HAVE ROUGH EDGES TO SNAP THAT LINE.

THE LAST ONE IS PERSONAL TO MY HEART, DEAD BATTERIES.

DEAD BATTERIES ARE LITERALLY AN END OF THE DAY -- ACTUALLY, PREVENT THE DAY FROM HAPPENING.

SO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE CHECKING YOUR BATTERIES BEFORE YOU GO OUT AND THAT YOU ARE PLUGGING IN YOUR BOAT EVERY TIME YOU USE IT.

JUST BE COGNIZANT OF IT.

SOMETIMES CHARGERS ARE SHOWING GREEN WHEN THEY ARE ACTUALLY NOT, SO IT ALWAYS PAYS TO THROW A BATTERY TESTER ON THEM BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE GOOD TO GO BEFORE YOU HIT THE WATER.

>> SO FROM TWO PEOPLE THAT FISH A LOT, YOU LEARNED MISTAKES.

DON'T MAKE THEM.

I'M RAY GILDOW.

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

>> Dennis: WE'RE OUT OF TIME HERE, GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY, WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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