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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.

>>> MORE THAN 200 EMPLOYEES WILL BE LAID OFF FOLLOWING THE SALE OF A GROCERY STORE CHAIN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA.

ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE FROM OWNER CHRIS QUISBERG, S AND R QUISBERG INC. HAS REACHED AN AGREEMENT TO SELL THREE GROCERY STORES TO MINER'S INC, CUB FOODS IN BRAINERD AND BAXTER, AND SUPERVALUE IN PEQUOT LAKES.

THE FAMILY OWNED RETAIL GROCERY COMPANY HAD OWNED THOSE STORES FOR OVER 39 YEARS.

MINER'S WILL CONSOLIDATE AND REBRAND THE STORES AS SUPER ONE FOODS AND THE CUB FOODS STORE IN BAXTER WILL CLOSE IN SEPTEMBER.

ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ABOUT 235 EMPLOYEES WILL BE LAID OFF FOLLOWING THE SALE BEGINNING ON SEPTEMBER 25TH.

THE PRESS RELEASE FROM CHRIS QUISBERG SAYS THEIR WORKFORCE WILL BE OFFERED INTERVIEWS FOR EMPLOYMENT WITH SUPER ONE FOODS.

QUISBERG SAYS SELLING THE STORES WAS A DIFFICULT DECISION BUT THEY DECIDED IT WAS THE RIGHT TIME TO RETIRE FROM THE GROCERY BUSINESS.

MINER'S IS A FOURTH GENERATION FAMILY OWNED GROCERY RETAILER AND HAS OPERATED IN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

PRESIDENT AND C.E.O.

PATRICK MINER SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT ACQUIRING THE STORES DEMONSTRATES MINER'S COMMITMENT TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND THAT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO STRENGTHEN AND GROW THEIR PRESENCE IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

>>> THE BRAINERD POLICE DEPARTMENT IS CONTINUING ITS SEARCH FOR A 61-YEAR-OLD BRAINERD WOMAN WHO WAS REPORTED MISSING ON SUNDAY, JULY 13.

CORY DEGEEST IS DESCRIBED AS A WHITE FEMALE 5 FOOT 1 INCH TALL, WEIGHING ABOUT 150 POUNDS, WITH SANDY BROWN HAIR AND BLUE EYES.

SHE WAS LAST SEEN WALKING ON BEECH STREET IN BRAINERD ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.

AUTHORITIES ARE CONCERNED FOR HER WELLBEING DUE TO PRE-EXISTING CHRONIC MEDICAL CONDITIONS.

BRAINERD POLICE OFFICIALS ARE ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC'S CONTINUED ASSISTANCE IN LOCATING DEGEEST.

SPECIFICALLY, THEY ARE REQUEST THAT PROPERTY OWNERS IN SOUTHEAST BRAINERD TO ASSIST IN SEARCHING THEIR PROPERTIES, PARTICULARLY THOSE WITH PROPERTIES ADJACENT TO BEECH STREET, OAKRIDGE ROAD, 28TH STREET, .OAK STREET, PINE STREET, AND WALNUT STREET, YOU SHOULD CHECK ALL AREAS, INCLUDING OUTBUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES, FOR ANY SIGN OF DEGEEST OR ANY RECENTLY ABANDONED CLOTHING OR PERSONAL EFFECTS, WITH PARTICULAR INTEREST IN A BLUE WINDBREAKER.

IF YOU DISCOVER ANYTHING, PLEASE LEAVE IT UNTOUCHED AND IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE BRAINERD POLICE DEPARTMENT.

>>> A FEDERAL GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED THE MAN ACCUSED OF FATALLY SHOOTING A PROMINENT MINNESOTA STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND HER HUSBAND AND SERIOUSLY WOUNDING A STATE SENATOR AND HIS WIFE.

THE INDICTMENT HANDED UP TUESDAY LISTS MURDER, STALKING, AND FIREARMS CHARGES AGAINST VANCE BOELTER.

THE MURDER COUNTS IN THE DEATHS OF FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER MELISSA HORTMAN AND HER HUSBAND COULD CARRY THE FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY.

BOELTER WAS ARRESTED NEAR HIS HOME IN GREEN ISLE AFTER 40-HOUR MANHUNT.

HE IS ACCUSED OF GOING TO THE LAWMAKERS' HOMES JUNE 14TH DISGUISED AS A POLICE OFFICER IN A FAKE SQUAD CAR WITH LISTS OF OTHER DEMOCRATIC OFFICIALS AS POTENTIAL TARGETS.

BOELTER ALSO FACES STATE MURDER AND ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES IN HENNEPIN COUNTY, BUT THE FEDERAL CASE WILL GO FIRST.

>>> THE MAN WHO WAS SHOT BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AT A FRAZEE REST STOP ON JULY NINTH HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SEVEN FELONIES INCLUDING ATTEMPTED MURDER IN CONNECTION WITH THE INCIDENT.

36-YEAR-OLD TODD OLE BURRIS FACES TWO COUNTS OF FIRST-DEGREE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A PEACE OFFICER, TWO COUNTS OF FIRST-DEGREE ASSAULT AGAINST A PEACE OFFICER, TWO COUNTS OF SECOND-DEGREE ASSAULT AND ONE COUNT OF FLEEING.

ACCORDING TO THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT IN THE CASE, AUTHORITIES RESPONDED TO A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE IN RURAL BECKER COUNTY AROUND 5:30 P.M. THAT DAY.

THE COMPLAINANT TOLD DEPUTIES BURRIS ASSAULTED HER, SLASHED HER TIRES, TOOK A FIREARM AND LEFT THE SCENE.

DEPUTIES LATER LOCATED THE VEHICLE BURRIS WAS DRIVING AND BURRIS FLED AT SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 100 MILES PER HOUR.

BURRIS EVENTUALLY PULLED OVER AT THE FRAZEE REST STOP OFF HIGHWAY 10 AND DEPUTIES SAY AFTER BURRIS POINTED A HANDGUN AT ONE OF THE DEPUTIES AN EXCHANGE OF GUNFURE TOOK PLACE.

BURRIS WAS STRUCK BY BULLETS IN BOTH OF HIS LEGS AND WAS TAKEN TO A FARGO HOSPITAL.

NO LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL WERE INJURED.

THE DEPUTIES WHO FIRED THEIR GUNS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS BECKER COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE LIEUTENANT LUKE SWEERE.

HE HAS 26 YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE.

AND DETROIT LAKES POLICE OFFICER PHILIP VAUGHN.

HE HAS 16 YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE.

BOTH HAVE BEEN PLACED ON CRITICAL INCIDENT LEAVE.

THE B.C.A.

ORIGINALLY IDENTIFIED BURRIS AS BEING FROM BEMIDJI BUT HE NOW HAS HIS HOMETOWN LISTED AS FRAZEE ON THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT.

HE MADE HIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE TODAY.

HE IS SCHEDULED TO BE BACK IN COURT AGAIN FOR AN OMNIBUS HEARING ON AUGUST 11TH.

>>> A WILD INCIDENT JUST NORTH OF DULUTH TODAY WHERE ONE MAN IS DEAD AFTER ALLEGEDLY SETTING FIRE TO MULTIPLE HOUSES, SHOOTING AT FIRST RESPONDERS, AND THEN BOOBY TRAPPING THE PROPERTY.

IT ALL STARTED THIS MORNING WHEN A 9-1-1 CALLER SAID A SUSPECT SPRAYED GAS ON A FAMILY MEMBER AND SET THEIR HOUSE ON FIRE AND ANOTHER NEIGHBORING HOUSE WAS SET ABLAZE, AND THEN THE SUSPECT SET THEIR OWN HOUSE ON FIRE.

A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER WAS ABLE TO INITIALLY PUT OUT THE FIRES OF THE NEIGHBORING HOMES, BUT BELIEVE THE SUSPECT WAS SHOOTING AT THEM.

WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT ARRIVED ON THE SCENE, THEY REPORTED BEING SHOT AT AS WELL.

THE SUSPECT WAS THEN SHOT AND KILLED AT THE SCENE BY DEPUTIES RETURNING FIRE.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY SHERIFF GORDON RAMSEY SAID THE SUSPECT LEFT EXPLOSIVE DEVICES MEANT TO HURT FIRST RESPONDERS.

NO DEPUTIES, FIREFIGHTERS, OR CIVILIANS WERE INJURED DURING THE INCIDENT AND THE INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN TURNED OVER TO THE MINNESOTA BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION.

>>> BEMIDJI AREA STORM VICTIMS WHO WANT TO SPEAK WITH INSURANCE EXPERTS CAN DO SO THIS WEEK.

STAFF FROM THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ARE PLANNING TO BE IN PERSON, IN BEMIDJI AT THE OLD FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

THEY CAN HELP IN MANY AREAS INCLUDING: HOW TO MAKE AN INSURANCE CLAIM, HOW TO DOCUMENT THE DAMAGE TO YOUR PROPERTY, WHAT TO EXPECT DURING THE CLAIMS HANDLING PROCESS COMMON COVERAGE ISSUES ON HOMEOWNER'S INSURANCE POLICIES RELATING TO STORM DAMAGE, IF YOU ARE HAVING COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS WITH YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY, HOW THE DEPARTMENT CAN HELP HOW YOU CAN FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE DEPARTMENT IF YOU BELIEVE YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY HAS NOT HANDLED YOUR CLAIM PROPERLY AND ANYTHING ELSE HAVING TO DO WITH INSURANCE CLAIMS.

THE INSURANCE EXPERTS WILL BE AT THE OLD FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING ON FIFTH STREET FROM 9:00 TO 5:00 ON WEDNESDAY TO THURSDAY AND 9:00 TO NOON ON FRIDAY.

>>> THE BAXTER POLICE DEPARTMENT IS INTEGRATING A SECOND GENERAL INVESTIGATOR POSITION THIS YEAR, AFTER RECEIVING APPROVAL FROM THE CITY COUNCIL EARLIER THIS MONTH.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT MENTIONED A RISE IN CRIME AND TIME-CONSUMING FORENSIC INVESTIGATIONS, INCLUDING SEXUAL ASSAULTS, SCAMS, AND DEATH INVESTIGATIONS, WHILE MAKING THE REQUEST, POLICE CHIEF MATT MAIER HOPES THAT THE INCOMING MOVE, WILL HELP THE BAXTER P.D.

BETTER ACCOUNT FOR SUCH ACTIVITY.

>> IT WILL ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE STRESSES FROM THE ONE INVESTIGATOR.

THERE ARE CERTAIN INVESTIGATIONS RIGHT NOW THAT PATROL OFFICERS MAY BE DOING ON THEIR OWN.

THIS IS JUST ONE MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT INVESTIGATOR TO TAKE SOME OF THAT PRESSURE OFF OF THEM.

>> MAIER IS HOPEFUL THE SECOND INVESTIGATOR WILL BECOME A FULL-TIME POSITION IN BY OCTOBER.

>>> THE BAXTER POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS INTEGRATING THE NEW OFFICER, BUT THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS GETTING READY FOR A NEW THREE MONTH PROJECT ON BOTH THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDE OF PIERZ.

CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN ON MONDAY JULY 21ST AND WILL SEE ROAD CLOSURES BETWEEN 123RD STREET AND 273RD TO WORK ON UNDERGROUND DRAINAGE STRUCTURES.

ENGINEERS WITH THE MINN-DOT SAY THE PROJECT WILL MAKE FOR MUCH SMOOTHER ROADS IN THE AREA FOR A MUCH LONGER DURATION.

>> MOST OF THIS IS TO TRY TO GET SOME LONGEVITY OUT OF THE PAVEMENT CYCLE, YOU KNOW.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE TOP LAYER OFF, PUT IT BACK, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT RIDE A LOT SMOOTHER AND MAKE IT LAST A LOT LONGER THAN, YOU KNOW, TYPICAL LIFECYCLE OF A PAVEMENT.

>> THE PROJECT WILL TAKE APPROXIMATELY THREE MONTHS WITH THE ROADS BEING PROJECTED TO BE COMPLETE BY MID OCTOBER.

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

>> Stacy: AIR QUALITY ALERT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11:00 FOR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

MEANWHILE, WE'LL SEE THE COLDER AIR MOVING IN BEHIND THE COLD FRONT, WHICH WILL PRODUCE SOME HOURS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA.

I'LL HAVE DETAILS ON YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND WITH THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, THE CATHOLIC DAYS EVENT KICKED OFF THE SUMMER SEASON.

[♪♪♪] >> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪] >>> FOR EIGHT YEARS THE NORTHLAND ARBORETUM IN BRAINERD HAS BEEN SEEKING A REGIONAL PARK DESIGNATION AND THEY FINALLY RECEIVED THEIR WISH AT LAST TUESDAY'S CROW WING COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING.

AT THAT MEETING, THE GREATER MINNESOTA REGIONAL PARKS AND TRAILS COMMISSION GAVE THE ARBORETUM THE DESIGNATION OF REGIONAL PARK.

THE ARBORETUM BECAME JUST THE SECOND PARK IN CROW WING COUNTY TO RECEIVE THE DESIGNATION.

THE PARK WAS SEEKING THIS TITLE TO INCREASE ITS OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING ONLY ACCESSIBLE TO PARKS WITH THE DESIGNATION.

>> ON JUNE 26TH OF LAST -- OR JUST LAST MONTH, WE JUST SCORED A 429 ON THE GREATER MINNESOTA REGIONAL PARKS AND TRAIL COMMISSION EVALUATION PORTION OF THE PROCESS AND WE ARE THE SECOND PARK IN CROW WING COUNTY TO RECEIVE REGIONAL DESIGNATION.

>> ACCORDING TO THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE ARBORETUM, WHICH WAS RECENTLY APPROVED BY THE COUNTY BOARD.

ADDITIONAL FUNDING COULD BE USED FOR AN ICE SKATING TRAIL, A DISC GOLF COURSE, AND EXPANDED CONSERVATION EFFORTS.

>>> THE CROW WING COUNTY LAND SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO ASSIST IN A STATEWIDE SEARCH FOR THE INVASIVE SPECIES STARRY STONEWORT.

NO EXPERIENCE OR EQUIPMENT IS NECESSARY IN THE SEARCH, AS EXPERT TRAINING ON MONITORING PROTOCOLS AND STARRY STONEWORT IDENTIFICATION WILL BE PROVIDED ONSITE.

THE INFORMATION GAINED FROM THE UPCOMING SEARCH WILL HELP BOTH CROW WING COUNTY LAND SERVICES, AS WELL AS STATE GOVERNMENT ENTITIES LIKE THE MINNESOTA AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES RESEARCH CENTER, DEVELOP RESEARCH BASED SOLUTIONS TO BETTER COMBAT A.I.S.

LIKE STONEY STARWORT.

>> IT CAN BE DENSE, NOT BEING ABLE TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THE DENSE MATTS THAT FORMAT THE SURFACE.

IT WILL GET STUCK IN THERE AND RECREATION, YOU WILL NOT BE TUBING THROUGH THAT.

SO IT DESTROYS A LOT OF WHAT PEOPLE COME USE THE LAKES FOR.

>> Dennis: THE SEARCH WILL TAKE PLACE ON AUGUST 9TH FROM 8:30 A.M. TO 1:00 P.M. ALL CROW WING COUNTY PARTICIPANTS WILL MEET AT THE ALL VETERANS MEMORIAL ON LAUREL STREET.

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

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

AND HERE ARE TONIGHTS FIVE POTENTIAL QUALIFIERS...

IF YOU SEE YOUR NAME, CALL THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN BEFORE THE END OF THE NEXT BUSINESS END OF THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY AND YOU WILL HAVE A SHOT AT BEING OUR 2025 CRAGUNS VACATION GRAND PRIZE WINNER, WHICH WE WILL BE ANNOUNCING IN A LIVE DRAWING ON THE MONDAY, AUGUST 25TH NEWSCAST.

>>> AND BEFORE WE GET TO THE WEATHER WITH STACY, HERE'S SOMETHING YOU DON'T SEE VERY OFTEN.

THIS IS VIDEO FROM UTAH ON SATURDAY THAT SHOWS THE MOMENT THAT A FIRENADO FORMS OVER THE DEER CREEK FIRE.

NO ONE WAS HURT DURING THIS PHENOMENON BUT A FIRE ENGINE SUSTAINED DAMAGE.

AS OF JULY 15TH, DEER CREEK FIRE HAD BURNT OVER 12,900 ACRES AND IS JUST 7% CONTAINED.

>>> WELL, WE HAD SOME BAD WEATHER STACY BUT FORTUNATELY WE HAVE NOT HAD A FIRENADO IN THE AREA.

>> Stacy: SOMETHING I HOPE NEVER TO SEE IN PERSON, THAT'S FOR SURE.

WE HAVE BEEN CONTENDING WITH SOME SMOKE AND WE CONTINUE TO HAVE OUR AIR QUALITY IMPACTED BY WILDFIRE SMOKE THAT HAS DRIFTED INTO THE AREA.

THE AIR QUALITY ALERT CONTINUES UNTIL 11:00 TONIGHT FOR PARTS OF OUR VIEWING AREA AND WE'RE SEEING COOLER AIR MOVE INTO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY AND IT LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE BIT ON THE CHILLY SIDE BEFORE [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, WE HAVE SEEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW.

THIS IS ALL THANKS TO A COLD FRONT THAT HAS MOVED INTO THE AREA: IT WILL MEAN COOLER TEMPERATURES IN THE AREA TOMORROW BEFORE A MODERATION IN THE TEMPERATURES LATER THIS WEEK.

HOWEVER, IN THE MEANTIME, FOR ABOUT ANOTHER 45 MINUTES OR SO, WE ARE STILL CONTENDING WITH AIR QUALITY ISSUES IN PART OF THE AREA.

SO WE'LL LOOK AT THE AIR QUALITY ALERT IN JUST A SECOND.

HERE ARE THE CURRENT CONDITIONS, IT'S 59 AT THE AIRPORT IN BEMIDJI.

AT THE STUDIO, THE WINDS ARE EAST AT 6 MILES PER HOUR, 59 IS OUR DEW POINT, AND WE PICKED UP 0.06-INCH OF RAINFALL.

IN BRAINERD, THE DEW POINT IS 58, PRESSURE IS RISING, AND WINDS ARE NORTHEAST AT 12 MILES PER HOUR.

AN AIR QUALITY ALERT CONTINUES FOR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA UNTIL 11:00 TONIGHT.

WE'RE EXPECTING THE AIR QUALITY INDEX TO BE IN THE ORANGE CATEGORY, MEANING THE AIR IS UNHEALTHY FOR THOSE IN SENSITIVE GROUPS.

ON OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR, WE CAN SEE THE LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MOVED THROUGH NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLIER TODAY AND SOME LINGERING SHOWERS OUT THERE, SOME CLOUD COVER AS WELL.

OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, SHOWERS AND MAYBE A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS BECOME LIKELY, MAINLY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, THAT CHANCE OF SEEING THAT WILL DECREASE AS WE MOVE FURTHER NORTH, AND WE COULD SEE SOME LINGERING SHOWERS IN THE AREA TOMORROW.

MUCH COOLER AIR, HIGHS TOMORROW WILL BE IN THE 60s BEFORE WE SEE THOSE TEMPERATURES BACK IN THE 70s LATER THIS WEEK.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, ANN SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF A DRAGON FLY ON A SPRUCE TREE.

ANGELA SPOTTING A COUPLE OF YOUNG EAGLES IN THE TREE THERE AT CASS LAKE.

WE HAVE GORGEOUS FLOWERS IN BLOOM.

WE ALSO HAVE LADY SLIPPERS FROM JOAN IN LAPORTE, SOME MILK WEED IN BLOOM FROM LAURIE NEAR LITTLE TURTLE LAKE AND EVENING SKIES FROM SARAH OVER LAKE EDWARD.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 70, CALM, HAZY, AND HUMID THIS MORNING.

BOB IN BLUFFTON REPORTING HUMID CONDITIONS WITH 0.1-INCH OF RAIN, BUT IT WAS STILL RAINING WHEN HE MADE HIS REPORT.

JOAN IN LAPORTE, 0.1-INCH OF RAIN EARLY TODAY.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, CLOUDY AND HUMID WITH 0.7-INCH OF RAIN, AND ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, CLOUDY, 0.4-INCH OF RAIN AND A HIGH OF 72.

ON OUR ALMANAC, 82 WAS THE HIGH IN BRAINERD, THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE.

WE HAD A LOW OF 64.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 72, A LITTLE BIT BELOW THE AVERAGE, AND OUR LOW TODAY WAS 59.

SO AS WE LOOK AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, WE WILL SEE THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY SHOWERS EARLY IN THE DAY.

THOSE COULD LINGER ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL AND EAST-CENTRAL EARLY ON.

FOR THE MOST PART, THAT WILL BE MOVING OUT.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A LOT OF CLOUD COVER IN THE AREA TOMORROW, BUT IT WILL ALSO BE VERY COOL WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES ONLY IN THE MID TO UPPER 60s AND NORTHERN MINNESOTA WITH SOME LOW TO MID-60s IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

HERE'S OUR FORECAST, SHOWERS ARE LIKELY WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

THERE IS A SMALLER CHANCE FARTHER NORTH WITH LOWS NEAR 52.

THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS CONTINUES TOMORROW FOR ALL OF NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH HIGHS NEAR 65.

OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, IT WILL BE DRIER AND WARMER ON THURSDAY, BUT AGAIN SOME CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS WE HEAD INTO FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

TEMPERATURES-WISE, MORE MODERATE.

WE SHOULD BE SEEING HIGHS RISING TO THE 70s BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: CHARLIE HAS THE NIGHT OFF, SYDNEY DICK IS HERE WITH OUR SPORTS AND NEWS INVOLVING A STAR GOALTENDER.

>> Sydney: THERE IS SOME EXCITING NEWS.

HE HAS SIGNED A NEW CONTRACT, A SCHOLARSHIP THAT IS COMING UP.

HE IS ALSO JOINING ONE OF HIS BUDDIES THAT ALSO PLAYED HOCKEY AT BRAINERD.

I WILL HAVE MORE DETAILS AFTER THE [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

>>> MOST HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS SPEND THEIR TIME THINKING ABOUT GRADUATING AND WHERE THEY WILL GO TO COLLEGE BUT FOR GRAND RAPIDS' CARTER CASEY, IT'S A DIFFERENT STORY.

INSTEAD OF SIGNING COLLEGE APPLICATIONS, THE 17-YEAR-OLD GOALTENDER IS SIGNING HOCKEY CONTRACTS.

CASEY RECENTLY SIGNED A SCHOLARSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE MEDICINE HAT TIGERS OF THE WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE.

BUT HE'S NOT THE ONLY LOCAL HOCKEY PLAYER TO BE JOINING THE JUNIOR LEAGUE TEAM.

CASEY WILL BE JOINING FORMER BRAINERD HIGH SCHOOL FORWARD, KADE STENGRIM ON THE MEDICINE HAT TEAM, WHO SIGNED HIS CONTRACT JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO.

THIS IS ALSO NOT THE FIRST TIME THE PAIR HAVE PLAYED TOGETHER, AS THEY BOTH PLAYED ON THE U.S. NATIONAL U-18 TEAM LAST SUMMER.

BUT NOW THE PAIR ARE TAKING THEIR TALENTS INTERNATIONALLY AND ALBERTA, CANADA, WILL BE THE NEW HOME FOR THE MINNESOTA-NATIVE TEENS PLAYING FOR ONE OF THE TOP TEAMS IN THE WHL.

>>> A 4-YEAR, $17 MILLION RENOVATION AND EXPANSION TO CRAGUN'S LEGACY GOLF COURSES IN BRAINERD WAS COMPLETED EARLIER THIS SPRING AND NOW THEY ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS AS USUAL, AS WE APPROACH THE ANNUAL CRMC CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY NORTHERN PACIFIC CENTER.

AND THIS YEAR'S TOURNAMENT WILL NOT ONLY BE PLAYED ON SOME NEW GREENS BUT WILL BE SEEING SOME NEW FACES AS WELL.

TWO-TIME PGA TOUR WINNER KYLE STANLEY WILL BE COMPETING IN THIS YEAR'S TOURNAMENT AFTER HE RECEIVED A SPECIAL EXEMPTION TO PLAY.

THE 37-YEAR-OLD HAS BEEN PLAYING PROFESSIONAL GOLF SINCE 2009 AND THIS IS HIS FIRST TIME COMPETING AT THE CRMC CHAMPIONSHIP.

STANLEY'S MOST RECENT COMPETITION WAS AT THE JOHN DEERE CLASSIC IN THE FIRST WEEK OF JULY, BEFORE HE PREPARES TO TAKE ON THE DUTCH 27 COURSE IN BRAINERD LATER THIS SUMMER.

STANLEY JOINED THE PGA TOUR IN 2011 AND WON THE 2012 WASTE MANAGEMENT PHOENIX OPEN AND 2017 QUICKEN LOANS NATIONAL WITH THREE THIRD-PLACE FINISHES AND WAS A FOUR-TIME RUNNER UP.

NOW HE IS SET TO BE THE SECOND TWO-TIME TOUR WINNER TO TAKE ON THE CRMC CHAMPIONSHIP, SET TO TAKE PLACE AUGUST 28TH THROUGH THE 31ST.

>>> AND ALTHOUGH IT'S ONLY JULY, NORTHERN MINNESOTA IS ALREADY GEARING UP FOR HOCKEY SEASON AND THE COUNTDOWN FOR BEMIDJI STATE HOCKEY HAS BEGUN.

NEXT MONDAY, JULY 21ST.

BEAVERS HOCKEY FANS CAN PURCHASE THEIR SEASON TICKETS WELL AHEAD OF THE OCTOBER HOME OPENER OF THE 70TH SEASON OF BSU HOCKEY.

PURCHASING TICKETS MAY LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR DUE TO STORM DAMAGE TO THE SANORD CENTER AND IN-PERSON TICKET RENEWALS WILL BE AVAILABLE ONLY BY APPOINTMENT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

ALL OTHER PURCHASES AND RENEWALS MUST BE MADE ONLINE.

>>> IN OTHER BEMIDJI STATE NEWS, THE BEAVS' VOLLEYBALL HEAD COACH ERIKA BUTE HAS ANNOUNCED THE HIRING OF A NEW ASSISTANT COACH TO JOIN HER IN HER FIRST SEASON AS HEAD COACH.

HAHNI JOHNSON WILL BE JOINING THE BEAVER SQUAD AS THEY PREPARE FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON.

JOHNSON PLANS TO FOCUS ON BSU'S OFFENSE, AS BUTE TAKES ON THE DEFENSE.

DURING HER TIME AT THE HIGHLY RESPECTED COLORADO MESA PROGRAM, JOHNSON ALSO ASSISTED WITH PROGRAM RECRUITING AND DEVELOPMENT.

HEAD COACH BUTE BELIEVES THAT JOHNSON'S TIME BOTH PLAYING AND COACHING A TEAM WHO HAVE NOT SEEN A LOSING SEASON SINCE 2011, CAN HELP TURN AROUND BSU'S VOLLEYBALL PROGRAM, WHO HAS NOT SEEN A WINNING SEASON SINCE 1999.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, YEAH IT WON'T BE TOO LONG UNTIL THEY'RE IN THE GYM GETTING AFTER IT.

>> Sydney: IT'S COMING UP VERY SOON.

>> Dennis: VERY SOON.

THANKS A LOT SYDNEY.

FOR THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN SPENT THE DAY IN CASS LAKE FOR THEIR SUMMER CELEBRATION, WHERE HE LEARNED THE EVENT IS MORE THAN JUST CELEBRATING THE SEASON, BUT ABOUT BRINGING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER.

>> Reporter: THIS LAST WEEKEND, HUNDREDS GATHERED IN THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN CASS LAKE FOR THE CITY'S SUMMER CELEBRATION EVENT.

>> IT IS JUST ABOUT GETTING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER, HAVING A FUN TIME DURING THE SUMMER.

ALL THE OTHER COMMUNITIES DO IT.

>> WE HAD TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.

>> WE TRY TO DO MULTIPLE THINGS EVERY YEAR FOR THE KIDS AND THE FAMILIES TO RECONNECT AND JUST HAVE FUN.

>> Reporter: TODAY FEATURED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT VENDORS AND EVENTS FOR MANY TO PARTICIPATE IN, INCLUDING A CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT, A 5K RUN, AND YOU CAN HOLD A KANGAROO OR A GATOR.

>> WE HAVE BAGS, 3-ON-3 BASKETBALL, AND WE HAVE THE TRAVEL ESCAPE ROOM.

>> Reporter: BUT THE MOST POPULAR EVENT OR THE MOST MESSY WAS THE COLOR RUN.

>> IT'S PRETTY MESSY, BUT THEN IT'S REALLY FUN TO JUST SPLATTER THE KIDS WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE POWDER.

IT'S A GOOD TIME, WE HAD PROBABLY 200 POUNDS OF POWDER.

>> Reporter: MANY BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS OF THE CASS LAKE COMMUNITY HELPED STEP IN TO HELP PRODUCE THE 200 POUNDS OF POWDER.

>> IT'S A GROUP, IT'S A COMMUNITY.

THAT'S THE WAY IT SHOULD BE.

IT TURNED OUT PRETTY WELL.

IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO GO ON FOR THE NEXT HALF HOUR.

>> Reporter: EVENT COORDINATORS WERE HAPPY TO SEE EVERYONE THAT ATTENDED THE CELEBRATION, ESPECIALLY WITH MANY RESIDENTS STILL DEALING WITH THE DAMAGES FROM THE STORM.

>> IT'S GREAT THAT THE COMMUNITY IS STILL WILLING TO COME OUT.

I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF DAMAGE AT THEIR HOUSE, TREES DOWN, YARD WORK TO DO.

THEY'RE HAPPY TO TAKE A BREAK AND TAKE AN AFTERNOON AND HAVE SOME FUN HERE.

>> Reporter: THE COORDINATOR SAY THIS DAY IS MORE THAN JUST CELEBRATING THE SEASON FOR CASS LAKE BUT BRINGING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER.

>> I HAVE TWO CHILDREN THAT GREW UP AROUND HERE AND THEIR HAPPINESS IS ALL I LOOK FOR AND GETTING THEM TO UNDERSTAND AS THEY GET OLDER THAT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THEMSELVES, IT'S ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND HOW WE COME TOGETHER AS A TEAM AND A GROUP AND JUST BEING ABLE TO HAVE FUN LIKE THIS.

>> WE HAVE TO V MORE OF IT, WE HAVE TO BE AROUND EACH OTHER AND SEE EACH OTHER, WHETHER THAT'S CRACKING JOKES OR HAVING A MEAL.

>> WE'RE TRYING, AND THE COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER WHEN NEEDED.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN CASS LAKE FOR THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> AFTER THE PARADE TOOK PLACE THAT AFTERNOON, A NEW MISS CASS LAKE, ALONG WITH NEW LITTLE MISTER AND MISSES CASS LAKE, WERE CROWNED AT THE SUMMER CELEBRATION.

>>> STACY NOW, WE ALWAYS LIKE NICE WEATHER FOR THESE CELEBRATIONS.

HOPEFULLY WE HAVE A NICE WEEKEND COMING UP.

>> Stacy: IT MAY NOT BE LOOKING TOO BAD, ESPECIALLY THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND.

WE HAVE THE AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, THE AIR QUALITY INDEX EXPECTED TO BE AT THAT ORANGE CATEGORY.

TONIGHT, SHOWERS ARE LIKELY WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

A SLIGHT CHANCE FURTHER NORTH, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, LOWS NEAR 52, AND NORTHEAST WINDS AT 5 TO 15.

>> Sydney: WE HAVE SOME EXCITING NEW FROM THE MINNESOTA LYNX.

THEIR WING KAYLA EARNED AN ALL-STAR NOD.

SHE BECAME THE THIRD ALL-STAR COMING INTO THE WNBA SEASON THIS YEAR.

>> Dennis: THEY HAVE THREE ALL-STARS, EXCELLENT.

THANKS SYDNEY, THANKS FOR WATCHING EVERYBODY.

WE'RE BACK AT 10:00 TOMORROW.

WE'LL SEE YOU THEN.

>> Sydney: GOOD NIGHT.

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