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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.

[♪♪♪] >> Matthew: HI EVERYONE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING, MY NAME IS MATTHEW FREEMAN FILLING IN FOR DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> THE RESULTS ARE OFFICIALLY IN FOR THE RED LAKE BAND OF OJIBWE'S GENERAL ELECTION.

SEVEN RACES IN TOTAL, WITH THE RED LAKE TRIBAL CHAIRMAN CONTEST BEING THE HEADLINER.

IN ORDER TO WIN THE GENERAL ELECTION, A CANDIDATE NEEDS MORE THAN 50-PERCENT OF THE TOTAL VOTE.

IF NO ONE GETS MORE THAN 50-PERCENT, THE TOP TWO CANDIDATES MOVE ON TO A RUN-OFF ELECTION SET AT A FUTURE DATE.

AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED IN THE TRIBAL CHAIRMAN RACE, WHERE THE TOP TWO CANDIDATES, INCUMBENT DARRELL SEKI SENIOR, AND FLOYD 'BUCK' JOURDAIN BOTH RECEIVED OVER 36-PERCENT OF THE VOTES.

ONLY 15 VOTES SEPARATED THOSE TWO CANDIDATES.

HOWEVER, IN THE RACE FOR TRIBAL SECRETARY, ROBERT MAY WON THAT CONTEST, RECEIVING OVER 75-PERCENT OF THE VOTE.

WHILE VERNELLE LUSSIER RAN UNOPPOSED FOR THE TRIBAL TREASURER POSITION.

THE ONLY CANDIDATE TO RECEIVE OVER 50-PERCENT OF THE VOTES FOR AREA REPRESENTATIVES WAS IN THE REDBY DISTRICT RACE, WHERE INCUMBENT HAROLD E GRAVES RECEIVED JUST OVER 52-PERCENT OF THE VOTE.

FOR THE PONEMAH REPRESENTATIVE RACE, EUGENE STANDINGCLOUD AND DELWYN HOLTHUSEN JUNIOR, WERE THE TOP TWO CANDIDATES.

BOTH WITH OVER 30-PERCENT OF THE VOTE.

FOR THE LITTLE ROCK REPRESENTATIVE, LISA BEAULIEU AND MICHELLE BARRETT-COBENAIS WILL MOVE ON TO THE RUN-OFF ELECTION IN THAT RACE.

WHILE IN THE RACE FOR THE RED LAKE REPRESENTATIVE, DAVID DESJARLAIT AND CLEM MAY SENIOR RECEIVED THE MOST VOTES, SO THEY WILL MOVE ON TO THE RUN-OFF ELECTION.

>>> THE FLANDERS FIRE IS OFFICIALLY 100 PERCENT CONTAINED AND HAS BEEN PASSED TO LOCAL CREWS TO CONTINUE AND MANAGE THE AREA.

THE EFFECTED AREA SPANS 1,700 ACRES.

OUR REPORTER XZAYVER CURRY HAS MORE DETAILS.

>> FIRE CREWS THROUGHOUT THE CENTRAL AND GREATER PART OF MINNESOTA WHO RESPONDED TO THIS WILDFIRE.

AGAIN, WE UNDERSTAND THE DIFFICULTY BEING AWAY FROM FAMILY FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME, SO DROPPING EVERYTHING THEY HAD AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE AND ATTACKING THIS BLAZE AND WORKING IT TOGETHER SO EFFECTIVELY THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.

AGAIN, IT'S JUST AN EXTRAORDINARY EFFORT THAT WE CAN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH FOR.

>> Reporter: WITH CREWS RAMPING DOWN EFFORTS FROM THE FLANDERS FIRE, ATTENTION NOW SHIFTS TO THE AFTEREFFECTS AND HOW IT WILL LEAVE THE COMMUNITY MOVING FORWARD.

ONE BEING THE DELAYMENT OF CONSTRUCTION ON HIGHWAY 11.

>> I MADE THE DECISION TO STOP ALL CONSTRUCTION THE ONE WEEK DELAY TO ALLOW THE EMERGENCY CREWS TO DO THEIR WORK, PROTECT PUBLIC SAFETY, AND THEIR SAFETY AS THEY ADDRESS WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE WITH THE FIRE.

SO, NEXT WEDNESDAY, RESUMING THEIR WORK, TO GET THE ROAD COMPLETED PRIOR TO THE OPERATION AND THE TRUCKS THAT WILL BE USING THE ROADWAY.

>> Reporter: COMMISSIONERS AUTHORIZE A TIMBER AUCTION TO SALVAGE SOME OF THE HEAVILY BURNT TREES ON COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY.

THIS LEAVES THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT IN A TOUGH SITUATION, POTENTIALLY DELAYING CONSTRUCTION WORK UNTIL THE FALL, DUE TO THE RISK THAT LOGGING OPERATIONS CAN DAMAGE THE NEW ROADS.

>> IT'S GOING TO BE A TIMBER SALE THAT THE COUNTY BOARD AUTHORIZED THAT.

THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT.

I THINK THE BIDDING IS COMING UP.

THE BIGGEST CONCERN FOR US IS THE AMOUNT OF TRUCKS AND WHERE THEY ARE ACCESSING COUNTY ROAD 11.

WE'RE GOING TO INCORPORATE IMPROVING SOME OF THOSE ACCESSES FROM THE TIMBER AREAS TO COUNTY ROAD 11 TO MITIGATE THE PUNITIVE DAMAGE BY THOSE COMING OUT ON TO OUR ROADWAY.

>> Reporter: IF THE PROJECT EXPERIENCES SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL DELAYS, TOTAL CONTRACTOR COST COULD APPROACH $165,000 IN ADDITION TO ANY POTENTIAL DAMAGE TO WORK ALREADY COMPLETED.

REPORTING IN CROSS LAKE, XZAYVER CURRY, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE COUNTY IS LOOKING INTO WHETHER THE ADDITIONAL COSTS WOULD QUALIFY FOR STATE OR FEDERAL EMERGENCY REIMBURSEMENT.

>>> THE BREEZY POINT POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ASKING RESIDENTS OF THE CITY FOR ASSISTANCE IN HELPING LOCATE REPORTED SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY IN THE AREA.

THEIR OFFICE RECEIVED REPORTS ON TUESDAY, MAY 19TH AT AROUND 4:30 P.M, .OF WHAT THE DEPARTMENT IS CALLING SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITIES IN THE 3100 BLOCK OF RANCHETTE DRIVE IN THE CITY OF BREEZY POINT.

THE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT GO INTO FURTHER DETAILS ABOUT THE INCIDENT THAT TOOK PLACE, HOWEVER, TWO TRACKING K-9'S FROM THE CROW WING COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SEARCHED THE AREA WITH ASSISTANCE OF THE COUNTY'S DRONE TEAM.

AS OF YESTERDAY, THEIR OFFICE HAS NOT LOCATED EVIDENCE CONFIRMING THAT A CRIME OCCURRED, OR THAT THERE IS ANY ONGOING THREAT TO THE PUBLIC.

RESIDENTS IN THE AREAS OF RANCHETTE DRIVE, WINTER TRAIL.

SCENIC OVERLOOK, AND CHEROKEE TRAIL, ARE BEING ASKED TO CHECK ANY RESIDENTIAL SECURITY CAMERAS, AND REPORT ANY SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY OR RELEVANT FOOTAGE TO THE BREEZY POINT POLICE DEPARTMENT.

>>> A 15-YEAR-OLD FEMALE FROM RICE IS CURRENTLY IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER STRIKING A CAR WHILE RIDING HER DIRT BIKE.

ACCORDING TO THE MORRISON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AT AROUND 5:36 P.M.

ON MAY 20TH, THEIR OFFICE RECEIVED A REPORT OF A TWO-VEHICLE CRASH INVOLVING A DIRT BIKE ON 450TH STREET, AROUND THREE MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY BOWLUS, IN TOW RIVERS TOWNSHIP.

THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE CLAIMS THE JUVENILE WAS DRIVING WEST ON 450TH STREET ON A DIRT BIKE, WHILE 25-YEAR-OLD CHLOE SUPA OF BOWLUS, WAS TRAVELING EAST ON THE SAME ROAD IN A PASSENGER CAR.

SUPAN MADE A LEFT TURN INTO A DRIVEWAY, AND WAS STRUCK BY THE DIRT BIKE.

THE JUVENILE WAS REPORTEDLY THROWN FROM THE DIRT BIKE AND HIT THE WINDSHIELD OF THE CAR.

SHE WAS WEARING A HELMET AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH.

THE 15-YEAR-OLD FEMALE WAS TRANSPORTED TO SAINT CLOUD HOSPITAL WITH UNKNOWN INJURIES.

SUPAN WAS NOT INJURED IN THE CRASH.

THE CASE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

>>> WITH MAY BEING NATIONAL FOSTER CARE MONTH, CROW WING COUNTY IS HELPING RAISE AWARENESS FOR THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM AND THE VITAL ROLE IT PLAYS IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTY.

NATIONAL FOSTER CARE MONTH IS A TIME TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE FOSTER FAMILIES, VOLUNTEERS, AND PROFESSIONALS WHO OPEN THEIR HOMES TO CHILDREN IN NEED, STRENGTHEN RECRUITMENT, AND SUPPORT EFFORTS FOR FUTURE FOSTER FAMILIES.

AS OF APRIL 1ST THIS YEAR, CROW WING COUNTY HAS 59 LICENSED FOSTER FAMILIES CARING FOR 82 CHILDREN AND TEENS.

HOWEVER, FAMILY SERVICES SUPERVISOR STACY BROWN BELIEVES MORE FOSTER AND ADOPTIVE FAMILIES ARE NEEDED, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE ABLE TO CARE FOR SIBLING GROUPS, OR SERVE AS CRISIS HOMES.

>> THERE IS ALWAYS A NEED FOR MORE IN TERMS OF EMERGENCY HOMES.

THAT IS ALWAYS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST NEEDS.

WHEN KIDS GO RIGHT INTO CARE, WE LIKE TO HAVE HOMES THAT ARE SHELTERED.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR HOMES FOR RESPITE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE LICENSED TO DO RESPITE, BUT YOU HAVE TO DO A BACKGROUND CHECK.

>> IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BECOMING A FOSTER PARENT OR WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY FURTHER, YOU CAN SPEAK WITH CROW WING COUNTY CHILD FOSTER CARE LICENSING SOCIAL WORKER ALLYSON DAVIS AT THE NUMBER BELOW.

>>> A JUDGE ON THURSDAY HANDED DOWN AN EXTRAORDINARY PRISON SENTENCE NEARLY 42 YEARS TO A FORMER LEADER OF A MINNESOTA NON-PROFIT WHO WAS CONVICTED IN A STAGGERING $250 MILLION FRAUD CASE.

AIMEE BOCK RAN FEEDING OUR FUTURE, WHICH HAD CLAIMED IT PROVIDED MILLIONS OF MEALS TO CHILDREN IN NEED DURING THE PANDEMIC.

HER LAWYER HAD ARGUED FOR A SENTENCE OF NO MORE THAN THREE YEARS, SAYING SHE HAD BEEN UNFAIRLY PAINTED AS THE MASTERMIND.

AUTHORITIES LATER ANNOUNCED CHARGES AGAINST 15 MORE PEOPLE ACCUSED OF FRAUD IN RECEIVING FEDERAL PAYMENTS, FOR A VARIETY OF SOCIAL SERVICES IN MINNESOTA.

THE F.B.I.

SAID ONE MAN JUMPED FROM A FOURTH-FLOOR BALCONY TO AVOID ARREST.

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

>> Stacy: RAIN SHOWERS ARE LIKELY BEGINNING TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY MORNING.

THERE IS A BIG WARM UP IN STORE NEXT WEEK.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK FOR THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN APPLE, BEMIDJI HIGH SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION CLASS STUDENTS SHOWED OFF THE HOUSE THEY HAD BUILT OVER THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

[♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

>>> LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT KIAN DUDA' EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT FOR SCOUTING AMERICA WAS DISCOVERED BY MAYOR DAVE BADEAUX AND PRESENTED FOR THE PUBLIC INSIDE BRAINERD CITY HALL.

KIAN IS A SOPHOMORE AT BRAINERD HIGH SCHOOL AND HAS BEEN WITH THE SCOUTS SINCE 2021.

HE ORIGINALLY MADE THE FLAG BOX FOR THE BRAINERD ELKS, AND THEN MAYOR BADEAUX DECIDED CITY HALL COULD USE ONE TOO.

KIAN FEELS THAT THE SCOUTS HAVE HELPED HIM IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE.

>> I REALLY GOTTEN THAT DRIVE TO CONTINUE MY ACADEMICS, CONTINUE IN SCHOOL, AND I REALLY FOUND MY LOVE FOR ENGINEERING THROUGH IT.

IT HAS DEVELOPED MY LEADERSHIP SO FAR AND I REALLY RECOMMEND IT FOR ANYBODY OUT THERE.

TO ME, IT'S SO MUCH MORE IN THE LONG RUN AND IT'S REALLY HARD TO PUT INTO WORDS.

ANYBODY OUT THERE THAT HAS A FLAG THAT NEEDS TO BE RETIRED, BRING IT TO CITY HALL TO DROP IT OFF.

>> KIAN HAS STATED THAT HE WISHES TO ATTEND NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOR AN ENGINEERING DEGREE.

>> Matthew: IT'S TIME FOR WEATHER, THINGS ARE WARMING UP NOW.

>> Stacy: THEY ARE GOING TO GET WARMER AND YOU CAN EVEN SAY HOT NEXT WEEK.

WE WILL SEE HIGHS IN THE 80s.

IN THE MEANTIME, WE HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF SEEING SOME SHOWERS STARTING TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

I'LL HAVE THE DETAILS ON THAT IN A >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: IT WAS SUNNY AND BREEZY TODAY BUT TEMPERATURES ARE AT LEAST VERY CLOSE TO OUR SEASONAL AVERAGES.

AS WE HEAD INTO THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, WE DO HAVE SHOWERS LIKELY BEGINNING TOMORROW AFTERNOON THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT AND THEN EVEN A FEW LINGERING INTO SATURDAY MORNING.

BEYOND THAT, IT LOOKS PRETTY QUIET.

IT LOOKS VERY HOT TOO AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK WITH HIGHS IN THE 80s AS WE HEAD INTO MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 58 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT, AT OUR STUDIO, WITH HAVE A SOUTH WIND, HUMIDITY IS AT 52%.

IN BRAINERD, MOSTLY CLOUDY AND 59, OUR DEW POINT IS 39, PRESSURE ON THE RISE, AND SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE AT 6 MILES PER HOUR.

LOOKING AT OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR, WE HAVE SEEN A BIT MORE CLOUD COVER IN THE AREA THIS EVENING.

WE WILL SEE THAT START TO BREAK UP A LITTLE BIT NOW AS WE HEAD INTO THE OVERNIGHT WITH SKIES BECOMING CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY.

IT DOES LOOK LIKE WE'RE GOING TO START OUT WITH SOME SUNSHINE TOMORROW, BUT AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON, RAIN SHOWERS WILL BECOME LIKELY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND THEN MOVING TO THE NORTH AND EAST THROUGHOUT THE DAY, FINALLY INTO NORTHEAST MINNESOTA TOMORROW NIGHT.

SOME OF THOSE SHOWERS COULD LINGER INTO THE START OF THE WEEKEND BEFORE QUIETER WEATHER RETURNS.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU, IT WAS A GORGEOUS MORNING FROM ARLENE IN MENAHGA, SAMROSE OVER LOWER RED LAKE AND RALPH IN JENKINS, CHRISSY WITH THE SUNSHINE THROUGH THE TREES IN DEERWOOD.

MICKEY SENDING US THE PHOTO OF A PORCUPINE SPOTTED NEAR LAPORTE.

BILL AND JUDY SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE SUNSET OVER UPPER RED LAKE.

WE HAVE GORGEOUS EVENING SKY FROM ANGELA IN CASS LAKE AND LAURIE FROM LITTLE TURTLE LAKE.

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR SHARING YOUR PHOTOS WITH US TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, RALPH IN JENKINS, 32 THIS MORNING, DEBRA IN PINE RIVER, 40 THIS MORNING.

CHRISSY AT DEERWOOD REPORTING BOUNTIFUL SUNSHINE TODAY.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUNSHINE AND SOME CLOUDS.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, WITH A LIE -- HIGH OF 65.

ON OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD TOPPING OUT AT 66 TODAY, FALLING SHY OF THE AVERAGE HIGH OF 70.

WE HAD A LOW OF 33, SUNRISE AT 5:37.

BEMIDJI TODAY ACTUALLY 1 DEGREE ABOVE THE AVERAGE, TOPPING OUT AT 69.

WE HAD 37 FOR THE LOW AND SUNRISE AT 5:36.

WE START OUT WITH SUNSHINE ACROSS THE AREA BUT WE WILL SEE THE CLOUDS INCREASE AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE MORNING AND IN THE AFTERNOON, WE WILL START TO SEE THE SHOWERS MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND THEN SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA THROUGHOUT THE DAY TOMORROW AND INTO TOMORROW NIGHT IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.

HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE IN THE LOW TO MID-60s ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA, SOME OF THE WARMER TEMPERATURES IN THE FAR NORTH.

AND IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WE WILL SEE HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50s TO LOW 60s.

OUR FORECAST TONIGHT, SKIES BECOMING CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY, LOWS NEAR 42, WITH SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15.

TOMORROW, THE RAIN SHOWERS ARE LIKELY BEGINNING IN THE AFTERNOON, ALTHOUGH SMALLER CHANCE IT WILL REACH PARTS OF EASTERN MINNESOTA, HIGHS NEAR 62, WITH SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 10 TO 25.

LOOKING AT THE REST OF OUR HOLIDAY WEEKEND FORECAST, WE WILL BE SEEING A LOT OF SUNSHINE OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEKEND INTO SUNDAY AND MONDAY AND WARMING TEMPERATURES, 77 ON SUNDAY, WE ARE INTO THE LOW TO MID-80s ON MONDAY, AND THAT IS WHERE WE STAY ON TUESDAY WITH STILL MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Matthew: THANK YOU SO MUCH STACY.

WE HAVE CHARLIE YAEGER WITH US.

YOU WERE OUT ALL DAY ON SOFTBALL FIELDS.

>> Charlie: YEAH, IT'S SECTION PLAYOFF TIME SO THERE ARE SOFTBALL GAMES GOING ON ALL DAY LONG.

WE HAD A CHANCE TO GET OUT TO BEMIDJI HIGH SCHOOL WHERE THEY WERE TAKING ON STMA IN THE QUARTER FINALS.

ALSO, WE'RE AT BRAINERD AS WELL, THEY WERE TAKING ON MOORHEAD IN THE 8-4A QUARTER FINALS AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHO WILL MATCH UP IN THE NEXT ROUND AFTER TODAY'S GAME.

WE HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS AND MORE COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

[♪♪♪] >> AND NOW, YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪] >> Charlie: IT TOOK LATE GAME HEROICS AND 9 INNINGS TO COME OUT WITH A WIN ON TUESDAY.

IT WAS THE LUMBERJACKS FIRST OPENING ROUND PLAYOFF WIN IN FIVE YEARS.

THEY HAVEN'T WON CONSECUTIVE GAMES TO START THE POST-SEASON SINCE 2018, WHICH IS ALSO THE LAST TIME THEY MADE THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

TO DO IT, THEY WOULD HAVE TO BEAT ST.

ALBERTVILLE IN THE QUARTER FINALS AT HOME.

LEADING 1-0 IN THE TOP OF THE 6th, THEY HAVE THE BASES LOADED, NO ONE OUT, BUT CARLY GETS A COMEBACK FROM ELISE, AND SHE GOES HOME AND LIV TURN IT IS DOUBLE PLAY.

THE PICK AT FIRST, SO 2 DOWN NOW WITH RUNNERS ON SECOND AND THIRD.

ON THE NEXT PITCH, GETTING OUT OF THE JAM TO KEEP THE LUMBERJACKS WITHIN 1.

THEY WILL LOAD THE BASES AND WITH ONE OUT, THE SENIOR DELIVERS A 2 R.B.I.

SINGLE IN THE BIGGEST MOMENT THUS FAR OF HER HIGH SCHOOL CAREER AND LETTING HER KNOW IT, GIVING HER THE 2-1 LEAD, LUMBERJACKS WOULD PUT THEM OUT, 1-2-3 TO COMPLETE THE COMEBACK FROM BEHIND THRILLER.

THEY ADVANCE TO THE SECTION SEMI-FINALS AND THEY TAKE ON THE WINNER OF OUR NEXT GAME.

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRACKET, TOP SEED BRAINERD HOSTING 5-SEED MOORHEAD.

TWO TEAMS SPLIT THEIR REGULAR SEASON SERIES AFTER A SLOPPY FIRST INNING.

IN THE THIRD, LEADING WITH A DOUBLE, SHE LATER SCORED ON A BASES LOADED WALK TO MAKE IT 3-1.

BASES STILL JUICED, MADDIE O-GRADY, TO THE WINDOW, TO THE WALL, EVERYBODY SCORES, BRAINERD IN FRONT 4-3.

O-GRADY WAS HELPING HER CAUSE, SHE WAS IN THE CIRCLE TODAY AND WENT THE DISTANCE, STRIKING OUT SIX TO HELP MASH THE SPUDS.

WARRIORS BEAT MOORHEAD 5-3, BRAINERD'S MARCH TOWARDS A SECOND STRAIGHT SECTION TITLE CARRIES ON IN THE SEMIFINALS NEXT TUESDAY WHEN THEY HOST RIVAL BEMIDJI.

>> IN SECTION 5-A SOFTBALL, WE HAD A RIVALRY GAME IN THE 2-3 MATCH-UP, NORTHHOME-KELLIHER AT BLACKDUCK, DRAKES BEAT THE MUSTANGS 8-2 JUST A WEEK AGO.

HERE IN THE 2ND, ISABEL ZIEGLER HELPS BLACKDUCK STRIKE FIRST, TWO OUT FLAIR SCORES JESSA ANDERSON FROM THIRD.

NEXT BATTER, MUSTANGS STILL IN A JAM, KYLEE BINKLEY GETS THE 5-3 GROUNDOUT, THEN KIYA BYUTUMEYER FIRES HOME TO KENNA LATTRELL, IN TIME, DOUBLE-PLAY ENDS THE INNING TO KEEP IT 1-0.

IN THE 4TH, SAME SCORE, TWO OUTS, BASES LOADED FOR KENZIE LANDIS, COMES UP WITH THE CLUTCH SINGLE, PLATES TWO TO MAKE IT 3-0, AND IT WAS ALL SMILES FOR BLACKDUCK TODAY.

AS THEY GO ON TO BEAT THEIR RIVALS 3-1 AND ADVANCE TO THE SEMIFINALS NEXT TUESDAY AGAINST TOP SEED SEBEKA IN THEIR BID TO REPEAT AS SECTION 5-A CHAMPS.

NOW WE HAVE SOFTBALL SCORES FOR YOU.

THE ELIMINATION GAMES TOOK PLACE AFTER THIS.

NORTHOME-KELLIHER, THEY STAY ALIVE AS THEY WIN THEIR GAME AS WELL.

IN 5A QUARTER FINALS, SEBEKA BEAT NEVIS.

MILLE LACS BEAT NEVIS IN THEIR ELIMINATION GAME.

LITTLE FALLS KEEPS THEIR SEASON ALIVE.

WADENA DEER CREEK GETTING THE WIN OVER ROSEAU, 3-2.

THEN THE ELIMINATION SIDE, WARROAD BEATS PARK RAPIDS TO KEEP MOVING ON.

GREEN WAY BEAT WILLOW RIVER IN THEIR ELIMINATION GAME AND THEN THEY WOULD TURN AROUND AND WIN THE OTHER ELIMINATION GAME.

AITKIN ALSO WINNING IN THEIR ELIMINATION GAME SO THEY STAY ALIVE.

PEQUOT LAKES, THEIR SEASON COMES TO AN END.

IN THE 8-A QUARTER FINALS, EAST FOLK FALLS TO GREEN BUSH MIDDLE RIVER.

BAGLEY FALLS TO MAHNOMEN-WAUBUN.

AND THEN IN 6-A, WE GOT WEST CENTRAL, AND IN THE ELIMINATION SIDE OF THINGS, THEY WIN.

MONTICELLO BEATS BRAINERD 6-0.

LITTLE FALLS WINS 11-8.

MOOSE LAKE WILLOW RIVER TOPS CROSBY-IRONTON.

PINE RIVER-BACKUS BEATS McGREGOR.

ALSO IN BASEBALL, THE 6-2A FIRST ROUND, PIERZ BEATS PILLAGER.

STAPLES MOTLEY GETTING A WIN IN THEIR FIRST ROUND GAME.

ROYALTON'S SEASON COMES TO AN END.

>>> BRAINERD GIRLS LACROSSE WITH THEIR FINAL GAME OF THE REGULAR SEASON HOSTING BIG LAKE-PRINCETON-SPECTRUM.

FIRST QUARTER, STILL SCORELESS, MADDIE MAURER, USING THE GROUND TO HER ADVANTAGE, SKIPS IT IN TO PUT THE WARRIORS UP 1-0.

2 MINUTES LEFT IN THE FIRST, SAME SCORE, MAURER AGAIN, GOING TO WORK, HER SECOND GOAL MAKES IT 2-0.

THE HORNETS WOULD IT AT TWO IN THEY WOULD ANSWER WITH 2 IN THE SECOND.

IT WAS MAURER SHOW TONIGHT, SHE HAD THE WARRIORS FIRST 3-GOALS, HAT TRICK PUTS THE WARRIORS BACK IN FRONT.

THE FLOODGATES WOULD OPEN AFTER THAT FOR BRAINERD AS THEY GO ON TO BEAT BIG LAKE 20-4, WARRIORS FINISH THE REGULAR SEASON 10-3, SECTION PLAYOFFS BEGIN NEXT WEEK.

>>> THEN A COUPLE MORE SCORES FOR YOU REAL QUICK.

GRAND RAPIDS GREEN WAY GETS THE WIN IN GIRLS LACROSSE.

GRG GETTING THE WIN OVER ST.

CLOUD.

BOYS GOLF, BRAINERD WINS THE CLC CHAMPIONSHIP AFTER TWO DAYS.

BRADY IS THE CHAMPION OF THE CLC FROM BRAINERD.

BEMIDJI IN THEIR PRE-SECTION DUAL MEET.

THEY GET THE WIN ON THE GIRL'S SIDE.

>> Matthew: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU CHARLIE.

FOR MORE THAN THREE DECADES, BEMIDJI HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A HOUSE FROM THE GROUND UP AS A PART OF A CONSTRUCTION CLASS.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK STOPPED BY THIS YEAR'S OPEN HOUSE AS STUDENTS SHOWED OFF THE 2026 BUILDING FOR THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN APPLE.

>> Reporter: THIS YEAR'S HOUSE CAME OUT TO JUST OVER 1800 SQUARE FEET, WITH FOUR BEDROOMS, TWO BATHROOMS.

THE FLOOR PLAN WAS CREATED LAST YEAR AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND THEN THE CONSTRUCTION STARTED IN SEPTEMBER OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

>> A FEW DAYS AFTER SCHOOL STARTED, THEY POURED THE CONCRETE AND HAD TO LET THAT DRY, WHATEVER.

EVER SINCE THEN, THEY HAVE BEEN OUT HERE.

>> IT GIVES ME THE KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT HOUSE, TO KNOW WHAT YOU NEED TO BUILD A HOUSE, WHAT YOU NEED TO DO FOR EVERYTHING ELSE, AND IT JUST KIND OF SHOWS YOU THE ROPES OF HEY, I CAN DO THIS EVEN IF I DON'T THINK I CAN DO IT.

>> I KNOW HOW TO PATCH A WALL.

YOU KNOW HOW TO PATCH A HOLE.

YOU KNOW HOW TO FIX YOUR PLUMBING.

YOU KNOW HOW TO FIX YOUR FLOORING.

IT'S NICE KNOWLEDGE TO HAVE.

>> Reporter: THE HEADWATERS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PROVIDES FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT TO HELP INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF HOMES IN THE BEMIDJI AREA.

NORTHWEST TECHNICAL COLLEGE STUDENTS COME IN AND WORK ON THE HVAC AND ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS, WHILE THE HIGH SCHOOLERS FOCUS ON BUILDING DRY WALL, PAINTING, AND EVERY OTHER ELEMENT NEEDED TO BUILD THE HOUSE.

LEARNING SKILLS THEY CAN TAKE WITH THEM POST-GRADUATION.

>> HANDS-ON LEARNING IS PROBABLY THE BEST KIND OF LEARNING.

MR.

HOLMES IS PRETTY FREE GOING.

IF YOU MESS UP, IT'S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD.

>> EVERYTHING IS AWESOME ABOUT THIS PROGRAM AND HAVING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, ESPECIALLY IN HIGH SCHOOL.

>> CARPENTRY OR THE DRY WALL CAN BE DIFFICULT.

A SMALL CORNER OF A DRY WALL CAN BE CHIPPED AND SOMETIMES THAT CAN BE A PROBLEM BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE THAT CHIPPED, YOU NEED TO CUT IT OUT AND FILL IT IN.

CARPENTRY, YOU CAN HAVE A WALL OFF AND IT WILL BRING YOUR DIMENSIONS OFF AND TRYING TO GET IT STABLE.

>> IF YOU KNOW HOW TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IT'S EASY TO OWNING A HOME.

>> Reporter: REPORTING FROM THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN APPLE, I'M SYDNEY DICK, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Matthew: THE HOUSE FROM THIS YEAR'S CLASS HAS ALREADY BEEN SOLD AND IS SET TO CLOSE IN JUNE.

>>> WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME SO STACY, WHAT IS THE WEATHER LOOKING LIKE?

>> Stacy: LOWS WILL DROP TO 42 WITH SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 5 TO 15.

VARIABLE CLOUDS TOMORROW, SHOWERS MOVE INTO THE AREA BEGINNING IN THE AFTERNOON, WE'LL SEE HIGHS NEAR 62.

>> Matthew: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

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