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

>>> THE PILOT OF A SINGLE ENGINE, SINGLE OCCUPANT PLANE WAS INJURED EARLY THIS MORNING WHEN THE PLANE HE WAS FLYING CRASHED IN THE CITY OF CLEARBOOK.

THE NAME OF THE PILOT HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED AND HIS CONDITION IS UNKNOWN.

HE WAS AIRLIFTED TO FARGO FOLLOWING THE CRASH.

CLEARBROOK POLICE CHIEF RYAN SOLEE SAYS THE PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION INDICATED THE PILOT EXPERIENCED MECHANICAL FAILURE.

SOLOEE SAYS THIS IN ADDITION TO POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS IS BELIEVED TO BE THE MAIN FACTOR IN TH CRASH.

THE CRASH WAS REPORTED AROUND 1:40 THIS MORNING.

FIRST RESPONDERS FOUND THE PILOT OUTSIDE THE PLANE.

THE INCIDENT IS NOW BEING TURNED OVER TO FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION INVESTIGATORS.

BEMIDJI AVIATION ALSO RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING THEIR FIRST CONCERN IS WITH THE PILOT AND HIS FAMILY.

THEY SAY THE PLANE THE PILOT WAS FLYING WAS A RENTAL AIRCRAFT OPERATED FOR PERSONAL REASONS.

>>> AS WE FIRST TOLD YOU LAST FRIDAY, A 9TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT JUDGE HAS ACCEPTED A NEW REDISTRICTING PLAN FROM BELTRAMI COUNTY.

LAST OCTOBER A JUDGE RULED IN FAVOR OF FORMER COUNTY COMMISSIONER JIM LUCACHICK AND 30 OTHER PLAINTIFFS WHO SUED THE COUNTY ABOUT THE WAY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS SELECTED ITS REDISTRICTING PLAN IN APRIL OF 2022.

JUDGE CHRISTOPHER J. STRANDLIE RULED THE BOARD DID NOT FOLLOW STATE STATUTES REGARDING MINIMIZING THE POPULATION SHIFT BETWEEN DISTRICTS AND ORDERED A COMMISSION OF FIVE PEOPLE TO FORMULATE AND CERTIFY A NEW REDISTRICTING PLAN FOR BELTRAMI COUNTY.

ON MARCH 14TH THAT COMMISSION VOTED TO APPROVE THAT PLAN AND LAST THURSDAY COURT APPROVED THAT PLAN.

THE COURT ORDERED BELTRAMI COUNTY AUDITOR-TREASURER JODEE TREAT TO IMPLEMENT THAT PLAN.

WE SPOKE WITH TREAT TODAY AND SHE SAYS THE PLAN FORWARD IS NOW OFFICIAL AND WILL INCLUDE ELECTIONS NEXT FALL IN ALL FIVE NEWLY DRAWN DISTRICTS.

CANDIDATES CAN BEGIN FILING ON MAY 21ST AND THE ELECTIONS WILL TAKE PLACE ON NOVEMBER 5TH.

THE ELECTIONS FOR DISTRICTS ONE AND THREE WILL BE FOR TWO-YEAR TERMS WHILE THE ELECTIONS FOR DISTRICTS TWO, FOUR AND FIVE WILL BE FOR FOUR-YEAR TERMS.

WE ARE INCLUDING THE NEW DISTRICT MAPS ALONG WITH THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

THE COUNTY WILL ALSO BE POSTING THEM ON THEIR WEBSITE SOON AND THE SECRETARY FOR STATE WEBSITE WILL REFLECT THE NEW DISTRICTS SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE AS WELL.

>>> MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE, INCLUDING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FROM SEVERAL AGENCIES, GATHERED TODAY IN THE HENNEPIN COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER IN SOLIDARITY WITH TROOPER RYAN LONDREGAN AHEAD OF A PRETRIAL HEARING IN HIS CASE.

LONDREGAN IS CHARGED WITH SECOND-DEGREE MURDER, MANSLAUGHTER AND ASSAULT FOR FATALLY SHOOTING RICKY COBB II AS COBB TRIED TO DRIVE AWAY FROM A TRAFFIC STOP LAST SUMMER.

A SIMILARLY LARGE CROWD ALIGNED WITH THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT SHOUTED DOWN AN ATTEMPT BY LONDREGAN'S DEFENSE TEAM TO HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE AFTERWARDS.

>> HE FOLLOWED THE TRAINING.

WE HAVE FOUR, FOR AND FORMER THAT SAID HE FOLLOWED HIS TRAINING.

NUMBER TWO, I'M NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING SPECIAL, WE'RE ASKING ABOUT SOMEONE THAT CARES ABOUT FACT, MORE THAN YELLING AND MORE THAN THE JUSTICE THEY THINK THEY'RE GIVING OUT HERE.

>> LONDREGAN APPEARED IN COURT TODAY FOR AN OMNIBUS HEARING.

A SECOND OMNIBUS HEARING TO CONTINUE ARGUMENTS OVER PROBABLE CAUSE IN THE CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 10TH.

>>> SEVEN MINNESOTANS ACCUSED OF FRAUD HAVE GONE ON TRIAL FOR WHAT PROSECUTORS CALL A MASSIVE SCHEME TO EXPLOIT LAX RULES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND STEAL FROM A PROGRAM MEANT TO PROVIDE MEALS TO LOW-INCOME CHILDREN.

THEY ARE THE FIRST OF 70 DEFENDANTS TO GO ON TRIAL IN WHAT'S KNOWN AS THE FEEDING OUR FUTURE INVESTIGATION.

18 OTHERS HAVE ALREADY PLEADED GUILTY.

THE 7 ARE ACCUSED OF COLLECTIVELY STEALING OVER $40 MILLION IN WHAT PROSECUTORS SAY WAS A CONSPIRACY THAT COST TAXPAYERS $250 MILLION.

AUTHORITIES HAVE CALLED IT ONE OF THE LARGEST PANDEMIC-RELATED FRAUD CASES IN THE COUNTRY.

>>> WELL IF ALL GOES AS PLANNED THE BRAINERD SCHOOL DISTRICT COULD HAVE A NEW SUPERINTENDENT BY MAY 13TH.

TOMORROW THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL MEET TO SELECT FINALISTS THE FIRST ROUND OF INTERVIEWS IS SET FOR MAY 2ND AND 3RD.

THE BOARD PLANS TO SELECT A FINALIST AND BEGIN THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS WITH THAT CANDIDATE ON MAY 8TH.

AND IF THE PROCESS MOVES SMOOTHLY, THE BOARD WOULD VOTE TO APPROVE AN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT WITH THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT ON MONDAY MAY 13TH.

>>> TWO BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ARE DEVELOPING AN APP DESIGNED TO HELP PEOPLE ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM CONNECT SAFELY AND SUPPORTIVELY.

THE STUDENTS PRESENTED "AUTZY", A SOCIAL NETWORKING APP, DURING THE RED RIVER VALLEY ASSOCIATION OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY CONFERENCE AT BSU IN FEBRUARY 2024.

THEY COLLABORATED WITH DR. RACHEL HELLMAN WHITTAKER, AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY AT BEMIDJI STATE, TO STUDY AN R.N.A.

GENE AND ITS ROLE IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER.

>> THERE WERE CONCERNED PARENTS WANTING ANSWERS ON HOW TO HELP THEIR CHILDREN WITH AUTISM.

THIS HELPED US FOCUS ON AUTISM.

IT'S INSPIRED BY A GENE, WHICH IS AN RNA STRAND THAT PLAYS A ROLE IN AUTISM.

BECAUSE OF THIS, WE WANTED TO FOCUS MORE ON HOW WE CAN ALSO ASSIST PEOPLE WITH AUTISM, LIKE SOCIALLY AND MENTALLY.

THIS APP IS SOLELY RESTRICTED TOWARDS PEOPLE WITH AUTISM.

THIS IS OUR PRIMARY FOCUS.

WE WANTED A WELCOMING AND SECURE APP FOR ALL PEOPLE WITH AUTISM.

>> THE "AUTZY" APP WAS ONE OF TEN PROJECTS PRESENTED BY BEMIDJI STATE STUDENTS AT THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY CONFERENCE.

THREE OF THE PROJECTS FOCUSED ON THIS GENE.

>>> THE ACADEMIC SERVICE LEARNING FACULTY PROGRAM AT BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY HOSTED, THE BSU AND BEMIDJI COMMUNITY PARTNER MEET AND GREET.

THE EVENT IS TO SHOW APPRECIATION FOR THE BEMIDJI COMMUNITY PARTNER MEMBERS.

IT PROVIDES NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN STUDENTS, BSU, AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND AGENCIES.

THE ACADEMIC SERVICE-LEARNING FACULTY PROGRAM EXISTS TO PROVIDE FORMALIZED TRAINING TO FACULTY TO PREPARE THEM FOR TEACHING SERVICE-LEARNING COURSES AND MAKING CONNECTIONS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND FOR STUDENTS WITH A STRUCTURED OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHILE CONNECTING THEIR EXPERIENCES TO ACADEMIC COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES.

>> THEY CONNECT WITH THE PARTNERS AND IT'S A MUTUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS.

THE STUDENTS DO DIRECT SERVICE.

THEY ALSO DO CAPACITY BUILDING WITH ORGANIZATIONS.

THIS PAST YEAR, WE HAD SEVEN CLASSES WITH 11 COMMUNITY PARTNERS.

THE PARTNERS GET A CHANCE TO CONNECT WITH BSU IN A MORE MEANINGFUL WAY AND MEET DIFFERENT STUDENTS AS WELL.

>> WE ARE TAUGHT BASIC VOCAB, GRAMMAR, AND CULTURAL PRACTICES AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE TRY TO GIVE A ROUNDED EXPERIENCE OF A DIVERSE LANGUAGE THAT IS UNDERREPRESENTED IN THIS COMMUNITY.

>> ACCORDING TO THE BSU ACADEMIC SERVICE-LEARNING FACULTY DIRECTOR, THE GOAL IS TO MEET COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES THROUGH EXPERIENCES IN THE COMMUNITY.

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

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> WOMEN FROM ALL OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA STOPPED BY THE CROSSLAKE FIRE HALL THIS PAST WEEKEND FOR THE AREA'S FIRST EVER WOMEN'S FIRE SERVICE EXPO.

ORGANIZED THROUGH MEMBERS OF THE CUYANA RANGE FIRE CHIEF'S ASSOCIATION, THIS EVENT PROVIDED WOMEN CONSIDERING JOINING THE FIRE SERVICE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE FIRSTHAND WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A FIRST RESPONDER IN A LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT.

REPORTER MILES WALKER HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: ONLY 7% OF FIREFIGHTERS IN THE FIRE SERVICE ARE WOMEN.

WITH THE OLDER GENERATION STEPPING AWAY, THERE IS NO BETTER TIME TO ADDRESS THAT DISPARITY.

>> OUR FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARE DWINDLING WITH THE BABY BOOMERS MOVING OUT.

WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE MOVING IN.

WITH DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, WE WANTED TO INCLUDE WITCH -- WOMEN IN OUR RECRUITING.

EVENTS LIKE THIS CAN HELP THEM BECOME PART OF IT.

>> Reporter: AND THEY MADE THE LADIES RUN THROUGH THE GAMUT.

>> LADIES GET HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE, BE ABLE TO FEEL IT.

WE HAVE AN E.M.S.

STATION, THE LADDER TRUCK DRILL.

>> Reporter: AND CLEARING UP THE MISCONCEPTION.

>> PEOPLE WATCH TV AND THINK THINK BEING IN THE FIRE SERVICE IS LIKE CHICAGO FIRE AND IT'S ACTUALLY NOTHING LIKE THAT.

IT'S VERY MUCH SO THE OPPOSITE, THAT YOU HAVE TO BE THIS MASSIVE PERSON, 6 FOOT 6, 250 TO 300 POUNDS TO BE SUCCESSFUL AS A FIRE FIGHTING AND THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

>> Reporter: ANOTHER ONE OF THE MISCONCEPTIONS CONCERNING WOMEN WORKING IN FIRE SERVICE IS THE NOTION THAT MEN HOLD ANIMOSITY TOWARDS THEM.

>> THAT HAS BEEN THE OPPOSITE OF MY EXPERIENCE, AS LONG AS YOU ARE WILLING TO SHOW UP AND WORK HARD AND DEDICATE YOURSELF TO THE DEPARTMENT, JUST LIKE ANYBODY ELSE.

YOU ARE ACCEPTED AND YOU ARE WELCOME.

IT DOES BECOME A SECOND FAMILY.

>> Reporter: WHICH IS WHY THE FIRE SERVICE WORKERS HOPE THE LADIES IN ATTENDANCE LEFT THE EXPO KNOWING THERE IS A PLACE IN THIS LINE OF WORK FOR THEM.

>> I'M HOPING THAT IT INSPIRED THEM, EITHER TO LOOK AT THE FIRE SERVICE, TO FIND THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING TODAY THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW THEY COULD DO BEFORE AND REALLY HOPING WE WERE ABLE TO SHARE OUR PASSION WITH THEM AND THEY ARE ABLE TO LEARN FROM THE EXPERIENCE.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN CROSS LAKE, MILES WALKER, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> 12 WOMEN SHOWED UP THIS PAST SATURDAY FOR THE WOMEN'S EXPO.

>>> WELL, STACY HAS TONIGHT OFF BUT I'LL BE BACK >> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS SPONSORED IN PART BY THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, ACCESS MINNESOTA.

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[♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER ON LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

[♪♪♪] >> Dennis: WELCOME BACK.

STACY HAS TONIGHT OFF SO I WILL HAVE A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER TONIGHT.

RAIN HAS MOSTLY TAPERED OFF THIS EVENING, AND WE HAVE A LITTLE BREAK IN THE RAINFALL THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING BUT ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN MOVES IN TOMORROW AFTERNOON, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE CHANCES OF RAIN EACH DAY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEKEND.

HERE ARE YOUR CURRENT CONDITIONS.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 39 WITH A DEW POINT AT 39 AS WELL.

THAT MEANS THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS AT 100%.

PRECIPITATION TOTAL TODAY OF 0.12 INCHES OF RAIN.

IN BRAINERD, CURRENT CONDITIONS AT THIS HOUR, IT'S CLOUDY AND 42.

WINDS ARE CALM THERE WITH A DEW POINT OF 40.

HERE'S A LOOK AT YOUR RADAR CONDITIONS, YOU SEE THAT RAIN THAT HAS MOVED OFF INTO CANADA NOW AND A PRETTY CLEAR PICTURE THROUGHOUT NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AT THIS HOUR.

THE FORECAST TOMORROW SHOWS WHERE THAT RAIN WILL BE MOVING BACK INTO THE STATE AND MORE WEST TO EAST WITH THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, 40% TO 90% CHANCE, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE AT.

EAGLE EYE PHOTOS TONIGHT, ARLENE, SKY AND THREE TREES REFLECTED IN THE PUDDLE.

ANGELA WITH THE SUNSET IN CASS LAKE.

EAGLE EYES REPORTS, CHECK THOSE OUT NOW.

ARLENE FROM MENAHGA WITH 46 AND CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON.

BOB, OVERCAST TODAY WITH 1.3 INCHES OF RAIN IN BLUFFTON SINCE FRIDAY.

AND ARLENE IN LONGVILLE HAS SEEN 1.6 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE FRIDAY.

A COUPLE MORE EAGLE EYES TO SHOW YOU, STEPHANIE FROM BRAINERD, 1.8th.

MOVING ON NOW, WE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR ALMANAC FOR TODAY.

IT MOVES ON FOR US, THE ALMANAC IN BRAINERD TONIGHT, A HIGH OF 44, WELL BELOW OUR AVERAGE.

THE LOW IS RIGHT ON THE MARK AND OUR SUNRISE AND SUNSET IS 6:05 AND 8:24 P.M. FOR BEMIDJI, THE HIGH WAS 41, WELL BELOW AVERAGE, LOW IS ON THE MARK, AND SUNSET IN BEMIDJI AT 8:29.

HERE'S A LOOK AT YOUR FORECAST TOMORROW, RAIN SHOWERS AND PERHAPS EVEN SOME THUNDERSTORMS.

STRONGER CHANCE IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE AREA, 70% IN BEMIDJI, 90 IN FOSSTON, 40% IN GRAND RAPIDS.

SAME STORY IN THE SOUTH IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WADENA AND LITTLE FALLS WITH A STRONGER CHANCE OF GETTING RAIN TOMORROW, AITKIN WITH JUST A 50% CHANCE.

HERE'S YOUR FORECAST TONIGHT, MOSTLY CLOUDY, LOW OF 32.

TOMORROW, AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO SEE MORE RAIN, JUST WHAT WE NEED WITH THESE FIRE CONDITIONS TO GREEN THINGS UP, HIGH OF 57 TOMORROW.

40% TO 90% CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE AT.

EXTENDED FORECAST CALLS FOR A GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE WEEK, ANYWHERE FROM 30% TO 50% HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND.

SPEAKING OF THE WEEKEND, HERE'S WHAT YOUR FORECAST LOOKS LIKE FOR THE WEEKEND.

SUNDAY THERE IS A 20% CHANCE AND THE HIGH IS 61.

LOOKING LIKE A NICE DAY THERE.

SATURDAY, 54 AND A 30% TO 40% CHANCE.

WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THAT WEEKEND FORECAST AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE WEEKEND.

IT'S ONLY MONDAY.

>> Logan: YEAH, IT CAN ONLY GET BETTER OR WORSE.

>> Dennis: THAT'S RIGHT.

LOGAN IS HERE FOR CHARLIE TONIGHT.

>> Logan: WE TOOK A LOOK AT THE OUTSTANDING CAREER OF ONE OF THE BSU SOFTBALL PLAYERS.

WE SPOKE WITH HER AND WE GOT SOME NEWS FROM THE BRAINERD ALL SPORTS BANQUET AS WELL.

WE'LL HAVE THAT AND MORE AFTER THE BREAK.

[♪♪♪] >> SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED IN PART BY PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS; NORTHERN MINNESOTA'S CERTIFIED APPLE SERVICE CENTER, OFFERING REPAIR SERVICES ON APPLE PRODUCTS AND P.C.S.

PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS IN BEMIDJI AND GRAND RAPIDS, IT'S RIGHT HERE.

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

[♪♪♪] >>> OVER THE WEEKEND, THE BEMIDJI STATE SOFTBALL TEAM DROPPED A PAIR OF HOME DOUBLEHEADERS ENDING THEIR SEASON JUST SHY OF A 2ND STRAIGHT POST-SEASON APPEARANCE.

SATURDAY'S GAMES MARKED THE END OF A RECORD BREAKING CAREER FOR LEFT HANDED PITCHER STELLA DOLAN.

WE HAD A CHANCE TO CATCH UP WITH DOLAN AS SHE REFLECTS ON HER TIME WITH THE BEAVERS.

>> Reporter: IN SOFTBALL, PITCHING IS A HUGE PART OF THE TEAM'S SUCCESS.

>> PITCHING IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT SPOT ON THE FIELD.

OBVIOUSLY WE NEED HITTERS, WE NEED PEOPLE TO BACK HER UP, BUT IF YOU HAVE AT LEAST ONE PITCHER THAT IS THERE, IT HELPS YOU SO MUCH.

>> Reporter: FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS, THAT PITCHER HAS BEEN DOLAN.

SHE HAS DEVELOPED INTO THE BEAVERS' ACE.

>> I REMEMBER TALKING TO THE COACH AND WHEN SHE CAME IN THE SECOND YEAR AND SHE SAID DO YOU SEE YOURSELF AS A STARTER?

I SAID NO.

SHE SAID YOU'RE GOING TO BE ONE.

I WAS CAUGHT OFF GUARD.

>> Reporter: DOLAN TOOK THAT VOTE OF CONFIDENCE AND RAN WITH IT.

>> HER FRESHMAN YEAR, SHE ONLY HAD TWO PITCHES.

AS THE YEARS HAVE GONE ON, SHE HAS ADDED MORE PITCHES TO HER ARSENAL.

>> I AM KNOWN FOR MY CHANGE UP, BUT AS I GOTTEN OLDER THESE PAST TWO YEARS, EVERYONE IN THE CONFERENCE KNOWS THAT'S COMING SO I STARTED TO THROW MY CURVEBALLS, I DEVELOPED MY RISE BALL A LITTLE BIT MORE, AND I ADDED A SCREW BALL.

>> Reporter: DOLAN HAS WRITTEN HER NAME ALL OVER THE RECORD BOOKS, MAKING MORE PITCHING APPEARANCES THAN ANYONE IN PROGRAM HISTORY, BUT SHE HAS CHANGED THE LANDSCAPE AWAY FROM THE DIAMOND AS WELL.

>> AFTER THE FIRST YEAR, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE BEST TEAM CHEMISTRY AND THAT SORT OF THING SO I MADE IT A GOAL TO TURN THIS AROUND ON AND OFF THE FIELD.

THAT WAS MY GOAL.

I CAN SAY WE ABSOLUTELY TURNED THIS AROUND.

>> Reporter: EVEN WITH ALL THE CONTRIBUTIONS SHE MADE TO THE PROGRAM, SHE WILL BE REMEMBERED ABOVE ALL ELSE FOR HER APPROACH TO THE GAME.

>> SHE IS THE HARDEST WORKER ON THE TEAM, ALWAYS WILLING TO PUT IN MORE EFFORT AND ASKING WHAT TO DO BETTER.

>> WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, WORK ETHIC IS SOMETHING THAT WAS BEATEN INTO MY HEAD.

I WAS NOT ALWAYS THE MOST SKILLED PLAYER, BUT I ALWAYS PUT IN THE WORK.

>> Reporter: SHE IS NOT DONE JUST YET.

SHE PLANS TO RETURN NEXT SEASON AS A PITCHING COACH WHILE PURSUING HER MBA.

>>> TONIGHT WAS THE 49th ANNUAL ALL SPORTS BANQUET.

EVERY TEAM M.V.P.

WAS HONORED FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS, IT WRAPPED UP WITH THE WARRIOR ATHLETE OF THE YEAR.

THEY RECEIVED THEIR RECOGNITION.

>> I WAS SUPER EXCITED.

IT MEANS A LOT TO ME, JUST SEEING ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE PAST THAT WON IT.

IT WAS SUPER EXCITING.

IT MEANS A LOT.

IT SHOWS ALL THE HARD WORK THAT PAID OFF AND FOR THE PEOPLE TO RECOGNIZE THAT, IT WAS REWARDING AND SOMETHING THAT I WILL REMEMBER FOREVER.

>> Logan: SHE SERVED AS THE CAPTAIN FOR THE SOCCER AND HOCKEY TEAM FOR BRAINERD.

THEY DESCRIBE HER AS AN INCREDIBLE LEADER ON AND OFF THE FIELD.

HOLE SERVED AS THE CAPTAIN FOR THE BRAINERD FOOTBALL TEAM, BASKETBALL, AND BASEBALL TEAMS.

HIS COACH DESCRIBE HIM AS HUMBLE, COACHABLE, COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE, AND HE ALWAYS HAS A SMILE ON HIS FACE.

>>> IN BASEBALL, THE TWINS TAKING ON THE WHITE SOX.

SOX TAKE A 1-0 LEAD.

WE HEAD TO THE BOTTOM OF THE 2nd, TWINS TRAILING 2-0 NOW.

NOW WE HAVE A TIE BALL GAME, 2-2.

TOP OF THE 9th.

GAME TIED AND MAX KEPLER KNOCKS ONE IN THE FIELD AND BASE HIT.

IT WAS PROVED TO BE THE GAME WINNER, THE MINNESOTA TWINS GET THE WIN, 3-2.

THEY WIN THEIR 8th GAME IN A ROW.

FIRST TIME THEY HAVE DONE THAT SINCE 2011.

>>> AND IN SOFTBALL, RED LAKE FALLS GETS THE WIN.

>> Dennis: THE TWINS JUST LIKE THAT, NOW THEY'RE ONE OF THE HOTTEST TEAMS IN THE LEAGUE.

>> Logan: THEY STARTED OUT AS ONE OF THE COLDEST TEAMS AND NOW THEY'RE TWO GAMES ABOVE 500 NOW.

>> Dennis: VERY GOOD.

THANKS LOGAN.

>>> DENESE JOKELA, ONE OF THE CO-OWNERS AND HEAD CHEF OVER AT NECCE'S RISTORANTE IN DOWNTOWN PARK RAPIDS, DOES HER BEST TO MAKE HER CUISINES AS AUTHENTIC AS POSSIBLE.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN SPOKE WITH DENESE ABOUT WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, FOR THIS WEEKS IN-BUSINESS.

>> Reporter: BACK IN 2008, DENESE DECIDED TO TAKE A TRIP TO ITALY AND SHE WAS INSPIRED WHILE SHE WAS THERE.

SHE WANTED TO BRING IT BACK HOME TO MINNESOTA.

>> I WAS IMPRESS WITH THE HOSPITALITY.

I FOUND THAT EVERYWHERE IN ITALY, THEY CAN'T WAIT TO SHARE FOOD, BREAK BREAD, AND SHARE IT ALL WITH THEIR FRIENDS.

THE TABLE IS YOURS FOR THE NIGHT.

I JUST LOVED IT.

I KNEW I WANTED TO DO A RESTAURANT AND THAT SHOWED ME EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED TO DO, THAT SAME GENEROSITY OF SPIRIT TOWARDS OUR CUSTERSS -- CUSTOMES THAT ARE OUR FRIENDS NOW.

>> Reporter: SHE BECAME A TUSCAN CERTIFIED CHEF AND LEARNED HOW TO MAKE A FRESH AND AUTHENTIC ITALIAN DISH.

>> I LEARNED TO COOK WITH THYME, AND TIME.

IT'S SIMPLE COOKING BUT THE TIME MAKES IT DELICIOUS.

WE MAKE OUR OWN BREAD, OUR PIZZA DOUGH, PASTA, I JUST WANT TO FEEL PROUD OF EVERYTHING I GIVE YOU TO EAT.

IT'S A NURTURING ITALIAN THING.

>> Reporter: AND THE CHEF WANTS TO BRING THAT ITALIAN EXPERIENCE FROM ITALY TO HER RESTAURANT FOR CUSTOMERS TO ENJOY.

>> I GONE BACK TO ITALY AND I TRY TO BRING BACK A MORE AUTHENTIC EXPERIENCE.

IT'S NOTHING FANCY.

WE DON'T PLAY WITH THE FOOD.

WE TAKE A LOT OF TIME, FRESH INGREDIENTS, AND IMPORT EVERYTHING WE CAN FROM ITALY.

>> Reporter: PEOPLE TRAVEL FROM ALL ACROSS MINNESOTA, EVEN SOME FROM OTHER STATES, AND THEY CAN'T WAIT TO GRAB A BITE AT NECCE AND SHE COULDN'T BE MORE GRATEFUL.

>> I AM GRATEFUL AND OVERWHELMED THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND APPRECIATE IT.

THEY THINK IT'S YUMMY.

THE WORK HAS BEEN LONG AND HARD.

IT'S 5:30 AND THEN WE WOULD GET DONE AT 10:00 OR 11:00, BUT EVERY DAY I WAKE UP AND I CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO WORK.

>> Reporter: REPORTING FOR THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> DENESE PLANS TO MAKE ANOTHER TRIP TO ITALY ONCE AGAIN THIS YEAR, AND HOPES TO BRING BACK SOME NEW WINES AND FRESH INGREDIENTS FOR HER RESTAURANT.

>>> TIME FOR A LAST LOOK AT OUR WEATHER.

TONIGHT'S FORECAST CALLING FOR A LOW OF 32, VARIABLE WINDS UP TO 10.

HERE'S YOUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW.

40% TO 90% CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

A HIGH OF 57.

YOUR EXTENDED FORECAST, LOOKS LIKE THIS.

CHANCES OF RAIN THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE WEEK, IT SHOULD CLEAR OUT MOSTLY FOR THE WEEKEND.

MORE DETAILS AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES.

WE'RE OUT OF TIME.

WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

GOOD NIGHT.

>> Logan: GOOD NIGHT.

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