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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.

[♪♪♪] >> Dennis: HI EVERYONE, THANKS FOR WATCHING TONIGHT.

>>> GOVERNOR TIM WALZ AND LEADERS OF THE MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE HAVE ANNOUNCED A HARD-FOUGHT BUDGET DEAL.

THEY USED THE OCCASION THURSDAY TO CONTRAST THE BIPARTISAN COOPERATION THAT PRODUCED THE AGREEMENT WITH THE DEEP DIVISIONS IN WASHINGTON.

THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR AND FORMER VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SAYS LEGISLATIVE LEADERS FROM BOTH PARTIES CAME UP WITH A FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, BALANCED BUDGET.

>> NO ONE GOT EVERYTHING THEY WANTED.

THERE WERE VERY DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ISSUES THAT WERE VERY DEAR TO EACH OF THESE CAUCUSES, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WERE ABLE TO COME UP WITH THIS AGREEMENT, GRATEFUL THAT MINNESOTA SENDS LEGISLATORS HERE THAT UNDERSTAND THAT WE MAY HAVE DIFFERENCES, BUT WE HAVE NOT SUCCUMB TO THE IDEA THAT WE LET THIS FUNCTION RULE AND THE DEMOCRACY AND COMPROMISE ARE STILL SEEN AS VIRTUES INSTEAD OF VICES.

>> KNOWING THAT WE ARE A LEGISLATURE WITH 101 DEMOCRATS, 100 REPUBLICANS, BUT EQUALLY TIED IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, I BELIEVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE DIDN'T THINK WE COULD GET THIS WORK DONE AND WE HAVE PROVEN TO THIS POINT THAT WE CAN GET THIS WORK DONE.

THE GLOBAL TARGETS THAT WE COME UP WITH TODAY DEMONSTRATE THAT IN THIS DIVISION, IN THE LEGISLATURE, SO CLOSELY DIVIDED, THAT WE HAVE AGREED TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR MINNESOTANS AND ACTUALLY MAKING SOME HARD DECISIONS BUT DOING OVERALL WHAT IS BEST.

>> THE DEAL INCLUDES AROUND $2 BILLION IN CUTS OVER FOUR YEARS WHICH IS A 45-PERCENT REDUCTION IN STATE SPENDING WITH THE BIGGEST CUTS TO HUMAN SERVICES AND TRANSPORTATION.

IT ALSO ENDS COVERAGE FOR UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS UNDER MINNESOTACARE.

THE GOVERNOR MAY STILL NEED TO CALL LEGISLATORS BACK FOR A ONE-DAY SPECIAL SESSION TO FINISH THE TWO-YEAR BUDGET, WHICH WILL COME IN AROUND $66 BILLION TO $67 BILLION AND TAKE EFFECT JULY 1ST.

THE ADJOURNMENT DEADLINE IS MONDAY.

A SPECIAL SESSION WOULD LIKELY BE HELD BEFORE THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.

>>> FIREFIGHTERS ARE MAKING PROGRESS ON THREE WILDFIRES IN NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA BUT NONE HAVE YET TO BE CONTAINED.

HIGHER HUMIDITY, COOLER TEMPERATURES AND RAIN HAVE HELPED KEEP THE FIRES FROM GROWING.

THE BIGGEST CONCERN AT THIS TIME IS THE JENKINS CREEK FIRE SOUTHEAST OF HOYT LAKES.

A REVISED ESTIMATE FROM INFRARED DRONES PUTS ITS SIZE AT AROUND $15,500 ACRES.

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>> OUR BIGGEST CONCERN RIGHT NOW, FIREFIGHTERS HAVE BEEN REALLOCATED FROM SOME OF THE OTHER FIRES TO HELP OUT WITH THAT FIRE BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH.

IT REMAINS THE BIGGEST FIRE OF THE THREE AND OUR CONCERNS THERE ARE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON WITH THOSE WINDS, IF THEY DO BLOW TOWARDS POPULATED AREAS, PEOPLE SHOULD BE ON ALERT.

FIRE EXPERTS ARE TELLING US THAT THE DISTANCE BETWEEN HOYT LAKES AND THE TIP OF THE FIRE IS 6.5 TO 7 MILES.

THEY SAID EVEN WITH EXTREME WINDS BLOWING TOWARDS HOYT LAKES, THAT IT WOULD NOT REACH HOYT LAKES WITHIN 24 HOURS.

THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE FIRE EXPERTS.

>> THAT FIRE REMAINS UNCONTAINED AS DO THE OTHER TWO.

THE CAMPHOUSE FIRE IS LISTED AT RIGHT AROUND 15,000 ACRES WHILE THE MUNGER SHAW-THREE LAKES ROAD FIRE IS AT 1,700 ACRES.

>>> THE HIGHWAY 87 CONSTRUCTION PROJECT NEAR HUBBARD WILL BEGIN NEXT WEEK.

BEGINNING MAY 19TH, A MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CONTRACTOR WILL BE RECONSTRUCTING HIGHWAY 87 SOUTH OF PARK RAPIDS FROM HIGHWAY 71 TO EAST OF HUBBARD.

THE PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES GRADING, REPLACING CULVERTS, CURB AND GUTTER IN HUBBARD, AND A BOX CULVERT REPLACEMENT AT LONG LAKE.

HIGHWAY 87 BETWEEN HIGHWAY 71 AND EAST OF HUBBARD WILL BE DETOURED DURING CONSTRUCTION, BUT RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS THEIR PROPERTIES.

THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETE IN MID-OCTOBER, WEATHER PERMITTING.

>>> A NEARBY PROJECT ON HIGHWAY 87 WILL ALSO BE CONSTRUCTED LATER THIS SUMMER.

THE EASTERN PROJECT INCLUDES RESURFACING AND CULVERT REPLACEMENT FROM HUBBARD COUNTY ROAD 13 TO HIGHWAY 64.

THIS PROJECT WILL TAKE PLACE AUGUST THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2025.

>>> CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE OCCUPATIONAL SKILLS PROGRAM STUDENTS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW OFF WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED THIS YEAR DURING THE PROGRAM'S ANNUAL GOLDEN SPOON AWARDS EARLIER THIS WEEK.

OSP IS A PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND PREPS THEM FOR ENTRY LEVEL JOBS AND LIVING INDEPENDENTLY.

THE GOLDEN SPOON AWARDS IS THE PROGRAM'S CULMINATING FINAL FOR ITS CRITICAL REASONING COOKING LAB, AS EIGHT STUDENTS TOOK PART IN PREPARING A MAIN DISH, SOUP, SALAD, OR DESSERT.

TWO STUDENTS COMPETED IN EACH CATEGORY BEFORE PRESENTING THEIR FINAL PRODUCTS TO CLC STAFF AND ADMINISTRATORS SERVING AS JUDGES.

>> WE'RE EXCITED.

>> NOT YET.

>> IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF STUDENTS DON'T KNOW HOW TO EAT HEALTHY FOODS, IF THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THEIR LAUNDRY, BUDGET THEIR MONEY, THAT'S EVERYTHING THAT PLAYS A ROLE IN SUCCESS.

THEY CHOSE SOME THINGS THAT WERE A CHALLENGE FOR THEMSELVES, WHICH IS GREAT.

WITH OUR JUDGES, THEY HAD A REALLY HARD TIME CHOOSING BECAUSE ALL OF IT TASTED REALLY GOOD.

>> AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOUR GOLDEN SPOON AWARD WINNERS AS JOSH MITCHELL WON BEST SALAD, HANNAH ELLSTROM TOOK BEST SOUP, BLAKE RAJKOWSKI BEST MAIN DISH, AND CALEB LAURENT WON BEST DESSERT.

>>> GRAND RAPIDS HIGH SCHOOL HOSTED A UNIFIED BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT BACK IN JANUARY AND NOW THAT THE WEATHER IS WARMER THEY ARE TAKING THEIR TALENTS OUTSIDE.

A UNIFIED SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT TOOK PLACE EARLIER THIS WEEK WITH STUDENT ATHLETES FROM GRAND RAPIDS AND CLOQUET.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK WAS THERE TO SEE THE GAMES AND SEE WHAT THESE TOURNAMENTS MEAN TO THE ATHLETES.

>> Reporter: A BAT HITTING A BALL, THE CROWD GOING WILD, THESE ARE THE SOUNDS OF GRAND RAPIDS HIGH SCHOOL'S ANNUAL UNIFIED SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT.

>> WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS UNIFIED IS THAT IT GIVES A NICE BALANCE, IT GIVES THAT TIME FOR THE KIDS TO BECOME MORE ACTIVE AND LEARN HOW TO SOCIALIZE AND ENGAGE WITH THEIR PEERS IN A HEALTHY WAY AND ALSO IN WAYS THAT THEY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE IN THEY WERE OTHER CLASSROOMS.

>> Reporter: AND TODAY, GETTING THAT BALANCE TOOK SOME STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE, LITERALLY.

>> I BET WE HAD A LOT OF FUN TIME, HAVING FUN WITH THE TEAM, ENJOYING THE VICTORY WE GOT.

THE THUNDER HAWKS GOT FIRST PLACE.

>> Reporter: AT EVENTS LIKE THESE, THE STUDENTS HAVE JUST AS GOOD OF A TIME AS EVERYONE ELSE.

>> I THINK EVERYONE IS HAVING FUN.

I KNOW I AM.

IT'S NICE WEATHER.

>> I ENJOY IT BECAUSE THERE IS NO JUDGMENT AND WE CAN HAVE A GOOD TIME AND EVERYBODY IS LIKE HERE FOR THE SAME CAUSE AND IT'S FUN.

>> Reporter: THESE WEREN'T YOUR AVERAGE SOFTBALL GAMES, UNIFIED SPORTS CAN TEACH SO MANY LIFE LESSONS.

>> SMILES, HIGH-FIVES, FRIENDSHIPS ARE MADE.

LIKE THERE ARE A LOT OF TIMES WHEN CLASS STARTS AND THEY GO RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING UNTIL THE BELL RINGS AND THEY ARE SOCIALIZING, PLAYING, FINDING ANY WAY TO ENGAGE WITH ONE ANOTHER.

>> VERY FUN.

IT WAS THE PART WHEN WE ALL HAD TO JOIN IN AND TEAM TOGETHER.

IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE TEAMWORK, SEEING EVERYONE'S PERSONALITY COME OUT.

LIKE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, THESE KIDS WERE KIND OF SHY, BUT NOW YOU CAN TALK TO ANY ONE OF THEM AND THEY WILL HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU.

>> VERY STUDENT-LED, SO A LOT OF THEM JUST -- THEY ARE NATURAL LEADERS, THEY ARE OUR FUTURE.

IT'S REALLY EXCITING FOR ME AND THE STAFF TO BE ABLE TO WATCH THESE KIDS JUST, JUST DO AMAZING THINGS.

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

>> THE TWO TEAMS CONSISTED OF OVER 30 ATHLETES FROM EACH SCHOOL.

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

>> Stacy: WE'LL SEE MORE RAIN SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.

IT LOOKS LIKE TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE MUCH COOLER NOW FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> 36 TEAMS FROM AROUND MINNESOTA COMPETED IN THE MINNESOTA STATE HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE ROBOTICS CHAMPIONSHIP AND A TEAM FROM THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA BROUGHT HOME THEIR FIRST STATE TITLE.

REPORTER DANIEL PURSELL HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: PEQUOT LAKES HIGH SCHOOL IS NO STRANGER TO BRINGING HOME TROPHIES, SECURING STATE TITLES IN MULTIPLE SPORTS IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

>> WE HAVE A LOT OF COOL THINGS, GREAT KIDS THAT WORK REALLY HARD, GREAT COACHES, AND COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTS US.

YOU PUT THAT PACKAGE TOGETHER, YOU HAVE SUCCESS.

WE HAD CONTINUED SUCCESS IN QUITE A FEW SPORTS.

I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW WHERE PEQUOT LAKES IS BECAUSE OF OUR SUCCESS.

>> Reporter: THEIR ROBOTICS TEAM IS HANGING A CHAMPIONSHIP BANNER FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.

>> IT WAS JUST AWESOME.

THE TEAM REALLY DESERVED IT.

WE HAVE BEEN A TEAM FOR 10 YEARS.

WE GOTTEN CLOSE A COUPLE TIMES AND THAT'S THE ULTIMATE GOAL WITH HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS, OR ANY COMPETITION.

IT JUST FEELS REALLY, REALLY GOOD TO BE A STATE CHAMPION.

>> Reporter: THE PATRIOTIC HAVE WORKED FOR MONTHS TO CREATE THE ROBOT THAT WILL HELP THEM WIN THE TITLE.

>> TWO OR THREE MONTHS PUTTING ALMOST 20 HOURS A WEEK FROM 8 TO 10 DIFFERENT PEOPLE WAS HUGE FOR THAT.

THEN WE FINALLY HAD THE ROBOT MOVING, IT WAS CRAZY.

WE PUT ALL THIS TIME INTO IT AND IT WAS DOING WHAT WE WANTED IT TO DO.

IT TOOK A LOT OF TRIAL AND ERROR TO GET TO WHERE IT IS NOW.

>> Reporter: THE TITLE DIDN'T COME WITHOUT ADVERSITY.

THE TEAM QUALIFIED FOR THE FINALS AFTER A CHALLENGING QUALIFICATION ROUND.

>> WE WERE RANKED THIRD TO LAST BUT THEN THERE WERE SOME TEAMS THAT REALIZED HOW GOOD WE WERE AND PICKED US FOR PLAYOFFS AND IT TURNED OUT WELL.

OBVIOUSLY WE ENDED UP WINNING.

>> Reporter: THE TEAM KNEW THEY WERE CHAMPIONS BEFORE THE FINAL MATCH HAD ENDED.

>> WHEN I FOUND OUT THE STATE TITLE, IT WAS HALFWAY THROUGH THE MATCH WHEN I SAW OUR SCORE GOING UP AND THEIR SCORE WAS GOING UP SLOWLY.

IT WAS JUST VERY SLOWLY THIS RELIEF CAME TO ME THAT WE FINALLY WON AFTER 10 YEARS OF BEING A TEAM.

>> Reporter: BEYOND THE STATE TITLE, SENIOR MASON JACKSON SAID THAT COMPETING WITH ROBOTICS IS ABOUT MORE THAN THE COMPETITION.

>> IT'S NOT ABOUT BUILDING THE ROBOT BUT MEETING NEW PEOPLE, GETTING A NEW EXPERIENCE, AND THIS CAN HELP SO MANY PEOPLE FIND FRIENDS, OPPORTUNITIES, AND CAREER FIELDS THEY ARE INTERESTED IN.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN PEQUOT LAKES, I'M DANIEL PURSELL, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE "PATRIOTICS" TEAMED UP WITH ROBOTICS TEAMS FROM IRONDALE AND BECKER HIGH SCHOOL TO TAKE HOME THEIR FIRST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN PROGRAM HISTORY.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM.

>>> STACY IS HERE WITH OUR WEATHER AND WE SAW THE COOL FRONT MOVE IN TODAY.

>> Stacy: WE HAVE SEEN THAT, WE HAVE SEEN A COOL DOWN AND WE HAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER TODAY, SOME SEVERE STORMS, AND WE HAD SOME DAMAGE IN THE AREA AND FEW TOR >> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS SPONSORED BY THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS OF MINNESOTA.

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>> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, WE HAVE SEEN SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE AREA TODAY AND EVEN HAD SOME REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER.

NOW AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT AND TOMORROW, STILL LOOKING AT MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OUT THERE.

WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING COOLER TEMPERATURES, HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 50s AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW AND THE WEEKEND.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 57 AT THE AIRPORT.

WINDS ARE VARIABLE AT 5 MILES PER HOUR.

OUR DEW POINT IS 49 AND WE PICKED UP 0.017-INCH OF RAINFALL.

HUMIDITY IS 83%, WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR, BUT GUSTS UP TO 45.

LOOKING AT OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR, WE CAN SEE THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, WHICH MOVED THROUGH OUR VIEWING AREA, BASICALLY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH TODAY.

WE DID HAVE THOSE REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER.

WE HAD TORNADOS REPORTED IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, AS WELL AS ONE EAST OF CROOKSTON, ALONG WITH THUNDERSTORM AND WIND DAMAGE AROUND WADENA AND PIERZ.

WE WILL SEE THIS SYSTEM WRAP AROUND.

IT LOOKS LIKE THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, A SMALLER CHANCE TO THE NORTH.

WE'LL SEE WIDESPREAD RAIN TOMORROW, MORNING THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, SO WE WILL PICK UP MORE RAIN AND WE WILL HAVE THE COOLER TEMPERATURES IN PLACE.

AS FAR AS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL, THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING, WE SHOULD SEE A QUARTER TO 0.5-INCH OF ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION.

EAGLE EYE PICTURES, BEAUTIFUL SKIES THIS MORNING FROM DEBRA AT LAKE ADA AND ARLENE IN MENAHGA.

SAMROSE WITH THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE SKIES AND A COUPLE OF EAGLES OVER LOWER RED LAKE.

WE HAVE A PICTURE OF THE FLOWERING TREES IN RED LAKE AND JOAN IS CAPTURING AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION IN LAPORTE.

SOME DRAMATIC PICTURES OF TODAY'S STORM CLOUDS FROM ANGELA IN CASS LAKE, STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, AND BILL AND JUDY SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE THE PARTING RAIN CLOUDS.

THANK YOU FOR THEIRING THOSE TONIGHT.

BOB IN BLUFFTON PICKING 0.2-INCH OF RAIN.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, AN INCH OF RAIN, HIGH OF 73.

JOAN IN LAPORTE, 0.2-INCH OF RAIN THIS AFTERNOON.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, DARK CLOUDS, HIGH OF 75.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, HALF AN INCH OF RAIN AND DID REPORT SOME TREE BRANCHES DOWN AS THE STORMS ROLLED THROUGH.

ON OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD REACHING A HIGH OF 76 TODAY, MILD AHEAD OF THE RAIN.

SUNSET AT 8:44.

BEMIDJI TODAY TOPPING OUT AT 78, SO WE HAD THE MILD TEMPERATURE, THE MILD AIR IN PLACE.

56 IS OUR LOW AND SUNSET AT 8:50.

SO AS WE LOOK AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, WE START OUT THE DAY WITH AGAIN A LOT OF RAIN SHOWER ACTIVITY, ESPECIALLY IN EASTERN, TOWARDS CENTRAL MINNESOTA, BUT AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY, WE WILL SEE ALL OF THAT WRAP AROUND SO WE WILL LIKELY SEE RAIN SHOWERS ACROSS OUR VIEWING AREA AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY, MAYBE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN THE MORNING.

WITH THE COLDER AIR IN PLACE, YOU WILL SEE HIGHS IN THE LOW R50RS 50s ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA, AND AS WE HEAD INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WE ARE LOOKING AT LOW TO MID-50s, AND AGAIN IT COULD BE A LITTLE BIT ON THE BREEZY SIDE.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST, FOR TONIGHT, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STILL LIKELY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, A LITTLE MORE SCATTERED IN THE NORTH.

MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, LOWS NEAR 47 AND SOUTH WINDS AT 10 TO 25.

FOR TOMORROW, RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUE AND WE MAY SEE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN THE MORNING AND OUR HIGH TEMPERATURE SHOULD BE IN THE MID-50s.

LOOKING AT OUR WEEKEND FORECAST, WE HAVE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS ON SATURDAY WITH SCATTERED RAIN POSSIBLE AGAIN ON SUNDAY.

LOOK AT THOSE COLD TEMPERATURES, HIGHS NEAR 45 ON SATURDAY AND WE'LL SEE THE LOWS DROPPING INTO THE 30s, SO THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SOME FROST IN SOME OF THOSE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS THIS WEEKEND.

HEADING INTO NEXT WEEK, TEMPERATURES START TO RECOVER, BUT WE HAVE ON AND OFF CHANCES OF RAIN.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: THANKS STACY.

IT MUST BE GETTING CLOSE TO HIGH SCHOOL PLAYOFF TIME FOR SOFTBALL.

>> Charlie: IT IS, THIS IS THE LAST WEEK OF SOFTBALL WE GET TO SEE BEFORE WE START THE SECTION TOURNAMENT.

WELL, WE HAD A LITTLE POSTPONEMENT HERE AND THERE AND ALL OVER THE PLACE, BUT WE DID GET SOME GAMES IN TODAY AND WE HAVE SOME RIVALRY GAMES TOO.

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[♪♪♪] >>> AFTER THEIR WIN OVER ALEXANDRIA LAST THURSDAY.

BRAINERD SOFTBALL FELL 3-1 AT CHAMPLIN PARK BEFORE REBOUNDING WITH A 6-0 VICTORY ON THE ROAD AT SAINT CLOUD, BRINGING THEIR RECORD TO 11-6.

TODAY, THEY RETURNED HOME TO PLAY FERGUS FALLS, A SLIGHT RAIN DELAY NOT DAMPENING THE WARRIORS SPIRITS OR BATS.

NO SCORE, RUNNER ON SECOND FOR MAYA.

SHE LINES ONE TO RIGHT FIELD.

THAT'S GOING TO SCORE J.C. AND IT'S 1-0 BRAINERD.

NOW I ALWAYS WONDER, DO YOU WIN A CAR IF YOU CAN HIT THE MIDDLE OF ONE OF THOSE O'S?

EITHER WAY, DIP.

AND NOW IT'S RIGHT, LEFT, AND IT'S OVER THE WALL.

2-RUN HOMER MAKES IT 4-0.

THAT WILL BE YOUR FINAL SCORE AS BRAINERD DEFEATS FERGUS FALLS.

THEY WILL HAVE A RIVALRY DOUBLE HEADER AT BEMIDJI.

WE'LL HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THAT WEATHER PERMITTING.

>>> WE HAD A RIVALRY GAME AT THE BSU SOFTBALL FIELD.

BLACKDUCK AND NORTHOME/KELLIHER.

TOP SEED IN THE SECTION 5A TOURNEY ON THE LINE.

IN T TOP OF THE 5TH, THE DRAKES WERE TRAILING 4-NOTHING BUT KAYLEIGH LORY GETS THE RALLY GOING WITH A HIT UP THE MIDDLE.

BALL GETS AWAY AND TWO RUNS COME ACROSS TO CUT THE LEAD IN HALF.

LATER IN THE INNING, IT'S 4-3 NOW.

BROOKLYN NORD COMES UP WITH THE BASES LOADED DOUBLE TO PUT BLACKDUCK IN FRONT, PART OF AN 8-RUN INNING FOR THE DRAKES, BUT THE MUSTANGS WOULD ANSWER WITH 3-RUNS IN THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE INNING, THIS DOUBLE BY KENNA LATTERELL TO MAKE IT 8-7.

THEN IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 6TH, BELLA ELHARD ABLE TO SCORE KYLEE BINKLEY FROM THIRD TO TIE THINGS AT EIGHT.

THE GAME WOULD GO TO EXTRAS AND IN THE TOP OF THE 8TH.

DRAKES GO BACK ON TOP THANKS TO THE INFIELD SINGLE BY ISABEL ZIEGLER.

BLACKDUCK WOULD TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS IN THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE INNING TO DEFEAT NORTHOME-KELLIHER 9-8.

DRAKES FINISH THE REGULAR SEASON 16-3.

MUSTANGS ARE NOW 13-3.

THEY HAVE ONE GAME LEFT AT HOME AGAINST LITTLEFORK-BIG FALLS TOMORROW.

>>> COME SOME OTHER SOFTBALL SCORES FOR YOU, LAKE OF THE WOODS BEAT WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY.

PINE RIVER-BACKUS PLAYED THERE AS WELL.

PIERZ GETS THE WIN OVER FOLEY.

ALSO IN SOFTBALL, ROSEAU FALLS.

NEVIS GETS THE WIN OVER CASS LAKE-BENA AND LITTLE FALLS GETS THE WIN OVER DETROIT LAKES.

IN BASEBALL, BRAINERD COMING OFF A SPLIT WITH SARTELL.

THEY ARE HOSTING SAINT CLOUD ON SENIOR NIGHT.

NOW IT'S 1-0.

BASES JUICED, A SAC FLY TO RIGHT, BRINGING IN COOPER AND KNOT THE GAME AT 1-1.

LATER IN THE INNING, BRAINERD SCORES ANOTHER, AND MAVERICK WITH 2-ON, BEATS OUT THE BALTIMORE CHOP, AND BRAINERD UP.

THEY GO ON TO WIN 6-3 OVER ST.

CLOUD.

MICHAEL WENT THE DISTANCE ON THE BUMP, ALLOWING FOUR HITS.

NORTHOME-KELLIHER AND BLACKDUCK WERE ALSO PLAYING IN BASEBALL AT BEMIDJI STATE.

THE DRAKES WERE TRAILING, DOWN 2-0 AT THE BOTTOM OF THE THIRD.

INCHES AWAY FROM A WEB GEM, SCORING ONE RUN, THEY GET ANOTHER IN THE INNING TO TIE IT.

NOW LEADING 3-2, THE BASES LOADED, 2-RUN DOUBLE FOR NUMBER 9, HE FINISHED WITH 4 R.B.I.s, BUT THE DRAKES WEREN'T DONE YET.

I'LL HAVE WHAT HE IS HAVING.

NOW LAST CHANCE FOR THE MUSTANGS, TRAILING 9-3, SCORES 2-RUNS, BUT THEY COULDN'T MUSTER ANYWHERE AS BLACKDUCK BEATS NORTHOME-KELLIHER 9-5.

>>> ELSEWHERE IN BASEBALL, PINE RIVER-BACKUS BEATS RED LAKE.

ALBANY GETS ONE OVER WADENA DEER CREEK.

IN LACROSSE, MONTICELLO TOPS BRAINERD.

ON THE GIRL'S SIDE OF THINGS, GRAND RAPIDS GREEN WAY GETS THE WIN.

AND THEN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, THE MINNESOTA TWINS, 11-GAME WINNING STREAK, THAT'S WHAT THEY HAVE SO FAR AFTER SWEEPING THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES.

>> Dennis: AN AMAZING TURN AROUND.

>> Charlie: YES, THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO MATCH THEIR STREAK TOMORROW.

>> Dennis: LET'S HOPE SO.

>>> THE MONTH OF MAY IS CELEBRATED AS NATIONAL BEEF MONTH TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BEEF INDUSTRY AND TO HONOR THE HARD WORK OF CATTLE FARMERS AND RANCHERS.

STUDENTS IN KELLIHER HIGH SCHOOL'S MEAT PROCESSING CLASS WANTED TO CELEBRATE THE OCCASION BY SERVING THE ENTIRE SCHOOL BURGERS FOR LUNCH THAT WERE PREPARED BY THE MEAT PROCESSING CLASS.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN HAS MORE DETAILS, FOR THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN APPLE.

>> Reporter: STUDENTS IN KELLIHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS MEAT PROCESSING CLASS CAN SAY THEY ARE PART OF SOMETHING THAT IS VERY UNIQUE.

>> THIS IS ONE OF A HAND FULL OF HIGH SCHOOLS IN MINNESOTA THAT IS CURRENTLY PROCESSING MEAT AND TWO OR THREE THAT IS PROCESSING MEATS FOR THE LUNCHROOM.

>> Reporter: THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING IN THE PROCESS, ALMOST EVERYTHING.

>> THEY'RE RAISING THE CATTLE, THEY'RE NOT DOING THE SLAUGHTERING, BUT IT WILL BE USDA PROCESSED, AND THEN THEY'RE DOING THE GRIND, THE BURGERS, ALL THEY NEED TO DO.

>> Reporter: AND THEN IT GETS SENT TO THE LUNCH ROOM.

STUDENTS LINED UP, GRABBED A TRAY OF FOOD GROWN LOCALLY AND THE STUDENTS ENJOYED THEIR MEAL.

>> I THINK THE BURGERS WERE REALLY GOOD TODAY AND I AM HAPPY TO ENJOY A HOMEGROWN MEAL THAT THE SCHOOL PROVIDED FOR US AND I WAS HAPPY TO SEE HOW MANY STUDENTS ENJOYED IT TODAY.

>> IT TASTED REAL OPPOSED TO SOME OTHER CAFETERIA FOOD WE HAD.

IT'S GOOD TO INCORPORATE THAT FOOD INTO THE CAFETERIA.

>> THE BURGERS WERE PRETTY GOOD.

10 OUT OF 10, I WOULD RECOMMEND, YUM.

>> Reporter: THROUGHOUT THIS LAST YEAR, THEY MADE SAUSAGE PATTIES, SPAGHETTI AND MEATBALLS, AND WALLEYE FISH TACOS.

THEY ARE CONSTANTLY ASKED WHEN THE MEAT PROCESSING CLASS WILL SERVE THE SCHOOL LUNCH.

>> IT'S SO NICE TO SEE THAT KIDS ARE NOT JUST EATING FRESH BUT THEY ARE ENJOYING IT AND ASKING FOR IT.

THEY ASK FOR LETTUCE WHEN WE HAVE IT AND I THINK THEY ENJOY FRESH RATHER THAN PACKAGED AND PROCESSED.

>> Reporter: STUDENTS IN THE MEAT PROCESSING CLASS LEARNED A THING ABOUT PREPARING MEATS AND THEY GET TO HELP OUT THEIR COMMUNITY WHILE DOING SO.

>> I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO COOK A STEAK TO MY PERFECTION SO I LEARNED THAT THIS YEAR.

IT'S LIKE WAKING UP AND SHOWING KIDS WHAT YOU CAN DO.

IT'S PRETTY DOPE.

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

>> STAFF AT KELLIHER PUBLIC SCHOOL TOLD LAKELAND NEWS THAT IT'S THEIR HOPE TO BRING AS MANY FARM-TO-TABLE LUNCHES LIKE THIS TO THEIR STUDENTS AS POSSIBLE IN THE NEAR FUTURE WITH THE GOAL OF HAVING ACCESS TO FARM-TO-TABLE LUNCHES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR.

>>> WE'RE OUT OF TIME.

HAVE A GREAT NIGHT EVERYBODY, WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.