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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 TH WEATHER, AND CHARLIE YEAGER WITH YOUR SPORTS.

>> MATTHEW: HEY, EVERYONE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

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

MINNESOTA STATE SENATOR JUSTIN EICHORN OF GRAND RAPIDS HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN CHARGED IN FEDERAL COURT FOR ATTEMPTED COERCION AND ENTICEMENT OF A MINOR.

ACCORDING TO THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT, ON MARCH 12-TH BLOOMINGTON POLICE DETECTIVES BEGAN AN UNDERCOVER OPERATION TO TARGET COMMERCIAL SEX INVOLVING JUVENILES.

LAW ENFORCEMENT PLACED ONLINE ADVERTISEMENTS OFFERING COMMERCIAL SEX, BUT UNDERCOVER OFFICERS WOULD RECEIVE AND RESPOND TO THE MESSAGES THA UNAWARE SEX BUYERS WOULD SEND.

ON MARCH, 11TH, OFFICERS BEGAN RECEIVING MESSAGES FROM EICHORN ASKING IF THEIR SERVICES WERE AVAILABLE, SAYING, QUOTE, WHAT'S A GUY GOTTA DO TO GET WITH THE HOTTEST GIRL ONLINE TONIGHT.

AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF MESSAGING BACK AND FORTH AND THE OFFICER REPEATEDLY SAYING THAT SHE WAS 17, NOT 18 YEARS OLD, EICHORN PROCEEDED TO ASK THE OFFICER ABOUT PRICING AND KEPT TRYING TO ARRANGE AN IN-PERSON MEET-UP TO PAY FOR COMMERCIAL SEX.

EICHORN ARRIVED AT THE AGREED-UPON LOCATION ONLY TO FIND LAW ENFORCEMENT WAITING TO APPREHEND HIM.

TWO CELLPHONES, CASH, AND A CONDOM WERE FOUND INSIDE EICHORN'S VEHICLE.

ACCORDING TO AN ORDER OF DETENTION, EICHORN'S BAIL WAS SET AT $75,000.

NEITHER EICHORN, NOR ANYONE AT HIS OFFICE HAS MADE ANY COMMENTS SO FAR REGARDING THE ALLEGATIONS.

ONE PERSON WAS TRAPPED IN A STRUCTURE FIRE IN GRAND RAPIDS ON SUNDAY EVENING, BUT THANKS TO THE HELP OF THE GRAND RAPIDS FIRE DEPARTMENT AND WORKING SMOKE ALARMS, SHE AND TWO OTHER OCCUPANTS INSIDE MADE IT OUT, ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE FROM THE GRAND RAPIDS FIRE DEPARTMENT.

ON MARCH 16TH AT AROUND 11:34 P.M., THEIR OFFICE RECEIVED A REPORT OF A STRUCTURE FIRE ON SUNNY BEACH ROAD.

BEFORE ARRIVING ON THE SCENE, ITASCA COUNTY EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS WAS MADE AWARE THAT A FEMALE OCCUPANT WAS STILL INSIDE THE RESIDENCE.

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARRIVED ON THE SCENE FIRST AND TRIED TO GAIN ENTRY INTO THE RESIDENCE, BUT HEAVY SMOKE CONDITIONS PREVENTED THAT FROM HAPPENING.

THEN, BY USING A THERMAL IMAGING CAMERA, FIRE CHIEF TRAVIS COLE WAS ABLE TO LOCATE THE OCCUPANT LYING ON THE FLOOR BELOW THE BEDROOM WINDOW.

CHIEF COLE CLIMBED INTO THE BEDROOM, RETRIEVED THE OCCUPANT AND HANDED HER TO THE OTHER RESPONDERS OUTSIDE.

CHIEF COLE THEN CONTINUED TO COMMAND OPERATIONS AND HELPED EXTINGUISH THE STRUCTURE FIRE.

TWO PEOPLE WERE TREATED ON-SCENE FOR CUTS WHILE ANOTHER WAS TREATED AT GRAND ITASCA CLINIC AND HOSPITAL FOR SMOKE INHALATION AND RELEASED THE FOLLOWING DAY.

WORKING SMOKE ALARMS IN THE RESIDENCE ARE WHAT ALERTED THE OCCUPANTS OF THE FIRE.

DAMAGE ESTIMATES ARE UNKNOWN AS OF RIGHT NOW, AND THE FIRE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION AT THIS TIME.

FOLLOWING LAST WEEK'S PROTEST OUTSIDE OF BRAINERD CITY HALL, PEOPLE ONCE AGAIN GOT TOGETHER TO PROTEST IN DOWNTOWN BRAINERD, THIS TIME OVER BUDGET CUTS WITH THE OFFICE OF VETERAN'S AFFAIRS.

BRAINERD RESIDENTS GATHERED OUTSIDE OF THE CROW WING COUNTY COURT HOUSE AT THE ALL VETERAN'S MEMORIAL TO PROTEST FUNDING BEING CUT FROM THE VA OFFICE.

PROTESTORS ON THE SCENE, SOME BEING VETERANS, CLAIMED THAT THEY FELT BUDGET CUTS ENACTED BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PUT VETERANS AT RISK FOR HOMELESSNESS, LOSS OF JOBS, OR POTENTIALLY COULD EVEN LEAD TO THE DEATH OF VETERANS.

>> WE ARE MAKING IT AWARE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE UP ON OUR VETERANS.

THEY DIDN'T GIVE UP ON US.

NOT ALL OF THEM ARE ABLE TO GET THE CARE THAT THEY NEED.

THEY EARNED THAT, SO IT'S DISA POINTING.

>> THE VA PROVIDES HEALTH CARE TO OVER 9 MILLION VETERANS EVERY YEAR AND NEARLY HALF A MILLION VETERANS ARE EMPLOYED BY THE DEPARTMENT.

VA SECRETARY DOUG COLLINS HAS SAID THE AGENCY IS LOOKING TO CUT 80,000 JOBS.

>> BRAINERD CITY COUNCIL TOOK ANOTHER STEP IN THE ANNEXATION PROCESS OF PROPERTIES ON RIVERSIDE DRIVE INTO THE CITY.

THE COUNCIL VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO ALLOW THE CITY TO SET THINGS LIKE FEES TO CONNECT PROPERTIES TO UTILITIES OWNED BY THE CITY.

IN 2003, THE CITY COMPLETED A PROJECT THAT BROUGHT CITY UTILITIES TO THE AREA AROUND RIVERSIDE DRIVE.

ALTHOUGH THE VOTE PASSED, ANNEXING THE AREA INTO THE CITY ISN'T IMPENDING.

>> SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY MOVING FORWARD ON ANNEXATION, BUT IT'S GETTING OUR DUNGZ IN AA ROW SO WE'LL HAVE THE POLICY IN PLACE THAT SETS THE DISTRICT THEY'RE IN, THAT SETS THEIR TAXES, THAT WILL SET WHAT THEIR CONNECTION CHARGES WILL BE WHEN THEY DO HOOK UP TO OUR UTILITIES.

WE'RE GOING TO GET ALL OF THAT WORK DONE BEFORE WE START ANNEXING PROPERTIES INTO THE CITY.

>> THE VOTED AMENDMENT ALSO ALLOWS FOR PROPERTIES THAT ARE IN THE AREA TO CONNECT TO CITY UTILITIES THROUGH POTENTIAL FUTURE EXPANSION PROJECTS.

>> TWO INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN CONVICTED BY A FEDERAL JURY FOR THEIR ROLES IN A 250-MILLION-DOLLAR FRAUD SCHEME THAT EXPLOITED A FEDERALLY-FUNDED CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM.

>>‘FEEDING OUR FUTURE' LEADER AIMEE BOCK AND HER ALLEGED ACCOMPLICE, RESTAURANT OWNER SALIM SAID WERE FOUND GUILTY AFTER ONLY 5 HOURS OF DELIBERATION.

BOCK WAS THE FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ‘FEEDING OUR FUTURE,” A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT WAS PARTICIPATING IN THE FEDERAL CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

SAID WAS THE FORMER CO-OWNER OF SAFARI RESTAURANT, AND TOGETHER HE AND BOCK OVERSAW A MASSIVE FRAUD SCHEME CARRIED OUT BY SITES UNDER ‘FEEDING OUR FUTURE'S' SPONSORSHIP.

BOCK AND SAID CREATED AND SUBMITTED FALSE DOCUMENTATION, AS WELL AS CREATED DOZENS OF SHELL COMPANIES TO ENROLL IN THE PROGRAM TO RECEIVE AND LAUNDER THE PROCEEDS.

THEN THEY DISBURSED THE OBTAINED FUNDS TO THEIR CO-CONSPIRATORS INVOLVED IN THE SCHEME.

IN TOTAL, FEEDING OUR FUTURE OPENED MORE THAN 250 FEDERAL CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM SITES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF MINNESOTA AND, IN DOING SO, WENT FROM RECEIVING AND DISBURSING APPROXIMATELY 3.4 MILLION DOLLARS IN FEDERAL FUNDS IN 2019 TO NEARLY 200 MILLION DOLLARS IN 2021.

THE DEFENDANTS USED THE PROCEEDS OF THEIR FRAUDULENT SCHEME TO PURCHASE LUXURY VEHICLES, RESIDENTIAL, AND COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE IN MINNESOTA AS WELL AS PROPERTY IN OHIO AND KENTUCKY, REAL ESTATE IN KENYA AND TURKEY, AND TO FUND INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL.

BOCK WAS CONVICTED ON FOUR COUNTS OF WIRE FRAUD, ONE COUNT OF CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT WIRE FRAUD, ONE COUNT OF BRIBERY AND ONE COUNT OF CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT FEDERAL PROGRAMS BRIBERY.

SAID WAS CONVICTED ON ONE COUNT OF CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT WIRE FRAUD, FOUR COUNTS OF WIRE FRAUD, ONE COUNT OF CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT FEDERAL PROGRAMS BRIBERY, EIGHT COUNTS OF BRIBERY, ONE COUNT OF CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT MONEY LAUNDERING AND FIVE COUNTS OF MONEY LAUNDERING.

EACH OF THEIR COUNTS CARRIES A 20-YEAR MAXIMUM SENTENCE.

>> A NORTH DAKOTA JURY ON WEDNESDAY HANDED DOWN A JUDGMENT IN HAS DEFAMATION LAWSUIT BETWEEN AN OIL COMPANY AND AN ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP.

WEDNESDAY GREENPEACE WAS ORDERED TO PAY TEXT-BASED PIPELINE COMPANY ENERGY TRANSFER HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGES.

THE COMPANY SUED GREENPEACE OVER ITS ROLE IN PROTESTS NEARLY A DECADE AGO.

THE DEMONSTRATIONS LED BY THE STANDING ROCK SIOUX TRIBE WERE AGAINST THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE.

ENERGY TRANSFER CLAIMED GREENPEACE INSIGHTED AND ENCOURAGED VIOLENCE TO DAMAGE THE COMPANY'S REPUTATION.

THE MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND MILE UNDERGROUND PIPELINE HAS BEEN OPERATING SINCE 2017.

THE COMPANY IS WAITING FOR FINAL PERMITS TO COMPLETE A SMALL SECTION OF PIPELINE THAT WILL CROSS FEDERAL TERRITORY UNDER A LAKE ON THE MISSOURI RIVER.

THE STANDING ROCK TRIBE HAS FILED A DIFFERENT LAWSUIT TO HAVE IT SHUT DOWN.

>>> HUNDREDS OF VOICES RANG THROUGH THE HALLS OF BEMIDJI STATE AS AREA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS CAME TO THE UNIVERSITY STAGES EARLIER TODAY FOR BSU SINGS DAY.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK WAS AT THE ANNUAL EVENT.

>> SOPRANOS, ALTOS AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.

OVER 200 VOICES WERE RAISED DURING THIS YEAR'S BSU SINGS EVENT.

>> THE BEGINNING OF THIS WHOLE THING WAS TO JUST LEARN ABOUT THE VOICE, AND OBVIOUSLY THAT STARTS WITH YOURSELF, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS GETTING TO KNOW YOUR VOICE.

>> MUSIC IS NEEDED MORE NOW THAN ANY TIME IN HISTORY, AND THIS IS THE WAY WE CAN KEEP MUSIC ALIVE.

>> DESPITE THE DAY BEING CALLED BSU SINGS, STUDENTS TAKE A PERCUSSION SESSION AS WELL.

>> WE'RE LOOKING AT RHYTHM, DYNAMICS, ANYTHING THAT DOESN'T ASSOCIATE WITH PITCH, KEY SIGNATURE, STARTING ON TIME TO MAKE SURE OUR RHYTHM IS RIGHT AND HARMONIES LINE UP.

>> THE CHOIRS ALL JOINED TOGETHER AS ONE.

>> I'M VERY MUCH ABOUT THE COMMUNITY OF MUSIC AND WHAT IT MEANS TO JUST COMMUNICATE.

THAT'S WHAT WE DO, AND TO SEE PEOPLE HAVING FUN, ENJOYING THE ART FORM, ENJOYING EACH OTHER, ENJOYING COMMUNICATING, FABULOUS.

>> BSU SINGS DAY ALSO ALLOWS HIGH SCHOOL SINGERS TO EXPERIENCE MUSIC AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL.

>> TO SEE THEM GO, OH, WOW, THESE GUYS SOUND REALLY GOOD, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THAT MOMENT OF THINKING, LIKE MAYBE I COULD SOUND LIKE THAT ONE DAY.

>> AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE STUDENTS CULMINATE EVERYTHING THEY'VE LEARNED THROUGHOUT THEIR DIFFERENT SESSIONS AND COME TOGETHER TO PUT ON A CONCERT.

>> HEARING THE FRUITS OF OUR LABOR FINALLY COME TO LIFE, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY A MAGICAL MOMENT FOR EVERYTHING INVOLVED.

>> IT IS SO INCREDIBLY SATISFYING TO WORK WITH AN ENSEMBLE AND THEN WHEN THEY REALLY NAIL IT AND THEY FINALLY JUST, LIKE, DO WHAT THEY'RE CAPABLE OF, IT IS SO GRATIFYING AS A MUSIC EDUCATOR AND AS A CONDUCTOR, AND HOPEFULLY SATISFYING FOR THE STUDENTS AS WELL.

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

>> MATTHEW: WHILE THE WHOLE DAY WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL CHOIRS TO LEARN FROM BSU PROFESSORS PROFESSORS, MANY STUDENTS SAID THAT WORKING WITH THE UNIVERSITY'S CHOIR MEMBERS WAS THEIR FAVORITE PART, AS THEY GOT TO SEE WHAT COLLEGIATE MUSIC CAREERS CAN REALLY BE LIKE.

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

>> IT WILL BE SUNNY AND WARM TOMORROW, BUT A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT AND FRIDAY AND COULD BRING US A LITTLE BIT OF SNOW BUT WILL ALSO BRING COOLER TEMPERATURES.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, THE 51st ANNUAL CROSSLAKE ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE TOOK PLACE THIS PAST >> THIS IS PORTION OF LAKELAND NEWS IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY CTC, INTERNET, PHONE AND TV.

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>>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH -- AND NOW LAKELAND NEWS AT TEN.

>> MATTHEW: CENTRAL MINNESOTANS AND BEYOND GATHERED FOR THE 51st ANNUAL CROSSLAKE ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE AND CELEBRATION THIS PAST WEEKEND, ORGANIZED THROUGH THE CROSSLAKE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WITH HELP FROM NUMEROUS ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE REGION.

REPORTER MILES WALKER HAS THE STORY.

>> FOR HIS 2025 EDITION, THE 51st ANNUAL CROSSLAKE ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE TOOK ON THE THEME, THE MAGIC OF CHANGE.

>> THEY ROLLED BACK THE PARADE UNTIL 1 O'CLOCK.

WE HAVE THE NEW ROUNDABOUT IN TOWN, AS YOU CAN SEE.

WE ALSO HAVE DECORATED OUR LIGHT POLES IN TOWN WITH SHAMROCKS, NEW TRAILS AND SIDEWALKS IN TOWN AS WELL.

SO THAT IS WONDERFUL FOR THE CONNECTIVITY OF CROSSLAKE AND ALSO PROVIDES A SAFER DISTANCE BETWEEN THE PEDESTRIANS FROM VIEWING THE PARADE AND THE FLOATS COMING BY.

>> COUNTLESS BUSINESSES, ORGANIZATIONS AND MORE GRACED THE CROSSLAKE ROADWAYS, RANGING FROM CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE TO THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS CHEERLEADERS.

>> WE HAVE EVERYTHING FROM WHITEFISH AT THE SENIOR LIVING.

THEY RIDE IN THE PARADE, SPECIAL FEATURES LIKE MINNESOTA VIKINGS, SCHOOL DRUMMERS AND CHEERLEADERS.

IT'S A REALLY GOOD TIME.

>> THE PARADE ROUTINELY ATTRACTS THOUSANDS OF ST. PATTY'S DAY ENTHUSIASTS, AND WHILE THE FRIGID WEATHER AFFECTED THE TYPICAL TURNOUT, THE STREETS STILL FILLED WITH GREEN, WITH SOME TRAVELING AS FAR OUT AS SPAIN.

>> IT'S OVERWHELMING.

FIRST TIME COMING TO THE PARADE, IT'S THE REAL DEAL.

IT'S A TRUE SPECTACLE TO BE HAD.

THAT'S WHY WE ARE THE #1 ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA.

>> WHILE IT WAS A TYPICAL MINNESOTA WINTER AFTERNOON FOR THE 51st ANNUAL CROSSLAKE ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE, THE COMMUNITY AND BEYOND STILL SHOWED OUT, TAKING IN THE TRADITION AND ALL THAT CRASS LAKE HAS TO OFFER.

>> -- CROSSLAKE HAS TO OFFER.

>> IT JUST SHOWS THAT YEAR-ROUND PEOPLE LOVE VISITING CROSSLAKE AND THE LOCAL BUSINESSES AND WHAT'S GOING ON UP HERE.

>> IT'S JUST TRADITION.

THEY STARTED THIS BACK IN THE PLAN 70s JUST AS A LITTLE PARADE.

THERE WAS MORE PEOPLE IN THE PARADE THAN WATCHING.

NOW MORE PEOPLE WATCHING THAN IN THE PARADE.

>> REPORTING FROM CROSSLAKE, MILES WALKER, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> MATTHEW: STACY, THAT SURE SEEMED LIKE A GOOD TIME, BUT I'M SURE GLAD WE'RE OUT OF THAT WEATHER.

>> STACY: A LITTLE BIT OF SNOW FOR US THIS WEEKEND.

A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW LATE TOMORROW, TOMORROW NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING.

BETTER CHANCES ARRIVE ON SUNDAY.

IN THE MEANTIME, WE DO GET TO >>> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS SPONSORED IN PART BY THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS MINNESOTA, AND THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES.

SANFORD HEALTH, HEAR FOR ALL, HERE FOR GOOD.

DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT OUR SERVICES IN THE BEMIDJI AREA IS AVAILABLE AT SANFORD HEALTH.ORG.

THE WEATHER IS SPONSORED IN PART BY WOOD SETH, ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST, LAND SURVEYORS, SERVING THE MINNESOTA COMMUNITY SINCE 1975.

>> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

>> STACY: WE DID SEE SOME SUNSHINE TODAY.

WE SAW A FEW CLOUDS AS WELL.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MAINLY CLEAR SKIES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

ALL OF THAT CLOUD COVER IS GOING TO BE MOVING OUT.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW, IT LOOKS PRETTY NICE, PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY.

WE'LL BE SEEING THOSE TEMPERATURES IN THE 40s TOMORROW.

THE COLD FRONT TOMORROW NIGHT BRINGS US AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW, AND IT IS ALSO GOING TO BRING COOLER TEMPERATURES BY FRIDAY.

RIGHT NOW, BEMIDJI, 27 DEGREES AT OUR AIRPORT.

STUDIO, WEST WIND AT 6 MILES PER HOUR, DEW POINT AT 19, HUMIDITY 71%, AND WE RIGHT NOW HAVE PEAK WIND GUSTS AT 15 MILES PER HOUR N BRAINERD, IT IS MOSTLY CLOUDY AND 32.

17 IS OUR DEW POINT.

WE HAVE A RISING BAROMETRIC PRESSURE AND WINDS ARE OUT OF THE NORTH AT 10 MILES PER HOUR.

LOOKING AT THE RADAR, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF SUNSHINE AND SOME CLOUD COVER.

WE CAN SEE THE THICKER BANK OF CLOUDS MAINLY IN CENTRAL INTO NORTHEAST MINNESOTA, CLEARER SKIES IN THE NORTHWEST.

WE'LL SEE THESE CLOUDS CONTINUING TO MOVE OFF TO THE EAST, AND SO IT LOOKS LIKE OVERNIGHT WE SHOULD SEE MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES.

WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES TOMORROW, SO NICE TEMPERATURES.

HIGHS WILL BE IN THE 40s.

WE DO HAVE AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW TOMORROW NIGHT AND FRIDAY AS THAT COLDER AIR BEGINS TO MOVE BACK IN.

ONE WEATHER SHOT TO SHOW YOU TONIGHT, ARLENE SENT THIS PICTURE OF THE BEAUTIFUL SUN RISE IN MENAHGA THIS MORNING.

THANK YOU.

FOR EAGLE EYE, MENAHGA 23 AND WENDY, STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD CLOUDY SKIES TONIGHT, HIGH OF 35.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, MOSTLY CLOUDY, HIGH OF 37.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, A LITTLE WINDY, HIGH OF 32.

35 THE HIGH TODAY IN BRAINERD.

WE DID FALL SHY OF THAT AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE.

A LITTLE ON THE COOL SIDE.

29 WAS OUR LOW TEMP, AND WE HAD SUNRISE AT 7:19.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 35, SO A LITTLE BELOW THAT AVERAGE HIGH TEMP.

21 FOR THE LOW, AND SUNSET TONIGHT AT 7:31.

WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST.

THIS IS THE PICTURE IN THE MORNING.

WE WILL BE SEEING PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AS WE START THE DAY, AND REALLY THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY AS WELL.

KIND OF A FEW CLOUDS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA.

AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW NIGHT, THAT'S OUR NEXT CHANCE OF SEEING SOME RAIN OR SNOW.

JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE AS A COLD FRONT BEGINS TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THAT SOME OF THAT RAIN AND SNOW COULD LINGER INTO FRIDAY AS COLDER TEMPERATURES RETURN.

AS FAR AS TEMPS TOMORROW, THOUGH, A NICE DAY.

WE'LL BE SEEING THOSE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 40s ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA, SIMILAR TEMPERATURES IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

COULD EVEN SEE TEMPS RIGHT AROUND 50 AS WE HEAD INTO THE LITTLE FALLS AREA.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST.

MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES FOR TONIGHT.

LOWS NEAR 18 WITH NORTHWEST WINDS AT 5 TO 15.

FOR TOMORROW, PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES.

HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHING 46, WEST TO SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 20.

HERE IS A LOOK AT OUR WEEKEND FORECAST, COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH, SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, TEMPERATURES WILL BE A LITTLE COLDER, HIGHS NEAR 31.

A QUIET START TO THE WEEKEND.

THINGS CHANGE, THOUGH, RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY ON IS.

HIGH TEMPERATURES ONLY IN THE MID 30s, AND AGAIN, IT DOES LOOK LIKE WE COULD POTENTIALLY SEE SOME ACCUMULATING SNOW LATE THIS WEEKEND.

IT DOES DISSOLVE QUICKLY BY MONDAY.

WE'LL BE SEEING SUNSHINE WITH HIGHS NEAR 38.

BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH STACY.

WE'VE GOT CHARLIE WITH US, AND HE'S GOT A LOOK INTO THE NEVIS BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM, RIGHT?

>> YES, BACK TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT FOR THE FIFTH STATE YEAR.

WE WENT AND TALKED TO THE TEAM AHEAD OF THEIR MATCH-UP TOMORROW AGAINST HENNING JUST TO SEE WHAT EXACTLY HAS THEM SUCCESSFUL ALL SEASON LONG.

THAT COMING UP AND MORE >>> SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED IN PART BY PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATION, CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF THE GIGAZONE.

HEALTH MINUTE IS SPONSORED IN PART BY EMPLOYEE OWNED LEUKIN'S VILLAGE FOODS.

MORE INFO AT LEUKIN'S.COM.

AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YEAGER.

>> SOME SAY BASKETBALL IS MORE ABOUT HEIGHT THAN IT IS ABOUT SKILL, BUT WHAT ABOUT WHEN YOU HAVE BOTH?

NEVIS BOYS BASKETBALL CAN ANSWER THAT.

THE TIGERS UTILIZED BOTH THEIR LENGTH AND ATHLETIC ABILITY TO REACH THEIR FIFTH CONSECUTIVE STATE TOURNAMENT.

>> ON THE HARD WOOD THE NEVIS TIGERS USE THEIR HEIGHT TO DOMINATE DOWN LOW.

CENTER ALEX LESTER AND FORWARD AJ BESLER REGULARLY TOWER OVER OPPONENTS ON THE BLOCK.

>> THE SIZE IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ADVANTAGES IN BASKETBALL.

WE HAVE TALL GUYS, AND IT OPENS UP EVERYTHING FOR THE REST OF THE TEAM TO DO.

>> THEY CAN'T REALLY STOP BOTH OF US AT THE SAME TIME.

>> AT TIMES, THEIR LARGE 6'9" AND 6'6" FRAMES CAN MAKE IT TOUGH TO SHARE THE PAINT, BUT THEY'VE LEARNED HOW TO WORK IN TANDEM.

>> SHARE THE BALL WELL.

WHEN I'M OPEN ON THE BLOCK, HE PASSES IT TO ME.

>> I CAN JUST THROW IT TO HIM, AND HE'S GOING TO CATCH AND SCORE THE BALL.

HE CAN ALSO GET REBOUNDS REALLY WELL.

>> LESTER AND BESLER COMBINE FOR 47 OF THE TEAM'S 80 POINTS IN THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP WIN AND 50 OF THEIR 78 VERSUS BROWERVILLE IN THE SEMIS.

>> ALEX HAS REALLY GOTTEN HIS FOOT WORK TO WHERE HE HAS A WHOLE VARIETY OF MOVES THAT'S FUN TO WATCH.

AJ HAS AN INSTINCT THAT'S UNCANNY, UNBELIEVABLY GOOD REBOUNDER.

PLAYING OFF EACH OTHER, THEY'VE GOTTEN BETTER AND BETTER THE MORE THEY'VE PLAYED.

>> BUT THEY AREN'T THE ONLY ONES GETTING BETTER.

6'5" JUNIOR FORWARD ETHAN, THE SIXTH MAN, HAS PICKED UP A THING OR TWO FROM THE DUO.

>> I'VE LEARNED A LOT, ESPECIALLY HAVING TO GUARD THEM EVERY DAY IN PRACTICE MADE ME A LOT BETTER DEFENDER, AND THEM GUARDING ME HAS HELPED ME DEVELOP SOME MOVES IN THE POST.

>> THE DOMINANCE OF THE BIG MEN HAS HELPED BALANCE AN OFFENSE THAT IS AVERAGING 81 POINTS PER GAME.

>> IT JUST GIVES US SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES.

THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO SCORE AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR KICKOUTS ON THREES.

IT REALLY OPENS THINGS UP.

>> NEVIS IS USING THAT OFFENSE TO HELP WITH DEFENSE, BECAUSE DESPITE THE LENGTH THEY USE TO PROTECT THE RIM, IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO STOP A GUARD-HEAVY LINEUP, SOMETHING THEY'LL SEE FROM THEIR STATE QUARTER FINAL OPPONENT, HENNING.

>> WE HAVE TO STOP THEIR PERIMETER GAME.

THEY ARE PHENOMENAL DRIVING, DISH AND KNOCK DOWN THREES.

WE HAVE TO USE OUR ADVANTAGE TO TRY TO PUT PRESSURE ON THEM IN THE PAINT WITH LESTER AND BESLER, AND BE ABLE TO GET THE BALL IN THE PAINT AND SCORE AND PUT PRESSURE ON THE DEFENSE THAT WAY.

>> THERE IS THE TIME FOR TOMORROW'S GAME.

IT'S 1 P.M. NEVIS DID PLAY HENNING EARLIER THIS YEAR.

THEY BEAT THEM 63-57.

BUT HENNING WITHOUT ONE OF THEIR BEST GUARDS, SO WE'LL SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT TOMORROW.

WE'LL HAVE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE TARGET CENTER AND HEAR FROM THE TEAM AFTER THE GAME.

>>> WELL, IN ALSO BOYS BASKETBALL, PEQUOT LAKES PLAYING MONTEVIDEO.

TRYING FOR THEIR THIRD.

EARLY ON HERE, SQUARED AWAY AT 2, HARRISON KEN ON, THREE-POINTER, AND THE PEQUOT LAKES JUMP OUT TO A 7-2 LEAGUE, BUT JACKSON CONEEN ON THE OTHER END, THREE-POINTER FROM THE CORNER, A 14-0 RUN FOR THE THUNDERHAWKS AS THEY TOOK A 16-7 LEAGUE.

BUT LATER, DOWN LOW ON THE FEED, THEY'RE ABLE TO BRING IT BACK WITHIN ONE.

BUT IN THE SECOND HALF, GRIFFIN FOR THE T HAWKS, 27 POINTS, A HIGH FOR THE GAME.

HE WAS THE HIGHER SCORER AND MONTEVIDEO GOES ON TO BEAT PEQUOT LAKE 62-39 IN THAT ONE, ENDING THE PATRIOTS SEASON.

IN THE NBA, TIMBERWOLVES DID NOT FARE BETTER OVER AT THE TARGET CENTER, FELL BY 4 TO THE PELICANS IN A TIGHT GAME.

MINNESOTA WILD UP 3-NOTHING.

THEY'VE BEEN PLAYING WELL LATELY.

HOPEFULLY THEY CAN CONTINUE THAT ON.

>> HOPEFULLY SO.

THANK YOU, CHARLIE.

IT'S NATIONAL POISON PREVENTION WEEK, A TIME TO HIGHLIGHT POTENTIALLY POISONOUS ITEMS IN MANY HOMES THAT CAN BE ATTRACTIVE YET DANGEROUS FOR CHILDREN.

IN TODAY'S HEALTH MINUTE, MANDY GAITHER TALKS TO AN EMERGENCY DOCTOR.

>> IT CAN HAPPEN IN AN INSTANT.

CURIOUS CHILDREN FIND DANGEROUS THINGS AND INGEST SOMETHING THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE.

>> I SEE CHILDREN IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT WHO HAVE GOTTEN INTO SOMETHING POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS ON A REGULAR DANGEROUS.

>> THE DOCTOR SAYS THERE'S A LONG LIST OF POTENTIALLY POISONOUS ITEMS IN HOMES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

U.S.

POISON CENTERS RESPONDED TO 2.4 MILLION CASES IN THE LATEST DATA FROM 2023.

THAT'S AN AVERAGE OF ONE NEW CASE EVERY 15 SECONDS.

>> A LOT OF YOUNG KIDS IN PARTICULAR LIKE TO EXPLORE THE WORLD WITH THEIR MOUTH.

>> TO KEEP KIDS SAFE, STORE AND SECURE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS ITEMS UP AND AWAY.

THIS INCLUDES CLEANING PRODUCTS, BUTTON BATTERIES, THC, DELTA 8, LIQUID MEDICINES, LAUNDRY PODS, MOTOR OIL AND PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS.

>> WE LIKE TO THINK ABOUT PILL BOTTLES BEING CHILD PROOF, BUT THEY AREN'T.

THEY'RE JUST CHILD RESISTANT.

>> IF YOU HAVE SUSPECTED A CHILD HAS INGESTED SOMETHING DANGEROUS, MAKE SURE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY MORE AND CALL POISON CONTROL.

ASK WHAT THEY SWALLOWED AND HOW MUCH.

IF IT'S A CLEANING PRODUCT, TAKE THE BOTTLE WITH YOU TO THE HOSPITAL.

>> ONE THING PARENTS SHOULD ACTUALLY DO IS STORE THE POISON CONTROL CENTER NUMBER IN THEIR PHONE.

THAT NUMBER, NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE IN THE UNITED STATES IS 1-800-222-1222.

>> FOR HEALTH MINUTE, I'M MANDY GAITHER.

>>> WE HAVE A LITTLE EXTRA TIME, SO WE'LL AHEAD TO STACY CHRISTENSON.

>> NORTHWEST WINDS AT 5 TO 15 TONIGHT.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW, PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY.

WE'LL SEE NICE WARM TEMPERATURES.

HIGHS SHOULD BE IN THE 40s WITH WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 5 TO 20.

A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW AND RAIN THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AND COOLER TEMPERATURES.

A BETTER CHANCE OF SNOW, THOUGH, LATE THIS WEEKEND.

>> MATTHEW: THANK YOU, GUYS, SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

WE'LL BE BACK TOMORROW AT 10:00.

BE SURE TO TUNE IN.

GOOD NIGHT.

GOOD NIGHT.

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