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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.

>>> VOTERS IN SENATE DISTRICT SIX ARE DECIDING ON A REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE TODAY FOR THE SENATE DISTRICT SIX SPECIAL ELECTION THAT HAPPENS LATER THIS MONTH.

THE SPECIAL ELECTION IS NEEDED BECAUSE REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT JUSTIN EICHORN RESIGNED IN MARCH AFTER BEING ARRESTED FOR SOLICITING A MINOR FOR PROSTITUTION.

VOTERS THROUGHOUT DISTRICT SIX SHOWED UP AT THE POLLS TODAY TASKED WITH NARROWING A FIELD OF EIGHT REPUBLICANS DOWN TO ONE.

DISTRICT SIX INCLUDES CASS, CROW WING, AND ITASCA COUNTIES AND ALL THE CANDIDATES EXCEPT FOR JOHN HOWE ARE FROM CROW WING COUNTY.

HOWE IS FROM ITASCA COUNTY.

AND LET'S SEE WHAT WE HAVE FOR VOTING NUMBERS AT THIS HOUR.

80% OF PRECINCTS IN AND CARRIE, THE WIFE OF JOSH WHO IS IN HIS SIXTH TERM IN THE STATEHOUSE, SHE HAS 2,502 VOTES, 47% OF THE TALLY AND GOING AWAY SEEMS TO BE THE WINNER.

NEXT WEEK IS HOWE WITH A GOOD SHOWING WITH 953 VOTES AND 17.93% OF THE VOTE.

ON THE D.F.L.

SIDE, THE ONLY CANDIDATE DENISE SLIPY.

>>> CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE HAS BEEN MAKING AN EFFORT TO CREATE A MORE INFORMED STUDENT BASE WHEN IT COMES TO VOTING AND TO FURTHER THEIR MISSION THEY HELD THEIR “TACO” BOUT ELECTIONS EVENT AHEAD OF TODAY'S SPECIAL ELECTION.

THE EVENT WAS SET UP BY THE C.L.C.

STUDENT SENATE TO GET STUDENTS MORE INVOLVED IN THE VOTING PROCESS BY HELPING THEM FIND THEIR POLLING LOCATIONS, GIVING INFORMATION ABOUT EACH CANDIDATE, AND INFORMING STUDENTS ABOUT THE LOCAL POLITICS WITHIN DISTRICT SIX ALL WHILE PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH A FREE TACO BAR.

>> IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US AS COLLEGE STUDENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR VOICES ARE HEARD AND THAT WE CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS AND WITH A SITUATION SO UNIQUE AS THE SPECIAL ELECTION FIRST AND FOREMOST, IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT STUDENTS ARE FIRST OF ALL AWARE OF WHAT IS GOING ON AND SECOND, MAKING SURE THAT THEY KNOW HOW THEY CAN PARTICIPATE.

>> CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE WAS RECENTLY RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR EFFORTS BY THE ALL IN DEMOCRACY CHALLENGE, GAINING THE TITLE OF VOTER FRIENDLY CAMPUS.

>>> THERE IS A VACANCY FOR A JUDGE IN MINNESOTA'S SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.

THE HONORABLE LEONARD A WEILER IS RETIRING AND THE COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL SELECTION IS LOOKING FOR CANDIDATES TO FILL HIS POSITION IN THE MORRISON COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED IN LITTLE FALLS.

THE APPLICATION PROCESS IS OPEN AND THE COMMISSION SAYS IT IS SEARCHING FOR FAIR, EXPERIENCED, AND CIVIC-MINDED INDIVIDUALS TO SERVE ON THE BENCH AND OFFER THEIR TALENTS AND SERVICES TO MINNESOTA'S JUDICIAL SYSTEM.

INDIVIDUALS WISHING TO APPLY MAY REQUEST AN APPLICATION BY CONTACTING THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR AND LT.

GOVERNOR AT THE EMAIL ON THE SCREEN APPLICATION MATERIALS ARE DUE BY 4:00 P.M. ON MAY 5TH.

>>> THE CROW WING COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT WENT OVER THE COUNTY'S HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT PLAN THROUGH 2030 DURING LAST WEEK'S COUNTY BOARD MEETING.

2025 PROJECTS WILL INCLUDE RESURFACING PROJECTS ON MULTIPLE COUNTY HIGHWAYS, SPOT IMPROVEMENTS TO HIGHWAY 48, ENGINEERING FOR COUNTY HIGHWAY 11, AND MORE.

THE FIVE-YEAR BLUEPRINT ENTAILS OVER 150 MILES WORTH OF ROAD WORK, THREE ADDITIONAL ROUNDABOUTS, AS WELL AS TREE CLEARINGS TO MAKE WAY FOR THIS YEAR'S PROJECTS.

THE COUNTY'S PLAN TOTALS TO AN $86.8 MILLION INVESTMENT.

>> WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT THE ROADS IN CROW WING COUNT AND TRYING TO FORECAST WHEN THE ROADS WILL NEED WORK.

WE USE A MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE THAT HELPS US LOOK LONG INTO THE FUTURE.

WE'RE LOOKING AT CRASH DATA AND HISTORY WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE ROUNDABOUT, YOU TAKE AWAY THE 90 DEGREE CRASHES.

THAT REALLY HELPS SAVE LIVES.

>> THE CROW WING COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT WILL BE WORKING ON COUNTY STATE AID HIGHWAYS 1, 2, AND COUNTY ROAD 108 WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH.

COUNTY ROAD 144 WILL ALSO BE RESURFACED AND ELEVATED THIS UPCOMING SUMMER.

>>> THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ATTEND AN UPCOMING PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE TO LEARN ABOUT THIS SUMMER'S CONSTRUCTION PLANS FOR HIGHWAY 87 NEAR HUBBARD.

BEGINNING MAY 19TH, A MINN-DOT CONTRACTOR WILL BE RECONSTRUCTING HIGHWAY 87 FROM HIGHWAY 71 TO EAST OF HUBBARD.

THE PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES GRADING, REPLACING CULVERTS, CURB AND GUTTER IN HUBBARD AND A BOX CULVERT REPLACEMENT AT LONG LAKE.

HIGHWAY 87 BETWEEN HIGHWAY 71 AND EAST OF HUBBARD WILL BE DETOURED DURING CONSTRUCTION, BUT RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS THEIR PROPERTIES.

THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETE MID-OCTOBER, WEATHER PERMITTING.

>>> THE OPEN HOUSE HOSTED BY THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS FROM 4:00 TO 6:00 P.M. ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30TH AT THE HUBBARD COMMUNITY CENTER.

NO FORMAL PRESENTATION IS PLANNED.

PEOPLE CAN COME AND GO ON THEIR SCHEDULE.

IF YOU ATTEND THE MEETING, YOU CAN TALK WITH PROJECT MANAGERS, ASK QUESTIONS AND RECEIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECT.

A NEARBY PROJECT ON HIGHWAY 87 WILL ALSO BE CONSTRUCTED LATER THIS SUMMER.

THE EASTERN PROJECT INCLUDES RESURFACING AND CULVERT REPLACEMENTS FROM HUBBARD COUNTY ROAD 13 TO HIGHWAY 64.

THIS PROJECT WILL TAKE PLACE AUGUST THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2025.

>>> MINNESOTA'S MOOSE POPULATION IS REMAINING STABLE.

THE MOST RECENT MOOSE POPULATION ESTIMATE IS APPROXIMATELY 4,040 ANIMALS, THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF THE MINNESOTA D.N.R.

'S 2025 POPULATION SURVEY.

RESULTS CONTINUE TO SUGGEST THAT AFTER A STEEP DECLINE FROM A POPULATION ESTIMATE OF APPROXIMATELY 8,000 IN 2009, MINNESOTA'S MOOSE POPULATION APPEARS TO HAVE STABILIZED AND HAS FLUCTUATED AROUND 3,700 ANIMALS IN RECENT YEARS.

WHILE RECENT ESTIMATES SUGGEST CONTINUED STABILITY IN THE POPULATION AND REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS.

D.N.R.

RESEARCHERS POINT OUT THAT MINNESOTA MOOSE REMAIN AT RISK.

PRESENTLY, THE LONG-TERM SURVEY TRENDS INDICATE THE MOOSE POPULATION HAS DECLINED APPROXIMATELY 60-PERCENT SINCE THE MID-2000S.

D.N.R.

OFFICIALS SAY CLIMATE CHANGE, PARASITES, AND PREDATOR IMPACTS ON CALF SURVIVAL ALL PLAY A PART IN THE LONG-TERM SURVIVAL OF THE MOOSE POPULATION.

>>> SPRING IS JUST GETTING STARTED BUT PREPARATION FOR THE SUMMER MONTHS HAS ALREADY STARTED IN PEQUOT LAKES WITH REGISTRATION FOR THEIR STARS AND STRIPES EVENT HAVING RECENTLY OPENED.

EVERY YEAR, PEQUOT LAKES BRINGS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO THEIR STREETS TO CELEBRATE THE FOURTH OF JULY WITH ACTIVITIES LIKE CRAFTS TABLES, FOOD VENDORS, AND A FIREWORKS SHOW TO END THE NIGHT.

BOOTHS AT THE EVENT COST $100 FOR NON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEMBERS AND CHAMBER MEMBERS GET THEIR FIRST TABLE FREE.

>> UP AND DOWN THE PAUL BUNYAN TRAIL, WE HAVE CRAFTERS AND WE ALSO HAVE FOOD TRUCKS AND THEN THE PEQUOT LAKES 4TH OF JULY PARADE, IF YOU WANT TO BE SOMEWHERE FOR STARS AND STRIPES, 4TH OF JULY, PEQUOT LAKES IS THE PLACE TO BE.

>> IF YOU'D LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE EVENT OR HOW TO REGISTER FOR A SPOT, HEAD TO PEQUOTLAKES.COM.

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

>> Stacy: WE'LL SEE SUNNY SKIES TOMORROW, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WEATHER WET IS ON THE WAY FOR THURSDAY WITH GOOD CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, LEECH LAKE TRIBAL COLLEGE HELD THEIR >> THIS PORTION OF LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED BY C.T.C.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> YESTERDAY THE TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE 30S AND IT WAS CLOUDY AND WINDY.

SO NATURALLY, IT WAS A GREAT DAY FOR BEMIDJI STATE STUDENTS TO SUBMERGE THEMSELVES INTO FREEZING COLD WATER.

AFFINITY PLUS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION PARTNERED WITH BSU ATHLETICS FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW TO HOST A POLAR PLUNGE, WHICH RAISED MONEY FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS MINNESOTA.

TEAMS AND INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN RAISING MONEY FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, WITH ONE PERSON EVEN RAISING $2,300 ON THEIR OWN.

>> IT WAS SO INCREDIBLE.

WE HAD OVER 100 PEOPLE SIGNED UP.

WE HAVE SO FAR RAISED $13,500, SO WE'RE RIGHT THERE, REAL CLOSE TO OUR $15,000 GOAL.

TO SEE PEOPLE COME OUT WHEN THE WEATHER IS NOT GREAT AND JUST DIVE IN, LITERALLY, INTO WHAT WE'RE DOING AND MAKING AN IMPACT IS FANTASTIC.

>> THE STATEWIDE EVENT IS SPECIAL OLYMPICS MINNESOTA'S BIGGEST FUNDRAISER.

EVEN BUCKY THE BEAVER WAS GETTING IN ON THE ACTION AS PARENTS AND FAMILIES CHEERED ON STUDENTS TAKING THE PLUNGE INTO SUB 40 DEGREE WATER.

>> YOU KNOW, THAT JUST SHOWS THAT THE HARD WORK THAT WE DO BASICALLY STARTING TOMORROW UNTIL THE NEXT PLUNGE, IT'S A YEARLONG PROCESS.

IT REALLY BRINGS THAT TO FRUITION, BUT ULTIMATELY EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE RAISE, WE KNOW COMES BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR STATE IN THAT WAY, IS IMPORTANT AND IT'S EMPOWERING.

SO, TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT WE SET A GOAL AND WE BEAT IT, THAT'S THE BEST THING WE CAN DO.

>> THE FUNDRAISER IS STILL OPEN FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS AS THEY CONTINUE TO TRY FOR THAT $15,000 GOAL.

DONATIONS CAN BE MADE AT PLUNGEMN.ORG AND CAN BE GIVEN TO A SPECIFIC FUNDRAISING TEAM, OR DIRECTLY TO THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS MINNESOTA.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, STACY IS HERE.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING NO ICE ON THE LAKE.

>> Stacy: YES, WE'RE SLOWLY GETTING THERE.

WE HAVE SOME MORE OPEN WATER THAN WE HAD A LITTLE BIT AGO.

WE'RE CONTINUING TO SEE THE ICE MELTING BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING SOME WARMER TEMPERATURES AND WE'RE GOING TO ENJOY THE SUNSHINE TOMORROW, WE COULD BE SEEING SOME RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS AS WE HEAD INTO >> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS SPONSORED BY THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS OF MINNESOTA.

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

>> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT BREEZY TODAY AND WE HAD SOME COOLER THAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES BUT WE DID AT LEAST GET TO ENJOY SOME NICE WARM SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE CLEAR SKIES OVERNIGHT FOR THE MOST PART AND IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF SUNSHINE TOMORROW.

TEMPS MAY BE A LITTLE WARMER TOMORROW, BUT HEADING INTO THURSDAY, ANOTHER CHANGE IN OUR FORECAST AS WE WILL SEE MORE CLOUD COVER AND WE'LL SEE A GOOD CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS.

RIGHT NOW IN BENID.

>> Charlie: -- BEMIDJI, IT'S 38 AT THE AIRPORT.

AND HUMIDITY IS AT 56%.

IN BRAINERD, WE HAVE CLEAR SKIES, IT'S 41, 25 IS OUR DEW POINT, PRESSURE IS RISING AND WE HAVE A CALM WIND.

LOOKING AT OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR PICTURE, IT IS ALL CLEAR ACROSS OUR VIEWING AREA THIS EVENING.

IT HAS BEEN CLEAR MOST OF THE AFTERNOON, AGAIN, WE ENJOYED THE NICE SUNSHINE TODAY.

WE SHOULD EXPECT TO SEE CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES TONIGHT AND PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES TOMORROW AS WE CONTINUE TO SEE THAT WARM UP AS WE MOVE INTO THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, IT WAS A GORGEOUS MORNING IN MENAHGA.

ARLENE SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE MORNING SKIES.

DEBRA REPORTING SOME OPEN WATER.

AND KAREN WITH SOME OF THE ICE HOLDING ON TO LONG LAKE TODAY.

WE HAVE A GORGEOUS SUNSET FROM ANGELA AT CASS LAKE AND CARRIE SENDING US A PHOTO OF THE BEAUTIFUL SUNSET IN WALKER.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE WITH US TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE REPORTING 31 AND BREEZY THIS MORNING.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, SUNNY SKIES WITH A HIGH OF 48.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUNSHINE TOPPING OUT AT 50.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, CLEAR SKIES WITH A HIGH OF 50.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND A HIGH OF 42.

LOOKING AT OUR ALMANAC, WE TOPPED OUT AT 50.

SO WE'RE SEEING THE TEMPERATURES LAGGING BELOW THE AVERAGE HIGH.

32 IS THE LOW AND SUNSET AT 5 MINUTES AFTER 8:00.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 48, SO VERY CLOSE TO THAT AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE, BUT WE ARE A LITTLE SHORT OF THAT.

27 FOR THE LOW AND SUNSET AT 10 MINUTES AFTER 8:00.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, WE WILL START OUT THE DAY WITH PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, AND WE'LL HAVE PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY.

NOT A LOT OF CLOUD COVER UNTIL WE HEAD INTO THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING, WE WILL SEE SOME INCREASE IN CLOUDS AND AS WE HEAD INTO THURSDAY, WE HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF SEEING RAIN SHOWERS.

AS FAR AS HIGH TEMPERATURES TOMORROW, HIGHS SHOULD BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 50s ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA.

THEN IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, UPPER 50s, SOME LOCATIONS AROUND 60 DEGREES.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST, CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES FOR TONIGHT, LOWS NEAR 30, WINDS VARIABLE AT 5 TO 15.

PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES FOR US TOMORROW, HIGHS SHOULD TOP OUT AROUND 57, WITH WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 20.

LOOKING AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, CHANCES OF SHOWERS RETURN TO THE AREA ON THURSDAY, AND WE MAY SEE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MIX, HIGHS NEAR 58.

A FEW SHOWERS COULD LINGER IN EASTERN MINNESOTA ON FRIDAY, OTHERWISE IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S QUIET, A LITTLE BIT COOLER, HIGHS NEAR 47.

HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND, WE WILL ENJOY SUNSHINE ONCE AGAIN AND TEMPERATURES START TO WARM UP AND HIGHS WILL BE NEAR 59 ON SUNDAY.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: THANK YOU, CHARLIE IS HERE NOW.

A BIG GAME FOR THE MINNESOTA WILD.

>> Charlie: IT'S A WIN AND YOU ARE IN AND THAT'S HOW IT HAS BEEN PLAYING OUT.

A CHANCE TO SEE WHETHER THEY COULD MAKE IT INTO THE PLAYOFFS OR NOT, THAT IS COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

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>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪] >> Charlie: THEY WERE VYING FOR THE BEST RECORD IN THE NHL AND NOW WITH ONE GAME LEFT IN THE REGULAR SEASON, THEY'RE HANGING ON FOR ONE SPOT.

REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY MAY BE, MINNESOTA IS STILL IN CONTROL OF THEIR OWN DESTINY.

WILD TAKING ON THE DUCKS IN GAME 82.

WIN AND THEY ARE IN THE PLAYOFFS, LOSE AND THEY LEAVE THEIR FATE IN THE HANDS OF OTHERS.

IN THE FIRST PERIOD, NO SCORE.

MARCUS GETS IT GOING FOR THE WILD.

THE DUCKS WOULD TIE IT 1-1 AFTER 1.

THIRD PERIOD, STILL TIED.

SAM PUTS THE DUCKS UP 2-1 AND NOW IT'S DESPERATION TIME.

WILD PULL THE GOALIE, ERICKSON AT THE BACKDOOR, NOT ONCE BUT TWICE, TIES THE GAME WITH LESS THAN 30 SECONDS TO GO.

THEN IN OVERTIME, THEY WOULD PUT IN MARC-ANDRE, AND IT JUST GOT BETTER.

MATT PUTS THE WILD AHEAD 3-2 IN O.T., WALK IT OFF AFTER THE GAME.

EVERYONE IS GIVING HIM HIS PRAISE FOR THE WIN, 71st OVERTIME WIN FOR HIM.

THE WILD, ONCE THEY WENT TO OVERTIME, ALL THEY NEEDED WAS THE ONE POINT.

PRETTY COOL TO SEND HIM OFF THAT WAY.

THE WILD ARE IN THE PLAYOFFS AND IN FACT, THEY WILL BE IN THAT SECOND TO LAST WILDCAT SPOT.

>>> BRAINERD SOFTBALL OPENED THEIR 2025 SEASON WITH A TOUGH 3-0 LOSS TO SAINT CLOUD LAST THURSDAY BUT BOUNCED BACK FRIDAY WITH 3-1 VICTORY OVER OWATONNA TO BRING THEIR RECORD BACK TO .500.

TODAY THE WARRIORS RETURNED TO THE DIAMOND FOR A DOUBLE-HEADER AGAINST SAUK RAPIDS-RICE.

BOTTOM SECOND, WARRIORS ABOUT TO GET THE SCORING GOING.

CALLIE SKOH-GLIND, THAT ONES NOT COMING BACK, SOLO SHOT MAKES IT 1-0.

BOTTOM FOUR NOW, SAME SCORE.

RUTHIE OWEN SINGLES UP THE MIDDLE.

SHE'D TAKE SECOND ON A STEAL BUT THE STORM'S AVA KNUTSON GETS MACY GORAL TO FLY OUT, KEEPS IT 1-0 WARRIORS.

BUT THAT WAS ALL MYA TAUTGES NEEDED IN THE CIRCLE.

SHE STRUCK OUT 11, TAKING A NO HITTER INTO THE FINAL FRAME BEFORE FORCING LAUREN FLAKNE TO GROUND OUT AND THAT'D BE YOUR BALL GAME.

BRAINERD TAKES GAME ONE OF THE DOUBLEHEADER BUT FALLS TO SAUK RAPIDS-RICE IN GAME NUMBER TWO.

10-4, SPLITTING THE DAY.

>>> ELSEWHERE IN SOFTBALL, SOME MORE SCORES -- BEMIDJI SOFTBALL OPENING THEIR SEASON TODAY.

THEY ARE ON THE ROAD IN PROCTOR.

BOTTOM OF THE 1st.

LEXI SCORES AND PROCTOR LED 2-0 AFTER ONE.

THEN MAYA TAKES LOW, THROW DOWN TO SECOND, AND TAKES OFF FOR HOME, AND SHE BEATS THE THROW AND GETS THE JACKS ON THE BOARD.

BEMIDJI RIDES THE MOMENTUM WITH A WIN OVER PROCTOR.

A COUPLE MORE SOFTBALL SCORES, ST.

CLOUD CATHEDRAL WINS.

NEVIS COLLECTING A WIN TODAY.

EAST ING -- POLK GETTING A WIN.

STAPLES MOTLEY SPLITS IN THEIR DOUBLE HEADER.

ALSO, DOUBLE HEADER WITH MENAHGA, THEY WIN BOTH OF THOSE.

>>> IN BASEBALL, WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY HOSTING PINE RIVER-BACKUS, BOTH TEAMS ENTER SPORTING 1-AND-1 RECORDS.

IN THE EARLY INNINGS THE WOLVES ABLE TO GET THE JUMP ON TIGER'S PITCHER JONATHON SHOGREN.

IN THE SECOND, RUNNER ON THIRD.

COLE RUTTEN WITH THE SAC FLY, SCORES GAVIN SWANSON.

NEXT INNING, SKYLER WESTPHAL ON THIRD.

SWANSON JUST PUTS THE BALL IN PLAY.

GOOD ENOUGH TO BRING HOME WESTPHAL.

WOLVES LED 7-0 AFTER THREE.

TOP OF THE 4th, TIGERS THREATENING RUNNERS ON 1 RS AND 2nd, BUT BRAD CATCHES BRODY LOOKING AND HE HAD HIMSELF A DAY, FOUR INNINGS, NO HITS, 5K'S, THEY GO ON TO WIN.

>>> A COUPLE MORE BASEBALL SCORES.

BRAINERD THEY SWEEP IN THEIR DOUBLE HEADER.

A DOUBLE HEADER IN SEBEKA, THEY SWEPT THEIRS AS WELL.

STAPLES MOTLEY FALLS IN THE FIRST GAME BUT ENDS UP TIED IN THE SECOND ONE.

ALBANY BEATS LITTLE FALLS.

AITKIN AND PIERZ BOTH COLLECTING WINS AS WELL.

BAGLEY GETTING THE WIN OVER CLEAR BROOK GONVICK.

>>> WE MOVE TO BOYS LACROSSE, HOSTING ST.

CLOUD.

BRAINERD IS DOWN 3-0.

GABE HITS THE TURN AROUND, WARRIORS MADE IT 3-1.

THEN HITS THEM LOW, AND THE WARRIORS CUT THE LEAD TO 1.

STILL SECOND QUARTER, JACK HE FINDS NYLON, AND THE WARRIORS PUT 9 GOALS ON THE BOARD, BRAINERD TALLIES WIN NUMBER ONE, 13-4.

FIVE GOALS ON THE EVENING AND NOW THEY ARE 1-1.

>>> WE HAVE A FEW MORE SCORES FOR YOU.

MOORHEAD BEATS GRAND RAPIDS GREEN WAY.

AND THEN THESE WERE FROM YESTERDAY, BEMIDJI FINISHED 3rd AT THE MONTICELLO INVITE IN BOYS GOLF.

THEY HAD SOME GOLFERS UP IN THE TOP THERE, NUMBER THREE, NUMBER 8, NUMBER 16, AND TWO OF THEM JACKSON AND LOGAN, EIGHTH GRADERS -- EXCUSE ME, JACK IS 7th AND THE OTHER 8th, AND ONLY ONE SENIOR IN THE GROUP.

>> Dennis: YOUNG TALENT.

THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> WELL, FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, THE LEECH LAKE TRIBAL COLLEGE HELD THEIR ANNUAL RESTING POW-WOW.

FOR THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN TELLS US HOW THIS PARTICULAR POWWOW HAS A DEEPER MEANING THAN JUST WELCOMING IN THE SPRING SEASON.

>> Reporter: EVERYBODY IS SO EAGER.

>> POWWOW SEASON JUST STARTED.

WE'RE FINALLY GETTING OUT OF OUR HOUSES AND GETTING TOGETHER.

>> Reporter: THE LEECH LAKE BAND OF OJIBWA HELD THEIR FIRST RESTING POWWOW SINCE 2020 AND IT SEEMS THAT IT'S BEEN DEARLY MISSED.

>> NOW WE HAVE ABOUT 500 PEOPLE HERE, ABOUT 16 DRUMS, AND WE ARE PACKED OUT HERE >> Reporter: POWWOWS ARE ABOUT BUILDING COMMUNITY AND SURROUNDING THEMSELVES IN ANISHINAABE CULTURE.

>> WE WEREN'T ABLE TO PRACTICE AS INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.

>> ALL OF US, WE'RE AS CLOSE AS A FAMILY.

THESE POWWOWS GIVE US A CHANCE TO PASS DOWN TRADITIONS TO OUR YOUNGER ONES AND TO LEARN THEM FROM OUR ELDERS.

>> Reporter: THIS PARTICULAR POWWOW IS CALLED THE RESTING POWWOW AND IS HELD TO WELCOME IN THE SPRING SEASON.

>> IT'S OUR TIME TO GET OUT AND SOCIALIZE WITH EACH OTHER.

WE HAD A LONG WINTER, ALL COOPED UP INSIDE, AND THIS IS OUR COMING OUT PARTY AND IT'S HAVING A GOOD TIME AND ENJOYING EACH OTHER'S COMPANY AND CELEBRATING WHO WE ARE AS ANISHINAABE PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: THE RESTING POWWOW IS USED AS A TIME TO GRIEVE AS SONGS ARE PERFORMED FOR FAMILIES THAT LOST LOVED ONES, INCLUDING THE FAMILY OF BOB WHO PASSED AWAY THIS LAST MARCH.

>> I REALLY CANNOT EXPLAIN BECAUSE HE GAVE US SO MUCH.

HE GAVE US SO MUCH TO LOVE AND TO HONOR.

>> WE CAN'T GRIEVE ALONE.

WE NEED PEOPLE THAT TOUCH, LAUGHTER, ALL THAT GOOD MEDICINE, FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND PICK YOU UP WHEN YOU ARE DOWN.

WE WILL SING A SONG FOR THEM, PRAY FOR THEM AND DO ALL THAT.

THIS IS A CELEBRATION BUT WE ALSO HAVE A SPIRITUAL SIDE OF THAT.

>> Reporter: AND THAT IS WHAT MAY HAVE GIVEN HIM A WHOLE NEW LIFE.

>> FIVE YEARS AGO, I WAS IN A WHEELCHAIR, DOCTORS SAID I PROBABLY WAS NOT GOING TO WALK AGAIN.

THEY HAD ME ON ALL THESE PILLS AND I WAS GETTING REALLY BAD.

I WENT TO THE CEREMONY AND WAS AROUND THE DRUMS AND NOW I'M WALKING AROUND, RUNNING, DOING THINGS I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE ABLE TO DO AGAIN AND IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF MY CULTURE AND THE PEOPLE THAT HELPED ME AND EVERYTHING.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN CASS LAKE WITH THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE LEECH LAKE BAND PERFORMED ANOTHER HONOR SONG AND PRESENTED A BLANKET TO THE NOW RETIRED CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THE BAND, KEN WASHINGTON, DURING THE RESTING POW-WOW.

>>> WE HAVE TIME FOR ANOTHER LOOK AT OUR WEATHER, WE GO BACK TO STACY.

>> Stacy: WE ARE GOING TO SEE CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, LOWS DOWN TO 30 WITH VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 15 AND THEN PLENTY OF SUNSHINE TOMORROW, PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY, HIGHS SHOULD REACH 57 AND WINDS AT 5 TO 20 AND A CHANCE OF SHOWERS ON THURSDAY.

>> Dennis: THAT'S GOING TO DO IT FOR US.

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

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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