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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.

>>> FIREFIGHTERS HAVE ACHIEVED ZERO CONTAINMENT ON THREE WILDFIRES IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA THAT HAVE BURNED CLOSE TO 34,000 ACRES AND AT LEAST 144 STRUCTURES.

HUNDREDS OF FIREFIGHTERS HAVE BEEN BATTLING THE BLAZES FROM THE GROUND AND FROM THE AIR, IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET THE FIRES UNDER CONTROL AND TO SAVE BUILDINGS.

>> WE WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONDERS, OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN OVERWHELMING IN PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR THEM, WITH WATER AND FOOD AND ACTUALLY IT'S KIND OF OVERWHELMING HOW MUCH PEOPLE HAVE GIVEN.

THE HELP REALLY WILL NEED TO COME DOWN THE ROAD TO THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE LOST THEIR HOMES.

SO KEEP THEM IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS.

>> Dennis: HERE'S THE STATUS OF THE THREE FIRES AS OF THIS AFTERNOON.

THE CAMPHOUSE FIRE NEAR BRIMSON HAS BURNED CLOSE TO 15,000 ACRES, 140 STRUCTURES AND IS ZERO PERCENT CONTAINED.

THE JENKINS CREEK FIRE SOUTHEAST OF HOYT LAKES HAS BURNED CLOSE TO 21,000 ACRES, ONE STRUCTURE AND IS ZERO PERCENT CONTAINED.

AND THE MUNGER SHAW-THREE LAKES ROAD FIRE EAST OF CANYON HAS BURNED 1,700 ACRES AND IS ALSO ZERO PERCENT CONTAINED.

THE JENKINS CREEK FIRE IS CONTINUING TO SPREAD AND BURN UP IN NORTH EAST MINNESOTA.

REPORTER EMILY HALLING STOPPED THERE EARLIER TODAY, TO SEE HOW IT'S AFFECTING THE NEARBY PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: WELL, THE FIRES BURNING BEHIND ME NEAR HOYT LAKES, FIREFIGHTERS ARE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS SAFE, INCLUDING PUTTING UP BARRICADES.

IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF MINNESOTA, RESIDENTS ARE TRYING TO LIVE LIFE AS USUAL, AND THAT IS NO EXCEPTION TO ONE OF THE VISITORS THAT CAME UP FOR THEIR ANNUAL CAMPING TRIP.

>> WE JUST KEPT AN EYE ONLINE, WORRIED ABOUT GETTING EVACUATED.

WE HEARD THAT IS A POSSIBILITY.

>> Reporter: WHILE CAMPING IN HOYT LAKES, HE WAS ABLE TO WITNESS THE OPERATIONS IN REAL-TIME.

>> WATCHING THE AIRPLANES LAND AND GETTING THE WATER, IT WAS NEAT TO WATCH THAT.

THEY WERE RUNNING BACK AND FORTH TO THE LAKE LIKE EVERY 10 OR 15 MINUTES.

>> Reporter: THE EFFECTS APPEARED FAST.

>> IT WASN'T BAD HERE AT ALL UNTIL LAST NIGHT.

THAT'S WHEN THE WIND SHIFTED AND THE SMOKE ROLLED IN.

IT WAS THICK.

SO IT JUST SMELT LIKE A CAMPFIRE ALL NIGHT LONG, BUT IT STARTED TO BURN THE EYES, AND I GOT A LITTLE MORE CONCERNED.

I WENT TO ASK THE PEOPLE AT THE OFFICE AND THEY SAID EVERYTHING IS ALREADY.

>> Reporter: IN THE MEANTIME, THE CAMPERS AND RESIDENTS ARE TRYING TO CARRY ON AS USUAL, HOWEVER HE ALSO SAID THAT HE WAS KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THE CONDITIONS.

>> FIRE OFFICIALS HOPE RAIN THAT IS FORECAST FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS CAN HELP THEM MAKE BETTER PROGRESS IN STOPPING THE FIRES.

>>> THE DRIVER OF A VEHICLE BELIEVED TO BE INVOLVED IN A PROPERTY DAMAGE INCIDENT IN BAXTER WAS APPREHENDED NEAR MOTLEY ON MONDAY.

BAXTER POLICE REQUESTED ASSISTANCE IN LOCATING THE SUSPECTED VEHICLE AND IT WAS QUICKLY LOCATED IN THE AREA OF HIGHWAY 210 AND COUNTY ROAD ONE IN PILLAGER.

A DEPUTY ATTEMPTED TO INITIATE A TRAFFIC STOP ON THE VEHICLE AND IT CONTINUED TO TRAVEL WEST ON 210.

DUE TO DRIVING CONDUCT AND OTHER CONDITIONS, THE PURSUIT WAS TERMINATED.

A SHORT TIME LATER, IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD CRASHED INTO A BUILDING IN THE CITY OF MOTLEY.

DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO THAT SCENE AND LOCATED THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE, 20-YEAR OLD DAWSON PAWLUCK OF COLD SPRING IN THE VEHICLE AND HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.

PAWLUCK WAS TRANSPORTED TO AN AREA HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES AND CUSTODY WAS LATER TRANSFERRED TO THE BAXTER POLICE DEPARTMENT.

>>> ESSENTIA HEALTH HAS 14 HOSPITALS AND 78 CLINICS ACROSS MINNESOTA, NORTH DAKOTA, AND WISONSIN AND NOW THEY ARE ADDING AN ORTHOPEDIC CENTER IN BAXTER.

THE ORGANIZATION HELD A GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY AT THE FORMER CAMPING WORLD BUILDING IN BAXTER.

THE CENTER WILL INCLUDE THE AREA'S FIRST DRIVE UP PHARMACY AS WELL AS THE AREA'S FIRST ORTHOPEDIC URGENT CARE.

IT WILL HOST ALL MUSCULAR-SKELETAL SERVICES INCLUDING SPINE CARE, PODIATRY CARE, AND PAIN MEDICINE AMONG OTHERS.

>> SO WHETHER IT'S A COLD, A FLU, OR IF IT IS AN ANKLE INJURY, THEY CAN GET ALL OF THAT CARE AT ONE LOCATION.

THEY CAN GET THEIR IMAGING DONE HERE, THEY CAN GET THEIR LABORATORY WORK DONE HERE, AND THEN THEY CAN FOLLOW UP AFTERWARDS WITH A SPECIALIST, AS WELL AS A REHAB TEAM TO GET THE CARE THEY NEED TO FOLLOW UP.

>> CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN SHORTLY ON THE AREA WITH AN EXPECTED OPENING DATE OF LATE 2026.

>>> MAY 5TH WAS MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN DAY AND CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE HOSTED ITS RED SAND PROJECT TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING LAST WEEK.

THOSE THAT TOOK PART POURED RED SAND IN THE CRACKS OF CLC'S SIDEWALKS REPRESENTING THE VICTIMS WHO FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS FROM THE GLOBAL EPIDEMIC.

THERE ARE OVER 40.3 MILLION HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS, 81-PERCENT OF WHICH ARE TRAPPED IN FORCED LABOR, 75-PERCENT OF WHICH ARE WOMEN AND GIRLS WITH BOYS MAKING UP ROUGHLY 36-PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN THE U.S.-WIDE SEX INDUSTRY, ALL THE MORE REASON RAISING AWARENESS IS A NECESSITY.

>> TAKE THE TIME TO EDUCATE OTHERS ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT IS A VERY, VERY BIG ISSUE THAT JUST GETS SWEPT UNDER THE RUG BECAUSE THEY'RE INDIGENOUS.

DON'T BE AFRAID TO BE LOOKED AT DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE YOU ARE SUPPORTING A CAUSE THAT IS NOT WELL-KNOWN.

>> WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT COME OUT TO SHOW AWARENESS AND SHOW THAT THEY'RE HERE TO STAND BEHIND PEOPLE AND THEY ARE HERE TO SUPPORT THEM AND THAT THE ISSUE IS VERY IMPORTANT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WITH OUR COLLEGE STUDENTS.

>> ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE, A 2016 STUDY SHOWED THAT MORE THAN FOUR OUT OF EVERY FIVE INDIGENOUS WOMEN HAVE EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE IN THEIR LIFETIME AND 56.1% HAVE EXPERIENCED SEXUAL VIOLENCE.

>>> SANFORD HEALTH AND THE BEMIDJI ROTARY CLUB HAVE TEAMED UP FOR THE TENTH YEAR TO PROVIDE THE BEMIDJI AREA WITH $35 BLOOD SCREENINGS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

PARTICIPANTS SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT, FILL OUT PAPERWORK, AND THEN GET A COMPREHENSIVE BLOOD PANEL.

THE BLOOD TESTS INCLUDES SCREENINGS FOR CHOLESTEROL, BLOOD FATS AND LIPIDS, WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNTS, AND MORE.

ANYONE IS ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE, WHETHER THEY THINK SOMETHING MAY BE WRONG WITH THEIR HEALTH OR NOT.

SANFORD SEES AN AVERAGE OF OVER 500 PATIENTS COMING IN EVERY YEAR TO GET THEIR BLOOD CHECKED.

>> SOMETIMES WE THINK WE'RE DOING OKAY AND WE DON'T THINK ANYTHING IS WRONG WITH US SO WE PARTICIPATE IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

THEN SOMETHING SHOWS UP.

THEY DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT WAS GOING ON.

THE EARLIER YOU CAN GET TREATMENT, THE BETTER TO HELP PREVENT THINGS FROM GETTING WORSE.

THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE THAT KNOW THEY HAVE MAYBE CHRONIC DISEASES AND IT'S JUST A CHECK TO SEE IF THEIR TREATMENT PLANS ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.

>> NOT ONLY ARE THE SCREENINGS MEANT TO MONITOR PATIENT HEALTH BUT ARE ALSO RAISING MONEY.

EVERY YEAR THE ROTARY CLUB CHOOSES A DIFFERENT ORGANIZATION FOR THE FUNDS FROM THE $35 FEE TO GO TO.

THIS YEAR, THE MONEY WILL GO TOWARDS THE UNITED WAY'S BACKPACK BUDDIES PROGRAM, WHICH SERVES 22 AREA SCHOOLS AND PROVIDES MEALS TO OVER 550 KIDS.

>> OUR BACKPACK BUDDIES PROGRAM IS FOR KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHO WOULD OTHERWISE NOT HAVE NUTRITIONAL OPTIONS ON THE WEEKEND.

I MEAN $35, THE BAG COSTS US $5 A PACK.

FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN, IT'S A BIG SUPPORT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

>> AN APPOINTMENT IS REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SCREENING.

TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT, CALL THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN.

THEY WILL RUN FROM 7:00 TO 10:00 A.M.

TOMORROW, MAY 15TH AND FRIDAY, MAY 16TH.

>>> THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HELD AN OPEN HOUSE TODAY IN NISSWA FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME AND LEARN ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS BEING MADE ON HIGHWAY 371.

THE IMPROVED TRAFFIC FLOW WILL INTRODUCE “J TURNS” ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH END OF THE HIGHWAY 371 INTERSECTION ON THE BORDER OF NISSWA AND PEQUOT LAKES.

MINN-DOT SAYS THAT THESE UPDATES WILL BRING MUCH NEEDED ROAD SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS TO THE AREA.

>> WE'VE BEEN PARTNERING WITH CROW WING COUNTY AND LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVES ON HOW TO TREAT THE SAFETY CONCERNS HERE.

THERE HAVE BEEN CRASHES HAPPENING SINCE THEY WERE BUILT IN 2017, SO IT GOES FROM QUITE A FEW CONFLICT POINTS, TO 18 CONFLICT POINTS WHEN IT IS ALL RESOLVED.

>> ROAD WORK ON THE PROJECT IS CURRENTLY SLATED TO BEGIN IN FALL OF 2027.

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

>> WE HAVE AN AIR QUALITY ALERT OUT FOR PARTS OF THE VIEWING AREA THROUGH TOMORROW, BUT WE WILL ALSO SEE SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAKING THEIR WAY THROUGH OUR VIEWING AREA.

I'LL HAVE THE DETAILS IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, THE HOMELESS SHELTER IN GRAND RAPIDS HELD THEIR GRAND REOPENING AFTER THEIR $2 MILLION EXPANS >> THIS PORTION OF LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED BY C.T.C.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> THE GRACE HOUSE OF ITASCA COUNTY, A TEMPORARY HOMELESS SHELTER IN GRAND RAPIDS, HAS OFFICIALLY REOPENED THEIR DOORS AFTER SPENDING THE LAST 8 MONTHS WORKING ON $2 MILLION WORTH OF REMODELING AND UPDATES FOR THE SHELTER.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN ATTENDED THE GRAND RE-OPENING OF THE HOMELESS SHELTER TO SEE HOW THIS WILL IMPACT THE COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: AS ITASCA COUNTY'S ONLY HOMELESS SHELTER, THEY SUPPORT NEARLY 200 INDIVIDUALS EACH YEAR.

IT WAS A FACILITY WHERE THE RESIDENTS' ROOMS WERE ALL TOGETHER WITH DIVIDERS BEING THEIR ONLY FORM OF PRIVACY.

THE LEGISLATURE APPROVED $100 MILLION FOR SHELTER CAPITAL AND EXECUTIVES APPLIED FOR NEARLY $2 MILLION FOR A MASSIVE EXPANSION.

>> I SAW THAT I HAD AN E-MAIL SO I CALLED A COUPLE STAFF AND I SAID I CAN'T LOOK AT THIS BY MYSELF.

[LAUGHTER].

>> I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN.

I MIGHT CRY, I MIGHT LAUGH, WHATEVER.

WHEN I HEARD WE GOT OUR FULL FUNDING, IT WAS ABSOLUTELY A GREAT DAY.

>> Reporter: WITH THE EXPANSION, THEY WERE ABLE TO DOUBLE THEIR BED CAPACITY AND DO A LOT MORE WITH THAT.

>> THIS NEW SHELTER HAS 12 SINGLE ROOMS, 4 FAMILY ROOMS, PRIVATE RESTROOMS FOR EACH AND EVERY PERSON.

IT'S A DIGNIFIED PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO STAY.

>> IT'S NOT BECAUSE IT WAS EASY OR THE RESOURCES WERE ABUNDANT, BUT IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

>> Reporter: THEY HELD A GRAND RE-OPENING CEREMONY TO CELEBRATE THE OCCASION.

>> TODAY UNVEILS NOT JUST THE UNVEILING OF A BRICKS AND MORTAR BUT THE RENEWAL OF OUR SHARED COMMITMENT TO COMPASSION, DIGNITY, AND THE BELIEVE THAT NO ONE SHOULD BE LEFT BEHIND.

>> IN THESE EXTRAORDINARILY DIFFICULT TIMES, IT REPRESENTS SOMETHING RARE, SOMETHING POWERFUL, THE UNWAVERING COMPASSION OF A RURAL COMMUNITY AND REGION COMING TOGETHER TO PROTECT ITS MOST VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS.

>> Reporter: SOME GRACE HOUSE STAFF MEMBERS SPOKE DURING THE CEREMONY TO CONGRATULATE THOSE TO MADE THE EXPANSION POSSIBLE AND HOW STRONG ONE SIMPLE IDEA COULD BE.

>> THIS WASN'T ALWAYS HERE.

THIS WASN'T ALWAYS AVAILABLE.

IT TOOK A SMALL, A FAIRLY SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE WITH AN IDEA TO GET US HERE, WHERE WE ARE TODAY, TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS AND HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS AND HELP THE COMMUNITY IN THE WAY WE DO.

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

>> LAST YEAR, GRACE HOUSE FULFILLED ITS MISSION BY SERVING 91 PEOPLE WITH OVER 2,100 BED NIGHTS, AND SERVING OVER 3,200 MEALS >>> TIME FOR WEATHER, STACY IS HERE.

STILL LOOKING LIKE SOME RAIN MOVING IN HERE SHORTLY.

>> Stacy: YES, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'LL SEE SOME WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA TOMORROW.

THERE IS A SMALL POTENTIAL WE COULD SEE SEVERE WEATHER TOMORROW, WITH MORE RAINFALL EXPECTED ON FRIDAY, MUCH NEEDED RAIN IN THE AREA.

WE WILL SEE COOLER TEMPERATURES >> 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: WELL, FOR THE MOST PART IT WAS A SUNNY AND HOT DAY TODAY.

WE HAD A FEW POP-UP SHOWERS HERE AND THERE AND THERE IS THE POTENTIAL OF SEEING SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN MINNESOTA TONIGHT.

WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW, ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON, WITH MUCH MORE NEEDED RAIN ON FRIDAY.

WE WILL SEE A DROP IN TEMPERATURES, WE ARE EXPECTING TO SEE HIGHS IN THE 50s AS WE END THE WEEK.

IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 76 AT THE AIRPORT.

AT THE STUDIO, WINDS ARE EAST AT 6 MILES PER HOUR, THE DEW POINT IS 56, HUMIDITY IS 50%.

IN BRAINERD, 77 DEGREES, THE DEW POINT IS 58, SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 8 MILES PER HOUR, BUT WE'RE SEEING GUSTS UP TO 20.

AN AIR QUALITY ALERT THROUGH 4:00 P.M. ON THURSDAY, WE ARE EXPECTING TO SEE THE AIR QUALITY INDEX REACHING THE ORANGE CATEGORY, THE ORANGE LEVEL, WHICH MEANS IT IS UNHEALTHY FOR PEOPLE IN SENSITIVE GROUPS.

AS FAR AS OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR PICTURE IS CONCERNED, WE ARE SEEING MORE CLOUD COVER THIS EVENING, AND WE HAVE SEEN SOME POP-UP SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HERE AND THERE.

THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME ISOLATED SHOWER ACTIVITY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, OTHERWISE IT LOOKS QUIET FOR THE REST OF US.

WE WILL SEE MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW, WITH MORE SHOWERS ON FRIDAY, AND AS FAR AS THE PRECIPITATION TOTALS, MUCH NEEDED RAIN.

THESE TOTALS ARE THROUGH 7:00 P.M. ON FRIDAY SO WE WILL LIKELY SEE THESE INCREASING FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY, STILL COULD SEE SOME RAIN THERE.

WE COULD SEE ANYWHERE FROM 0.3-INCH AROUND FOSSTON, TO 1 INCH IN THE AITKIN AREA.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE FROM ARLENE IN MENAHGA.

RYAN FROM RED LAKE SENDING US THIS PHOTO, HIS LITTLE CAT DECIDING IT'S TOO HOT TO GO OUTSIDE.

GARY SPOTTING A COUPLE OF SWANS IN THE LAKE AND ANGELA WITH A PHOTO OF THE SUNSHINE THROUGH THE CLOUDS THIS EVENING IN CASS LAKE.

JOAN IN LAPORTE, AN OSPRY OVER THE BLUE SKIES.

AND BILL AND JUDY WITH THE EVENING SKIES, THE SUNSET THERE OVER UPPER RED LAKE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE WITH US TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, RYAN IN RED LAKE, 66 THIS MORNING.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, SUN AND WIND TODAY.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE ALSO REPORTING SUNNY AND WINDY CONDITIONS.

JOAN IN LAPORTE, MOSTLY SUNNY WITH SOME LATE AFTERNOON CLOUDS.

REAL QUICK LOOK AT OUR ALMANAC, WARM OUT THERE, NOT SEEING RECORD HIGHS IN BRAINERD, 88 WAS OUR HIGH TEMPERATURE.

WE HAD A LOW TODAY OF 62.

CLOSE TO THE RECORD, BUT NOT QUITE THERE IN BEMIDJI, 89 WAS OUR HIGH WITH A LOW OF 56.

TOMORROW WE WILL HAVE A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE IN THE MORNING, SPOTTY SHOWERS IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.

AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY, WE WILL START TO SEE MORE WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY MOVING INTO THE AREA, ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON.

WE CAN SEE ALL OF THAT ACTIVITY MOVING IN.

THERE IS AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEEING SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WITH THOSE.

HIGH TEMPERATURES, A LITTLE COOLER THAN WHAT WE HAVE BEEN SEEING AS OF LATE, HIGHS WILL BE IN THE 70s ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA, WITH MID TO UPPER 70s IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

HERE'S OUR FORECAST, VARIABLE CLOUDS, SOME SPOTTY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT, LOWS NEAR 59, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD, ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON TOMORROW, WITH HIGHS NEAR 76 AND EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 10 TO 25.

LOOKING AT THE WEEKEND FORECAST, WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AGAIN ON FRIDAY, MORE SCATTERED ACTIVITY ON SATURDAY, AND TEMPERATURES ARE QUITE A BIT COLDER WITH HIGHS NEAR 53 TO START THE WEEKEND.

A LITTLE BIT QUIETER ON SUNDAY, ANOTHER CHANCE OF PRECIP ON MONDAY, HIGHS ON MONDAY NEAR 62.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, AND CHARLIE IS HERE NOW WITH OUR LOCAL SPORTS.

WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR US TONIGHT?

>> Charlie: WE HAVE SOME TIMBERWOLVES ACTION.

THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO CLENCH AGAINST THE WARRIORS TONIGHT AT HOME, GAME NUMBER 5.

YOU DON'T WANT TO GO TO GOLDEN STATE, SETH CURRY IS STILL OUT BUT HE MAY BE BACK FOR GAME 6.

WE HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS COMING UP AFTER >> SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED IN PART BY PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS, POWERED BY THE GIGAZONE, OFFERING THE LATEST IN TECHNOLOGY FOR YOUR BUSINESS, FROM YOUR LOCAL BROADBAND COOPERATIVE.

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>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪] >> Charlie: WE HAVE SOME PRETTY BIG ODDS, THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES FIND ONE WIN AWAY TO THE CONFERENCE FINALS.

EVEN WITH THE WOLVES' SLOW START TO THE SEASON, THEY MANAGED TO FINISH STRONG, WINNING 17 OF THEIR FINAL 21 GAMES AND CARRIED THAT INTO THE POST-SEASON WHERE THEY ARE 7-2.

TONIGHT THEY RETURN TO MINNEAPOLIS TO FACE OFF WITH GOLDEN STATE, A CHANCE TO CLENCH IN FRONT OF THE HOMETOWN CROWD.

WE'RE GOING TO PICK UP IN THE FIRST QUARTER, RUDY GETS GOING DOWN LOW, 11 POINTS FOR HIM.

MINNESOTA IS LEADING.

IN THE SECOND QUARTER NOW, THAT'S WHEN MIKE STARTED TO HEAT UP, HE HAD 11 POINTS IN THE FIRST HALF, 3 FOR 4 FROM DOWNTOWN, AND LATER NEARING THE END OF THE HALF, THEY HAD A FRANCHISE POST-SEASON RECORD 20 ASSISTS IN THE FIRST HALF, JAYDEN McDANIELS TO JULIUS, ONE OF THEM THERE.

HE HAD 17 POINTS SO FAR AND RIGHT NOW, THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES ARE LANDrd -- LAYINGS IT ON GOLDEN STATE.

THEY HAVE ONE MORE QUARTER TO GO, CAN THEY DO IT?

HOPEFULLY.

>>> MOVING ON TO THE MINNESOTA TWINS, THEY GOT A PAIR OF WINS TODAY AND A DOUBLE HEADER AND THEY HAVE NOW WON 10 GAMES, SO A LOT OF -- SO 10 GAMES IN A ROW, THAT'S A LOT OF GOOD NEWS FOR MINNESOTA TEAMS AND A LITTLE BIT MORE GOOD NEWS FROM PROFESSIONAL MINNESOTA TEAMS.

THE MINNESOTA FROST TAKING ON THE TORONTO SCEPTERS.

THEY ARE HEADED BACK TO THE WALTER CUP CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR TO TRY TO DEFEND THEIR TITLE.

>>> IN GIRLS GOLF, BRAINERD HOSTED THE MADDENS INVITATIONAL THIS MORNING.

BEMIDJI WAS ALSO IN ATTENDANCE, AS WELL AS THE PEQUOT LAKES PATRIOTS.

ON 6, WARRIORS' MEREDITH HOLMSTROM SINKS THE PUTT FOR PAR.

SHE'D CARD A 89 AND TIE FOR 26TH OVERALL BUT HER SISTER MADDIE HOLMSTROM WAS BRAINERD'S TOP PERFORMER, ON ONE.

NICE APPROACH SETS UP A BIRDIE.

SHE SHOT AN 88, GOOD FOR 24TH OVERALL.

ON ONE FOR THE LUMBERJACKS, TAYLOR SCHULKE KNOCKS DOWN THE PUTT FOR PAR.

SHE”D PLACE 41TH OVERALL, CARDING A 94.

ON 6, BRYNN MEYER.

SHE WAS BEMIDJI'S TOP PERFORMER ON THE DAY, GETS IN PRIME POSITION FOR PAR.

SHE RECORDED AN 89.

ALSO TYING FOR 26TH PLACE AND GENEVIEVE BIRKELAND WAS THE PATRIOTS TOP GOLFER TODAY, DIGS IT OUT THE BUNKER TO SET UP PAR ON ONE.

SHE CARDED A 73, TYING FOR SECOND PLACE OVERALL.

PEQUOT LAKES GETS A FIFTH PLACE FINISH AT MADDEN'S.

THE BRAINERD NUMBER 2 TEAM FINISHED BEFORE THE BRAINERD NUMBER 1 TEAM.

>>> ON THE BOY'S SIDE OF THING, BEMIDJI TAKING NINTH PLACE THERE.

IN BOYS TENNIS, BEMIDJI BOY'S TENNIS COMES TO AN END.

THEY BEAT MOORHEAD BUT THEN FELL TO SARTELL RIGHT AFTERWARDS.

IN BASEBALL, LITTLE FALLS BEATS HUTCHINSON.

STAPLES MOTLEY AND PIERZ BOTH COLLECT WINS.

LONG PRAIRIE GREY EAGLE STILL WINS, AND IN SOFTBALL, BEMIDJI AND PILLAGER BOTH GETTING WINS TODAY.

AITKIN BEATS CROSBY-IRONTON.

>> BRAINERD HIGH SCHOOL HELD ITS ANNUAL SIGNING DAY CEREMONY THIS MORNING WITH 23 DIFFERENT WARRIORS COMMITTING TO PLAY SPORTS AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL.

THE STUDENT-ATHLETES WERE SPREAD ACROSS 16 DIFFERENT COLLEGES, REPRESENTING 13 DIFFERENT SPORTS ACROSS ALL NCAA DIVISIONS, AS WELL AS NAIA AND JUNIOR COLLEGE.

FOUR SENIORS HAVE COMMITTED TO PLAY AT THE D-1 LEVEL INCLUDING PAYTON MILLER WHO CHOSE TO JOIN THE DANCE TEAM AT NORTH DAKOTA STATE AFTER HELPING BRAINERD BRING HOME BACK-TO-BACK CLASS 3A STATE HIGH KICK TITLES.

>> I AM SUPER THRILLED.

I CANNOT WAIT TO COMPETE AT THAT TOP TIER LEVEL AND COMPETE AGAINST TOP SCHOOLS.

IT WILL BE SO EXCITING AND IT WILL BE A BIG NEW CHANGE.

I'M GOING TO THANK MY COUCH.

BEING WITH JUST FOR KIDS FOR 16 YEARS AND DOING HIGH SCHOOL DANCE, THEY HAVE BEEN THE BEST COACHES AND BEEN SO SUPPORTIVE ALONG THE WAY.

>> Charlie: AND ELI THERE IN BASKETBALL, GOT ANOTHER PAGE GOING REAL QUICK.

ONE MORE OF THE REST OF THOSE ATHLETES, AWESOME, CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM TO GET TO PLAY AT THE NEXT LEVEL.

>> Dennis: YES, THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> IT'S NOT A NEW PROBLEM BUT THE DANGER OF LEAD POISONING IS BACK IN THE NEWS, AS OFFICIALS IN MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN WORK TO REMOVE THE POTENT NEUROTOXIN FROM AGING SCHOOLS FOLLOWING THE CITY'S CONFIRMATION THAT A CHILD WAS POISONED BY LEAD FROM PEELING PAINT AT A SCHOOL THERE EARLIER THIS YEAR BUT HOW DOES THIS NATURALLY OCCURRING ELEMENT AFFECT THE BODY?

IN TODAY'S HEALTH MINUTE, MANDY GAITHER HAS MORE ON THE HEALTH HAZARDS OF LEAD.

>> Reporter: IT CAN BE FOUND IN THE AIR, THE SOIL, AND THE WATER.

LEAD EXPOSURE COULD BE HARMFUL TO EVERYONE, BUT IT'S ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS TO CHILDREN AS THEIR BODIES ARE STILL DEVELOPING.

>> THERE IS NO SAFE AMOUNT OF LEAD.

>> Reporter: DR. SANJAY SAY THAT LEAD DOES LEAVE THE BODY AFTER EXPOSURE, BUT IT CAN ACCUMULATE, STORED IN THE BLOOD, SOFT TISSUES, AND/OR BEGANS.

BECAUSE OF THAT, IT CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT A PERSON'S LIFE IF IT CONTINUES TO BUILD UP.

LEAD POISONING IN A CHILD CAN LEAD TO DAMAGE TO THE BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM, LEARNING AND BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS, HEARING AND SPEECH PROBLEMS.

>> IN ADULTS, IT CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS IF YOU HAVE SIGNIFICANT LEAD TOXICITY, INCLUDING PROBLEMS WITH YOUR CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM AND YOUR COGNITIVE SYSTEM AS WELL, YOUR CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.

>> Reporter: YOU CAN PREVENT PAIN DETERIORATION, STAY ON TOP OF WATER DAMAGE QUICKLY AND COMPLETELY, KEEP YOUR HOME FREE AND DUST-FREE, AND CLEAN AROUND PAINTED AREAS WITH A WET RAG TO REMOVE PAINT CHIPS OR DUST, AND USE COLD WATER TO PREPARE FOOD AND DRINKS, FLUSH WATER OUTLETS USED FOR DRINKING OR FOOD PREP, CLEAN OUT DEBRIS OF OUTLET, GRAINS, OR FAUCETS ON A REGULAR BASIS, WASH CHILDREN'S BOTTLES AND PACIFIERS OFTEN AND TEACH CHILDREN TO REMOVE THEIR SHOES AND WASH HANDS AFTER PLAYING OUTDOORS.

FOR HEALTH MINUTE, I'M MANDY GAITHER.

>> Dennis: AND STACY HAS A LAST LOOK AT OUR WEATHER.

>> Stacy: WE HAVE AN AIR QUALITY ALERT UNTIL 4:00 P.M.

TOMORROW.

OTHER THAN THAT, IT LOOKS LIKE A FEW SPOTTY SHOWERS TOMORROW, MORE WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY TOMORROW.

>> Dennis: THAT'S IT FOR US.

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

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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