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>> SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED IN PART BY PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS, CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF THE GIGAZONE, THE ALL FIBEROPTIC NETWORK THAT HAS TRANSFORMED HOW WE LIVE AND WORK.

>> 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 WATCHING TONIGHT.

>>> BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS SAY 90 PERCENT OF THEIR BUILDINGS ON CAMPUS SUFFERED SOME FORM OF DAMAGE FROM LAST WEEKENDS SEVERE STORM.

BSU PRESIDENT DOCTOR JOHN HOFFMAN ALONG WITH HIS WIFE FIRST SPOUSE DOCTOR JOY HOFFMAN UPDATED THE PUBLIC ON THE STATUS OF BSU DURING A FACEBOOK LIVE APPEARANCE THIS AFTERNOON.

>> I CAN TELL YOU THAT WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE CITY IS THAT THE PEAK WINDS, SUSTAINED WINDS ON OUR CAMPUS WERE AT ABOUT 120 MILES PER HOUR.

THAT IS EQUIVALENT TO A CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE AND IT SHOWS ON THE CAMPUS.

90% OF OUR BUILDINGS HAVE SUSTAINED DAMAGE.

THERE ARE OVER 100 WINDOWS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE, MOBILE LABS THAT ARE JUST GONE, THAT WERE IMPLODED OR BLOWN OVER, AND THEN WE ARE -- IT'S HARD TO COUNT, BUT WE'RE NORTH OF 200 TREES THAT HAVE BEEN DOWNED AND A LARGE NUMBER OF THOSE ARE TREES THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 50, 60, 80 YEARS.

MOST OF YOU HAVE REACHED OUT AND SAID I REMEMBER WHEN THAT TREE WAS PLANTED, AFTER WORLD WAR II, OR BY OUR CLASS IN SUCH AND SUCH YEAR.

SO I KNOW THE TYPES OF CONNECTIONS THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO THE TREES AND THE LANDSCAPING HERE.

AND THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PINES.

>> OTHER DAMAGE ON CAMPUS INCLUDED HAVING ALL THE WINDOWS OF THE SKYWAY BETWEEN BANGSBERG AND DEPUTY HALL BLOWN OUT, FLOODING AT THE FIELDHOUSE, DAMAGE TO THE PRESS BOX AT CHET ANDERSON STADIUM AND DAMAGE TO THEIR BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL FIELDS.

HOFFMAN SAYS THE SCHOOL WILL APPROACH THE STATE FOR EMERGENCY AID DOLLARS AND HE'S ENCOURAGED BY THE OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT SO FAR.

>> OUR FOUNDATION STAFF HAS CREATED SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO GIVE.

THE FIRST THREE DAYS, REALLY WITHOUT MUCH PUBLICATION ALL, WE HAVE RAISED APPROXIMATELY $14,000 TO THE LAKESIDE FUND THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO USE TOWARDS RESTORATION AND FOREST STATION OF PROCESSES IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

WE WILL BE REBUILDING.

AGAIN, THE STORM IS NOT THE END OF OUR STORY AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO CREATING A BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS SPACE FOR OUR CURRENT STUDENTS AND FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.

>> IF YOU'D LIKE TO DONATE TO THE BSU LAKESIDE FUND YOU CAN DO SO BY GOING TO THE WEB ADDRESS BSUALUMNI.ORG.

>>> ELECTRICITY HAS BEEN RESTORED TO 99 PERCENT OF THE 50,000 PLUS ACCOUNTS THAT WERE LEFT WITHOUT POWER FOLLOWING THE STORM TONIGHT LESS THAN 250 PEOPLE ARE STILL WITHOUT ELECTRICITY.

241 ARE OTTERTAIL POWER CUSTOMERS AND 3 ARE BELTRAMI ELECTRIC CUSTOMERS.

>>> AS THE BEMIDJI AREA CONTINUES ITS RECOVERY AND GETTING LIFE BACK TO NORMAL AFTER THE MAJOR STORM EARLY LAST SATURDAY, THE CITY IS WORKING ON ASSISTING RESIDENTS AS MUCH AS THEY CAN.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK SPOKE TO BEMIDJI MAYOR JORGE PRINCE EARLIER TODAY FOR UPDATES ON THE CITY'S WORK SO FAR AND THEIR PLANS FOR FUTURE ASSISTANCE.

>> Reporter: AS STORM CLEAN UP COMETS, BEMIDJI RESIDENTS ARE CUTTING UP THE TREES THAT FELL ON THEIR HOUSES AND IN THEIR YARD AND THEN THEY CAN BRING THEM OUT TO THE CURB.

THE NEXT STEP IN THAT PROCESS IS UP TO THE CITY OF BEMIDJI WHO HAS CURBSIDE PICK UP FOR TREE DEBRIS.

>> WE'RE TAKING THAT TO OUR CITY SITE AND PROCESSING IT.

SO WE HAVE A WOODCHIPER, A GRINDER, AND THESE TYPES OF THINGS.

THIS IS WAVE ONE.

WE ANTICIPATE THAT THERE WILL BE MORE WAVES, SO TO SPEAK, SO WE WILL SEND OUR TRUCKS THROUGH, GET EVERYTHING WE GOT RIGHT NOW, BUT MY GUESS IS THERE WILL BE ANOTHER ROUND AT SOME POINT.

>> Reporter: AS OF NOW, THE CITY IS ONLY TAKING TREES, NOT ANY HOUSE MATERIALS OR LEFTOVER DEBRIS.

EVERYTHING MUST BE CUT DOWN TO NO MORE THAN 8 FEET LONG AS WELL, BUT DESPITE ALL OF THE PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE TOWARDS RESTORING THE CITY, THERE IS STILL A STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED.

>> OUR HOPE IS THAT AT SOME POINT THE GOVERNOR WILL DECLARE A DISASTER, BUT YOU HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN THRESHOLDS IN ORDER FOR THAT TO BE CONSIDERED A DISASTER.

OUR TEAM IS ASSESSING, ESTIMATING COSTS, AND THOSE THINGS.

ALL OF THAT IS TIED TO THE FUNDING AND TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE GET BACK UP AND RUNNING.

>> Reporter: AND NOW THAT MOST ROADS ARE CLEARED AND POWER HAS BEEN RESTORED, THE CITY IS LOOKING AT HOW TO HELP INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS.

>> WE'RE KIND OF ALL ON THE SAME OCEAN, BUT OUR BOATS MAY BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

SO I THINK EVERYBODY HAS A LITTLE BIT OF INDIVIDUALIZED CIRCUMSTANCE.

>> Reporter: ON TOP OF TRYING TO GET LIFE BACK TO NORMAL, THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS HAVE FALLEN UNDER FINANCIAL BURDEN.

>> THEY HAVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP THAT IS A MATTER OF WHERE IS THAT RESOURCE?

IT COULD BE THE UNITED WAY FUNDING IF YOU'RE A CITIZEN.

ON THE OTHER HAND, IT MAY BE A PROGRAM THROUGH THE GREATER BEMIDJI OR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IF YOU'RE A BUSINESS.

WE'RE PUBLISHING SOME HEALTH GUIDES ON THE CITY WEBSITE, SOME STATE GUIDES TO HELP PEOPLE SORT THROUGH DISASTER, SO THAT'S A PLACE OF RESOURCE.

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

>> MORE INFORMATION ON DISASTER RECOVERY, DEBRIS PROCESSING, AND MORE WILL COME FROM BELTRAMI COUNTY AT THEIR NEXT BOARD MEETING, WHICH WILL BE NEXT TUESDAY, JULY 1ST.

>>> AND A REMINDER, A FREE EMERGENCY MOBILE FOOD DISTRIBUTION IS SET FOR TOMORROW FOR ANYONE AND EVERYONE THAT MAY NEED HELP AFTER THE DESTRUCTIVE WEATHER IN BEMIDJI LAST WEEKEND.

THE DISTRIBUTION WILL TAKE PLACE FROM 10:00 A.M. TO 12:00 P.M. OR UNTIL FOOD RUNS OUT, AT THE SANFORD CENTER PARKING LOT.

THE DISTRIBUTION WILL BE LIMITED TO ONE BOX PER PERSON OR FAMILY.

THE EVENT IS BEING HELD IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNITED WAY OF BEMIDJI AREA, THE NORTH COUNTRY FOOD BANK, AND THE SANFORD CENTER.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT THE UNITED WAY AT 218-444-8929.

>>> AS WE HAVE REPORTED OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS, ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT AREAS FROM THE STORM THAT PASSED THROUGH BELTRAMI COUNTY FRIDAY NIGHT WAS ON THE EAST SIDE OF LAKE BEMIDJI, WHERE LAKE BEMIDJI STATE PARK STANDS.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN SPOKE WITH OFFICIALS AT THE STATE PARK AND D.N.R.

'S OFFICE TO GET DETAILS ON THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE, AS WELL AS WHEN THE PARK PLANS ON RE-OPENING.

>> Reporter: OFFICIALS COULD ONLY FIND ONE WORD TO DESCRIBE THE DAMAGES TO LAKE BEMIDJI STATE PARK FROM THE DESTRUCTIVE STORM THAT PASSED OVER BELTRAMI COUNTY, DEVASTATING.

>> I DON'T OFTEN USE THE WORD DEVASTATING WITH NATURAL EVENTS, BUT THIS IS.

I WORK A LOT OF STORM RECOVERIES AND THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE TOUGHEST BLOW DOWNS WE'VE SEEN IN THIS AREA.

>> IT'S A CHORE JUST TO GET IN BECAUSE OF THE DOWNED TREES.

>> Reporter: PARK OFFICIALS KNEW A BAD STORM WAS COMING AND DID EVERYTHING THEY COULD TO PREPARE CAMPERS AND PARK STAFF FOR WHAT'S TO COME.

>> WE WERE TALKING TO EVERY CAMPER COMING IN, TELLING THEM WHAT TO EXPECT TONIGHT.

IT COULD GET REALLY BAD.

I DIRECTED THEM TO WHERE THE SEVERE WEATHER SHELTERS ARE AND THAT WE HAVE A WEATHER SIREN.

WHEN THEY HEAR THAT, THAT'S THEIR CUE TO GO TO A SHELTER.

>> ONE STAFF MEMBER WAS WORKING THROUGH THE STORM TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE WAS SAFE.

>> HE WAS MAKING SURE EVERYONE WAS OKAY, DOING AN ASSESSMENT OF THE CAMPGROUND AND OUR VISITORS, AND HE WAS ACTUALLY TRAPPED HERE.

HE COULD NOT LEAVE AND COULD NOT GET HOME.

HE STAYED THE NIGHT.

>> Reporter: PARK OFFICIALS MET WITH THAT STAFF MEMBER THE NEXT MORNING CONFIRMING HE WAS SAFE AND UNHARMED.

THEY ALSO ASSESSED THE DAMAGES FROM THE STORM.

>> WE HAVE A COUPLE BUILDINGS THAT WERE DAMAGED BUT NOTHING TOO SEVERE.

REPAIRS COULD BE MADE AND WE MAY HAVE TO DECOMMISSION ONE OF THE BUILDINGS.

WE'RE REALLY FORTUNATE.

>> Reporter: NOT THE SAME COULD BE SAID FOR THE HUNDREDS OF TREES THAT WERE LOST THROUGHOUT THE PARK.

>> WE WATCHED TREES THAT TOOK 200 YEARS TO GROW AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO REPLACE THOSE IN ANY OF OUR LIFETIME.

>> Reporter: THE PARK WILL REMAIN CLOSED FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE BUT CLEAN UP EFFORTS STARTED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE STORM PASSED.

>> I STARTED GETTING PHONE CALLS AT 6 A.M. TO HELP THE PARK OPEN UP SO WE COULD GET PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR CAMPSITES.

WE WERE ON THE GROUND CUTTING, I THINK BY 830 A.M. OR 8:00 A.M. ON SATURDAY.

>> Reporter: DESPITE THE DAMAGE, OFFICIALS ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO GET THE PARK BACK OPEN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND ARE PROUD OF THE WORK ACHIEVED SO FAR.

>> WE HAVE ABOUT 20 PEOPLE ON THE GROUND SO FAR.

I'M PROUD OF THE WORK THAT OUR CREWS DO.

WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME GOING THROUGH AREAS LIKE THIS WHERE WE HAVE TENTS AND CAMPERS, MAKING SURE IF WE GET A LARGE STORM, WE WON'T HAVE STUFF DAMAGED FROM THIS STORM COMING DOWN ON THOSE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.

>> Reporter: THEY WILL REOPEN ON FRIDAY AT 4:00 P.M., BUT ONLY PARTIALLY.

THEY HOPE TO OPEN A FEW OF THE TRAILS.

>> WE WILL REOPEN AGAIN NEXT WEEK, BUT AGAIN THIS IS A 1,700 ACRE PARK, AN EXTENSIVE TRAIL SYSTEM.

IT WILL TAKE A WHILE TO GET TO THOSE TRAILS AND WE HOPE THE -- PUBLIC WILL BE PATIENT WITH US.

>> Reporter: I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE ARE TOLD YOU SHOULD VISIT THE LAKE BEMIDJI STATE PARK WEBSITE OR THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES.

>>> WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT A HOUSE FIRE IN FOSSTON THAT KILLED A MAN YESTERDAY.

THE FOSSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS THE VICTIM IS 60-YEAR-OLD KEVIN HAUGEN.

THE INJURED OCCUPANTS WERE 31-YEAR-OLD ZACHARY HAUGEN AND TWO CHILDREN AGES 4 AND 8.

WHEN RESPONDERS ARRIVED AT THE HOUSE AT 4:30 A.M. ON WEDNESDAY THEY FOUND THE HOME FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES.

FIREFIGHTERS PUT OUT THE FIRE AND LOCATED KEVIN HAUGEN DEAD INSIDE THE RESIDENCE.

THE OTHER THREE WERE ABLE TO GET OUT.

THE MINNESOTA FIRE MARSHALL'S OFFICE WAS CONTACTED AND RESPONDED TO THE SCENE.

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

>> Stacy: LINGERING SHOWERS WILL COME TO AN END OVERNIGHT AND SKIES WILL BECOME PARTLY SUNNY TOMORROW BUT CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RETURN TOMORROW NIGHT AND CONTINUES THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

WE'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, LAKEVIEW BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HELD A RIBBON CUTTING >> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪] >>> THE BRAINERD LAKES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HELD THEIR MONTHLY BUSINESS AFTER HOURS EVENT AT THE BASE OF THE OLD BRAINERD WATER TOWER TO SHOW OFF RENOVATIONS BEING DONE ON THE SITE.

THE WATER TOWER WAS THE FIRST ABOVE GROUND CONCRETE WATER TOWER IN THE WORLD ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS ON SITE, BUT OVER THE 100 YEARS SINCE IT WAS FIRST BUILT, THE TOWER FELL INTO DISREPAIR, BUT BEHIND FEDERAL GRANTS AND SUPPORT FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, THE INTERIOR RENOVATION OF THE TOWER IS NOW COMPLETE AND THE EXTERIOR RENOVATIONS ARE WELL UNDER WAY.

>> NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INSIDE THIS STRUCTURE, SO WE WANTED THE PEOPLE TO SEE THE INSIDE OF THIS STRUCTURE, GET A FEEL FOR WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO PRESERVE, AND KIND OF HELP US OUT.

THIS WAY THEY CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHAT WE HAVE.

>> RENOVATIONS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE TOWER BUT NO CLEAR TIMELINE HAS BEEN GIVEN FOR ITS COMPLETION DATE.

>>> LAKEVIEW BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HELD A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY TO OPEN THE DOORS TO ITS NEWEST OFFICE IN BRAINERD AT THE NORTHERN PACIFIC CENTER.

THIS IS THE SECOND OFFICE THAT THE ORGANIZATION HAS HELD IN BRAINERD, BEING PREVIOUSLY LOCATED ON FRONT STREET.

THE NEW OFFICE IS DOUBLE THE SIZE OF THEIR PREVIOUS SPACE AND IS ONE OF FIVE THAT THE COMPANY OPERATES IN THE STATE.

THE NEW SPACE WILL FEATURE AREAS DESIGNATED FOR ALL OF THE SERVICES THE COMPANY OFFERS INCLUDING GROUP THERAPY AND FAMILY COUNSELING.

>> WE'VE MOVED INTO THIS NEW SPACE HERE AT THE NORTHERN PACIFIC CENTER.

WE EXPANDED FROM OUR OFFICE WE HAD THREE YEARS DOWNTOWN BRAINERD.

AND WE'RE EXCITED TO MOVE INTO THIS WONDERFUL SPACE.

THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE THAT STRUGGLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS AND WE'RE HERE TO SERVE THEM.

>> THE NEW LAKEVIEW OFFICES ARE OFFICIALLY OPEN FOR BUSINESS FOLLOWING THE RIBBON CUTTING AND HAVE BEGUN NORMAL OPERATIONS.

>>> THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SAYS ROADWORK IS NEARLY COMPLETE AND ALL LANES ON BOTH DIRECTIONS OF HIGHWAY 210 THROUGH BAXTER ARE SET TO OPEN NEXT WEEK.

THE $4.5 MILLION PROJECT TO RESURFACE AND IMPROVE HIGHWAY 210 BETWEEN BAXTER DRIVE AND TIMBERWOOD DRIVE BEGAN IN EARLY MAY.

MINN-DOT OFFICIALS SAY IT SHOULD BE COMPLETE BY JULY THIRD.

TRAVELERS CAN EXPECT A NEW, SMOOTHER ROAD SURFACE, INCLUDING TURN LANES AND SHOULDERS DUE TO MATERIAL DELAYS, CREWS WILL RETURN IN MID-JULY TO INSTALL A NEW SIGNAL SYSTEM AT HIGHLAND SCENIC DRIVE.

>>> THE LAKELAND PBS VACATION GIVEAWAY IS BACK AGAIN THIS SUMMER.

THIS YEAR ONCE AGAIN, WE ARE GIVING AWAY A THREE-NIGHT STAY AT CRAGUN'S RESORT NEAR BRAINERD.

AND HERE ARE TONIGHT'S 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 2025 CRAGUN'S VACATION GRAND PRIZE WINNER, WHICH WE WILL BE ANNOUNCING IN A LIVE DRAWING ON THE MONDAY, AUGUST 25TH NEWSCAST.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, STACY IS HERE.

SOME SEVERE WEATHER TO THE SOUTH, THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE TODAY.

>> Stacy: RIGHT, AND THAT STAYED OUTSIDE OF OUR VIEWING AREA.

WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING A FEW RAIN SHOWERS THIS EVENING AND SOME OF THOSE ARE STILL LINGERING TONIGHT.

THEY WILL BE TAPERING OFF THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

IT LOOKS QUIET OVERNIGHT, BUT CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND STORMS RETURN TOMORROW NIGHT AND THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE >> NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: IT HAS BEEN CLOUDY AND COOL ACROSS THE AREA FOR MUCH OF THE DAY AND WE HAVE BEEN SEEING SOME RAIN SHOWERS MOVE THROUGH PARTS OF THE AREA.

SOME OF THOSE ARE LINGERING THIS EVENING, IT SHOULD BE TAPERING OFF TONIGHT.

WE SHOULD ENJOY PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES TOMORROW.

TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE A LITTLE BIT WARMER ONCE AGAIN AND AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW NIGHT AND THE WEEKEND, WE HAVE MORE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 58 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.

AT THE STUDIO, WINDS ARE NORTHEAST AT 5 MILES PER HOUR, WITH A DEW POINT OF 58, AND WE RECEIVED OVER 0.1-INCH OF RAINFALL.

IN BRAINERD, WE HAVE LIGHT RAIN AND FOG THIS EVENING, IT'S 58 DEGREES, WITH A DEW POINT OF 56, PRESSURE IS HOLDING STEADY, AND WINDS ARE NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES PER HOUR.

ON OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR PICTURE, AGAIN WE CAN SEE THE AREAS OF RAIN SHOWERS AS THEY HAVE BEEN MAKING THEIR WAY ACROSS OUR VIEWING AREA THIS EVENING.

STILL SOME OUT THERE TONIGHT, BUT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OFF TO THE NORTH AND EAST, SO IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS, WE SHOULD SEE ALL THE RAINFALL ACTIVITY COME TO AN END.

VARIABLE CLOUDS, BUT CLEARING SKIES TOMORROW.

WE SHOULD HAVE PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMER ONCE AGAIN WITH MANY OF US SEEING HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70s.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT.

ARLENE SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE SUNRISE IN MENAHGA THIS MORNING, AND SAMROSE CAPTURING A MORNING SKY OVER LOWER RED LAKE.

DEBRA, BEAUTIFUL SKIES AS WELL OVER LAKE ADA.

JOAN WITH SOME FLOWERS IN BLOOM IN LAPORTE.

ANGELA WITH RAIN CLOUDS THAT MOVED OVER CASS LAKE THIS EVENING.

BILL AND JUDY SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE SUNSET, JUST UNDER THE CLOUDS OVER UPPER RED LAKE.

>>> NOW FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, DEBRA IN PINE RIVER, 56 THIS MORNING.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, REPORTING A HIGH OF 62.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, PICKING UP 0.07-INCH OF RAIN.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, CLOUDY WITH SOME SPRINKLES TODAY.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE REPORTING SOME DRIZZLE, PICKING UP 0.05-INCH OF RAINFALL.

ON OUR ALMANAC, 62 WAS ALL WE COULD MANAGE IN BRAINERD.

LOW OF 56, SUNSET AT 9:13.

BEMIDJI TOPPING OUT AT 65, SO AGAIN CHILLY TEMPERATURES OUT THERE TODAY.

51 FOR THE LOW, 9:21 WAS OUR SUNSET.

LOOKING AT OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, WE SHOULD BE SEEING VARIABLE CLOUDS TO START THE DAY.

WE'LL PUT THIS IN MOTION FOR YOU.

AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY, WE WILL START TO SEE THE CLOUDS CLEARING OUT FROM WEST TO EAST, PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY, BUT THERE ARE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RETURNING AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

HIGHS TOMORROW SHOULD BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 70s ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA AND THEN IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WE'RE LOOKING AT HIGHS IN THE MID-70s.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, LOWS NEAR 53, EAST WINDS UP TO 10 MILES PER HOUR.

THEN AS WE LOOK AT TOMORROW, WE SHOULD BE SEEING SKIES BECOMING PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY, OUR HIGH TEMPERATURES RIGHT AROUND 77, VARIABLE WINDS UP TO 5.

LOOKING AT OUR WEEKEND FORECAST, HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND, STARTING FRIDAY NIGHT, SATURDAY, AND THEN SUNDAY, WE HAVE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AND THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS IN THE MIX.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMER WITH HIGHS IN THE 80s THIS WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEK, LOOKING AT THE UNSETTLED WEATHER THROUGH MONDAY, QUIETER ON TUESDAY, AND HIGHS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 70s TO LOW 80s.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: THANKS STACY.

CHARLIE IS HERE NOW WITH OUR SPORTS.

>> Charlie: AND WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF REGIONAL COVERAGE AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS.

WE HAVE THE TWINS TONIGHT, THEY WERE PLAYING THE MARINERS AND THE NBA DRAFT SECOND ROUND, WILD MAKING A COUPLE TRADES AHEAD OF THEIR DRAFT TOMORROW AND COUPLE OF SPORTS THINGS AS WELL.

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

[♪♪♪] >>> THE TWINS HAD 2 WINS IN THEIR LAST 13 GAMES, LAST NIGHT IS ONE AGAINST THE MARINERS.

THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT TWO IN A ROW AND SPLIT THE FOUR GAME SERIES WITH SEATTLE.

AFTER A 4 HOUR AND 22 MINUTE RAIN DELAY, THE TWINS WERE FINALLY ABLE TO GET TO WORK.

TREVOR IS HAVING A GREAT SERIES AGAINST THE MARINERS, 5 HITS AND 2 HOME RUNS, 3 R.B.I.s, IT WAS 2-0 TWINS.

NOW BYRON SCORES ANOTHER RUN, ALL ABOARD THE BUCK TRUCK.

LATER, TWINS HAVE BROKEN IT WIDE OPEN.

MATT HAS BEEN STRUGGLING, HITTING 1.97, REALLY NEEDED THIS ONE, 2-RUN SHOT MAKES IT 10-0.

TWINS GO ON TO WIN 10-1.

>>> ALSO, SECOND ROUND OF THE NBA DRAFT, HE DID LAST YEAR, TIM TRADED DOWN A NUMBER OF TIMES.

TIMBERWOLVES FINALLY TOOK ROCKO, A 7'2" CENTER FROM BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA, BOLSTERING THE FRONT COURT FOR THE WOLVES.

>>> WELL THE WILD TRADED VETERAN DEFENSEMAN FREDDY GAUDREAU TO THE SEATTLE KRAKEN FOR A 2025 FOURTH-ROUND PICK AHEAD OF THIS WEEKEND'S NHL DRAFT.

THIS SEASON THE 32-YEAR-OLD SCORED 37-POINTS ON 18-GOALS AND 19-ASSISTS AND LED MINNESOTA IN SHORT-HANDED ICE TIME.

GAUDREAU STILL HAD 3-YEARS LEFT ON HIS 5-YEAR CONTRACT THAT HAD AN AVERAGE ANNUAL VALUE OF $2.1 MILLION.

IN ADDITION TO CLEARING CAP SPACE, THE TRADE GIVES THE WILD FIVE SELECTIONS IN THIS YEAR'S DRAFT THAT BEGINS TOMORROW.

THAT WASN'T THE ONLY MOVE THE MINNESOTA MADE TODAY, TRADING 31-YEAR-OLD FORWARD BRENDAN GAUNCE FOR COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS MINOR LEAGUE RIGHT WINGER CAMERON BUTLER.

THE 23-YEAR-OLD GIVES THE WILD YOUNG DEPTH AT THE FORWARD POSITION.

BUTLER SPENT JUST ONE GAME IN THE NHL THIS SEASON AND IN HIS 37-GAMES WITH THE AHL'S CLEVELAND MONSTERS ONLY HAD TWO-GOALS, ONE ASSIST, AND 74 PENALTY MINUTES, BUT PRIOR TO THAT IN THE ONTARIO HOCKEY LEAGUE HE SCORED 154-POINTS IN 257 GAMES PLAYED.

>>> BSU MEN'S HOCKEY ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH TRAVIS WINTER WILL SERVE AS THE VIDEO COACH FOR THE TEAM USA AT THE UPCOMING 2026 WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS TAKING PLACE HERE IN MINNESOTA.

HE JOINS A STAFF HEADED BY MINNESOTA'S CURRENT HEAD COACH BOB MOTZKO, ONE THAT HAS SEVERAL OTHER COLLEGE COACHES FROM AROUND THE UNITED STATES INCLUDING BOSTON COLLEGE AND AUGUSTANA.

WINTER HAS SPENT THE PAST 11 SEASONS ON THE BENCH AT BEMIDJI STATE NEXT HEAD COACH TOM SERRATORE AND WAS A FORMER CAPTAIN UNDER HIM AS WELL IN HIS SENIOR SEASON, PLAYING FOR THE BEAVERS FROM 2005-2009.

THIS WILL BE HIS FIRST TIME COACHING FOR THE U.S. NATIONAL JUNIOR TEAM, WHICH HAS WON GOLD AT THE PREVIOUS TWO WORLD JUNIORS.

>>> FORMER BSU DEFENSIVE LINEMAN MARCUS HANSEN ANNOUNCED VIA “X” HIS COMMITMENT TO RIVAL MINNESOTA STATE MANKATO.

HANSEN WAS TWO TIME ALL NSIC FIRST TEAM SELECTION.

THE NSIC PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN 2023 AND AN A.P.

SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN IN 2024 FOR THE BEAVERS.

SOURCES TOLD US HE ENTERED THE TRANSFER PORTAL AT THE END OF LAST SEASON TO PURSUE HIS GRADUATE DEGREE IN A PROGRAM UNAVAILABLE AT BEMIDJI STATE, ORIGINALLY COMMITTING TO PLAY AT HARDING UNIVERSITY IN SEARCY ARKANSAS.

HIS REASON FOR MAKING THE SWITCH TO MSU ARE UNKNOWN.

LUCKILY, THE BEAV'S DON'T PLAY THE MAVERICKS DURING THE REGULAR SEASON, SO THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH HANSEN UNLESS THEY MEET IN THE PLAYOFFS.

>> Dennis: WELL, THEY COULD.

THOSE ARE TWO ELITE PROGRAMS.

>> Charlie: THEY DID HAPPEN TO MEET LAST YEAR.

WE CAN SEE HOW IT PLAYS OUT.

I'M SURE THE O-LINE IS HOPING THEY DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THEM.

>> Dennis: THANKS CHARLIE.

RAY AND MANDY ARE BOTH PROFESSIONAL ANGLERS THAT ARE ALSO BIG ADVOCATES FOR PROTECTING OUR NATURAL RESOURCES.

THAT'S WHY FOR THIS WEEKS EDITION OF FISHING TIPS, THEY TEACH US HOW TO PROPERLY CATCH AND RELEASE A FISH TO GIVE IT THE BEST CHANCE FOR SURVIVAL.

>> HELLO AGAIN EVERYBODY.

THIS EVENING, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE PROPER WAY TO RELEASE A FISH.

YOU HEAR HORROR STORIES OF PEOPLE CATCHING NORTHERN PIKES AND HOLDING THEM UP WITH THEIR EYEBALLS.

WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.

THESE ARE VALUABLE RESOURCES AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO TAKE CARE OF THEM.

HOW WE RELEASE THEM IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

MANDY WILL SHOW US THE BEST TECHNIQUE.

>> YOU'RE ON THE WATER, YOU'RE ENJOYING A BEAUTIFUL DAY, AND YOU CATCH A BIG FISH.

WHAT DO YOU DO NOW?

CATCH, PHOTO, RELEASE FOR BIG ADVOCATES OF IT.

LET THEM GO, LET THEM GROW, ENJOY THEM FOR ANOTHER DAY.

I WILL SHOW YOU A PROPER WAY TO HOLD THE FISH, TAKE A GREAT PHOTO, AND RELEASE THAT FISH SAFELY.

SO THINGS TO THINK ABOUT, WHEN YOU TAKE THAT FISH OUT OF THE WATER, THAT FISH CAN'T BREATHE.

YOU NEED TO BE READY TO GET THAT GREAT PHOTO AND GET IT BACK INTO THE PHOTO SAFELY SO IT'S OFF AND SWIMMING.

LET'S GRAB THIS FISH.

THE LARGE MOUTH RIGHT HERE, WHAT I DON'T DO IS HOLD THEM VERTICALLY, I HOLD THEM HORIZONTALLY.

I AM SUPPORTING THAT FISH WITH MY FINGERS UNDER ITS BELLY.

WE'RE GETTING READY, NO FINGERS, TUCK THEM BACK, PUT THAT FISH OUT, BELOW YOUR CHIN, GIVE A BIG SMILE, AND NOW LET'S GET THAT FISH BACK INTO THE WATER SAFELY.

DON'T FOOTBALL SPIKE IT, DON'T CHUCK IT, JUST GENTLY RELEASE THAT FISH.

THERE IT GOES.

>> SO THERE'S MANDY SHOWING YOU THE PROPER WAY TO RELEASE A FISH.

SHE IS VERY GOOD AT IT.

SHE'S BEEN DOING IT ALL OF HER LIFE, SO SHE HAS SLOW RELEASED A LOT OF THEM.

I'M RAY GILDOW.

>> AND I'M MANDY UHRICH.

>> Dennis: LARGE BASS.

>> Charlie: SHE CAUGHT A COUPLE REALLY LARGE BASS WHILE WE WERE OUT THERE.

>> Dennis: LET'S GO BACK TO STACY FOR MORE ON OUR WEATHER.

>> Stacy: WE WILL SEE THE LINGERING RAIN SHOWERS COMING TO AN END TONIGHT.

WE WILL SEE LOWS IN THE 50s TOMORROW, PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES.

AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND, WE DO HAVE A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RETURNING AROUND WARMER TEMPERATURES.

THAT TREND CONTINUES INTO NEXT WEEK.

>> Charlie: TOMORROW WE WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO HEAR FROM THE BEMIDJI TRAP SHOOT TEAM AS THEY GET READY FOR THE NATIONAL TOURNAMENT IN A FEW WEEKS.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, HAVE A GREAT NIGHT EVERYBODY, WE'RE BACK AT 10:00 TOMORROW.

GOOD NIGHT.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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