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>> Announcer: LAKELAND PBS IS PROUD TO PRESENT LAKELAND NEWS AT 10.

WE'RE 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, EARN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

MY NAME IS MATTHEW FREEMAN FILLING IN FOR DENNIS WEIMANN WITH YOUR LAKELAND NEWS.

THE BRAINERD POLICE DEPARTMENT BEGAN A COORDINATED SEARCH EFFORT THIS MORNING FOR A MISSING WOMAN WHO HASN'T BEEN SEEN IN OVER TWO WEEKS.

REPORTER DANIEL PURSELL HAS MORE.

>> Daniel: THE BRAINERD POLICE DEPARTMENT SET UP THEIR HOME BASE FOR THE SEARCH FOR CORY DEGEEST, A 61-YEAR-OLD BRAINERD WOMAN REPORTED MISSING ON JULY 13th.

>> AT THAT TIME, THE LAST KNOWN CONTACT WITH HER WAS JUNE 25th.

SO INITIALLY, THERE WAS A THREE-WEEK WINDOW OF TIME THAT SHE COULD HAVE GONE MISSING.

THE BLUE WINDBREAKER IS PROBABLY THE MOST IDENTIFIABLE PIECE OF CLOTHING THAT SHE WAS WEARING.

HOWEVER, I WILL JUST MENTION THAT'S DURING ONE SIGHTING, AND THERE'S NOT COMPLETE CONFIDENCE THAT SHE WAS WEARING THAT THE DAY SHE LEFT AND BECAME MISSING.

>> Daniel: THE BRAINERD POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING TO DEGEEST IN SOUTHEAST BRAINERD.

THERE WAS A SIGHTING OF DEGEEST WALKING ALONG THE ROAD THERE.

>> DURING OUR INVESTIGATION, WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY A PERIOD OF TIME OVER A FEW DAYS WHERE SHE WAS SEEN WALKING ON THE ROAD HERE IN SOUTHEAST BRAINERD.

THAT HAS NOW LED US TO THIS GROUND SEARCH PRIMARILY INVOLVING UNDEVELOPED PROPERTY IN SOUTHEAST BRAINERD.

>> Daniel: BRAINERD P.D.

IS ASKING EVERYONE IN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA TO BE VIGILANT AND KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR HER AS THEY HAVE NOT RULED OUT HER LEAVING THE AREA SHE WAS LAST SEEN.

>> WHAT BRINGS US HERE FOCUSED ON SOUTHEAST BRAINERD NOW HAS ONE SIGHTING OF HER WALKING ON THE STREET CLOSE TO HERE.

HOWEVER, WE HAVEN'T RULED OUT ANY POSSIBILITY OF HER HAVING GONE TO OTHER AREAS OF BRAINERD OR THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA.

>> Daniel: REPORTING IN BRAINERDING I'M DANIEL PURCELL, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Matthew: THE BRAINERD POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ASKING ANYONE THAT FINDS ANYTHING ON THEIR PROPERTY THAT MAY LOOK LIKE IT DOES NOT BELONG THERE, LIKE DEGEEST'S BLUE WIND BREAKER OR ANOTHER ARTICLE OF CLOTHING, TO CONTACT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IMMEDIATELY AT THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN.

>>> THE CASS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS NOTIFYING THE PUBLIC THAT A RISK LEVEL THREE OFFENDER WILL BE RELOCATING TO PINE RIVER AT THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST.

43-YEAR-OLD DUSTIN GENE AYRES WAS RELEASED FROM INCARCERATION ON MAY 5th OF THIS YEAR AND WILL BE RELOCATING TO THE VICINITY OF BUNGO TOWNSHIP IN RURAL PINE RIVER ON OR AFTER AUGUST 5th.

AYRES WAS ORIGINALLY CONVICTED OF CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT AND ENGAGED IN CONTACT AGAINST A KNOWN FEMALE CHILD AND A KNOWN FEMALE TEENAGER ON SEPARATE OCCASIONS.

CONTACT INCLUDED TOUCH.

AYRES GAINED ACCESS TO THE TEEN VICTIM BY ENTERING HER RESIDENCE WITHOUT PERMISSION AND TOOK ADVANTAGE OF HER VULNERABLE STATE TO GAIN CONTROL.

HE USED HIS ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIP OF TRUST TO ATTAIN AND EXPLOIT UNMONITORED CONTACT WITH THE CHILD VICTIM.

AYRES HAS SERVED THE SENTENCE IMPOSED ON HIM BY THE COURT AND IS TRANSITIONING INTO THE COMMUNITY.

THIS NOTIFICATION IS NOT INTENDED TO INCREASE FEAR, BUT RAISE AWARENESS.

LAW ENFORCEMENT BELIEVES THAT AN INFORMED PUBLIC IS A SAFER PUBLIC.

>>> ALTHOUGH THE BRAINERD JAYCEES CANCELLED WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ITS 23rd ANNUAL STREET FEST THIS PAST WEEKEND, THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA STILL CAME TOGETHER FOR ITS RIB COMPETITION AT THE SHEPS ON SIXTH SPORTS BAR.

REPORTER MILES WALKER WAS IN ATTENDANCE FOR THE LATEST.

>> Miles: AFTER LEARNING THAT AN ANNUAL DOWNTOWN BRAINERD STAPLE WOULD BE ON HIATUS THIS GO-AROUND, SHEPS GENERAL MANAGER FIGURED THE BAR COULD TAKE ON AT LEAST ONE OF STREET FESTS TRADITION.

>> OUR TWO SHEPS HERE HERE BEHIND US, SHE WANTED TO COOK THIS YEAR AND THEY OFFERED TO COME IN HERE AND COOK FOR OUR CUSTOMERS THAT DAY.

I WAS LIKE, WHY DON'T WE JUST INVITE EVERYBODY THAT NORTHLAND ON COOKING TO DO IT IN OUR ALLEY.

TALKED TO THE CITY, TALKED TO SOME CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THEY WERE LIKE, YEAH, YOU GOT THE VOLUNTEERS AND HELP, LUN WITH IT.

>> Miles: IT BEGAN FRI EVENING FOR SATURDAY'S FESTIVITIES WITH TEAMS ALL COMPETING FOR A SLICE OF A ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS PRICE POOL.

>> THE WINNER WITH GET $100.

IT'S NOT AS MUCH AS MOST BARBECUE COMPETITIONS, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE COULD COME WITH IN A WEEK.

WE STILL THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD FOOD.

>> Miles: AND WHILE THOSE PARTICIPATING HAD THEIR EYES ON THE PRIZE, IT WAS THE ATMOSPHERE FILLING THE SHEPS BACK ALLEY THAT HAD EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE, HUNGRY FOR MORE.

>> IT'S AWESOME.

THE ENERGY, PEOPLE COMING IN, ALL DAY, PEOPLE SMELLING WHAT'S BEEN COOKING AND THEY'RE HAPPY TO GET HERE.

IT WAS TOUGH EARLY TO SAY WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING RED READY FOR THEM UNTIL THAT 6:00 START.

IT'S GREAT FOR THE CITY AND HOPE TO CONTINUE ON THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

>> Miles: GETTING A TASTE TEST, ALL THE PROCEEDS WENT TOWARDS THE BARS ELBOW FOUNDATION WHICH SUPPORTS SCHOLARSHIPSES FOR AREA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN TECHNICAL FIELDS.

>> IT'S ALL ABOUT COMMUNITY SINCE IT STARTED BACK IN THE 90s.

THEY'RE FOCUSED ON GIVING BACK TO THE KIDS WHO NEED HELP.

ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO GET THE STUDENTS COMING INTO THE FIELD.

WE NEED OUR WELDERS, OUR ELECTRICIANS, OUR PLUMBERS.

>> ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP MAKE THAT A REALITY, THAT'S A BIG THING.

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

>> Matthew: AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TEAM UFF-DA BARBEQUE FOR NOT ONLY TAKING FIRST PLACE, BUT ALSO WINNING THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD AT THE EVENT.

>>> DONALD TRUMP STARTS THE WEEK IN SCOTLAND WITH A KEY MEETING AS A BIG TRADE DEADLINE LOOMS AT THE END OF THE WEEK AND ECONOMIC DATA MAY SHOW THE IMPACT OF TRUMP'S TRADE POLICIES.

KARIN CAIFA REPORTS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.

>> Karin: TRUMP CAME INTO MONDAY'S MEETING ON THE HEELS OF ANNOUNCING A FRAMEWORK DEAL WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION THAT PLACE PAP 15% TARIFF ON MOST GOODS COMING FROM THE 27-MEMBER EU AVEN LOWERS THE RISK OF A TRANS-ATLANTIC TRADE WAR BETWEEN TWO SWITS THAT EXCHANGE NEARLY TWO TRILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF GOODS AND SERVICES LAST YEAR.

TRUMP ALSO TOUTED THE FRAMEWORK THE U.S. AND THE U.K.

CAME TO LAST MONTH.

>> YOU GOT IT DONE AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON THAT.

IT'S A GREAT DEAL FOR BOTH.

IT BRINGS UNIT YP IF WE DIDN'T NEED UNITY, BIT IT BRINGS US CLOSER TOGETHER.

>> Karin: MEANWHILE THE TRADE TEAM IN SWEDEN MONDAY AIMING TO EXTEND THE TRADE TRUCE BETWEEN THE U.S. AND CHINA THAT TEMPORARILY DIALED BACK TRIPLE-DIGIT TARIFFS UNTIL AUGUST 12th.

THE WHITE HOUSE FACING ANOTHER SELF-IMPOSED DEADLINE ON MONDAY.

THE DEADLINE WILL TOP T BLOCKBUSTER WEEK THAT WILL ALSO SEE AN INTEREST RATE DECISION FROM THE FEDERAL RESERVE ON WEDNESDAY AND THE SECOND QUARTER GDP REPORT, A LOOK AT U.S. ECONOMIC GROWTH DURING APRIL, MAY AND JUNE, AND THE JULY JOBS REPORT ON FRIDAY MORNING.

>> Matthew: DURING THE MEETING, TRUMP PUSHED BACK ON COMMENTS MADE BY PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU WHO SAID THERE IS NO STARVATION IN GAZA AND THAT THE U.S. WILL SET UP FOOD CENTERS THERE.

>>> FORECASTERS AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ARE SAYING TONIGHT'S SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD POTENTIALLY MORPH INTO A DERECHO STORM FOR MUCH OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND SOME OF THE MIDWEST, INCLUDING PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 76 MILES PER HOUR WERE ALREADY RECORDED THROUGH PARTS OF NORTH DAKOTA EARLIER THIS MORNING.

FROM THERE, FORECASTERS ARE WORRIED THE STORM WILL ONLY INTENSIFY DUE TO THE INCREASED HEAT AND HUMIDITY IN THE AREA.

THE POTENTIAL DERECHO IS EXPECTED TO REACH ITS PEAK STRENGTH SOMETIME IN THE EVENING BEFORE TRACKING INTO SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA, BUT THE TIMING IS UNCERTAIN.

THE LINE OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY LOSE STRENGTH OVERNIGHT BEFORE IT REACHES THE GREAT LAKES.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALSO SAYS HAIL, TORRENTIAL RAIN, AND A FEW TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

>> Announcer: STILL TO COME ON LAKELAND NEWS AT 10: >> Stacy: WE ARE SEEING SOME SEVERE WEATHER IN PARTS OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI, BUT FOR US IT'S MAINLY QUIET.

WE HAVE ANOTHER AIR QUALITY ALERT SET TO TAKE EFFECT TOMORROW AND WEDNESDAY.

DETAILS IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> Sydney: AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK FOR THIS WEEK IN BUSINESS, FOLLOWING THE STORY OF THUNDERBIRD GRAPHICS >> Announcer: AND NOW LAKELAND NEWS AT 10.

>> Matthew: THE NISSWA WOMEN'S CLUB IS QUICKLY APPROACHING ITS ANNUAL FASHION SHOW AND LUNCHEON THIS SUMMER.

REPORTER MILES WALKER RECENTLY STOPPED BY THE CLUB'S MONTHLY MEETING FOR MORE ON THE UPCOMING OCCASION.

>> Miles: WITH THE MISS SAW WOMEN'S CLUB JUST ABOUT A MONTH AWAY FROM HOSTING ITS ANNUAL FASHION SHOW AND LUNCHEON, THE MEMBERS ARE DOING ALL THEY CAN TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE EVENT.

>> WE'VE HAD GREAT SUPPORT FROM OUR MEMBERS AND THE COMMUNITY.

THE DONATIONS WE'VE GOTTEN, BOTH CORPORATE AND PERSONAL.

>> WE FORMED COMMITTEES, LIKE A DECORATION COMMITTEE, PUBLICITY, CONTRIBUTIONS.

EACH COMMITTEE HAS BEEN WORKING ON THEIR SPECIFIC GOALS AND DUTIES.

>> Miles: THE CLUB PROVIDES SKOILS TO LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS AND NONTRADITIONAL WOMEN'S STUDENTS AT CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE AS WELL AS OTHER CHARITABLE DONATIONS WHICH COINCIDES WELL WITH THE UPCOMING FASHION SHOW.

>> I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH THE QUALITY OF STUDENTS BEING PRODUCED IN OUR LOCAL AREA AND I KNOW OUR FUTURE IS REALLY BRIGHT WITH THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN.

WE GIVE $1500 PER STUDENT FOR A ONE-TIME GIFT THEIR FRESHMAN YEAR.

IT ASSISTS THEM WHETHER IT'S PAYING FOR BOOKS OR THEIR TUITION.

>> Miles: SOMETHING CANDY WHO TRAVELS EXTENSIVELY TO TEACH WORKSHOPS ON COLOR, CYBER, ART AND QUILTING EMBODY IN THE CLUB'S INITIAL ACTIVITIES TO RAISE FUNDS SEES VALUE IN.

>> A LOT OF HER PIECES THAT SHE WORKS ON, MOSTLY QUILTS THAT SHE DONATES, SHE'S DONATED 250 TO SILENT AUCTIONS.

SHE'S JUST A GIVING PERSON.

THE WHOLE THING ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATION IS GIVING BACK.

THE SPEAKER TODAY REALLY EMULATED OUR MISSION OVERALL STARTING IN 1920.

>> Miles: THE WOMEN'S CLUB IS DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING EACH OTHER THROUGH DEDICATION, LEADERSHIP, FELLOWSHIP AND SERVICE, ADHERING TO THE BELIEF THAT WOMEN WHO LAUGH TOGETHER, LEARN TOGETHER AND LABOR TOGETHER CAN ACCOMPLISH GREAT THINGS FOR ITS COMMUNITY WHILE ENRICHING EACH OTHER'S LIVES.

ALL WHICH THE PROCEEDS FROM THE FASHION SHOW WILL HELP THE CLUB CONTINUE STRIVING FOR.

>> WE END UP WITH NEW FRIENDS AND A LOT ACCOMPLISHED.

WE SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR FUNDS AND EFFORTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

>> IT'S PHENOMENAL WHAT A GROUP OF LADIES CAN DO.

>> Miles: REPORTING IN BREEZY POINT, MILES WALKER, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Matthew: THE NISSWA WOMEN'S CLUB'S FASHION SHOW WILL BE HELD ON AUGUST 21st AT THE GRANDVIEW LODGE.

>>> ALL SUMMER LONG VIEWERS HAVE BEEN ENTERING THE LAKELAND PBS VACATION GIVEAWAY.

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

EACH NEWSCAST WE DRAW FIVE POTENTIAL QUALIFIERS FOR THE GRAND DRAWING.

AND HERE THEY ARE FOR TONIGHT.

IF YOU SEE YOUR NAME, CALL THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN BEFORE THE END OF THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY AND YOU WILL BE IN THE GRAND DRAWING WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE LIVE ON OUR MONDAY, AUGUST 25th NEWSCAST.

>>> and here's Stacy to give us more details on the weather that is hang tonight.

>> Stacy: AS QUIETER WEATHER SETTLES IN TOMORROW, WE ONCE >>> and NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

>> Stacy: WE HAVE BEEN SEEING A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE THROUGHOUT THE AREA TODAY AND SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

NOW, AS WE HEAD INTO THE OVERNIGHT, THERE STILL MAY BE A FEW SCOURS, A FEW THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY IN THAT CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF OUR VYING AREA, BUT MOST OF US WILL BE SEEING QUIET WEATHER AND QUIET WEATHER IS GOING TO BE THE STORY HEADING THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK.

HOWEVER, AN AIR QUALITY ALERT IS SET TO BEGIN ACROSS OUR VIEWING AREA STARTING TOMORROW MORNING.

IN A SECOND, HERE ARE THE CURRENT CONDITIONS.

IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 73 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT, WINDS FROM THE NORTHEAST AT 2 MILES PER HOUR.

THE DEWPOINT IS 65, HUMIDITY IS AT 77%.

IN BRAINERD, WE DO HAVE SOME LIGHT RAIN THIS EVENING.

IT IS 74 DEGREES, THE DEWPOINT IS 66, WINDS FALLING AND WINDS VARIABLE SAT 6 MILES PER HOUR.

THE ENTIRE VIEWING AREA IS UNDER AN AIR QUALITY ALERT THAT BEGINS AT 6 A.M. TUESDAY AND CONTINUE UNTIL 11 P.M. WEDNESDAY.

THE AIR QUALITY INDEX IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE RED OR UNHEALTHY CATEGORY FOR BOTH THE NORTHERN HALF OF MINNESOTA, MOST OF OUR VIEWING AREA, BUT AGAIN, FOR FAR SOUTHERN LAKELAND NEWS COUNTRY, WE'RE LOOKING AT TODD MORRIS IN MILLE LACS COUNTY, THE AIR QUALITY IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE ORANGE CATEGORY, MEANING THE AIR WILL BE UNHEALTHY FOR THOSE IN SENSITIVE GROUPS.

ON SATELLITE AND RADAR, WE HAVE A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OUT THERE.

BY AND LARGE, THOSE WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

THERE'S STILL THE POTENTIAL MAINLY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA THAT WE COULD SEE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON THE OVERNIGHT AND AS FAR AS THAT'S CONCERNED, WE MAY SEE SOME HEAVY RAINFALL WITHIN THAT, BUT THE SEVERE THREAT THAT IS PRETTY MUCH MOVED TO THE SOUTH.

QUIETER WEATHER DOES RETURN AND IT LOOKS LIKE MAINLY QUIET WEATHER FOR MIDWEST OF THE AREA.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT.

THE FOG IN THE AREA THIS MORNING IN MIN NOTHING GA. A PICTURE OF THE SUNRISE OVER UPPER RED LAKE.

JOAN SPOTTING A DOE AND TWO FAWNS IN.

>> Laura: FORT, LINDA WITH A HUMMINGBIRD TAKING A LITTLE REST AND LARRY WITH THAT MOON -- LORI WITH THAT MOON ON LITTLE TURTLE LAKE.

WILDFLOWERS FROM JERRY, JAKE WITH A PHOTO OF CLOUDS IN JENKINS THIS EVENING, GORGEOUS EVENING IN CASS LAKE AND SARAH AT LAKE EDWARDS FOR THE EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MIN GNAWING GA, 59 WITH CALM AND FOG.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, SUN, CLOUDS TODAY.

ARLENE, A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD SEEING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.

JOAN IN LAPORTE, PARTLY NI WITH A HIGH OF 83.

ON OUR ALMANAC, 85 WAS THE HIGH IN BRAINERD, A FEW DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE AND OUR LOW WAS 60.

BEMIDJI TOPPING OUT TODAY AT 80, RIGHT ON TARGET WITH THE AVERAGE HIGH AND 56 WAS THE HOE.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, WE MAY SEE SOME AREAS OF SMOKE BEGIN IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND AREAS OF SMOKE THROUGHOUT THE AREA THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES FOR THE MOST PART, A FEW MORE CLOUDS ROLLING THROUGH IN THE EVENING, BUT MAINLY QUIET WEATHER IS STICKING AROUND AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD.

HIGHS IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA SHOULD BE IN THE MID TO MAYBE SOME UPPER 70s AND IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, AGAIN, UPPER 70s CLOSE TO 80, JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SOME LINGERING SHOWERS IN THE FAR SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE VIEWING AREA.

HERE'S THE FORECAST.

PATTERSONLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT, COULD STILL BE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY IN PARTS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH LOWS NEAR 61.

MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES TOMORROW WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN THE MORNING.

AREAS OF SMOKE, HIGHS NEAR 77.

REALLY QUIET WEATHER IS GOING TO SETTLE IN.

WE'LL BE SEEING PLENTY OF SUNSHINE THROUGH THURSDAY WITH PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND, A FEW ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS TO THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY.

HIGHS SHOULD CONTINUE TO REACH 70s.

BACK TO YOU.

MA THANK YOU SO MUCH, STACY.

WE HAVE CHARLIE YAEGER WITH US AND HE'S HERE TO GIVE US DETAILS ON THE BIRCHMONT 101.

>> Charlie: YEAH, THE 101st BIRCHMONT UNDER WAY TODAY AND WE WERE OUT THERE FOR THE MEN'S QUALIFYING ROUND.

THAT'S WHERE THINGS START OFF FOR THE BIRCH.

WE HAVE A LOT OF HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT AND MORE COMING UP NEXT AFTER THE BREAK.

>>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

>> Charlie: NORTHERN MINNESOTA'S PREMIER AMATEUR GOLF TOURNAMENT HAS RETURNED TO THE BEMIDJI TOWN AND COUNTRY CLUB.

THE 101st EDITION OF THE BIRCHMONT KICKED OFF WITH MEN'S QUALIFYING TODAY, THE START OF WHAT WILL BE A SIX-DAY GRIND TO CROWN A CHAMPION.

88 GOLFERS TEED IT UP FOR THE FIRST OF TWO DAYS OF QUALIFYING FOR ONE OF THE ROUND OF 32 MATCH PLAY SPOTS THAT BEGINS ON WEDNESDAY.

WE START OFF WITH THE 10 HERE WHERE BEMIDJI'S.

>> Matthew: GREGS COMING OFF AN EAGLE AT NINE.

THIS CHIP FOR AN EAGLE JUST SHORT.

HE SETTLED FOR BIRDIE AND FINISHED THE DAY AT PLUS-4.

AT 11, TIM WITH AN IMPOSSIBLE BUNKER SHOT JUST A COUPLE INCHES FROM THE LIP.

THAT'S A BEAUTY.

SAVES PAR, HEADS FOR TOMORROW AND TIED FOR 19th AT 1-UNDER.

BACK TO 1, ALEX BARRETT FROM RED LAKE JUST STARTING HIS ROUND, A NOT SO EASY HOLE.

PUTS IT ON THE DANCE FLOOR FOR A-UP JILL PUTT.

AND 2B SU TEAMMATES WITH ALMOST INCIDENT CAL PUTTS.

THREE WITH COLIN RYAN AND KUNZLE MATCHES.

HE TIED FOR 15th.

RYAN STICKS THE LANDING AND THEN GOT TO FINISH THE JOB, DRAINS THE 7-FOOTER FOR THE BIRDIE.

HE WOULD HEAD INTO THE CLUBHOUSE ON OUR LEADERBOARD.

THIS THE FULL LEADERBOARD AFTER DAY ONE AND WOMEN'S SINGLE ROUND QUALIFYING BEGINS TOMORROW.

MEN WILL TEE IT UP FOR THE ROUND TWO IN THE AFTERNOON.

WE'LL HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM BOTH TOMORROW NIGHT.

>>> TODAY MAY HAVE KICKED OFF THE COMPETITION PORTION OF THE 101st BIRCHMONT GOLF TOURNAMENT, BUT LAST NIGHT A SPECIAL GROUP OF GOLFERS WAS WELCOMED BACK FOR THE ANNUAL PAST CHAMPIONS DINNER.

THE DINNER IS A NEW TRADITION, ADDED AS PART OF THE 100th BIRCHMONT CELEBRATION LAST YEAR, AND THIS YEAR, THEY CONTINUED THAT TRADITION WITH ONE SMALL TWIST.

THEY ADDED A HALL OF FAME AT LAST NIGHT'S DINNER.

TWELVE BIRCHMONT LEGENDS WERE INDUCTED.

THE INAUGURAL CLASS CONSISTS OF BOTH CHAMPIONS AND CONTRIBUTORS, ALL OF WHOM HAVE HAD A LASTING IMPACT ON THE TOURNAMENT, INCLUDING 91-YEAR-OLD DICK ROBBINS, WHOSE 80 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH THE BIRCHMONT BEGAN WHEN HE STARTED CADDYING AT THE TOURNAMENT IN 1945 AT THE AGE OF 11.

HE WOULD LATER COMPETE WHEN HE WAS OLD ENOUGH BEFORE FINALLY SPENDING 20 YEARS AS THE STARTER AT THE FIRST TEE BOX.

I appreciated very much, there are some people, Keith Mooney is an example, who is a starter for a long, long time, zerches to be in the Hall of Fame in my mind.

There are several other people that I can think of also, but to be recognized, I think, was a thank you for not only what I did at the Birchmont, but some other things.

I was club president the years that we did the remodeling on the golf course and I think I kind of got them going as far as remodeling the clubhouse because we started that a year or two after that.

So I think I made some contributions other than just the Birchmont.

>> Charlie: WELL, HERE'S A FULL LIST OF THE 12 INDUCTED INTO THE HALL OF FAME, AND ON THEIR -- SOME OF THEM COULDN'T BE THERE BECAUSE HARRY LEG, HE WAS THE FIST CHAMPION EVER, OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS 101 YEARS AGO, NOT HERE TODAY, BUT HE WILL UP ON A SPECIAL WALL THEY'LL MAKE WITH PLAQUES TO SHOW EVERYONE OFF AS THEY INDUCT THEM YEARLY INTO THE HALL OF FAME.

PRETTY COOL THING.

>>> THE DNR RELEASED THEIR SURVEY REPORT FOR THEIR LATEST ROUGHED GROUSE COUNTS AND FOUND THE SPRING POPULATION IS LOWER STATEWIDE THAN LAST YEAR WITH DRUMS PER STOP DROPPING FROM 2.3 TO 1.8.

BUT THE DNR SAYS NOT TO WORRY AS THERE WAS AN EXPECTED DROP FOR 2024 WHICH WAS THE HIGHEST 10-YEAR CYCLE POPULATION PEAK FOR ROUGHED GROUSE SINCE 1972.

GIVEN THIS INFORMATION, HERE'S THE EXPECTED HUNTING SEASON.

THE SPLIT TAIL GROUSE ARE ALSO DOWN IN NUMBERS IN NORTHWEST AND LOW IN THE EAST CENTRAL REGION, LEADING TO A SLIGHTLY SHORTER SEASON FOR THEM.

>> Matthew: THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHARLIE.

>>> THUNDERBIRD GRAPHICS HAS BEEN CREATING CUSTOM DESIGNS FOR THE BEMIDJI AREA FOR MORE THAN FOUR DECADES, BUT THEY WERE DEVASTATED BY THE WIND STORM THAT BLEW THROUGH BEMIDJI IN JUNE.

FOR THIS WEEK'S IN BUSINESS, OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK VISITED THE SITE WHERE THE BUILDING USED TO STAND AND LEARNED MORE ABOUT THE COMPANY'S FUTURE.

>> Sydney: ONCE A PROUD COMMUNITY FOCUSED SMALL BUSINESS, 16-FOOT-TALL BUILDING, 100 FEET LONG, HAS NOW BEEN REDUCED TO JUST A CONCRETE PAD.

>> JUST FOR MY BUILDING, THERE HAS BEEN TO HAVE BEEN A 20-FOOT-HIGH PILE OF RUBBLE.

THERE'S NO GRASS WHERE THE RUBBLE WAS, AND THAT WAS JUST FROM THE THREE WALLS AND THE ROOF THAT WAS ON ALL THE EQUIPMENT.

THAT DIDN'T INCLUDE THE REST OF THE BUILDING.

>> Sydney: THUNDERBIRD GRAPHICS HAS BEEN SCREEN PRINTING FOR THE BEMIDJI AREA FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS, UNTIL THE JUNE 21st STORM LEVELED THE BUILDING AND STOPPED PRODUCTION.

AND WHEN THE 100-PLUS-MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS ROLLED THROUGH, THEY TOOK DEBRIS MORE THAN A MILE AWAY FROM WHERE THE STORE STOOD.

>> IT LOOKED LIKE IT DID, JUST IN NOVEMBER WHEN YOU GET THOSE FIRST SNOWS AND THEY'RE WET AND HEAVIER AND IT WAS FULL OF WATER, AND YOU WALKED THROUGH IT AND IT WAS SLUSHY.

IT WAS ALL INSULATION FROM ALL THE BUILDINGS WITH ROOF DAMAGE.

>> Sydney: AND WITH NO BUILDING TO WORK OUT OF AND DAMAGED MACHINERY, THUNDERBIRD GRAPHICS WILL BE CLOSED DOWN FOR THE TIME BEING.

AND NOT ONLY DID PENNY LOSE HER STORE, BUT HER LIVELIHOOD.

>> WELL, I'M CLOSED.

I'M CLOSED, I'M UNEMPLOYED.

I HAVE NO PAYCHECK.

SO...

I HAVE CLIENTS CALLING ME, THEY WANT ME -- THEY DON'T WANT TO ORDER UNTIL I REOPEN.

THEY WANT TO WAIT, DON'T WANT TO GO ANYWHERE ELSE, BUT UNTIL THINGS FALL INTO PLACE, I'M KIND OF AT A STANDSTILL STI JENNY OLSON HAS OWNED THE GRAPHICS STORE SINCE 2018, BUT HAS WORKED THERE FOR DECADES.

THE BUSINESS HAS ALWAYS BEEN COMMUNITY ORIENTED AND NOW'S THE COMMUNITY IS COMING TOGETHER TO TRY AND HELP IN ANY WAY THEY CAN.

>> IT FEELS GREAT TO KNOW THAT BY SERVICING THE COMMUNITY THAT, PEOPLE STILL WANT ME TO BE THEIR PERSON.

I'D LIKE TO REOPEN BUT AS TO HOW BIG OR WHAT ASPECT, I DON'T KNOW UNTIL I HEAR FROM INSURANCE.

THE COMMUNITY HAS A WHOLE IS VERY, VERY RESILIENT AND THERE'S A LOT OF VERY, VERY WONDERFUL PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.

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

>> Matthew: AS OF NOW THERE IS NO SET DATE AS TO WHEN THUNDERBIRD GRAPHICS WILL REOPEN, BUT WHETHER IT WILL BE REBUILT AT THAT SAME LOCATION OR A NEW ONE HAS YET TO BE DECIDED.

A GO-FUND-ME HAS BEEN SET UP CALLED "SUPPORT PENNY OLSON'S THUNDERBIRD GRAPHICS REVIVAL" TO SUPPORT BOTH THE OWNER IN HER PERSONAL LIFE AND TO TRY AND REBUILD THE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF DAMAGED EQUIPMENT.

>>> WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA TIME TONIGHT, SO WE'LL GOO TO STACY FOR MORE DETAILS ON THE WEATHER.

>> Stacy: AND THE WEATHER IS QUIETING DOWN ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA, BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE UNDER THIS AIR QUALITY ALERT STARTING TOMORROW MORNING AT 6 A.M. AND CONTINUING UNTIL 11 P.M. ON WEDNESDAY.

WE'RE EXPECTING THE AIR QUALITY ALERT -- OR INDEX FOR MOST OF THE AREA TO BE IN THE RED CATEGORY.

>> Matthew: THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE GOT.

WE'LL BE BACK TOMORROW.

GOOD NIGHT.

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