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>> 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.

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

>>> PEOPLE IN A THREE-BLOCK RADIUS HAD TO EVACUATE DOWNTOWN BEMIDJI TODAY AFTER A MAJOR GAS LEAK WAS REPORTED JUST BEFORE 10:00 A.M. OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK SPOKE TO FIRST RESPONDERS ABOUT THE POTENTIAL DANGERS AND HAS MORE FROM THE SCENE.

>> Reporter: AFTER A MAJOR GAS LEAK WAS CREATED IN DOWNTOWN BEMIDJI, THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT WORKED ALONGSIDE MINNESOTA ENERGY AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO CONTAIN IT.

WHILE THE NATURAL GAS MAY NOT BE OVERLY TOXIC TO BREATHE, THE BIGGEST CONCERN WAS A THREAT OF A POSSIBLE EXPLOSION.

>> IT STARTED TO BUILD UP IN THE BUILDING, THEN IT COULD BE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS, BUT THAT'S WHY WE WORKED SO CLOSELY WITH FIRST RESPONDERS ON SCENE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S HANDLED SAFELY.

>> Reporter: THE EXACT NUMBER OF PEOPLE AFFECTED IS NOT YET KNOWN BUT WHILE TRYING TO CONTAIN THE LEAK, THE BEMIDJI POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD TO EVACUATE SEVERAL BLOCKS WORTH OF BUSINESSES AND APARTMENT HOMES.

>> OUR EVACUATION AREA WAS AROUND THE GAS LEAK, WHICH WAS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE COURT.

THEN IT QUICKLY EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE AREAS FROM BELTRAMI AVENUE, 2 TO FOURTH STREET.

>> Reporter: CITY OF BEMIDJI OFFICIALS SAID A PIPELINE WAS HIT DURING CONSTRUCTION EFFORTS, WHICH CAUSED A ROTTEN EGG SMELL AND HISSING NOISE THAT WAS IMMEDIATELY REPORTED TO FIRST RESPONDERS.

>> NATURAL GAS RISES.

IT IS GOING INTO THE ATMOSPHERE, INTO THE AIR.

WE'RE WATCHING THE WINDS.

>> IT GOES UP AND DISSIPATES.

SO WE WEREN'T NECESSARILY WERE WORRYING ABOUT COLLECTION INSIDE BUSINESSES OR RESIDENCES BUT WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF THE IGNITION.

>> Reporter: THE CAUSE OF THE LEAK WAS FROM THE DOWNTOWN TREE REMOVAL PROJECT AND TAKING OUT TREE STUMPS WHEN ONE MACHINE HIT THE PIPELINE.

THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSE IS STILL ONGOING AND REPORTS THAT THE LEEK HAS BEEN CONTAINED AND THERE IS NO ANTICIPATED THREAT TO THE PUBLIC.

>> THAT WAS TAKEN CARE OF THIS AFTERNOON.

WE STOPPED THE FLOW OF NATURAL GAS, SO WE ARE STILL ON SCENE, MAKING THE REPAIRS, BUT NATURAL GAS IS NO LONGER BLOWING.

ALL IS WELL.

>> IT DID DISTURB A LOT OF BUSINESSES, SO WE APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

WE HOPE WE CAN GET BACK TO NORMAL AND BUSINESS IS NORMAL TOMORROW.

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

>> CHIEF SHERWOOD ALSO REPORTED A SECOND GAS LEAK IN BEMIDJI THAT HAPPENED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE BIG DOWNTOWN ONE.

THE SECOND LEAK WAS BY 17TH AND NORTON AVENUE AND WAS ALSO UNINTENTIONALLY CREATED BY CONSTRUCTION CREWS.

THAT LEAK WAS CONTAINED IN LESS THAN AN HOUR VERSUS THE NEAR FIVE HOURS SPENT DOWNTOWN.

>>> AN 18-YEAR-OLD NEW YORK MILLS MAN IS SUSPECTED OF DRINKING AND DRIVING IN A ONE VEHICLE CRASH THAT KILLED A PASSENGER IN HIS VEHICLE LAST NIGHT.

THE OTTER TAIL COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTS THAT 18-YEAR-OLD BLAKE UNGER OF BLUFFTON DIED AT THE SCENE OF THE CRASH ABOUT FIVE MILES NORTH OF WADENA AROUND 10:45 P.M. UNGER WAS FOUND NEAR THE VEHICLE.

ACCORDING TO A FACEBOOK POST FROM NEW YORK MILLS SUPERINTENDENT THE VICTIM WAS A SENIOR AT NEW YORK MILLS HIGH SCHOOL AND HAD RECENTLY GRADUATED.

IZAK SCHERMERHORN WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE DRIVER OF A TRUCK THAT ROLLED ONTO ITS SIDE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF 370TH STREET AND 640TH AVENUE.

SCHERMERHORN, WAS LOCATED AND WAS LATER PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR SUSPICION OF D.W.I.

HE IS CURRENTLY AT THE OTTER TAIL COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, FACING CHARGES OF CRIMINAL VEHICULAR HOMICIDE, 4TH DEGREE D.W.I., AND UNDERAGE DRINKING AND DRIVING.

>>> IT WAS A TRAGEDY IN OUR OWN BACK YARD THAT MADE HEADLINES ACROSS THE GLOBE.

A FAMILY OF FOUR, INCLUDING TWO CHILDREN FROZE TO DEATH WHILE TRYING TO SNEAK INTO THE UNITED STATES NEAR THE MINNESOTA-CANADA BORDER.

FEDERAL PROSECUTORS SAID IT WAS PART OF A HUMAN SMUGGLING RING BETWEEN INDIA AND THE U.S. TODAY, TWO OF THE KEY PLAYERS WERE SENTENCED.

NEWS REPORTER MATT HENSON HAS THE STORY.

>> IN FACT, THEY KNEW IT WAS LIFE-THREATENING.

>> Reporter: THE U.S. ATTORNEY FOR MINNESOTA LISA KIRKPATRICK IS REFERRING TO THE JANUARY NIGHT IN 2022 WHEN THIS FAMILY FROM INDIA FROZE TO DEATH AS THEY TRIED TO CROSS THE BORDER BY HIGHWAY 75 IN MINNESOTA.

THE LITTLE BOY WAS JUST 3.

HIS OLDER SISTER, 11.

>> A SON STILL WRAPPED IN A BLANKET, IN HIS FATHER'S ARMS.

A DAUGHTER LYING NEARBY.

A MOM HUNCHED AGAINST A FENCE WHEN SHE WENT LOOKING FOR HELP THAT NIGHT.

>> Reporter: A FIFTH PERSON NEARLY FROZE TO DEATH.

PROSECUTORS SAY THE VISIBILITY WAS BLINDING AND THE WINDCHILL WAS CLOSE TO -40.

THEY SHOWED HOW POORLY DRESSED SOME OF THE OTHER 11 PEOPLE IN THE GROUP WERE.

>> THEY WERE BETRAYED BY INDIVIDUALS MOTIVATED BY PROFIT WITH NO REGARD TO HUMAN LIFE.

>> Reporter: THE MAN WHO WAS PICKING UP THE GROUP AT THE BORDER WAS SENTENCED TO 6.5 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON.

THE MASTERMIND OF THE OPERATION WAS SENTENCED TO MORE THAN 10 YEARS IN PRISON.

NEITHER OF THE MEN SPOKE IN COURT TODAY.

>> AGAIN, WE WERE DISAPPOINTED BUT I CAN TAKE SOLACE IN THE FACT THAT THE JUDGE CONSIDERED EVERYTHING WE SAID AND I'M SURE HE TOOK IT INTO CONSIDERATION.

>> WE CAN'T BRING THE FAMILY BACK, BUT WITH THE LENGTHY SENTENCES IMPOSED TODAY, WE CAN SEND A STRONG MESSAGE, A MESSAGE THAT HUMAN LIFE DOES NOT HAVE A PRICE TAG.

>> PATEL'S LAWYER SAID HE PLANS TO APPEAL THE CONVICTION.

SHAND WAS ORDERED TO REPORT TO PRISON ON JULY 1ST.

FOLLOWING TODAY'S SENTENCING HEARING THE TOP FEDERAL PROSECUTOR FOR MINNESOTA MADE IT CLEAR THAT THIS INVESTIGATION IS FAR FROM OVER AND THAT MORE ARRESTS MAY STILL BE COMING.

>>> A MAJOR LEGAL BLOW TO PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S GLOBAL TARIFF AGENDA.

WEDNESDAY, A FEDERAL TRADE COURT RULED THAT TRUMP DIDN'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE THOSE SWEEPING TARIFFS.

THAT INCLUDES HIS SO-CALLED LIBERATION DAY TARIFFS AND EARLIER LEVIES ON CHINA, MEXICO, AND CANADA.

MOMENTS AFTER THE DECISION CAME DOWN, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION APPEALED IT.

THE COURT SAID THE EMERGENCY POWERS LAW TRUMP INVOKED DOES NOT ALLOW HIM TO IMPOSE TARIFFS.

THE RULING FREEZES MOST OF THE TARIFFS BEFORE TRADE DEALS WERE FINALIZED.

THE LAWSUIT CAME FROM SMALL BUSINESSES WHO SAID THE TARIFFS WERE CRUSHING THEM.

>>> THE LITTLE FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT IS FACING MAJOR FINANCIAL ISSUES.

ONE OPTION THEY ARE CONSIDERING TO HELP WITH THIS IS THE CLOSURE OF DR. S.G. KNIGHT ELEMENTARY IN RANDALL.

THE SCHOOL BOARD MET YESTERDAY TO SET A DATE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING WHERE THE FATE OF DR. KNIGHT WILL BE DECIDED.

THE HEARING WILL BE HELD ON JUNE 9TH AT 6:00 AT THE LITTLE FALLS HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM.

THE SCHOOL BOARD ALSO UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO DISSOLVE AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL POSITION.

SUPERINTENDENT GREG JOHNSON SAYS THAT WAS STEP ONE IN THE SCHOOL'S POTENTIAL CLOSURE.

>> IT WAS STEP ONE OF A TWO-STEP PROCESS WHERE IF, IF THERE IS A SCHOOL THAT IS CLOSED, WE WOULD BE ELIMINATING A PRINCIPAL POSITION IN THAT BUILDING.

SO THIS IS STEP ONE FOR THE BOARD.

THEY WOULD STILL NEED TO PASS A RESOLUTION TO MAKE IT OFFICIAL HERE AT THE END OF THE MONTH, BUT THAT WAS THE FIRST STEP OF THAT PROCESS.

>> DR. KNIGHT HAS JUST OVER ONE HUNDRED KIDS THAT ATTEND THE SCHOOL.

SHOULD THE SCHOOL CLOSE, THE DISTRICT IS PLANNING ON HAVING THEM ATTEND EITHER LINDBERGH OR LINCOLN ELEMENTARY.

>>> THE "MY NEIGHBOR TO LOVE COALITION" BROKE GROUND ON PHASE THREE OF THEIR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT YESTERDAY.

THE GROUP AIMS TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THOSE IN NEED IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

THERE ARE CURRENTLY TWO PHASES COMPLETED WITH PEOPLE ALREADY CALLING THEM HOME.

PHASE THREE WILL INCLUDE A TWELVE UNIT MULTI-FAMILY COMPLEX, ALONG WITH A FOUR BEDROOM BOARDING HOUSE AND THREE STUDIO APARTMENTS.

PHASE THREE WILL NOT JUST BRING LIVING UNITS TO THE COMPLEX THOUGH.

A CLASSROOM WILL ALSO BE BUILT ONSITE TO TEACH LIFE SKILLS AND EMPLOYMENT SUCCESS CLASSES.

WHILE NO PLANS FOR THE FOURTH PHASE HAVE BEEN RELEASED YET, THE GROUP SAYS IT PLANS ON BRINGING MORE HOUSING TO PEOPLE IN NEED.

>>> THE LAKES AREA JUSTICE PROJECT IS THE RECIPIENT OF THE IMPACT GRANT, AWARDED THROUGH THE CROW WING POWERS OPERATION ROUND UP COMMUNITY TRUST.

THE LARJP WILL RECEIVE $20,000 TO HELP SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S EFFORTS IN FOSTERING A STRONG AND HEALTHY COMMUNITY THROUGH RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PRACTICES WHILE THE LARJP TAKES ON AN AVERAGE OF 100 CASES A YEAR THROUGH THEIR CORE PROGRAM, RESTORATIVE GROUP CONFERENCING, IS ALREADY APPROACHING THAT MARK HALFWAY THROUGH 2025.

BRIAN ANDREW SAYS THE FUNDS WILL BE DEDICATED TO STAFFING AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION TO BETTER SUPPORT CRITICAL WORK.

>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE STAFF THAT CAN ENGAGE AND INTERACT.

>> EVERY PART OF IT.

SO WE LOOK AT THE FENCE TO THE BACKGROUND OF THE INDIVIDUAL, TO THE FUTURE, WHERE THEY WANT TO GO.

>> IT'S GOING TO ELEVATE THE ORGANIZATION WHEN WE KNOW MORE, WHEN WE LEARN MORE THAN WE ARE ABLE TO GIVE MORE.

>> Dennis: ANDREW SAYS THE LARJP'S IMMEDIATE PRIORITIES IS ENSURING REGION 5 HAS THE NECESSARY PROGRAMS AVAILABLE FOR THEIR YOUTH, ADDING NEW CASE MANAGERS AND SHORTENING THE TIME FROM OFFENSE TO REFERRAL.

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

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WE MAY SEE A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA TOMORROW AFTERNOON, OTHER THAN THAT, IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF SUNSHINE TO END THE WEEK WITH A BIG WARM UP AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, RED LAKE NATION'S FREEDOM TO DRIVE EVENT SHOWCASES ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND THE ADVANTAGES THEY CAN BRING TO >> THIS PORTION OF LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED BY C.T.C.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> RED LAKE NATION HOSTED A FREEDOM TO DRIVE EVENT YESTERDAY TO SHOWCASE ELECTRIC VEHICLES TO TRIBAL COMMUNITIES, AND THE POTENTIAL ADVANTAGES THEY CAN BRING SPECIFICALLY TO RED LAKE.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN ATTENDED THE EVENT, AND HAS MORE DETAILS.

>> WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH $1.7 MILLION?

AFTER RECEIVING A GRANT FOR THAT AMOUNT FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, THE NATIVE SUN POWER DEVELOPMENT IS PUTTING ALL THAT MONEY INTO THE TRIBAL COMMUNITY THROUGH ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND CHARGING STATIONS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

>> THEY ARE THE FUTURE, THEY WILL BE PART OF OUR EVERY DAY LIFE.

>> IT'S A PRACTICAL MODE OF TRANSPORTATION, ALL AT THE SAME TIME SAVING YOU A LOT OF MONEY.

>> Reporter: THEIR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO CLEAN, AFFORDABLE TRANSPORTATION IN TRIBAL COMMUNITIES.

THEY WILL INSTALL 59 FAST CHARGING UNITS ON RESERVATIONS AND THEIR TRIBAL ROUTES.

>> IT WILL TRACK INDIVIDUALS THAT CHARGE UP THEIR VEHICLE AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO WALK INTO THE CASINO AND HOPEFULLY PULL SOME SLOTS, RIGHT?

>> Reporter: HE BELIEVES THAT WITH MORE RESOURCES AVAILABLE, ALONG WITH MORE DIVERSITY IN THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE MARKET, NOW IS THE PERFECT TIME TO INVEST IN E.V.s.

>> THE FIRST THING IS SAVING ON YOUR FUEL COSTS.

BEING ABLE TO NOT WORRY ABOUT YOUR FUEL COSTS AS MUCH, THOSE SAVINGS CAN GO INTO OTHER SPACES FOR THE FAMILY.

>> ORGANIZERS BELIEVE THAT ELECTRIC VEHICLES BRING ADVANTAGES TO THE FAMILY AND THE TRIBAL COMMUNITY THEMSELVES, ESPECIALLY WITH THE ELECTRIC CHARGING STATIONS THAT WILL BE HERE AT THE 7 CLANS CASINO.

>> ALL OF THESE CHARGING STATIONS ARE OWNED BY THE RED LAKE NATION.

SO IT'S A REVENUE DRIVER.

SO I'M HOPING THIS REVENUE THEY CAN PUT TOWARDS OTHER NEEDS IN THE TRIBAL COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: WITH A SCHOOL BUS AND VOLKSWAGEN, IT HAS BECOME A HOME TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

HE BELIEVES THAT E.V.s GO HAND IN HAND WITH ANISHINAABE CULTURAL VALUES ON PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT.

>> SWITCHING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES, NOT EMITTING CARBON INTO THE AIR, WHICH ADDS TO CLIMATE CHANGE OR GLOBAL WARMING.

I ONLY SEE THIS AS A GREAT FIT FOR TRIBAL NATIONS TO BE ABLE TO PURSUE THIS PARTICULAR SPACE IN THIS AREA.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN RED LAKE, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> AS A PART OF THE GRANT, NATIVE SUN COMMUNITY POWER DEVELOPMENT WILL ALSO BE PROVIDING A NEW VOLKSWAGEN BUZZ ELECTRIC VAN TO THE RED LAKE YOUTH SHELTER.

COMBL -- >>> TIME FOR WEATHER, STACY IS HERE.

WARMER WEATHER IS ON THE WAY.

>> Stacy: TEMPERATURES WILL BE CLIMBING INTO THE 80s AND A FEW LOCATIONS TOPPING 90 AS WE HEAD INTO THE START OF THE WEEKEND.

WE HAVE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA TOMORROW, OTHERWISE A LOT OF SUNSHINE RIGHT ON THROUGH THE >> 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 DID ENJOY SOME SUNSHINE AND WE HAD SOME CLOUDS AND WE HAD SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY.

MOST OF THE SHOWERS WILL BE TAPERING OFF OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

WE WILL SEE VARIABLE CLOUDS THROUGHOUT THE AREA.

TOMORROW, IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF SUNSHINE IS IN STORE FOR US, BUT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON.

BEYOND THAT, IT LOOKS FAIRLY DRY.

ON FRIDAY, WE COULD BE SEEING AGAIN A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS WE HEAD INTO THE START OF THE WEEKEND.

NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 63 AT THE AIRPORT WE HAVE A LIGHT SOUTH WIND AT THE STUDIO, DEW POINT IS 46, HUMIDITY IS AT 54%.

IN BRAINERD, WE HAVE CLOUDY SKIES, 58 DEGREES, 49 IS OUR DEW POINT, PRESSURE IS HOLDING STEADY, WINDS ARE SOUTHWEST AT 5 MILES PER HOUR.

OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR PICTURE ACTUALLY SHOWED US A LOT OF CLOUD COVER EARLY ON TODAY, EARLY ON THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING, BUT WE HAVE HAD SOME CLEARING IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

A LOT OF US ARE HOLDING ON TO THE CLOUD COVER AND THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS.

THE SHOWERS SHOULD BE TAPERING OFF, WE WILL SEE VARIABLE CLOUDS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, AND HEADING INTO TOMORROW, IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF SUNSHINE, BUT WE COULD SEE MORE REDEVELOPMENT TO SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, BEAUTIFUL SPRING COLOR FROM GARY AND ALL THE GREEN LEAVES ON THE TREES IN JENKINS.

JOAN SPOTTING A REDHEADED WOODPECKER IN LAPORTE.

A BIG EAGLE'S NEST AND SANDY WITH SOME OMINOUS CLOUDS OVER RABIDEAU LAKE.

BEAUTIFUL EVENING SKIES OVER LAKE BEMIDJI FROM DAN.

CARRIE SENDING US THIS PICTURE OF THE SKY AND THE SUNSET WAS GORGEOUS OVER LOWER RED LAKE.

DEAN WITH THAT PICTURE.

NOW FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD REPORTING SOME LIGHT RAIN.

SANDY AT BLACKDUCK, 75 DEGREES THIS EVENING.

JOAN IN LAPORTE, PARTLY SUNNY AND 63.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE REPORTING MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH A HIGH OF 70.

LOOKING AT OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD TOPPING OUT AT 68, SEASONAL, A LITTLE BELOW THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE.

52 WAS OUR LOW, WE HAD SUNRISE AT 5:30 THIS MORNING.

IN BEMIDJI, WE TOPPED OUT AT A LITTLE ABOVE OUR SEASONAL AVERAGE, I'LL TRY TO GET THAT TO MOVE FOR YOU.

WE TOPPED OUT IN THE LOW 70s, WE HAD SOME NICE TEMPERATURES EARLY THIS MORNING, THERE WE GO.

72 WAS OUR HIGH.

42 FOR THE LOW, SO A LITTLE BELOW THE AVERAGE AND SUNSET AT 9:06.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, IT WILL START OUT WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY.

THERE COULD BE SOME REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY THUNDERSTORMS ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD INTO EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

TEMPERATURE-WISE, LOOKING NICE FOR US TOMORROW, WE WILL BE SEEING THE HIGHS ONCE AGAIN IN THE 70s, IT LOOKS LIKE MID TO UPPER 70s IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA AND IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WE WILL ALSO BE SEEING THOSE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID-70s.

SO OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, VARIABLE CLOUDS ACROSS THE AREA, 49 FOR THE LOW, VARIABLE WINDS UP TO 10 MILES PER HOUR.

MOSTLY SUNNY TOMORROW, THERE IS THE SLIGHT CHANCE OF SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY IN EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN THE AFTERNOON, WITH HIGHS NEAR 77.

LOOKING AT OUR WEEKEND FORECAST, WE WILL BE SEEING A LOT OF SUNSHINE AND WARMER TEMPERATURES, HIGHS ON SATURDAY COULD BE NEAR 88 WITH SOME LOCATIONS, POSSIBLY CLIMBING ABOVE 90 DEGREES.

THEN EARLY NEXT WEEK, WE START TO SEE SOME UNSETTLED WEATHER RETURN ON MONDAY, A SMALL CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, WITH HIGHS NEAR 87.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: 88 ON SATURDAY, I GOT A 56-MILE BIKE RIDE TO CELEBRATE SOME BUDDY'S 56th BIRTHDAY THAT DAY.

>> Charlie: YOU BETTER WEAR SOME SUNSCREEN.

>> Dennis: COULD BE WARM.

>> Charlie: BRING WATER TOO, LOTS OF WATER.

TODAY YOU DIDN'T NEED ANY SUNSCREEN BECAUSE IT WAS CLOUDY BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?

THE CLOUDS DIDN'T MEAN A DANG THING TO GRAND RAPIDS.

THEY WERE HOT, HOT, HOT.

WE HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT >> SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED IN PART BY PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS, POWERED BY THE GIGAZONE.

THE ALL FIBER OPTICS NETWORK THAT TRANSFORMED HOW WE LIVE AND WORK.

>> HEALTH MINUTE IS SPONSORED IN PART BY EMPLOYEE-OWNED LUEKEN'S VILLAGE FOODS, FEATURING THE AREA'S LARGEST SELECTION OF SEAFOOD AND HIGHEST QUALITY MEATS.

MORE INFO AT LUEKENS.COM.

>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

>>> JUST LIKE DOING THE DISHES AFTER DINNER, I'M SURE THE SECTION TOURNAMENT FEELS LIKE A CHORE FOR GRAND RAPIDS BASEBALL, WHO HAVE WON THE LAST FOUR STRAIGHT 7-3A TITLES, BUT IF YOU WANT DESERT OR IN THE CASE OF THE THUNDERHAWKS, A RETURN TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

THEN YOU YOU'LL HAVE TO WASH THEM AND WASH THEM WELL, OTHERWISE MOM WILL SEND YOU TO BED EARLY AND DAD WILL EAT ALL THE ICE CREAM.

THIS AFTERNOON, TOP SEEDED RAPIDS CLEANED THEIR PLATES AND THEN SOME AGAINST 8-SEED NORTH BRANCH.

BOTTOM OF THE 3RD, NO SCORE,.

TWO ON FOR JOE DICK.

HE SENDS ONE UP THE MIDDLE, BOTH RUNNERS SCORE TO BREAK THE 0-0 TIE.

IT'S 2-0.

LATER IN THE INNING, ARI LAMPPA DRIVES ONE TO DEEP CENTER FIELD, GETS OVER THE HEAD OF JACKSON PUELSTON TO TACK ON ANOTHER, CAPS A 4-RUN INNING FOR THE T-HAWKS.

THEN IN THE 4TH WITH THE BASES LOADED, IT'S JOE DICK AGAIN.

FLARE DROPS IN FOR A 2 R.B.I.

SINGLE TO MAKE IT 6-0 RAPIDS.

AND IN THE 5TH, OLIVER SPAHN WITH A MAN ON THIRD, FINDS THE GAP IN RIGHT CENTER TO DRIVE IN ANOTHER FOR THE THUNDERHAWKS.

GRAND RAPIDS, THEY'RE GETTING CAKE TONIGHT.

THEY WIN 10-0 IN 6-INNINGS.

THUNDER HAWKS HOST HERMANTOWN TOMORROW AT 4:30 P.M.

IN THE QUARTER FINALS.

TWO SCORES, ROYALTON BEATS STAPLES MOTLEY.

PIERZ GETS THE WIN OVER WADENA DEER CREEK.

>>> IN TRACK AND FIELD, BRAINERD HOSTING THE 8-3A PRELIMS WITH BEMIDJI ALSO COMPETING.

STARTING WITH THE GIRLS, IN THE 100 METER HURDLES, BRAINERD'S NATALIE SMITH COASTS TO FIRST PLACE IN 15.63 SECONDS, TAKES SECOND OVERALL, QUALIFYING FOR THE SECTION FINALS.

OVER TO THE FIELD EVENTS IN HIGH JUMP, BEMIDJI'S JULIA BARRY, CLEARS FOUR FEET AND NINE INCHES, GOOD FOR 10TH PLACE OVERALL ON THE DAY.

OVER TO DISCUS, WARRIORS ISABELLE PLOOF, FLINGS IT 118 FEET AND SIX INCHES, GETS SECOND OVERALL AND QUALIFIES FOR THE STATE MEET.

AND A LOOK AT THE RESULTS FOR THE GIRLS, ONE QUALIFIED FOR THE STATE MEET WITH SEVEN CLINCHING A SPOT IN THE SECTION CHAMPIONSHIP.

>>> OVER TO THE BOYS SIDE, FIRST ON THE TRACK IN THE 800-METER.

CALEB KNOTT FOR BEMIDJI TAKES HIS HEAT AND THIRD OVERALL IN 1-MINUTE-57 SECONDS.

HE QUALIFIES FOR THE FINALS.

IN THE FIELD EVENTS AT POLE VAULT, LUMBERJACKS AUSTIN HEIM, SUMMITS 11 FEET AND TWO INCHES.

GOOD FOR 11TH PLACE OVERALL.

AT THE PITS, WARRIORS TY NELSON, THE REIGNING STATE TRIPLE JUMP CHAMP, TAKES FIRST OVERALL, LEAPING 48 FEET AND 11 INCHES.

HE CLINCHES HIS RETURN TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

AND FOR THE BOYS, TWO QUALIFIED FOR STATE, WHILE EIGHT QUALIFIED FOR THE SECTION CHAMPIONSHIP THIS SATURDAY.

>>> THEN IN GOLF, PARKER OF WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY TOOK HOME HIS FOURTH BOYS SECTION 7-A INDIVIDUAL TITLE, SHOOTING A 7 OVER PAR, WHILE HIS WOLVES COUNTERPART TOOK HOME THE GIRLS INDIVIDUAL TITLE FOR THE FIFTH YEAR IN A ROW.

WHEN YOU HAVE TWO GOLFERS PLAYING THAT WELL, THE TEAM MIGHT DO WELL ALSO.

THE BOYS HAD FOUR GOLFERS FINISH IN THE TOP THREE, TOOK HOME THIRD CONSECUTIVE 7-A TITLES.

THE GIRLS TOOK HOME A TITLE IN THEIR FIRST SEASON AS A TEAM.

THERE ARE THE SCORES FROM THE 7-A CHAMPIONSHIP AND ON THE GIRL'S SIDE, WALKER WINNING THAT AS WELL.

IN THE EARLY ROUNDS OF THE 8-3A CHAMPIONSHIP, BRAINERD IN SECOND, BEMIDJI IN FIFTH.

FOR THE GIRLS, BRAINERD IN FIFTH, BEMIDJI IN SIXTH.

CARTER WHITE, 5 UNDER.

OKLAHOMA CITY ENDS THE TIMBERWOLVES SEASON.

THE TAMPA BAY RAYS BEAT THE MINNESOTA TWINS.

>> Dennis: THE WOLVES ARE FIGHTING.

>> Charlie: THEY DID IN THAT ONE.

>> Dennis: THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> ACCORDING TO THE C.D.C., NEARLY A QUARTER OF THE U.S. POPULATION IS EXPECTED TO BE 65 OR OLDER BY THE YEAR 2060.

AGING RAISES THE RISK OF CHRONIC DISEASES LIKE TYPE 2 DIABETES AND HEART DISEASE AND FOR INJURIES FROM FALLS BUT HEALTHY AGING ISN'T IMPOSSIBLE.

IN TODAY'S HEALTH MINUTE, MANDY GAITHER HAS MORE ON HOW TO STAY STRONG AND HEALTHY NO MATTER YOUR AGE.

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>> Reporter: IT'S A LEADING CAUSE OF INJURY FOR THOSE AGES 65 AND OLDER, MORE THAN 14 MILLION OLDER ADULTS FALL EVERY YEAR AS THE RISK OF FALLING RISES WITH AGE.

>> OUR MUSCLES BEGIN TO LOSE MASS, OUR JOINTS DETERIORATE, OUR BONES CAN BECOME LESS DENSE.

THAT CAN MAKE IT HARDER TO MOVE, EASIER TO FRACTURE THOSE BONES, AND COULD LEAD TO CHRONIC PAIN.

>> Reporter: DR. SANJAY SAY SOME SIMPLE EXERCISES CAN HELP KEEP BODIES STRONG, NO MATTER YOUR AGE.

FIRST, RESISTANCE TRAINING.

>> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WEIGHT LIFTING AND PUSH UPS.

THOSE BUILD MUSCLE STRENGTH, WHICH IN TURN BURNS CALORIES AND CAN PREVENT WEIGHT GAIN.

>> Reporter: NEXT, CARDIOVASCULAR ACTIVITY LIKE WALKING AND BIKING.

THESE EXERCISES CAN GET YOUR HEART PUMPING AND HELP WITH ENDURANCE, HEART HEALTH, AND BLOOD CIRCULATION.

>> WALKING IS A WEIGHTBEARING EXERCISE.

SO THAT IS A GOOD WAY TO BUILD BONE DENSITY AS WELL.

TO HELP PREVENT THE RISK OF FALLING.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS BALANCE EXERCISES ARE ALSO NEEDED AS WE AGE TO WORK ON CORE STRENGTH AND YOUR COORDINATION.

HE SAYS STRETCHING AND YOGA ARE ALSO GOOD OPTIONS.

>> OVERALL, EXPERTS RECOMMEND 150 MINUTES A WEEK OF EXERCISE AND SAY IT'S GOOD TO MIX IT UP AND DO A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES.

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

>> IN ADDITION TO EXERCISE, THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING SAYS YOU CAN HELP PREVENT FALLS BY FALL-PROOFING YOUR HOME.

>>> WE ARE OUT OF TIME, HAVE A GREAT NIGHT EVERYBODY, WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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