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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.

[♪♪♪] >> Sydney: HI EVERYONE, I'M SYDNEY DICK, FILLING IN FOR DENNIS WEIMANN WITH YOUR LAKELAND NEWS.

>>> THE MAN SUSPECTED IN THE MURDER OF ONE MINNESOTA LAWMAKER AND HER HUSBAND AND THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF ANOTHER LAWMAKER AND HIS WIFE THIS PAST SATURDAY IS NOW IN CUSTODY.

THE CAPTURE OF VANCE BOELTER AFTER A NEARLY TWO-DAY SEARCH WAS CONFIRMED BY MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ AND AUTHORITIES IN A LATE SUNDAY NIGHT NEWS CONFERENCE.

THE 57-YEAR-OLD BOELTER IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND KILLING DEMOCRATIC STATE HOUSE MEMBER MELISSA HORTMAN AND HER HUSBAND AT THEIR BROOKLYN PARK HOME EARLY SATURDAY IN WHAT AUTHORITIES ARE CALLING A POLITICAL ASSASSINATION.

BOELTER IS ALSO ACCUSED OF WOUNDING STATE SENATOR JOHN HOFFMAN AND HIS WIFE ONLY A FEW MILES AWAY.

THE FOLLOWING SEARCH FOR BOELTER WAS DESCRIBED AS THE LARGEST MANHUNT IN STATE HISTORY AND INVOLVED LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

>> THE MELISSA AND MARK'S FAMILY, WE CANNOT FATHOM YOUR PAIN AND THE GRIEF THAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH.

WE WILL TAKE SOLACE IN THE MEMORY AND WORK THAT MELISSA DID AND YOU CAN REST ASSURED THAT WE WILL PUT EVERY OUNCE OF EFFORT THAT THE STATE OF MINNESOTA HAS TO MAKE SURE JUSTICE IS SERVED AND THE INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS SERVES THE TIME FOR THE UNSPEAKABLE ACT.

>> AUTHORITIES SAID THE SHOOTER POSED AS A POLICE OFFICER AND ALLEGEDLY ALTERED A VEHICLE TO LOOK LIKE A POLICE CAR.

INVESTIGATORS SAY POLICE EARLIER FOUND A MANIFESTO AND A LIST OF 70 POTENTIAL TARGETS IN BOELTER'S VEHICLE AND ACTING U.S. ATTORNEY JOSEPH THOMPSON REPORTED IN A PRESS CONFERENCE THAT THE SUSPECT HAD ALSO VISITED TWO OTHER LAWMAKERS' HOMES THAT SAME NIGHT BUT NO ONE ELSE WAS INJURED.

BOELTER HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SIX FEDERAL CRIMES FOR STALKING USING A FIREARM AND MURDER.

NO ONE WAS HARMED IN THE CAPTURING OF BOELTER AND USE OF FORCE WAS NOT NEEDED AS HE SURRENDERED HIMSELF TO OFFICERS ON SUNDAY.

U.S. ATTORNEY THOMPSON ALSO SAID THAT THE CHARGES AGAINST BOELTER CARRY THE POTENTIAL FOR A DEATH SENTENCE.

AND HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY MARY MORIARTY HAS SAID THAT SHE INTENDS TO PURSUE FIRST-DEGREE MURDER CHARGES AGAINST BOELTER IN DISTRICT COURT.

>>> PEOPLE FILLED THE STREETS IN CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ON SATURDAY FOR THE NO KINGS PROTESTS SCHEDULED TO COINCIDE WITH THE MILITARY PARADE IN WASHINGTON D.C. ORGANIZERS ESTIMATED THAT OVER FIVE MILLION PEOPLE JOINED IN ON THE PROTESTS, A FEW THOUSAND OF WHICH CAME FROM RIGHT HERE IN THE BEMIDJI AND BRAINERD LAKES AREA.

REPORTER DANIEL PURSELL HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: SATURDAY, JUNE 15TH SAW THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE PROTEST AGAINST PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S OVERREACH AND TAX BREAKS FOR THE WEALTHY.

>> I DON'T BELIEVE SOMEONE THAT MAKES A BILLION DOLLARS SHOULD HOARD THAT WEALTH ON THE BACKS OF AMERICAN PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET, TO PAY FOR FOOD, HOUSING, HEALTH CARE, AND THE PUBLIC EDUCATION THAT WE ALL DESERVE.

>> Reporter: IN BRAINERD, THE PROTEST STRETCHED OVER HALF A MILE AND SAW WELL OVER 2,000 PEOPLE, STARTING ON THE BASE AT THE WATER TOWER AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE WASHINGTON BRIDGE THAT GOES OVER THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

>> THE BIGGEST PROTEST WAS ABOUT 300 PEOPLE UNTIL APRIL 5TH OF THIS YEAR WHEN THE INDIVISIBLE GROUPS ORGANIZED LOCALLY AND PROMOTED THAT WE'RE PROTESTING ON THE STREETS FIVE DAYS BEFORE APRIL 5TH.

WE SAW ONE PERSON WALK AND COUNT AND THERE WERE A THOUSAND PEOPLE ON THE STREETS.

TODAY IT LOOKS LIKE WE MAY HAVE DOUBLED THAT NUMBER.

>> Reporter: IN BEMIDJI, WELL OVER 1,000 PEOPLE ATTENDED PROTESTS, ECHOING THE PAIN AND FRUSTRATION FELT BY THE PROTEST IN BRAINERD.

>> THE VAST MAJORITY OF AMERICANS DO NOT AGREE WITH POLITICAL VIOLENCE.

THEY ARE FURIOUS AT THE LOSS OF THEIR FREEDOMS.

WE ARE ANGRY AT THE THREATS AGAINST OUR DEMOCRACY AND WE ARE NOT PUTTING UP WITH IT.

THE MORE THAT THEY SHOOT AT US, THE MORE WE'RE GOING TO SHOW UP.

WE'RE NOT GIVING UP, WE'RE NOT WAVERING, WE WILL NOT STAY HOME, WE WILL KEEP COMING UNTIL WE ESTABLISH DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM IN THIS COUNTRY.

>> Reporter: THERE WAS A SENSE OF DESPAIR IN THE CROWD AS MELISSA AND HER HUSBAND MARK WHO HAD BEEN MURDERED SATURDAY MORNING IN WHAT TIM WALZ CALLED THE POLITICALLY MOTIVATED ASSASSINATION.

>> LAST NIGHT, THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, OUR DEMOCRATIC SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE WAS MURDERED IN HER HOME, ALONGSIDE HER HUSBAND IN AN ACT OF TARGETED POLITICAL VIOLENCE.

THAT'S A BRIGHT RED LINE.

SO WE ARE HERE TO EXPRESS OUR ABSOLUTE FURY AND OUTRAGE AT POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND AT THE LOSS OF OUR FREEDOMS.

>> Reporter: ONE OF THE ORGANIZERS OF THE BRAINERD PROTESTS SAYS THAT THE PAIN IS BEING FELT REGARDLESS OF POLITICAL AFFILIATION.

>> WE LIVE IN A POLITICALLY CONSERVATIVE AREA AND YOU CAN FEEL ISOLATED AND THERE IS NO ONE ELSE THAT FEELS LIKE YOU AND THIS IS POWERFUL TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE HAD ENOUGH AND IN THIS CONSERVATIVE AREA, THEY'RE COMING OUT, THEY'RE HAVING THEIR VOICE HEARD, AND IT FEELS REALLY GOOD THAT SOMEONE WHO HAS LIVED HERE FOR ALMOST THREE DECADES, TO KNOW THIS NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE AREA THAT CARE ABOUT OUR RIGHTS, ABOUT OUR CONSTITUTION, ABOUT THE PRESIDENCY, AND YOU KNOW, REALLY IMPORTANT WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN OUR COUNTRY.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BRAINERD, I'M DANIEL PURSELL, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: ORGANIZERS SAY 1,100 ATTENDED THE RALLY IN GRAND RAPIDS.

THE GROUP HAS ANOTHER PROTEST PLANNED FOR JULY 12TH TO DEMAND ACTION FROM REPRESENTATIVE PETE STAUBER AGAINST ACTIONS MADE BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

>>> THE GRAND RAPIDS AREA LIBRARY COULD BE OPEN ONLY ONE DAY A WEEK NEXT YEAR ACCORDING TO THE LIBRARY'S DIRECTOR, WILL RICHTER.

CITY OFFICIALS WANT A NEW FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH ITASCA COUNTY AND IF ONE IS NOT REACHED, CUTS TO THE LIBRARY MAY HAVE TO BE MADE.

LIBRARY AND CITY OFFICIALS SAY THAT CITY RESIDENTS ONLY MAKE UP 37.5 PERCENT OF LIBRARY CHECKOUTS, WHILE COUNTY RESIDENTS MAKE UP 49-PERCENT OF THE CHECKOUTS.

THE CITY HOWEVER PAYS FOR 84-PERCENT OF THE LIBRARY'S BUDGET, WHILE THE COUNTY PAYS FOR THE OTHER 16-PERCENT.

>> IT IS TRUE THAT WITHOUT AN EQUITABLE SOLUTION IN FUNDING, THE CITY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN LIBRARY SERVICES WITHOUT FAR REACHING CUTS THAT WILL IMPACT ALL OF OUR CONSTITUENTS.

IN THEORY, THIS APPEARS TO NOT BE A COUNTY PROBLEM, THE CITY IS THE COUNTY SEAT AND IT IS THE HEART OF ITASCA COUNTY.

OUR LIBRARY PROVIDES ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE, LITERACY, EDUCATION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, ELECTORAL PROCESSES, AND HAS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL IMPACTS THAT ARE PIVOTAL TO OUR COLLECTIVE AND SHARED HISTORY AND OUR SHARED COMMUNITIES.

>> THERE ARE 6 LIBRARIES IN TOTAL THROUGHOUT ITASCA COUNTY.

HOWEVER, 75-PERCENT OF ALL LIBRARY TRANSACTIONS IN ITASCA COUNTY OCCUR AT THE GRAND RAPIDS AREA LIBRARY.

>>> THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ATTEND AN INFORMATION MEETING TO LEARN ABOUT THE HIGHWAY TWO FOSSTON CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

MN-DOT WILL HOST THE MEETING FROM 4:30 TO 6:00 P.M. ON MONDAY, JUNE 23RD AT THE FOSSTON HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUM.

PROJECT STAFF WILL PROVIDE A BRIEF PRESENTATION AND BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

CONSTRUCTION IS PLANNED FOR 2027 WITH PROJECT ELEMENTS INCLUDING: RESURFACING, INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, SIGNAL REMOVAL, SIDEWALK UPGRADES, CORRIDOR LIGHTING, AND UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS.

>>> BRAINERD LAKES AREA RESIDENTS AND BEYOND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVEN UP THEIR FRONT AND BACK YARDS THROUGH THE CROSSLAKE AREA GARDEN CLUB'S ANNUAL PLANT SALE.

REPORTER MILES WALKER STOPPED BY THE CROSSLAKE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS CAMPGROUND FOR THE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: THE AVAILABLE ITEMS WERE APLENTY, FROM VEGGIES, TO HOUSE PLANTS, TO EVEN GARDEN ART AT THE CROSS LAKE ANNUAL PLANT SALE.

>> THE MEMBERS BRING ALL OF THEIR PERENNIALS OR PLANTERS, STUFF FOR THE MARKETPLACE, WHICH IS ALL GARDEN RELATED AT A DECENT PRICE FOR EVERYBODY AND IT'S VERY AFFORDABLE.

>> Reporter: IT'S FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE WHEN IT COMES TO PROCURING THE BEST ITEMS AS LAST YEAR, THE CLUB SOLD OVER 550 PLANTS AND DONATED OVER 100 OF THEM TO THE CROSS LAKE FOOD SHELF.

>> WE ARE VERY PLEASED WITH OUR TURNOUT AND THIS IS A NEW LOCATION FOR US THIS YEAR, SO THAT WAS IFFY KNOWING WHAT TO EXPECT.

IT WENT WELL, WE'RE PLEASED, TO SEE THAT 80% OF OUR PLANTS ARE GONE IN ABOUT 45 MINUTES MEANS WE DID SOMETHING RIGHT.

>> Reporter: ALL PLANTS INCLUDED ARE LOCALLY GROWN, PROVIDING A SEAMLESS OPPORTUNITY FOR WHICHEVER BABY BOOMERS ARE CHOSEN TO ACCLIMATE TO THE CROSS LAKE RESIDENTS' HOMES.

>> EVERYTHING IS EITHER GROWN BY OUR MEMBERS OR DUG FROM THE LOCAL GARDENS.

SO EVERYTHING IS READY, SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE CHANGED IN ANY WAY AND EVERYTHING IS LOCAL TO THE AREA, SO IT'S PROPER GROWING CONDITIONS.

>> Reporter: THE PLANT SALE IS ABOUT MORE THAN SPRUCING UP SOMEONE'S GARDEN AS THE GARDEN CLUB DONATED $1,000 TO ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE EMILY FOOD SHELF, NORTHLAND ARBORETUM, AND THE CROSSLAKE COMMUNITY SCHOOL.

>> WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO EDUCATE AND GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, SO THE FOOD SHELVES ARE IN SUCH DIRE NEED THAT WE FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT DONATING WHATEVER WE DON'T SELL.

>> Reporter: THE CROSS LAKE GARDEN CLUB IS CELEBRATING 30 YEARS SERVING THE AREA, ENCOURAGING ALL FORMS OF HORTICULTURE, THROUGH HOME AND COMMUNITY GARDENING.

>> EVERYONE SHOULD LEARN TO GROW THEIR OWN FOOD, INDEPENDENT OF THEIR FINANCIAL STATUS, AND I THINK TEACHING CHILDREN GARDENING IS A LIFE TOOL FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY CAN ALWAYS PLANT A TOMATO SEED AND GROW TOMATOES OR HERBS OR WHATEVER THEY WANT.

THAT'S A GOOD LIFE TOOL.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN CROSS LAKE, MILES WALKER, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> $2,600 WERE RAISED, 470 PLANTS WERE SOLD, AND NEARLY 50 PLANTS WERE DONATED FROM THE ANNUAL PLANT SALE.

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

>> Stacy: WE HAVE SEEN SOME HEAVY RAINFALL IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT.

I'LL HAVE THE DETAILS ON THAT IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, A NEW MED SPA OPENED UP IN BRAINERD WITH AMENITIES YOU [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

[♪♪♪] >>> 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 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.

>>> THERE HAVE BEEN STORM WATCHES AND WEATHER ADVISORIES AROUND THE STATE FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS AND TODAY BROUGHT ABOUT TORNADO WATCHES FOR SEVERAL EASTERN AND WESTERN MINNESOTA COUNTIES.

THERE WERE REPORTS OF TORNADOES TOUCHING DOWN IN CASS, TODD, AND WADENA COUNTIES.

NOW WE HAVE STACY JOINING US FOR WEATHER AND SHE HAS MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TORNADOS.

>> Stacy: IT'S BEEN AN ACTIVE WEATHER DAY, NOT ONLY WITH THE TORNADOS WHICH WERE REPORTED ACROSS THE AREA, WE HAVE ALSO SEEN LARGE HAIL, HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF OUR >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WE HAVE SEEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE AREA TODAY AND SOME STRONG AND SEVERE WEATHER, ESPECIALLY ACROSS CENTRAL INTO NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA.

WE ARE SEEING QUIETER WEATHER THOUGH ON THE HORIZON, WE WILL BE SEEING MAINLY QUIET WEATHER TONIGHT, A LOT OF SUNSHINE TOMORROW, BUT THERE MAY BE A FEW MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN OUR FORECAST OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AND IT LOOKS LIKE A WARM UP IS IN STORE FOR US AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

IN BEMIDJI, 63 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.

WINDS OUT OF THE STUDIO ARE CALM, WE HAVE A DEW POINT OF 63, AND WE PICKED UP JUST 0.5-INCH OF RAINFALL TODAY.

IN BRAINERD, IT IS FOGGY THIS EVENING, 63 DEGREES, THE DEW POINT IS 62, HUMIDITY IS AT 97%, AND WINDS ARE VARIABLE AT 3 MILES PER HOUR.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10:30, SO FOR ABOUT APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES, FOR A PORTION OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA, THIS INCLUDES THE GRAND RAPIDS AREA, WE HAVE SEEN HEAVY RAINFALL, REPORTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN OCCURRING.

SO LOOKING AT THE RADAR FROM THIS EVENING, WE HAVE HAD THOSE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA AND YOU CAN SEE HERE IN THE NORTHEAST WHERE WE HAVE HAD THAT HEAVY RAINFALL, BUT EARLIER TODAY, WE DID HAVE THE SEVERE STORMS IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA NOT ONLY BRINGING LARGE HAIL, BUT REPORTS OF TORNADOES, AT LEAST FOUR COMMUNITIES IN OUR VIEWING AREA REPORTING TORNADOS, DEER CREEK, BLUEGRASS, BERTHA THIS, AND CASINO ALL REPORTING TORNADOS.

WE'LL HAVE MORE DETAILS ON THOSE TORNADO SIGHTINGS.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT.

GORGEOUS SKIES FROM ARLENE IN MENAHGA.

SAMROSE SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE CLOUDY SKIES FROM PEMBINA.

CARRIE SPOTTING A RABBIT IN HER YARD IN WALKER.

THE EVENING SKIES WERE BEAUTIFUL WITH THE SUNSET.

ANGELA SENDING US THIS PHOTO FROM CASS LAKE AND BILL AND JUDY FROM UPPER RED LAKE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE WITH US TONIGHT.

ARLENE IN MENAHGA REPORTING CLOUDY THIS MORNING.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, CLOUDY WITH AN INCH OF RAIN TODAY.

THE HIGH WAS 75.

WE ALSO HEARD FROM SANDY IN BLACKDUCK, OFF AND ON RAIN FOR MOST OF THE AFTERNOON.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH 1.15 INCHES OF RAINFALL.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, 1.25 INCH OF RAIN, A HIGH TODAY OF 76.

LOOKING AT OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD TOPPING OUT AT 77, THAT'S THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE.

WE HAD A LOW TODAY OF 55, CLOSE TO OUR AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE.

BEMIDJI, TOPPING OUT AT 68, A LITTLE BIT ON THE COOL SIDE, AND OUR LOW WAS 56.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, WE MAY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CLOUD COVER EARLIER IN THE DAY BUT EXPECT TO SEE PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AS WE PUT THAT IN MOTION, THE CLOUDS CLEAR OUT, WE'LL BE SEEING PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY.

MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WON'T REACH THE GROUND BUT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

AS WE HEAD INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA, LOOK FOR HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70s.

OUR FORECAST, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT, STILL A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS IN EASTERN MINNESOTA, WITH LOWS NEAR 57.

PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY TOMORROW, A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA IN THE AFTERNOON, HIGHS NEAR 77.

LOOKING AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, MORE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, AND FRIDAY.

OUR TEMPERATURE SHOULD CONTINUE TO REACH THE 70s.

AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND, LOOK FOR A WARM UP.

WE SHOULD BE SEEING HIGHS IN THE 80s, UPPER 80s ON SUNDAY, AND POSSIBLY SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Sydney: THANK YOU STACY.

THE CRAGUN'S CONTEST WILL BE GOING THROUGH THE END OF AUGUST.

YOU CAN STILL QUALIFY THROUGH THE DRAWING ON THE 25th.

NOW WE HAVE CHARLIE JOINING US FOR SPORTS.

WE HAD FISHING THIS WEEKEND.

>> Charlie: YES, THE KC WALLEYE CLASSIC, 25 YEARS IS WHAT THEY WERE CELEBRATING AND IF YOU THOUGHT LAST YEAR'S WINNERS WERE KIND OF LIKE OFF THE CUFF, DIDN'T EXPECT IT, I'LL TELL YOU, YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T EXPECT THIS YEAR'S WINNER EITHER.

WE GOT >> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪] >>> WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH THE NEWS THAT FORMER WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY GIRLS' BASKETBALL HEAD COACH JIM LIEN PASSED AWAY SATURDAY MORNING AFTER A 4-YEAR BATTLE WITH LUNG CANCER.

THE LEGENDARY COACH BEGAN HIS CAREER NEARLY 50 YEARS AGO AT NEVIS BEFORE GOING TO AKELEY AND EVENTUALLY WHA, WHERE HE COACHED VOLLEYBALL, BASKETBALL, AND BASEBALL.

IN 2021, LIEN WAS DIAGNOSED WITH STAGE FOUR LUNG CANCER BUT IN 2024, HE HELPED COACH THE GIRLS' BASKETBALL TEAM TO THEIR FIRST EVER STATE TOURNAMENT.

THEN IN 2025, THE HALL OF FAMER SAW THEM MAKE BACK-TO-BACK APPEARANCES AND DURING THAT RUN TO STATE, PLAYERS AND COACHES SHARED WHAT COACH LIEN MEANT TO THEM AND THE PROGRAM.

[CHEERING].

>> HE IS OBVIOUSLY THE BEST.

HE IS SUCH A GREAT COACH, A GREAT PERSON.

I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS IN FOURTH GRADE.

HE TOLD ME I WAS GOING TO BE THE NEXT POINT GUARD.

I WAS LIKE OH MY GOSH.

IT'S BEEN REALLY SPECIAL TO BE ALONGSIDE HIM AND HAVE HIM COACH ME AND US THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

SO, IT'S REALLY SPECIAL TO GO TO STATE AGAIN WITH HIM.

>> HE BRINGS SUCH A GREAT JOY TO THESE GIRLS EVERY DAY.

THEY SMILE EVERY TIME HE COMES INTO THE GYM.

WE ALL SMILE AND HE DOES BRING SOMETHING THAT IS SO POSITIVE TO THE TEAM EACH AND EVERY DAY THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HIM THERE.

>> JUST HIM BEING HERE EVERY DAY AND LIKE WE JUST KNOW THAT THIS IS WHAT HE LIVES FOR AND WE LIVE FOR AND SHARING THAT PASSION WITH HIM.

>> JIM LIEN LEAVES BEHIND HIS WIFE, TWO CHILDREN, AND THREE GRANDCHILDREN, AS WELL AS THE HUNDREDS OF ATHLETES AND COACHES HE TOUCHED ALONG THE WAY IN HIS OVER 1,000 GAMES COACHED AND 700-PLUS WINS.

>>> THERE ARE PLENTY OF REASONS TO GO FISHING.

FOOD, SPORT, COMPETITION, BUT SOMETIMES AND PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY, FISHING IS SHARING TIME WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

SINCE ITS INCEPTION, THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS WALLEYE CLASSIC HAS BALANCED THE COMPETITIVE ASPECTS OF THE TOURNAMENT AND DOING IT WITH THE PEOPLE WHO MATTER MOST.

THAT SENTIMENT WAS ON FULL DISPLAY DURING THE EVENTS 25TH ANNIVERSARY SATURDAY WHEN A DAY BEFORE FATHERS DAY.

RYAN KLEIN AND HIS 8-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER KENNEDY WERE CROWNED CHAMPIONS.

THE FATHER-DAUGHTER DUO WERE THE FINAL TEAM TO HAVE THEIR SCORES REVEALED ON-STAGE IN THE SANFORD CENTER AND EDGED THE 2ND PLACE TEAM OF SAM AND MARTY MCSHARRY BY .3 POUNDS.

AND MUCH LIKE THE FISH THEY CAUGHT, THE MOMENT AND MEMORIES WERE BIG-UN'S.

>> THAT'S WHY WE SIGN UP FOR THESE TOURNAMENTS, TO MAKE THE MEMORIES AND TO DO IT, AND YOU KNOW, IT MEANS EVERYTHING.

I MEAN IT'S NOT EVEN SUNK IN YET.

I TOLD HER TODAY WE WERE HAVING A GOOD DAY.

I KNEW THAT.

WINNING, I DID NOT THINK THAT.

IT WILL HIT ME TOMORROW I'M SURE, BUT IT'S A MOMENT THAT YOU DREAM ABOUT, HONESTLY.

SHE'S A GOOD MOTIVATOR.

>> I GOT TO DO THE NET AND TAKE THE PICTURES.

I LIKE IT A LOT.

>> SOMETHING ELSE TO LIKE A LOT IS THE CHECK THAT COMES WITH WINNING TOP PRIZE.

HER AND DAD RYAN REELED IN $15,000 EACH.

AND IF YOU'RE ANYTHING LIKE ME, YOU'RE PROBABLY WONDERING WHAT IS AN 8-YEAR IS GOING TO DO WITH ALL THAT CASH.

>> I AM GOING TO PUT IT IN MY SAVINGS ACCOUNT.

>> PROBABLY PUT IT INTO FISHING, MAYBE A TRIP, I DON'T KNOW.

WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

>> Charlie: I THINK HIS WIFE WAS BEHIND ME WHEN HE WAS SAYING THAT.

KENNEDY BECOMES THE YOUNGEST WINNER IN THE HISTORY OF THE K.C.

WALLEYE CHALLENGE, BEATING LAST YEAR'S CHAMPS KAMIN PIERCE AND DARREN ROTH WHO ARE STILL THE YOUNGEST COMBINED AGER TEAM.

SHE AND DAD DID IT BY HAULING A COMBINED BAG OF 24.29 POUNDS WITH 2-FISH OVER 7-POUNDS AND 3-FISH OVER 3-POUNDS?

>>> WELL, ON SUNDAY, THE BEMIDJI SPEEDWAY HELD THEIR WOMEN IN MOTORSPORTS NIGHT TO HONOR THE LADIES RACING THAT EVENING.

THE OTHER WOMEN INCLUDE TANYA STRANGER.

HERE'S THE RESULTS, ALL AREA WINNERS WITH THREE FROM BEMIDJI, TWO FROM BRAINERD, AND ONE FROM LAPORTE.

LITTLE FALLS IS REPRESENTED AS WELL.

NEXT SUNDAY WE WILL SEE THE LATE MODELS.

>> Sydney: AWESOME, THANK YOU CHARLIE.

>> THE NEWEST MED SPA IN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA OPENED ITS DOORS TO THE PUBLIC LAST THURSDAY.

REPORTER DANIEL PURSELL WAS AT THE OPENING TO GET A CLOSER LOOK.

HERE HE IS WITH MORE.

>> Reporter: LUX LUMINOSITY MED SPA IS A ONE STOP SHOP FOR ALL THINGS BEAUTY.

>> WE DO SKIN SERVICES, WE'RE TRYING TO BE A ONE STOP SHOP FOR THE AREA, LASER TREATMENTS, INJECTABLES, FACIALS, WE TOOK ON A HEAD SPA, A LOT OF BRIDAL FOCUSED STUFF.

WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR ANYONE AND EVERYONE.

>> Reporter: THEY SHOWED OFF A FEW SERVICES THAT CAN'T BE FOUND ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE AREA.

>> WE'RE VERY EXCITED THAT WE'RE GOING TO OFFER THE JAPANESE HEAD SPA.

IT'S DIFFERENT THAN YOUR NORMAL FACIAL.

IT'S A FACIAL FOR THE HEAD.

WHAT'S THE BEST OF GETTING YOUR HAIR DONE, GETTING YOUR HEAD WASHED.

YOU'RE LIKE DON'T LET THIS STOP SO WE DO THAT FOR 60 MINUTES.

WE DO A SCALP TREATMENT AND OFFERING THAT MASSAGE TO THE HEAD AND A FACIAL WITH THAT TREATMENT TOO.

>> Reporter: KAYLA, THE OWNER OF THE SPA SAID SHE TAKES PRIDES -- PRIDE IN THAT EVERYONE THAT WORKS AT THE SPA UNDERGOES EXTENSIVE TRAINING.

>> ONE THING I PRIDE MYSELF WITH IS THAT WE GO ABOVE AND BEYOND WITH TRAINING.

YOU COME IN AND YOU ARE PAYING THE MONEY FOR THE SERVICE, BUT THE OUTCOME WON'T BE THE SAME.

IF YOU HAVE THE RESEARCH AND TRAINING BEHIND IT, THAT'S HOW I GUARANTEE MY CLIENT THAT YOUR RESULT WILL BE THERE.

>> Reporter: THE PEOPLE AT LUX LINE UP -- LUMINOSITY TAKE PRIDE IN THEIR APPROACH TO BEAUTY.

>> IT'S SIT DOWN IN MY CHAIR, WE WILL DO A HOLISTIC INDIVIDUAL APPROACH CONSULT AND THEN REALLY TAILOR YOUR TREATMENT TO YOU AND WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE BEST FOR YOU, NOT JUST IN THE IMMEDIATE BUT LONG-TERM AND AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE TRAINING, PROVIDING A VERY SAFE AND EFFECTIVE TREATMENT FOR YOU AS WELL.

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

>> Sydney: AND THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR TONIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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