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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 JOINING US TONIGHT.

>>> THE VICTIM IN A SHOOTING IN FOSSTON YESTERDAY AFTERNOON HAS DIED.

THE CASS COUNTY NORTH DAKOTA CORONER'S OFFICE SAYS 31-YEAR-OLD TEEJAY ALVAREZ OF FOSSTON, DIED THIS MORNING AS A RESULT OF INJURIES FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND.

THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER, 22-YEAR-OLD, CORY BURNETTE JUNIOR OF FOSSTON, WAS ARRESTED WITHOUT INCIDENT ON MONDAY.

BURNETTE JUNIOR HAS BEEN BOOKED INTO THE NORTHWEST REGIONAL CORRECTIONAL CENTER IN CROOKSTON ON PROBABLE CAUSE SECOND DEGREE ASSAULT AND DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM.

FORMAL CHARGES ARE PENDING.

THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX ON THE 300 BLOCK OF MARK AVENUE IN FOSSTON.

>>> A 47-YEAR-OLD ISANTI MAN DROWNED ON AN AITKIN COUNTY LAKE ON SUNDAY.

THE INCIDENT HAPPENED ON GUN LAKE ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE CITY OF AITKIN.

THE AITKIN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE SAYS RANDY BENSON WAS APPARENTLY ATTEMPTING TO ASSIST A DOG AT THE TIME AND DESPITE C.P.R.

EFFORTS DIED AFTER BEING PULLED FROM THE WATER.

>>> VICE PRESIDENT J.D.

VANCE IS RECOMMENDING THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATE MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ AND THE STATE'S ATTORNEY GENERAL KEITH ELLISON.

IT'S OVER ALLEGATIONS OF COMPLICITY SURROUNDING FRAUD IN MINNESOTA.

THE CRIMINAL REFERRAL STEMS FROM A HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE REPORT ON AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION.

THE REPORT ALLEGES WARNINGS OF FRAUD REACHED TOP LEVELS OF STATE GOVERNMENT AND THAT ACTION TO CORRECT ISSUES WERE DELAYED OR AVOIDED.

VANCE LEADS THE WHITE HOUSE ANTI-FRAUD TASK FORCE.

HE POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA MONDAY NIGHT THAT HE'D REFERRED THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST TOP STATE OFFICIALS TO THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S FRAUD DIVISION.

A WALZ SPOKESPERSON CALLS THE HOUSE COMMITTEE NOTHING MORE THAN A JOKE.

ELLISON CALLS THE ALLEGATIONS UNFOUNDED.

>>> AFTER MANY YEARS OF DISCUSSION, THE BEMIDJI CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A 5TH STREET NORTHWEST TRAIL PROJECT THAT WILL REQUIRE A FULL CLOSURE OF THE STREET.

THE EXISTING RAILROAD TRACK CROSSING AT 5TH STREET NORTHWEST WILL BE REPLACED AND REQUIRES A FULL CLOSURE OF THE STREET, FROM JEFFERSON AVENUE NORTHWEST TO PARK AVENUE NORTHWEST.

A DETOUR ROUTE WILL BE SIGNED TO TAKE MOTORISTS AROUND THE CONSTRUCTION AREA BY USING ADAMS AVENUE NORTHWEST, 15TH STREET NORTHWEST, AND IRVINE AVENUE NORTHWEST.

>> THE TOTAL PROJECT COST, OVER $1 MILLION BECAUSE IT INCLUDES SOME OF THE COSTS INCURRED ON DOING A PROJECT.

THAT'S BUILT INTO THAT.

IT WILL BE MADE UP OF THE ORIGINAL GRANT AND IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WE PROCURE IN THE LAST 12 OR 16 MONTHS, AND THE STATE GRANT, ANOTHER 200,000, AND THE REMAINING BALANCE WOULD COME FROM ALREADY EXPENDED CONSTRUCTION FUND RESERVES AND THEN OUR STATE CONSTRUCTION FUND, A STATE AID WE CAN USE ALSO.

THAT'S WHAT I'M PROPOING HERE.

>> THE ROAD CLOSURE WILL BEGIN ON MONDAY, JUNE 22ND, AND THE STREET IS ANTICIPATED TO BE BACK OPEN TO TRAFFIC BY FRIDAY, JUNE 26TH.

>>> THREE LOCAL TRIBAL NATIONS CASTED BALLOTS TODAY IN MINNESOTA CHIPPEWA TRIBE GENERAL ELECTIONS.

LEECH LAKE BAND MEMBERS ARE DECIDING ON SECRETARY-TREASURER AND DISTRICT ONE COMMITTEEPERSON ELECTIONS.

THE MILLE LACS BAND OF OJIBWE IS VOTING IN A DISTRICT THREE REPRESENTATIVE RACE.

AND THERE ARE THREE RACES FOR WHITE EARTH VOTERS, DISTRICT ONE AND TWO COMMITTEEPERSON AND SECRETARY TREASURER.

WE HOPE TO HAVE COMPLETE RESULTS FOR YOU TOMORROW ON LAKELAND NEWS.

>>> VOLUNTEERS AT THE BEMIDJI COMMUNITY FOOD SHELF SPENT THE MORNING SETTING UP AND PLANTING PRODUCE IN THE ORGANIZATION'S GARDEN, WHICH WILL BE AT FULL CAPACITY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEVERAL YEARS.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: THE FOOD SHELF HAS BEEN RUNNING THE FARM FOR MORE THAN A DECADE.

OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, IT HASN'T QUITE BEEN AT FULL CAPACITY BUT AT ITS PEAK IT PRODUCES MORE THAN 21,000 POUNDS OF FOOD.

THIS SUMMER, THEY'RE HOPING TO GET BACK TO CLOSE TO THOSE NUMBERS.

>> SO WE'RE REBUILDING THE HIGH TUNNELS, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE FIELDS CLEANED UP, AND CLEANING OUT [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪] >>> THE BRAINERD INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH C-BOYS-TV AND FORSBERG RACING HOSTED THE FIRST OCTANE AUTOFEST, LAST WEEKEND.

THE EVENT IS BILLED AS A HIGH-ENERGY MOTORSPORTS FESTIVAL.

OUR REPORTER XZAYVER CURRY HAS MORE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: THE IING -- INAUGURAL AUTOFEST KICKED OFF WITH AN EVENTFUL THREE DAYS OF DRIFTING EXHIBITIONS, THREE ROAD COURSES, AND AUTO.

>> WE ARE DRIFTING ON THREE DIFFERENT COURSES.

WE HAVE HIGH PERFORMANCE DRIVING EXPERIENCE ON THE ROAD COURSE, A CAR SHOW, THE ZOO IS OPEN, 200 ACRES OF CAMPING, SO WE'RE WELCOMING IN PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

I SAW PENNSYLVANIA, I SAW CALIFORNIA, AND I EVEN HEARD SOMEBODY FROM EUROPE.

THAT'S PRETTY WILD.

>> Reporter: PROFESSIONAL DRIFTER AND THREE TIME CHAMPION CHRIS WAS A COLLABORATOR WITH THE BRAINERD INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY ON THE EVENT, BRINGING IN MORE EYES AND MORE VISITORS TO NOT ONLY THE RACEWAY BUT THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA.

>> ALL THEY DO FOR THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS IS IT GIVES THE DRIVERS A SAFE PLACE TO OPERATE THEIR VEHICLES.

WE WANT TO KEEP THE RACING AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING OFF THE ROADS AND BRING IT HERE TO B.I.R.

AND IT BRINGS IN A LOT OF ACTION, A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND HELPS WITH THE LOCAL RESTAURANTS, HOTELS, AND LOT OF THEM ARE SOLD OUT THIS WEEKEND.

IT'S A FANTASTIC ATTRACTION FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> Reporter: ORGANIZERS FOR THE EVENT WANTED TO COME TOGETHER TO PROVIDE A FUN BUT MAINLY SAFE WAY FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO EXPLORE RACING.

>> I THINK OUR HOPE IS TO GET THIS NEXT GENERATION INVOLVED IN A SAFE LEVEL OF MOTOR SPORT.

THERE ARE CAR TAKEOVERS, THEY'RE OUT THERE TAKING OVER INTERSECTIONS AND INNER CITIES.

WE HAVE THE RIGHT SAFETY HERE TO DO IT IN THE SAFEST WAY POSSIBLE.

WE'RE ABLE TO WELCOME NEW PARTICIPANTS INTO OUR GATES, BUT ALSO SHOWCASE A HIGH-LEVEL OF TALENT, SO THEY CAN SEE WHAT THEY CAN ASPIRE TO BE IN THE FUTURE.

>> Reporter: THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT THE BRAINERD INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY HAS HAD THE OCTANE AUTOFEST BUT THEY'RE HOPING IT WILL BECOME A TRADITION IN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA.

REPORTING IN BRAINERD, XZAYVER CURRY, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THIS FALL, OCTANE AUTOFEST IS SET TO MAKE A RETURN TO THE RACEWAY ON SEPTEMBER 11TH THROUGH THE 13TH.

>>> THE LAKELAND PBS VACATION GIVEAWAY 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.

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

NEWS ON A POSSIBLE STORM MOVING INTO THE AREA.

>> Stacy: RIGHT, WE HAVE A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, SOME SEVERE WEATHER IN THE DAKOTAS, THAT'S GOING TO BE MOVING EASTWARD TONIGHT SO WE WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF SEEING SEVERE WEATHER.

WE HAVE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN PARTS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA.

SO I'LL HAVE A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT AND THE [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: IT WAS A HOT AND HUMID DAY OUT THERE TODAY.

NOW AS WE HEAD INTO THE OVERNIGHT, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER, A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OFF IN THE DAKOTAS, MOVING EASTWARD MAKING THEIR WAY INTO OUR VIEWING AREA AND WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

RIGHT NOW ESPECIALLY IN WESTERN MINNESOTA, WE COULD SEE SOME ELSEWHERE WITH ANOTHER CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 77 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.

WE HAVE A SOUTH WIND AT 8 MILES PER HOUR, IT IS A STICKY 65 FOR OUR DEW POINT.

IN BRAINERD, CLEAR SKIES, 78.

THE DEW POINT IS ALL THE WAY UP TO 67.

WINDS ARE SOUTH AT 7 MILES PER HOUR.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN MINNESOTA UNTIL 4:00 A.M.

ON WEDNESDAY.

WE COULD SEE SOME DAMAGING WINDS, SOME ISOLATED GUSTS UP TO 80 MILES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY, WE COULD ALSO SEE HAIL UP TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER, AND WE CAN'T RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A TORNADO OR TWO AS THESE STORMS ROLL IN.

SO FAR TONIGHT, IT HAS BEEN PRETTY QUIET.

WE HAVE BEEN SEEING MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES, THE CLOUDS ARE STARTING TO GENERALLY MOVE TO THE WESTERN PARTS OF MINNESOTA, IF YOU LOOK TO THE EDGE OF THE RADAR, YOU CAN SEE THE BEGINNINGS OF THE THUNDERSTORMS.

THEY WILL BE MAKING THEIR WAY ACROSS THE AREA AS WE HEAD INTO THE OVERNIGHT, THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER, BUT ESPECIALLY IN WESTERN MINNESOTA.

WE GET A LULL IN THE ACTION TOMORROW IN THE MORNING, BY THE AFTERNOON, ONCE AGAIN WE WILL BE SEEING SOME THUNDERSTORMS FIRING UP AND WE COULD SEE SOME SEVERE WEATHER ONCE AGAIN.

WE DO HAVE A VIDEO SUBMITTED FROM CHRIS, A COUPLE OF BEAR CUBS MAKING THEIR WAY UP THE TREE THERE.

THANK YOU CHRIS FOR SHARING THAT VIDEO WITH US TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYE PICTURES, ARLENE WITH A BEAUTIFUL SKY IN MENAHGA AROUND SUNRISE THIS MORNING, BILL AND JUDY WITH A MAMA AND HER BABY.

WE ALSO HAVE A MAMA DEER AND HER BABY FROM RALPH IN JENKINS.

THE WHITE ROSES ARE IN BLOOM, GARY WITH THAT PICTURE.

THANK YOU ALL FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 69 AND BREEZY THIS MORNING, STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, HIGH HAZE TODAY, ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUN AND HUMID, BOB IN BLUFFTON, SUNNY AND BREEZY, ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, PARTLY CLOUDY, HUMID TODAY.

ON OUR ALMANAC, 83 WAS OUR HIGH IN BRAINERD, SO WE'RE SEEING WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES, 64 FOR THE LOW, 9:08 THE SUNSET.

BEMIDJI TOPPING OUT AT 87, 65 FOR THE LOW.

WE HAVE BEEN SEEING AGAIN TOMORROW MORNING, WE'LL HAVE A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HERE AND THERE, OTHERWISE MOSTLY CLOUDY, BUT AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY, ESPECIALLY INTO THE AFTERNOON, WE'LL SEE THE NEXT ROUND OF POTENTIAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE, SEVERE WEATHER MOVING INTO THE AREA.

HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM 80 TO THE LOW 80s IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA WITH SOME MID-80s IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE.

HERE'S OUR FORECAST, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE IN TONIGHT, SOME SEVERE AND SOME COULD CONTAIN HEAVY RAINFALL, LOWS NEAR 63, AND TOMORROW MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON AND SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN, HIGHS NEAR 82.

LOOKING AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, A LITTLE UNSETTLED LATER THIS WEEK, BUT TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER.

OVERALL, IT LOOKS QUIET AS WE START THE WEEKEND, TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND IN THE UPPER 60s.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THANKS STACY.

WELL CHARLIE HAS TONIGHT OFF BUT COMING UP NEXT IN SPORTS, I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE GRAND RAPIDS BASEBALL TEAM, WHICH IS MAKING YET ANOTHER STATE TOURNAMENT APPEARANCE.

[♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

>>> AND WELCOME BACK EVERYBODY.

EVERY TIME GRAND RAPIDS BASEBALL MAKES THE STATE TOURNAMENT, THEY REWRITE THE RECORD BOOKS.

NO ONE HAS BEEN THERE MORE TIMES THAN THE THUNDERHAWKS, WHO ARE MAKING THEIR SIXTH STRAIGHT APPEARANCE AND 24TH OVERALL, BUT DURING THEIR CURRENT STREAK OF STATE APPEARANCES, RAPIDS HAS BEEN UNABLE TO GET OVER THE HUMP AND WIN A STATE TITLE.

STILL, THE T-HAWKS HAVE PLENTY OF EXPERIENCE ON THE BIG STAGE.

COUPLE THAT WITH A TOUGH SECTION 7TH 3-A TOURNAMENT, WHERE TWO OF THE GAMES WERE DECIDED IN EXTRA INNINGS, AND GRAND RAPIDS FEELS LIKE THEY HAVE TESTED TEAM THAT'S PREPARED TO GO THE DISTANCE.

>> I MEAN, I THINK THE STATE TOURNAMENT WILL BRING BETTER COMPETITION, SOME BETTER TEAMS.

I THINK OUR ABILITY TO BATTLE BACK LATE IN TOUGH SITUATIONS, AFTER GIVING UP SOME RUNS OR NOT GETTING SOME BIG HITS, THAT'S GOING TO HELP US STAY WITH IT IN THE BIGGER GAME.

>> I THINK THAT YOU HAVE TO FIGHT FOR IT AND OUR COACHES DO A GOOD JOB KEEPING OUR PRIORITIES STRAIGHT.

WE HAD TO REFILL OUT THE GOAL SHEET TO SEE IF WE ARE AT THE SAME GOAL.

THAT'S HOW WE STAY FOCUSED AND FRESH.

>> EVERYONE IS GOOD DOWN THERE THAT THEY CAN DO THE BIG THINGS.

IT'S WHO CAN DO THE LITTLE THINGS THE BEST.

IT'S THE BASES YOU TAKE ON BALLS, WILD PITCHES, ALL THAT, THAT MATTER IT IS MOST.

>> GRAND RAPIDS PLAYS TOMORROW IN CHASKA AT 10:00 A.M.

AND IT WILL BE AGAINST A FAMILIAR FOE.

FOR THE 5TH TIME IN 6-YEARS THEY WILL FACE MAHTOMEDI.

THUNDERHAWKS ARE 1-3 AGAINST THE ZEPHYRS, WHO ALSO HAPPEN TO BE THE REIGNING CLASS 3-A STATE CHAMPS, AND WHO ALSO HAPPEN TO HAVE A FLAMETH ROWING LEFT HANDED PITCHER BY THE NAME OF CONNOR FINN WHO HAS COMMITTED TO PLAY D-1 AT TEXAS TECH, SO A GOOD CHALLENGE AHEAD FOR THE THUNDERHAWKS.

>>> AITKIN BASEBALL HEADS INTO ITS THIRD CLASS 2-A STATE TOURNAMENT APPEARANCE RIDING A SIX-GAME WINNING STREAK, WHILE ALSO WINNING 11 OF THEIR LAST 12 GAMES.

SPORTS REPORTER MILES WALKER STOPPED BY PRACTICE TO SEE WHAT IS FUELING THE GOBBLERS' ON THE DIAMOND.

>> Reporter: AITKIN BASEBALL HOLDS A 22-3 -- RECORD AND FOR THE BOYS, REALITY IS YET TO SINK IN.

>> IT'S CRAZY, OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS, IT'S BEEN A ROCKY ROAD.

YOU FOOLLY -- FINALLY GET TO A POINT, WE WOULD LOSE IN EVERY TOURNAMENT AND NOW FINALLY, JUST BROKE THROUGH.

THE GUYS BELOW US, IT ALL CAME TOGETHER.

>> Reporter: THE GOBBLERS HAVE BEEN AVERAGING OVER 10 RUN AS GAME, SCORING DOUBLE DIGITS IN 14 OF THEIR 25 CONTESTS.

>> WE REALLY HAVE THE WOLF PACK MENTALITY.

LIKE GET ON BASE AND YOU ARE GOING TO HIT HOME AND REALLY FOCUSING AND TRUSTING EACH OTHER.

THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING, TRUSTING EACH OTHER AND IT REALLY WORKS OUT.

>> ALL IT MATTERS IS A BASE HIT HERE AND THERE AND THE RUNS COME IN.

IT'S ALL TEAMWORK, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR THE GAME.

>> Reporter: ONE OF AITKIN'S OFFENSIVE ONSLAUGHTS CAME FROM DULUTH MARSHALL AS WELL, A TEAM THAT HANDED THE GOBBLERS ONE OF THEIR TWO LOSSES.

>> WE KNEW WE COULD BEAT THEM AND THEY BEAT US SIX TIMES BEFORE AND IT FEELS GREAT TO GET THEM TWICE.

>> IT'S THE FIRST PITCHER WE SAW THAT HAD DECENT VELOCITY.

OVER THE COURSE OF THE SEASON, IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT BECAUSE YOU COME INTO A GAME THINKING THE OTHER TEAM IS GOING TO CRUSH US.

IT'S THE BEST FEELING.

>> DESPITE AN UPTICK IN COMPETITION, AITKIN IS CONFIDENT IN THEIR BATS, THE GOBBLERS HOPE TO ELEVATE ON THE BUMP, WITH THE ROTATION FEATURES BRANDON, JACK, AND OWEN, HELPING LEAD THE CHARGE.

>> BRANDON GOES OUT THERE AND HITS POUNDS THE ZONE, AND THROWS STRIKE, AND JACK CAN HEAT UP THE BALL A LITTLE BIT.

I THINK THE BIGGEST KEY WILL BE MENTAL.

WE HAVE TO COME OUT THERE READY TO GO AND BE EXCITED.

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

>> TAKING A LOOK AHEAD, AITKIN BASEBALL DREW THE SIX SEED IN THE CLASS 2-A STATE TOURNAMENT AND WILL FACE LAST YEARS STATE RUNNER UP GLENCOE-SILVER LAKE ON THURSDAY.

>>> ALSO IN GOLF, LOOK AT THIS.

BRAINERD HAS THE LEAD AFTER ONE ROUND OF THE AAA TOURNAMENT AND A BRAINERD GOLFER IN THE TOP FIVE INDIVIDUAL PLAYERS AT THIS POINT, GOLFERS AT THIS POINT.

IN THE STANLEY CUP FINALS, CAROLINA STEALS ONE IN VEGAS.

THAT SERIES IS TIED 2-2 AS THEY HEAD BACK TO CAROLINA.

>>> THAT'S GOING TO DO IT FOR SPORTS.

I'LL BE BACK WITH T >>> THE THIRD-ANNUAL BRAINERD YOUTH EXPO TOOK PLACE SATURDAY AT THE CROW WING COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS, WHERE LOCAL OUTDOOR FOCUSED ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDED INTERACTIVE BOOTHS TO SHARE HOW THEY SERVE THE COMMUNITY.

OUR REPORTER XZAYVER CURRY HAS THE STORY FOR THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE.

>> Reporter: THE INSPIRATION IS TO GET YOUTH BACK TO THE OUTDOORS.

THERE ARE NOT MANY PROGRAMS THAT OFFER AT THIS MAGNITUDE KIDS TO HAVE THIS EXPERIENCE.

WE HAVE BETWEEN 38 TO 50 ORGANIZATIONS THAT COME OUT EVERY YEAR AND SPEND TIME WITH THE KIDS, BEEKEEPERS, MAPLE SYRUPERS, THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.

>> Reporter: THE BRAINERD YOUTH EXPO HAS A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING FOR EVERYONE.

GIVING THEM A CHANCE FOR FAMILIES TO EXPERIENCE THE OUTDOORS.

>> WE TRY TO GIVE AS MUCH DIVERSITY IN THE TOPICS, IN THEMES, SO THAT WAY IT SPANS ANY INTEREST.

WE HAVE A BATTING CAGE IF SOMEONE WANTS TO LEARN HOW TO HIT A BASEBALL FOR THE FIRST TIME, THEY HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY, TO EXPLORE, TO LEARN, AND MAYBE THEY WILL WALK AWAY WITH MORE KNOWLEDGE OR ACTIVITIES THEY WANT TO TRY OUT, AND GROW AS A PERSON.

>> Reporter: ONE OF THE BOOST WAS AN IRON RANGE RIDER, AN A.T.V.

CLUB THAT HAS BEEN AT THE YOUTH EXPO ALL THREE YEARS, PROVIDING YOUNG AND OLDER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WITH SAFE, INFORMATIVE, A.T.V.

LISTS.

>> IT SHOWS SOME YOUTH SAFETY, WE HAVE THE HELMETS, DIFFERENT GLOVES, DIFFERENT THINGS FOR KIDS TO TRY ON FOR BEING OUT ON THE A.T.V.

THE SMARTER THEY ARE ON THE MACHINE IS WHAT WE NEED FOR SAFE A.T.V.

RIDING.

>> Reporter: ORGANIZERS FEEL THAT GETTING KIDS OUTSIDE AND PROVIDING THEM WITH HANDS-ON DISTRICT -- DIRECT NATURE-FRIENDLY ACTIVITY WILL INSPIRE A PASSION FOR OUTDOOR PLAY.

>> THERE ARE SO MANY STORIES TO BE HEARD AND SEEN AND SO MANY EXPERIENCES TO BE HAD.

WE WANT THEM EXCITED NOW AND LATER ON IN THEIR LIVES TO FIND SOMETHING THEY CAN BE PASSIONATE ABOUT AND I THINK WE CAN GET THAT DONE BY WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY, PUBLIC, AND SPONSORS.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BRAINERD FOR THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, XZAYVER CURRY, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: AND BACK TO STACY FOR MORE ON THE WEATHER.

>> Stacy: WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING IN OVERNIGHT AND RIGHT NOW THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS FOR THE WESTERN MOST PART OF LAKELAND COUNTRY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4:00 A.M., DAMAGING WINDS, LARGE HAIL, AND POSSIBLY TORNADOS, AND WE COULD SEE SEVERE WEATHER TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU STACY AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING TONIGHT.

THAT'S TONIGHT'S SHOW.

HAVE A GOODNIGHT EVERYBODY.

WE'RE BACK AT 10:00 TOMORROW.

WE'LL SEE YOU THEN.

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