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DENNIS WEIMANN WITH THE NEWS, STACY CHRISTENSON WITH THE WEATHER AND CHARLIE YAEGER WITH YOUR SPORTS.

[♪♪♪] >> Dennis: HI EVERYONE, THANKS FOR WATCHING TONIGHT.

>>> DEMOCRATIC MINNESOTA GENERAL KEITH ELLISON FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST DONALD TRUMP OVER THE ADMINISTRATION'S PUSH TO BAN TRANSGENDER ATHLETES FROM GIRLS AND WOMEN'S SPORTS.

WHEN U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI ANNOUNCED THE ADMINISTRATION LAWSUIT AGAINST MAINE LAST WEEK, SHE WARNED THAT MINNESOTA AND CALIFORNIA COULD BE NEXT.

ELLISON SAID TUESDAY THAT HIS SUIT SEEKS TO PREVENT TRUMP AND BONDI FROM ACTING AGAINST MINNESOTA THE SAME WAY IT'S TAKING ON MAINE ON THE ISSUE.

THE MINNESOTA LAWSUIT ASKS THE COURT TO DECLARE TRUMP'S TWO EXECUTIVE ORDERS ON TRANSGENDER ATHLETES IN GIRLS AND WOMEN'S SPORTS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

THE WHITE HOUSE DID NOT IMMEDIATELY RESPOND TO REQUESTS FOR COMMENT.

>>> THE STATE SENATE DISTRICT 6 SPECIAL ELECTION IS A WEEK AWAY.

NEARLY 6,000 PEOPLE VOTED IN THE PRIMARY ELECTION BUT MANY REPORTED BEING TURNED AWAY FROM PRECINCTS FOR BEING AT THE WRONG VOTING LOCATION.

MINNESOTA STATE STATUTE REQUIRES THAT CITIZENS VOTING IN ANY ELECTION MUST CAST THEIR BALLOTS AT THEIR DESIGNATED VOTING LOCATION.

NEARLY 100 PEOPLE WERE TURNED AWAY FROM THE CROW WING COUNTY COURTHOUSE AND REFERRED TO THEIR PROPER VOTING LOCATION DURING THE PRIMARY ELECTION.

>> ON ELECTION DAY, PEOPLE HAVE TO VOTE IN THEIR PRECINCT.

IF THEY ARE CHOOSING TO VOTE ABSENTEE, THEY CAN COME TO THE COUNTY COURT HOUSE AND VOTE PRIOR TO TUESDAY, APRIL 29TH.

BUT ON APRIL 29, TUESDAY OF THE GENERAL ELECTION, THEY HAVE TO VOTE IN THEIR NORMAL POLLING PRECINCT.

>> HERE ARE THE VOTING LOCATIONS THAT HAVE CHANGED FOR THE SPECIAL ELECTION.

RESIDENTS IN UNORGANIZED CROW WING COUNTY THAT WOULD TYPICALLY VOTE IN PRECINCTS ONE, THREE, AND FOUR WILL VOTE AT THE CROW WING COUNTY COURTHOUSE INSTEAD OF THE "TURN IN POACHERS BUILDING" OR WOODS EVENT CENTER.

RESIDENTS IN WARD FOUR IN BRAINERD WILL VOTE AT BRAINERD CITY HALL AS OPPOSED TO ST. ANDREWS CHURCH, AND RESIDENTS IN BREEZY POINT WILL VOTE AT THE BREEZY POINT PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING INSTEAD OF THE BREEZY POINT CITY HALL.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR VOTING LOCATION IS, YOU CAN DO SO AT CROWWING.GOV UNDERNEATH THE RESIDENTS TAB OR ON THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S WEBSITE.

>>> THE MINNESOTA STATE PATROL SWORE IN 42 NEW TROOPERS DURING A GRADUATION CEREMONY TODAY.

THE CADETS TOOK THE OATH FOLLOWING THEIR SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE 70TH ACADEMY AT CAMP RIPLEY.

OVER THE PAST 14 WEEKS, THE CADETS HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE ACADEMY AT CAMP RIPLEY.

HALF OF THE GRADUATES, 21 INDIVIDUALS ARE TRADITIONAL APPLICANTS, WHILE THE OTHER HALF COMPLETED THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM.

THAT PROGRAM PROVIDES EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO CANDIDATES WITH TWO-YEAR OR FOUR-YEAR DEGREES IN FIELDS OUTSIDE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.

GOVERNOR TIM WALZ AND DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR WERE ON HAND AS WERE SEVERAL STATE PATROL LEADERS.

THE CADETS' TRAINING INCLUDED MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH INVESTIGATION, TRAFFIC LAW, EMERGENCY VEHICLE OPERATIONS, SCENARIO-BASED DE-ESCALATION, COMMUNICATION, MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS RESPONSE AND DEFENSIVE TACTICS.

AFTER GRADUATION, CADETS WILL UNDERGO ADDITIONAL TRAINING AT THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY'S BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION BEFORE BEGINNING FIELD TRAINING WITH A CURRENT TROOPER.

UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF FIELD TRAINING, THEY WILL BEGIN SOLO PATROLS.

>>> WEEKDAY LANE CLOSURES ON HIGHWAY 210 THROUGH BAXTER BEGIN THE FIRST WEEK MONDAY IN MAY.

THOSE TRAVELLING ON BOTH DIRECTIONS ON HIGHWAY 210 THROUGH BAXTER WILL ENCOUNTER LANE CLOSURES AND DELAYS AS ROADWORK BEGINS ON MONDAY, MAY 5TH.

THE $4.5 MILLION PROJECT WILL RESURFACE BOTH DIRECTIONS OF THE HIGHWAY BETWEEN BAXTER DRIVE AND TIMBERWOOD DRIVE, AND IMPROVE ACCESS AND TRAFFIC FLOW WEST OF HIGHLAND SCENIC DRIVE AT MEMORYWOOD DRIVE.

WORK WILL OCCUR ON WEEKDAYS, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, 7:00 A.M. TO 7:00 P.M. AND FRIDAY 7:00 A.M. UNTIL NOON.

THERE WILL BE NO WORK ON WEEKENDS WORK WILL BEGIN ON THE WEST END OF HIGHWAY 210 AND MOVE EASTWARD.

MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT SINGLE-LANE CLOSURES EACH WAY WITH REDUCED SPEEDS AND CHANGES TO LOCAL ACCESS.

THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SAYS WHEN COMPLETE IN EARLY JULY, MOTORISTS WILL BENEFIT FROM A SMOOTHER ROAD SURFACE, UPDATED DRAINAGE, AND IMPROVED ACCESS AND SAFETY ALONG HIGHWAY 210 THROUGH BAXTER.

>>> BIG BUDGET CUTS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

JEREMY OLSON INFORMED THE SCHOOL BOARD THE PROPOSED CUTS FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR THAT AIMS TO AS AN $2 MILLION ANTICIPATED DEFICIT.

HE ATTRIBUTES THE DEFICIT TO STATE FUNDING NOT KEEPING UP WITH DISTRICT NEEDS AND SAYS BEMIDJI SCHOOLS HAVE OPERATED IN A CONSTANT DEFICIT SINCE 2018.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK HAS MORE ON THE CUTS AND HOW THEY AFFECT THE SCHOOLS.

>> Reporter: THEY WILL BE IN A PROJECTED $2.3 MILLION DEFICIT IN THE 2026-2027 SCHOOL YEAR.

SUPERINTENDENT JEREMY OLSON SAID THAT THE GOAL WAS TO KEEP AS MANY REDUCTIONS OUT OF THE CLASSROOM AS POSSIBLE.

THEY WILL MAKE UP JUST OVER 53% OF THE PROPOSED REDUCTIONS, BUT TAKE UP 65% OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET.

>> SO IN TOTAL, THAT'S $388,700 OUT OF THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES.

>> Reporter: SINCE 2019, BEMIDJI SCHOOLS HAVE SEEN A 3.2% EXPENSE INCREASE, CAUSING THE DEFICIT TO INCREASE ANNUALLY.

>> SCHOOL DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES, THAT MAKES UP 7% OF OUR BUDGETS, 23% OF THE REDUCTIONS.

THOSE ARE IN ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL, THE CONSOLIDATION OF MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES DEPARTMENT, AND THE ELIMINATION OF THE DEAN OF STUDENTS POSITION AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

>> Reporter: IT WOULD CREATE ONE PRINCIPAL FOR NORTHERN ELEMENTARY, COMBINING SECOND AND THIRD GRADES IS ALSO IN THE TALKS.

>> I GOT THE E-MAIL FROM OUR STAFF AND THAT MADE ME GO, IF WE DON'T HAVE STAFF MEMBERS WILLING TO SAY YES, I CAN TAKE ON THE CHALLENGE, YES I CAN HANDLE IT, YES I WANT TO LEARN ABOUT IT, YES, TEACH ME.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE BUY IN ON IT.

>> Reporter: ANOTHER WAS THE ELIMINATION OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ATHLETIC DIRECTOR.

7th AND EIGHTH GRADE WOULD BE HANDLED BY THE HIGH SCHOOL.

>> THIS IS A CONSOLIDATION OF OUR DEPARTMENTS.

SO, THE FRONT FACING PIECE, WE'RE HOPING TO KEEP THAT AS UNTOUCHED AS POSSIBLE, BUT THE ADMINISTRATIVE PIECE MEANING THE CONSOLIDATED PORTION.

>> Reporter: IT OUTLINE TWO POSITIONS AND THREE FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL.

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE REDUCTIONS WOULD NOT FORCE CLASSROOMS TO BE OVER THE BOARD TARGET NUMBER OF STUDENTS.

REPORTING FROM BEMIDJI, I'M SYDNEY DICK, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: VOTING AND ACTION WILL BE TAKEN BY THE SCHOOL BOARD IN THEIR MONTHLY MEETING ON APRIL 28TH.

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

>> Stacy: SOME OF US HAVE A CHANCE OF SEEING RAIN SHOWERS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE OTHERWISE QUIET WEATHER WITH SOME WARM TEMPERATURES EXPECTED FOR THE WEEKEND.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK IN THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, THE RAPID RIVER LODGE AND WATER PARK IS TAKING AIM AT GIVING FAMILIES A CHANCE TO BOTH UNWIND AND ALSO CREATE NEW MEMORIES.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> THE CITY OF BAXTER HAS REACHED AN OFFICIAL AGREEMENT WITH VISIT BRAINERD TO ASSIST WITH THE CITIES MARKETING.

THE TWO SIDES HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER FOR OVER 30 YEARS BUT NEVER HAD AN OFFICIAL AGREEMENT IN PLACE.

THE BAXTER CITY COUNCIL PUSHED FOR AN AGREEMENT THAT HIGHLIGHTED FOUR SPECIFIC AREAS: FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY, GETTING AN AGREEMENT IN WRITING, A MEASURE OF RETURN ON INVESTMENT, AND ENSURING THAT THE FUNDS WERE BEING SPENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW.

>> BRAINERD BEING A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION IS NOT REQUIRED TO DO AN AUDIT BY STATE LAW.

SO TRYING TO FIND THAT BALANCE WHICH DIDN'T ENCUMBER THE ORGANIZATION WITH AN ENGINES -- EXPENSE THAT WAS NOT NECESSARY AND THE ACCOUNTABILITY WAS IMPORTANT AND WE REACHED THAT COMPROMISE.

>> THE CITY AND VISIT BRAINERD AGREED TO A FIVE-YEAR DEAL WITH THE CITY HAVING THE OPTION TO TERMINATE THE CONTRACT WITH SIX-MONTHS NOTICE.

>>> VISITORS AT AMERICA'S LARGEST MALL ENCOUNTERED THOUSANDS OF BUGS ON TUESDAY.

144,000 LADYBUGS, ALL RELEASED INTO THE MALL ON PURPOSE.

IT'S PART OF AN ANNUAL EVENT PUT ON BY MINNESOTA'S MALL OF AMERICA TO CELEBRATE EARTH DAY.

WITH THE HELP OF KIDS AND THEIR PARENTS, THE LADYBUGS WERE SET FREE INTO PLANTS AT NICKELODEON UNIVERSE, AN INDOOR THEME PARK THERE.

THE LADYBUGS ARE MEANT TO SERVE AS A NATURAL PESTICIDE FOR THE MALL'S 30,000 PLANTS, WHICH NATURALLY CLEAN THE AIR FOR THE TENS OF MILLIONS OF VISITORS THE MALL SEES EACH YEAR.

TUESDAY MARKS THE 55TH ANNUAL EARTH DAY CELEBRATION IN AMERICA AND AROUND THE WORLD, WITH PARTICIPANTS WORKING TOGETHER TO PROTECT THE PLANET AND CONSERVE RESOURCES.

>>> STACY, WE SAW A BIT OF A WET EARTH DAY IN THE BEMIDJI AREA.

>> Stacy: WE DID, WE PICKED UP SOME RAIN EARLY ON TODAY AND IT WAS A GLOOMY DAY OUT THERE.

A LOT OF CLOUD COVER, SOME DRIZZLE, AND OF COURSE WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THE CLOUDS BREAKING UP A LITTLE BIT AS WE HEAD INTO THE OVERNIGHT AND THERE ARE CHANCES OF RAIN IN PARTS OF THE AREA TONIGHT AND TOMORROW ONCE AGAIN, AND THEN AGAIN AS WE HEAD INTO THURSDAY, BUT OVERALL, IT LOOKS FAIRLY DRY, WITH SOME DRY WEATHER AND WARM TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO STAR >> 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: WE DID SEE A BIT OF RAIN, ESPECIALLY EARLY ON TODAY, WITH SOME POCKETS OF DRIZZLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA.

CLOUDS ARE STARTING TO BREAK UP THIS EVENING, WE'LL HAVE THE MIX OF CLOUDS AND CLEAR SKIES TONIGHT, WITH A CONTINUING MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

A FEW OF US HAVE A CHANCE OF SEEING RAINFALL, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE OVERALL PICTURE LOOKS PRETTY DRY AND WE SHOULD SEE DRY WEATHER HEADED INTO THE START OF THE WEEKEND WITH WARM TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT IS 53 AT THE AIRPORT.

AT OUR STUDIO, WE HAVE A WEST WIND AT 5 MILES PER HOUR.

38 IS OUR DEW POINT AND WE PICKED UP 0.07-INCH OF RAINFALL.

IN BRAINERD, OUR DEW POINT IS 31, A RISING BAROMETRIC PRESSURE WITH WEST WINDS AT 9 MILES PER HOUR.

LOOKING AT OUR RADAR PICTURE, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING CLOUD COVER FOR MUCH OF THE DAY.

A LOT OF IT THAT IS MOVING TO THE NORTH AND EAST.

WE HAVE A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE MIX AS WELL.

OTHER THAN A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS IN EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, IT LOOKS FAIRLY QUIET, WE WILL BE SEEING VARIABLE CLOUDS, AND VARIABLE CLOUDS TOMORROW WITH A FEW CHANCES OF RAIN SHOWERS IN FAR NORTHWEST AND PARTS OF EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN THE MORNING.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, STEVEN SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF LOWER RED LAKE, A BIT OF RAIN THIS MORNING IN THAT AREA.

ARLENE SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF SOME GLOOMY MORNING CONDITIONS IN MENAHGA AND SANDY SEEING OPEN WATER ON RABIDEAU LAKE.

ANGELA SENDING US A PICTURE OF THE SUNSET AT CASS LAKE AND A BEAUTIFUL SUNSET FROM ROBIN IN PEMBINA.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

AND FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, BOB IN BLUFFTON, CLOUDY TODAY WITH A HIGH OF 58.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, CLOUDY, PICKING UP 0.03-INCH OF RAIN TODAY.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, PATCHY CLOUDS TONIGHT, A HIGH OF 63.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, MOSTLY CLEAR WITH SOME DRIZZLE TODAY WITH A HIGH OF 58.

ON OUR ALMANAC, WE TOPPED OUT AT 63 IN BRAINERD, A LITTLE ABOVE OUR AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE.

OUR LOW WAS 47 AND SUNSET AT 8:16.

BEMIDJI TODAY, A LITTLE BIT COOLER, 56 FOR OUR HIGH TEMPERATURE, ACTUALLY RIGHT ON TARGET WITH THE AFTERNOON.

40 DEGREES FOR THE LOW AND 8:21 WAS OUR SUNSET.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, WE MAY SEE SOME PATCHY SHOWER ACTIVITY, MAINLY IN THE EAST-CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE IN THE MORNING AND THEN WE MAY PICK UP A LITTLE BIT IN FAR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AS WELL.

OVERALL, IT LOOKS DRY FOR THE AREA TOMORROW.

WE WILL BE SEEING A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND INTO TOMORROW NIGHT AND A BIG TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH, HIGHS NEAR 46 IN WARROAD, A LOT OF MID-50s, MAYBE CLOSE TO UPPER 50s IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA AND AS WE HEAD INTO THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE, WE'RE LOOKING AT HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50s TO LOW 60s.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST, VARIABLE CLOUDS, WE HAVE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WITH LOWS NEAR 57.

THEN TOMORROW, VARIABLE CLOUDS, WITH THE SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN FAR NORTHWEST AND THEN AGAIN IN EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN THE MORNING, HIGH TEMPERATURES NEAR 54.

LOOKING AT THE EXTENDED FORECAST, CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAS A CHANCE OF SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF RAINFALL THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OTHERWISE AGAIN DRY CONDITIONS INTO THE START OF THE WEEKEND, HIGHS SHOULD BE IN THE 50s TO LOW 60s, AND AS WE HEAD INTO SUNDAY, WE HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE OF SEEING SOME RAIN.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: THANKS STACY.

CHARLIE IS HERE NOW.

HOME OPENER TODAY?

>> Charlie: NO, THEY OPENED AT HOME BUT THEY WERE BACK AT HOME TODAY PLAYING THIEF RIVER FALLS GOOD RIDGE AND THERE WAS TRACK AND FIELD, THAT WAS A HOME OPENER FOR THEM AND BRAINERD TENNIS AS WELL.

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>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

>>> IT SEEMS THE RAIN WILL NOT GO AWAY BUT THEY AREN'T WAITING ANOTHER DAY TO PLAY BASEBALL IN BEMIDJI.

THE LUMBERJACKS, WHO ARE OFF TO A 3-0 START HERE IN 2025, HAVE BEEN STRONG ON THE PITCHING FRONT BUT FEEL AND THESE ARE THEIR WORDS, NOT MINE, LIKE THEY'VE BEEN LACKING IN THE HITTING DEPARTMENT.

WELL, TODAY AT THE BSU BASEBALL FIELD.

THEY GOT THE BATS GOING AGAINST THIEF RIVER FALLS-GOODRIDGE AND IT STARTED IN THE 1ST INNING.

-- IN THE BOTTOM OF THE THIRD.

NO SCORE, DRIVES ONE TO THE LEFT FOR THE R.B.I.

SINGLE.

THE JACKS LEAD 2-0.

IN THE TOP OF THE 6th, THE PROWLERS HAVE TIED THE GAME AND THAT'S WHEN HE SENDS ONE ALL THE WAY TO THE 305, JAMISON GIVES HIM A 3-2 LEAD.

BASES LOADED AND SOMETHING WEIRD HAPPENS, AN INFIELD FLY, AND THEN THE PROWLERS DON'T NEED TO CATCH IT FOR THE OUT, AND THEY DON'T, BUT JACK HEADS HOME IMMEDIATELY, TIES THE GAME, UNUSUAL TO BE SURE.

WE HEAD TO BE EXTRAS.

IN THE 9th WITH THE BASES LOADED, HE FORCES THE WINNING RUN, IT'S A TRUE WALK OFF ON THE HITCH BY PITCH, 4-3 THE FINAL.

IT WASN'T PRETTY BUT REGARDLESS, BEMIDJI IMPROVES 4-0, SURRENDERING 4 RUNS.

LUNDQUIST TOSSED THREE PERFECT INNINGS, AND THEY HAD NINE HITS TOTAL.

>>> SOME MORE SCORES FOR YOU, GRAND RAPIDS BEATS DULUTH EAST, THEY GET THE WIN OVER BRAINERD.

IN BASEBALL, LITTLE FALLS WINS, WADENA DEER CREEK DOES NOT.

AITKIN GETS THE WIN TODAY.

PIERZ AND LONG PRAIRIE GREY EAGLE BOTH PICKING UP WINS.

WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY, PINE RIVER-BACKUS ALSO COLLECTING WINS.

STAPLES MOTLEY FALLS IN THE DOUBLE HEADER, BOTH GAMES.

PARK RAPIDS SWEEPS THEIR DOUBLE HEADER.

ROSEAU SPLIT IN THEIR DOUBLE HEADER.

ROCK RIDGE BEATS BEMIDJI IN SOFTBALL IN EXTRA INNINGS.

BRAINERD GETS TWO WINS OVER MOORHEAD IN THEIR DOUBLE HEADER.

MENAHGA SPLITTING WITH PARKERS PRAIRIE.

STAPLES MOTLEY GETS A SPLIT AS WELL.

ROSEAU COLLECTS TWO WINS JUST LIKE THE BASEBALL GUYS DID.

WADENA DEER CREEK GETS TWO WINS.

AITKIN BEATS PINE CITY.

>>> IN HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD, BRAINERD HOSTING A MEET FOR BOTH THE BOYS AND GIRLS TODAY.

IN THE FIELD EVENTS, BRAINERD'S AVA LONEY TAKING ON THE LONG JUMP.

SHE'D SOAR 16 FEET 5 AND A QUARTER INCHES.

SHE FINISHED FIRST OVERALL IN THE EVENT.

IN THE BOYS LONG JUMP, WARRIOR'S IZAAC VANEK FINISHED IN 4TH PLACE, FLYING 19 FEET AND 1.5 INCHES.

TY NELSON EARNED FIRST WITH 21 FEET, 11 INCHES.

>>> OVER TO THE TRACK, IN THE GIRLS 100-METER HURDLES, NATALIE SMITH FOR BRAINERD COASTS HER WAY TO FIRST PLACE OVERALL.

SHE FINISHED IN 16.19 SECONDS.

IN THE BOYS 100-METER DASH, BRAINERD'S TRAVIS ALBRECHT IN LANE FOUR FINISHING SECOND IN 11.64-SECONDS.

KYLE PETERSON WAS RIGHT BEHIND HIM IN THIRD.

BRAINERD SECURE IT IS WIN WITH A 134.

ON THE GIRL'S SIDE, THEY SECURE THE WIN, WARRIORS TAKE FIRST PLACE 122.5 THEIR SCORE THERE.

>>> BRAINERD BOYS TENNIS ALSO IN ACTION AT HOME TAKING ON WILLMAR.

IN NUMBER ONE SINGLES, WARRIORS OWEN ROBERTSON, UP 4-0 IN SET ONE, HITS A HULK SMASH FOR THE POINT.

HE'D TAKE THE MATCH 2-0.

IN NUMBER ONE DOUBLES, WARRIORS SEAN MARCUSSUN SERVING, PLAYING WITH CLARK HAGLIN.

THEY WERE DOWN 3-1 IN THE FIRST SET BUT WOULD RALLY BACK TO WIN IT 7-6.

THEY DROP MATCH THOUGH 2 SETS TO 1 BUT BRAINERD BREAKS THROUGH.

THEY BEAT WILLMAR 6-1 TO TALLY THEIR FIRST WIN OF THE 2025 SEASON.

>>> SOME MORE SCORES FOR YOU, BRAINERD WINS IN LACROSSE.

GRAND RAPIDS BEMIDJI WINS THAT BEST BALL TOURNAMENT.

294 SHOOTING A SUB-300 BECAUSE THEY HAD THREE OF THEIR PLAYERS SHOOT IN THE TOP FIVE AND THEN MARCO FOR GRAND RAPIDS SHOOTING A 75, TIED FOR 7th.

ON THE GIRL'S SIDE, BRAINERD THEY WON THAT TOURNAMENT.

BEMIDJI FINISHING THIRD, GRAND RAPIDS SECOND.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, THE MINNESOTA TWINS GET A 4-2 WIN OVER THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX.

RIGHT NOW AT HALFTIME, THE LAKERS LEAD THE TIMBERWOLVES.

MINNESOTA LEADS THAT SERIES 1-0.

THEN THE WILD GAME IS JUST STARTING SO WE DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT YET.

>> Dennis: OKAY, THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> THERE IS A HOTEL DOUBLING AS A WATER PARK IN BAXTER.

THE RAPID RIVER LODGE AND WATER PARK NOT ONLY AIMS TO GIVE FAMILIES A RELAXING GETAWAY BUT ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE MEMORIES WITH LOVED ONES.

REPORTER MILES WALKER HAS MORE IN THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE.

>> Reporter: C.E.O.

KATIE GUNNER DREW INSPIRATION FROM HER DAD, WHO BUILT HIS FIRST HOTEL WHEN SHE WAS 5 YEARS OLD.

FAST FORWARD AND NOW THEY OWN THE BAYMON INN.

>> WE'RE THE FIRST WATER PARK IN BAXTER.

WE LIKE INTERACTING WITH THE GUESTS AND THE EMPLOYEES.

JUST A FUN HOTEL STAY, WE REMEMBER SPENDING THOSE NIGHTS WITH YOUR FAMILY.

>> Reporter: THEY BOUGHT THE RAPID RIVER LODGE AND WATER PARK IN 2017 AND REMODELED IN 2023, LOOKING TO CATER IT MORE TOWARDS THE YOUNGER CROWD.

>> WE HAVE THAT REALLY GOOD PLAY SPACE AND WE HAVE THE BIG WATER SPLIEDZ -- SLIDES SO THE KIDS CAN HAVE FUN.

MY KIDS ARE IN THE LAZY RIVER MOST OF THE TIME WE'RE HERE.

WE HAVE THE INDOOR AND OUTDOOR HOT TUB.

THAT'S A BIG HIT WHEN IT'S FREEZING OUTSIDE, EVERYONE WANTS TO BE OUTSIDE IN THE WARM WATER.

>> Reporter: WHILE IT IS DAUNTING TO KIDS AT FIRST, THE WATER PARK IS NOT JUST DESIGNED TO EXCITE BUT TO TEACH.

>> EVERYONE LOVES WATER AND IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR TODDLERS TO GET INTRODUCED WITH THE ZERO ENTRY POOL, SO IT'S NOT AS SCARY JUMPING INTO A BIG POOL AND LEARNING HOW TO BE IN THE CURRENT OF THE LAZY RIVER.

>> Reporter: ABOVE ALL ELSE, THE RAPID RIVER LODGE AND WATER PARK IS TO PROVIDE AN EXPERIENCE THAT THEY HOPE FAMILIES CAN TAKE WITH THEM FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.

>> JUST BEING ABLE TO SEE THE KIDS AND PARENTS HAVING FUN, IT'S WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO, SEEING THOSE PEOPLE MAKE THOSE MEMORIES WITH THEIR FAMILIES, HAVING FUN, SPLASHING, DOING ALL THE THINGS.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BAXTER WITH THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, MILES WALKER, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: THE WATER PARK HOPES TO ADD A NINJA CROSS SYSTEM IN THE FUTURE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS BUT SOUNDS LIKE YOU NEED TO BE AGILE.

>> Stacy: MAYBE YOU DO.

SOME CLOUDS OVERNIGHT, LOWS DOWN TO 37, AND THEN TOMORROW, WE'RE LOOKING AT VARIABLE CLOUDS THERE, A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR RAIN SHOWERS IN NORTHWEST AS EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN THE MORNING, HIGH TEMPERATURES NEAR 54 AND WE'LL SEE WEST WINDS AT 5 TO 20.

>> Charlie: I WANTED TO GET THIS IN.

BRADY WON THE CENTRAL LAKES TOURNAMENT TODAY 1-UNDER SHOT.

>> Dennis: CONGRATS AND WE'RE OUT OF TIME.

SEE YOU TOMORROW.

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