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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.

[♪♪♪] >> Sydney: HI EVERYONE, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING TONIGHT.

I'M SYDNEY DICK IN FOR DENNIS WEIMANN WITH YOUR LAKELAND NEWS.

>>> VANCE BOELTER, THE MAN CHARGED IN THE STALKING AND SHOOTINGS OF MINNESOTA ELECTED OFFICIALS AND MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR, PLED GUILTY IN FEDERAL COURT THURSDAY MORNING.

BOELTER FACES SIX FEDERAL CHARGES IN THE SHOOTINGS THAT KILLED MINNESOTA HOUSE SPEAKER MELISSA HORTMAN AND HER HUSBAND MARK, AND INJURED SENATOR JOHN HOFFMAN AND HIS WIFE YVETTE.

THE CHANGE-OF-PLEA TAKES THE DEATH PENALTY OFF THE TABLE FOR BOELTER, AND TAKES AWAY HIS RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL.

BOELTER ADMITTED GUILT TO TWO COUNTS OF STALKINGS, TWO MURDERS THROUGH USE OF A FIREARM, AND TWO FEDERAL FIREARM-SHOOTING OFFENSES.

THE PLEA AGREEMENT PROVIDES THAT BOELTER IS SUBJECT TO THE LONGEST POSSIBLE PRISON TERM ALLOWABLE UNDER LAW FOR HIS OFFENSES, WHICH INCLUDES TWO CONSECUTIVE LIFE SENTENCES IN ADDITION TO SEVERAL YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON CONSECUTIVELY WITH THOSE LIFE SENTENCES.

THE HEARING CAME RIGHT BEFORE THE ONE-YEAR-ANNIVERSARY OF THE SHOOTINGS, WHICH OCCURRED ON JUNE 14TH OF 2025.

BOELTER WILL ALSO FACE STATE CHARGES FOR HIS CRIMES, AND SENTENCING FOR THOSE WILL COME AT A LATER DATE.

>>> THE BEMIDJI FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO REPORTS OF A STRUCTURE FIRE IN WILTON JUST AFTER 10:30 A.M.

ON WEDNESDAY.

ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE, FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED AT THE 200 BLOCK OF SPIRIT AVENUE NORTHWEST WHERE A TWO-STORY, MULTI-FAMILY STRUCTURE HAD SMOKE COMING FROM A SECOND-STORY WINDOW.

30 FIREFIGHTERS WERE ON SCENE FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO AND A HALF HOURS PUTTING OUT THE BLAZE, WHICH SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED THE INVOLVED APARTMENT.

THE REST OF THE BUILDING SUSTAINED MODERATE DAMAGE.

THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION BUT IS BELIEVED TO BE ACCIDENTAL.

NO FIREFIGHTERS OR CIVILIAN INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

>>> THE MILLE LACS BAND OF OJIBWE HAS ANNOUNCED THE CERTIFIED AND OFFICIAL RESULTS FOR THEIR GENERAL ELECTION, WITH A DISTRICT 3 REPRESENTATIVE BEING VOTED IN.

MICHELLE SHELLY POMERLEAU WAS ELECTED AS THE NEW DISTRICT 3 REPRESENTATIVE, EARNING JUST OVER 63 PERCENT OF THE VOTES, AS HER OPPONENT LIONEL RICHEY RECEIVED 36.8 PERCENT.

>>> THE HANNAH AVENUE AND MIDDLE SCHOOL DRIVE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT IS NEARING THE END OF STAGE TWO, AS THE ROUNDABOUT BY THE ENTRANCE TO TARGET IS ABOUT TO BE COMPLETED.

MOST OF THE OUTER CURB AND GUTTER HAS ALREADY BEEN PLACED ON THE MIDDLE SCHOOL DRIVE SIDE OF THE PROJECT, AND CONCRETE IS BEING POURED THIS WEEK, AS EXPECTED.

IF THE WEATHER COOPERATES, THERE'S A CHANCE THIS STAGE OF THE PROJECT WILL WRAP UP BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK.

>> SO STAGE TWO IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST HEADACHE FOR THIS SUMMER.

WE'RE CLOSE TO BEING DONE.

WHEN WE WRAP UP STAGE, WE SHOULD HAVE MIDDLE SCHOOL DRIVE BACK OPEN TO THE HIGHWAY.

MOST OF HANNAH AVENUE WILL ALSO BE COMPLETED ON WHAT I CALL THE SOUTH SIDE, DOWN ON 23rd STREET.

SO ALL THAT IS LEFT IS THE LAST STAGE, THE LITTLE BIT FROM THE NORTH HALF OF HANNAH AVENUE, WHICH IS BY BURGER KING, SIMONSON, AND ONE MORE ROUNDABOUT TO BUILD, A SMALLER ONE, COMPACT ROUNDABOUT.

IT WILL BE CONCRETE IN THE MIDDLE.

IT'S BY DESIGN BECAUSE THE LARGER TRUCKS WILL HAVE TO DRIVE IN THE MIDDLE.

>> MIDDLE SCHOOL DRIVE WILL BE FULLY OPEN ONCE STAGE 2 IS COMPLETE, WHILE THE NORTH HALF OF HANNAH AVENUE WILL NOW BE CLOSED WHILE THE CITY BUILDS A ROUNDABOUT AT THAT INTERSECTION.

>>> TWO WOMEN WERE RESCUED FROM STEAMBOAT LAKE IN RURAL CASS LAKE THIS AFTERNOON, AFTER THEIR BOAT REPORTEDLY BLEW AWAY FROM THEM IN THE WIND, WHEN THEY GOT INTO THE WATER FOR A SWIM.

THE CASS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTS THAT A WOMAN SWAM UP TO A RESORT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE LAKE IN WILKINSON TOWNSHIP, EXHAUSTED FROM SWIMMING AND SAYING THAT HER TWO FRIENDS WERE STILL IN THE WATER.

DEPUTIES ARRIVED AT THE RESORT WITHIN THREE MINUTES OF THE TIME OF THE 9-1-1 CALL, AND LEARNED THAT A FISHERMAN AND RESORT GUESTS WERE ABLE TO FIND THE WOMEN AND BRING THEM BACK TO SHORE.

THE THREE VICTIMS FROM MINNEAPOLIS WERE ALL IN THEIR 20S, AND WERE TREATED ON SCENE FOR MINOR INJURIES INCLUDING WATER INTAKE AND EXHAUSTION.

CASS COUNTY SHERIFF BRYAN WELK CREDITS THE SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME OF THE DANGEROUS SITUATION TO THOSE WHO IMMEDIATELY GOT INTO THE WATER TO SEARCH FOR THE VICTIMS, WHO WERE STUCK SWIMMING WITH 25-30 MILE-PER-HOUR GUSTS OF WINDS.

>>> PRIVATE WOODLAND OWNERS IN THE BEMIDJI AREA WHO WERE IMPACTED BY THE JUNE 21ST WINDSTORM LAST YEAR, HAVE UNTIL THE END OF JULY TO APPLY FOR A PROGRAM THAT CAN PROVIDE UP TO 75-PERCENT REIMBURSEMENT TOWARDS RESTORING THEIR FORESTS.

THE EMERGENCY FOREST RESTORATION PROGRAM HELPS PRIVATE WOODLAND OWNERS, BY PROVIDING PAYMENTS IN ORDER TO CARRY OUT EMERGENCY MEASURES TO RESTORE LAND DAMAGED BY A NATURAL DISASTER.

THE BEMIDJI AREA LOST AN ESTIMATED 9-MILLION TREES IN THE SURROUNDING AREA DUE TO THAT STORM, CAUSING AN ESTIMATED $4.4 MILLION.

>> IT'S CAN HE BEING -- TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE THAT PAYS OUR LANDOWNERS AND ALWAYS COST SHARES TO THE LANDOWNERS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED SLOW DOWN, LOOKING TO RESTORE THEIR FORESTS.

THE PROGRAM IS MINISTERED LOCALLY FROM THE FARM SERVICE AGENCY, FSA, SO THAT'S WHERE LANDOWNERS OR WOODLAND OWNERS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS PROGRAM WOULD APPLY.

>> THOSE WHO QUALIFY HAVE UNTIL JULY 31ST OF THIS YEAR TO APPLY FOR THE PROGRAM.

WE WILL PROVIDE DETAILS ON HOW TO APPLY FOR THE PROGRAM ALONG WITH THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

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

>> Stacy: WE HAVE SOME SMALL CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION TONIGHT AND TOMORROW, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, EXPECT TO SEE GUSTY WINDS AND COOLER TEMPERATURES AS WE START THE WEEKEND.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, THERE WAS A SCOUT RESERVATION IN CROW WING COUNTY, HOME TO [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

[♪♪♪] >>> THE PARKER SCOUT RESERVATION IN NISSWA NOT ONLY SHOWS ITS KIDS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A SCOUT.

IT ALSO DOES SO FROM THE STATE OF MINNESOTA'S ONLY MEDIEVAL CASTLE.

REPORTER MILES WALKER STOPPED BY THE RESERVATION TO LEARN MORE.

>> Reporter: MILLER CASTLE IS A 12,000 SQUARE FOOT CASTLE, INCLUDING A FORTRES WALL, CAT WALK, DRAWBRIDGE, AND KNIGHTS TO PROTECT.

>> YOU CAN SEE THE KIDS' EYES LIGHT UP.

THE PARENTS TOO, THEY'RE LIKE THIS IS A CASTLE.

IT'S REALLY COOL.

WHEN THEY LOOK AROUND AND RUN AROUND THE CAT WALK, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THE KNIGHTS ON THE WALL, THE PARENTS LIVE THEIR NOSTALGIA WHEN THEY BRING THEIR KIDS.

THEY WANT TO SHOW THEM WHAT THEY GOT TO DO GROWING UP.

>> Reporter: WHILE EXTENSIVE, IT'S ONE PIECE TO THE PUZZLE FOR THE SCOUTING RESERVATION.

SEVERAL CAMPSITES, CABINS, A TRADING POST, AND MORE ARE ALL ON THE SITE.

>> THE CAMPGROUNDS, KIDS CAN CAMP IN HERE AT THE CASTLE OR THEY CAN ALSO CAMP IN OUR VARIOUS CAMPGROUNDS ACROSS THE STREET AS WELL.

>> WE START OUT WITH WINTER CAMP, THEY CAN SLEEP IN THE SNOW, BUILD SHELTERS, SOME OF THE YOUNGER KIDS CAN SLEEP IN THE CASTLE, DIFFERENT AQUATICS PROGRAM.

>> Reporter: EVERYTHING INCLUDED IN THE RESERVATION SERVES AS A BASE ON WHERE THE YOUTH CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE FOUNDATIONS OF SCOUTING.

>> I STARTED OUT AS A SHY KID IN SCOUTING JUST MOISTURE HELPED ME GROW INTO A MAN LIKE TODAY.

IT HELPS ME BUILD CHARACTER, BUILDING THAT PERSONAL FITNESS ASPECT, AND JUST ALLOWING ME TO GET INTO THE COMMUNITY AND PRETTY MUCH, IT HELPS YOU FACE YOUR FEARS.

>> Reporter: IT'S A PART OF THE SCOUTING AMERICA CENTRAL MINNESOTA COUNCIL, WHOSE MISSION IS TO PREPARE YOUNG PEOPLE TO MAKE MORALE AND ETHICAL CHOICES OVER THEIR LIFETIME BY INSTILLING THE VALUES OF THE SCOUT OATH AND LAW.

ALL THOSE AT THE RESERVATION KEEP THAT MISSION FRONT OF MIND.

>> IT STANDS AS OUR VALUES, PART OF SCOUTING.

THAT'S WHAT WE WANT ALL OF OUR YOUTH AND ADULTS TO TAKE FROM THE PROGRAM.

IF IT'S NOT GOING ON CAMP OUTS OR ANYTHING, IT'S TAKE OUR SCOUT LAW AND RUN WITH THAT.

IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO HAVE THAT SKILL IN YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE.

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

>> THE PARKER SCOUT RESERVATION IS AVAILABLE YEAR-ROUND FOR USE BY SCOUT GROUPS AND NON-SCOUT YOUTH GROUPS.

>>> THE LAKELAND PBS VACATION GIVE-AWAY IS BACK AGAIN THIS SUMMER.

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

EVERY WEEKNIGHT THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, RIGHT HERE ON LAKELAND NEWS, WE WILL ANNOUNCE FIVE POTENTIAL QUALIFIERS IN THE VACATION CONTEST.

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 2026 CHASE ON THE LAKE VACATION GRAND PRIZE WINNER.

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

>>> NOW WE HAVE STACY JOINING US FOR WEATHER.

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO BE SEEING THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS?

>> Stacy: WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING EVEN COOLER TEMPERATURES, A BIG CHANGE FROM JUST A DAY OR SO AGO, HIGHS THIS WEEKEND SHOULD BE IN THE 60s AND IN SOME INSTANCES IN THE 50s.

IT DOES LOOK FAIRLY QUIET THIS WEEKEND, A LITTLE BIT BREEZY LATE THIS WEEK AND WE DO HAVE SOME SMALL CHANCES OF [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WE DID ENJOY SOME SUNSHINE AND SOME COOLER TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA TODAY.

A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND WE COULD SEE A FEW OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA WITH ANOTHER CHANCE OF SPRINKLES OR THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW: AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, WE WILL SEE BREEZY CONDITIONS AND SOME COOLER TEMPERATURES, HIGHS THIS WEEKEND FOR MOST OF US IN THE 60s, MAYBE SOME UPPER 50s.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 61 DEGREES.

WE HAVE A LIGHT WEST WIND, WITH A DEW POINT OF 54.

IN BRAINERD, CLEAR SKIES, 63 DEGREES, THE DEW POINT IS 51, AND WINDS ARE WEST AT 10 MILES PER HOUR.

ON OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING MORE CLOUD COVER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVEN A LITTLE BIT THIS EVENING, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THE CLOUDS BREAKING UP A BIT, AND WE HAVE A FEW SHOWERS HERE AND THERE.

OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, MOST OF THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE LOCATE IN THE VERY FAR NORTHERN PART OF MINNESOTA, OTHERWISE EXPECT VARIABLE CLOUDS, A FEW RAIN SHOWERS IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA TOMORROW MORNING, AND THEN IN THE AFTERNOON, THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WITH MAYBE A FEW SPRINKLES HERE AND THERE FOR THE REST OF US.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYE PICTURES TONIGHT, WE HAVE A GORGEOUS SUNRISE THIS MORNING FROM ARLENE IN MENAHGA AND AGAIN SOME SUNSHINE WITH DISTANT CLOUDS IN DEERWOOD.

CHRISSY SENDING US THAT PHOTO.

JOAN SPOTTING A BUTTERFLY IN THE LILACS IN LAPORTE.

BILL AND JUDY WITH THEIR BARN SWALLOW KEEPING AN EYE ON THINGS.

ANGELA SENDING US THIS PHOTO OVER BEMIDJI THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, CHRISSY IN DEERWOOD, AN AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUNNY AND BREEZY.

BOB IN BLUFFTON REPORTING A HIGH OF 70.

JOAN IN LAPORTE, MOSTLY SUNNY.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, A HIGH OF 73.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, A HIGH OF 73 AND PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES.

ON OUR ALMANAC, PRETTY TYPICAL TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA TODAY, BRAINERD TOPPING OUT AT 75.

THAT IS JUST 1 DEGREE OFF OF THE AVERAGE WITH OUR LOW OF 52, WHICH IS THE AVERAGE LOW.

WE HAD SUNSET TONIGHT AT 9:09.

SIMILAR STORY IN BEMIDJI, 2 DEGREES SHY OF THE AVERAGE HIGH, TOPPED OUT AT 72.

RIGHT AROUND THE AVERAGE LOW OF 54, AND 5:22 WAS OUR SUNRISE.

SO LOOKING AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, WE MAY SEE A FEW SHOWERS IN FAR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA IN THE MORNING, THOSE MOVE OUT.

WE WILL AGAIN HAVE A CHANCE FOR SOME SPRINKLES HEADING INTO THE AFTERNOON AND MAYBE A STRAY THUNDERSTORM OR TWO ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

TEMPERATURE-WISE, WE ARE LOOKING AT HIGHS IN THE MID-60s IN WARROAD, INTO THE LOW TO MID-70s AS WE HEAD TOWARDS PARK RAPIDS.

SO OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, VARIABLE CLOUDS.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA WITH LOWS NEAR 52.

PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY TOMORROW, AGAIN THERE ARE THOSE SMALL CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION IN THE AREA, 72 FOR THE HIGH, BUT BREEZY WEST WINDS WILL BE AT 10 TO 25.

STILL LOOKING BREEZY AS WE HEAD INTO SATURDAY WITH VARIABLE CLOUDS AND HIGHS RANGING FROM THE MID-50s TO MID-60s.

WE'RE IN THE MID-60s ON SUNDAY WITH A BIT MORE SUNSHINE, A FEW CHANCES OF SHOWERS AS WE HEAD INTO MONDAY AND TUESDAY, AND HIGHS SHOULD BE NEAR 72 BY TUESDAY.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Sydney: THANK YOU STACY.

CHARLIE YAEGER IS JOINING US FOR SPORTS.

WE HAVE SOME STATE BASEBALL.

>> Charlie: THE START OF THE STATE BASEBALL TOURNAMENT.

AROUND THE AREA IS RELATIVE.

WE WERE DOWN IN ST.

CLOUD AND IT WAS GRAND RAPIDS TAKING ON MAHTOMEDI.

THEN AITKIN WAS TAKING ON GLENN CLOS [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪] >>> THE MORE THINGS CHANGE THE MORE THEY STAY THE SAME.

FOR THE 5TH TIME IN 6-YEARS, GRAND RAPIDS AND MAHTOMEDI WILL SQUARE OFF IN THE STATE BASEBALL TOURNAMENT.

THE ZYPHERS HAVE TAKEN 3 OF THE 4 GAMES FROM THE THUNDERHAWKS, INCLUDING THE STATE TITLE GAME IN 2021.

IN THE CLASS 3-A QUARTERFINALS OUT IN CHASKA, THE 7-SEED GRAND RAPIDS, TRYING TO AVENGE SOME OF THOSE LOSSES AGAINST THE 2-SEED AND REIGNING STATE CHAMPS MAHTOMEDI.

PICKING UP IN THE SECOND INNING, STILL SCORELESS, TWO OUTS, MAN IN SCORING POSITION, OLIVER SPAHN, RIPS ONE THROUGH THE 5-6 HOLE, BRINGS HOME COLE GORES, THUNDERHAWKS GO UP 1-0.

FAST FORWARD TO THE FIFTH INNING, SAME SCORE, RUNNER ON THIRD FOR THE ZEPHYRS, SAM NASVIK, SKIES ONE OUT TO CENTER, LUKE TORGRUDE WOULD SCORE ON THE SACRIFICE FLY, KNOTS THINGS AT ONE APIECE.

BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH INNING, STILL A 1-1 GAME, TWO OUTS.

WINNING RUN ON SECOND FOR MAHTOMEDI, BUT JOE DICK STIFLED HITTERS ALL GAME LONG, GETS THE GROUNDOUT TO SEND THE GAME TO EXTRAS.

TOP EIGHTH, TWO OUTS, GRAND RAPIDS WITH RUNNERS ON THE CORNERS, ALEX WEGWORTH UP AT BAT, BUT GROUNDS OUT TO SECOND STRANDING BOTH THUNDERHAWKS, GAME STAYS 1-1.

BOTTOM EIGHTH, ZEPHYRS LOOKING FOR THE KNOCKOUT BLOW, CODY LOWDUH, FINALLY BREAKS THROUGH FOR MAHTOMEDI, BRINGS HOME THE GAME-WINNING RUN.

2-1 IN EIGHT INNINGS, ANOTHER HEARTBREAKER AT THE HANDS OF THE SYPHERS.

DESPITE THE LOSS, HEAD COACH BILL KINNUNEN EXPRESSED PRIDE FOR BOTH HIS STARTING PITCHER JOE DICK AS WELL AS THE TEAM'S NEVER-QUIT ATTITUDE.

>> WE'VE BEEN RESILIENT EVERY YEAR, WE GET UP AND GET BEHIND AND THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE JOE WAS SO TOUGH.

HE MADE KEY PITCHES AT KEY TIMES AND THAT KEPT US IN THE BALL GAME.

>> GET AHEAD IN THE COUNT, NOT TO THROW A MEATBALL, BUT GET AHEAD, AND LET MY DEFENSE WORK.

WE STILL HAVE WORK TO DO TOMORROW.

WE ARE READY.

IT'S JUST ANOTHER GAME, ANOTHER DAY.

>> Charlie: GRAND RAPIDS MOVING TO THE SEMIFINALS.

IT WILL BE IN JORDAN AT NOON.

IF THEY WIN, THE THUNDER HAWKS WILL PLAY AT 5:00 P.M.

THE CONSOLATION FINAL.

>>> FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2021, AND JUST THE SECOND TIME IN PROGRAM HISTORY, AITKIN BASEBALL IS AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

THEY FINISHED THE REGULAR SEASON 18-2, AND ARE CURRENTLY RIDING A 6-GAME WINNING STREAK AFTER GOING A PERFECT 5-0 IN THE SECTION 7-2A TOURNEY.

TODAY, THE 6-SEEDED GOBBLERS WERE TAKING ON 3-SEED GLENCOE-SILVER LAKE IN THE CLASS 2-A QUARTERFINALS AT DICK PUTZ FIELD IN SAINT CLOUD.

BOTTOM OF THE FIRST, PANTHERS LEADING, AND NOW IT'S 2-0, GSL.

CARSON TRYING TO START A 2-OUT RALLY FOR AITKIN, DOUBLES DOWN THE LINE, UNFORTUNATELY THE GOBBLERS ARE UNABLE TO DRIVE HIM HOME.

PANTHERS THREATENING AGAIN, HANSON CAME IN RELIEF, CATCHES TREVOR WINDOW SHOPPING TO AVOID ANY DAMAGE AND KEEPS IT AT 2-0.

THEN GSL WILL BREAK THINGS WIDE OPEN.

A 2 R.B.I.

SINGLE MAKING IT 4-0.

AITKIN WILL SURRENDER 11 RUNS AND FALL 13-0 IN FIVE.

IT WASN'T THE SHOWING THAT THE GOBBLERS HOPED FOR BUT AFTER THE GAME, THE HEAD COACH PRAISED HIS TEAM FOR WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS SEASON.

>> I THINK THAT OUR YOUTH SHOWED.

WE START WITH FOUR SOPHOMORES AND FOUR JUNIORS AND TO EXPECT WE WOULD BE IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT, I THOUGHT WE WOULD MAKE SOME NOISE AT THE END, BUT THEY OVERACHIEVED IN MY MIND.

THEY HAVE DONE A NICE JOB COMING TOGETHER AND I AM EXCITED FOR THEM, I'M EXCITED FOR THE FUTURE FOR THEM, AND IT SHOULD BE A LOT OF FUN WATCHING THIS TEAM GROW.

>> Charlie: THEY WILL PLAY PER HAM IN THE SEMIFINALS TOMORROW.

THEY LOST TO THE YELLOW JACKETS DURING THE REGULAR SEASON.

SHOULD THEY WIN, THEY WILL PLAY AT 2:30.

>>> WELL, CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE HAS NAMED THE NEW ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AND HE WILL BE PULLING DOUBLE DUTY AS THE WOMEN'S HEAD BASKETBALL COACH AS WELL.

HE SERVED AS AN ASSISTANT FOR THE LADY RAIDERS SINCE 2022.

HE HAS MADE A STRONG PACT ON THE AAU SCENE.

HE COACHES THE STARKS.

SO A GOOD HIRE THERE.

DOUBLE DUTY LIKE WE SAID.

>> Sydney: THANK YOU CHARLIE.

FOR WEEKS EDITION OF FISHING TIPS, RAY AND MANDY TEACH US ABOUT THE SAFETY ITEMS YOU ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE IN THE BOAT AS WELL AS A FEW OTHER ITEMS THEY RECOMMEND TO ENSURE A SAFE OUTING ON THE LAKE.

>> TODAY WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANT THINGS TO HAVE IN YOUR BOAT FOR SAFETY.

I CAN TALK FROM EXPERIENCE.

I HAVE RESCUED TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN BOATS ON A BIG LAKE WHERE THEIR MOTORS DIDN'T WORK AND A STORM WAS COMING.

THEY HAD NO WAY OF ATTRACTING ATTENTION TO PEOPLE.

THE HORNS THAT YOU GET IN A LOT OF THESE BOATS ARE NOT ADEQUATE TO HEAR FOR MORE THAN A BLOCK OR TWO AWAY.

SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, I THINK.

I CARRY A WHISTLE IN MY BOAT A LOT OF TIMES.

IT CAN BE HEARD EVEN IN THE WIND.

I HAVE A FIRE EXTINGUISHER, AND IT HAS A GAUGE, SO IT TELLS ME IF IT'S FRESH OR NOT.

I HAVE BEEN ON TWO BOAT LANDINGS WHERE THE BOATS ARE GONE, THEY BURNED UP.

THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE A FIRE EXTINGUISHER.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT SORT OF THING.

ANOTHER THING IS A THROW AWAY.

HAVE SOMETHING ON YOUR BOAT SO IF SOMEBODY GOES INTO THE LAKE, YOU CAN THROW IT TO THEM AND THEN YOU CAN HELP THEM.

MANDY WILL TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OTHER THINGS.

>> RAY MAY LIGHT HIS WHISTLE, I LIKE THE AIR HORN.

YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE HEARD AND SOMEBODY IS GOING TO SEE YOU, RAY IS RIGHT.

DEPENDING ON WHICH BOAT YOU HAVE, IF THE BATTERY IS DEAD, IF THERE IS AN ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION, THAT HORN IS NOT GOING TO WORK.

WE TELL YOU TO BRING SOMETHING SECONDARY IN CASE OF THAT, SO YOU CAN GET THE HELP WHEN YOU NEED IT.

OBVIOUSLY, LIFE JACKETS.

EVERYBODY NEEDS TO HAVE LIFE JACKETS IN THEIR BOATS.

SO THE REQUIREMENT IS NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE A THROWABLE THAT IS OUT AND EASILY ACCESSIBLE, BUT EVERY PERSON IN THAT BOAT NEEDS TO HAVE A LIFE JACKET FOR EACH ONE OF THEM, MAKING SURE ESPECIALLY WITH SMALL CHILDREN, YOU HAVE THE PROPERLY RATED BY WEIGHT AND SIZE LIFE JACKETS FOR PEOPLE.

>> AND THESE THINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE NOT VERY EXPENSIVE, SO BE SAFE, HAVE YOUR BOAT WITH THE BASIC ESSENTIALS FOR SAFETY, AND IF YOU EVER HAVE TO HAVE THEM, THEY WILL BE CLOSE AT HAND.

I'M RAY GILDOW FOR LAKELAND NEWS.

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

>> Sydney: SOME GREAT SAFETY TIPS.

NOW STACY HAS WEATHER FOR THIS WEEKEND.

>> Stacy: WE COULD SEE A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

OTHERWISE LOOK FOR VARIABLE CLOUDS, LOWS NEAR 52.

LINGER SHOWERS IN THE NORTHEAST TOMORROW MORNING, OTHERWISE SOME SPRINKLES ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA, AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON.

OUTSIDE OF THAT, PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY, A LITTLE BIT BREEZY, WEST WINDS 10 TO 25, HIGHS NEAR 72.

BREEZY TO START THE WEEKEND, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE COOLER WITH HIGHS NEAR 61, AND THEN WE START TO WARM UP TOWARDS MIDWEEK.

>> Sydney: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU STACY.

THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR TONIGHT.

WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW NIGHT.

GOOD NIGHT.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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