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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.

>>> WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH BREAKING NEWS OF A HOUSE FIRE IN BEMIDJI.

THIS WAS THE SCENE NEAR 12TH STREET AND DELTON A LITTLE AFTER NINE TONIGHT.

WITNESSES TELL LAKELAND NEWS THAT EMERGENCY PERSONNEL PERFORMED C.P.R.

ON A VICTIM WHO WAS THEN TAKEN AWAY BY AMBULANCE.

FIRE FIGHTERS ON THE SCENE WORKED QUICKLY TO GER THE TWO STORY STRUCTURE FIRE UNDER CONTROL.

IT WAS UNCLEAR IF THERE WERE ANYMORE PEOPLE INSIDE.

WE WILL UPDATE YOU ON THIS STORY TOMORROW AS MORE INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

>>> MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ WAS IN BEMIDJI TODAY, GETTING A FIRST HAND LOOK AT STORM DAMAGE IN BELTRAMI COUNTY.

WALZ ALONG WITH STATE LEGISLATORS, AS WELL AS TRIBAL, COUNTY AND CITY OFFICIALS TOURED ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT AREAS ALONG LAKE AVENUE ON THE EAST SIDE OF LAKE BEMIDJI.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN HAS MORE DETAILS ON WHAT THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE WILL DO TO HELP WITH RECOVERY EFFORTS.

>> Reporter: THE RESIDENTS OF BEMIDJI KNEW A STORM WAS COMING BUT WHAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW WAS THE MAGNITUDE IN WHICH IT WILL ARRIVE.

>> I SAW THE SIGNS, ESPECIALLY NORTH DAKOTA, SAYING THEY NEVER MEASURED ANYTHING LIKE IT.

>> Reporter: GOVERNOR WALZ TOURED THE AREA TODAY, SIMILAR TO A CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE.

>> GROWING UP IN SOUTH FLORIDA, THE YOUNGSTER, HAVING GONE THROUGH MANY HURRICANES, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT IT FEELS LIKE.

>> Reporter: GOVERNOR WALZ SAID HE WAS KEEPING AN EYE ON THE STORM IN NORTH DAKOTA BUT ONCE BELTRAMI COUNTY STARTED SENDING ALERTS.

>> OUR FOLKS WERE ACTIVATING CALLING.

THERE WERE FOLKS WITHIN HOURS UP HERE.

>> Reporter: COUNTY AND CITY OFFICIALS KNEW THE AFTERMATH OF THE STORM WAS TOO MUCH TO HANDLE ON THEIR OWN.

>> ONCE WE MADE THE CALL, OUR MUTUAL AID AGENCIES CAME TO OUR RESCUE, THE STATE WAS HERE WITHIN HOURS.

IT WAS AN UNPRECEDENTED COLLABORATION.

>> Reporter: THE REASON FOR GOVERNOR WALZ'S VISIT WAS TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE TO THE AREA TO SEE WHAT THE STATE COULD DO TO HELP WITH RECOVERY EFFORTS.

>> THERE WILL BE SIGNIFICANT COST TO THE COMMUNITY, TO THE COUNTIES, AND THERE WILL BE THE IMPACTS TO HOMEOWNERS, HOPING THEIR INDIVIDUAL INSURANCE HELPS WITH THAT.

LIKE YOU LOOK AT THIS, WHAT IT WILL COST THE HOMEOWNER TO REMOVE THIS AND TO MOVE THIS DOWNED LUMBER WILL BE EXPENSIVE.

WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP.

>> BELTRAMI COUNTY HAD 25% OF THEIR LAND TAXABLE AND 75% POVERTY HERE.

I WILL WORK WITH BELTRAMI, BEMIDJI, AND THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE TO HELP BRING ALL THE RESOURCES WE CAN TO THE AREA.

>> Reporter: ONE THING THAT WALZ WAS NOT PRESSED WITH, WAS THE STRENGTH OF THE PEOPLE OF BEMIDJI AND THE WILLINGNESS TO HELP A NEIGHBOR IN NEED.

>> AFTER TWO AND THREE DAYS OF CLEAN UP EFFORT, TONS OF CREDIT TO OUR CREWS, CITY, COUNTY, AND STATE RESOURCES DEPLOYED TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN AND GET US TO THIS POINT.

>> OUR COMMUNITY HAS STOOD STRONG IN THIS AND THAT WE DO HAVE A NEIGHBOR HELPING NEIGHBOR SITUATION HERE LIKE NO OTHER.

>> IT'S THE COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE THE TRIBAL LEADERS HERE WHO ARE PLEDGING THEIR SUPPORT AS WELL AND PEOPLE JOINING TOGETHER TO HELP THEIR NEIGHBORS.

THIS IS MINNESOTA.

>> THIS WAS A HORRIFIC STORM.

THIS COULD TAKE IT DOWN BUT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS THE SENSE OF RESILIENCY.

>> WITH THE TRAUMA WE'RE GOING THROUGH, TO SEE A COMMUNITY RESPOND LIKE THIS LIFTS EVERYONE'S SPIRITS.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BEMIDJI, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN.

LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE UNITED WAY OF THE BEMIDJI AREA HAS SET UP A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO HELP, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE A SPARE CHAINSAW.

YOU CAN CONTACT THE UNITED WAY AT THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO SIGN UP.

>>> WELL, AS MENTIONED, ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT AREAS, IF NOT THE HARDEST HIT AREA FROM THE STORM IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF LAKE BEMIDJI.

REPORTER SYDNEY DICK JOINS US LIVE NOW WITH MORE.

>> Reporter: THANK YOU DENNIS.

IMMENSE CLEANUP PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE AROUND THE AREA OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS BUT THE WORK IS FAR FROM OVER.

AND WHILE EFFORTS CONTINUE IN THE DOWNTOWN SUBURBAN AREAS OF THE CITY, THEY HAVE RAMPED UP ON HARD HIT LAKE AVENUE AND BOTH PROFESSIONALS AND HOMEOWNERS HAVE BEEN WORKING TIRELESSLY TO CLEAR THE AREAS ALONG AND AROUND LAKE AVENUE AFTER RESIDENTS WOKE UP SATURDAY MORNING TO AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT WORLD.

>> TOTAL DEVASTATION, JUST TREES ON HOUSES, TREES ON STRUCTURES, NASTY STUFF.

>> I WENT OUTSIDE AND IT WAS JUST DEVASTATING, YOU KNOW.

I MEAN WE HAD 45 TREES IN THE FRONT YARD AND 10 TREES ON OUR HOUSE.

YOU LIVE OVER HERE BECAUSE OF THE TREES.

I MEAN YOU LIVE IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA BECAUSE OF THE TREES BUT YOU LIVE OVER HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL THE TREES AND YEAH, IT'S JUST -- THAT'S JUST SOMETHING YOU'RE NOT GOING TO REPLACE.

>> Reporter: AND THESE CHANGES TO HOMES WILL LAST MUCH LONGER THAN WHAT IT TAKES TO JUST CLEAN OUT THE DEBRIS.

>> THERE WERE 150-YEAR-OLD TREES, EVERYTHING TALL, NICE AND SHADED AND IT'S FUNNY OUR HOUSE GROWS MORE MOSS THAN ANYTHING ELSE BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH SHADE WE HAD.

NOW THAT WON'T BE A PROBLEM.

A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE ARE LIKE THEY WANT TO MOVE NOW.

THEY WANT TO MOVE SOMEWHERE WHERE THEY CAN HAVE PRIVACY AGAIN BECAUSE THE TREES WERE OUR PRIVACY.

>> Reporter: THE ONCE PEACEFUL NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOW FILLED WITH CHAINSAWS AND TRUCKS.

THE CLEAN UP FROM THE DEVASTATION OF THE STORM COULD LAST FOR MONTHS AND NOT ONLY ARE COMMUNITY MEMBERS GATHERING FOR RESTORATION EFFORTS BUT PEOPLE ARE COMING IN FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

>> WE WENT THROUGH HURRICANE HELENE LAST YEAR AND THE DAMAGE IS COMPARABLE.

WHEN YOU SEE DAMAGE THIS WIDESPREAD, THE ONLY THING YOU CAN DO IS START SOMEWHERE AND HOPEFULLY WORK THROUGH IT.

>> Reporter: DESPITE HUNDREDS WORKING NON-STOP FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS AND TREE REMOVAL COMPANIES DRIVING IN FROM SEVERAL STATES AWAY.

THERE IS NO END IN SITE.

>> REALISTICALLY AS FAR AS THE CLEAN UP GOES, IT COULD BE 6 MONTHS BEFORE YOU SEE THE DEBRIS PILE GETS STACKED ON THE STREET.

THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE TO DO EVERYTHING.

>> Reporter: DESPITE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF DAMAGE, MANY RESIDENTS STILL COUNT LET MES LUCKY.

>> I'M JUST GLAD NO ONE GOT HURT AND MY FAMILY IS SAFE AND ALL MY NEIGHBORS ARE SAFE AND I GUESS THAT'S ALL WE CAN BE BLESSED ABOUT, SO.

>> ALTHOUGH AREA RESIDENTS HAVE A LONG ROAD OF TREE CLEANUP AND HOUSE REPAIRS AHEAD OF THEM, THERE IS ONE SILVER LINING.

THE MAJORITY OF THE AREA HAS HAD THEIR POWER RETURNED.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: THANK YOU VERY MUCH SYDNEY FOR THAT REPORT TONIGHT.

>>> CASS COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY POWERFUL WINDS FROM THE STORM ON SATURDAY FORCED FIVE CARS ON A TRAIL TO DERAIL IN CASS LAKE.

THE WINDS PUSHED THE PARKED TRAIN TO THE EAST OF THE CASS LAKE YARD, CAUSING THE CARS TO DERAIL JUST EAST OF THE OAK AVE RAILROAD CROSSING ON THE EAST END OF CASS LAKE.

THE CARS WERE REPORTEDLY EMPTY AND THERE WAS NO THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY OR THE ENVIRONMENT FROM THIS INCIDENT.

>>> MORE AND MORE PEOPLE AREA GETTING THEIR ELECTRICITY BACK FOLLOWING THE STORM.

ORIGINALLY 50,000 PEOPLE WERE WITHOUT POWER.

TONIGHT, THAT TOTAL IS DOWN TO ABOUT 2,600 PEOPLE.

OTTERTAIL ELECTRIC REPORTS AROUND 2,400 CLIENTS ARE STILL WITHOUT ELECTRICITY WHILE BELTRAMI ELECTRIC SAYS AROUND 240 OF THEIR CUSTOMERS ARE WITHOUT POWER.

LINE CREWS FROM ALL OVER HAVE BEEN WORKING GET THE LIGHTS BACK ON FOR PEOPLE AND BELTRAMI ELECTRIC OFFICIALS SAY WHAT REMAINS ARE WHAT YOU SEE IN THESE PHOTOS.

THE MOST CHALLENGING SECTIONS WITH DOWNED AND UPROOTED TREES PILED INTO A TANGLED MESS.

CREWS ARE CUTTING THEIR WAY THROUGH PILES OF DOWNED TIMBER TO RECONNECT LINES AND REPLACE BROKEN POLES.

>>> THE DAMAGE FROM THE STORM WAS NOT LIMITED TO THE BEMIDJI AREA.

DAMAGE WAS REPORTED IN THE CASS LAKE AREA AS WELL AS SOUTH OF BEMIDJI.

IT APPEARS THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF CASS COUNTY WAS HARDEST HIT WITH WIND DAMAGE INCLUDING TREES DOWN AND STRUCTURE DAMAGE.

IF YOU REQUIRE ASSISTANCE THE CASS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS YOU SHOULD CONTACT THEM AT 218-547-1424.

>>> HUBBARD COUNTY EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SAY NORTHERN HUBBARD COUNTY WAS IMPACTED SUBSTANTIALLY BY THE STORM DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF JUNE 21ST.

THEY ARE ENCOURAGING THOSE AFFECTED TO USE THE SAME RESOURCES THAT HAVE BEEN SET UP FOR BELTRAMI COUNTY AND BEMIDJI RESIDENTS AS IT PERTAINS TO THE UNITED WAY, COMMUNITY RESOURCE CONNECTIONS, AMERICAN RED CROSS AND SALVATION ARMY.

WE ARE INCLUDING LINKS TO THOSE ORGANIZATIONS ALONG WITH THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

HUBBARD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SAYS IT WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE RESIDENTS WITH IMPORTANT INFORMATION BY POSTING RELEASES ON THE HUBBARD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE FACEBOOK PAGE AND THROUGH LOCAL MEDIA PLATFORMS.

>>> MANY BUSINESSES IN THE AREA WERE IMPACTED BY THE SEVERE STORM.

CHARLIE YAEGER JOINS US NOW WITH A LOOK AT HOW SOME OF THE LOCAL FOOD STORES DEALT WITH THE POWER OUTAGES.

CHARLIE?

>> Charlie: YES DENNIS.

THE OUTAGES LEFT PERISHABLE FOODS UNREFRIGERATED FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, CAUSING IT TO GO BAD.

BUT NOT EVERY BUSINESS WAS IMPACTED NEGATIVELY.

HERE'S A LOOK AT HOW SOME WEATHERED THE STORM AND HOW OTHERS ARE REBOUNDING NOW.

AS THE COST OF DAMAGE CONTINUES TO RISE IN BEMIDJI, SO TOO DOES THE COST OF FOOD THAT HAS GONE BAD.

>> I COULDN'T EVEN BEGIN TO TELL YOU WHAT IT COST US TO BE HONEST.

>> Reporter: THOUSANDS WITHOUT POWER OVER THE WEEKEND WERE FORCED TO THROW AWAY PERISHABLE FOOD THAT SPOILED, INCLUDING SOME OF THE VERY STORES THAT SELL IT.

>> YOU LOSE POWER FOR SIX HOURS AND YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT LOSING PRODUCT.

WHEN YOU LOSE POWER FOR 20 HOURS, YOU LOSE A LOT OF PRODUCT.

>> WITHOUT REFRIGERATION FOR 22 HOURS, THEIR NORTH STORE, 36 HOURS, AND THEIR PERISHABLE PRODUCTS HAD TO BE TOSSED.

>> YOU HAVE TO GET ALL OF THE BAD PRODUCT OUT OF THE BUILDING BEFORE YOU CAN REOPEN.

NOW WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REOPEN ALL OF OUR LOCATIONS AND ALL OF THE PRODUCT THAT YOU SEE IN REFRIGERATED CASES IS STUFF WE WERE ABLE TO RESTOCK SINCE WE PULLED ALL OF OUR BAD PRODUCT.

>> Reporter: RESTOCKING THE SHELVES TOOK A SMALL ARMY, ONE THAT WAS ALSO AFFECTED BY THE STORM.

>> WE HAD, YOU KNOW, EMPLOYEES WITH TREES ON THEIR HOUSES AND THEY WERE HERE TRYING TO GET US OPEN.

ONCE WE GOT OPENED, IT WAS HOW DO WE HELP THEM GET OUT OF THEIR HOUSES?

>> Reporter: THEY WERE ABLE TO SAVE MOST OF THEIR FOOD, PULLING FROM EXPERIENCE WITH THE STORM IN 2012.

>> THAT WAS A TOTAL LOSS AND WE LEARNED A FEW LESSONS THERE, STARTED MOVING PRODUCT IN WALK IN COOLERS WHERE THOSE WILL SUSTAIN TEMPERATURES FOR QUITE A WHILE AS LONG AS YOU DON'T OPEN THEM.

>> Reporter: MIKE GRILLS BURGERS FOR HUNGRY DOCTORS, NURSES, STAFF AT LOCAL HOSPITALS AND HE HELPED WITH FEEDING THE FIRST RESPONDERS AND POWER LINE WORKERS AND SUPPLIED OTHER STORES WITH PRODUCT.

>> THERE ARE LOCAL GROCERY STORES IN TOWN WHERE THEY HAD TO THROW ALL THEIR PRODUCT.

THEY ASKED IF WE WOULD REPLENISH THEM QUICKLY.

YESTERDAY WE MADE TWO RUNS AND PUSHED AS MANY PRODUCTS AS WE COULD.

>> Reporter: LUKENS SHELVES ARE STILL HALF EMPTY BUT THE COMMUNITY IS STILL ABLE TO FILL THEIR SHELVES ONCE AGAIN.

>> THE COMMUNITY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE.

WE DON'T EXIST WITHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

WE ALSO HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE PART OF THE COMMUNITY TOO.

ANYTHING WE CAN HELP THEM, AS WELL AS HAS BEEN EQUALLY IMPORTANT.

>> Charlie: TODAY THEY WERE FURIOUSES YOULY STOCKING SHELVES TO FILL THEM BY TOMORROW.

THE WAL-MART IS BACK OPEN.

GROCERS ARE ASKING FOR SOME PATIENCE WHILE THEY GET THINGS FULLY BACK IN STOCK.

BACK TO YOU DEN NISZ.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH CHARLIE FOR THAT REPORT TONIGHT.

AS THE CLEANUP FROM STORM DAMAGE CONTINUES MANY PEOPLE IMPACTED BY THE STORM ARE LOOKING FOR PLACES TO TAKE THEIR DOWNED TREES AND BRUSH.

BELTRAMI COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TOM BARRY PROVIDED AN UPDATE TODAY.

>> WE HAVE OUR DEMOLITION LANDFILL THAT IS OPERATING EXTENSIVE HOURS AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

WE OPENED UP A COLLECTION FACILITY RIGHT BEHIND TARGET, SO PEOPLE CAN TAKE THEIR DEBRIS THERE AS WELL AND THAT WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE STATE FOR ASSISTANCE ON.

THE MPCA HELPED STAND THAT UP.

WE HAVE ASSISTANCE FROM HUBBARD COUNTY THAT BROUGHT UP A GRINDER TO HELP US PROCESS THE MATERIALS.

WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF OPENING UP A THIRD OR FOURTH ONE AROUND THE COUNTY, WHICH WE WILL BE ANNOUNCING SOON ONCE WE GET THE DETAILS MORE DEFINED FOR EVERYBODY.

>> THE CITY OF BEMIDJI HAS CONTRACTED TO HAVE DEBRIS PICKED UP FROM ALONGSIDE ROADS IN THE CITY.

THE COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE FUNDS TO COVER DEBRIS PICKUP SO FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN OUTSIDE THE CITY OF BEMIDJI YOU SHOULD CONTACT YOUR LOCAL TOWNSHIP TO SEE HOW TO GO ABOUT GETTING DEBRIS REMOVED FROM YOUR PROPERTY.

>>> U-HAUL SAYS STORM VICTIMS WHO NEED A PLACE TO KEEP ITEMS FOR UP TO A MONTH FOR FREE CAN DO SO USING THEIR DISASTER RELIEF PROGRAM.

U-HAUL BOXES ARE AVAILABLE ON AS AVAILABLE BASIS AT THE BEMIDJI U-HAUL LOCATION TO THOSE WHO WERE AFFECTED BY SATURDAY MORNINGS STORMS.

YOU CAN EITHER HAUL THE TRAILER FOR FREE TO YOUR PROPERTY OR U-HAUL WILL DO IF FOR YOU BUT THERE WILL BE A FEE IF THEY HAUL IT.

>> THEY'RE 8 BY 5 BY 7 TALL, AND THEY HOLD UP TO 2,000 POUNDS.

ONCE THEY ARE HERE, THEY WILL GO INDOOR STORAGE AND EVERYTHING WILL STAY DRY.

>> TO CHECK ON AVAILABILITY OF THE U-BOXES YOU CAN CONTACT THE BEMIDJI U-HAUL LOCATION AT 218-751-2842.

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

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WE HAVE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, NOTHING SEVERE IN THIS ONE, BUT WE ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG STORMS AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, THE NATIONAL LOON CENTER BROKE GROUND ON THE NEW FACILITY ON FRIDAY.

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

[♪♪♪] >>> THE SHOW WILL GO ON FOR THE 81ST ANNUAL BEMIDJI JAYCEES WATER CARNIVAL.

SOURCES TELL LAKELAND NEWS THE EVENT IS PLANNING TO GO FORWARD BEGINNING IN ABOUT A WEEK AND FACEBOOK POSTS FROM THE JAYCEES INDICATE THE SAME.

THIS YEARS WATER CARNIVAL IS SET TO BE BEGIN ON WEDNESDAY JULY 2ND AND RUN THROUGH SUNDAY JULY 6TH.

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

THIS YEAR ONCE AGAIN, WE ARE GIVING AWAY A THREE-NIGHT STAY AT CRAGUN'S 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 DAY AND YOU WILL HAVE A SHOT AT BEING OUR 2025 CRAGUN'S VACATION GRAND PRIZE WINNER, WHICH WE WILL BE ANNOUNCING IN A LIVE DRAWING ON THE MONDAY, AUGUST 25TH NEWSCAST.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, STACY IS HERE.

VERY PLEASANT SUMMER DAY TODAY IN THE BEMIDJI AREA.

>> Stacy: YES, WE CERTAINLY HAD SOME NICE QUIET WEATHER OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.

WE LOST THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY FROM THE WEEKEND.

WE COULD BE SEEING SOME SHOWERS AND MAYBE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MIX AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

IT LOOKS TO BE GENERALIZED STORMS.

THEN IN THE WEEKEND, TEMPERATURES WARM UP AND THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG, [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, IT WAS A PLEASANT WEATHER DAY ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY, SOME COMFORTABLE TEMPERATURES, A LOT OF SUNSHINE, QUIET WEATHER TODAY.

HEADING INTO THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, THERE ARE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND MAYBE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MIX.

TEMPERATURE-WISE, A LITTLE BIT ON THE COOL SIDE, SOME OF US COULD SEE HIGHS IN THE 60s OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

THEN TOWARDS THE WEEKEND, TEMPERATURES WARM UP ONCE AGAIN, WE COULD BE SEEING SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, WATCHING THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG STORMS TO DEVELOP THIS WEEKEND.

IN BEMIDJI, IT IS 67 AT THE AIRPORT.

WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTH AT 6 MILES PER HOUR, WITH A DEW POINT OF 50, AND HUMIDITY AT 53%.

IN BRAINERD, 67 DEGREES, DEW POINT IS 56, PRESSURE IS HOLDING STEADY, AND WINDS ARE CALM.

LOOKING AT OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR PICTURE, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF PRECIPITATION TRYING TO MAKE ITS WAY IN FAR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

WE MAY HAVE SEEN A LITTLE BIT OF RAINFALL OUT OF THAT.

THOSE ARE DIMINISHING AS WE HAVE BEEN MOVING INTO THE OVERNIGHT.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL BE HAVING INCREASING CLOUDS, SKIES SHOULD BECOME PARTLY CLOUDY OVERNIGHT, AND THEN AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW, FOR MOST OF US, WE WILL SEE A LOT OF CLOUD COVER AND THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SOME SHOWERS, ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, MAYBE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THAT REGION AS WELL.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, BEAUTIFUL MORNING SKIES FROM ARLENE IN MENAHGA AND DEBRA OVER LAKE ADA.

GARY AND JOAN SPOTTING SOME WILDFLOWERS OR SOME FLOWERS IN BLOOM, BRIGHTENING UP OUR LANDSCAPE THIS EVENING.

LAURIE SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE LOON FAMILY ON LITTLE TURTLE LAKE.

BILL AND SCREWDRIVERDY -- JUDY WITH THE BEAUTIFUL SUNSET WE ENJOYED THIS EVENING.

ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 46 AND CALM THIS MORNING.

DEBRA IN PINE RIVER, 55 THIS MORNING.

BOB IN BLUFFTON SEEING SUNNY SKIES WITH A HIGH OF 74.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUN AND 74.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, SUNNY AND 75.

ON OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD TOPPING OUT AT 76 TODAY, A FEW DEGREES BELOW THE AVERAGE, AND A COMFORTABLE HIGH TEMPERATURE, 52 FOR THE LOW, AND SUNSET AT 9:13.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 75, SO JUST REALLY COMFORTABLE, PLEASANT WEATHER TODAY.

42, A LITTLE BIT OF A COOL START THIS MORNING AND WE HAD SUNRISE AT 5:24.

SO AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW, WE ARE GOING TO SEE QUITE A BIT OF CLOUD COVER, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY TO START THE DAY BUT A LOT OF CLOUD COVER THROUGHOUT THE AREA AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY.

CHANCES OF SHOWERS RETURN, ESPECIALLY ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WHERE WE COULD HAVE SOME THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON.

THERE IS A SMALLER CHANCE OF SEEING THE SHOWERS FARTHER TO THE NORTH.

TEMPERATURE-WISE, SOME OF THE WARMER TEMPERATURES IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, WE SHOULD HAVE HIGHS IN THE LOW 70s ACROSS THE NORTH AND AS WE HEAD INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WE'RE LOOKING AT UPPER 60s TO RIGHT AROUND 70 DEGREES.

SO OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY, LOWS NEAR 54, VARIABLE WINDS UP TO 15, AND PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES TOMORROW, SHOWERS IN EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA, BUT AGAIN WE HAVE THE CHANCE EVERYWHERE ELSE, AND WE MAY SEE SOME SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

IT WILL BE NEAR 71.

LOOKING AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY WITH HIGHS NEAR 69.

WE START TO SEE TEMPERATURES WARMING UP AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE WEEK.

WE SHOULD BE SEEING A LOT OF SUNSHINE ON FRIDAY, SOME VARIABLE CLOUDS THROUGH THE WEEKEND, BUT AGAIN, SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

HIGHS ON SATURDAY NEAR 87.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: THANKS STACY.

CHARLIE IS BACK NOW WITH AN ABBREVIATED SPORTSCAST TONIGHT.

THE TWINS HAVEN'T BEEN PLAYING SO HOT.

>> Charlie: THEY LOST 10 OUT OF THEIR LAST 11.

TONIGHT THEY WERE TAKING ON THE MARINERS, GAME 2 OF THAT SERIES.

THEY LOST LAST NIGHT.

WE HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT COMING U [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪] >>> AFTER ENDURING A 6-GAME LOSING STREAK THAT ENDED LAST THURSDAY.

THE TWINS HAVE STARTED A NEW 4-GAME LOSING STREAK.

MINNESOTA IS 6-15 IN THE MONTH OF JUNE AND HAVE ONLY MANAGED TO WIN ONE SERIES IN THAT TIME.

THAT BEING AGAINST THE ATHLETICS WHO IS THE SECOND WORST TEAM IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE.

TWINS HOSTING THE MARINERS TONIGHT, TRYING TO HALT THEIR SKID AND AVENGE LAST NIGHT'S 11-2 DRUBBING.

THE TWINS ARE DOWN 5-0 IN THE THIRD BUT CODY CLEMMONS, IT'S HIGH, IT'S DEEP, IT'S GONE.

HIS FIRST CAREER HOME RUN AND MAYBE THAT WILL GET THINGS JUMP STARTED FOR THE TWINKIES.

NOW IT'S 5-3.

RYAN JEFFERS DOUBLES UP THE WALL.

THAT WILL TIE THE GAME AT 5-5.

BUT IN THE TOP OF THE 9th, BASES LOADED, MARINERS ARE ABLE TO TAKE THE LEAD ON A SAC FLY AND HAND THE TWINS THEIR FIFTH STRAIGHT LOSS, JUST A TOUGH STRETCH FOR THEM.

>>> IN THE WNBA, HARDER FOR MINNESOTA FANS TONIGHT, THE MYSTICS BEAT THE LYNX.

>> Dennis: YOU REMEMBER WHEN THE TWINS WON 12 GAMES IN A ROW?

I BARELY REMEMBER IT.

>> Charlie: JUNE HAS BEEN A TOUGH MONTH FOR THE TWINS.

A LOT OF INJURIES.

>> Dennis: THANKS CHARLIE.

THE NATIONAL LOON CENTER AIMS TO PROTECT LOONS AND THEIR HABITATS AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THEIR ROLE IN KEEPING LOONS APART OF MINNESOTA'S WILDLIFE.

ON FRIDAY THEY BROKE GROUND ON THEIR NEW EDUCATIONAL FACILITY.

REPORTER DANIEL PURSELL WAS THERE WITH THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE.

>> SHOVEL HEADS MET DIRT AS THE NATIONAL LOON CENTER BROKE GROUND ON THEIR NEW FACILITY.

>> THE NATIONAL LOON CENTER IS A WONDERFUL FACILITY.

IT WILL BE A NATIONALLY SIGNIFICANT PLACE OF RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AND A GREAT VISITOR ATTRACTION ADDED TO THE WONDERFUL AMENITIES WE HAVE IN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA.

>> Reporter: IT WILL BE THREE LEVELS.

>> WE WILL HAVE JUST WONDERFUL IMMERSIVE INTERACTIVE EXHIBITS FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, THINGS THAT WILL MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE THEY'RE LIVING THE LIFE OF A LOON, SO UNDER THE SURFACE OF THE WATER, AT THE SURFACE, AND IN THE SKY.

>> Reporter: THE BUILDING IS A HUGE MILESTONE FOR THE CITY OF CROSS LAKE.

THE MAYOR SAYS THAT THE CENTER WILL BRING MORE PEOPLE TO THE AREA AND HELP THE LOCAL ECONOMY.

>> THIS IS A MAJOR WIN FOR CROSS LAKE, NOT JUST FOR CROSS LAKE, BUT ALL WHO CARE ABOUT OUR REGION, A NATIONAL DESIGNATION PUTS US ON THE MAP AND BOOSTS OUR LIFEBLOOD OF TOURISM AND SUPPORTS OUR LOCAL ECONOMY.

>> Reporter: THE CENTER'S DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN NEARLY 10 YEARS IN THE MAKING.

THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL LOON CENTER KNOWS HOW FAR THEY HAVE COME IN DEVELOPING THE PROJECT.

>> CROSS LAKE DECIDED, WE WANT TO BUILD A NATIONAL LOON CENTER.

WE WANT TO CELEBRATE AND PROTECT THE LOON AND THE LAKES THAT MAKES THIS AREA SPECIAL.

THAT'S WHY PEOPLE COME HERE FROM ACROSS THE STATE AND COUNTRY TO ENJOY THESE BEAUTIFUL LAKES AND TO HEAR THE LOON.

SO NOW TODAY REPRESENTS KIND OF THE NEXT STEP IN THAT WHOLE VISION OF MAKING THIS A REALITY, THAT PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T HERE IN 2017 THAT GOT IT STARTED, A LOT OF THEM ARE HERE TODAY TO PUT SHOVELS ON THE GROUND TO BUILD THIS FACILITY.

IT'S A REALLY EXCITING DAY.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN CROSS LAKE WITH THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, I'M DANIEL PURSELL, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> CONSTRUCTION IS ALREADY UNDERWAY AND THE CENTER IS EXPECTED TO OPEN IN THE SECOND HALF OF 2026.

>>> NOW BACK TO STACY FOR A LAST LOOK AT OUR WEATHER.

>> Stacy: OUR LOWS WILL DROP INTO THE MID-50s, VARIABLE WINDS UP TO 15 MILES PER HOUR.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW, A LOT OF CLOUD COVER FOR US, SHOWERS ARE LIKELY IN EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA, COULD BE SEEING A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS ELSEWHERE, OTHERWISE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE, HIGH OF 71.

>> Charlie: TOMORROW, WE'LL HAVE A ROBUST SPORTS, 350 TREES FELL ON THE GOLF COURSE.

NOW THEY'RE GETTING IT FIXED UP.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, HAVE A GREAT NIGHT EVERYBODY, WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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