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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.

>>> A CONVICTED LEVEL 3 PREDATORY OFFENDER WILL BE MOVING TO A HOME IN WADENA WHEN HE IS RELEASED FROM INCARCERATION LATER THIS MONTH.

THE WADENA POLICE DEPARTMENT IS NOTIFYING THE PUBLIC THAT 42-YEAR-OLD ANDRE JAAMAL BUTLER IS EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED FROM PRISON ON JUNE 26TH AND WILL BE RESIDING IN THE VICINITY OF SHADY LANE DRIVE IN WADENA.

POLICE SAY BUTLER HAS A HISTORY OF ENGAGING IN SEXUAL CONTACT AGAINST A KNOWN ADULT FEMALE.

BUTLER USED HIS RELATIONSHIP OF TRUST TO ATTAIN AND EXPLOIT ISOLATED CONTACT.

HE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE VICTIM'S SLEEPING STATE IN ORDER TO GAIN CONTROL.

THE WADENA POLICE DEPARTMENT WANTS TO REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT BUTLER IS NOT CURRENTLY WANTED AND THAT THE NOTIFICATION IS NOT INTENDED TO INCREASE FEAR IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT TO KEEP THE PUBLIC INFORMED.

>>> MOTORISTS TRAVELING THROUGH BAXTER ON HIGHWAY 210 CAN EXPECT CREWS WORKING 24/7 AS OVERNIGHT PAVING OPERATIONS BEGIN NEXT MONDAY, JUNE 16TH.

WORK WILL OCCUR FROM 7:00 A.M. MONDAY TO NOON FRIDAY WITH LANE CLOSURES, 24/7, ON BOTH DIRECTIONS OF HIGHWAY 210 THROUGH EARLY JULY.

THE WORK WILL BE DONE IN SEGMENTS, SO EXPECT THE WORK AREA AND TRAFFIC CONTROL TO CHANGE AND MOVE.

MINN-DOT OFFICIALS SAY TO SLOW DOWN AND WATCH FOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND WORKERS, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT WHEN SIGHT DISTANCES LESSEN.

ALL LANES WILL BE OPEN ON WEEKENDS WITH SOME CHANGES TO ACCESS; FOLLOW SIGNS ALONG FRONTAGE ROADS.

>>> THE SPLASH XPRESS CAR WASH IN BEMIDJI HAS PUT ON SEVERAL FUNDRAISERS SINCE FIRST OPENING AND ARE LOOKING TO START A NEW MONEY-RAISING TRADITION WITH THEIR SUMMER OF SUPPORTING FUNDRAISERS.

EVERY OTHER FRIDAY FROM NOW THROUGH SEPTEMBER.

THE CAR WASH PLANS ON PICKING A NEW NONPROFIT OR SCHOOL TO RAISE MONEY FOR.

SEVERAL HUNDRED CARS WENT THROUGH EARLIER TODAY, WHERE 20 PERCENT OF EVERY WASH PURCHASE OR FIVE DOLLARS FROM EVERY MEMBERSHIP, AS WELL AS ALL FREEWILL CASH OR CHECK DONATIONS WILL GO STRAIGHT TO THE ORGANIZATION.

SEVEN-BREW COFFEE WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN THE EFFORT EARLIER TODAY, WHERE THEY DONATED ONE DOLLAR FROM EVERY DRINK PURCHASE FROM EVERYONE WHO WENT THROUGH THE CAR WASH. >> EVERYTHING WE CAN DO FOR THE COMMUNITY, WE JUMP AT THE CHANCE TO DO THAT.

THEY'RE ALWAYS REALLY THANKFUL AND APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.

SOMETIMES WE RAISE A TON, SOMETIMES NOT AS MUCH, EVERY DOLLARS GOES TOWARDS THEM.

WE DON'T KEEP ANY OF THAT AND WE KEEP SUPPORTING THE NON-PROFITS IN BEMIDJI.

>> TODAY'S SUMMER OF SUPPORTING NONPROFIT WAS BEMIDJI'S GREAT RIVER RESCUE.

THE ANIMAL SHELTER IS DEPENDENT ON DONATIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT TO PROVIDE THE CATS AND DOGS WITH PROPER FOOD, SHELTER, AND MEDICAL CARE.

THEY ARE CURRENTLY HOUSING MANY KITTENS AND HAVE THREE DOGS WHO NEED A FOSTER HOME WHILE UNDERGOING MEDICAL TREATMENTS AND ALL OF THE MONEY RAISED AT THE CAR WASH IS GOING DIRECTLY BACK TO THE ANIMALS.

>> EVERYBODY HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE AND KIND AND GENEROUS TO US, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED.

IT'S VERY HEARTWARMING TO BE IN THIS KIND OF SITUATION AND TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT OF BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS AND THE FACT THEY DO THIS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER IS WONDERFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY.

>> IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN DONATING DIRECTLY TO THE SHELTER OR LOOKING TO BECOME A FOSTER PARENT FOR A CAT OR DOG, THE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE GREAT RIVER RESCUE WEBSITE.

UPCOMING FUNDRAISERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON THE SPLASH XPRESS FACEBOOK PAGE.

>>> BRAINERD LAKES SAFE RIDE IS A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES PEOPLE WHO DRANK TOO MUCH ALCOHOL, A SAFE RIDE HOME DURING A NIGHT OUT.

THE PROGRAM HAS PARTNERED WITH OVER 30 BARS AND TWO CAB COMPANIES IN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA TO OFFER FREE OR REDUCED PRICED RIDES TO THOSE IN NEED.

THE RIDES ARE COVERED UP TO $15, ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT IS PASSED ONTO THE RIDER.

ACCORDING TO THE FOUNDER OF BRAINERD LAKES SAFE RIDE, ALL PEOPLE HAVE TO DO TO GET THE RIDE IS ASK THE BARTENDER.

>> SO SOMEONE CAN, IF THEY HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK OR IF THEIR FRIENDS HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK, THEY CAN GO TO THE BARTENDER AND TELL THEM THEY NEED A RIDE HOME.

THE BARTENDER FILLS OUT A VOUCHER WITH A PERSON'S HOME ADDRESS OR THE HOTEL AND THEN THE BARTENDER ALSO CALLS THE CAB COMPANY.

>> BRAINERD LAKES SAFE RIDES HAS ALREADY SERVED OVER 5,000 PATRONS.

>>> THE BELTRAMI COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN BEMIDJI WILL BE HOSTING A FREE EVENT THIS SATURDAY TO CELEBRATE THE HISTORY AND MEANING OF MINNESOTA'S FLAGS FOR FLAG DAY.

THE EVENT WILL FEATURE FAMILY-FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE DAY, INCLUDING A SPECIAL PRESENTATION BY VINCENT NICOLE, A NORTH AMERICAN VEXILLOLOGIST, OR SOMEONE WHO STUDIES FLAGS, TO DISCUSS SOME OF MINNESOTA'S MOST ICONIC AND FORGOTTEN FLAGS.

>> PEOPLE REALLY RALLY AROUND FLAGS.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN SOMETHING THAT BRINGS COMMUNITIES TOGETHER.

IT'S A SIGN OF PATRIOTISM.

WE HAVE HONORED OUR FLAG FOR A LONG TIME AND WE STILL HAVE LAWS AROUND OUR CONSTITUTION AROUND FLAGS.

THERE IS A LOT WE TRY TO HONOR, CELEBRATE, AND RESPECT.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE NOT ONLY TALK ABOUT THAT BUT ALL KINDS OF FLAGS, WHAT THEIR SYMBOLISM MEANS AND WHAT IT REPRESENTS.

>> THE EVENT WILL ALSO OFFER FREE COLORING BOOKS TO ANYONE WHO WANTS THEM FEATURING NORTHERN MINNESOTA'S MOST ICONIC FLAGS AND A LITTLE HISTORY BEHIND EACH OF THEM.

IT STARTS AT 10:00 A.M. AT THE BELTRAMI COUNTY HISTORY CENTER.

>>> ISRAEL ATTACKED THE HEART OF IRAN'S NUCLEAR AND MILITARY STRUCTURE FRIDAY, SAYING IT WAS NECESSARY BEFORE ITS ADVERSARY GOT ANY CLOSER TO BUILDING AN ATOMIC WEAPON.

IRAN RETALIATED LATE FRIDAY BY UNLEASHING SCORES OF BALLISTIC MISSILES ON ISRAEL.

KARIN CAIFA IS IN WASHINGTON WITH THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS AND WHITE HOUSE REACTION.

>> Reporter: AFTER ISRAEL LAUNCHED AN UNPRECEDENTED ATTACK ON IRAN, BLASTS IN TEL AVIV AND JERUSALEM FRIDAY NIGHT AND THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES SAID THEY IDENTIFIED INCOMING MISSILES LAUNCHED FROM IRAN TOWARDS ISRAEL.

IRAN SAID VIA STATE MEDIA THAT ITS RETALIATION HAD BEGUN BUT OBSERVERS OF THE REGION SAY FULL SCALE CONFLICT DEPENDS ON THEIR CAPABILITY TO SUSTAIN IT.

>> IF THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY LEFT TO RESPOND.

I THINK THEY HAVE BEEN TAKEN COMPLETELY BY SURPRISE.

>> Reporter: ISRAEL LAUNCHED AN ATTACK BEFORE SUNRISE ON FRIDAY.

THE OPERATION WAS TO STOP TEHRAN'S PROGRESS TOWARDS DEVELOPING NUCLEAR WEAPONS.

THE ATTACK KILLED SOME OF IRAN'S TOP MILITARY LEADERS AND NUCLEAR SCIENTISTS AND DESTROYED SOME OF THEIR NUCLEAR FACILITIES.

PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID THAT IRAN SHOULD AGREE TO A NUCLEAR DEAL BEFORE THERE IS NOTHING LEFT.

ONE EXPERT SAID IF THEY WANT TO PRESSURE THEM TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE, IT DOESN'T HAVE AN EFFECT.

>> THEY ARE BOUND TO RETALIATE AND THEN PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL BE IN A DIFFICULT POSITION MANAGING AN ESCALATION.

>> Reporter: IT SENT AIRLINE STOCKS TO DROP, AS EMIRATES, AND AIR FRANCE, SUSPENDED FLIGHTS TO AND FROM THE LOCATION.

IN WASHINGTON, I'M KARIN CAIFA.

>> THE U.S. IS ASSISTING ISRAEL IN SHOOTING DOWN IRANIAN MISSILES TO PROTECT THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN CITIZENS IN ISRAEL AS WELL AS U.S. ASSETS THERE.

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

>> Stacy: WELL, WE STARTED OFF THE DAY WITH SOME THUNDER SHOWERS AND SOME RAIN SHOWERS THROUGHOUT PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA, IT CLEARED OUT A LITTLE BIT DURING THE DAY, BUT IT WILL BE RETURNING THROUGH TONIGHT.

I'LL HAVE THE FULL DETAILS IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, THE CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER HELD AN EVENT TO SHOWCASE SOME OF MINNESOTA'S TALENTED SINGER SO [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> THE INAUGURAL NATURE NEIGHBORS DAY EVENT TOOK PLACE IN BEMIDJI LAST SATURDAY WITH THE GOAL OF CONNECTING COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH NATURE WHILE ENJOYING A FREE CONCERT.

THE EVENT FEATURED LOCAL MUSICIANS WITH THE MAIN EVENT BEING THE GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING DUO THE OKEE DOKEE BROTHERS.

BOOTHS WITH RESOURCES FOR FAMILIES WERE ALSO SET UP SO CONCERT-GOERS COULD LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY, WHILE ENJOYING NATURE-INSPIRED SONGS.

>> I THINK IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH FRIENDS WE ALREADY HAVE AND NEIGHBORS WHO CAN BE NEW FRIENDS.

MY KID WAS DANCING UP AT THE FRONT IN A GROUP.

THEY ARE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES TO GET OUTSIDE FOR FREE, GET TO ENJOY THE NATURE AND SOME MUSIC, SEE BANDS YOU MAY NOT OTHERWISE SEE.

>> THE EVENT WAS PUT TOGETHER BY THE BEMIDJI EALY CHILDHOOD COLLABORATIVE, APPLE BLOSSOM VILLAGE, BEMIDJI PARKS AND REC, AND LAKELAND PBS THROUGH A GRANT FROM THE REGIONS TWO ART COUNCIL.

>>> THE CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER HAS A SUMMER SLATE OF SHOWS TO ENTERTAIN AND CAPTIVATE AUDIENCES IN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY GETTING READY TO PREMIERE THEIR NEXT SHOW: HADESTOWN.

THE MUSICAL FOLLOWS THE CLASSIC GREEK MYTH OF ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE AND THEIR QUEST TO BREAK FREE FROM HADESTOWN TO SPEND THEIR LIVES TOGETHER.

THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST TEEN PRODUCTIONS THAT CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE HAS PUT ON, BUT DIRECTOR AMY BOREASH SAYS THAT FANS OF THE SHOW SHOULDN'T BE WORRIED ABOUT MISSING TOO MUCH.

>> IT GAVE US THE OPTION OF CUTTING THREE SONGS WE CUT TWO OF THE THREE AND OTHER THAN THAT, THERE IS REALLY NO DIFFERENCE.

IF YOU HAVE SEEN HADESTOWN AND YOU LOVED IT, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MISS ANYTHING.

>> HADESTOWN WILL RUN IN THE CHALBERG THEATER BEGINNING ON JUNE 24TH AT 7:00 P.M. FOR TICKETS HEAD TO CLCPERFORMINGARTS.COM.

>>> 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.

TO REGISTER YOU NEED TO SEND US A POSTCARD WITH YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER ON IT AND THEN WATCH LAKELAND NEWS TO SEE IF YOUR NAME IS DRAWN.

IF YOU SEE YOUR NAME ANNOUNCED YOU CAN THEN QUALIFY BY CALLING US ON THE CRUISE HOTLINE NUMBER BEFORE 5:00 P.M.

THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY.

WE DRAW FIVE NEW NAMES EVERY WEEKNIGHT THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.

AND HERE TONIGHT'S FINAL FIVE POTENTIAL QUALIFIERS.

IF YOU SEE YOUR NAME, CALL THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN BEFORE THE 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.

>>> WELL STACY HAS THE NIGHT OFF, SYDNEY DICK IS IN TONIGHT AND HERE WITH OUR WEATHER.

>> Sydney: YES, AND THE WEATHER OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE SOME THUNDER SHOWERS AND SOME RAIN COMING IN, NOT TOO MUCH ACCUMULATION, >> AND NOW THE WEATHER ON LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

>> Sydney: TODAY WE STARTED OUT THE DAY WITH SHOWERS AND RAIN STARTING OFF IN THE MORNING, CLEARING OUT THROUGHOUT THE DAY, THROUGHOUT MOST OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WILL BE SEEING SOME RAIN AND SOME THUNDER SHOWERS, BUT RIGHT NOW, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR STUDIO.

OH, MISSED OUT ON THAT ONE, BUT IT'S CURRENTLY 59 HERE IN BEMIDJI, IN BRAINERD IT'S 51, AIN'T 83% HUMIDITY AND WINDS AT 10 MILES PER HOUR.

THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON, IT WAS PRETTY CALM OUT THERE, THE CLOUDS WERE COMING THROUGH, BUT THERE WASN'T TOO MUCH RAIN AND IT WASN'T REALLY ANY ACCUMULATION.

THAT WILL CONTINUE AS WE GO ON THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

THERE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF ACCUMULATION DOWN TOWARDS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA, BUT UP IN NORTH AND CENTRAL, AND NOTHING IS GOING TO STICK AROUND TOO MUCH.

WE HAD SOME GREAT PICTURES COMING IN FROM OUR EAGLE EYES TODAY.

ARLENE FROM MENAHGA SHOWING US SOME SPRING FLOWERS AND BILL IN UPPER RED LAKE WITH SOME SWANS ON THE WATER.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD SHOWING US SOME MONARCHS WAITING TO HATCH AND A PANORAMA OF BLUE SKIES OUT THERE.

ARLENE IN MENAHGA REPORTS 60 DEGREES AND WINDY.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE REPORTS CLOUDS AND WINDY, A HIGH OF 61.

BOB IN BLUFFTON SAID THERE WAS A LOW OF 51 DEGREES, STEPHANIE REPORTS A LOW OF 52.

ANGELA IN CASS LAKE, LOW OF 52, PARTLY CLOUDY AND GUSTY.

IN BRAINERD, THERE WAS A HIGH OF 55 DEGREES TODAY, LOW OF 48.

IT WAS CHILLY ACCORDING TO OUR AVERAGES AND THE SAME STORY HERE IN BEMIDJI, HIGH OF 68, LOW OF 47, WITH A SUNSET AT 9:18 P.M. TONIGHT.

ON TO OUR FORECAST FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS COMING UP ON THIS WEEKEND, IT'S CALM AS WE GO THROUGH, BUT AS WE GO THROUGH THE NIGHT, WE'LL HAVE SOME CLOUD COVER COMING IN, COVERING MOST OF THE AREA.

ON TO TOMORROW, WE WILL SEE THE TEMPERATURES STARTING TO RISE, WE WILL BE GETTING UP IN THE MID TO UPPER 60s, SEEING CLOUDS AND RAIN PRETTY MUCH ALL OVER THE STATE, AND SAME DEAL DOWN IN CENTRAL, UP IN THE 60s, HAVING SOME THUNDER SHOWERS COMING IN.

TONIGHT WE MAY SEE SOME THUNDERSTORMS COMING IN, A LOW OF 43 DEGREES, AND IT COULD BE PRETTY GUSTY WITH ABOUT 25 MILES PER HOUR GUSTS.

TOMORROW, WE WILL START OFF THE DAY WITH SHOWERS, MOVE ON TO THUNDERSTORMS AS WE GET INTO THE EVENING, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE THE SAME DEAL AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK, WE WILL BE SEEING 60s AND 70s, AND THEN AS WE GO UP, IT WILL PRETTY MUCH START OFF WITH SOME NICE LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS AND MOVE ON TO THE HEAVIER THUNDER SHOWERS AS WE GET INTO THE AFTERNOON.

BACK TO YOU GUYS.

>> Dennis: THANK YOU VERY MUCH SYDNEY.

CHARLIE HAS TONIGHT OFF, MILES WALKER IS IN.

MILES, FRESH OFF THE STATE TRACK TOURNAMENT.

UP ON THE ANCHOR DESK, WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR US?

>> OVER AT ANDERSON, WE'LL HAVE MORE AFTER THE BREAK FOR YOU.

[♪♪♪] >> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

>> Miles: NOW IT'S A WEEK AWAY, AND IT'S NATURAL TO RING IN THE CHANGE IN SEASON IN JOINING AMERICA'S PASTIME AS AMATEUR BASEBALL TEAMS, INCLUDING THE BLUE HAWKS AND THE BUCKS GOT TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST NIGHT OF THE INAUGURAL FIRST CITY SHOWDOWN FROM ANDERSON STADIUM.

HOSTING THE DETROIT LAKES, AND KEVIN WAS DEALING ON THE BUMP.

HE WENT 6 INNINGS, ALLOWING 1 EARNED RUNS, STRIKING OUT 6.

YOU CAN SEE HE WAS GETTING IT DONE.

WE'RE GOING TO FAST FORWARD TO THE BOTTOM OF THE 5th.

ONE ON, DROPS ONE OFF IN LEFT FIELD, BRINGS IN HUNTER, KNOTS THINGS AT 1-1.

TOP 6, TWO IN SCORING POSITION, AND COME AROUND TO SCORE AS THEY RETAKE THE LEAD 3-1.

THEY WILL GO ON TO WIN THIS ONE 3-2, BUT WE'LL HAVE MORE FROM THAT AFTER THE WEEKEND AS IT WILL BE BASEBALL ALL WEEKEND LONG.

>>> FOR THE TWINS, 2025 HAS BEEN A ROLLER COASTER FOR THEM AFTER A 13-GAME WINNING STREAK, WHICH HELPED ERASE A 13-20 START.

THEY HAVE GONE 10-12 WHILE OPENING THE MONTH OF JUNE 5 AND 6.

THEY WERE DOWN IN HOUSTON FOR A THREE GAME SET WITH THE ASTROS AND THE ASTROS GOT OUT THERE EARLY.

BOTTOM OF THE FIRST, JACOB DRIVES ONE IN, AS THE ASTROS GO UP 3-0.

JOSE SHOOTS ONE TO THE GAP, HE IS ABLE TO BRING HOME TWO, AND JUST LIKE THAT, THEY ARE UP 5-0.

TWINS TRYING TO COME BACK AND THE TOP OF THE FOURTH, ASTROS NOW UP 8-0 AS WILLIE, SMOKES ONE TO THE LEFT, HIS 6th HOMER OF THE YEAR.

THEY MAKE IT AN 8-1 GAME.

THE ASTROS GO ON TO WIN 10-3.

THEY WILL BE ON THE BUMP TOMORROW, AS FOR THE TWINS, JOE WILL BE OUT THERE AND HUNTER BROWN.

>>> IT WAS ALSO THE 125th US OPEN GOING ON AS SO FAR THE TOP GUYS IN SCOTTY, RORY, HAVE ALL BEEN MIDDLE AS NONE OF THE THREE ARE EVEN OVER PAR.

AS WE GO FROM HOLE NUMBER 6 AS VICTOR PEREZ, BEAUTIFUL SHOT.

LOOK AT THAT, JUST TAKE A SECOND, THAT'S A HOLE-IN-ONE RIGHT THERE FOR YOU.

HE WAS GOING OFF TODAY.

WE MOVE OVER TO HOLD 18, SAM BURNS HAS A BEAUTIFUL APPROACH, HE GOES ON TO BIRDIE RIGHT THERE.

MOVING ON, SCOTTY HE HAD A TOUGH DAY OUT THERE, BUT HE IS ABLE TO GET THE PUTT IN FOR BIRDIE.

A LITTLE LOOK AT THE LEADERBOARD AS SAM BURNS IS LEADING SO FAR AT A -3.

>> Dennis: FOR A WHILE, HE WAS IN DANGER OF NOT MAKING THE CUT.

>> Miles: YEAH, THE 2025 CHAMPION IN RORY, YEAH, SOMETHING IS GOING ON OUT THERE.

>> Dennis: THEY SAID THE COURSE SET UP IS THE MOST DIFFICULT ONE AND OBVIOUSLY IT IS WITH THE LOOKS OF THOSE SCORES.

THANKS MILES.

>>> THE CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER HELD ITS THIRD ANNUAL SONGWRITERS IN THE ROUND EVENT ON THURSDAY NIGHT.

REPORTER DANIEL PURSELL CAUGHT UP WITH THE PERFORMERS TO TALK ABOUT THEIR SONGWRITING JOURNEYS IN THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS.

>> PEOPLE FILLED THE THEATER ON THURSDAY FOR A NIGHT OF MUSIC.

[♪♪♪] >> LAUGHTER.

[LAUGHTER].

>> AND STORIES TOLD BY RENOWN SINGER SONG WRITERS FROM ACROSS MINNESOTA.

>> MYSELF AND SAMANTHA GRIMES AND DEVINNA NEVER MET EACH OTHER BEFORE AND IT'S FINDING THE FLOW AND THE NATURAL ENERGY.

THEY'RE GREAT SONG WRITERS, WE HAD A GREAT TIME.

>> THEY FEATURED SAMANTHA, LUKE, AND DEVINNA, ALL THREE GAVE PERFORMANCES THAT GARNERED MUCH APPLAUSE FROM THE AUDIENCE.

ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS CAME FROM THE Q&A IN BETWEEN SONGS WHERE THE ARTISTS GOT TO SPEAK ON THEIR INSPIRATIONS.

>> IT HAPPENED SO QUICKLY.

THERE ARE RANDOM THINGS THAT HAPPEN, WHETHER IT'S A TIKTOK VIDEO OR AN EPISODE OF STRANGER THINGS.

IT POPS INTO MY HEAD AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT IDEA.

USUALLY IF IT'S GOOD ENOUGH, THE SONG FLOWS QUICKLY.

>> Reporter: MUCH OF WHAT HE WRITES COMES FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCES.

>> I THINK LETTING YOURSELF BE VULNERABLE, MAYBE IT'S EASY FOR SOME PEOPLE, IT WASN'T EASY FOR ME, AT LEAST NOT RIGHT AWAY.

ONCE IT KIND OF HAPPENS, THE FIRST COUPLE SONGS, IT GETS EASIER.

ONCE YOU SHARE IT WITH SOMEBODY AND YOU GET A POSITIVE RESPONSE, AND YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR THE SONG, THAT TYPE OF THING.

>> Reporter: THE MUSIC PERFORMED IS TYPICALLY COUNTRY AND JAZZ ZIEL -- STYLE MUSIC, BUT HER STYLE COMES FROM MANY SOURCES.

>> IF IT CALLS TO YOU AND IT'S HONEST TO YOU, IT'S REAL TO YOU.

YOU ARE GOING TO PUT THAT IN EVERYTHING.

I THINK THERE IS NOTHING SMELLIER THAN DISHONEST MUSIC.

>> Reporter: FOR GRIMES,S DOESN'T JUST SUPPORT THE PERFORMERS, BUT ALL LOCAL MUSICIANS.

>> I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS SUPPORTING LOCAL MUSIC.

YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT IS CLOSER TO HOME OR COMING TO A GREAT PLACE LIKE THIS, IT'S JUST GETTING OUT THERE AND BEING SUPPORTIVE OF THE LOCAL MUSIC, OTHERWISE WE DON'T HAVE LOCAL MUSIC.

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

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE LAST LOOK AT OUR WEATHER.

WE HEAD OVER TO SYDNEY DICK.

>> Sydney: SOUNDS GOOD.

AS WE GO THROUGH THE WEEKEND, WE WILL SEE THUNDER SHOWERS MOST OF THESE DAYS THAT HAVE THE THUNDER SHOWER ICONS WILL BE STARTING OFF IN THE MORNING WITH SOME LIGHT SHOWERS, THAT'S MOSTLY GOING TO BE INTO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA IS GOING TO HAVE MORE OF THE THUNDER SHOWERS COMING THROUGH.

MOST OF THOSE ARE GOING TO BE AFTERNOON, BUT WE WILL BE SEEING WARMER TEMPERATURES GOING UP THROUGH THE 60s AND UP INTO THE 70s AS WE GET LATER DOWN INTO THE WEEK.

WE'LL BE SEEING SOME SUNSHINE, SOME CLOUDS, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE MOSTLY CLOUDY, PRETTY RAINY ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE NOT REALLY GOING TO SEE TOO MUCH ACCUMULATION IN THAT RAIN, BUT WE WILL BE SEEING SOME PRECIPITATION COMING THROUGH PRETTY MUCH EVERY DAY.

BACK TO YOU GUYS.

>> Miles: TALKING ABOUT THE NBA FINALS, THE OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER ARE GOING TO TIE UP THE SERIES AGAINST INDIANA, WHICH IT WASN'T LOOKING THAT GOOD.

OUT OF 50 TEAMS, TO WIN THE ENTIRE THING.

>> Dennis: IT WOULD BE DOWN TO A THREE GAME SERIES, BEST OF THREE.

INDIANA WAS WINNING MOST OF THE NIGHT.

SO OKLAHOMA MUST HAVE MADE A LATE RALLY.

THANKS MILES.

THANKS FOR WATCHING EVERYBODY.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.

WE'RE BACK ON MONDAY NIGHT, WE'LL SEE YOU THEN.

GOOD NIGHT.

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