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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.

>>> THE BELTRAMI COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS SEEKING THE PUBLIC'S HELP IN LOCATING A 68-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO WAS LAST SEEN IN KELLIHER ON APRIL 24TH.

FAMILY AND FRIENDS REPORT NOT SEEING OR HEARING FROM RUSSELL ANTHONY COYLE AFTER HE MADE ARRANGEMENTS WITH A FRIEND TO WATCH HIS DOG ON THE SAME DAY.

COYLE IS DESCRIBED AS A 5'7" TALL AND WEIGHT AROUND 200 POUNDS.

HE IS A CAUCASIAN MALE WITH BLUE EYES.

COYLE COMMONLY HAS A BEARD, WEARS GLASSES, AND CARRIES A PLIER'S HOLDER ON HIS BELT.

IF YOU OR ANYONE YOU KNOW HAS SEEN OR HEARD FROM COYLE OR KNOWS HIS CURRENT WHEREABOUTS, PLEASE CALL THE BELTRAMI COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AT 218-333-9111.

THE BELTRAMI COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE LEARNED COYLE COULD HAVE LEFT TOWN HEADED WEST TO FIND WORK BUT HIS CURRENT WHEREABOUTS ARE UNKNOWN.

COYLE DOES NOT COMMONLY DRIVE A MOTOR VEHICLE AND WAS KNOWN TO RELY ON FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOR TRANSPORTATION.

>>> FIREFIGHTERS CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS BATTLING THREE WILDFIRES IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.

DESPITE STRONG GUSTY WINDS LAST NIGHT EXISTING FIRE LINES HELD AT BOTH THE CAMP HOUSE FIRE NEAR BRIMSON AS WELL AS THE JENKINS CREEK FIRE.

OVERNIGHT PRECIPITATION ALSO AIDED IN COOLING THE FIRES.

THE CAMP HOUSE FIRE IS NOW LISTED AT AROUND 12,000 ACRES AND IS 73-PERCENT CONTAINED.

MEANWHILE, CREWS HAVE PRETTY MUCH LEFT THE MUNGER-SHAW FIRE WHICH IS LISTED AT 95-PERCENT CONTAINED.

THE CAUSE OF THAT FIRE IS STILL UNDETERMINED.

NEARLY ALL THE FIREFIGHTERS FROM THERE HAVE BEEN MOVED TO THE JENKINS CREEK FIRE NOW WHICH IS LISTED AT CLOSE TO 17,000 ACRES AND IS 13-PERCENT CONTAINED.

>> THERE'S CURRENTLY 213 FIREFIGHTERS WORKING, WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER THAT IS NOT INCLUDING THE BULLDOZE OPERATORS AND THOSE BUILDING THOSE LINES.

YESTERDAY, I TALKED ABOUT SOME HOTSPOTS THAT FLARED UP IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF JENKINS CREEK.

THOSE WERE PUT OUT BY THE HOT SHOTS AND THEY CONTINUE TO MAKE REALLY GOOD PROGRESS THERE, AND LEADERSHIP, FIRE COMMAND IS REPORTING THEY'RE FEELING REALLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT HOW THINGS ARE LOOKING AT JENKINS CREEK.

>> Dennis: AUTHORITIES SAY THAT THE CAMP HOUSE FIRE STARTED ON PRIVATE LAND AND MOVED INTO NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LANDS.

THE INITIAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE JENKINS CREEK FIRE INDICATES THE FIRE IS RELATED TO A HUMAN CAUSE BUT THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.

>>> ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVE, A MINNESOTA BASED NON-PROFIT IS PARTNERING WITH WAYNE'S AUTOMOTIVE TO BRING PROJECT CLEAN AIR REPAIR OR CAR, TO THE GRAND RAPIDS AREA.

PROJECT CAR IS A PROGRAM THAT BRINGS FREE EMISSIONS REPAIRS TO QUALIFIED VEHICLE OWNERS.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN SPOKE TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PROJECT TO SEE WHY THEY DECIDED TO EXTEND THE PROGRAM TO GREATER MINNESOTA.

>> Reporter: DATA SHOWS THAT 25% OF PASSENGER VEHICLES CAUSE 90% OF AIR POLLUTION IN MINNESOTA.

PROJECT CLEAN AIR REPAIR COVERS THE COST OF FIXING EXHAUST SYSTEMS FOR LOW INCOME MINNESOTANS, TO HOPEFULLY LOWER THOSE PERCENTAGE NUMBERS.

>> WHEN WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A SMALL NUMBER OF VEHICLES, GENERALLY OLDER, WE'RE TRYING TO THINK ABOUT HOW DO WE TARGET THOSE HIGH POLLUTING VEHICLES, HIGH EMITTING VEHICLES WITH A PROGRAM LIKE THIS.

>> Reporter: THEY WANTED TO EXTEND IT TO THE GREATER MINNESOTA AT WAYNE'S AUTOMOTIVE.

>> HAVING A NON-PROFIT LIKE ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVE HELP IS A TWO PRONG APPROACH, WHERE WE'RE HELPING THE ENVIRONMENT OF COURSE, AND THIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY UP HERE, BUT ALSO IF WE CAN HELP THE POCKET BOOK OF OUR CUSTOMERS.

>> Reporter: STAFF SAY THAT 10% OF PERSONAL VEHICLES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR 50% OF EMISSIONS THAT LEAD TO GROUND LEVEL OZONE AND SMOG.

MORE THAN 800 CARS HAVE BEEN REPAIRED SINCE THE PROGRAM BEGAN.

>> IT'S ABOUT EFFICIENCY WHEN IT COMES TO VEHICLES.

IF YOU HAVE EXHAUST LEAKS OR EVAC CONTROLS, ANYTHING EXHAUST RELATED, THAT CREATES INEFFICIENCIES SO YOU'RE BURNING MORE FUEL THAN NECESSARY.

>> Reporter: WHICH IN TURN CAN SAVE THE CUSTOMER MONEY.

>> YOUR VEHICLE WILL BE MORE PRODUCTIVE AND RUN BETTER.

IN TURN, IT WILL BE GOOD FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED.

>> Reporter: THERE ARE EIGHT ACTIVE PROJECT CAR GARAGES IN MINNESOTA.

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

>> ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVE HOPES TO KEEP EXTENDING THE PROJECT CAR PROGRAM EVEN FURTHER INTO GREATER MINNESOTA.

>>> THREE MINNESOTA HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL PLAYERS HAVE FILED A FEDERAL LAWSUIT AGAINST MINNESOTA ATTORNEY GENERAL KEITH ELLISON AND OTHERS STATE OFFICIALS FOR ALLOWING ATHLETES WHO WERE ASSIGNED MALE AT BIRTH TO COMPETE IN GIRLS SPORTS.

THE LAWSUIT CLAIMS MINNESOTA ALLOWS ATHLETES WHO WERE ASSIGNED MALE AT BIRTH TO COMPETE IN WOMEN'S AND GIRLS SPORTS IF THEY CLAIM A FEMALE IDENTITY AND THAT MINNESOTA DOES NOT PLACE ANY PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS ON PARTICIPATION IN THE FEMALE CATEGORY SUCH AS TESTOSTERONE LEVELS OR OTHER MEASUREMENTS.

THE LAWSUIT CLAIMS MINNESOTA POLICY EXPANDS OPPORTUNITIES FOR MALE ATHLETES TO COMPETE AND EXPERIENCE VICTORY AT THE EXPENSE OF FEMALE ATHLETES.

THE ORGANIZATION FEMALE ATHLETES UNITED FILED THE SUIT ON BEHALF OF THE THREE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS WHO ARE NOT IDENTIFIED IN THE SUIT.

THEY ALLEGE THEY HAVE MISSED OUT ON OPPORTUNITIES TO PLAY AND FOR THEIR TEAMS TO ADVANCE FARTHER IN TOURNAMENTS BECAUSE THEY HAVE FACED A PLAYER FROM ANOTHER GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAMS THAT WAS BORN MALE.

ONE OF THE GIRLS ALSO SAYS SHE WAS HIT BY A PITCH FROM THAT PLAYER AND SUFFERED PAIN SIGNIFICANTLY WORSE THAN FROM PREVIOUS TIMES SHE WAS HIT BY PITCHES THROWN BY FEMALE PLAYERS.

THE LAWSUIT DOES NOT NAME THE ATHLETE WHO IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED MALE AT BIRTH WHO IS PARTICIPATING IN GIRLS SOFTBALL.

MINNESOTA STATE HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORY ERICH MARTENS, WILLIE JETT, THE COMMISSIONER OF THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND REBECCA LUCERO, THE COMMISSIONER OF THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS ARE THE OTHER OFFICIALS NAMED IN THE SUIT.

>>> STUDENTS AT PILLAGER HIGH SCHOOL WERE RECOGNIZED.

REPORTER DANIEL PURSELL HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: STUDENTS AT PILLAGER SCHOOL WERE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FROM ORGANIZATIONS FROM THE LION'S CLUB TO WASTE MANAGEMENT.

TWO STUDENTS WERE RECOGNIZED ON A NATIONAL LEVEL.

>> THESE TWO STUDENTS ARE PART OF OUR UNIFIED SPECIAL OLYMPIC TEAM AND HAVE BEEN FOR A FEW YEARS.

THEY JUST GO ABOVE AND BEYOND, JUST THE PROGRAM IN GENERAL, NOT HERE IN SCHOOL BUT IN THE COMMUNITY.

NOT ONLY ARE THEY UP FRONT HELPING, THEY ARE BEHIND THE SCENES, HELPING WITH THAT AS WELL.

>> Reporter: REDUCING BULLYING AND CREATING AN INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT IN THEIR SCHOOL.

>> IT'S GREAT TO HAVE KIDS INCLUDED IN A SPORT AND THINGS THEY NEED TO DO IN HIGH SCHOOL AND SCHOOL IN GENERAL.

>> I HELP OUT WITH SPECIAL OLYMPICS BASKETBALL, FOOTBALL, BOWLING, I DO IT ALL.

I INCLUDE EVERYBODY.

I DON'T SINGLE PEOPLE OUT.

I KIND OF BRING EVERYONE TOGETHER.

I DON'T SEPARATE PEOPLE, EVEN IF WE'RE DIFFERENT.

I BRING THEM ALL TOGETHER.

>> Reporter: THE STUDENTS WERE RECOGNIZED BY PACERS NATIONAL BULLYING CENTER FOR THE 11th ANNUAL UNITY AWARDS.

IT RECOGNIZES THOSE WHO PROMOTE INCLUSIVITY.

>> THEY ARE READY TO HELP WITH WHATEVER IT IS.

THEY DID IT WITHOUT COMPLAINING, THEY ARE EXTREMELY BUSY WITH THE SPORTS THEY ARE IN, THE FINE ARTS, AND THEY STILL FIND THE TIME IN THEIR SCHEDULE TO HELP WITH THE PROGRAM AND HANG OUT WITH THESE KIDS.

>> Reporter: THE STUDENTS WERE NOMINATED BY KIM LUND, WHO NOTICED THE STUDENTS' KINDNESS WHEREVER THEY WENT.

>> HE ASKED TO BE ON THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS TEAM.

I WATCHED HIM INTERACT WITH HIS PEERS AND HE BROUGHT THAT KINDNESS AND WILLINGNESS AND ACCEPTANCE RIGHT WITH HIM.

MY SON COLE WAS BORN WITH DOWN SYNDROME.

WE WERE IN THIS GYM HERE AFTER SCHOOL ONE DAY AND HE WAS TRYING TO SHOOT HOOPS.

HE WAS REALLY LITTLE.

THE BASKETBALL WAS NOT GETTING CLOSE TO THE HOOP AND EARL CAME OUT OF THE LOCKER ROOM AND I SAID WOULD YOU MIND LIFTING MY SON UP SO HE COULD MAKE A BASKET?

HE JUST PICKED HIM UP LIKE A LIGHT BAG OF POTATOES AND THAT LEFT AN IMPRESSION ON ME.

HE TREATED HIM JUST LIKE ANY OTHER KID IN THE SCHOOL.

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

>> Dennis: THEY RECEIVED MEDALS FROM THE PACER ORGANIZATION AND WILL BE FEATURED ON THEIR WEBSITE AS SOON AS THE OTHER WINNERS ARE ANNOUNCED.

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

>> Stacy: TEMPERATURES COULD FALL IN THE MID-30s OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND MANY OF US IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA ARE UNDER A FROST ADVISORY.

I'LL HAVE THE DETAILS IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, THE WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL HELD A SPECIAL EVENT WITH THE RALLY COALITION.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> THE COALITION FOR RECLAIMING AND ADVANCING LEECH LAKE YOUTH, OR RALLY, AIMS TO EMPOWER LOCAL YOUTH AND HELP THEM TAKE OWNERSHIP OVER THEIR OWN HEALTH.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK WAS AT THEIR BIGGEST EVENT YET, A DAY FULL OF SPEAKERS AND PRESENTERS WHO VISITED WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY SECONDARY IN ORDER TO EDUCATE STUDENTS ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS.

>> Reporter: THESE HALLWAY MAY BE EMPTY RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT WON'T LAST FOR LONG.

SOON STUDENTS WILL BE SWITCHING CLASSROOMS TO GO TO DIFFERENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS IN THE RALLY COALITION BIG EVENT.

>> IT'S A WAY TO BRING IN OUR STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY, TO TALK ABOUT COMMON ISSUES AND COMMON GOALS WITHIN OUR AREA, SPECIFICALLY TOWARDS OUR DEMOGRAPHIC AND OUR NATIVE AMERICAN POPULATION.

>> SOME OF THESE THINGS WOULD BE LIKE THE 9-8-8 NUMBERS THAT YOU CAN CALL FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION.

YOU KNOW, HOW TO DEAL WITH OUR OPIOID CRISIS AND WHAT THAT MEANS IF YOU ARE A KID LIVING AROUND THAT.

>> Reporter: MORE THAN 300 STUDENTS GATHERED FROM 6th THROUGH 12th GRADE AND THEY HAD A FULL DAY OF SPEAKERS WHO ADDRESSED MANY DIFFERENT TOPIC SUCH AS CULTURAL IDENTITY, MENTAL HEALTH, GRIEF, AND MORE.

HE BELIEVES THAT THE SOONER PEOPLE ARE EDUCATED ON TOUGH TOPICS, THE BETTER.

>> THE MORE WE CAN SHAPE THEIR BRAINS NOW, THE MORE LIKELY THEY ARE TO BE SHAPED POSITIVELY DOWN THE ROAD.

>> BY HAVING THEM ALL HERE AND EXPOSING THEM TO THIS SORT OF KNOWLEDGE IS GOING TO PAY IT FORWARD TOWARDS OUR COMMUNITY TENFOLD.

I THINK IF YOU TEACH KIDS YOUNG ABOUT THESE IMPORTANT ISSUES, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE RESPONSIBLE ADULTS IN THE FUTURE.

>> Reporter: THE EVENT WAS DEDICATED TO PROMOTING EMOTIONAL, CULTURAL, AND PHYSICAL WELLNESS.

>> THE MORE WE TALK ABOUT STUFF LIKE THIS, THE MORE RELATIONSHIP AND CONNECTION WE HAVE WITH OUR STUDENTS.

WHEN WE HAVE STUFF LIKE THIS, IT BRINGS US TOGETHER TO BRING OUR STUDENTS MORE TOWARDS A SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME.

>> Reporter: AND THESE PRESENTATIONS AND EVENT IS AIMED TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE SCHOOL.

>> WE'RE NOT JUST HANDING OUT WORKSHEETS AND PAPERS, WE'RE LISTENING TO THE KIDS, WE'RE TRYING TO GET KIDS TO THINK FOR THEMSELVES AND THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN WITH A PAPER TEST.

IT HAPPENS WITH CONVERSATIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO LISTEN TO EACH OTHER.

>> Reporter: REPORTING FROM WALKER, I'M SYDNEY DICK, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THERE WERE MORE THAN 20 DIFFERENT SPEAKERS OR EXHIBITORS WHO WERE AT THE EVENT AND IT LASTED FOR THE WHOLE SCHOOL DAY IN ORDER TO GET AS MUCH INFORMATION TO AS MANY STUDENTS AS POSSIBLE.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, STACY IS HERE COMING UP ON THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.

THIS RAIN IS LEAVING US JUST IN TIME.

>> Stacy: IT IS AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE A WARM UP TOO AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK.

WE ACTUALLY GET THROUGH SOME COLD NIGHTS THE NEXT COUPLE OF NIGHTS.

TONIGHT WE COULD SEE THE LOWS DROPPING INTO THE MID-30s IN MUCH OF THE AREA, SO WE HAVE A FROST ADVISORY OUT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW MORNING.

AS I MENTIONED, WE WILL BE SEEING A BIT OF A WARM UP AS WE HEAD INT >> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS SPONSORED BY THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS OF MINNESOTA.

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>> 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 SOME CLOUDS AND DRIZZLE EARLIER TODAY, BUT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THE CLOUDS BREAKING UP, A BIT OF SUNSHINE POKING THROUGH, AND WE WILL HAVE THOSE SKIES CONTINUING TO CLEAR OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

IT'S GOING TO ALLOW FOR SOME PRETTY CHILLY TEMPERATURES, LOWS COULD DROP INTO THE MID-30s AND WE HAVE A FROST ADVISORY FOR A GOOD PORTION OF OUR VIEWING AREA.

A LOT OF SUNSHINE IN STORE FOR US TOMORROW AND WE DO START TO SEE SOME WARMER TEMPERATURES, IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL BE SEEING HIGHS IN THE 60s AND SOME 70s AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 53 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.

WINDS ARE CALM WITH A DEW POINT OF 38 AND SINCE LAST NIGHT, WE PICKED UP AN ADDITIONAL 0.05-INCH OF RAINFALL.

IN BRAINERD, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, 48 DEGREES, THE DEW POINT IS 36, PRESSURE IS RISING AND WE HAVE A LIGHT NORTHEAST WIND.

NOW MUCH OF OUR VIEWING AREA IS UNDER A FROST ADVISORY, THAT BEGINS AT 1:00 A.M. AND CONTINUES UNTIL 9:00 A.M. ON THURSDAY.

WE'RE EXPECTING TO SEE THE TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE MID-30s, SO THAT WILL RESULT IN SOME AREAS OF FROST.

ON THE RADAR AND SATELLITE PICTURE, IT HAS BEEN PRETTY CLOUDY THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY.

WE HAD SOME LIGHT SHOWERS AND DRIZZLE.

WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THOSE CLOUDS BEGINNING TO BREAK UP, STILL A LOT OF CLOUD COVER OUT THERE, BUT WE WILL HAVE A DECREASE IN CLOUDS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, AND TOMORROW WE SHOULD BE SEEING SUNSHINE ACROSS THE AREA AND IT DOES LOOK LIKE WE WILL START TO SEE SOME WARMER TEMPERATURES MOVING BACK INTO OUR VIEWING AREA AS WELL.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, ARLENE SENDING US A PHOTO OF A DRIZZLY MORNING IN MENAHGA.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE WITH SOME COLORFUL VISITORS TO THE BIRD FEEDER.

SANDY SPOTTING A SWAN NEAR BLACKDUCK.

WE HAD A FAMILY OUT FOR A WALK ON TECHNOLOGY DRIVE TODAY.

AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME PICTURES OF OUR EVENING SKIES.

WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THE CLOUDS BREAKING UP.

YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT OF CLEAR SKY IN THESE PHOTOS.

SONYA AT TURTLE RIVER LAKE, ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, SAMROSE OVER LOWER RED LAKE, AND SARAH OVER LAKE EDWARD WITH THOSE PICTURES.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE WITH US TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 39, DRIZZLE, AND BREEZY CONDITIONS THIS EVENING.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, CLOUDY AND DRIZZLE.

JOAN IN LAPORTE REPORTING SPRINKLES AND PICKING UP A TOTAL OF 2.25 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.

SANDY AT BLACKDUCK, PARTLY CLOUDY AND 60 THIS EVENING.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, CLOUDY SKIES, SOME LIGHT SHOWERS, PICKING UP 0.05-INCH OF RAINFALL.

A QUICK LOOK AT OUR ALMANAC, A CHILLY DAY, 53 FOR THE HIGH IN BRAINERD, WE STARTED OUT WITH A LOW OF 37.

IN BEMIDJI, WE TOPPED OUT AT 59, SO A LITTLE BIT WARMER, STILL WELL BELOW THE AVERAGE.

WE HAD A LOW OF 37.

SO HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT CLEARING TREND, WE COULD START WITH SOME CLOUD COVER IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA, BUT AGAIN THAT CLEARING TREND CONTINUES.

WE WILL SEE SUNSHINE THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND THAT WILL RESULT IN WARMER TEMPERATURES WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID-60s ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA AND IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WE WILL HAVE HIGHS IN THE MID-60s.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST, VARIABLE CLOUDS TONIGHT, AREAS OF FROST, LOWS DROPPING TO ABOUT 37, TOMORROW, SUNNY AREAS OF FROST IN THE MORNING, 64 FOR THE HIGH AND SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 15.

FOR THE WEEKEND FORECAST, PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES TO END THE WEEK, ISOLATED RAIN ON SUNDAY, BUT HIGHS THIS WEEKEND SHOULD BE IN THE UPPER 60s TO LOW 70s, STILL SOME ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS POSSIBLE IN EASTERN MINNESOTA ON MONDAY.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: THANK YOU STACY.

CHARLIE IS HERE WITH OUR LOCAL SPORTS.

BEMIDJI BASEBALL PLAYING ELK RIVER TODAY.

>> Charlie: THEY ARE AND IT'S A BIG SECTION GAME FOR THEM.

THEY HAVE NOT PLAYED YET THIS SEASON.

THERE WERE SEEDING IMPLICATIONS ON THE LINE AS THEY HEAD INTO THE SECTION TOURNAMENT NEXT WEEK.

WE HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT AND MORE COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

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>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

>>> BEMIDJI RATTED OFF FIVE STRAIGHT WINS AND THE REGULAR SEASON WRAPS UP THIS WEEK.

WHILE ALL GAMES ARE IMPORTANT, THEY ARE MEETING WITH SECTION FOE ELK RIVER TODAY, PLAYING A MAJOR ROAD IN SEEDING NEXT WEEK'S TOURNAMENT.

THE LUMBERJACKS HOSTING THE HELLING IN A RARE GAME.

THEY LED 4-2 EARLY BUT IN THE TOP OF THE FOURTH, ELK RIVER CLENCHED THE LEAD AND THEN A DOUBLE TO LEFT FIELD WILL TIE THE GAME AT 4-4.

THE JACKS HAD SOME CLUTCH HITTING OF THEIR OWN, NONE BIGGER THAN THIS 2 R.B.I.

SINGLE TO GIVE BEMIDJI THE 6-4 LEAD.

THEN IN THE 7th, IT'S 7-4 NOW, JACK, SOMEBODY CALL ESPN, FLASHING SOME LEATHER OUT THERE, AND WELL, BEMIDJI GOES ON TO WIN 7-4.

THEY IMPROVE TO 13-4 FOR THE SEASON.

THEY HAVE A DOUBLE HEADER IN HERMANTOWN TOMORROW AND THEN SEEDINGS WILL BE ANNOUNCED AND WE WILL START THE BASEBALL SECTION NEXT WEEK.

SOME MORE SCORES FOR YOU IN BASEBALL, BRAINERD, THEY ARE HOT RIGHT NOW AS WELL.

11-3 OVER GRAND RAPIDS.

AITKIN GETS THE WIN.

IN SOFTBALL, SECTION 5-A, SOME MAKE UP GAMES.

PINE RIVER-BACKUS FALLS TO HILL CITY NORTHLAND.

IN 7-2A, AITKIN BEATS CROSBY AND THEN THEY BEAT BARNUM LATER IN THE DAY 3-2.

IN 7-3A, GRAND RAPIDS FALLS TO HERMANTOWN.

>>> BEMIDJI TRACK AND FIELD HOSTING THEIR FIRST AND ONLY MEET OF THE SEASON.

GRAND RAPIDS ALSO RUNNING, JUMPING, AND THROWING TODAY.

WE START OFF WITH GIRLS 1,600-METER RUN.

THE LUMBERJACKS' LIV THOMPSON LED THE RACE FROM START TO FINISH, POSTING A SEASON BEST 5-MINUTES 7-SECONDS.

TEAMMATE CHLOE DERBY TOOK SECOND IN THE GIRLS 100-METER DASH.

BEMIDJI'S ADDISON HILL FOUND HERSELF IN FRONT OF THE PACK, EDGES THE COMPETITION BY 0.04 OF A SECOND, 13.24 HER TIME IN THAT ONE.

IN THE BOYS 110-METER HURDLES, THUNDERHAWK'S HERSCHEL CHRISTENSEN COMPLETELY RUNS AWAY WITH IT, NO PUN INTENDED.

15.87-SECONDS, HIS BROTHER COLT FINISHING .92 SECONDS AFTER HIM AND IN THE FIELD EVENTS.

BOYS SHOT PUT TANNER WHIPPLE WITH A PERSONAL BEST 48-FOOT 11-AND A QUARTER INCH TOSS HERE.

HE'D LATER HAVE A 50-FOOT AND 3-QUARTERS INCH THROW TO WIN THE EVENT.

THERE WERE NO OFFICIAL TEAM RESULTS FOR TODAY'S MEET.

WE DO HAVE FOLLOW SOME FROM THE CLC CHAMPIONSHIPS ROUND ONE.

BRAINERD SITTING IN THIRD PLACE SO FAR, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW HOW THEY FINISH UP AFTER TOMORROW.

BEMIDJI IN A DUAL MEET AGAINST MOORHEAD AND THEY WON THAT 3-12 TO 3-27.

AND IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, THEY SPLIT A DOUBLE HEADER TODAY.

>>> WELL THE HIGH SCHOOL TRACK & FIELD SEASON IS APPROACHING SUBSECTION TIME IN CLASS A AND STAPLES-MOTLEY TRACK & FIELD LOOKS PRIME FOR A STRONG SHOWING AS THEY BEGIN THEIR PUSH FOR THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

HOWEVER SPORTS REPORTER MILES WALKER TELLS US HOW A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME CARDINALS ATHLETE HAS HER SIGHTS SET ON A FEAT NO OTHER MINNESOTA HIGH SCHOOL RUNNER HAS ACHIEVED.

>> Reporter: WHEN YOU ARE ALREADY A STATE CHAMPION IN FOUR DIFFERENT EVENTS, IT'S ONLY NATURAL TO TAKE AIM AT THE NEXT CHALLENGE.

>> I'M NOT THE BEST OF THE BEST, BUT I WANT TO KEEP CLIMBING.

YOU CAN'T CHASE TIME BUT YOU CAN CHASE GOALS.

>> Reporter: SHE COLLECTED HER FIRST STATE TITLE IN 2023, OUT KICKING EVERYONE IN TWO MINUTES AND 17 SECONDS.

>> I LEARNED I HAVE A CAKE AND I CAN'T GO OUT LIKE SUPER FAST.

>> YOU FIND WHAT WORKS FOR YOU, YOU FIND YOUR STRENGTH, AND THAT IS WHAT BUILDS YOU, TO BUILD YOUR STRENGTH.

DOING 200 TO GET YOUR LEGS GOING, SO WHEN YOU HAVE TO SPRINT AT THE END OF THE RACE, YOU HAVE THAT.

>> Reporter: AND FOLLOWED UP 2023 WITH THE ENCORE, ADDING 800 AND 1600-METER TITLES TO HER TROPHY.

>> JUST KNOWING YOU HAVE HER ON YOUR TEAM, YOU KNOW SHE IS BREAKING THESE RECORDS LEFT AND RIGHT.

SHE IS DOING SO GOOD AND YOU WANT TO DO AS GOOD AS HER.

>> WATCHING HER RUN, YOU CAN TELL SHE WILL BE A GREAT RUNNER.

AS A SIXTH GRADER, SHE WON EVERY MEET SHE WAS IN.

>> Reporter: SOMETIMES IT TAKES ENDURING THE SHORTCOMINGS AND THE SECOND PLACE FINISH IN THE 2023 CLASS 1A STATE CROSS COUNTRY FINAL, SERVING AS MORE THAN -- AMPLE MOTIVATION.

>> I WANTED TO WIN THIS SO BAD.

>> SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE NEEDS TO BE BETTER AND STRONGER.

WHAT HER MINDSET IS TO BE THE BEST EVERY MEET, NO MATTER WHAT THE TIME IS.

>> Reporter: AND AS SHE INCHES CLOSER TO HER SHOT AT BECOMING THE FIRST MINNESOTA RUNNER TO OWN STATE TITLES IN EVERY DISTANCE RUNNING EVENT, WITH THE 3,200 METER SERVING AS HER FINAL PIECE, HER TRAINING REMAINS RIGOROUS BUT HER MIND IS CALM.

>> I NEED TO BE MENTALLY READY FOR WHATEVER WILL HAPPEN.

THAT'S THE BIGGEST PART FOR ME.

TO KNOW MY BODY, TRUST WHAT I CAN DO, TRUST THE PROCESS AND NO MATTER WHAT, IT WILL HAPPEN.

I KNOW HOW TO RESPOND.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN STAPLES, MILES WALKER, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Charlie: WELL, SHE HAS THREE OF THE FOUR LONG DISTANCE RECORDS BUT SHE WILL TRY TO BREAK THE FOURTH ONE NEXT YEAR BECAUSE SHE IS ONLY A JUNIOR.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THANKS CHARLIE.

FINALLY TONIGHT, HERE'S OUR HEALTH MINUTE FOR YOU.

>> Reporter: IN THE U.S., THERE ARE THREE MOST COMMON TYPES OF SKIN CANCER, BASAL SALE AND SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA, WHICH IS TYPICALLY TREATABLE AND MELANOMA, WHICH IS MUCH MORE DEADLY.

>> THE EARLIER YOU FIND, DIAGNOSE, AND DETECT A CANCER, THE HIGHER THE CURATE WILL BE FROM THE CANCER.

>> Reporter: DR. SHANE SAYS THAT UP TO 95% OF SKIN CANCERS ARE CURABLE, BUT KNOWING THE WARNING SIGNS IS CRITICAL.

HE SAYS THE LETTERS ABCDE CAN HELP YOU REMEMBER THE RED FLAGS.

A IS FOR ASYMMETRY.

IF THE SPOT ISN'T A PERFECT CIRCLE OR HAS AN ODD SHAPE, GET IT CHECKED.

B IS FOR BORDER, BEWARE OF A SPOT THAT IS NOT SHARPLY DEFINED.

C IS FOR COLOR.

>> Reporter: ANYTHING THAT IS REALLY DARK, BLACK, PURPLE, OR BLEEDING IS A MAJOR WARNING SIGN AND NEEDS TO BE CHECKED OUT IMMEDIATELY BY A PHYSICIAN.

>> D IS FOR DIAMETER.

IF A SPOT IS LARGER THAN THE DIAMETER OF A PENCIL ERASER, SEE A DOCTOR.

FINALLY E IS FOR EVOLUTION.

>> IF THE COLOR IS CHANGING OR IT'S GETTING BIGGER, THAT'S WORRISOME FOR SKIN CANCER.

>> Reporter: IN YOU SPOT A WARNING SIGN, SEE A DOCTOR.

ANYONE WITH A PERSONAL HISTORY OF SKIN CANCER SHOULD SEE A DERMATOLOGIST EVERY THREE MONTHS, THOSE WITH A FAMILY HISTORY SHOULD GET THEIR SKIN CHECKED EVERY SIX MONTHS, AND EVERYONE SHOULD GET A SKIN SCREENING FROM A BOARD CERTIFIED DERMATOLOGIST AT LEAST ONCE PER YEARS.

FOR HEALTH MINUTE, I'M MANDY