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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 NEW YORK MILLS TEENAGER IS CHARGED WITH THREE COUNTS OF CRIMINAL VEHICULAR HOMICIDE AFTER A HE ADMITTED TO DRINKING AND DRIVING BEFORE A FATAL CRASH NEAR WADENA ON TUESDAY NIGHT.

18-YEAR-OLD BLAKE UNGER OF BLUFFTON DIED AT THE SCENE OF THE CRASH.

IZAK SCHERMERHORN WAS CHARGED IN OTTERTAIL COUNTY COURT TODAY.

ACCORDING TO THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT IN THE CASE SCHERMERHORN TOLD POLICE HE DRANK THREE OR FOUR MIKE'S HARD LEMONADES AND A BREATH TEST AT THE SCENE SHOWED HE HAD A BLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION OF .103.

THAT IS OVER THE LEGAL LIMIT.

HE TOLD AN OTTERTAIL COUNTY DEPUTY THAT HE HAD PICKED UP UNGER AND WANTED TO SHOW OFF THE SOUND OF HIS EXHAUST BECAUSE HE HAD MODIFIED HIS CATALYTIC CONVERTER.

HE INTENTIONALLY HAD BEEN SLIDING AROUND THE ROAD BEFORE THE CRASH AND WAS NOT ABLE TO CORRECT THE VEHICLE WHEN IT WENT INTO THE DITCH.

UNGER WAS FOUND PINNED UNDER THE VEHICLE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FOLLOWING THE CRASH.

SCHERMERHORN SAID HE HAD ABSTAINED FROM ALCOHOL FOR ALMOST A YEAR DUE TO ISSUES WITH ALCOHOL BUT DECIDED TO CELEBRATE BECAUSE HE WAS GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL.

UNGER WAS A SENIOR AT NEW YORK MILLS HIGH SCHOOL AND HAD RECENTLY GRADUATED.

HE WAS THE SCHOOL'S HOMECOMING KING AND A STAR FOOTBALL PLAYER AND WRESTLER.

BOTH TEAMS PAID TRIBUTE ON-LINE TODAY IN REMEMBRANCE OF UNGER.

IN WRESTLING UNGER POSTED OVER 100 CAREER WINS AND WRESTLED IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

THE NEW YORK MILLS FOOTBALL TEAM POSTED THIS VIDEO OF HIS GAME SEALING INTERCEPTION IN A 2014 OVERTIME WIN OVER BRECKENRIDGE.

A GOFUNDME PAGE HAS BEEN SET UP TO HELP THE UNGER FAMILY.

IT HAD ALREADY RAISED NEARLY $19,000 AS OF THIS AFTERNOON.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO HELP THE FAMILY WE'RE INCLUDING A LINK WITH THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR UNGER IS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 4TH AT 1:00 P.M. AT NEW YORK MILLS SECONDARY SCHOOL.

>>> THE BLANDIN FOUNDATION HAS ANNOUNCED A $475,000 GRANT TO THE REIF PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IN GRAND RAPIDS, MINNESOTA, TO EXPLORE THE POTENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW AMPHITHEATER AND CULTURAL CENTER.

THE EFFORT IS DESIGNED TO BOLSTER GRAND RAPIDS' CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC VITALITY, STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY TIES AND CELEBRATE LOCAL CREATIVITY.

THE REIF CENTER IS EXPLORING DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW AMPHITHEATER AND A 12,000-SQUARE-FOOT CULTURAL CENTER.

THESE FACILITIES WOULD SERVE AS HUBS FOR CULTURAL, ARTISTIC AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, OFFERING YEAR-ROUND PROGRAMMING AND OUTDOOR EVENTS THAT CELEBRATE GRAND RAPIDS' UNIQUE BLEND OF NATURAL BEAUTY AND CREATIVE CULTURE.

THE AMPHITHEATER, WITH A CAPACITY OF 1,000-PLUS ATTENDEES, WOULD PROVIDE A SCENIC OUTDOOR VENUE FOR CONCERTS, THEATER AND FESTIVALS, WHILE THE CULTURAL CENTER COULD HOST WEDDINGS, COMMUNITY EVENTS AND ART EXHIBITS.

IN A PRESS RELEASE BLANDIN SAID THE GRANT SUPPORTS THE REIF'S GOALS TO EXPAND COMMUNITY OUTREACH THROUGH INITIATIVES LIKE AFFORDABLE/FREE TICKET PROGRAMS AND FIELD TRIPS.

DEVELOP LARGE-SCALE SIGNATURE EVENTS AND EXPLORE NEW REVENUE STREAMS TO ENSURE LONG-TERM FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY.

JIM MACK, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE REIF PERFORMING ARTS CENTER CALLS THE GRANT A GAME-CHANGER FOR THE REIF AND THE GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY.

>>> THE LEECH LAKE BAND OF OJIBWE HAS SECURED FUNDING FOR A NEW WELLNESS CENTER THAT WILL HAVE BASKETBALL, SWIMMING, OPEN GYMNASIUMS, AND MORE.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK WAS AT THEIR GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY EARLIER THIS WEEK AND HAS MORE ON HOW IMPORTANT THIS CENTER CAN BE FOR AREA YOUTH.

>> Reporter: THE OLD CASS LAKE-BENA FOOTBALL FIELD WILL SOON LOOK COMPLETELY UNRECOGNIZABLE AS A $42 MILLION WELLNESS CENTER IS SET TO BE BUILT THERE IN THE COMING YEARS.

>> THIS CENTER WILL BE HOME FOR HEALTH AND WELLNESS, NOT JUST PHYSICAL HEALTH, BUT MENTAL, EMOTIONAL, AND SPIRITUAL.

IT WILL BE A PLACE WHERE OUR YOUTH CAN FIND MENTORS AND OPPORTUNITIES.

IT WILL BE A PLACE WHERE OUR ELDERS CAN SHARE THEIR KNOWLEDGE.

IT WILL BE A PLACE WHERE FAMILIES CAN COME TOGETHER TO CONNECT AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER.

>> I REALLY BELIEVE THIS WELLNESS CENTER SIGNIFIES A STEP TOWARDS HEALING AND STEP TOWARDS WHOLENESS FOR US AS A COMMUNITY.

BUT REALLY, IT'S UP TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US AS INDIVIDUALS FOR WHAT THAT MEANS.

>> Reporter: THE GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT THE CURRENT STATE OF THE WELLNESS CENTER BUT THE FUTURE OF IT.

>> WHEN I LOOK AND HERE, I SEE MORE THAN TREES, I SEE MORE THAN DIRT, I SEE WHAT'S TO COME.

I SEE FAMILIES LEARNING TOGETHER, KIDS PLAYING, AND PRIDE IN WHO WE ARE AND WHERE WE COME FROM.

>> Reporter: AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT IS MADE TO BE A PHYSICAL WELLNESS FACILITY.

>> OUR YOUTH WANT A SAFER SPOT TO HANG OUT SO THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND A GREAT THING FOR OUR NEXT GENERATION TO HAVE A PLACE TO GO SWIMMING OR PLACE TO PLAY BASKETBALL.

>> Reporter: AND OF COURSE HAVING A FOCUS ON THE YOUTH, THE CENTER IS OPEN TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.

>> WE CAN HAVE AS MANY BUILDINGS AS WE WANT, BUT IT IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT.

CREATING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH YOUTH AND REALLY ENCOURAGING YOUTH TO COME AND YOU KNOW, TRY OUT ALL THESE THINGS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

>> MY HOPE AND MY PRAYER FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US TODAY IS THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO BREAK THAT SAME GROUND IN OUR HEARTS AND IN OUR MINDS AND DEDICATE THIS TIME, CONSECRATE IT TO EACH OTHER, TO HOLD EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE, TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION OF WHOLENESS, OF HEALING FOR THE STRENGTH OF OUR COMMUNITY.

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

>> THE FINANCIAL PACKAGE THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER BY THE LEECH LAKE BAND ALONG WITH THE STATE WILL FUND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CASS LAKE WELLNESS CENTER, AS WELL AS A NEW FACILITY IN THE BALL CLUB COMMUNITY AND AN EXPANSION OF THE KEGO LAKE COMMUNITY CENTER.

EACH OF THESE FACILITIES AIMS TO PROMOTE HEALTH AND COMMUNITY WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE AREA.

>>> AMAZON TODAY ANNOUNCED PLANS TO EXPAND ITS OPERATIONAL INVESTMENTS IN MINNESOTA WITH A NEW 41,000-SQUARE-FOOT DELIVERY STATION IN GRAND RAPIDS.

LAUNCH PLANS ARE IN THE VERY EARLY STAGES FOR THE FACILITY WHICH WILL BE LOCATED AT 3000 SOUTHEAST SIXTH AVENUE.

CONSTRUCTION STARTED EARLIER THIS MONTH.

AMAZON OFFICIALS SAY THE DELIVERY STATION WILL ALLOW FOR FASTER DELIVERY AND SERVICE TO LOCAL CUSTOMERS IN GRAND RAPIDS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

WHILE GRAND RAPIDS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LEADERS SAY THE DELIVERY STATION WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL JOB GROWTH TO THE AREA AND CONTRIBUTE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF NEW TAX BASE TO THE COMMUNITY.

DELIVERY STATIONS POWER THE LAST MILE OF AMAZON'S ORDER PROCESS AND HELP SPEED UP DELIVERIES.

PACKAGES ARE SHIPPED TO A DELIVERY STATION FROM NEIGHBORING AMAZON FULFILLMENT AND SORTATION CENTERS, LOADED INTO DELIVERY VEHICLES AND DELIVERED TO CUSTOMERS.

>>> A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT RULED TODAY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S TARIFFS CAN PROCEED.

THAT REVERSES A RULING A DAY EARLIER FROM THE COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE THAT BLOCKED THE TARIFFS.

THE APPEALS COURT SAID THE PRESIDENT CAN LEVY TARIFFS USING THE EMERGENCY POWERS HE DECLARED EARLIER THIS YEAR.

BUT THE APPEALS COURT ALSO ORDERED THE GOVERNMENT AND THOSE CHALLENGING THE TARIFFS TO PROVIDE WRITTEN ARGUMENTS ON WHETHER THE LEVIES SHOULD BE BLOCKED.

THOSE ARGUMENTS MUST BE FILED EARLY NEXT MONTH.

>>> THE CENTER IN BRAINERD IS A PLACE WHERE SENIORS CAN GO MEET, MINGLE, AND LEARN NEW SKILLS LIKE QUILTING OR SINGING IN THEIR CHOIR, AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS THE CENTER SINGERS AND TODAY THEY BID FAREWELL TO ONE OF THEIR OWN AFTER OVER 20 YEARS.

REPORTER DANIEL PURSELL HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: A PARTY ISN'T A PARTY WITHOUT CAKE AND BALLOONS.

THE CAKE AT THIS PARTY TASTES A LITTLE BITTERSWEET.

THE CENTER SAID GOODBYE TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR OVER 20 YEARS.

>> IT'S A GOOD FEELING IN MANY WAYS, MORE TIME FOR MY HUSBAND, MY KIDS, MY GRANDKIDS, AND YET IT IS A TORN EMOTION.

FOR 20 YEARS, I MADE FRIENDSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIPS, AND THIS IS PART OF MY SOCIAL WELLBEING TOO.

SO, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO LET SOME OF THAT GO.

>> Reporter: SHE HAS BEEN A CONSTANT AT THE CENTER, LEADING A TEAM OF OVER 100 VOLUNTEERS TO GIVE BACK TO THE NEARLY 1,300 MEMBERS.

BUT HER GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT IS MOVING THE CENTER FORWARD AND SERVING THE COMMUNITY.

>> MY GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT IS CONNECTING THE DOTS HERE, TRYING MY VERY BEST TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN, TO MOVE THE CENTER FORWARD.

THAT'S MY ACCOMPLISHMENT.

>> Reporter: SHE WILL BE REPLACED BY DARCY, WHO IS LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE JOB THAT DEANNE STARTED.

>> DEANNE HAS PASSED THE BATON TO ME AND GRADUALLY TRAINING ME SO I CAN FILL HER SHOES SO IT'S BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS HERE AND TO SEE HER MISSION THAT SHE HAS PUT HER HEART AND SOUL INTO WHEN CREATING THIS COMMUNITY.

I FEEL HONORED TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW UP AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITY THAT WAY.

>> Reporter: BEFORE SHE LEFT THE HALLS OF THE CENTER FOR THE FINAL TIME, THEY SHARED STORIES FILLED WITH LAUGHTER AND OTHERS FILLED WITH TEARS.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE JOB OF A LIFETIME.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE].

>> Reporter: AS THE PARTY DIED DOWN AND THE TEARS WERE WIPED AWAY, DEANNE WAS SHOWERED WITH GRATITUDE AS THE CENTER'S MEMBERS BID HER HAPPY TRAILS.

[♪♪♪] >> Reporter: REPORTING IN BRAINERD, I'M DANIEL PURSELL, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> IF YOU WANT TO VOLUNTEER OR JOIN THE CENTER OR JUST WANT TO LEARN A LITTLE MORE ABOUT WHAT THEY DO, HEAD TO THEBRAINERDCENTER.COM.

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

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL WILDFIRE SMOKE WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON AIR QUALITY ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AROUND AN AIR QUALITY ALERT IS ACTIVE IN THE AREA FOR THE WEEKEND.

>> AND THE BRAINERD PUBLIC LIBRARY IS READY TO KICK OFF >> THIS PORTION OF LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED BY C.T.C.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> THE BRAINERD PUBLIC LIBRARY IS GEARING UP FOR THEIR LATEST BROWN BAG SUMMER AUTHOR SERIES.

THIS IS THE 26TH YEAR THAT THE LIBRARY WILL BE HOSTING AUTHORS TO COME AND MEET WITH THE PUBLIC TO DISCUSS THEIR BOOKS.

THIS YEAR'S LINEUP WILL INCLUDE ALL DIFFERENT GENRES WITH TOPICS RANGING FROM MURDER MYSTERIES TO THE TRUE STORY OF A COUPLE THAT TREKKED ACROSS NORTH AMERICA.

ALL THAT AND MORE AT THE BRAINERD LIBRARY.

>> YOU CAN BRING YOUR LUNCH OR WE WILL HAVE LIGHT REFRESHMENTS.

YOU CAN HEAR AN AUTHOR READ FROM THEIR BOOK.

WE THINK THERE IS A MAGIC THAT HAPPENS WHEN AN AUTHOR READS.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FACES IN THE ROOM WHEN AN AUTHOR IS READING, WE ALL KNOW THAT CHILDREN LOVE TO BE READ TO, BUT I THINK WITH ADULTS, IT'S THE SAME.

>> THE FIRST “BROWN BAG LUNCH” AUTHOR SERIES MEET UP IS NEXT MONDAY JUNE 2ND AT NOON.

THE LIBRARY WILL HOST MINNESOTA BOOK AWARD WINNING AUTHOR MARCIE RENDON TO SPEAK ABOUT HER BOOK “BROKEN FIELDS”.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, STACY IS HERE NOW.

HOW ARE THINGS LOOKING TONIGHT STACY?

>> Stacy: TONIGHT SHOULD BE FAIRLY QUIET.

WE WILL BE SEEING PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES BUT AREAS OF SMOKE TONIGHT AND IN FACT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS, WE WILL SEE THE AREAS OF SMOKE.

SOME OF THE SMOKE COULD BE CLOSER TO THE SURFACE THIS WEEKEND.

WE HAVE AN AIR QUALITY ALERT FOR PART OF THE VIEWING AREA ALREADY FOR THE WEEKEND.

I'LL HAVE THE >> 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 DID HAVE SOME SUNSHINE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY, SOME HAZY CONDITIONS AS THE WILDFIRE SMOKE HAS BEEN MOVING INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

IN FACT, WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE AREAS OF SMOKE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

THAT COULD BE CLOSER TO THE SURFACE THIS WEEKEND SO THAT COULD IMPACT THE AIR QUALITY.

OTHER THAN THAT, IT WILL BE DRY, WARM, WITH HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 80s AS WE HEAD THROUGH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

IN BEMIDJI, IT IS 65 AT THE AIRPORT.

WE HAVE A LIGHT NORTHWEST WIND AT THE STUDIO, DEW POINT IS 44, AND HUMIDITY IS AT 47%.

IN BRAINERD, FAIR SKIES, 70 DEGREES, A DEW POINT OF 47, PRESSURE IS FALLING AND WINDS ARE NORTHWEST AT 8 MILES PER HOUR.

WE HAVE AN AIR QUALITY ALERT FOR ALL OF THE WESTERN PART OF OUR VIEWING AREA FROM 6:00 A.M. SATURDAY TO 6:00 P.M. ON SUNDAY.

WE WILL BE SEEING WILDFIRE SMOKE MOVING INTO THE AREA NEAR THE SURFACE AND THAT COULD IMPACT OUR AIR QUALITY, THE AIR QUALITY INDEX IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE RED OR UNHEALTHY CATEGORY.

AS FAR AS OUR WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING, WE HAVE HAD SOME AREAS OF SMOKE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

WE HAD THE HAZY SKY OUT THERE.

SOME AREAS OF CLOUDS AND EVEN A FEW SHOWERS IN EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

LOOKS PRETTY QUIET OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, WITH CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, BUT AGAIN WE WILL BE SEEING AREAS OF SMOKE, STILL LOOKING AT AREAS OF SMOKE TOMORROW AND SUNNY SKIES AND OUR HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO GET WARMER, 70 AND 80 AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO THEIR WITH YOU TONIGHT.

A BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE FROM ARLENE IN MENAHGA, ANGELA SAYING THAT THE LILACS WERE IN FULL BLOOM IN CASS LAKE.

LAURIE SPOTTING A DUCK IN THE YARD AT LITTLE TURTLE LAKE.

SAMROSE, YOU CAN SEE THE HAZY CONDITIONS AT SUNSET.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 51 WITH A LIGHT BREEZE THIS MORNING.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUNSHINE WITH A HIGH OF 77.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, A HAZY SUN, 72 WAS OUR HIGH TEMPERATURE.

JOAN IN LAPORTE, PARTLY CLOUDY AND HAZY.

ON OUR ALMANAC, 77 WAS OUR HIGH IN BRAINERD, THAT BEATS THE AVERAGE BY 5 DEGREES, 50 FOR THE LOW, SUNSET AT 1 MINUTE BEFORE 9:00.

BEMIDJI TODAY ALSO SEEING THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 77, SO AGAIN ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THE BEMIDJI AREA AS WELL.

50 DEGREES FOR THE LOW, 9:06 WAS OUR SUNSET.

SO HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, FOR THE MOST PART IT IS GOING TO BE PRETTY SUNNY OUT THERE, MAYBE SOME HIGH CLOUDS, AND AREAS OF SMOKE WILL BE IMPACTING ALL OF OUR VIEWING AREA AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

WE'RE NOT EXPECTING MUCH IN THE WAY OF CLOUD COVER BUT AS WE HEAD INTO THE EVENING AND AFTERNOON, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF INSTABILITY IN PARTS OF EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

HIGH TEMPERATURES IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA WILL BE IN THE LOW TO SOME MID-80s AND WE WILL BE SEEING SIMILAR TEMPERATURES IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE, 81 IN LITTLE FALLS, 84 IN AITKIN.

SO OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH THE AREAS OF SMOKE, LOWS NEAR 53.

MOSTLY SUNNY TOMORROW, AGAIN AREAS OF SMOKE OUT THERE GOING TO CREATE THE HAZY SKIES, 82 FOR THE HIGH, NORTHWEST WINDS AT 5 TO 20.

LOOKING AT OUR WEEKEND FORECAST, WE WILL HAVE SUNSHINE, SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN MINNESOTA ON SATURDAY, BUT AGAIN AREAS OF SMOKE, SOME HEAVIER SMOKE COULD IMPACT THE AIR QUALITY THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND AS WE HEAD INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK, THE WEATHER PATTERN BECOMES MORE UNSETTLED WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, HIGHS ON TUESDAY NEAR 72.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: THANK YOU STACY.

MATTHEW IS HERE FOR CHARLIE TONIGHT WITH OUR SPORTS.

BRAINERD SOFTBALL IS CLOSING IN ON ANOTHER STATE TOURNAMENT BERTH.

>> Matthew: YES, THE POSSIBILITY OF THE 9th TOURNAMENT BERTH.

THEIR OPPONENT IS SARTELL AFTER THEY PLAYED THEIR GAME VERSUS SCMA.

WE'LL SEE IF BRAINERD IS ABLE TO WIN THIS OUT AND MAKE IT TO THE 9th STATE TOURNAMENT AFTER THE BREAK.

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>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS AT LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

>>> BRAINERD SOFTBALL LAST PLAYED FOR A SECTION CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2022.

THAT SEASON THEY WON THE 8-4A TITLE BUT DID SO AS THE ONE SEED.

THIS YEAR AS THE 3-SEED, THE WARRIORS UPSET 2-SEED SARTELL AND TOP-SEED SAINT MICHAEL ALBERTVILLE TO PUT THEM BACK IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AND ONE WIN AWAY FROM MAKING THE STATE TOURNEY.

BRAINERD PLAYING SARTELL FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS TOURNAMENT AFTER THE SABRES TOPPED STMA IN THE ELIMINATION GAME PRIOR BUT THIS TIME IT'S THE WARRIORS TURN TO HOST.

PICKING UP IN THE 5th INNING, STILL SCORELESS, INFIELDER THROW IT IS BUNT AWAY, 2-0 WARRIORS.

SAME FRAME, NOW 3-0 BRAINERD, RUNNER ON THIRD, TATUM RIPS IT DOWN THE LINE, BRINGS IT HOME, BRAINERD IS UP 4-0.

BOTTOM OF THE 6th, SINGLES ANOTHER, WARRIORS PULLING AWAY AS THEY BOOK THEIR NINTH TRIP TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

THE GIRL'S BUNT BROKE THINGS WIDE OPEN, WHICH WAS MORE THAN ENOUGH FOR MAYA AND WHO TOSSED HER THIRD SHUTOUT OF THE SECTION TOURNAMENT TODAY.

>> SUPER EXCITED.

I MEAN THESE GROUP OF GIRLS, WE WORKED SO HARD TO GET HERE.

WE GREW SO MUCH FROM THE FIRST GAME UNTIL NOW.

WE PLAYED AGAINST THIS TEAM FOUR TIMES, SO PITCHING AND OUR DEFENSE, WE KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO HIT.

I GOT THE BUNT SIGNAL AND I WASN'T FOCUSED ABOUT BEING SAFE.

MY JOB WAS TO GET THE BUNT DOWN.

THAT WAS A CONFIDENCE BOOSTER.

IT'S NOT JUST MYSELF BUT FOR THE TEAM AS WELL, WHICH WAS REALLY HUGE.

WE NEEDED THAT PUSH, IT HELPED US A LOT.

>> Matthew: BRAINERD WILL PLAY IN THE CLASS 4A STATE TOURNAMENT IN MANKATO.

THEIR OPPONENT IS NOT KNOWN JUST YET, THAT AND THE REST OF THE SEEDINGS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON SATURDAY.

>>> ROSEAU FALLS IN THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

EAST POKE NARROWLY LOSES.

IN THE SECTION 5A CHAMPIONSHIP, BLACKDUCK WINS BOTH OF THEIR GAMES TO BECOME SECTION 5A CHAMPIONS.

>>> IN BASEBALL, BEMIDJI HOSTING MOORHEAD FOR THE SECTION 8-4A QUARTERFINALS.

JACKS SWEPT THE SPUDS IN A DOUBLE-HEADER DURING THE REGULAR SEASON.

A 2-RUN SINGLE, THEY LED 8-0 AFTER TWO.

IN THE THIRD, BEMIDJI TRYING TO START A RALLY.

DRIVING IN AND GETS THE JACKS ON THE BOARD.

NEXT BATTER, ELI DOUBLE TOSS THE LEFT FIELD, GOOD ENOUGH TO SCORE, AND MAKE IT 8-2.

BEMIDJI JUST COULDN'T GET THE BATS GOING TONIGHT, THEY FALL 11-3 TO MOORHEAD AND WILL HEAD TO THE ELIMINATION SIDE OF THE BRACKET.

>>> SOME OTHER BASEBALL SCORES FOR YOU, BRAINERD FALLS TO SAUK RAPIDS RICE AND LITTLE FALLS GETS THE WIN OVER DETROIT LAKES.

GRAND RAPIDS EDGES OUT THEIR GAME AND ROSEAU WAS ABLE TO PICK UP THE WIN AGAINST EAST GRAND FORKS.

SEBEKA LOST THEIR GAME AND BERTHA HEWITT WINS THEIR ELIMINATION GAME.

IN OTHER HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASEBALL, PEQUOT LAKES ABLE TO PULL IT OUT.

CROSBY-IRONTON FALLS.

THEN STAPLES MOTLEY IS ABLE TO EDGE IT OUT AGAINST WADENA DEER CREEK.

WIN MAC IS ABLE TO BEAT OUT MAHNOMEN.

THEY WILL FACE FOR THE SUBSECTION, WIN ANY MAC WAS ABLE TO WIN ON THAT ONE AND LONG PRAIRIE GREY EAGLE WAS ABLE TO WIN ON THAT ONE.

SEBEKA LOST THAT GAME, MEANWHILE BERTHA HEWITT WON THEIR GAME.

>>> MOVING OVER TO BOYS' VOLLEYBALL, THE JACKS HOSTING COON RAPIDS IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE 8-A TOURNAMENT, AN ELECTRIC CROWD IN ATTENDANCE FOR THE FIRST STATE TOURNAMENT FOR BOYS VOLLEYBALL.

JUMPING AHEAD, THE GAME IS TIED 3-3.

AFTER A NICE SET-UP FROM KAEDEN POLLOCK, ADAM BAUMANN LIGHTS THIS ONE UP, NO ONE HAD A CHANCE OF GRABBING THAT.

JACKS GO UP 4-3.

LATER, JACKS NOW UP 18-15.REED JOHNSON FOR BEMIDJI SAYS IF YOU WANT SOFT SERVES, THEN GO GET YOURSELF SOME ICE CREAM AT DAIRY QUEEN, AS NO ONE IS ABLE TO PICK UP HIS SERVE.

JACKS NOW UP BY 4.

TOWARDS THE END OF THE GAME, JACK MCNALLAN WANTS TO PUT THIS ONE AWAY FOR GOOD AND DOES SO WITH A NASTY SPIKE AFTER ANOTHER SETUP FROM POLLOCK.

THE LUMBERJACKS NOT ONLY WON THAT FIRST GAME, BUT SWEPT THE SERIES 3-0.

JACKS WILL MOVE ON TO THE SEMIFINALS WHERE SAINT MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE WILL MEET THEM ON SATURDAY.

>>> SOME MORE SCORES, BRAINERD AND BEMIDJI WERE ABLE TO SECURE A SPOT IN THE TOP FIVE.

BRADY QUALIFIED FOR THE STATE TOURNAMENT, ALONGSIDE BECKETT, WHO PLAYED 7th OVERALL.

IN GIRLS GOLF, SECTION 8-3A, BRAINERD IS ABLE TO SECURE A SPOT IN THE TOP 6.

>> Dennis: BUSY NIGHT.

THANK YOU MATTHEW.

>>> WELL, RAY AND MANDY ARE BACK FOR THE 2025 EDITION OF FISHING TIPS.

THE SEGMENT WILL AIR EVERY THURSDAY THROUGH SEPTEMBER 4TH WITH THE DUO SHARING OVER 100 YEARS OF COMBINED FISHING KNOWLEDGE.

NOW HERE'S HOST RAY GILDOW, WHO WELCOMES US BACK AND TELLS US WHAT WE CAN EXPECT THIS UPCOMING SEASON.

>> Reporter: HELLO AGAIN EVERYBODY.

WELCOME TO THE 2025 FISHING TIPS ON LAKELAND PUBLIC TV.

MY COHORT AND SUPER FISHER WOMAN MANDY UHRICH IS ALSO WITH US.

IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE, WE HAD A LOT OF FUN OVER THE YEARS DOING IT AND OUR CAMERA PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF US.

THEY THINK WE'RE GOING TO THROW THEM IN THE LAKE, WHICH WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST.

THIS YEAR, WE WILL BE DOING FISHING TIPS ALL THE WAY THROUGH EARLY SEPTEMBER AND GIVING YOU IDEAS ON EQUIPMENT, HOW TO CATCH FISH, WHERE TO CATCH FISH, AND HOW TO BE SAFE.

I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT PART, HOW TO BE SAFE.

I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE MANDY.

FOR SOME WHO DO NOT KNOW, MANDY WORKS FOR THE MINNESOTA D.N.R.

AND SHE HAS A REPUTATION AS A REAL GOOD TRAINER.

SHE DOES A LOT OF WORK.

MANDY MAYBE YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THIS BRIEFLY.

THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE WITH WOMEN, GETTING THEM INTO THE OUTDOORS.

>> D.N.R.

SPECIFICALLY HAS A PROGRAM CALLED BECOMING AN OUTDOOR WOMAN AND I HAVE BEEN A VOLUNTEER FOR OVER A DECADE FOR THEM.

THEY DO A TON OF DIFFERENT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, FROM HUNTING, TO FISHING, TO KAYAKING, TO PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING THAT YOUR HEART CAN IMAGINE, OVER 100 DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THAT THEY DO.

IT'S BEEN MY PLEASURE TO BE A VOLUNTEER FOR THEM.

>> AND MANDY HAS BEEN A PROFESSIONAL ANGLER.

SHE HAS FISHED MOSTLY -- BUT NOT ALWAYS BASS TOURNAMENTS.

SHE DOES A LOT OF BASS TOURNAMENT FISHING.

YOU STILL DO A FEW.

>> I DO 30-PLUS A YEAR.

I WOULD SAY I DO A FEW.

>> I WOULD SAY SO TOO.

SHE IS VERY SKILLED.

IF YOU ARE A LADY OR YOUNG GIRL AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO GET IN TOUCH WITH MANDY, YOU CAN PROBABLY GO TO THE WEBSITE.

COULD SHE FIND YOU ON THE D.N.R.

WEBSITE?

>> NO, BUT YOU CAN ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

>> IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW TO FISH, SHE IS VERY SKILLED AT BACKING UP A TRAILER INTO THE LAKE.

SHE IS AS GOOD AS ANYBODY I EVER WORKED WITH SO THAT'S A LOT OF FUN.

SO YOU CAN FIND US ON LAKELAND PUBLIC TV AND ON YOUTUBE.

IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT OUR PAST ISSUES, THOSE ARE THE PLACES TO FIND US.

SO AGAIN, THIS IS FISHING TIPS AND WE'RE FILMING FOR THE 2025 SEASON.

I'M RAY GILDOW.

>> AND I'M MANDY UHRICH.

>> Dennis: GOOD TO HAVE BOTH OF THEM BACK AND WE'LL HAVE THEM ALL SUMMER.

STACY, IT LOOKS LIKE A GOOD WEEKEND TO DO SOME FISHING.

>> Stacy: IT MIGHT BE, YOU MAY NEED TO CONTEND WITH THE WILDFIRE SMOKE IN THE AIR.

THAT WILL IMPACT THE AIR QUALITY.

THE AIR QUALITY WARNING IS FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

DRY CONDITIONS OTHERWISE.

>> Dennis: THAT SHOULD DO IT FOR US.

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

>> Matthew: GOOD NIGHT.

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