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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.

[♪♪♪] >> Dennis: HI EVERYONE, THANKS FOR WATCHING TONIGHT.

>>> AN EARLY MORNING FIRE DESTROYED A MOBILE HOME JUST WEST OF BEMIDJI TODAY AND A WOMAN WHO IS SUSPECTED OF STARTING THE HOUSE ON FIRE HAS BEEN ARRESTED.

FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AT THE 5000 BLOCK OF THEATER LANE NORTHWEST AROUND 3:00 A.M. AND FOUND A MOBILE HOME HEAVILY ENGULFED IN FLAMES.

TWO INDIVIDUALS WERE ON SCENE AND INDICATED THEY WERE INSIDE THE RESIDENCE AND REALIZED IT WAS ON FIRE, AND SAFELY SELF-EVACUATED.

AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUED, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE FIRE APPEARED TO BE A RESULT OF ARSON AND HAD BEEN INTENTIONALLY IGNITED.

INVESTIGATORS LOCATED THE SUSPECT AT A HOME IN BEMIDJI AND SHE WAS ARRESTED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

NATASHA REDEAGLE WAS BOOKED INTO THE BELTRAMI COUNTY JAIL AND THE CASE IS BEING REVIEWED BY THE BELTRAMI COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AS REDEAGLE AWAITS HER FIRST COURT APPEARANCE.

>>> A MENAHGA MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS IN PRISON AFTER VIOLATING THE TERMS OF HIS PROBATION ON TWO SEPARATE CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT FILES.

22-YEAR-OLD DEVIN LEE AROLA JOHNSON WAS ORIGINALLY SENTENCED IN OCTOBER OF 2022 FOR TWO INSTANCES OF THIRD-DEGREE CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT.

IN BOTH CASES, AROLA JOHNSON ENGAGED IN SEXUAL INTERCOURSE WITH CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN 16.

IN EACH FILE, PRISON TIME WAS STAYED AND AROLA JOHNSON WAS PLACED ON PROBATION, AS REQUIRED BY THE MINNESOTA SENTENCING GUIDELINES.

HIS PROBATION WAS REVOKED ON JUNE 2ND BECAUSE HE FAILED TO COMPLETE SEX OFFENDER TREATMENT, FAILED TO REPORT TO JAIL WHEN DIRECTED TO BY HIS PROBATION AGENT, FAILED TO STAY IN CONTACT WITH HIS PROBATION AGENT, FAILED TO NOTIFY HIS AGENT OF AN ACTIVE CELL PHONE AND FOR POSSESSING PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIAL.

AROLA JOHNSON IS SUBJECT TO A LIFETIME CONDITIONAL RELEASE TERM AFTER HIS RELEASE FROM PRISON AND MUST REGISTER AS A PREDATORY OFFENDER FOR THE REMAINDER OF HIS LIFE.

>>> THE BLANDIN FOUNDATION HAS AWARDED THE REIF PERFORMING ART CENTER, BOTH LOCATED IN GRAND RAPIDS, WITH A $475,000 GRANT TO EXPLORE PLANS FOR AN EXPANSION.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN STOPPED BY THE REIF CENTER TO SPEAK WITH OFFICIALS FROM BOTH ORGANIZATIONS ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS NOT ONLY FOR THE ART CENTER BUT ALSO FOR THE GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO JIM, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE REIF PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IN GRAND RAPIDS, THERE IS NO OTHER PLACE LIKE IT.

>> THERE ARE A LOT OF PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IN THE COUNTRY.

THEY ARE VARIOUS SHAPES AND SIZES.

I WORKED FOR SIX OTHER ONES, THE REIF IS DIFFERENT.

>> Reporter: THAT'S NOT JUST THE OPINION OF THOSE WHO WORK AT THE RIEF.

>> THAT'S WHY THE FOUNDATION WANTED TO SUPPORT THEIR PLAN FOR A CULTURAL CENTER BY AWARDING A GRANT FOR $475,000.

>> WE HAVE SOME WONDERFUL ART GALLERIES AND WONDERFUL FACILITIES AROUND TOWN WHERE YOU CAN HOLD EVENTS, BUT THIS ONE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN ITS SCOPE.

IT WILL HAVE THE ART FOCUS EMBEDDED IN IT.

>> THAT'S WHAT I SEE THIS GRANT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW ON THAT IDEA, THAT MISSION OF OURS TO PROVIDE THE ARTS TO THE COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: CURRENTLY IN MINNESOTA, 8% OF FILL TROUGHIC DOLLARS GOES TO THE COMMUNITY.

>> THERE'S A BIG DISPARITY THERE.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT ALL OF OUR DOLLARS GO TO RURAL MINNESOTA COMMUNITIES.

IT'S A GAP WE'RE TRYING TO FILL.

RURAL COMMUNITIES DESERVE IT TOO.

>> Reporter: THEY WANT RURAL AREAS TO CELEBRATE ART AND CULTURE ALONG WITH EVERYONE ELSE.

>> A LOT OF COMMUNITIES DON'T REALLY HAVE THE BUDGET FOR THOSE THINGS THAT ARE SOMETIMES VIEWED AS EXTRA.

WE FEEL LIKE THE ARTS AND CULTURAL SPACES AND BEAUTIFUL SPACES ARE NECESSARY IN THESE SMALL COMMUNITIES TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL THAT CONNECTION TO THEIR COMMUNITIES, TO THE LAND, AND TO EACH OTHER.

>> Reporter: THOSE AT THE REIF CENTER BELIEVE THIS WILL SUPPORT THE EXPANSION OF THE ART CENTER AND THE COMMUNITY.

>> WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR US?

IT MEANS OPPORTUNITY, IT MEANS A CHANCE TO BECOME SUSTAINABLE, TO PROVIDE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, NOT ONLY THE ARTS, BUT WHAT I BELIEVE THE ARTS IS IN THAT IT'S MORE THAN JUST SIMPLY PAINTINGS ON THE WALL, PIANOS, AND THEATRIC PERFORMANCES.

IT'S ALL ENCOMPASSING.

EVERYBODY HAS THE ARTS IN THEIR LIVES.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN GRAND RAPIDS, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE GRANT SUPPORTS THE REIF'S GOALS TO EXPAND COMMUNITY OUTREACH DEVELOP LARGE-SCALE SIGNATURE EVENTS AND EXPLORE REVENUE STREAMS TO ENSURE LONG-TERM FINANCIAL STABILITY.

>>> THE COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL SELECTION ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT IT IS RECOMMENDING THREE CANDIDATES FOR CONSIDERATION TO FILL A VACANCY IN MINNESOTA'S SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.

THE VACANCY WILL OCCUR UPON THE RETIREMENT OF THE HONORABLE LEONARD A. WEILER.

THE SEAT WILL BE CHAMBERED IN LITTLE FALLS IN MORRISON COUNTY.

THE CANDIDATES ARE LUKE GODZALA.

GODZALA IS CURRENTLY A SENIOR ATTORNEY IN THE CIVIL DIVISION OF THE STEARNS COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

MERIEL LESTER.

LESTER IS CURRENTLY AN ASSISTANT CHIEF IN THE CRIMINAL DIVISION OF THE STEARNS COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WHERE SHE HAS WORKED EXTENSIVELY IN CRIMINAL PROSECUTION WITH A FOCUS ON INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE AND OTHER PERSONAL CRIMES.

AND LAURA WELLE.

WELLE IS AN ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY IN THE MORRISON COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WHERE SHE PRIMARILY HANDLES FELONY PROSECUTION AND CHILD PROTECTION MATTERS.

>>> IN 1955, THE FIRST EVER PEACE POLE WAS DEDICATED AND IN THE SEVENTY YEARS SINCE THE MOVEMENT HAS GROWN TO MORE THAN 250,000 WORLDWIDE.

SEVERAL POLES ARE LOCATED AROUND BEMIDJI INCLUDING ONE IN THE FRONT OF J.W.

SMITH ELEMENTARY.

AFTER COMMUNITY MEMBERS POINTED OUT THAT THE ORIGINAL POLE WAS IN LESS-THAN-IDEAL CONDITION, A BRAND NEW ONE WAS BOUGHT AND DEDICATED.

EVERY PEACE POLE INCLUDES THE WORDS ‘MAY PEACE PREVAIL ON EARTH' IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.

>> WE HAVE ENGLISH, MANDARIN, TAG A LONG, SPANISH, ANISHINAABE, NORWEGIAN, AND THAI.

MANY LANGUAGES ARE THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE SO WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE STUDENT BODY THAT IS VERY CULTURALLY DIVERSE.

>> ALONG WITH CONNECTING STUDENTS WITH THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGES, THE GOAL OF THE PEACE POLE IS TO TEACH THEM ABOUT PEACE AS WELL.

J.W.

SMITH STUDENTS GATHERED AROUND TO HEAR WORDS ABOUT PEACE AND ABOUT HOW BIG OF AN IMPACT SIMPLY BEING KIND CAN MAKE FOR OTHERS.

>> THESE MESSAGES OF PEACE AND OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO AND PROMOTE, KINDNESS, ALL THAT, THE EARLIER WE CAN GET THAT MESSAGE TO KIDS, THE BETTER OFF WE WILL BE.

THEY ALL SIGNED A DOCUMENT WITHIN THIS POLL, PROMOTING PEACE AND THEY LEARNED THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF THIS DEDICATION AND I THINK THEY DID GREAT.

>> THE NEW PEACE POLE WAS DONATED BY BEMIDJI COMMUNITY MEMBERS JOHN AND KATHY EGGERS, AND SUZIE AND VANCE BALSTAD.

EVERY PEACE POLE IS FUNDED BY DONATIONS.

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

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: AFTER A SHORT REPRIEVE, WILDFIRE SMOKE IS ONCE AGAIN IMPACTING AIR QUALITY IN PARTS OF THE AREA.

I'LL HAVE THE DETAILS ON AN AIR QUALITY ALERT IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, THE CROW WING COUNTY LAND SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS COMPLETED ITS TREE PLANTING PROGRAM FOR 2025.

[♪♪♪] >> THIS PORTION OF LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED BY C.T.C.

; INTERNET, PHONE, AND T.V.

C.T.C; CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY ONLINE AT GOCTC.COM.

>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> THE CROW WING COUNTY LAND SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S ANNUAL TREE PLANTING PROGRAM HAS SPREAD MORE GREENERY AROUND THE AREA.

OVER 61,000 PINE SEEDLINGS HAVE BEEN PLANTED ACROSS 81 ACRES IN THE ROSS LAKE, MISSION, AND IRONDALE TOWNSHIPS.

SINCE THE PROGRAM'S BEGINNING IN 1983, ROUGHLY 4.2 MILLION TREE SEEDLINGS HAVE BEEN PLANTED IN CROW WING COUNTY.

THE PROGRAM ALSO HELPS CONTRIBUTE TO MINNESOTA'S BOOMING FOREST PRODUCTS INDUSTRY, WHICH IS THE FIFTH LARGEST MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN THE COUNTRY, GENERATING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN ECONOMIC IMPACT THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

>> IN CROW WING COUNTY, WE IMAGINE THE LAND, ON BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, BUT ALSO TO PROVIDE TIMBER RESOURCES THAT GO TO PAPER MILLS, FIREWOOD MILLS, LUMBER MILLS, AND THEN THEY TAKE THOSE PRODUCTS AND MANUFACTURE THEM FOR US.

>> CROW WING COUNTY IS ALSO ENCOURAGING LANDOWNERS TO MAKE THEIR OWN CONTRIBUTIONS AND PLANT TREES ON THEIR RESPECTIVE PROPERTIES.

>>> 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.

EVERY WEEKNIGHT THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, RIGHT HERE ON LAKELAND NEWS, WE WILL BE ANNOUNCING FIVE POTENTIAL QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2025 LAKELAND PBS VACATION CONTEST.

AND HERE 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.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, STACY IS HERE.

I THINK I HEARD A LITTLE RAIN OUTSIDE.

>> Stacy: YES, WE HAVE SOME AREAS OF SHOWERS MOVING THROUGH, MAINLY CENTRAL MINNESOTA, BUT THE SOUTHERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA IS EXPERIENCING SOME RAINFALL.

WE COULD SEE SOME OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW.

WE ARE ALSO SEEING RETURN OF WILDFIRE SMOKE IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA AND WE HAVE AIR QUALITY ALERTS FOR THE NORTHERN PARTS OF OUR VIEWING AREA.

SO WE'LL TAKE A >> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS SPONSORED BY THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS OF MINNESOTA.

>> AND BY SANFORD HEALTH WITH PRIMARY CARE LOCATIONS IN BEMIDJI AND ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST.

SANFORD HEALTH IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING CARE CLOSE TO HOME.

LEARN MORE AT SANFORDHEALTH.ORG.

>> THE WEATHER IS SPONSORED IN PART BY WIDSETH; ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS, LAND SURVEYORS SERVING MINNESOTA COMMUNITIES SINCE 1975.

>> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

>> Stacy: WE HAD A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE TODAY, BUT WE HAVE SEEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RETURNING TO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW MORNING.

WE'RE ALSO SEEING A RETURN OF WILDFIRE SMOKE IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA AND WE HAVE AIR QUALITY ALERTS INTO TOMORROW AS WELL.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 61 DEGREES.

WE HAVE A DEW POINT OF 52.

IN BRAINERD, WE ARE SEEING CLOUDY SKIES, IT'S 60 DEGREES, THE DEW POINT IS 57, AND OUR WIND IS OUT OF THE SOUTH AT 5 MILES PER HOUR.

AN AIR QUALITY ALERT IS OUT FOR NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

THIS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7:00 P.M. ON FRIDAY.

WE'RE EXPECTING THE AIR QUALITY INDEX TO REACH THE RED OR UNHEALTHY CATEGORY, WHICH MEANS THOSE IN SENSITIVE GROUPS COULD HAVE HEALTH IMPACT FROM THE AIR QUALITY.

AS FAR AS OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR PICTURE, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF CLOUD COVER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING, EVEN SOME AREAS OF SMOKE IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

LARGE AREAS OF SOME SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE VIEWING AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENINGS.

WE COULD CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE IN CENTRAL AND PUSHING INTO NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA.

OTHERWISE, EXPECT TO SEE SKIES PARTLY CLOUDY ONCE AGAIN AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE AREAS OF SMOKE WILL CONTINUE INTO TOMORROW MORNING.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT.

BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE FROM ARLENE IN MENAHGA AND GORGEOUS SKIES FROM KAREN.

JOAN WITH SOME BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS IN LAPORTE.

JESSE WITH A GREAT DAY OVER UPPER DEAN LAKE.

WE ALSO HAVE PICTURES OF SOME CLEAR SKIES OVER THE LAKE FROM GARY.

ANGELA WITH THE CLOUDS MOVING INTO CASS LAKE THIS EVENING AND A GORGEOUS SUNSET OVER LOWER RED LAKE FROM SAMROSE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR PHOTOS WITH US TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, KAREN IN BEMIDJI, MUGGY, CALM, WITH A HINT OF SMOKE THIS MORNING.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, MOSTLY CLOUDY AND 71.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, OCCASIONAL LIGHT RAIN TODAY.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, CLOUDY WITH SOME SPRINKLES THIS EVENING.

ON OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD TOPPING OUT AT 74.

OUR LOW WAS 43.

BEMIDJI HAS THE AVERAGE HIGH AT 72 AND OUR LOW THIS MORNING AT 44.

HERE'S OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW.

WE WILL HAVE A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA, MAINLY IN THE MORNING.

WE'LL SEE THOSE DISSIPATING WITH SKIES BECOMING CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY.

TEMPERATURE-WISE, SOME OF THE WARMER TEMPERATURES IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA WITH HIGHS IN THE MID-70s, WITH LOWER 70s IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE.

HERE'S OUR FORECAST, PARTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT, SHOWERS IN EASTERN MINNESOTA.

AREAS OF SMOKE IN THE NORTH, AND THEN FOR TOMORROW, PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY, AND AGAIN WE COULD SEE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA, MAINLY IN THE MORNING, HIGHS NEAR 73.

WE WILL HAVE A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAYS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY AND A BIG COOL DOWN AS WE HEAD INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK, HIGHS ON SUNDAY NEAR 64.

TEMPS SHOULD WARM UP AS WE HEAD INTO TUESDAY.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: THANK YOU STACY.

CHARLIE IS HERE NOW WITH OUR SPORTS.

STATE BASEBALL SECTIONAL STILL GOING ON.

>> Charlie: YES, WE ARE LUCKY THAT THE RAIN DIDN'T START EARLIER AND WE WERE ABLE TO SNEAK THESE LAST BIT OF GAMES IN.

THE FINAL AREA TEAMS HAD THEIR TICKETS PUNCHED OR NOT PUNCHED.

AFTER TODAY, PIERZ WAS PLAYING, WIN-E-MAC WAS PLAYING, SEBEKA >> SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED IN PART BY PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS.

IT'S THE GIGAZONE FROM PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS AND IT'S RIGHT HERE.

>> FISHING TIPS SPONSORED IN PART BY CROW WING POWER.

DEDICATED TO PROVIDING RELIABLE ELECTRICITY AND A RELIABLE AND CARING STAFF TO ASSIST YOU WITH TIPS.

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>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORT WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪] >> Charlie: PIERZ BASEBALL TOOK THE EASY PATH TO THE SECTION CHAMPIONSHIP, WINNING THEIR FIRST FOUR GAMES OF THE 6-2A TOURNAMENT.

NOW THEY NEED ONE WIN AGAINST ALBANY.

THE TWO TEAMS SQUARING OFF IN ST.

CLOUD.

WE PICK UP IN GAME ONE.

PIONEERS DOWN 5-1, BUT FLASHING SOME LEATHER, SAWYER LAYS OUT FOR THE WEB GEM, CLOSES THE FRAME OUT, AND WE HEAD TO THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE INNING.

DRIVING IN AND PIERZ MAKES IT 5-2.

ALBANY SURRENDERS NO MORE.

ANOTHER RUN FOR THE HUSKIES AS ALBANY WINS GAME 1, 6-2.

WE HEAD TO GAME NUMBER TWO.

CAMERA HAD TO LEAVE BUT MAYBE THAT WAS GOOD LUCK.

TRIPLES TO THE WALL TO SCORE ANOTHER.

THEY LED 3-0 AFTER 4.

IN THE 5th WITH THE BASES LOADED.

NATHAN GETS THE 6th OF THE GAME, EXTINGUISHING THE HUSKY'S LAST THREAT AS PIERZ PUNCHES THEIR TICKET TO STATE FOR THE FOURTH TIME IN PROGRAM HISTORY.

>>> WELL, WIN-E-MAC BASEBALL ENTERED TODAY'S CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES AT BSU NEEDING JUST ONE WIN TO SECURE THEIR FIRST SECTION TITLE IN 23 YEARS.

THE ONLY THING STANDING IN THEIR WAY WAS RED LAKE COUNTY A TEAM.

THE PATRIOTS BEAT IN THE SEMIFINALS 7-4 THIS PAST SATURDAY.

THE PATS FELL 8-0 TO THE REBELS IN GAME ONE, FORCING A WINNER TAKE ALL TITLE GAME IMMEDIATELY AFTER AND THE REBS JUMPED AHEAD EARLY.

IT WAS 1-0 AFTER ONE.

THEN IN THE SECOND.

THEY'D SCORE 6 RUNS, POWERED BY THIS BEN GULLINGSRUD TWO R.B.I.

TRIPLE.

THEY LED 7-0 AFTER TWO.

THEN IN THE THIRD, GUNNAR HALVERSON DRIVES IN TWO MORE ON A DOUBLE TO ALLEY.

REBELS WOULD SCORE FOUR IN THAT INNING AND LEAD 11-0 AFTER THREE.

PATRIOTS TRY TO RALLY IN THE 4TH.

RUNNERS ON THE CORNERS FOR KOLTON SCHOW, TOSSES ONE TO LEFT, JUST OUT OF REACH.

BRAYLON HAMRE SCORES THE PATS FIRST RUN OF THE DAY.

BUT IT WOULD BE THEIR ONLY RUN AS THEY FALL 11-1 IN FIVE TO RED LAKE COUNTY IN GAME TWO.

WIN-E-MAC FINISHES THE SEASON AS THE SECTION 8-A RUNNER-UP.

SEBEKA ALSO PLAYING FOR A SECTION TITLE TODAY IN THE 5-A TOURNAMENT.

THEY NEEDED TO BEAT FRAZEE TWICE BUT THE TROJANS UNABLE TO GET PAST GAME ONE 10-4 THE FINAL THERE AND THE GAME WAS STILL BEING PLAYED DURING THE SHOW LAST NIGHT, BUT BLACKDUCK SOFTBALL WON THEIR FIRST EVER GAME AT STATE BEATING WABASSO 7-4 IN THE CLASS A CONSOLATION SEMIS.

TODAY THEY LOST THE CONSOLATION FINALS 4-1 ON A LATE INNING RALLY TO CLINTON-GRACEVILLE-BEARDSLEY.

>>> WELL, THE MINNESOTA GOLF ASSOCIATION RELEASED THE 2025 FINALISTS FOR MISS MINNESOTA GOLF AND GENEVIEVE FROM PEQUOT LAKES MADE THE CUT.

THE SENIOR GOLFER IS FRESH OFF WINNING BACK TO BACK INDIVIDUAL SECTION 6-2A TITLES, HER THIRD OVERALL.

SHE IS RANKED 6th IN THE STATE IN THE MGA'S HIGH SCHOOL RANKINGS HEADED INTO NEXT WEEK'S STATE TOURNAMENT.

THE WINNER OF THE MISS MINNESOTA GOLF AWARD WILL BE ANNOUNCED THIS SUNDAY, JUNE 8TH AT 6:00 P.M. AT THE GOLF CLUB IN INDEPENDENCE.

>> Dennis: HOW ARE WE LOOKING AT THE LOCAL TEAMS?

WE HAVE GRAND RAPIDS AND PIERZ.

>> Charlie: YEAH, GRAND RAPIDS WILL BE PLAYING IN JORDAN ON WEDNESDAY AND PIERZ WILL BE NEXT WEDNESDAY AS WELL.

>> Dennis: THAT'S THE FIRST ROUND OF STATE TOURNAMENT.

>> Charlie: THAT WILL BE THE FIRST ROUND OF THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

THEY WILL PLAY TWO DAYS AND THEN TAKE A DAY OFF.

>> Dennis: SOUNDS GOOD.

THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> RAY AND MANDY ARE STICKLERS FOR SAFETY, SO FOR WEEK'S EDITION OF FISHING TIPS, THEY SHOW US SOME OF THE GEAR THAT'S REQUIRED BEFORE HEADING OUT ON THE LAKE.

>> TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THINGS YOU NEED IN YOUR BOAT TO HAVE A SAFE JOURNEY.

IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU KEEP THIS UP TO DATE.

WHEN I SAY THAT, I MEAN MAKE SURE YOUR LIFE JACKETS ARE CURRENT.

MAKE SURE THAT THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER THAT YOU HAVE IS CURRENT AND HAS A DATE ON IT, WHEN IT EXPIRES.

THEY ARE VERY IMPORTANT.

I FALLEN IN THE WATER WHEN I TOOK MY SAFE SWIMMING CLASSES.

IT'S NOT SO EASY TO GET OUT OF THE WATER INTO A BOAT, ESPECIALLY A BIGGER BOAT.

SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE ITEMS WE'RE GOING TO IDENTIFY FOR YOU TONIGHT.

ONE OF THE THINGS YOU NEED TO HAVE AND REALLY IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT SIZE BOAT YOU HAVE.

I THINK SAFETY IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

I HAVE A WHISTLE.

IT'S NOT A VERY GOOD WHISTLE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

YOU CAN GET FOG HORNS THAT ARE MUCH, MUCH BETTER.

THAT'S ONE IMPORTANT THING.

SO THAT PEOPLE FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM YOU CAN HEAR THAT YOU ARE IN DISTRESS.

THE OTHER THING THAT IS IMPORTANT IS IF YOU HAVE A BIGGER BOAT, THAT YOUR HORN WORKS ON THE BOAT.

THAT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

THEY ARE VERY LOUD AND THEY DO WORK AND THEY CAN SAVE LIVES.

MANDY WILL TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OTHER THINGS WE NEED TO HAVE ON THE BOAT.

>> SAFETY, SAFETY IS IMPORTANT SO WHAT DO YOU NEED TO HAVE?

EVERYBODY NEEDS TO HAVE LIFE JACKETS ON THE BOAT.

YOU NEED ONE LIFE JACKET PER PERSON OR POSSIBLY TWO, DEPENDING ON THE CLASS OF THE LIFE JACKET.

SO, IF YOU HAVE ALL CLASSES LIKE THIS IN YOUR BOAT, YOU ONLY NEED ONE PER PERSON.

IT COMES IN MULTIPLE SIZES, CHILDREN THROUGH EXTRA LARGE.

THESE ARE ALSO LIFE JACKETS HERE.

THESE DO AND CAN EXPIRE.

SO THEY HAVE LITTLE SAFETY VALVES ON THEM WITH CANISTERS THAT SHOW THEY'RE STILL GOOD.

MAKE SURE EVERY YEAR WHEN YOU'RE GETTING THE BOAT READY, THESE ARE READY TO GO.

ALSO, YOU NEED TO HAVE, WHICH IS LAW, YOU NEED TO HAVE A THROWABLE IN THE BOAT.

YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE IT'S ACCESSIBLE AT ALL TIMES.

IF SOMEONE GOES UNDER WATER, YOU CAN'T TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHERE YOU PUT IT AND IT'S PART OF THE LAW TO HAVE AN ORE ON THE BOAT.

GOD FORBID YOU LOSE POWER TO YOUR BIG MOTOR AND YOU ARE ADRIFT, YOU NEED BY LAW TO HAVE AN ORE ON THE BOAT.

>> THANK YOU MANDY, I'M RAY GILDOW.

>> AND I'M MANDY UHRICH, THE BIOLOGIST.

>> Dennis: AND WE HAVE ANOTHER LOOK AT OUR WEATHER WITH STACY.

>> Stacy: WE HAVE AN AIR QUALITY ISSUE IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA DUE TO WILDFIRE SMOKE.

AN AIR QUALITY ALERT IS OUT UNTIL 7:00 P.M. ON FRIDAY FOR THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE.

MANY OF THE COUNTIES WITHIN OUR VIEWING AREA, THE AIR QUALITY INDEX IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE RED OR UNHEALTHY CATEGORY.

FOR TONIGHT, WE WILL BE SEEING PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, SHOWERS IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT, WITH SOME AREAS OF SMOKE IN THE NORTH, LOWS NEAR 48.

TOMORROW, PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, SOME SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA, ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING, WITH HIGHS NEAR 73.

>> TWINS LOST TO THE ACE TODAY BUT THE BIGGER LOSS, PABLO PUT ON THE 15-DAY, WHICH IS WHY MINNESOTA CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS.

BUMMER FOR THEM.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THAT IS IT FOR US.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY, WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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