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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.

>>> 82 YEARS AGO, AFTER THE THREE-MONTH BATTLE OF BATAAN, THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY FORCIBLY MOVED 75,000 AMERICAN AND FILIPINO PRISONERS OF WAR FROM THE BATAAN PENINSULA TO CAMP O'DONNELL IN THE PHILIPPINES DURING WORLD WAR II.

TODAY, A MEMORIAL WAS HELD IN HONOR OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES AND SURVIVED THE BATAAN DEATH MARCH AT THE BRAINERD NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY.

REPORTER, SAMMY HOLLADAY HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: 82 YEARS AGO TO THE DAY, THE BATAAN DEATH MARCH BEGAN.

75,000 SOLDIERS FROM THE AMERICAN AND FILIPINO ARMED FORCES WERE FORCED TO MARCH 65 MILES.

IF A SOLDIER STOPPED, THEY WERE KILLED.

IF SOMEONE TRIED TO HELP THEM, THEY WERE KILLED.

FOR THE MILITARY, HONORING THE DEATH MARCH IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE, ESPECIALLY IN BRAINERD.

>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE LOCAL AREA BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF SOLDIER FROM THE BRAINERD AREA AND THE IMPACT OF THE LOSS OF SO MANY AND THE SURVIVORS HAD ON THE LOCAL AREA.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE MILITARY BECAUSE TRADITION IS A BIG PART OF WHAT WE DO AND IT HELPS BUILD THAT YOU ARE PART OF SOMETHING, PART OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT DID GREAT THINGS MANY YEARS AGO AND IT'S A WAY OF REMEMBERING HOW TO DEAL WITH HARDSHIP BECAUSE NOTHING WE'RE FACING IN TRAINING OR EVEN IN OUR RECENT WARS HAS APPROACHED WHAT THE MEN OF THE 194 FACED IN THE BATTLE OF BATON AND AFTERWARDS.

>> Reporter: THE EXACT NUMBER OF CASUALTIES IS UNKNOWN.

SOME SOURCES SAY IT'S BETWEEN 500 TO 600 CASUALTIES AND THE -- FILIPINO NUMBER SAY IT CAN RANGE FROM 5 THOUSAND TO 8,000.

>> THE BOND WAS IN FIRE AND BLOOD.

MANY FILIPINO SOLDIERS FOUGHT AND DIED IN BATAAN, FIGHTING FOR AN INDEPENDENT PHILIPPINES.

THEY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF GAINING THEIR INDEPENDENT FROM THE U.S.

WHEN THE WAR BROKE OUT.

IT'S A KEY PART OF THEIR IDENTITY AS WELL.

REMEMBERING THAT, AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT IT'S PART OF OUR OWN HISTORY AND OUR OWN MILITARY HERITAGE IS IMPORTANT.

>> Reporter: IT'S ONE THING TO READ ABOUT EVENTS LIKE THE BATAAN DEATH MARCH BUT ATTENDING EVENTS LIKE THE ONE TODAY IS HOW YOU CAN LEARN SO MUCH ABOUT OUR NATION'S HISTORY.

>> THE REASON WE'RE HERE TODAY IS BECAUSE MEN AND WOMEN IN THE PAST HAVE FACED HARDSHIPS AND MADE SACRIFICES.

WE MUST BE WILLING TO DO THE SAME IF NECESSARY AND IF OUR ONLY MEMORY IS STALE WORDS ON A HISTORY BOOK, WE WON'T BE READY.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BRAINERD, SAMMY HOLLADAY, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> AFTER WORLD WAR II, THE JAPANESE COMMANDER WHO COMMANDED THE FORCES THAT PERPETRATED THE BATAAN DEATH MARCH ALONG WITH TWO OF HIS OFFICERS WERE CONVICTED OF WAR CRIMES.

ALL THREE WERE SUBSEQUENTLY EXECUTED.

>>> GOVERNOR TIM WALZ APPOINTED TWO NEW JUDGES TODAY FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT TO FILL OPENINGS AFTER RECENT RETIREMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS BY A PAIR OF JUDGES IN THE DISTRICT.

WALZ HAS APPOINTED PENNINGTON COUNTY ATTORNEY SEAMUS DUFFY AS A NEW JUDGE IN MAHNOMEN COUNTY WHERE HE WILL REPLACE THE HONORABLE DARLENE SPALLA.

WALZ SAYS HIS DIVERSE EXPERIENCE DEALING WITH CRIMINAL, FAMILY, AND JUVENILE LAW, AS WELL AS HIS DEDICATION TO PUBLIC SERVICE, MAKES HIM WELL-SUITED FOR THE MAHNOMEN COUNTY BENCH.

WALZ ALSO APPOINTED ITASCA COUNTY ATTORNEY MATTI ADAM TO REPLACE THE HONORABLE SHARI SCHLUCTER IN BELTRAMI COUNTY.

WALZ SAYS HER YEARS OF SERVICE AS A PUBLIC SERVANT AND HER DEDICATION TO THE PEOPLE OF NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA WILL MAKE HER AN EXCELLENT ADDITION TO THE BENCH.

>>> A RED LAKE MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO ALMOST FOUR YEARS IN PRISON AS AN HABITUAL OFFENDER FOR VIOLENTLY ASSAULTING ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL.

55-YEAR-OLD SHAWN RENE LUSSIER WAS SENTENCED TODAY IN FEDERAL COURT TO 46 MONTHS IN PRISON FOLLOWED BY THREE YEARS SUPERVISED RELEASE.

ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, IN THE LATE EVENING OF APRIL 9TH, OF LAST YEAR LUSSIER PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL IN A HOTEL ROOM AT THE SEVEN CLANS CASINO WHICH IS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF RED LAKE BY REPEATEDLY PUNCHING AND KICKING THE INDIVIDUAL.

THE ASSAULT CAUSED SERIOUS BODILY INJURY TO THE VICTIM, INCLUDING A 1-INCH LACERATION TO THE SCALP THAT REQUIRED STITCHES AND LEFT A SCAR, A BLOODY LIP, AND OTHER BODY BRUISES, LEAVING BLOOD STAINS THROUGHOUT THE HOTEL ROOM.

ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, LUSSIER HAS MULTIPLE TRIBAL COURT CONVICTIONS FOR CRIMINAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INVOLVING DOMESTIC ASSAULTS OF SEVERAL VICTIMS COMMITTED ON SEPARATE OCCASIONS BETWEEN MAY 2017 AND DECEMBER 2021, AS WELL AS VARIOUS ALCOHOL-RELATED OFFENSES.

>>> THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION GREATER BEMIDJI HAS ANNOUNCED THE SECOND ANNUAL NORTH-START-UP PITCH COMPETITION, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE ON APRIL 20TH, DURING THE PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS GIGA-ZONE TECH EXPO.

THE COMPETITION OFFERS A PLATFORM FOR THE BRIGHTEST ENTREPRENEURS IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA TO SHOWCASE THEIR INNOVATIVE BUSINESS IDEAS.

IT WILL FEATURE A 5-MINUTE PITCH AND A SUBSEQUENT 5-MINUTE Q&A SESSION WITH EACH ENTREPRENEUR BEFORE A PANEL OF JUDGES AND A LIVE AUDIENCE, ALLOWING THEM TO SHOWCASE THEIR BUSINESS STRATEGY AND VISION.

BRIAN HUCH, THE LAUNCH-PAD PROGRAM DIRECTOR, TELLS US WHAT THE COMPETITION IS LOOKING FOR.

>> WE'RE ACCEPTING ANYBODY THAT HAS A FOR PROFIT BUSINESS IDEA.

TECH COMPANIES ARE PRIORITIZED A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IT FITS IN WITH THE BROADER TECH EXPO, BUT WE'RE LOOKING FOR ANYBODY WITH A BUSINESS IDEA, WHETHER SMALL, LARGE, SCALEABLE, OR SMALL BUSINESS, OR IN OR AROUND BEMIDJI, ALL ARE WELCOME.

>> APPLICATIONS FOR THE NORTH-START-UP PITCH COMPETITION ARE NOW OPEN AND WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL THIS FRIDAY ON THE 12TH OF APRIL.

FINALISTS WILL BE NOTIFIED BY APRIL 15TH.

>>> AFTER SEEING THE BRAINERD LAKES GROUP 100-PLUS WOMEN WHO CARE EVENT ON LAKELAND NEWS, BEMIDJI'S KAY MACK DECIDED TO BRING THE IDEA TO HER HOMETOWN OF BEMIDJI.

"100 WOMEN WHO CARE" WAS STARTED IN 2006 BY KAREN DUNIHGAN, WHO ORIGINALLY WAS RAISING MONEY FOR NEW MOTHERS FOR THE COST OF THEIR CRIBS.

NOW THE EVENT HAS FOUND ITS WAY TO NORTHERN MINNESOTA RAISING MONEY TO GIVE BACK TO NON-PROFITS IN THE BELTRAMI COUNTY AREA AND "BEMIDJI 100 WOMEN WHO CARE" DOESN'T UNDERESTIMATE THE IMPORTANCE OF THEIR DONATIONS.

>> THIS EVENING REALLY CELEBRATES A COLLECTIVE POSSIBILITY WHEN A LOT OF WOMEN GET TOGETHER AND BRING THEIR DONATIONS.

SO YOU THINK ABOUT HOW FUN IT IS TO GIVE $100 TO A CHARITY.

WELL, IF 100 WOMEN COME TOGETHER AND GIVE $100 EACH, $10,000 MAKES A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE TO THE CHARITY.

THEY ALSO GET TO, IF THEY WANT, TO NOMINATE A LOCAL NON-PROFIT TO GET ALL OF THE PROCEEDS FROM THAT NIGHT.

IT WILL GO TO ONE NON-PROFIT.

>> THE EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE ON APRIL 11TH AT 5:30 IN THE BASEMENT OF THE KEG AND CORK.

ORGANIZERS RECOMMEND THOSE ATTENDING BRING ONLY CASH OR CHECKS TO THE EVENT.

>>> PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS RACING TO ENACT A NEW STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS PLAN AHEAD OF THE ELECTION THIS NOVEMBER.

THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED HIS NEW PLAN MONDAY, SPEAKING FROM THE BATTLEGROUND STATE OF WISCONSIN.

WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT JULIA BENBROOK HAS THE DETAILS.

>> I'M PROUD TO ANNOUNCE FIVE MAJOR ACTIONS TO RELIEVE STUDENT DEBT FOR MORE THAN 30 MILLION AMERICANS.

>> Reporter: A NEW PUSH TO FULFILL ONE OF HIS 2020 CAMPAIGN PROMISES.

HE TRAVELED TO WISCONSIN ON MONDAY, A KEY SWING STATE TO UNVEIL THE DETAILS OF HIS NEW STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS PLAN.

>> TOO MANY AMERICANS ARE SADDLED WITH UNSUSTAINABLE DEBT IN EXCHANGE FOR A COLLEGE DEGREE.

IT'S NOT JUST A DRAG ON THEM, IT'S A DRAG ON OUR LOCAL ECONOMY.

>> Reporter: IT WILL APPLY TO THOSE WHO QUALIFY FOR FORGIVENESS FOR EXISTING PROGRAMS AND HAVE NOT APPLIED.

IT WILL ASSIST THOSE WHO BEGAN REPAYING THEIR DEBT AT LEAST 20 YEARS AGO.

THOSE WHO ENROLLED IN LOW FINANCIAL PROGRAMS AND THOSE EXPERIENCING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP.

>> THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WILL PROPOSE AND IMPLEMENT THESE PLANS.

>> Reporter: THIS IS BIDEN'S SECOND ATTEMPT TO IMPLEMENT BROAD STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS.

THE SUPREME COURT STRUCK DOWN HIS FIRST PLAN LAST SUMMER.

SEVERAL CONSERVATIVE LED STATES AND GROUPS SUED HIS ADMINISTRATION OVER THE FIRST PROGRAM, ARGUING THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH HAD OVERSTEPPED THEIR AUTHORITY.

>> THE SUPREME COURT BLOCKED THIS, BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP US.

>> Reporter: THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS ALREADY CANCELED STUDENT LOAN DEBT FOR ABOUT 4 MILLION PEOPLE, MOSTLY USING EXISTING PROGRAMS.

THAT'S MORE THAN ANY OTHER PRESIDENT.

THE NEW PROPOSAL MUST GO THROUGH A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

THEY ARE REVIEWING THE COMMENTS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WILL PUBLISH THE FINAL VERSION OF THE RULE.

IT'S A PROCESS THAT COULD TAKE MONTHS AND WILL LIKELY FACE NEW LEGAL CHALLENGES.

REPORTING IN WASHINGTON, I'M JULIA BENBROOK.

>> THE NEW PLAN USES A DIFFERENT LEGAL JUSTIFICATION THAN BIDEN'S FIRST ATTEMPT TO WAIVE STUDENT LOANS.

THIS PLAN WOULD USE THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT, WHICH ALLOWS THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION TO WAIVE STUDENT LOAN DEBT IN CERTAIN CASES.

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

>> Stacy: WE HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE OF RAIN AND MAYBE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA STARTING TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

THEN IT LOOKS LIKE DRY WEATHER IS BACK TO END THE WEEK.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK IN THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, THE PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT WENT UNDERWAY IN CROSS LAKE LAST WEEKEND.

>> THIS PORTION OF LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED BY C.T.C.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> BELTRAMI COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL BE HOSTING SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTER OR SKYWARN TRAINING ON APRIL 22ND AT 6:30 P.M. AT THE COUNTY'S EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER.

SKYWARN IS A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES THE PUBLIC TRAINING TO SAFELY OBSERVE AND REPORT SEVERE WEATHER.

SPOTTERS PROVIDE CRITICAL INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, ENHANCING PUBLIC SAFETY IN SEVERAL WAYS.

>> THE GROUND GROUP IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

RADARS CAN'T SEE EVERYTHING, ESPECIALLY WHERE WE ARE AT, 120 METERS OR SO FROM THE RADAR.

SO THEY MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING ADEQUATE INFORMATION OUT TO PEOPLE.

>> THE FREE CLASS IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND LASTS ABOUT TWO HOURS.

THERE ARE NO PREREQUISITES AND NO PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.

YOU CAN VISIT THE WEBSITE THAT IS ON THE SCREEN FOR MORE INFORMATION.

>>> YES STACY, IT'S ALMOST THAT TIME OF THE YEAR WHERE WE ARE GETTING INTO SEVERE WEATHER.

>> Stacy: IT IS, WE HAVE AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW, NOTHING SEVERE, NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT, BUT A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER AS THIS NEXT SYSTEM ROLLS IN TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

I'LL HAVE TH >> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS SPONSORED IN PART BY THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, ACCESS MINNESOTA.

>> AND BY SANFORD HEALTH; HERE FOR ALL, HERE FOR GOOD.

DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT OUR SERVICES IN THE BEMIDJI AREA IS AVAILABLE AT SANFORDHEALTH.ORG.

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

>> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, WE DID ENJOY SOME NICE SUNSHINE TODAY AND WE DID SEE SOME CLOUD COVER HERE AND THERE AS WELL.

AS WE HEAD INTO THE OVERNIGHT, EXPECT TO SEE CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES.

WE WILL START THE DAY WITH SOME SUNSHINE TOMORROW, BUT AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON, CHANCES OF RAIN SHOWERS RETURN AND THERE MAY BE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MIX AS WELL HEADED INTO THURSDAY, SO THAT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS, BUT DRIER WEATHER WILL BE BACK ON FRIDAY WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES IN STORE FOR THE WEEKEND.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, 48 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.

AT OUR STUDIO, WINDS ARE CALM.

THE DEW POINT IS 35 AND HUMIDITY IS AT 61%.

IN BRAINERD, WE HAVE PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, 51 DEGREES, 38 IS OUR DEW POINT, PRESSURE IS RISING, AND WINDS ARE WEST AT 3 MILES PER HOUR.

LOOKING AT THE RADAR, WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MOISTURE, MAYBE A FEW LATE RAIN SHOWERS OR SPRINKLES IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA YET THIS EVENING, BUT THOSE WILL BE MOVING OUT QUICKLY.

WE SHOULD HAVE CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

WE WILL BE SEEING A LOT OF SUNSHINE TOMORROW, PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, BUT AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON, THERE IS A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THIS HATCHED AREA, THE GREEN HATCHED AREA, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE IS AT LEAST A SMALL CHANCE OF SEEING A FEW THUNDERSTORMS AS THE SYSTEM MOVES IN.

THE RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUE TOMORROW NIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY BEFORE DRIER WEATHER RETURNS AS WE HEAD INTO FRIDAY.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT.

IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A FOGGY MORNING IN THE AREA.

ANGELA SENDING US THIS PICTURE FROM CASS LAKE AND ARLENE FROM MENAHGA.

WE HAVE SOME INTERESTING CLOUDS, A LITTLE BIT OF SUNSHINE IN THE SKIES FROM DAN IN BEMIDJI AND DAVE IN BRAINERD.

BOB SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF A PEACEFUL EVENING OVER RED LAKE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR PICTURES WITH US TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORT, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, FOGGY WITH A LATE BREEZE THIS MORNING.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, HIGH OF 61.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, REPORTING SUN, CLOUDS, AND A BIT OF DRIZZLE.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, FOG, CLOUDS, AND SUNSHINE TODAY.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES THIS EVENING, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 57.

ON OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD REACHING 61, 10 DEGREES ABOVE OUR AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE.

34 WAS OUR LOW AND SUNSET WAS AT 7:57.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 58, SO ALSO 10 DEGREES ABOVE THE AFTERNOON.

32 FOR THE LOW AND SUNRISE AT 6:41.

HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW.

WE SHOULD SEE PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, BUT AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS THE CHANCE OF SEEING SOME SHOWERS AND EVEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SOME THUNDERSTORMS STARTING IN WESTERN MINNESOTA, BUT THEN ACROSS THE AREA LATE TOMORROW.

AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES GO, A LITTLE BIT COOLER IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, WITH WARROAD AROUND 53, BUT WE WILL BE SEEING MID TO UPPER 60s IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

HEADING INTO THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE, AGAIN, PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A SMALLER CHANCE OF SEEING SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, MAYBE SOME SPRINKLES AS WELL AND WE SHOULD HAVE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 60s.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, LOWS NEAR 35, WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTH AT 5 TO 15.

TOMORROW, PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, BUT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON AND AGAIN MAYBE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY IN WESTERN MINNESOTA DURING THE DAY TOMORROW.

64 FOR THE HIGH, VARIABLE WINDS AT 5 TO 15.

LOOKING AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, THE RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY AND TEMPERATURES DROP A BIT WITH HIGHS NEAR 53.

A LOT OF SUNSHINE AS WE HEAD INTO FRIDAY AND THAT WARMING TREND WILL CONTINUE HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND, VERY WARM TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND.

PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY ON SATURDAY, JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN FAR NORTHERN MINNESOTA WITH A LOT OF SUNSHINE ON SUNDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60s.

BACK TO YOU DENNIS.

>> Dennis: VERY NICE.

LOGAN IS BACK WITH US AND MORE NEWS FROM THE BSU WOMEN'S HOCKEY.

>> Logan: YES, MORE NEWS FROM BSU HOCKEY.

DIDN'T TAKE THEM LONG TO FILL THE VOID.

WE'LL HAVE ALL THAT FOR YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BREAK.

[♪♪♪] >> PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS ANNOUNCING THE EXPO ON APRIL 20TH WITH DANIELLE FROM PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS.

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

[♪♪♪] >>> LAST NIGHT WE TOLD YOU THAT BEMIDJI STATE WOMEN'S HOCKEY HEAD COACH JIM SCANLAN HAS RETIRED.

WELL, IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG TO FIND HIS REPLACEMENT.

TODAY BEMIDJI STATE ANNOUNCED THAT AMBER FRYKLUND HAS BEEN NAMED THE 6TH HEAD COACH IN PROGRAM HISTORY.

FRYKLUND HAS SPENT 10 YEARS ON THE BSU WOMEN'S HOCKEY COACHING STAFF INCLUDING FOUR AS ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH.

SHE RETURNED TO THE BEAVERS BENCH THIS PAST SEASON AFTER A THREE YEAR HIATUS.

PRIOR TO HER COACHING DAYS FRYKLUND HAD A STANDOUT CAREER AS A PLAYER FOR THE BEAVERS FROM 2000 TO 2003.

FRYKLUND SET CAREER PROGRAM RECORDS IN BOTH POINTS AND GOALS SCORED.

AN INTRODUCTORY PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD LATER THIS WEEK AND WE WILL HEAR FROM HER THEN.

>>> BRAINERD BASEBALL IS UNDER A NEW REIGN THIS SEASON.

AFTER TOM FAIRBANKS TOOK OVER THE HELM, THE SEASON CONCLUDED WITH A 9-15 RECORD AND A SECTION 8-4A LOSS TO ELK RIVER.

THE BOYS WELCOME SAUK RAPIDS RICE.

THEY PAID A VISIT TO BRAINERD TO START THE 2024 CAMPAIGN.

A MAN ON SECOND, TWO OUT, AND SHOOTING IT TO RIGHT FIELD, BRAINERD GOES UP 1-0.

NOW MAN ON SECOND FOR BRAINERD AND THE SAME RESULT.

SINGLE BRINGS IN ISAAC AND BRAINERD LEADS 2-0.

BOTTOM OF THE 6th, 4-1 BRAINERD, MAN ON SECOND, AND ELI ADDS SOME INSURANCE AND THE WARRIORS GO ON TO WIN 5-1 OVER SAUK RAPIDS RICE.

TALLYING 7 STRIKEOUTS AND ALLOWING 1 RUN.

>>> OTHER HIGH SCHOOL SCORES, NEVIS WITH A WIN OVER BAGLEY.

PILLAGER WINS 9-0 IN BASEBALL.

>>> OVER TO THE SOFTBALL DIAMOND, PINE RIVER-BACKUS ON THE ROAD SQUARING OFF WITH CASS LAKE-BENA TO START THE NEW SEASON AND THE TIGERS WOULD START OUT HOT.

FIRST BATTER OF THE GAME, SAWYER TULENCHIK BELTS ONE TO RIGHT FIELD, BEATS THE THROW TO THIRD.

SHE CAME IN TO SCORE ON A WILD PITCH MOMENTS LATER TO MAKE IT 1-0.

THAT'S HOW THE GAME STARTED.

STILL IN THE TOP OF THE 1ST RUNNER ON 2ND, NEVEAH MIDDENDORF GETS A HOLD OF ONE, FINDS THE OUTFIELD GRASS FOR AN RBI-DOUBLE MAKING IT 2-0.

TIGERS WOULD EXPLODE FOR 13 RUNS IN THE FIRST INNING.

BOTTOM OF THE 2ND, DESTINY WHITNER AT THE DISH WITH THE BASES LOADED.

SHE GETS IT TO TIP-TOE THE FIRST BASE LINE BRINGING IN TWO RUNS.

BUT THE TIGERS PROVED TOO MUCH AS PINE RIVER-BACKUS WINS BIG OVER CASS LAKE-BENA.

P.R.B.

WILL HEAD TO WADENA FOR A PAIR OF GAMES ON THURSDAY.

>>> PARK RANDZ -- RAPIDS GOT A WIN AS WELL, AND BLACKDUCK WITH A WIN.

BRAINERD HOSTING A TENNIS TRIANGULAR TODAY.

MATTHEW MORGAN DOWN A SET, GOOD RALLY, BUT MORGAN GOES DOWN, THEY FALL IN TWO SETS.

OVER TO DOUBLES, OWEN AND CLARK UP A SET AGAINST ALEX AND BRETT.

HIS DROP SHOT WAS TOO MUCH.

GEORGE AND SAWYER ALREADY SET UP ON DONOVAN AND CHARLIE.

RIPPLE SLAMS IT BACK AND THEY TAKE THE POINT AND THE MATCH.

2-0.

BRAINERD GOES ON TO BEAT ALEXANDRIA 4-3 IN THEIR FIRST SET BUT FELL IN THE SECOND SET AGAINST DULUTH EAST.

>>> THE WOLVES TRAIL, BUT THEN GOT HOT.

RUDY FIGHTS THROUGH THE CONTACT, BRINGS THE WOLVES WITHIN 2.

THEN TIE GAME, ANTHONY NAIL IT IS TRIPLE, GIVING THE WOLVES THE FIRST LEAD OF THE GAME.

HE WAS NOT DONE.

FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER, WOLVES WITH A 12 POINT LEAD, EDWARDS DRIVING AND FINISHING, A NEW CAREER HIGH OF 51 POINTS.

THE TIMBERWOLVES GETS THE COMEBACK WIN 130-121.

THEY HEAD TO DENVER TOMORROW NIGHT WITH A HUGE MATCH UP WITH THE NUGGETS.

>>> THE AVALANCHE ARE ON TOP TO THE WILD AT THE END OF THE SECOND.

IN MLB, THE DODGERS GETTING THE BETTER OF THE TWINS WITH A SCORE OF 6-3.

>> Dennis: THE TWINS ARE STRUGGLING.

>> Logan: YEAH, HOPEFULLY THEY CAN TURN IT AROUND SOON.

>> Dennis: THEY HAVE A LOT OF THE SEASON LEFT.

THANKS LOGAN.

>>> THE CROSSLAKE PICKLE ASSOCIATION HELD ITS THIRD ANNUAL APRIL FOOLISH DAY CHARITY PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT LAST WEEKEND AT THE CROSSLAKE COMMUNITY CENTER.

12 TEAMS WERE DIVIDED UP INTO THREE SEPARATE BRACKETS BASED ON SKILL, WITH EACH REPRESENTING A DIFFERENT LOCAL CHARITY AT RANDOM.

REPORTER MILES WALKER HAS THE LATEST IN THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOOD'S EXPERIENCE.

>> Reporter: PICKLEBALL, WHETHER YOU SEE IT AS OVERSIZED PING-PONG OR UNDER SIZED TENNIS, IS A FAIRLY SIMPLE GAME.

>> TYPICALLY YOU PLAY WITH A PARTNER.

YOU CAN PLAY SINGLES BUT TWO PEOPLE PLAY AGAINST ANOTHER PAIR OF OPPONENTS.

THE GAME IS TWO-11 POINTS, AND PADDLE IT BACK AND FORTH.

>> Reporter: THE PREMISE IS STRAIGHTFORWARD, THE SPIRIT EMANATES FROM ALL THE PLAYERS.

>> I'M A FORMER ATHLETE.

I WAS SURROUNDED BY SPORTS GROWING UP AND PART OF THE COLLEGE ATHLETICS COMMUNITY.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF MY LIFE.

IT'S A NICE OUTLET TO STAY ACTIVE, STAY INVOLVED, STAY PART OF A BUTTING AND COMPETITIVE SPORT.

>> Reporter: AND BEING ON THE RISE, IT HAS ATTRACTED PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE.

>> IT'S A SPORT THAT ANYBODY CAN PLAY.

IT DOESN'T DISCRIMINATE FROM AGE.

WE HAVE YOUNG PLAYERS UP TO THEIR 80s.

IT DOESN'T CARE WHAT YOUR SKILL LEVEL IS AND YOUR SOCIOECONOMIC LEVEL DOESN'T MATTER IN THIS GAME.

YOU JUST NEED A PADDLE AND BALL.

>> Reporter: ALTHOUGH ORIGINALLY CREATED FOR 14-YEAR-OLDS, YOU CAN FIND PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS ENJOYING SOME PICKLEBALL.

>> VERY NICE.

>> Reporter: WHICH MAKES IT A GREAT WAY TO CREATE NEW BONDS IN THE COMMUNITY.

>> THERE IS ALWAYS BONDING COMING UP, YOU RAZZ THE OTHER TEAM AND YOURSELF WHEN YOU MAKE A SILLY MISTAKE.

THERE IS ALWAYS LAUGHTER YOU WILL HEAR IN THE BACKGROUND WHEN THERE IS PICKLEBALL INVOLVED.

>> Reporter: AND CROSS LAKE HAS BECOME KNOWN FOR THEIR PICKLEBALL.

>> WE BUILT THESE COURTS FIVE YEARS AGO AND WE ARE HOPING TO EXPAND AND ADD ANOTHER FOUR COURTS BECAUSE IT HAS BECOME SO POPULAR THAT PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM ALL AREAS OF THE STATE AND OUT OF THE STATE AND THEY KNOW ABOUT CROSS LAKE BECAUSE OF OUR PICKLEBALL COURTS.

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

>> ROUGHLY $3,000 WERE RAISED FROM SATURDAY'S TOURNAMENT, WITH $1,000 EACH GOING TO CROSSLAKE FOOD SHELF, CROSSLAKE COMMUNITY SCHOOL, AND CHRISTMAS FOR KIDS.

WHAT A GOOD FUNDRAISER.

IT LOOKS LIKE GOOD WEATHER FOR THAT STACY.

>> Stacy: WE WILL BE SEEING SOME NICE WEATHER.

WE DO HAVE SOME NEEDED RAIN IN THE FORECAST.

FOR TONIGHT, CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, 35 FOR THE LOW, WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTH AT 5 TO 15.

NOW LOOKING AT TOMORROW, WE HAVE PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, BUT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVEN A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS, ESPECIALLY IN WESTERN MINNESOTA.

64 FOR THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AND VARIABLE WINDS AT 5 TO 15.

AS WE LOOK AT THE EXTENDED FORECAST, CHANCES OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY, AND TEMPERATURES DROP WITH A HIGH OF 53.

PLENTY OF SUNSHINE ON FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY, A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR RAIN ON SATURDAY WITH HIGHS THIS WEEKEND IN THE 60s.

>> Logan: WITH THAT WIN TONIGHT OVER THE WIZARDS, THE TIMBERWOLVES IMPROVE TO 55-24.

THEY CAN TIE THE ALL TIME FRANCHISE RECORD FOR WINS.

>> Dennis: IT'S BEEN A GREAT YEAR.

THEY HAVE GOOD CHEMISTRY.

>> Logan: THEY DO AND A LOT OF GUYS CONTRIBUTING FROM THE BENCH.

THAT'S ALWAYS KEY.

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

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY.

WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

>> Logan: GOOD NIGHT.

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