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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.

>>> TWO SUSPECTS IN AN ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE IN SCOTT COUNTY WERE ARRESTED IN BEMIDJI TODAY.

THIS IS VIDEO FROM THE SCENE ON BEMIDJI AVENUE WHERE ONE OF THE ARRESTS TOOK PLACE.

HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED.

BEMIDJI POLICE OFFICERS RECEIVED INFORMATION TODAY FROM THE JORDAN MINNESOTA POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT DAVID SCOTT AND CHAUNCEY OOTHOUTDT WERE IN THE BEMIDJI AREA.

OFFICERS MET WITH INVESTIGATORS FROM THE MINNESOTA B.C.A.

AND BEGAN TO SURVEIL DIFFERENT ADDRESSES IN THE CITY OF BEMIDJI.

OFFICERS IDENTIFIED SCOTT AT THIS RESIDENCE IN THE 1300 BLOCK OF BEMIDJI AVENUE WHERE A SEARCH WARRANT WAS EXECUTED.

SCOTT WAS LOCATED THERE AND APPREHENDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

A SHORT TIME LATER, INVESTIGATORS IDENTIFIED A RESIDENCE IN THE 800 BLOCK OF 26TH ST NORTHWEST, WHERE A SECOND SEARCH WARRANT WAS EXECUTED.

OOTHOUTDT WAS LOCATED AND ALSO ARRESTED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

FURTHER DETAILS ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

>>> STAPLES POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS SAY ONE PERSON HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOLLOWING A VIOLENT THREAT DIRECTED AT THE STAPLES-MOTLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT ACTIVITIES AREA.

THE TODD COUNTY 9-1-1 CENTER RECEIVED THE THREAT AT AROUND 3:23 ON TUESDAY.

ACCORDING TO A LETTER FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, A THREAT OF VIOLENCE TARGETED THE STAPLES-MOTLEY SCHOOLS OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AREA, INCLUDING THE BASEBALL FIELD AND TRACK.

SCHOOL EMPLOYEES IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF INTO THE SCHOOL BUILDING AND WENT INTO LOCKDOWN PROTOCOL.

STUDENTS WERE THEN LATER SAFELY REUNITED WITH THEIR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS.

LAW ENFORCEMENT ARRESTED THE INDIVIDUAL AROUND 9:00 P.M., AND THEY NOTIFIED THE DISTRICT THAT THE THREAT WAS NO LONGER IMMINENT.

THE INDIVIDUAL IS NOW IN CUSTODY, AND THE STAPLES MOTELY SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS ISSUED A NO TRESPASS ORDER PROHIBITING THE INDIVIDUAL FROM COMING ONTO ANY PROPERTY OWNED BY THE DISTRICT.

CLASSES RESUMED AS NORMAL YESTERDAY.

>>> THE NORTHERN TOWNSHIP BOARD HELD THEIR INFORMATIONAL MEETING REGARDING THEIR INTENT TO INCORPORATE INTO A CITY.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN ATTENDED THE MEETING AND HAS MORE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: HUNT -- HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS PACKED THE BUILDING TO LEARN ABOUT NORTHERN TOWNSHIP'S PLAN TO INCORPORATE INTO A CITY.

STATING CLOSE THAT 23% OF THE TOWNSHIP HAS BEEN ANNEXED BY THE CITY OF BEMIDJI.

>> YOU CAN'T DO LONG-TERM PLANNING WHEN IT COMES TO BIGGER PROJECTS WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR BORDERS ARE GOING TO BE AND YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TAX REVENUE IS COMING IN YEAR AFTER YEAR.

YOU SHOULD DETERMINE WHAT OUR FUTURE LOOKS LIKE AND IT SHOULDN'T BE THE BEMIDJI CITY COUNCIL MAKING THE DECISION.

>> Reporter: SOME RESIDENTS HAD QUESTIONS LIKE HOW THE TOWNSHIP WOULD CHANGE IF THE INCORPORATION PROCESS GOES THROUGH.

>> THINGS DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO LOOK THAT MUCH DIFFERENT THAN TODAY.

IT ALLOWS US TO HAVE THE AUTHORITY INTO THE FUTURE TO PLAN OUR COMMUNITY HOW WE WANT TO PLAN IT.

IF YOU GUYS, THE RESIDENTS WANTED TO SEE MORE CHARACTER, THAT'S HOW IT IS GOING TO BE.

>> Reporter: THE TOWNSHIP ALSO SAYS THEY WILL HAVE ACCESS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AID, WHICH WOULD HELP FUND CERTAIN PROJECTS.

>> IT WILL BE A FIXED NUMBER.

THAT IS MONEY COMING SOLELY BECAUSE WE BECOME A CITY.

>> Reporter: SOME RESIDENTS WERE WONDERING HOW MUCH THIS WILL COST.

>> WE DON'T KNOW IF IT IS A 5-DAY TRIAL OR A 7-DAY TRIAL, OR A 2-WEEK TRIAL.

IT COULD BE AS SHORT AS ONE DAY.

IT IS BETWEEN $200,000 TO $300,000.

>> Reporter: MOST OF THEEST ARE -- THE RESIDENTS THAT MADE COMMENTS WERE IN FAVOR FOR INCORPORATION.

>> IT'S A DECISION WE ALL WILL BE PAYING.

I WOULD SUPPORT INCORPORATION.

>> Reporter: SOME RESIDENTS DISAGREE.

>> IT MIGHT BE WORTH TAKING ONE.

PEOPLE WANT TO KEEP THEIR PROPERTY TAXES DOWN.

IT'S WHAT TOWNSHIPS DO.

THERE IS A REASON THAT CITY TAXES ARE MORE THAN TOWNSHIP TAXES.

YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT THESE THINGS JUST A LITTLE BIT.

>> Reporter: THE MEETING TOOK A TURN WHEN THE BEMIDJI MAYOR STOOD UP TO THE MICROPHONE, SAYING THEY WOULD STOP THEIR ANNEXATION PROCESS IF THEY CEASE TO INCORPORATE.

>> NO ONE CAN PREDICT THE OUTCOME OF THE COURT CASE.

I'LL TELL YOU WHO WINS, THE ATTORNEYS BECAUSE THEY BOTH GET PAID.

WHAT CHOICES THEY MAKE AT THE COUNCIL AND TOWN BOARD WON'T JUST CHANGE WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR A MONTH, A YEAR, BUT GENERATIONS.

IF THAT'S NOT WORTH A PAUSE TO TAKE A LITTLE EXTRA TIME TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN FIGURE THIS THING OUT, THEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS.

>> Reporter: AT THE END OF THE MEETING.

THE CHAIRMAN ASKED THE RESIDENTS FOR A VOTE ON WHAT THEY WANT FOR THE TOWNSHIP.

>> IF YOU ARE IN FAVOR, LET US KNOW.

>> NO.

>> IF YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF US INCORPORATING INTO OUR OWN CITY, LET US KNOW.

>> AYE.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE NORTHERN TOWNSHIP, OVER 300 RESIDENTS ATTENDED THE MEETING.

REPORTING IN NORTHERN TOWNSHIP, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE TOWNSHIP BOARD SAYS THEY DON'T HAVE A TRIAL DATE SET YET, BUT WILL LET RESIDENTS KNOW AS SOON AS THEY DO.

RESIDENTS WHO ATTEND THE TRIAL WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE A PUBLIC COMMENT.

THE TOWNSHIP BOARD WANTS AS MANY RESIDENTS AS POSSIBLE TO SHOW UP DURING THAT TO VOICE THEIR OPINION.

>>> THE FIRST AMERICAN POPE IN HISTORY HAS BEEN ELECTED.

THE NEW POPE, ROBERT PREVOST WILL BE KNOWN AS POPE LEO XIV.

HE HAS DUAL CITIZENSHIP WITH PERU BUT WAS BORN IN CHICAGO AND ATTENDED VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY.

BARBIE NADEAU HAS MORE FROM VATICAN CITY, WHERE THOUSANDS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS NEWS AFTER THE SECOND DAY OF THE CONCLAVE.

[CHEERING].

>> Reporter: THE BELLS OF SAINT PETER'S BASILICA WELCOMING THE NEWS, THE DAWNING OF A NEW DAY AS THE FIRST EVER AMERICAN ELECTED AS THE 267th POPE, THOUSANDS IN SAINT PETER'S SQUARE, VATICAN CITY, AND ALL AROUND THE WORLD HAVE BEEN ANTICIPATING THE MOMENT DURING THESE TWO DAYS OF THE CONCLAVE.

MANY SAY THEY COULDN'T HAVE IMAGINED THIS.

>> WE WERE LOOKING AT THE CONTENDERS AND WE NEVER EXPECTED AN AMERICAN POPE.

IT WAS A SURPRISE.

>> Reporter: THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE SPREADING TO THE U.S. >> I JUST GOT A TEXT SAYING HE WAS THE POPE.

I SAID YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING.

>> Reporter: ONE CHICAGO CHILDHOOD FRIEND IN DISBELIEVE THAT THE PERSON SHE KNEW AS ROBBIE IS NOW POPE LEO XIV, LEO MAKING HIS DEBUT ADDRESS TO THE WORLD'S 1.4 BILLION CATHOLICS.

>> PEACE BE WITH YOU ALL.

>> Reporter: 133 CARDINALS TOOK PART IN THE ELECTION OF THE NEW PONTIFF, A PLUME OF WHITE SMOKE RISING ABOVE THE SISTINE CHAPEL, SIGNALING THIS ELECTION TO THE WORLD.

HIS HOLINESS IS BEING CHEERED ON FROM CATHOLICS THE WORLD OVER.

>> THERE IS SO MUCH HOPE, IT IS EXCITING.

IT IS EXCITING TO SEE, TO BE HERE, TO KNOW THAT NOW WE HAVE A POPE.

>> POPE LEO MADE HIS FIRST REMARKS AS POPE FROM THE BALCONY OF ST. PETER'S BASILICA IN FRONT OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ONLOOKERS AND HE PAID TRIBUTE TO THE LATE POPE FRANCIS.

HE IS EXPECTED TO BUILD ON POPE FRANCIS' REFORMS.

>>> THE U.S. AND THE UNITED KINGDOM ANNOUNCED A TRADE DEAL ON THURSDAY.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SPOKE FROM THE OVAL OFFICE, WHILE U.K. PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER WAS ON SPEAKERPHONE.

BOTH LEADERS SAID THEY BELIEVE THIS REPRESENTS A FIRST STEP IN GROWING A MORE BROAD PACT BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES.

>> TODAY'S AGREEMENT WITH THE U.K. AS THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF AGREEMENTS ON TRADE THAT MY ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN NEGOTIATING OVER THE PAST FOUR WEEKS.

WITH THIS DEAL, THE U.K.

JOINS THE UNITED STATES IN AFFIRMING THAT RECIPROCITY AND FAIRNESS IS AN ESSENTIAL AND VITAL PRINCIPAL OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE.

>> FINAL DETAILS STILL NEED TO BE WORKED-OUT BUT COMMERCE SECRETARY HOWARD LUTNICK PROVIDED A FEW.

GREAT BRITAIN WILL LOWER TRADE BARRIERS ON VARIOUS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND MACHINERY TO THE U.S. BRITAIN CAN SEND 100,000 VEHICLES TO THE U.S. AT A 10-PERCENT TARIFF RATE, DOWN FROM THE 25-PERCENT TARIFF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PUT ON ALL FOREIGN CARS AND THE U.K.

JOINS THE U.S.

IN IMPOSING 25-PERCENT TARIFFS ON FOREIGN STEEL AND ALUMINUM.

A 10-PERCENT TARIFF ON ALL U.K. IMPORTS WILL STAY IN PLACE.

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

>> Stacy: IT'S GOING TO BE DRY, HOT, AND BREEZY, ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD INTO SUNDAY AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS OUT FOR OUR VIEWING AREA.

I'LL HAVE THE DETAILS IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, THE PEQUOT LAKES HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IS BEING RECOGNIZED FOR HIS EFFORTS TO GETTING HIS STUDENTS COLLEGE CREDITS BEFORE THEY GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA COMMUNITY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE GRAMMY-AWARD-WINNING SINGER AND SONGWRITER KATHY MATTEA PERFORM LAST WEEK, ARRANGED THROUGH THE CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.

MATTEA MADE BRAINERD PART OF HER THREE-CITY TOUR IN MINNESOTA INCLUDING GRAND RAPIDS AND RED WING, ALL OF WHICH PRECEDING HER INCOMING RETURN TO NASHVILLE'S GRAND OLE OPRY ON MAY 31ST FOR ITS CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OPRY 100.

FOR MORE THAN THREE DECADES, MATTEA ESTABLISHED HER VOICE IN AMERICAN COUNTRY, FOLK, AND ROOTS MUSIC, WHILE EARNING TWO GRAMMY AWARDS, FOUR COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION AWARDS, AND MANY CHART-TOPPING SINGLES SUCH AS "EIGHTEEN WHEELS AND A DOZEN ROSES", "GOIN' GONE", AND "WHERE'VE YOU BEEN", ALL OF THE BRAINERD FAITHFUL GOT A FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE FOR.

>> THE MUSIC SHE DOES SPEAKS A LOT TO THE HEART.

I THINK IT SPEAKS TO UNIVERSAL EXPERIENCES.

IT SPEAKS TO BEING OUT IN THE HEARTLAND AREA AND WITH OUR RURAL COMMUNITY HERE, THERE IS A LOT OF VALUES THAT I THINK SHE SHARES IN THIS MUSIC THAT WHEN PEOPLE LISTEN TO HER, THEY CAN SEE THEMSELVES IN HER MUSIC.

THAT'S WHY I FELT THIS IS A GREAT ARTIST TO BRING HERE BECAUSE I FELT THIS IS SOMEONE THAT WILL SPEAK TO OUR COMMUNITY.

>> THE C.L.C.

PERFORMING ARTS CENTER WILL BE PRESENTING THE PLAY ‘THE EXONERATED' NEXT ON MAY 22ND.

>> Dennis: TIME FOR WEATHER, WE ARE SEEING SOME GREAT WEATHER IF YOU LIKE TO BE OUTDOORS, BUT NOT GOOD FOR FIRE CONDITIONS.

>> Stacy: EVERYTHING IS STILL DRY, SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE HOT CONDITIONS, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, AND IT LOOKS LIKE WINDS WILL PICK UP ON SUNDAY.

WE HAVE A FIRE WEATHER WATCH OUT FOR OUR VIEWING AREA.

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>> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, WE ENJOYED PLENTY OF SUNSHINE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND WE SAW THE BEGINNING OF A WARM UP, SOME WARMER AIR MOVING INTO THE STATE.

OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, MOST OF US SHOULD SEE MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES, WE WILL START TO SEE CLOUDS INCREASE IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, WHERE WE HAVE A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

THAT BOUNDARY, THAT FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TOMORROW, SO SPOTTY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING FROM NORTHWEST INTO EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGHOUT THE DAY, AND OVERALL IT LOOKS LIKE TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO STAY MILD.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE VERY WARM, ESPECIALLY INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 69 AT THE AIRPORT.

AT THE STUDIO, WINDS ARE SOUTH AT 4 MILES PER HOUR, AND HUMIDITY IS AT 30%.

IN BRAINERD, CLEAR SKIES, 66 WITH A DEW POINT OF 27, PRESSURE IS RISING, AND WE HAVE SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 5 MILES PER HOUR.

NOW OUR ENTIRE VIEWING AREA IS UNDER A FIRE WEATHER WATCH, BUT FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, INCLUDING LAKE OF THE WOODS, ROSEAU, AND NORTHERN BELTRAMI COUNTIES.

THIS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

IT'S GOING TO BE VERY HOT AND IT'S DRY OUT THERE, AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE BREEZY CONDITIONS.

FIRES THAT IGNITE WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY AND BECOME OUT OF CONTROL FAIRLY EASILY.

TAKING A LOOK AT OUR RADAR, WE HAVE HAD SOME HIGH CLOUDS OUT THERE, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT HAS BEEN CLEAR.

A LOT OF SUNSHINE TODAY, MOST OF US WILL SEE MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES TONIGHT.

IF WE LOOK TO THE NORTHWEST, WE WILL SEE SHOWER ACTIVITY STARTING TO MAKE ITS WAY IN OUR DIRECTION, PARTS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA DOES HAVE A CHANCE OF SEEING SHOWERS AND THUNDERS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, AND THEN WE WILL SEE THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TOMORROW, AND THAT COULD TRIGGER SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE FROM ARLENE FROM MENAHGA.

DARBY IS SENDING US A PHOTO OF THE BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BEFORE HE GRADUATES TOMORROW.

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.

JOAN IS SPOTTING SOME FLOWERS IN BLOOM IN LAPORTE.

SAMROSE WITH THE CHOPPY WATERS OVER UPPER RED LAKE AND CHRISTOPHER SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE SUNSET IN WALKER.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR PICTURES WITH US TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUNNY AND 72.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, 67 WITH SUNNY SKIES.

JOAN IN LAPORTE, MOSTLY SUNNY, TOPPING OUT AT 69.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, CLEAR SKIES WITH A LOW OF 37.

CHRISTOPHER IN WALKER, REPORTING 62 THIS EVENING.

REAL QUICK LOOK AT OUR ALMANAC, 70 WAS THE HIGH IN BRAINERD, SO ANOTHER MILD DAY OUT THERE.

37 WAS OUR LOW.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 72, THAT'S 10 DEGREES ABOVE THE AVERAGE, BUT WE DID START OUT WITH A LOW OF 38.

HERE'S OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, A LINE OF CLOUDS, WE WILL BE SEEING SPOTTY SHOWERS, MAYBE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING, AND THEN THAT FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA.

IT COULD TRIGGER A FEW SPOTTY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, A FEW SPRINKLES, AND OUTSIDE OF THAT, WE WILL BE SEEING PLENTY OF SUNSHINE.

AS WE LOOK AT OUR TEMPERATURES, MID-60s IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, BUT A LOT OF 70s ACROSS THE NORTH AND AS WE HEAD INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WE COULD SEE THE TEMPERATURES TOPPING 80.

HERE'S OUR FORECAST, MOSTLY CLEAR, AN INCREASE OF CLOUDS IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, WHERE WE HAVE A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, LOWS NEAR 46.

SUNNY TOMORROW WITH AGAIN A FEW SPOTTY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, A FEW SPRINKLES OUT THERE, HIGHS IN THE MID-70s, WITH VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 20.

LOOKING AT OUR WEEKEND FORECAST, WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A LOT OF SUNSHINE, A FEW SPOTTY SHOWERS LATE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT IN FAR NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

A BIG WARMER ON SUNDAY AS HIGHS CLIMB TO ABOUT 85 TO 90, WHICH IS WHERE WE STAY EARLY NEXT WEEK.

IT LOOKS PRETTY DRY THROUGH TUESDAY.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: THANKS STACY.

SYDNEY DICK IN FOR CHARLIE TONIGHT IN SPORTS.

BEMIDJI BASEBALL OUT TODAY.

>> Sydney: YES, IT WAS GORGEOUS OUT THERE.

I WAS AT THE GAME AND THEY HAD A COUPLE OF BIG WINS RECENTLY AND THEY WERE LOOKING TO CONTINUE THAT TODAY.

WE HAD A DOUBLE HEADER AGAINST GRAND RAPIDS.

I'LL HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS UP NEXT.

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[♪♪♪] >>> BEMIDJI BASEBALL HAD A BIG WIN ON FRIDAY, THEN FOLLOWED IT UP WITH A DOUBLE-HEADER SWEEP AT MOORHEAD TO BRING THEIR WINNING STREAK TO THREE.

TODAY THEY'LL FACE GRAND RAPIDS WHO, AFTER HITTING A ROUGH PATCH AGAINST RANKED OPPONENTS, HAS WON THE PAST TWO TO BRING THEIR RECORD TO 8-4.

THE TWO TEAMS FACED OFF TODAY AT THE BSU BASEBALL FIELD IN A DOUBLE HEADER.

WE PICK IN GAME NUMBER TWO.

BOTTOM OF THE FOURTH, GAME TIED AT 1-1.

OUT IN LEFT FIELD, BRINGING HOME THE RUN FROM SECOND.

LATER ON IN THE SAME INNING, BEMIDJI LEADING 2-1.

RUNNERS ON THE CORNER, GUNNER WREAKS MORE HAVOC, THAT SCORES TWO AND THE JACKS ARE UP BY 3.

THEN GRAND RAPIDS ANSWERS WITH A GUN AND THEN THE BASES ARE LOADED.

THUNDER HAWKS DOWN THE LINE, IT WILL SCORE ONE, IT WILL SCORE 2, AND THE GAME IS TIED.

HEADING INTO THE NEXT INNING, RUNNERS ON 1 AND 2, SENDING ONE MORE ACROSS THE PLATE FOR THE GO AHEAD RUN.

BEMIDJI WOULD TIE IT IN THE BOTTOM OF THE INNING, BUT GRAND RAPIDS WOULD WIN IT 10-6 IN 8 INNINGS, THUNDER HAWKS ALSO WON GAME ONE, SWEEPING THE DOUBLE HEADER.

>>> SOME MORE BASEBALL SCORES FOR YOU, LITTLE FALLS BEAT FERGUS FALLS.

WADENA DEER CREEK CAME OUT ON TOP OF SEBEKA.

WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY WON OVER BAGLEY.

THEN CROSBY-IRONTON AND PIERZ BOTH COLLECTING WINS TODAY.

PINE RIVER-BACKUS GETTING A WIN OVER NORTHOME-KELLIHER.

PROCTOR GETTING THE WIN AND NEVIS AS WELL OVER RED LAKE.

STAPLES MOTLEY COMING ON TOP OF BARNESVILLE IN TWO GAMES IN THEIR DOUBLE HEADER.

>>> NOW ON TO SOFTBALL.

BRAINERD SOFTBALL WITH A HUGE 19-1 WIN OVER DETROIT LAKES ON TUESDAY.

THEY'RE HOPING TO GET THE BATS GOING AGAIN TODAY AS THEY HOST ALEXANDRIA.

PICKING UP IN THE FIFTH INNING, 2-1 BRAINERD.

JAYCEE CARLSON DOUBLES TO DEEP LEFT CENTER.

SHE'D LATER SCORE ON AN RBI GROUNDOUT.

3-1 WARRIORS.

BOTTOM SIXTH, NOW 4-1 WARRIORS.

DUCKS ON THE POND FOR CALLIE SKOHGLUND.

SHE SHOOTS ONE THE OTHER WAY, BRINGS HOME TWO.

NOW 6-1 BRAINERD AND MYA TAUTGES WAS DOMINANT IN THE CIRCLE YET AGAIN.

SHE ALLOWED JUST 4 HITS, 1 RUN, AND STRUCK OUT 16.

AS BRAINERD GOES ON TO WIN 8-1 OVER ALEXANDRIA AND THE BATS CAME ALIVE AGAIN WITH SIX DIFFERENT WARRIORS RECORDING A HIT ON THE DAY.

>>> SOME MORE SOFTBALL SCORES FOR YOU.

PINE RIVER-BACKUS BEATING NORTHOME-KELLIHER.

THEN MENAHGA GETTING THE WIN OVER OTTER TAIL CENTRAL.

STAPLES MOTLEY COMING OUT ON TOP OVER PEQUOT LAKES AND THEN SWITCHING IT UP AS THEY GET A WIN IN THEIR DOUBLE HEADER.

>>> BEMIDJI BOYS TENNIS IS COMING OFF OF A SPLIT AT TUESDAY'S TRIANGULAR IN SAINT CLOUD, BRINGING THEM TO 9-3 ON THE SEASON.

BRAINERD IS 5-11 COMING OFF WINS AGAINST AITKIN ON MONDAY AND DETROIT LAKES ON TUESDAY.

THE TWO TEAMS MET TODAY IN BEMIDJI FOR THEIR ANNUAL RIVALRY MEET.

DOM ARNT FOR BEMIDJI TAKING ON SAM MANUKEE IN SINGLES ARNT NOT DOING ANYTHING TOO CRAZY, JUST HITTIN IT WHERE THEY AIN'T.

HE WON 6-0 6-0.

OVER IN DOUBLES COURT ONE, BRAINERD'S SAWYER RIFFLE AND CLARK HAGLIN TAKING ON JACK MCNALLAN AND JOSH UHRELL.

HAGLIN GETS THE SLAM FOR THE WIN.

WARRIORS WIN THE MATCH IN THREE SETS, BUT ON DOUBLES COURT 2.

JACKS' PETER MATTHEWS AND MAX LOU-VAR VERSUS BRAINERD'S JACE ANDERSON AND CADE WHARTON, LOU-VAR DROPS A DIME.

THEY WON IN STRAIGHT SETS.

BEMIDJI BEAT RIVAL BRAINERD 5-2.

>>> A COUPLE MORE SCORES FOR YOU.

IN BOYS GOLF, BEMIDJI FINISHES IN FIFTH PLACE.

GRAHAM FINISHES THIRD OVERALL.

AND MINNESOTA TWINS ARE GETTING A WIN OVER THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES.

TONIGHT WAS THEIR FIFTH IN A ROW.

THE T WOLVES WIN AND TIE THE SERIES AT 1-1 AGAINST THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS.

>> Dennis: THEY NEEDED THAT ONE TONIGHT.

THANKS SYDNEY.

>>> EACH YEAR THE MINNESOTA ASSOCIATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS SELECTS A PRINCIPAL FROM EACH REGION OF THE STATE TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN IMPROVING THE LEVEL OF EDUCATION THAT THEIR STUDENTS RECEIVE.

THIS YEAR, PEQUOT LAKES PRINCIPAL AARON NELSON WAS AWARDED PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR FOR THE ORGANIZATION'S CENTRAL DIVISION.

REPORTER DANIEL PURSELL HAS MORE WITH THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN APPLE.

>> Reporter: OUT OF OVER 100 PRINCIPALS IN THE CENTRAL DIVISION, PEQUOT LAKES HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL WAS SELECTED AS PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR BY THE MINNESOTA ASSOCIATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS.

FOR NELSON, IT WAS AN HONOR TO BE RECOGNIZED BY HIS PEERS.

>> THERE ARE SOME EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE VERY DESERVING.

I WAS SURPRISED BY IT.

I DID NOT EXPECT IT, BUT IT'S GREAT TO KNOW THAT YOUR PEERS AND THE PEOPLE THAT YOU WORK WITH -- BECAUSE I DO WORK WITH A LOT OF PRINCIPALS AND CALL THEM FREQUENTLY FOR INPUT AND ADVICE AND TO SHARE INFORMATION ON OUR END THAT THEY VALUE WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE AT PEQUOT LAKES AND THE WORK I'M DOING.

>> Reporter: NELSON HAS CHAMPIONED MORE FUNDING FOR POSTSECONDARY ENROLLMENT OPTIONS, A PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS SOPHOMORES, JUNIORS, AND SENIORS IN HIGH SCHOOL TO OBTAIN COLLEGE CREDIT.

>> I HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK ADVOCATING FOR HOW WE OFFER COLLEGE CREDITS FOR OUR STUDENTS AND I HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK WITH LEGISLATURE AND ADVOCATING WAYS IN WHICH SCHOOLS CAN WORK WITH COLLEGES AND EARN THOSE CREDITS FOR STUDENTS AT A LOWER COST AND HELP TO REDUCE THAT.

I HAPPEN TO DO THAT STATEWIDE, SO I HAVE WORKED WITH SEVERAL DOZEN PRINCIPALS AROUND THE STATE.

>> Reporter: HE WAS NOMINATED BE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.

>> I SPECIFICALLY NOMINATED AARON BECAUSE HE AND I HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER.

I APPRECIATE ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES I HAD TO LEAN ON HIS LEADERSHIP AND VICE VERSA, SO WE CAN GROW TOGETHER AS TEAMMATES TO HELP BOTH OUR BUILDINGS FUNCTION TOGETHER AND ULTIMATELY THE KIDS I WORK WITH GET ASSURED ON TO HIS LEADERSHIP.

>> Reporter: THE AWARD IS INDICATIVE OF THE WORK OF THE ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

>> SO I THINK THIS AWARD NOT ONLY HIGHLIGHTS AARON'S WORK AND HE HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK THIS YEAR AND ADVOCACY FOR OUR STUDENTS AND THE STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE, WITH THE STATE LEGISLATURE, BUT I THINK IT'S AN INDICATION OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF TO MAKE THIS A GREAT PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO BE.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN PEQUOT LAKINGS FOR THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN APPLE, I'M DANIEL PURSELL, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE AWARD FOR STATEWIDE PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN JANUARY OF NEXT YEAR.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER ONE MORE TIME, WE GO BACK TO STACY.

>> Stacy: WE HAVE THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR MOST OF THE AREA FROM SUNDAY MORNING TO SUNDAY EVENING, BUT FOR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, WE WILL BEGIN TOMORROW AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING, VERY HOT, DRY, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, MEANING HAZARDOUS FIRE CONDITIONS.

FOR TONIGHT, MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES, SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA LATER ON TONIGHT, LOWS DOWN TO 46, AND THEN A CHANCE OF SOME SPOTTY RAIN, THUNDERSTORMS OR SPRINKLES IN THE AREA.

OTHERWISE SUNNY WITH HIGHS IN THE MID-70s.

>> Sydney: THE CROSBY-IRONTON BOYS BASKETBALL COACH HAS RESIGNED.

HE HAD OVER 800 WINS AND HE WAS THE WINNINGEST COACH IN CROSBY-IRONTON HISTORY.

>> Dennis: A REAL LEGEND THERE.

ALL RIGHT, THANKS SYDNEY, THANKS FOR WATCHING EVERYBODY.

WE'RE BACK AT 10:00 TOMORROW NIGHT.

WE'LL SEE YOU THEN, GOOD NIGHT.

>> Sydney: GOOD NIGHT.

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