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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.

>>> THE BEMIDJI CITY COUNCIL HAS EXTENDED THE CITY'S LOCAL EMERGENCY DECLARATION FOR ANOTHER 2 WEEKS.

FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE BELTRAMI COUNTY BOARD WHO EXTENDED THE COUNTY'S DECLARATION LAST WEEK.

CITY MANAGER, RICH SPICZKA, SAID HE BELIEVES THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF UNCERTAINTIES REGARDING INSURANCE AND PROPERTY DAMAGE.

HE SAYS THERE ARE ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE STRUCTURES AROUND THE CITY THAT ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF REPAIRS, BUT THE CITY WANTS TO WAIT FOR THE FULL INSURANCE DETAILS BEFORE DOING THEM.

ONCE THE CITY RECEIVES THE APPROPRIATE INFORMATION.

OFFICIALS WILL BE ABLE TO SUBMIT A BID FOR REPAIRS WITHOUT HAVING TO WAIT FOR APPROVAL FROM THE COUNCIL.

>> WE HAVE MULTIPLE ROOF INS THE CITY THAT ARE DAMAGED.

WE ARE WORRIED OF TAKING ON MORE WATER.

WE WOULD LIKE TO FIX THEM, TO PRESERVE EVERYTHING UNDERNEATH.

THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF ITEMS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, NOT SOMETHING WE DISCOVER A MONTH FROM NOW THAT WE HAVE A PICNIC SHELTER THAT HAS ROOF DAMAGE OR AN OPEN PAVILION.

THOSE WE WILL GO THROUGH A NORMAL PROCESS ON BECAUSE IT'S NOT EMERGENT.

IT'S JUST THE EMERGENT THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO PRESERVE WHATEVER INTEGRITY WE HAVE LEFT IN SAID STRUCTURE.

>> SPICZKA ADDED THAT IF ANY MORE DAMAGE IS DISCOVERED TO ANY NON-EMERGENT STRUCTURES AFTER THE DECLARATION COMES TO AN END.

THE CITY PLANS TO TAKE CARE OF IT THEMSELVES.

>>> THE DEATHS OF THE TWO PEOPLE IN PIERZ HAVE BEEN RULED A MURDER/SUICIDE.

LAST FRIDAY, JULY 18TH, MORRISON COUNTY DEPUTIES AND PIERZ POLICE OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A HOME AT 633 RIVER VALLEY ROAD IN PIERZ.

UPON ARRIVAL, TWO BODIES WERE DISCOVERED WHICH HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 32-YEAR-OLD CRYSTAL MARSCHEL OF PIERZ AND HER BOYFRIEND 34-YEAR-OLD JOHN GANS OF RICE.

BOTH DIED OF GUNSHOT WOUNDS.

A 40-CALIBER HANDGUN WAS RECOVERED FROM THE SCENE.

ACCORDING TO THE MIDWEST MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE, MARSCHEL DIED FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE HEAD AND WAS A VICTIM OF HOMICIDE.

GAN'S DEATH WAS RULED SUICIDE.

IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS EXPERIENCING A CRISIS, HELP IS AVAILABLE.

PLEASE REACH OUT TO LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES OR CALL/TEXT 9-8-8 FOR THE SUICIDE AND CRISIS LIFELINE.

>>> A 21-YEAR-OLD NEVIS MAN DIED IN A SWIMMING ACCIDENT AT A LAKE IN NEVIS.

THE HUBBARD COUNTY SHERRIFS OFFICE SAYS A GROUP WAS SWIMMING IN LAKE BELLE TAINE A LITTLE AFTER 2:00 A.M. ON JULY 19TH WHEN ONE OF THE SWIMMERS JUMPED OFF THE DOCK AND FOUND AIDEN THOMPSON LYING FACE DOWN IN THE WATER.

BYSTANDERS WERE PERFORMING C.P.R.

ON THOMPSON WHEN DEPUTIES ARRIVED ON THE SCENE AND EMERGENCY RESPONDERS CONTINUED TO PERFORM LIFESAVING MEASURES BUT THOMPSON WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.

AN AUTOPSY REPORT REVEALED THAT THOMPSON DIED OF CERVICAL SPINE FROM CLUR.

-- FRACTURE.

>>> IT WAS A BUSY WEEKEND FOR THE BEMIDJI FIRE DEPARTMENT.

FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED TO THREE FIRES THIS WEEKEND, TWO AT POLE TYPE BUILDINGS AND ONE AT AN ABANDONED TWO STORY HOME.

THE FIRE AT THE ABANDONED HOME HAPPENED AROUND 5:30 SATURDAY MORNING IN CASS LAKE.

THE HOME AND ITS CONTENT ARE A TOTAL LOSS AND THE FIE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

THE FIRST POLE BUILDING FIRE HAPPENED LATER ON SATURDAY JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT ON GULL LAKE LOOP ROAD ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF BEMIDJI.

THE OTHER HAPPENED ON SUNDAY AROUND 7:00 P.M. ON RODEO DRIVE NORTHWEST, ABOUT FIVE MILES NORTH OF BEMIDJI.

NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AT EITHER FIRE AND BEMIDJI FIRE CHIEF JUSTIN SHERWOOD REPORTS BOTH FIRE APPEAR TO BE ACCIDENTAL.

>>> THE BRAINERD CITY COUNCIL IS SUPPORTING THE CROW WING COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE'S AGREEMENT WITH U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT, ALSO KNOWN AS I.C.E.

COUNCIL MEMBER JEFF CZEZOK PRESENTED THE AGENDA ITEM AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, BEFORE SEEING THE RESOLUTION PASS UNANIMOUSLY.

EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE COUNTY AGREED TO JOIN THE AGENCY'S 287-G PROGRAM, WHICH ALLOWS I.C.E.

TO DELEGATE LOCAL OFFICERS THE AUTHORITY TO PERFORM SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS UNDER THE AGENCY'S DIRECTION.

A BRAINERD CITIZEN SUGGESTED THE RESOLUTION TO CZEZOK AND ALSO HELPED THE COUNCILMAN DRAFT IT FOR THE MEETING.

>> SUCH DECISIONS BEING MADE BY THEM ARE SINCERELY COMING FROM ALLEGIANCE TO THEIR OATHS AND MADE IN THEIR STUDIED ASSESSMENT OF THE BEST INTEREST AND NEEDED SECURITY OF THE CITIZENS OF CROW WING COUNTY AND THE SAFETY OF ALL ITS INHABITANTS.

>> COUNCIL MEMBER GABE JOHNSON ADDED THAT HE'S GLAD TO SEE THE COUNTY MADE THIS AGREEMENT WITH I.C.E.

AND THAT PEOPLE SHOULD RESPECT ALL THE LAWS IN THIS COUNTRY.

>>> MINNESOTA STATE SENATOR NICOLE MITCHELL'S LAWYER SAYS THAT SHE WILL RESIGN AFTER SHE WAS CONVICTED OF BURGLARY.

THE DEMOCRATIC FIRST-TERM SENATOR WAS ARRESTED IN APRIL OF 2024 WHEN SHE BROKE INTO HER ESTRANGED STEPMOTHER'S HOME AND TOLD POLICE SHE WAS LOOKING FOR HER FATHER'S BELONGINGS.

A JURY DELIBERATED FOR THREE HOURS ON FRIDAY BEFORE FINDING HER GUILTY OF FIRST-DEGREE BURGLARY AND POSSESSION OF BURGLARY TOOLS.

MITCHELL REPRESENTS A SUBURBAN DISTRICT EAST OF ST. PAUL.

DEMOCRATIC GOV.

TIM WALZ SAYS HE PLANS TO CALL A SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL HER SEAT AS SOON AS TIME PERMITS AND RETURN THE SENATE TO FULL STRENGTH BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE RECONVENES FOR ITS REGULAR SESSION IN FEBRUARY.

>>> LEECH LAKE TRIBAL COLLEGE CELEBRATED ITS 35TH ANNIVERSARY LAST WEEK AT THE NORTHERN LIGHTS CASINO IN WALKER.

THE COLLEGE ORIGINALLY STARTED IN THE OLD CASS LAKE-BENA HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING THEN MOVED INTO AN OLD CHURCH FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.

LATER THEY WERE ABLE TO MOVE AND EXPAND INTO THE CAMPUS THAT IT IS TODAY, WITH ADDITIONAL PLANS FOR GROWTH COMING IN THE FUTURE.

MANY FORMER STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND FACULTY GAVE REMARKS ABOUT THEIR TIME AT THE COLLEGE, AND HOW HAVING A COLLEGE INSTILLED IN ANISHINAABE VALUES HAS IMPACTED THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY.

>> THE LEECH LAKE TRIBAL COLLEGE IS REALLY AN EXTENSION OF SELF GOVERNANCE AND SELF-DETERMINATION.

WE'RE ABLE TO SET THE STANDARDS AT THAT COLLEGE.

REALLY WHAT IT MEANS TO GET A DEGREE, TO GET AN EDUCATION, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE TRIBAL COLLEGE REALLY INSTILLS IN ITS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM IS THAT ANISHINAABE HISTORY, UNDERSTANDING OUR CULTURE, OUR LANGUAGE, THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT IDENTITY AND MOVING FORWARD IN LIFE IN WHATEVER FIELD THE STUDENT IS DECIDING TO MOVE FORWARD IN.

>> THE LEECH LAKE TRIBAL COLLEGE INCLUDES AROUND 50 FACULTY, STAFF, AND ADMINISTRATORS, AS WELL AS CLOSE TO 200 STUDENTS.

MOST OF THEM COMING FROM THE LEECH LAKE RESERVATION.

ONLY ABOUT FIVE-PERCENT OF THE STUDENT POPULATION IS NON-NATIVE AMERICAN.

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

>> Stacy: SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS COULD BRING HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE AREA AND PARTS OF OUR VIEWING AREA ARE UNDER A FLOOD WATCH.

I'LL HAVE THE DETAILS IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, THE NORTHWOODS BATTERED WOMEN'S SHELTER IN BEMIDJI HAS OFFICIALLY MOVED TO THEIR NEW LOCATION [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> THE NORTHWOODS BATTERED WOMEN'S SHELTER HAS COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION ON A NEW FACILITY IN BEMIDJI THAT SERVES BELTRAMI AND CASS COUNTIES.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK VISITED THE NEW $2.7 MILLION BUILDING AND HAS MORE DETAILS ON WHY A SHELTER LIKE THIS CAN CHANGE LIVES.

>> IN THE EVENT OF EXPERIENCING INTERMATE PARTNER VIOLENCES MILLIONS OF WOMEN'S NEED A PLACE TO GO DURING A TIME OF CRISIS.

THE BATTERED WOMAN'S SHELTER MOVED TO A NEW FACILITY.

THE $2.7 MILLION BUILDING IS MUCH BIGGER THAN THE OLD ONE AND THIS ONE HAS A CAPACITY TO HOUSE 24 WOMEN.

>> PROVIDING INDIVIDUALS AFFECTED BY INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, WITH A PLACE TO GO, A PLACE TO BE HEARD, A PLACE TO HAVE A NEW BEGINNING.

>> Reporter: THE SHELTER IS OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK WITH AND THE CLOCK STAFF AND PROVIDING A PLACE TO STAY, FOOD TO EAT, THEY AIM TO HELP WOMEN AS MUCH AS THEY CAN IN THE 60-DAY STAY.

>> PEOPLE DON'T THINK OF BLANKETS, PILLOWS, HAIR BRUSH, FINGERNAIL CLIPPERS.

WHEN SOMEONE FLEES, THEY HAVE, AT MOST TIMES NOTHING.

>> Reporter: ADVOCATES HELP WOMEN RESTART THEIR LIVES AS THEY ARE STAYING IN THE SECURE, SAFE FACILITY.

>> YOU LEFT, YOU DON'T HAVE A BIRTH CERTIFICATE.

YOU MAY NOT HAVE YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE.

WE WILL HELP GET ALL OF THOSE THINGS RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING OR OUR COMMUNITY ADVOCATE DOES ALL OF THOSE.

ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT YOU NEED TO LIVE, WE CAN FOR THE MOST PART GET AND HELP WITH.

>> Reporter: BUT EVEN WITH THE NEW BUILDING AND ALL OF THE RESOURCES, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE SHELTER IS STILL SERVING WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHO RECENTLY BEEN THROUGH TRAUMATIC EVENTS.

>> IT'S OVERWHELMING.

IT'S HEART-WRENCHING TO KNOW THAT SOME OF THESE PEOPLE THAT WE ARE SERVING HERE, ALL THEY NEED IS A SMILE AND THEY NEED A TALK.

THAT'S ALL THEY NEED FROM US.

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

>> IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS EXPERIENCING INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, THE NORTHWOODS BATTERED WOMEN'S SHELTER'S CRISIS LINE PHONE NUMBER IS ON THE SCREEN.

THE PHONE LINE AND THE SHELTER ARE OPEN 24/7.

>>> THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION INVITES THE TRAVELING PUBLIC AND LOCAL COMMUNITY TO A PUBLIC MEETING TO VIEW THE RECOMMENDED DESIGN FOR THE HIGHWAY 371 AND HIGHWAY 210 INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IN BAXTER.

TWO OPEN HOUSE STYLE MEETINGS WILL BE HELD TOMORROW, TUESDAY, JULY 22ND.

THE FIRST IS FROM 1:00 TO 2:30 P.M. AND THE SECOND IS FROM 4:00 TO 6:00 P.M.

BOTH TAKE PLACE AT THE MINN-DOT OFFICE IN BAXTER DURING THE MEETINGS, THERE WILL BE AN ONGOING VIDEO PRESENTATION ABOUT THE RECOMMENDED DESIGN AND GUESTS MAY COME AND GO AT THEIR LEISURE.

THE PROJECT AIMS TO IMPROVE ACCESS, SAFETY AND TRAFFIC FLOW THROUGH THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA.

MINN-DOT HAS SELECTED A PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE BASED ON A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF CURRENT AND FUTURE DEMOGRAPHICS, LAND USE, DEVELOPMENT TRENDS AND TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY DATA.

PLANNING AND DESIGN WORK WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 2027, WITH CONSTRUCTION EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN 2028.

>>> ALL SUMMER LONG, VIEWERS HAVE BEEN ENTERING THE LAKELAND PBS VACATION GIVE AWAY.

THIS YEAR ONCE AGAIN, WE ARE GIVING AWAY A THREE-NIGHT STAY AT CRAGUNS RESORT NEAR BRAINERD.

AND HERE ARE TONIGHTS FIVE POTENTIAL QUALIFIERS.

IF YOU SEE YOUR NAME, CALL THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN BEFORE THE END OF THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY AND YOU WILL HAVE A SHOT AT BEING OUR 2025 CRAGUNS VACATION GRAND PRIZE WINNER, WHICH WE WILL BE ANNOUNCING IN A LIVE DRAWING ON THE MONDAY, AUGUST 25TH NEWSCAST.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, STACY JOINS US NOW.

SOME HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLY TOMORROW.

>> Stacy: WE COULD BE SEEING SOME HEAVY RAIN TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY MORNING.

WE MAY HAVE A NUMBER OF ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING IN AND PARTS OF THE VIEWING AREA IS UNDER A FLOOD WATCH LATE TUESDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

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

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WE HAD A LOT OF CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND SOME GLIMPSES OF SUNSHINE AND A FEW RAIN SHOWERS MOVING THROUGH.

AS WE HEAD INTO THE OVERNIGHT, WE'RE EXPECTING TO SEE A LOT OF CLOUD COVER, BUT WE WILL ALSO SEE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

NUMEROUS CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW AND WEDNESDAY.

SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL, SO WE DO HAVE THE FLOOD WATCH OUT FOR PART OF THE VIEWING AREA.

WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT IN A SECOND.

THE CURRENT CONDITIONS AT BEMIDJI, WINDS ARE OUT OF THE SOUTH AT 4 MILES PER HOUR, HUMIDITY IS 87%.

IN BRAINERD, WE HAVE CLOUDY SKIES, A BIT HAZY OUT THERE, 70 DEGREES, THE DEW POINT IS 64, PRESSURE IS HOLDING STEADY, WINDS ARE SOUTHEAST AT 6 MILES PER HOUR.

MUCH OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA IS UNDER A FLOOD WATCH.

THIS BEGINS TUESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUES THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL FORECASTED ON TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

FLOODING OF CREEKS, STREAMS, AND LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

AS FAR AS PRECIPITATION TOTALS.

THIS IS THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

WE'RE LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE RAINFALL WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

YOU CAN SEE THE TOTALS ARE CLOSE TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING, BOTH IN BEMIDJI AND WADENA, 1.5 INCHES IN MANY OTHER LOCATIONS.

SO WE COULD BE SEEING SOME SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

AS FAR AS TONIGHT, SO FAR, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING SOME CLOUDS, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF BLUE SKIES IN THE MIX.

HEADING INTO THE OVERNIGHT, WE WILL BE SEEING PLENTY OF CLOUD COVER AND THERE ARE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RETURNING AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

THOSE CONTINUE INTO TOMORROW AND INTO WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY MORNING.

AGAIN, WITHIN THAT WE COULD SEE SOME OF THOSE THUNDERSTORMS.

THERE IS THAT LEVEL 2 OUT OF 5 RISK OF SOME SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH MOST OF THE AREA TOMORROW.

ALSO, THERE IS THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT COULD CREATE THE FLOODING CONCERNS.

A NUMBER OF WEATHER SHOTS SENT IN TONIGHT, BEAUTIFUL COLORS IN THE SKY FROM ARLENE IN MENAHGA.

SAMROSE CAPTURING THE SUNRISE OVER UPPER RED LAKE.

LAURIE SPOTTING A FAMILY OF SWANS AT LITTLE TURTLE LAKE AND FAWN VISITING RALPH'S YARD IN JENKINS.

SHAWN SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF A DEER WITH A LATE NIGHT SNACK AT OUR STUDIOS IN BEMIDJI.

CHRISTOPHER SENDING US THIS PICTURE OF THE SUNSET IN LONGVILLE AND BILL AND JUDY WITH THE SUNSET OVER UPPER RED LAKE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

EAGLE EYES REPORTS, DEBRA AT PINE RIVER REPORTING 60 THIS MORNING.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, ALSO WITH 0.08-INCH OF RAIN, AND CHRISTOPHER AT LONGVILLE, 70 DEGREES THIS EVENING.

A QUICK LOOK AT OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD TOPPED OUT AT 74, IT WAS A BIT MUGGY, THE LOW WAS 60.

BEMIDJI HAD A HIGH OF 76.

TOMORROW'S FORECAST, WE COULD SEE AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, AND STRO TO SEVERE STORMS IN THE MIX AND THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING, INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING, WITH MORE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS WE HEAD INTO WEDNESDAY.

AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES GO, A LITTLE BIT COOLER IN THE FAR NORTH, BUT MANY OF US WILL SEE THE HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID-80s IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST, MOSTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT, A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

ALSO COULD SEE SOME AREAS OF SMOKE WITH LOWS NEAR 63.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TOMORROW WITH HIGHS NEAR 81.

EXTENDED FORECAST, MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACTIVITY WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

TEMPERATURE-WISE, WE SHOULD SEE THE HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70s TO AROUND 80.

AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND, SMALLER CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID-80s.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THANKS STACY.

CHARLIE IS HERE NOW.

A BIG GOLF TOURNAMENT IN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA.

>> Charlie: YES, THE MINNESOTA AMATEUR STATE GOLF TOURNAMENT PUT ON BY THE M.G.A.

WE HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT AT MADDENS AND A COUPLE LOCAL FACES TO INTRODUCE YOU TO.

THAT AND MORE COMING U [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪] >>> SINCE 1901 THE MGA AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP HAS SERVED AS THE PINNACLE OF NO-PROFESSIONAL GOLF IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA.

THE 3-DAY, 54-HOLE TOURNAMENT IS COMPRISED OF 156-AMATEURS PLAYING FOR THE TOTTEN HEFFEL-FINGER TROPHY AND A FULL EXEMPTION INTO THE 2025 U.S.

AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE OLYMPIC CLUB IN SAN FRANCISCO AND IN ITS 122ND YEAR, THE CHAMPIONSHIP IS BEING HOSTED AT THE CLASSIC AT MADDEN'S IN BRAINERD, MINNESOTA.

A LOT OF LOCAL FACES, INCLUDING BEMIDJI STATE'S CULLEN RYAN, ON SEVEN, NICE APPROACH ON THE GREEN.

BRAINERD ALUM, DAWSON STICK IT IS GREEN, SETS UP PAR.

HE FINISHES THE DAY WITH AN 83.

THEN OVER AT 6, CURRENT BRAINERD WARRIOR FINDS THE END OF THE CUP, PUTS HIM 65th OVERALL.

THEN ON 5, FORMER STAPLES MOTLEY CARDINAL CARTER WHITE IS IN A TIE FOR 33rd.

HERE IS THE ROUND ONE LEADERBOARD.

I WANT TO POINT TO TIED FOR 4th, HANK, A MADDENS EMPLOYEE.

THIS IS HIS FIRST STATE AMATEUR TOURNAMENT, AND HE WAS A FIRST ALTERNATE.

HE WASN'T GOING TO MAKE THE TOURNAMENT AT FIRST AND NOW HE IS SITTING ONE BACK OF THE LEAD.

>>> TWINS CONTINUE THEIR 6-GAME ROAD TRIP OUT WEST, TONIGHT IN LOS ANGELES TAKING ON THE DODGERS.

BYRON BUCKSTON VERSUS SHOHEI OHTANI.

AND NOW HE MAKES UP FOR HIS MISTAKE AND THEN SOME, A 2-RUN SHOT, PUTS THE DODGERS IN FRONT, 2-1.

WILL SMITH WILL ADD A HOME RUN, MADE IT 3-1, AND THAT IS WHERE IT WAS AT AFTER THE TOP OF 5.

>>> SUNDAY MARKED THE FINAL POINTS WEEKEND OF JULY AT THE BEMIDJI SPEEDWAY AND WITH JUST THREE SUNDAYS LEFT TO COLLECT POINTS BEFORE THE SEASON CHAMPIONSHIP, THERE WAS PLENTY OF EXCITEMENT AS RACERS JOCKEYED FOR POSITION IN THE STANDINGS.

EVEN THE GOOD BOY WAS AT THE TRACK, ENJOYING THE RACES FOR GREAT RIVER RESCUE NIGHT.

WE'LL START OFF WITH THE MIDWEST MODIFIEDS, IN THE 10, MICHAEL BLEVINS SENIOR FOUND A WAY AHEAD MID RACE AND STAYED THERE FOR HIS 2ND WIN OF THE SEASON AT BEMIDJI, 5TH SEASON WIN OVERALL.

IN THE MINI-STOCKS, CONRAD SCHWINN OF LITTLE FALLS TOOK THE CHECKERED FLAG FOR THE SECOND WEEK IN A ROW, IT WAS THE NUMBER 6'S 4TH WIN OF THE YEAR AND MOVES HIM TO CLASS POINTS LEADER, 3-AHEAD OOF NICK MCCANN.

AND IN THE PURE STOCKS, IT WAS NECK AND NECK BETWEEN THE 35-B JOSH BERG AND 21-X DUSTIN PUFFE, BUT PUFFE EDGES BERG ON THE FINAL TURN TO SECURE HIS 12TH WIN OF THE SEASON AND STAY THE BEMIDJI TRACK POINTS LEADER.

HE'S CURRENTLY 2ND NATIONALLY IN WISSOTA PURE STOCK POINTS.

HERE ARE ALL OF SUNDAY'S WINNERS, RUSSELL KIKER JUNIOR FROM BRAINERD ONE OF THEM, HE'S RANKED THIRD NATIONALLY, AND DAWSON OELRICH OF BEMIDJI PICKING UP HIS FIRST WIN OF 2025.

>>> THE BSU WOMEN'S GOLF TEAM HAS RELEASED THEIR SCHEDULE FOR THE 2025 FALL SEASON.

THE BEAVERS WILL BE PLAYING FOUR TOURNAMENTS NEXT FALL, INCLUDING THE ONLY HOME MEET OF THEIR REGULAR SEASON WHEN THEY HOST THE TRACY LANE INVITE AT BEMIDJI TOWN AND COUNTRY CLUB ON SEPTEMBER 8TH AND 9TH.

FOLLOWING THE TRACY LANE, THE BEAVERS WILL TRAVEL TO WISCONSIN FOR THE MSU CSP FALL BRAWL, THEN TO THE WATKINS INVITATIONAL HOSTED BY WINONA STATE, AND FINISH WITH THE MUSTANG INVITE HOSTED SMSU.

>>> FOR THE FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW, BSU WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL WAS SELECTED AS A RECIPIENT OF THE AMERICAN VOLLEYBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION TEAM ACADEMIC AWARD.

THE AWARD RECOGNIZES VOLLEYBALL TEAMS WHO OBTAIN A YEARLONG 3.3 OR HIGHER CUMULATIVE G.P.A.

THE BEAVERS WRAPPED UP THEIR SCHOOL YEAR WITH A 3.65 TEAM G.P.A., THE THIRD HIGHEST AMONG BSU WOMEN'S PROGRAMS.

DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB THERE IN THE CLASSROOM, AS WELL AS ON THE COURT.

>> Dennis: LOOKS THAT WAY.

THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> ACCORDING TO THE ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION, APPROXIMATELY 61 PERCENT OF AMERICANS PLAY VIDEO GAMES FOR AT LEAST ONE HOUR EVERY WEEK.

BUT VIDEO GAMES AREN'T THE ONLY CASH COW IN THE GAMING INDUSTRY, THE TABLE TOP GAMES MARKET IS WORTH NEARLY $3 BILLION AND IS EXPECTED TO DOUBLE WITHIN THE NEXT 10 YEARS, ACCORDING TO ALLIED MARKET RESEARCH.

REPORTER DANIEL PURSELL CAUGHT UP WITH ONE LOCAL TABLE TOP GAME SHOP FOR THIS WEEK'S IN BUSINESS.

>> WHEN SOMEONE THINKS OF TABLETOP GAMES, THEY MAY THINK OF CLASSIC GAMES LIKE MONOPOLY, SHOOTS AND LADDERS, AND SORRY.

>> WHEN YOU THINK OF A GAME STORE, WE HAVE YOUR RPGs, YOUR PATH FINDERS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

WE BRANCH OUT.

WE HAVE EVERYTHING FROM JUST THOSE KINDS OF IN-DEPTH, SOME WOULD CALL THEM CRUNCHY GAMES.

YOU WILL SIT DOWN AND PLAY FOR HOURS TO MONOPOLY AND DICE AND BICYCLE CARDS.

WE JUST TRY TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING.

>> Reporter: THE SHOP IS OPERATED BY THE MILES FAMILY.

BEFORE THEY OWNED THE STORE, THEY WERE FREQUENT CUSTOMERS BUT WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUY THE STORE PRESENTED ITSELF LAST YEAR, THEY JUMPED AT THE OPPORTUNITY.

>> WE WERE CUSTOMERS OF DRAGON FORCE GAMES FOR MANY YEARS.

WE REALLY LIKED THE PREVIOUS OWNERS AND JUST DISCOVERED THEY WERE INTERESTED IN SELLING AND WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT AND WANTED TO CONTINUE ON WITH THE NAME DRAGON FORGE AND JUST DIDN'T WANT TO SEE IT NOT BE IN THE COMMUNITY ANYMORE.

>> Reporter: AND DRAGON FORGE DOESN'T JUST SELL GAMES, THEY HAVE PLENTY OF SPACE FOR YOU TO PLAY THEM AS WELL.

IF YOU'RE PLAYING CATAN OR IN A D & D CAMPAIGN, THEY WANT EVERYONE TO FEEL WELCOME NO MATTER WHAT GAME THEY'RE PLAYING.

>> WE WANT TO BUILD OUR COMMUNITY ALL THE TIME BETWEEN BOARD GAME PLAYERS, CARD GAME PLAYERS, IT'S A GREAT WAY TO GET CONNECTED WITH A BUNCH OF OTHER PEOPLE IN THE AREA WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THOSE THINGS.

SO, THAT IS KIND OF THE BIGGEST APPEAL IN MY OPINION, WE'RE TRYING TO BE JUST A GOOD PLACE FOR THAT.

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

>> Dennis: AND SOME HEAVY RAIN MOVING IN.

STACY IS HERE WITH MORE.

>> Stacy: WE COULD SEE SEVERAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

WE HAVE A FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA, BEGINNING ON TUESDAY EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING.

>> Dennis: THANKS STACY.

WE'RE OUT OF TIME.

HAVE A GREAT NIGHT EVERYBODY.

WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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