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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.

[♪♪♪] >>> HEY EVERYONE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

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

>>> PLANNED PARENTHOOD NORTH CENTRAL STATES ANNOUNCED ON FRIDAY THAT THEY WILL BE CLOSING AND CONSOLIDATING EIGHT HEALTH CENTERS, INCLUDING ITS OFFICE IN BEMIDJI.

THE MOVE WILL IMPACT OVER 100 STAFF MEMBERS ACROSS MINNESOTA AND IOWA.

ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE FROM THE ORGANIZATION, THIS RESTRUCTURE COMES AS PATIENT NEEDS AND PREFERENCES HAVE CHANGED.

THE ORGANIZATION'S MINNESOTA TITLE TEN FUNDS WERE FROZEN, WHICH TOTALED TO $2.8 MILLION.

THE U.S. HOUSE ALSO VOTED TO ADVANCE A RECONCILIATION PACKAGE THAT DEFUNDS PLANNED PARENTHOOD AND MEDICAID, WHICH PPNCS SAYS WILL THREATEN ACCESS TO CARE FOR MORE THAN 30-PERCENT OF THEIR PATIENTS WHO RELY ON MEDICAID.

THE PRESS RELEASE STATES THAT 66 STAFF MEMBERS WILL BE LAID OFF AND AN ADDITIONAL 37 STAFF MEMBERS WILL RECEIVE OFFERS OF REASSIGNMENT.

IN THE COMING YEAR, PLANNED PARENTHOOD NORTH CENTRAL STATES WILL REDUCE THE NUMBER OF SITES TO CREATE REGIONAL CENTERS FOR ONSITE CARE, WHILE CONTINUING TO INVEST IN VIRTUAL AND ONLINE CARE.

THE IMPACTED HEALTH CENTERS ARE CURRENTLY ON THE SCREEN.

THAT WILL LEAVE 15 HEALTH CENTERS WITHIN PPNCS THAT SERVES ALMOST 20,000 PATIENTS A YEAR.

THE RELEASE FROM PLANNED PARENTHOOD ALSO STATES THAT IN THE SIX MONTHS AFTER IOWA'S NEAR TOTAL ABORTION BAN, THE NUMBER OF ABORTIONS IN IOWA HAS DROPPED 60-PERCENT, WHILE THE NUMBER IOWANS TRAVELING TO NEBRASKA AND MINNESOTA HAS INCREASED 239-PERCENT.

>>> MEMORIAL DAY HAS BEEN AN ANNUAL OBSERVANCE IN THE U.S., DATING BACK TO THREE YEARS FOLLOWING THE CIVIL WAR WITH MANY ACROSS THE COUNTRY COMING TOGETHER TO HONOR ITS FALLEN HEROES.

REPORTER MILES WALKER JOINED THE BRAINERD COMMUNITY THIS MORNING, AS IT HELD ITS ANNUAL CEREMONIES.

[♪♪♪] >> Reporter: A TRADITION STARTING IN 1968, HUNDREDS GATHER TO REMEMBER.

>> HEAVENLY FATHER, WE PAUSE THIS DAY TO REMEMBER AND GIVE THANKS TO THE MULTITUDE OF SOLDIERS, MARINE, AIRMEN, COAST GUARDS WHO HAVE GRACIOUSLY AND SELFLESSLY SERVED THIS NATION.

WE COMMEND TO YOU THOSE WHO DIED IN SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY, TO CHRIST JESUS OUR SAVIOR AND LORD, AMEN.

>> Reporter: REMEMBERING THOSE WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN AN EFFORT TO ENSURE THE FUTURE OF OTHERS.

>> THESE HONORED DEAD HAVE A VISION THAT OUR HISTORY AND THE CHASM OF MANY COURAGEOUS GENERATIONS, LAYING THE CLOTH OF EQUALITY AT OUR NATION'S DOORSTEP, THAT IT WOULD SERVE AS AN EXAMPLE AND REMINDER THAT WE CAN BE BETTER TODAY, IN THIS GENERATION.

>> Reporter: MEMORIES RESURFACED.

>> MY HUSBAND WAS A VIETNAM VETERAN AND HE IS NO LONGER WITH US.

I KNOW HE WAS HERE TODAY.

MY FAMILY STARTED OUT WITH MY DAD AND OUR SONS AND OUR GRANDSONS AND I JUST THINK ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THEY RELATED TO ME ABOUT THEIR TIME IN THE SERVICE AND WHAT THEY ENCOUNTERED.

>> Reporter: AND EMOTIONS LIKE PRIDE REAWAKENED.

>> A LOT OF PRIDE.

MY HUSBAND DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT A LOT.

MY GRANDSON WAS IN IRAQ.

HE DOESN'T TALK ABOUT IT MUCH EITHER.

I HAVE VISIONS OF THEM IN THE SAND, IN THE DIRT, AND THE GUNS AND THE SHOOTING.

I'M PROUD OF THEM, EVERYBODY.

>> Reporter: MEMORIAL DAY SERVES AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO THANK AND HON NO WHERE THOSE LOST IN THE FIELD OF BATTLE, JUST LIKE TODAY.

>> SOMETIMES IN OUR BUSY LIVES, WE FORGET AND THIS IS A GOOD REMINDER TO ALL OF US WE LIVE IN A FREE COUNTRY BECAUSE OF THESE MEN AND WOMEN THAT SERVED FOR US.

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

>> FOLLOWING THE MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONIES, THE BRAINERD ELKS AND AMERICAN LEGION HOSTED A FREE PICNIC LUNCH FOR VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES AT THE AMERICAN LEGION PARKING LOT.

>>> FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS THE BEMIDJI CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION HAS HELD AN ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATION AT GREENWOOD CEMETERY AND THIS YEAR WAS NO DIFFERENT.

WITH WARM TEMPERATURES AND SUNNY SKIES, HUNDREDS GATHERED TO PAY RESPECTS TO AMERICAN VETERANS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK WAS AT THE CEREMONY.

[♪♪♪] >> ARMS, FIRE.

AIM, FIRE.

[♪♪♪] >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, VETERANS, FRIENDS OF VETERANS, AND FAMILY VETERANS, SOCIETY LIKES TO USE THE WORD HERO, BUT IS THERE ANY GROUP MORE DESERVING OF THE TITLE THAN MORE THAN 1 MILLION MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES IN DEFENSE OF THIS NATION?

>> FROM ALL THE WARS, WHETHER IT'S THE CIVIL WAR, TO THE IRAQ WAR, WORLD WAR II, THERE ARE SO MANY CONFLICTS IN THERE WHERE OUR MEN AND WOMEN HAVE GIVEN THE MOST, SACRIFICED THE MOST TO PRESERVE THE FREEDOMS THAT WE ENJOY TODAY.

>> Reporter: THOSE SACRIFICES ARE RECOGNIZED EVERY YEAR ON MEMORIAL DAY, A DAY CREATED TO COMMEMORATE THE LOSS OF FALLEN SOLDIERS THROUGHOUT HISTORY AND TO GIVE THEM THANKS.

♪ FOR THE LAND OF THE FREE ♪ >> WE HAVE THESE FREEDOMS, THEY AREN'T JUST FREE.

PEOPLE HAVE WORKED AND PAID THEIR LIVES TO GUARANTEE THESE FREEDOMS THAT WE HAVE THIS DAY.

IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE SACRIFICES THAT THESE MEN AND WOMEN HAVE GIVEN OVER THE YEARS, THE HUNDREDS OF YEARS, WE WOULDN'T HAVE SOME OF THESE PRIVILEGES, I BELIEVE, THAT WE GET NOWADAYS.

♪ AMERICA, AMERICA ♪ >> Reporter: THE BEMIDJI AREA CELEBRATES MEMORIAL DAY EVERY YEAR IN GREENWOOD CEMETERY, WHERE HUNDREDS OF VETERANS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS GATHER AMONG OVER 1,000 FLAGS PLACED ON THE GRAVESTONES OF VETERANS.

IN THE DAY LEADING UP TO THE HOLIDAY, VOLUNTEERS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY GO TO THESE GRAVE SITES TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS.

>> MAYBE IT'S ONLY 15 VETERANS THERE BUT YOU DRIVE BY SOME OF THESE AND THERE IS AN AMERICAN FLAG THERE.

THAT IS BECAUSE A FELLOW VETERAN SAW THE NEED AND FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO SHOW APPRECIATION TO WHERE OUR VETERANS ARE LOCATED.

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

>>> A MOTORCYCLE CRASH OCCURRED NEAR CAMP RIPLEY AFTER A REAR TIRE BLEW OUT, RESULTING IN INJURIES TO THE DRIVER.

ACCORDING TO THE MINNESOTA STATE PATROL.

22-YEAR-OLD, CHARLES RAFFERTY OF SAUK CENTRE, WAS HEADING EASTBOUND ON A MOTORCYCLE IN GREEN PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP ON HIGHWAY 115 NEAR GROUSE ROAD WHEN THE MOTORCYCLE'S REAR TIRE BLEW, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL.

RAFFERTY SUFFERED NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THE CRASH, AND WAS TRANSFERRED TO SAINT GABRIEL'S HOSPITAL IN LITTLE FALLS.

ROAD CONDITIONS APPEARED TO BE DRY AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH AND NO ALCOHOL IS REPORTED TO BE INVOLVED.

>>> TWO VEHICLES COLLIDED IN PARK RAPIDS AFTER ONE OF THE VEHICLES ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A U-TURN, RESULTING IN INJURIES TO ONE OF THE DRIVERS.

THE MINNESOTA STATE PATROL REPORTS THAT A FORD FOCUS, DRIVEN BY A 16-YEAR-OLD OUT OF PARK RAPIDS, WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON HIGHWAY 34 NEAR COUNTY ROAD FOUR.

THE VEHICLE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A U-TURN, BUT COLLIDED WITH A LINCOLN, DRIVEN BY 82-YEAR-OLD ARVID PRICKETT, WITH 80-YEAR-OLD MARLOUS PRICKETT IN THE PASSENGER SEAT.

THOSE TWO LEFT THE CRASH UN-INJURED.

THE 16-YEAR-OLD HOWEVER SUFFERED NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES AND WAS TRANSFERRED TO SAINT JOSEPH'S HEALTHCARE IN PARK RAPIDS.

>>> ON SUNDAY, THOUSANDS MARKED THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF GEORGE FLOYD'S MURDER AT RELIGIOUS SERVICES, CONCERTS AND VIGILS NATIONWIDE INCLUDING SEVERAL EVENTS IN MINNEAPOLIS.

[♪♪♪] ♪ THAT DAY WILL COME WHEN I WON'T MARCH NO MORE ♪ ♪ BUT WHILE MY SISTER AND MY BROTHER CAN'T BREATHE ♪ ♪ HAND IN HAND WITH MY FAMILY ♪ ♪ WE WILL BUILD THESE STREETS ♪ >> Reporter: SUNDAY MARKS FIVE YEARS SINCE DEREK CHAUVIN PINNED DOWN GEORGE FLOYD FOR OVER 9 MINUTES, LEADING TO HIS DEATH.

>> WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS, WHATEVER IS HOLDING YOU BACK, WHATEVER PROBLEMS, WHATEVER YOU HAVE, WE CANNOT TAKE THIS IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

WE CAN'T DO THAT.

WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON, WE NEED TO BE UNIFIED, WE NEED TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY LIKE NEVER BEFORE.

OKAY?

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE].

>> SO WE HAVE TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER, FORGIVE ONE ANOTHER.

>> Reporter: A TIDAL WAVE OF PROTESTS ERUPTED IN U.S. CITIES, PROTESTERS CHANTED WORDS, I CAN'T BREATHE.

>> WE COME EVERY YEAR AT THIS TIME TO REMEMBER MR. FLOYD'S LIFE AND ALSO TO MARK THE ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH AND BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE PART OF A MOVEMENT FOR JUSTICE IN THIS COUNTRY.

>> IT'S PRECARIOUS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE THREATS OF THE FEDS PULLING BACK ON POLICE REFORM HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS AND HONESTLY, NOTHING MUCH HAS CHANGED SINCE IT HAPPENED.

SO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF REFLECTING ON FAILURE OF SOME OF OUR LEADERS AND ON HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH ACTUAL CHANGE.

>> I HEARD THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL HAPPENING DOWN HERE AND I WANTED TO THANK GEORGE FLOYD.

>> LAST WEEK, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT MOVED TO CANCEL A SETTLEMENT WITH MINNEAPOLIS THAT CALLED FOR AN OVERHAUL OF POLICING FOLLOWING THE KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD.

BUT CITY OFFICIALS SAY THEY WILL ABIDE BY THE TERMS OF THE FEDERAL AGREEMENT AS SIGNED.

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

>> Stacy: WE MAY SEE A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, BUT SUNSHINE WILL BE BACK AND WE HAVE A WARM UP LATER THIS WEEK.

WE'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

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[♪♪♪] >>> U.S. AIR TRAVEL HAS WITNESSED A BUMPY START TO 2025 WITH SAFETY INCIDENTS, FATAL ACCIDENTS AND AN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL MELTDOWN THAT IS EXPEDITING PLANS FOR AN OVERHAUL OF THE SYSTEM.

ALTHOUGH SUMMER IS USUALLY A BOOM TIME FOR AIRLINES, THIS YEAR COULD LOOK DIFFERENT.

IVAN RODRIGUEZ REPORTS ON WHAT TRAVELERS CAN EXPECT THIS SEASON.

>> Reporter: LESS THAN A MONTH AGO, MANY WERE SCRAMBLING TO GET THEIR REAL I.D.s IN ANTICIPATION OF THE MAY 7th DEADLINE.

FOR THOSE WHO HAD ONE, IT DIDN'T HURT TO MAKE SURE.

>> LAST NIGHT, I LOOKED AT MY LICENSE, I DOUBLE CHECKED AND TRIPLE CHECKED JUST TO MAKE SURE.

>> I READ UP ABOUT IT AND YOU CAN TAKE THE GOLD OR BLACK STAR.

I ALWAYS HAVE MY PASSPORT.

>> Reporter: 81% OF PASSPORT BUY A REAL I.D.

BY THE DEADLINE, SOME STATES HAVE A LOWER COMPLIANCE RATE.

THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE ONE MAY JUMP THROUGH MORE HOOPS AT THE AIRPORT.

>> IT JUST MEANS IT WILL TAKE A LOT LONGER TO GO THROUGH THE SECURITY PROCESS AS THEY NEED AN EXTRA STEP IN VERIFICATION WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE THE REAL I.D.

>> Reporter: TO START THE YEAR, AIRLINES PROJECTED STRONG GROWTH.

THEN ONE ISSUE AFTER ANOTHER CUT INTO PASSENGER DEMAND AND FED INTO WORRIES OVER SAFETY BUT FLYERS ARE NOT STAYING AWAY BECAUSE OF SAFETY ALONE.

IT'S WORRIES OF THE BROADER ECONOMY.

A SURVEY FROM THE NON-PROFIT SHOWS AMERICANS INTENDING TO FLY IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS DROPPED 12.5% FROM JANUARY TO APRIL.

FOR MANY WHO ARE TRAVELING, THEY'RE READY FOR ANY DELAYS OR CANCELATIONS THAT MAY COME THEIR WAY.

>> YEAH, IT KEEPS YOU ON YOUR TOES, FOR SURE.

>> Reporter: IN ATLANTA, I'M IVAN RODRIGUEZ REPORTING.

>> Matthew: SOME DISRUPTIONS MAY HAPPEN BUT HOPEFULLY NOT BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER.

>> Stacy: NOTHING ON THE RADAR.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW, BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT WILL AMOUNT TO MUCH BUT THERE WILL BE A FEW OUT THERE.

OTHER THAN THAT, A LOT OF SUNSHINE HEADING THROUGH THE WEEK WITH WARMER >> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS SPONSORED BY THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS OF MINNESOTA.

>> AND BY SANFORD HEALTH WITH PRIMARY CARE LOCATIONS IN BEMIDJI AND ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST.

SANFORD HEALTH IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING CARE CLOSE TO HOME.

LEARN MORE AT SANFORDHEALTH.ORG.

>> THE WEATHER IS SPONSORED IN PART BY WIDSETH; ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS, LAND SURVEYORS SERVING MINNESOTA COMMUNITIES SINCE 1975.

>> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WE ENJOYED SOME SUNSHINE EARLIER TODAY BUT WE HAVE BEEN SEEING CLOUDS INCREASE AND A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS THIS EVENING.

WE SHOULD SEE THE SHOWERS TAPERING OFF OVERNIGHT, AND WE SHOULD SEE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES.

THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, WE COULD SEE THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS.

TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE IN THE 70s BUT EXPECT SUNSHINE AND 80s AS WE HEAD INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK.

IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 65.

AT THE AIRPORT IN OUR STUDIO, WE HAVE A LIGHT SOUTHEAST WIND WITH A DEW POINT OF 39 AND HUMIDITY AT 38%.

IN BRAINERD, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, 66 DEGREES WITH A DEW POINT OF 43.

PRESSURE IS HOLDING STEADY AND WINDS ARE CALM.

ON OUR RADAR AND SATELLITE PICTURE, WE CAN SEE ALL THE CLOUD COVER ACROSS NORTH EARN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND A FEW SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS OUT THERE.

WE SHOULD SEE THOSE TAPERING OFF AS WE HEAD INTO THE OVERNIGHT.

WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES.

AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW, WE WILL HAVE VARIABLE CLOUDS AND THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON WITH ANOTHER CHANCE OF THAT SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AS WE HEAD INTO WEDNESDAY.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, ARLENE SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE BEAUTIFUL SKIES THIS MORNING IN MENAHGA AND A GORGEOUS SUNRISE OVER LAKE ADA FROM DEBRA.

SAMROSE SPOTTING SOME STORM CLOUDS OVER LOWER RED LAKE.

ANGELA FROM CASS LAKE SAYING IT WAS A NICE DAY ALTHOUGH THERE WAS SOME CLOUD COVER THIS EVENING.

JIM WITH A BEAUTIFUL SUNSET TONIGHT.

BILL AND JUDY WITH THE SUNSET OVER UPPER RED LAKE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, DEBRA AT PINE RIVER, 44 THIS MORNING.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, PARTLY CLOUDY WITH CALM CONDITIONS, HIGH OF 74.

WE ALSO HEARD FROM ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, REPORTING A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS WITH A HIGH OF 74.

AND ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, TOPPING OUT AT 69.

LOOKING AT OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD HIT 74, A SEASONAL HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR OUR MEMORIAL DAY.

2 DEGREES ABOVE THE AVERAGE.

43 WAS OUR LOW AND WE HAD SUNRISE AT 5:31.

BEMIDJI TOPPING OUT AT 74, SO AGAIN ABOVE THAT AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE.

39 FOR THE LOW AND SUNSET AT 3 MINUTES AFTER 9:00.

HERE'S A LOOK AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, WE DO HAVE THE MIX OF SOME CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE TOMORROW MORNING AND A FEW SPOTTY SHOWERS OUT THERE.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, ESPECIALLY YOU CAN SEE THE INCREASE IN COVERAGE AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING, LOOKING AT VARIABLE CLOUDS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

TEMPERATURE-WISE, WE SHOULD SEE HIGHS IN THE 70s FOR THE MOST PART, RIGHT AROUND 70 DEGREES IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA.

AS WE HEAD INTO THE CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WE COULD SEE MORE RAINFALL EARLIER IN THE DAY, SO WE DO HAVE COOLER TEMPERATURES, WITH HIGH TEMPS IN THE UPPER 60s.

SO OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, WE WILL BE SEEING PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, LOWS DROPPING TO 47, VARIABLE WINDS UP TO 10 MILES PER HOUR.

THEN TOMORROW, VARIABLE CLOUDS, WITH THE CHANCE OF SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON, HIGHS NEAR 71.

LOOKING AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, WE HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE OF SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY, MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON, WITH HIGHS NEAR 70.

SUNSHINE RETURNS AND TEMPERATURES WARM UP AS WE HEAD INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK.

AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND, EXPECT A LOT OF SUNSHINE, ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AFTERNOON, HIGH TEMPERATURE SHOULD BE IN THE LOW TO MID-80s.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Matthew: THANK YOU SO MUCH STACY.

WE HAVE CHARLIE YAEGER WITH US.

I UNDERSTAND THE TIMBERWOLVES HAD A ROUGH START AND ARE LOOKING TO COME BACK.

>> Charlie: THEY'RE DOWN 2-1 IN THE SERIES RIGHT NOW.

THEY HAD A BIG GAME ON SATURDAY AND THEY WON BY A LOT.

TONIGHT, TRYING TO AVOID GOING DOWN 3-1.

YOU DON'T WANT TO BE DOWN 3-1 TO OKLAHOMA CITY.

WE HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT GAME AND MORE COMING UP AFTER >> SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED IN PART BY PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS, POWERED BY THE GIGAZONE, OFFERING THE LATEST IN TECHNOLOGY FOR YOUR BUSINESS, FROM YOUR LOCAL BROADBAND COOPERATIVE.

>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

>>> IF YOU CAN'T PUT THE BALL IN THE BASKET, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A TOUGH TIME WINNING ANY BASKETBALL GAMES, ESPECIALLY AGAINST A TEAM AS GOOD AS THE THUNDER.

THE TIMBERWOLVES FOUND OUT THE HARD WAY BY SHOOTING JUST OVER 38-PERCENT FROM THE FIELD IN GAMES ONE AND TWO, RESULTING 2-GAME HOLE IN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS, BUT IN GAME THREE AT HOME, MINNESOTA SHOT JUST SHY OF 58-PERCENT AND CAME AWAY WITH A RESOUNDING 42-POINT VICTORY.

WOLVES AT HOME TRYING TO REPLICATE THAT PERFORMANCE IN GAME FOUR AND EVEN OUT THE SERIES AGAINST OKC.

THEY FOUND THEMSELVES DOWN 65-57 AT THE HALF.

THAT'S WHEN THEY STARTED TO MAKE THE CLIMB BACK.

ANTHONY EDWARDS TRYING TO LEAD THE WAY BUT HE ONLY HAD 15 TONIGHT.

OFF THE BENCH, DANTE WAS AS HOT AS YOU CAN GET.

HE HAD 21 POINTS, TIES THE GAME IN THE THIRD, BUT THE THUNDER, THEY GOT ALEXANDER AND EVERY TIME THE WOLVES MADE A SHOT, HE ANSWERED BACK.

HE HAD 40 POINTS AS THE OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER EDGED THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES 128-126 DOWN THE STRETCH.

OKC TAKING A VICE GRIP ON THAT SERIES 3-1, THEY LEAD.

>>> THE FIRST THREE GAMES OF THE PWHL FINALS HAVE ALL ENDED BY A SCORE OF 2-1 IN OVERTIME AND IN THE CASE OF GAME THREE, TRIPLE OVERTIME.

THE MINNESOTA FROST HAVE WON TWO OF THOSE THREE GAMES AND TONIGHT CAN WIN THE SERIES AND HOIST THE WALTER CUP FOR A SECOND STRAIGHT SEASON.

FROST HOSTING THE CHARGE IN GAME FOUR OF THE FINALS, A CHANCE TO BE CROWNED CHAMPIONS ON THEIR HOME ICE AFTER CLINCHING IN BOSTON LAST YEAR.

WE PICK UP IN THE 2ND PERIOD, NO SCORE.

CLAIRE THOMPSON FINDS KELLY PANNEK, WHO DOESN'T PANIC, BACK DOOR FOR HER 2ND GOAL OF THESE PLAYOFFS, PUTS THE FROST IN FRONT 1-0.

MIDWAY THROUGH THE 3RD, SAME SCORE AND YOU JUST KNEW WAS GONNA HAPPEN.

TEREZA KNOTS THE GAME AT ONE AND YEAH, WE'RE HEADING TO OVERTIME.

IT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER TWO-ONE FINAL, JUST A MATTER OF WHO.

WELL I'LL TELL YOU WHO.

LIZ SCHEPERS FROM THE STATE OF HOCKEY, WINS IT IN THE STATE OF HOCKEY FOR THE STATE OF HOCKEY.

THE MOUND NATIVE WITH THE CHAMPIONSHIP WINNING GOAL LAST YEAR DOES IT AGAIN.

AND THE MINNESOTA FROST LED BY CAPTAIN KENDAL COYNE-SCOFIELD, GET TO HOIST THE WALTER CUP IN BACK-TO-BACK SEASONS, THIS TIME IN FRONT OF THEIR FANS.

REMEMBER, THIS WAS A TEAM THAT HAD TO WIN THE FINAL GAME OF THE REGULAR SEASON JUST TO GET INTO THE PLAYOFFS.

NOW THEY ARE CHAMPS AFTER WINNING THREE STRAIGHT IN A FINALS SERIES THAT SAW ALL FOUR GAMES END 2-1 IN EXTRA TIME.

TALK ABOUT SOME HEART STOPPING HOCKEY.

NEXT YEAR, PWHL EXPANDS FROM 6 TO 8 TEAMS, ADDING A FRANCHISE IN SEATTLE AND VANCOUVER.

>>> IT WOULDN'T BE MEMORIAL DAY WITHOUT AMERICA'S FAVORITE PASTIME.

BOTTOM OF THE 6th STILL NO SCORE.

HIS 7th HOMER OF THE SEASON, THE RAYS LEAD.

TOP OF THE 7th, CARLOS HAS BATTING 3.55, SENDS THIS ONE INTO THE DARK, ALL FOUR OF HIS HOME RUNS THIS SEASON HAVE COME OFF LEFTIES.

BOTTOM OF THE 8th, JOSE OFF THE TOP OF THE WALL, IT'S A 2 R.B.I.

DOUBLE, RAYS WOULD FOLLOW UP WITH A 2-RUN HOME RUN, AND THE TWINS FALL 7-2 IN TAMPA BAY.

MINNESOTA HAS GONE 3-4 SINCE THEIR 13 GAME WIN STREAK CAME TO AN END, BUT THEY ARE TIED FOR SECOND IN THE AL CENTRAL.

>>> HERE IN BEMIDJI, SOME AMATEUR BASEBALL ACTION.

THE BUCKS SWEPT THE OX.

BOTTOM OF THE FIRST, NO SCORE.

STEVE OFF THE RED MONSTER, SCORES HUNTER FROM SECOND TO GIVE THEM A 1-0 LEAD.

LATER IN THE INNING, RUNNERS ON SECOND AND THIRD, CAM JUSTICE GROUND BALL, FINDS THE OUTFIELD, PLATES TWO MORE FOR THE BUCKS, THEY GO AHEAD 3-0.

THEN TOP OF THE SECOND, THE GAME WOULD BE SUSPENDED DUE TO AN INJURED PLAYER.

3-0 THE SCORE FOR NOW UNTIL THEY FIND A LATER DATE TO FINISH THE GAME.

>>> ALSO TODAY OVER AT BEMIDJI SPEEDWAY, THEY HAD DAY TWO OF THE CHICKEN SHACK BARBIE MEMORIAL.

HERE ARE THE WINNERS FROM EACH CLASS, A COUPLE OF AREA WINNERS, CONRAD FROM LITTLE FALLS, CHRIS FROM BEMIDJI, FULL RESULTS CAN BE FOUND ON MYRACEPASS.COM.

>> Matthew: CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THOSE WINNERS.

THANK YOU CHARLIE.

>>> THE SCHOOL YEAR IS COMING TO A CLOSE AND THE KIDS ARE ABOUT TO BE BACK AT HOME FOR THE SUMMER.

REPORTER DANIEL PURSELL TOOK A LOOK AT A BUSINESS THAT COULD BE A GREAT WAY TO GET THE KIDDOS OUT OF THE HOUSE THIS SUMMER.

HERE HE IS WITH THIS WEEK'S IN BUSINESS.

>> Reporter: LOCATE IN DOWNTOWN BRAINERD, COPPER CAT ESCAPE ROOM OFFS AN EXPERIENCE LIKE NO OTHER IN THE AREA.

>> SO WE RUN SUPER AWESOME ESCAPE ROOMS.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE GOING IS OUR TEAM IS SUPER PASSIONATE ABOUT CREATING AN EXCELLENT EXPERIENCE AND WE ALSO REALLY LOVE PLAYING ESCAPE ROOMS SO THAT HELPS TO LOVE WHAT YOU DO AND NOT ALWAYS MIND BEING AT WORK.

>> Reporter: THE SHOP HAS THREE GAMES, ALL WITH VARYING LEVELS OF DIFFICULTY AND THEMES, WHETHER IT'S RESCUE GRANDMA'S LOST RECIPES, THERE IS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY.

>> ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS IS LIFELONG MEMORIES.

WE CREATE EXPERIENCES, NOT TO WATCH PEOPLE FAIL AND TO LAUGH ABOUT IT, BUT TO SEE PEOPLE SUCCEED IN THE SENSE THAT WHETHER THEY ESCAPE OR NOT, THEY ARE HAVING AN ABSOLUTE BLAST.

>> Reporter: AND EVERYTHING AT COPPER CAT ESCAPE ROOM IS MADE IN-HOUSE, FROM THE SETS, TO THE PUZZLE PIECES.

>> I THINK DEEP WOODS TOOK ABOUT A YEAR AND THE YEAR WAS FULLY BUILD ONLY FROM BLACK COAT OF PAINT, TO THE BEST PROJECT WE COULD THINK OF, BUT IT WAS FUN TO BE A PART OF IT AND BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS AND TEAMWORK SKILLS.

THE TEAM IS SUPER PASSIONATE TOWARDS HAVING THE BEST EXPERIENCE FOR OUR CUSTOMERS.

>> Reporter: ESCAPE ROOMS ARE MEANT TO BE A CHALLENGE, BUT AT COPPER CAT, THEY WANT GROUPS TO MAKE LIFELONG MEMORIES WHILE PLAYING, WIN OR LOSE.

>> WE DON'T WANT TO WATCH PEOPLE FAIL, WE WANT TO SEE PEOPLE SUCCEED.

WHEN PEOPLE GET IT, WE'RE CHEERING YOU ON IN THE BACK.

WE'RE ALWAYS LIKE YEAH, YOU SOLVED IT.

WE WANT YOU TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL ESCAPE ROOM EXPERIENCE.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BRAINERD WITH THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, I'M DANIEL PURSELL, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> COPPER CAT CURRENTLY FEATURES THREE ROOMS BUT THE OWNERS HOPE TO EXPAND AND ADD MORE GAMES IN THE FUTURE.

>>> WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA TIME, SO WE'LL GO TO STACY WITH MORE DETAILS ON THE WEATHER.

>> Stacy: WE WILL BE SEEING PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, LOWS DROPPING TO 47, WITH VARIABLE WINDS UP TO 10 MILES PER HOUR.

AS WE LOOK AT TOMORROW, WE'LL SEE VARIABLE CLOUDS THROUGHOUT THE AREA.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON WITH HIGHS NEAR 71.

ANOTHER CHANCE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY WITH SUNSHINE TO END THE WEEK.

>> Matthew: WE'LL BE BACK TOMORROW AT 10:00.

BE SURE TO TUNE IN.

>> Charlie: SEE YA, GOOD NIGHT.

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