
May 20, 2025 - Lakeland News Full Episode
Season 2025 Episode 101 | 29m 35sVideo has Closed Captions
Bringing North Central Minnesota local news, weather, and sports 5 days a week.
Lakeland News brings you local news, weather, and sports 5 days a week. Hosted by News Director Dennis Weimann, Weather Anchor Stacy Christenson, and Sports Director Charlie Yaeger. The Lakeland News Team serves Minnesota communities from as far south as Little Falls, as far north as the Canadian border, as far west as Fosston and east to Bovey and every community in between.
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May 20, 2025 - Lakeland News Full Episode
Season 2025 Episode 101 | 29m 35sVideo has Closed Captions
Lakeland News brings you local news, weather, and sports 5 days a week. Hosted by News Director Dennis Weimann, Weather Anchor Stacy Christenson, and Sports Director Charlie Yaeger. The Lakeland News Team serves Minnesota communities from as far south as Little Falls, as far north as the Canadian border, as far west as Fosston and east to Bovey and every community in between.
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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.
>>> A 37-YEAR-OLD MAN HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY IN FEDERAL COURT OF TWO COUNTS OF SEXUALLY ABUSING A MINOR ON THE RED LAKE INDIAN RESERVATION.
ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS AND EVIDENCE PRESENTED AT TRIAL.
CLARENCE EDWARD CLARK JUNIOR SEXUALLY ASSAULTED A MINOR VICTIM WHO WAS INCAPACITATED IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF MARCH FIRST OF 2024.
ANOTHER MINOR PRESENT AT THE HOME INTERRUPTED THE ASSAULT AND RAN TO A NEIGHBORS HOME FOR HELP.
THE NEIGHBOR CALLED 9-1-1 AND RED LAKE POLICE RESPONDED AND FOUND CLARK INTOXICATED AT THE SCENE AND APPREHENDED HIM THERE.
A JURY CONVICTED CLARK JUNIOR ON BOTH SEXUAL ABUSE CHARGES ON MAY 15TH.
>>> WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION TONIGHT ON WHAT BEMIDJI POLICE ARE TERMING THE SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF A MAN IN THE CITY.
THE MAN WAS FOUND DEAD ON MONDAY AT THE COURTYARD APARTMENTS ON AMERICA AVENUE.
HE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 41-YEAR-OLD BENJAMIN MARTINEZ OF BEMIDJI.
ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE FROM BEMIDJI POLICE CHIEF MIKE MASTIN, MARTINEZ IS BELIEVED TO HAVE DIED FROM A DRUG OVERDOSE BUT THE CASE IS BEING INVESTIGATED AS A HOMICIDE.
THERE HAD ALSO BEEN A REPORT OF A GAS LEAK IN THE SAME AREA ON MONDAY AND WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED ON THE SCENE THEY SMELLED A STRONG ODOR NEAR THE APARTMENT COMPLEX AND THEY WORKED TO EVACUATE OTHER RESIDENTS.
A WOMAN AND A YOUNG CHILD WERE TAKEN FROM THE SCENE TO THE SANFORD MEDICAL CENTER WHERE THEY WERE TREATED AND RELEASED.
MINNESOTA ENERGY RESPONDED TO THE SCENE, DETERMINED THERE WAS NO GAS LEAK, AND RESIDENTS WERE ALLOWED BACK INTO THE APARTMENT.
MASTIN SAYS THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A THREAT TO THE PUBLIC FROM THE CASE.
>>> GOVERNOR TIM WALZ TODAY DECLARED A PEACETIME EMERGENCY AND DIRECTED STATE AGENCIES TO PROVIDE THE ASSISTANCE NECESSARY TO HELP RESPOND TO AND RECOVER FROM THE WILDFIRES THAT HAVE CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DESTRUCTION TO PROPERTY AND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.
YESTERDAY, ST. LOUIS COUNTY OFFICIALS DECLARED A STATE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY, REQUESTING PUBLIC DISASTER ASSISTANCE.
THIS ORDER WILL FURTHER SUPPORT WILDLAND FIREFIGHTERS AND EMERGENCY RESPONDERS, AND IT COMES AS THE JENKINS CREEK, CAMP HOUSE, AND MUNGER SHAW WILDFIRES REMAIN ACTIVE.
WALZ SAYS THAT AS FIRE DEPARTMENTS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND STATE AND FEDERAL WILDLAND FIREFIGHTING AGENCIES WORK TOGETHER TO RESPOND TO THESE FIRES, ADDITIONAL RESOURCES WILL BE NEEDED TO ADDRESS THE ONGOING THREATS FROM THESE WILDFIRES.
OVERALL MORE THAN 30,000 ACRES HAVE BEEN BURNED IN THREE MAJOR FIRES AND 150 BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED.
DESPITE STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY IN THE AREA TODAY FIRE FIGHTERS DID MAKE SOME PROGRESS IN BATTLING THE FIRES.
AS OF THIS EVENING, THE MUNGER SHAW FIRE IS NOW 95-PERCENT CONTAINED, THE CAMP HOUSE FIRE IS 59-PERCENT CONTAINED, WHILE THE JENKINS CREEK FIRE IS ONLY 6-PERCENT CONTAINED.
>>> GOVERNOR TIM WALZ SIGNED A TRIBAL COMPACT AGREEMENT WHITE EARTH NATION TONIGHT THAT WILL ALLOW THE TRIBE TO OPEN OFF-RESERVATION CANNABIS RETAIL OPERATIONS.
WHITE EARTH CURRENTLY OPERATES A CANNIBAS DISPENSARY ON THE WHITE EARTH RESERVATION IN MAHNOMEN.
THIS AGREEMENT ALLOWS THE TRIBE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PLANS FOR ADDITIONAL DISPENSARIES IN MOORHEAD AND ST.
CLOUD.
THE MOORHEAD LOCATION COULD OPEN AS SOON AS THIS WEEKEND BUT WILL NOT HAVE ALL PRODUCTS ON HAND UNTIL SOMETIME IN THE NEXT MONTH.
WHITE EARTH OFFICIALS CALL IT A GROUNDBREAKING AGREEMENT AND SAY GRAND OPENING DATES AND COMMUNITY CELEBRATION DETAILS WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON.
>>> AFTER OVER AN HOUR OF DISCUSSION IN A CLOSED MEETING.
THE BEMIDJI CITY COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION TO FILE A PETITION WITH THE MINNESOTA OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS TO ANNEX A PORTION OF NORTHERN TOWNSHIP.
THE RESOLUTION MENTIONS THAT THE CITY HAS INVESTED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO HANDLE AREA GROWTH AND FEELS INCORPORATION WOULD PREVENT THE CITY FROM GROWING.
THIS DECISION COMES AFTER THE NORTHERN TOWNSHIP BOARD APPROVED A MOTION IN THEIR LAST MEETING TO FILE FOR INCORPORATION WITH THE STATE.
>> I WILL TEN -- ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PETITION THE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS FOR ANNEXATIONS OF NORTHERN TOWNSHIP TO THE CITY OF BEMIDJI, AND DIRECT CITY STAFF AND LEGAL COUNSEL TO FILE THE SAME AND SERVE IT ON ALL PARTIES ENTITLED TO NOTICE, ONLY UPON RECENT OF THE INCORPORATION PETITION FROM NORTHERN TOWNSHIP.
>> ONCE BOTH PETITIONS ARE FILED, THE STATE WILL MAKE A RULING FOR THE AREA.
EITHER NORTHERN TOWNSHIP WILL BECOME A CITY AND PERMANENTLY SET ITS BOUNDARIES OR BEMIDJI WILL BE ABLE TO ANNEX THE PORTION OF NORTHERN TOWNSHIP ALONG THE LAKE BEMIDJI SHORELINE, BRINGING AN END TO INCORPORATION AND THE WASTEWATER PROJECT.
ASH -- >> THE SECOND MOTION WOULD BE TO APPOINT COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA, COUNCIL MEMBER SAYER, AND MYSELF, AND COUNCIL MEMBER DICKERSON AS AN ALTERNATE FOR ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH NORTHERN TOWNSHIP IF THEY WISH TO DO SO.
>> BEMIDJI WILL FILE ITS PETITION TO ANNEX NO LATER THAN MAY 22ND.
A DECISION SHOULD BE MADE WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE INITIAL PETITION FILING.
NORTHERN TOWNSHIP RESPONDED TO THE CITY OF BEMIDJI'S RESOLUTION WITH A STATEMENT TONIGHT THAT SAYS NORTHERN TOWNSHIP IS DISAPPOINTED—BUT NOT SURPRISED—BY THE BEMIDJI CITY COUNCIL'S DECISION AND THAT, ”NORTHERN RESIDENTS ARE SIMPLY EXERCISING THEIR RIGHT UNDER MINNESOTA LAW TO SEEK LOCAL SELF-GOVERNANCE AND PROTECT THE BOUNDARIES OF WHAT IS ALREADY THEIR TOWNSHIP.
WE ARE NOT EXPANDING OR TAKING ANYTHING FROM THE CITY”.
WE ARE INCLUDING THAT ENTIRE STATEMENT FROM NORTHERN TOWNSHIP AS WELL AS THE RESOLUTION FROM THE CITY OF BEMIDJI ALONG WITH THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.
>>> AFTER RECENTLY HOLDING A GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR A NEW ORTHOPEDIC CENTER IN BAXTER LAST WEEK, ESSENTIA HEALTH IS EXPANDING THEIR BRAND EVEN MORE WITH THE OPENING OF A NEW URGENT CARE CLINIC IN DEERWOOD.
THE CLINIC IS THE FIRST IN THE DEERWOOD COMMUNITY.
THE SPACE WAS OPENED AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO AN EMERGENCY ROOM.
ACCORDING TO STEVE PALMER, SECTION CHAIR FOR ESSENTIA HEALTH'S BRAINERD LAKES URGENT CARE.
THE BAXTER CLINIC SERVED ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF PEOPLE AS THEIR EMERGENCY ROOM LAST YEAR AND DEERWOOD WAS THE PERFECT PLACE TO OPEN A NEW LOCATION.
>> NOW WE IDENTIFIED IT AS AN AREA THAT HAD THE NEED FOR THE ACUTE WALK IN CENTER BECAUSE AGAIN, THE ONLY SERVICES AVAILABLE PREVIOUSLY WERE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT.
SO WE WANT THIS AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THAT.
IF SOMEONE COMES IN AND THEY'RE VERY SICK, WE WILL TAKE CARE OF THEM TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY AND WE HAVE PLENTY OF RESOURCES THAT IF WE HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF CARE, WE CAN GET THEM TO WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.
>> DEERWOOD URGENT CARE IS NOW OPEN FROM 8:00 A.M. TO 6:00 P.M., MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
>>> CHANGES ARE ON THE WAY FOR COVID-19 VACCINES.
THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION IS ADJUSTING THE STANDARD OF EVIDENCE NEEDED FOR SHOTS TO BE APPROVED FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
THAT WOULD MAKE IT SIMILAR TO THE VACCINE RECOMMENDATIONS USED IN CANADA, THE U.K. AND AUSTRALIA.
THE AGENCY SAYS COVID-19 BOOSTERS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AVAILABLE THIS FALL FOR THE ELDERLY POPULATION AND PEOPLE WITH HEALTH ISSUES THAT MAKE THEM MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO INFECTIONS BUT THE F.D.A.
SAYS IT NEEDS TO SEE ENOUGH POSITIVE DATA FROM PLACEBO-BASED TRIALS BEFORE RECOMMENDING COVID BOOSTER SHOTS FOR PEOPLE IN OTHER GROUPS.
VACCINE PROPONENTS SAY C.D.C.
STUDIES HAVE MADE CLEAR THAT BOOSTER DOSES DO OFFER PROTECTION AGAINST MILD TO MODERATE ILLNESS FOR FOUR TO SIX MONTHS AFTER THE SHOT EVEN IN HEALTHY PEOPLE.
IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT THE UPCOMING CHANGES MEAN FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY STILL WANT A FALL COVID-19 SHOT BUT DON'T CLEARLY FIT INTO ONE OF THE CATEGORIES.
>>> YESTERDAY WAS THE DEADLINE FOR STATE LAWMAKERS TO GET THEIR WORK DONE DURING THIS YEARS LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
AND WHILE LEGISLATORS DID GET SEVEN BUDGET BILLS TO THE GOVERNORS DESK SEVERAL STILL ARE UNFINISHED WHICH MEANS THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL SESSION THIS YEAR.
GOVERNOR WALZ HAS INDICATED HE'D CALL LAWMAKERS BACK FOR WHAT HE HOPES WILL BE A ONE-DAY SPECIAL SESSION ONCE THEY HAVE THEIR WORK DONE.
HE AND LEGISLATIVE LEADERS REACHED AN AGREEMENT LAST NIGHT FOR LEGISLATIVE LEADERS TO CONTINUE NEGOTIATING ON REMAINING BILLS BEGINNING TODAY.
THE LEGISLATURE HAS UNTIL JULY FIRST TO ENACT A BUDGET TO AVOID A PARTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.
>>> PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ON CAPITOL HILL TUESDAY TO MAKE A PITCH WITH HIS SO-CALLED “BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL,” ON THE LINE.
WHAT'S IN, WHAT'S OUT AND WHAT'S AT STAKE FOR AMERICAN HOUSEHOLDS?
KARIN CAIFA HAS THE LATEST FROM WASHINGTON.
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SECOND TERM DOMESTIC PRIORITIES ARE ROLLED UP IN A BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL.
>> I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET EVERYTHING WE WANT AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT VICTORY.
>> Reporter: MAKING A PUSH ON CAPITOL HILL ON TUESDAY, TRUMP ENCOUNTERED A DIVIDED HOUSE G.O.P.
CAUCUS.
REPUBLICANS FROM KEY SWING DISTRICTS SAY IT COULD LEAVE THEM POLITICALLY VULNERABLE.
SOME BLUE STATES ARE HOLDING OUT AND CONSERVATIVES ARGUE THAT THE BILL DOESN'T DO ENOUGH FOR THE FEDERAL DEFICIT.
>> IT'S TOUTED AS A BILL THAT CORRECTS DEFICIT SPENDING AND IT DOESN'T DO THAT.
IT DOESN'T MANAGE THE DEFICIT WELL.
>> Reporter: THE BILL SEEKS TO MAKE PERMANENT NEARLY ALL OF THE INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX BREAKS SIGNED INTO LAW BY TRUMP IN HIS FIRST TERM IN 2017.
IT WOULD ELIMINATE FEDERAL TAXES ON TIPS AND OVERTIME PAY AND BOOST THE CHILD TAX CREDIT THROUGH 2028.
THE BILL PROPOSES A MEDICAID OVERHAUL THAT CUTS SPENDING WITH NEW RULES LIKE WORK REQUIREMENTS FOR THOSE ADULTS THAT ARE CAPABLE OF WORKING.
THE BILL ALSO CALLS FOR MORE FOOD STAMP RECIPIENTS TO WORK TO QUALIFY FOR BENEFITS.
HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON EXPRESSING CONFIDENCE THAT THEY CAN ADDRESS DIFFERENCES.
IN WASHINGTON, I'M KARIN CAIFA.
>> IF THE BILL PASSES THE HOUSE THIS WEEK, IT WOULD THEN MOVE TO THE SENATE, WHERE REPUBLICANS ARE ALSO EYEING CHANGES.
[♪♪♪] >> STILL TO COME ON LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.
>> Stacy: WE'LL SEE MORE RAINFALL TONIGHT AND TOMORROW, ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING BEFORE DRIER AND WARMER WEATHER RETURNS LATER THIS WEEK.
I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.
>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK FOR THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, STUDENTS FROM AREA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN RAISING TROUT AND >> 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 CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IS PUTTING ON ITS LATEST SHOW AT THE DRYDEN THEATER, ”THE EXONERATED”.
THE SHOW TELLS THE STORIES OF DEATH ROW INMATES THAT WERE ABLE TO PROVE THEIR INNOCENCE AND ESCAPE THEIR EXECUTIONS.
THE PLAY IS BASED ON REAL PEOPLE.
THEIR STORIES WERE SHARED THROUGH INTERVIEWS THAT THE ORIGINAL WRITERS OF THE PRODUCTION CONDUCTED THEMSELVES.
DIRECTOR REBECCA TIMMINS SAYS THAT ALTHOUGH THE SUBJECT MATTER IS QUITE HEAVY.
AUDIENCE MEMBERS WILL BE MOVED BY THE SHOW.
>> I THINK THE COMMUNITY HERE WHO COME TO THE SHOW WILL FIND IT INTERESTING AND EYE OPENING.
THIS SUBJECT MATTER IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE IN OUR PRISONS RIGHT NOW.
I THINK IF PEOPLE WANT TO BE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING AROUND OR GOING ON IN THE BIGGER WORLD, THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO LEARN IT.
>> THE SHOW WILL RUN THIS WEEKEND FROM MAY 22ND TO THE 24TH AT 7:00 P.M. WITH A 2:00 P.M. MATINEE ON THE 24TH.
>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, STACY IS HERE.
THE RAIN JUST KEEPS COMING DOWN, ALTHOUGH NOT MUCH AT A TIME TODAY.
>> Stacy: RIGHT, WELL IT DEPENDS WHERE YOU ARE.
WE HAD MORE RAIN IN SOME LOCATIONS AND LESS IN OTHERS.
WE'RE EXPECTING TO SEE MORE RAINFALL THROUGH MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT AND TOMORROW, ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE MORNING, AND WE'LL ALSO SEE THE COOLER TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH THE RAIN.
THERE IS A WARM UP AND >> 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, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING SOME RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY AND IT LOOKS LIKE MORE IS ON THE WAY FOR MOST OF US.
THERE ARE SMALLER CHANCES IN NORTHERN, ESPECIALLY NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA.
YOU HAVE THE RAINFALL TONIGHT AND THROUGH TOMORROW, MAINLY IN THE MORNING.
WE WILL BE SEEING SOME DRIER WEATHER ALONG WITH SOME WARMER TEMPERATURES AS WE HEAD INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK.
RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT IS 40 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.
AT OUR STUDIO, WINDS ARE NORTHEAST AT 8 MILES PER HOUR, WE PICKED UP 0.043-INCH OF PRECIPITATION AND OUR HUMIDITY IS AT 84%.
IN BRAINERD, LIGHT RAIN, 37 DEGREES, 34 IS OUR DEW POINT, WE HAVE WINDS OUT OF THE EAST AT 8 MILES PER HOUR, WITH GUSTS UP TO 16.
ON OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR PICTURE, WE CAN SEE THE AREAS OF PRECIPITATION IS STILL IMPACTING OUR VIEWING AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.
IN FACT, OTHER THAN PARTS OF FAR NORTHERN MINNESOTA, WE WILL LIKELY SEE MORE RAINFALL ACROSS MOST OF OUR VIEWING AREA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND THAT WILL CONTINUE INTO TOMORROW, ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING, STARTING TO TAPER OFF IN THE AFTERNOON.
WE COULD PICK UP QUITE A BIT MORE PRECIPITATION, ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE WE'RE EXPECTING TO SEE ANYWHERE FROM A QUARTER TO AN THIRD OF OF PRECIP AND THAT AMOUNT BECOMES MUCH LESS FURTHER TO THE NORTH AND EAST.
ARLENE SPOTTING SOME YELLOW VIOLETS IN MENAHGA.
JOAN IS SPOTTING A BIRD ENJOYING SOME BIRDSEED THERE IN LAPORTE.
SANDY SAYING VERY WINDY TODAY AND NOT USUALLY SEEING THOSE WHITE CAPS ON THIS PORTION OF RABIDEAU LAKE, BUT WE DID HAVE THE WIND FOR THAT TODAY.
ANGELA TAKING THIS PHOTO, AND WE HAVE SEEN GLOOMY CONDITIONS AND ALSO SOME SNOWFLAKES THIS AFTERNOON.
BILL AND JUDY SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE DREARY CONDITIONS OVER UPPER RED LAKE.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR PHOTOS WITH US TONIGHT.
FOR OUR EAGLE EYE REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA REPORTING 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN TODAY.
BOB IN BLUFFTON, 1.2 INCHES OF RAIN.
ARLENE IN LONGVILLE WITH 0.75-INCH OF PRECIPITATION, SANDY IN BLACKDUCK, LIGHT SHOWERS, VERY WINDY TODAY.
ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, CLOUDY WITH LIGHT RAIN.
STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD REPORTING RAIN THIS EVENING WITH A HIGH OF 44.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR ALMANAC IN JUST A SECOND HERE.
THERE WE GO.
IT HAS BEEN COOL, ESPECIALLY WHERE WE'VE BEEN SEEING THE HIGHER RAINFALL TOTALS.
44 WAS OUR HIGH TODAY IN BRAINERD AND THAT ACTUALLY DIDN'T WARM UP MUCH.
WE HAD A LOW THIS MORNING OF 37.
SUNSET TONIGHT AT 8:51.
BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 56, SO WHILE A LITTLE BIT WARMER, STILL WELL BELOW OUR AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE, WE DID START OUT WITH A CHILLY 38 THIS MORNING AND SUNRISE AT 5:35.
SO LOOKING AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, WE ARE GOING TO START OUT WITH A LOT OF RAINFALL MOVING THROUGH THE AREA AND THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS.
WE SHOULD START SEEING IT MOVE OUT IN THE AFTERNOON, STILL KEEPING THE CLOUD COVER WITH MORE SUNSHINE RETURNING LATER ON THIS WEEK.
TEMPERATURES-WISE, WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE WARMER TEMPERATURES IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 50s, MAYBE SOME MID-60s IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA THAT ESCAPE THE RAINFALL AND IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, HIGHS SHOULD BE MAINLY IN THE LOW 50s.
SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST, RAIN IS LIKELY FOR MOST OF THE AREA TONIGHT, A LITTLE BIT SMALLER CHANCE THERE IN FAR NORTHERN MINNESOTA, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, LOWS NEAR 40, AND TOMORROW SHOWERS ARE LIKELY, ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA, WHICH HAS A SMALLER CHANCE, 56 FOR THE HIGH, EAST WINDS 5 TO 20.
MORE SUNSHINE ON THE WAY ON THURSDAY, BUT WE COULD START OUT WITH A BIT OF FROST IN THE AREA.
TEMPERATURES SHOULD CLIMB INTO THE MID-60s, AND THIN AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR RAINFALL OTHERWISE IT LOOKS QUIET AND WARMER.
WE SHOULD BE SEEING THE HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60s.
BACK TO YOU.
>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, WELL IT'S GAME ONE OF THE WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS TONIGHT AND CHARLIE YAEGER WILL TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT.
>> Charlie: YES, THE TIMBERWOLVES ARE BACK FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE LAST YEAR AND THE THURSDAY -- THUNDER ARE BACK FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NINE YEARS, FACING OFF IN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS.
IT'S GAME ONE, BIG TIME GAME ON >> 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.
>> NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE IS SPONSORED IN PART BY LVI SUPPLY.
PROVIDING THE BEMIDJI AREA WITH INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS AND EQUIPMENT SALES AND SERVICE.
MORE INFO AT 218-44-3930 OR LVISUPPLY.COM.
>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.
>>> THERE'S PLENTY AT STAKE IN THE 2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS.
THE THUNDER ARE TRYING TO MAKE THEIR FIRST NBA FINALS APPEARANCE IN 9-YEARS WHILE THE TIMBERWOLVES ARE TRYING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FRANCHISE HISTORY.
IT'S A REPEAT TRIP TO FOR THE WOLVES WCF, POWERED BY THEIR YOUNG STAR ANTHONY EDWARDS, WHO COULD MAKE A CASE AS THE NEW FACE OF THE LEAGUE WERE THEY TO WIN THE WEST.
GAME ONE TONIGHT IN OKLAHOMA CITY.
MINNESOTA COMING IN WELL RESTED AFTER CLOSING OUT GOLDEN STATE IN 5-GAMES, OKC ON A DAY OF REST AFTER GOING 7 WITH DENVER.
IN THE SECOND PERIOD, RANDALL, JULIUS CATCHES FIRE, HE ENDED UP 4-5 AND THEY LED AT THE HALF.
THEN IN THE THIRD QUARTER, EDWARDS HELPING HIS CAUSE, 18 POINTS FOR HIM BUT ALSO LATER IN THE QUARTER, ALEXANDER WOULD START TO GET WET FROM MID-RANGE, 22 POINTS TONIGHT, 17-2 RUN THERE BY OKC AND THEY DID NOT LOOK BACK AFTER THAT.
THEY COME OUT WITH THE 114-88 WIN AND TAKE A 1-0 LEAD.
GAME 2 WILL BE THURSDAY NIGHT ALSO IN OKLAHOMA CITY.
>>> THEY WERE THE INAUGURAL PWHL CHAMPIONS LAST SEASON AND THIS YEAR, THE MINNESOTA FROST ARE BACK IN THE FINALS TO DEFEND THEIR TITLE.
THE WALTER CUP CHAMPIONS SNUCK INTO THE PLAYOFFS WITH A WIN IN THE FINAL GAME OF THE REGULAR SEASON AND THEN DISPATCHED THE TORONTO SCEPTRE'S IN 4-GAMES IN THE SEMIS.
THE FROST TAKING ON THE CHARGE FOR GAME ONE OF A FIVE GAME FINALS SERIES.
NO ONE SCORE IN THE FIRST PERIOD.
MIDWAY THROUGH THE SECOND, CHARGERS BREAK THE 0-0 TIE.
OTTAWA LED 1-0 AT THE BREAK.
FROST HAS YET TO COME INTO A SCORELESS THIS SEASON, AND CLARA TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE GOALTENDER MISTAKE AND TIES THE GAME.
WE GO TO O.T.
WHERE THE FROST HAVE A BAD TURNOVER AND EMILY CLARK MAKES THEM PAY.
THE OTTAWA CHARGE, THEY TAKE A 1-0 LEAD.
TOUGH NIGHT FOR PRO SPORTS HERE IN MINNESOTA AND THAT GAME ONLY A FIVE GAME SERIES.
>>> IN SECTION SOFTBALL, TOP SEED BLACKDUCK HOSTING 9-SEED LAPORTE, SECOND ROUND OF THE 5A TOURNAMENT.
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST, NO SCORE, ONE ON FOR BLACKDUCK, BUT HANNAH BACKUS HAS IT ON A FLY, DOUBLES UP THE RUNNER AT FIRST TO END THE INNING AND KEEP THINGS AT ZEROS.
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND THOUGH, MCKENZIE BULLOCK LEADS OFF WITH A TRIPLE TO THE WALL AND BELLA BLOOM FOLLOWS HER WITH A DOUBLE TO HELP THE DRAKES STRIKE FIRST.
IT'S 1-0.
NEXT INNING, 4-0 NOW.
BRAYLEE BENSON WITH TWO ON, FINDS A LONELY PATCH OF GRASS, BREAKS THE GAME WIDE OPEN, PART OF A 5-RUN INNING, AND ALL THAT SCORING WAS BACKED UP BY ANNA SWEDBERG IN THE CIRCLE.
SHE THREW A 6-INNING NO-HITTER WITH 11-STRIKEOUTS.
AS BLACKDUCK SENDS LAPORTE TO THE ELIMINATION BRACKET AND WILL PLAY THUESDAY.
DRAKES MOVE ON TO THE SEMIFINALS AND WILL ALSO PLAY THURSDAY.
THEY'LL HOST EITHER NEVIS OR MILLE LACS.
>>> SOME SCORES FOR YOU.
NORTHOME-KELLIHER, THEY BEAT SEBEKA.
THEY ARE MOVING ON IN 5A.
IN 7-2A, IN BASEBALL, GRAND RAPIDS BEATS HERMANTOWN.
BLACKDUCK BEATS WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY, AND ROSEAU GETS THE WIN OVER BADGER.
>>> IN BOYS LACROSSE, BRAINERD TRYING TO SNAP A THREE-GAME LOSING STREAK, HOSTING REIGNING SECTION CHAMP MOORHEAD.
FIRST QUARTER, SPUDS GOT IT GOING EARLY.
EVAN WANNER FINDS NYLON AND THEY LED 3-0 AFTER ONE.
SECOND PERIOD, BRAINERD LOOKING TO CLIMB BACK IN, GAGE GERMUNDSON FAKES LOW, HITS IT HIGH, PUTS THE WARRIORS ON THE BOARD, BUT MOORHEAD WAS JUST TOO MUCH.
A MINUTE LATER, COEN WELLE SNIPER, SPUDS WOULD HIT THE BREAK UP 7-1.
MOORHEAD GO ON WIN 16-2 OVER BRAINERD.
WARRIORS HAVE ONE GAME LEFT THIS REGULAR SEASON.
IT'S THIS THURSDAY AT HOME AGAINST SARTELL-SAUK RAPIDS AND IN GIRLS LACROSSE, GRAND RAPIDS-GREENWAY WITH THE AT HOME VERSUS MOORHEAD.
6-9 #.
>> Dennis: SO WOLVES GAME TWO, IT WILL BE THURSDAY NIGHT.
>> Charlie: THURSDAY NIGHT AT 7:30, WHICH IS NICE BECAUSE WE CAN WATCH IT BEFORE WE HAVE TO GO.
>> Dennis: THERE YOU GO.
THANKS CHARLIE.
>>> FIFTH GRADERS FROM BEMIDJI'S GENE DILLON ELEMENTARY, CASS LAKE, AND SCHOOLCRAFT LEARNING COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN RAISING TROUT SINCE DECEMBER AND JUST LAST WEEK THEY RELEASED THE FISH INTO THE WILD.
FOR THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK VISITED PINEWOOD TO SEE THE RELEASE AND THE COLLABORATION WITH TROUT IN THE CLASSROOM, THE MINNESOTA D.N.R.
AND LOCAL TROUT UNLIMITED CHAPTER.
>> CLEARWATER RIVER SOUNDS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TODAY THAN THE NORMAL RUNNING WATER AND CHIRPING OF BIRDS.
AS STUDENTS FROM LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS RELEASED HUNDREDS OF YOUNG TROUT INTO THE STREAM.
>> IT'S JUST A GOOD HANDS-ON PROJECT, TEACHING KIDS HOW FUN IT IS TO GET OUTDOORS, JUST THE ACTIVITIES THAT THEY CAN DO WITH THE FISH, THEY WATCH THE LIFECYCLE OF THE FISH AND THEY LEARN THE RESPONSIBILITY OF KEEPING THAT FISH SAFE.
>> THEY HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF PRIDE IN THE FACT THAT THEY RAISED THESE FISH AND TO LET THEM GO, IT'S JUST A REMARKABLE EXPERIENCE TO SEE THE SMILES AND THE JOY ON THEIR FACES.
>> Reporter: ON TOP OF RELEASING THE TROUT INTO THE WATER AND ENJOYING A BEAUTIFUL DAY OUTSIDE, THE STUDENTS SPENT THE DAY LEARNING ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING NATURE AS WELL.
>> IF WE DON'T TEACH THEM YOUNG, THAT'S HOW WE RUN INTO ISSUES AS WE GET OLDER I FEEL.
SO JUST TEACHING THEM TO TAKE CARE OF THE MOTHER EARTH WE HAVE, IT'S A HUGE THING TO SURVIVE FOREVER.
>> YEAH, I REALLY LIKE NATURE AND I LOVE BEING OUTSIDE.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO LEARN HOW TO PROTECT THE WATERS AND KEEP THE FISH SAFE.
>> Reporter: STUDENTS LEARNED ABOUT DIFFERENT INSECTS THAT CAN SHOW HOW POLLUTED WATERS ARE, IDENTIFY DIFFERENT WILDLIFE SPECIES AND PLANTS, AND EVEN TO SEE WHERE THE RIVER CURRENTS ARE GOING.
>> AT THE EDGE OF THE RIVER, IT'S NOT AS FAST AS THE MIDDLE AND IT GOES THE OTHER WAY.
SO WHEN YOU ARE FISHING OR SOMETHING, YOU CAN LOWER -- KNOW WHERE THE TROUT LIKE TO HANG OUT.
>> Reporter: IT'S TO BE SO MUCH MORE THAN A ONE TIME FIELD TRIP.
>> IT'S GOOD LIFE SKILLS, IT'S TEACHING THEM HOW TO TAKE CARE OF NATURE, HOW TO TREAT OUR ANIMALS RESPECTFULLY AND TO CARE FOR THE DIFFERENT PIECES OF NATURE THAT WE HAVE.
>> AS A YOUNG STUDENT, WE HAVE A CHANCE TO GET THEM EARLY SO THAT CAN HAVE AN IMPACT ON THEM AND SO THAT MEANS THEY CAN CARRY THESE THINGS THROUGH THEIR ENTIRE LIFE.
>> Reporter: REPORTING FROM PINE WOOD WITH THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, I'M SYDNEY DICK, LAKELAND NEWS.
>> THE LOCAL TROUT IN THE CLASSROOM CHAPTER HAS BEEN IN THE BEMIDJI AREA SINCE 2008 AND HAS GROWN FROM ONE TO EIGHT CURRENT LOCATIONS, EACH OF WHICH RELEASES TROUT EVERY YEAR.
>>> WELL, WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE LAST LOOK AT OUR WEATHER.
WE GO BACK TO STACY.
>> Stacy: WE WILL BE SEEING RAIN CONTINUING THROUGH MOST OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT, THE EXCEPTION IS FAR NORTHERN MINNESOTA.
MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, LOWS AROUND 40, AND RAIN IN THE MORNING WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE NORTH WHERE WE HAVE A SMALLER CHANCE OF SEEING THE PRECIPITATION.
HIGHS SHOULD REACH THE MIDDLE 50s, WARMER IN MINNESOTA, AND THEN WE HAVE MORE SUNSHINE ON THURSDAY, BUT A BIT OF FROST IN THE MORNING, AND THEN TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM UP AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
>> Charlie: THE RAIN DID HAVE AN EFFECT ON SPORTS TODAY.
BEMIDJI AND BRAINERD WERE SUPPOSED TO PLAY AND NOW THAT GAME WAS CANCELED.
THEY WILL PLAY SOFTBALL ON THURSDAY AT BRAINERD.
>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, HAVE A GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY.
WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.
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