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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.

>>> A 52-YEAR-OLD MAN HAS DIED WHILE IN CUSTODY AT THE RED LAKE JAIL.

ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE FROM RED LAKE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR KENDALL KINGBIRD SENIOR, ROBIN LEE HANSON DIED ON APRIL 2ND AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO RED LAKE INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE HOSPITAL.

THE F.B.I.

AND THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS INTERNAL AFFAIRS DIVISION ARE INVESTIGATING THE DEATH.

KINGBIRD SAYS THAT DUE TO IT BEING AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION HE CANNOT COMMENT ANY FURTHER.

>>> A REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FORUM FOR THE DISTRICT SIX SEAT IN THE STATE SENATE TOOK PLACE LAST NIGHT IN BAXTER.

SEVEN OF THE EIGHT CANDIDATES WERE IN ATTENDANCE, WITH ONE CANDIDATE, JENNIFER CARNAHAN NOT ATTENDING DUE TO AN ILLNESS.

REPORTER DANIEL PURSELL HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR THE DISTRICT 6 SPECIAL ELECTION FILLED IN THE AUDITORIUM, WHERE THEY RESPONDED TO THREE PREPARED QUESTIONS AND TWO QUESTIONS WRITTEN IN BY AUDIENCE MEMBERS.

A MAJOR TOPIC WAS BIPARTISANSHIP AND WORKING ACROSS THE AISLE.

SHE SPOKE FREQUENTLY ABOUT HER BELIEF TO WORK WITH THE D.F.L.

TO TACKLE IMPORTANT ISSUES.

>> I THINK A LOT OF TIMES IN POLITICS, WE LOOK AT BIPARTISANSHIP AS A COMPROMISE, AS A BAD THING, BUT I THINK REPUBLICANS NEED TO BE REALISTIC ABOUT THE STATE AND THE CLIMATE OF MINNESOTA.

WE HAVE NOT HAD A MAJORITY.

WE HAVE NOT -- YOU KNOW, EVERY ELECTION CYCLE, WE CONTINUE TO VOTE THE SAME PEOPLE IN.

WE'RE GETTING THE SAME RESULTS.

>> Reporter: ANOTHER HOT TOPIC WAS ON SCHOOL CHOICE.

THE WIFE OF JOSH EXPRESSED HER VIEW ON HER LIFE EXPERIENCES.

>> I BELIEVE IN SCHOOL CHOICE.

I BELIEVE PARENTS KNOW BEST WHAT THEIR CHILD'S EDUCATIONAL NEEDS ARE AND THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE THAT AND HAVE THE DOLLARS FOLLOW THE CHILD IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

>> Reporter: WHILE JOSH, A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER IN THE AREA HELD SIMILAR VIEWS.

>> THERE ARE SO MANY OPTIONS BUT THERE IS FEAR AND ANXIETY IN THE DECISION.

YOU CAN'T ALWAYS TRUST WHAT YOU'RE SENDING YOUR KIDS INTO.

WE DON'T HAVE THE CURRICULUM TRANSPARENCY WE DESERVE.

NOT EVERYONE CAN AFFORD DIFFERENT OPTIONS.

SO I AM AN ADVOCATE FOR SCHOOL CHOICE.

I'M AN ADVOCATE FOR CURRICULUM TRANSPARENCY.

>> Reporter: JOHN SPOKE ABOUT ENERGY, SAYING SOLAR AND WIND WAS NOT ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THE COUNTRY'S NEEDS.

>> ENERGY IS THE LIFEBLOOD OF THIS AREA AND THE ELIMINATION OF THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY IS SETTING THE STAGE FOR A COLD, DARK FUTURE FOR YOU, ME, INDUSTRY, AND BUSINESS.

PRETENDING THAT THE ENERGY REQUIRED WILL COME FROM WIND AND SOLAR IS JUST NOT REALITY.

>> Reporter: WHEN ASKED ABOUT POLICY, CANDIDATE MATTHEW HAD THIS TO SAY.

>> I THINK WE'RE GOING AT THIS BACKWARDS.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT POLICIES.

POLICY IS WAY DOWN HERE.

WE HAVE GOD WAY UP HERE, THEN THE CONSTITUTION, THEN THE U.S. CODE, THEN THE STATE STATUTE, THEN LOCAL ORDINANCE, THEN EXECUTIVE ORDER, AND THEN POLICIES ARE DOWN HERE.

>> Reporter: FOLLOWING ATTACKS ON DEI INITIATIVES, MANY SPOKE IN FAVOR OF REMOVING DEI INITIATIVES FROM SCHOOL AND YOUTH SPORTS.

>> HERE IN THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, IF WE DON'T FOLLOW TRUMP'S EXECUTIVE ORDER TO BAN MEN AND BOYS FROM COMPETING WITH GIRLS AND WOMEN AND USING THEIR SHOWERS AND LOCKER ROOMS, IF WE DON'T STOP THAT, WE'RE GOING TO LOSE $6 MILLION IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

>> Reporter: AND STEVE SPOKE IN FAVOR OF REDUCING REGULATIONS ON SMALL BUSINESSES.

>> IF WE WANT TO HAVE FAMILIES, TO HAVE GOOD JOBS, A GOOD PLACE TO LIVE, WE NEED TO REDUCE THE BURDENSOME REGULATIONS ON SMALL BUSINESSES.

>> Reporter: THE PRIMARY ELECTION IS ON APRIL 15TH TO SELECT THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE THAT WILL GO UP AGAINST DFL CANDIDATE DENISE ON APRIL 29TH.

REPORTING FROM BAXTER, I'M DANIEL PURSELL, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE ENTIRE FORUM, YOU CAN GO TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FACEBOOK PAGE.

THEY HAVE THE ENTIRE FORUM FOR YOU THERE.

>>> LAST NIGHT WE TOLD YOU ABOUT SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL REFERENDUM VOTES IN THE PEQUOT LAKES AND PINE-RIVER BACKUS SCHOOL DISTRICTS BUT DID NOT YET HAVE NUMBERS FOR THE NEVIS SCHOOL REFERENDUM.

THOSE NUMBERS ARE NOW IN AND VOTERS THERE REJECTED A $41.55 MILLION REFERENDUM FOR RENOVATION AND EXPANSION OF FACILITIES INCLUDING A NEW ATHLETIC COMPLEX AND MORE SPACE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMING WITH 78-PERCENT OF VOTERS AGAINST THE MEASURE.

>>> DASH CAM VIDEO CAPTURED A DRAMATIC CRASH BETWEEN A GRAIN TRUCK AND A FREIGHT TRAIN LAST WEEK NEAR SLEEPY EYE, MINNESOTA.

ACCORDING TO A RELEASE BY THE BROWN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

THE TRUCK WAS TURNING THROUGH A RAILROAD CROSSING WHEN IT WAS STRUCK BY A CANADIAN PACIFIC KANSAS CITY RAILROAD TRAIN ON APRIL 4TH.

THE TRUCK DRIVER AND TWO TRAIN OCCUPANTS WERE TREATED AT THE SCENE FOR MINOR INJURIES.

>>> THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE'S PROPOSAL TO MANAGE SPONGY MOTH INFESTATIONS IN FIVE COUNTIES ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED AFTER FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE PLAN FELL THROUGH.

SPONGY MOTHS ARE RANKED AMONG AMERICA'S MOST DESTRUCTIVE TREE PESTS AND CAN CAUSE SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS.

SPONGY MOTH IS A LEAF-EATING INSECT THAT HAS CAUSED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGE TO FORESTS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

THIS PEST IS FOUND IN MOST OF WISCONSIN AND IS NOW ESTABLISHING ITSELF IN NORTHEASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA.

WHEN AN INFESTATION IS FOUND, THE DEPARTMENT CONDUCTS AERIAL MANAGEMENT AND TARGETS THE INFESTATION WITH INSECTICIDE BEFORE IT CAN SPREAD.

THE NUMBER OF SPONGY MOTHS DETECTED IN MINNESOTA IN RECENT YEARS HAS INCREASED, AND POPULATIONS CONTINUE TO PUSH WESTWARD.

DUE TO THE INSECT'S LIFE CYCLE, THERE IS ONLY A SHORT WINDOW OF TIME IN THE SPRING WHERE THE INSECTICIDE IS EFFECTIVE.

THE M.D.A.

HAS NOT RECEIVED NECESSARY FEDERAL FUNDS FOR SPONGY MOTH AERIAL MANAGEMENT IN TIME AND HAS BEEN FORCED TO CANCEL THESE PROPOSED OPERATIONS.

THE AREAS WITH CANCELED INSECTICIDE MANAGEMENT ARE IN ANOKA, CARLTON, ITASCA, ST. LOUIS, AND WINONA COUNTIES, TOTALING 2,752 ACRES.

THIS INCLUDES CANCELING THE PROPOSED WORK IN THE CITIES OF COON RAPIDS, GRAND RAPIDS, AND WINONA.

>>> MARKETS SURGED AFTER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP PAUSED MOST RECIPROCAL NEW TARIFFS TODAY BUT THE PRESIDENT EXCLUDED CHINA IN THE 90-DAY PAUSE AND RAISED ITS RECIPROCAL LEVIES TO AT LEAST 125 PERCENT INSTEAD.

OTHER COUNTRIES WILL SEE RATES GO BACK DOWN TO 10 PERCENT.

SHERRELL HUBBARD HAS THE LATEST ON THE TARIFF ROLLER COASTER AND THE BREWING TRADE WAR BETWEEN THE WORLD'S TWO LARGEST ECONOMIES.

>> Reporter: THE MARKETS SOARED WEDNESDAY AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCED HE IS PAUSING SOME OF THE TARIFFS THAT TOOK EFFECT AT MIDNIGHT.

>> I DID A 90-DAY PAUSE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T RETALIATE BECAUSE I TOLD THEM IF YOU RETALIATE, I'M GOING TO DOUBLE IT.

>> Reporter: NOT INCLUDED IN THE 90-DAY PAUSE IS CHINA.

IN FACT, THEIR TARIFFS INCREASED FURTHER.

>> CHINA WILL BE RAISED TO 125%, DUE TO THEIR INSISTENCE ON ESCALATION.

>> Reporter: THIS IS AFTER CHINA ANNOUNCED RETALIATORY TARIFFS OF 84% ON U.S. GOODS, FURTHER ESCALATING THE TRADE WAR.

>> THEY HAVE SHOWN THEMSELVES TO THE WORLD TO BE THE BAD ACTORS AND WE ARE WILLING TO COOPERATE WITH OUR ALLIES AND WITH OUR TRADING PARTNERS THAT DID NOT RETALIATE.

>> Reporter: THE STAND OFF BETWEEN THE WORLD'S TWO LARGEST ECONOMY IS SEEMING PERSONAL.

>> WE BORROWED MONEY FROM CHINESE PEASANTS TO MANUFACTURE THE THINGS THAT CHINESE PEASANTS MANUFACTURE.

>> THEY CALLED HIS REMARKS IGNORANT AND DISRESPECTFUL.

CRITICS SLAMMED THE PRESIDENT SAYING DAMAGE HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE TO THE ECONOMY.

>> HE KEEPS CHANGING THINGS FROM DAY-TO-DAY.

YOU CANNOT RUN A COUNTRY WITH SUCH CHAOS.

>> Reporter: I'M SHERRELL HUBBARD REPORTING.

>> DESPITE HEAVY CRITICISM, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SAYS 75 COUNTRIES HAVE REACHED OUT TO NEGOTIATE BETTER TRADE DEALS.

THE S&P 500 POSTED ITS BEST DAY SINCE OCTOBER 2008.

THE NASDAQ HAD ITS SECOND-BEST DAY IN ITS HISTORY AND THE DOW POSTED ITS BEST DAY IN FIVE YEARS.

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

>> Stacy: YOU MAY SEE SOME MIXED PRECIPITATION TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING, OTHERWISE IT LOOKS DRY AND WARMER AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE WEEK.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, THE BRAINERD CITY COUNCIL DENIED THE REQUEST FOR YEAR ROUND OPERATIONS.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪] >>> BRIDGES OF HOPE'S PLANS TO PILOT YEAR-ROUND OPERATIONS AT THE BRIDGE ON 7TH WARMING SHELTER STALLED THIS WEEK AFTER THE BRAINERD CITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY DECIDED AGAINST ALLOWING YEAR-ROUND SERVICES DURING THIS WEEK'S MEETING.

REPORTER MILES WALKER HAS THE STORY.

>> Reporter: BRIDGES OF HOPE'S INTENTION TO SHIFT THE WARMING SHELTER'S OPERATIONS FROM SEPTEMBER THROUGH APRIL TO YEAR ROUND FOLLOWING THE PROPOSED ORDINANCES BEING APPROVED, PROHIBITING UNAUTHORIZED CAMPING IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE AREAS.

>> IT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT PER SE, IT'S WHAT WE WANT TO A COMMUNITY NEED.

WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A FEW YEARS AND IN THE SUMMERTIME, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT IDEAL, FOLKS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT.

THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CAMP SOMEWHERE.

NOW THAT IT'S NOT LEGAL, WE THOUGHT HONESTLY THAT IT WOULD BE THE COMMON SENSE RESPONSE FOR US TO BE OPEN.

>> Reporter: SHE HAD HIGH HOPES OF THE WARMING SHELTER GETTING APPROVAL, BUT JOHN DAVIS EXHIBITED A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.

>> OUR CONCERN PRIMARILY IS A YEAR ROUND MODEL OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AS FAR AS THE DRAW.

THE QUESTION IS THESE REALLY GOOD RESOURCES WE HAVE FOR OUR OWN COMMUNITY, WOULD WE BE EXHAUSTING THOSE IF WE WENT TO OUR YEAR ROUND MODEL?

>> Reporter: WHILE KELLY VOICES HIS APPROVAL FOR A WARMING SHELTER.

>> I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE THAT HOMELESSNESS IS NOT A PROBLEM IN THE SUMMER.

I MIGHT DISAGREE IF THE WARMING HOUSE WAS OPEN IN THE SUMMER, IT MAY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF WORK YOU HAVE TO DO ROUSING PEOPLE FROM PUBLIC LANDS.

>> Reporter: ANY EMOTIONS TOWARDS THAT DIED DOWN DURING THE PUBLIC MEETING.

>> ONE OF MY KEY CONCERNS, WHEN I ASKED DATA QUESTIONS LIKE WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE, WHERE DO THEY COME FROM, DO THEY HAVE WARRANTS, NO ONE KNOWS.

>> AND THEY ARE NOT COMING FORWARD AND BRINGING WARMING SHELTERS TO THEIR COMMUNITY, IT IS THIS COMMUNITY TAKING THAT BURDEN, IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT THAT.

>> Reporter: KEEPING ITS OPERATING HOURS DURING MINNESOTA'S WINTERTIMES, SOMETHING THAT SHE VIEWS AS A STEP IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.

>> THE DECISION ON MONDAY NIGHT NOT ONLY PUTS PEOPLE OUT WITH NOWHERE TO SLEEP AS OF MAY 1st, IT ALSO LEAVES FIVE OR SIX PEOPLE WITHOUT A JOB.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BRAINERD, MILES WALKER, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> ACCORDING TO SHOGREN, 70 PERCENT OF THOSE WHO HAVE STAYED AT THE BRIDGE ON 7TH OVERNIGHT SHELTER, ONLY DO SO FOR TWO WEEKS OR LESS.

BRIDGES OF HOPE WILL BE HOLDING A SPECIAL MEETING TOMORROW TO DISCUSS NEXT STEPS.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, STACY JOINS US.

NEWS OF A NICE WARM UP THIS WEEKEND.

>> Stacy: YES, WE WILL BE SEEING WARMER TEMPERATURES, ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND, HIGHS SHOULD BE IN THE 60s.

WE DO HAVE SOME PRECIPITATION OVERNIGHT AND PROBABLY THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING, WITH A LITTLE BIT OF COOL DOWN IN THE AREA FOR TOMO >> 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, WE HAVE SEEN SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OUT THERE AS A WEATHER SYSTEM IS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE CHANCES OF SOME RAIN, MAYBE SOME FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, MAYBE MIXED PRECIPITATION IN THE AREA TOMORROW MORNING.

WE WILL SEE A BRIEF COOL DOWN TOMORROW, HIGHS WILL BE IN THE 40s, BUT EXPECT 50s AND SUNSHINE ON FRIDAY, WITH HIGHS IN THE 60s FOR THE WEEKEND.

IN BEMIDJI, 38 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.

THE DEW POINT IS 29, HUMIDITY IS IN AT 72%.

IN BRAINERD, WE HAVE FAIR SKIES, 45 DEGREES, 35 IS OUR DEW POINT, PRESSURE IS FALLING, AND WINDS ARE EAST AT 6 MILES PER HOUR.

LOOKING AT OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR PICTURE, WE HAVE A LOT OF CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE AREA AND WE HAVE MAD -- HAD SOME SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

WE'LL HAVE THE CHANCE OF MAINLY RAIN, POSSIBLY SOME FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT, ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS STILL POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW, WE'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A TRANSITION TO SOME MIXED PRECIPITATION IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA, SO SOME RAIN CONTINUING IN THE MORNING IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA, BUT IT DOES LOOK LIKE WE WILL HAVE A COOL DOWN TOMORROW BEFORE THAT WARMER AIR RETURNS LATE THIS WEEK.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, SAMROSE SENDING US THIS PICTURE OF THE GRAY SKIES OVER UPPER RED LAKE THIS MORNING.

CARRIE IN WALKER WITH HER CAT MAKING A FRIEND THIS MORNING.

YOU CAN SEE THE CLOUDS IN THE DISTANCE THERE.

ARLENE IN MENAHGA WITH A PICTURE OF THE RAINBOW THAT FORMED AFTER THE THUNDER THIS EVENING AND CODY AT EAST GULL LAKE CATCHING A GLIMPSE OF A RAINBOW AFTER THE THUNDERSTORM.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE WITH SOME SUNSHINE THROUGH THE CLOUDS THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE WITH US TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A HIGH OF 55.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, THURND TONIGHT, TOPPING OUT AT 54.

LOOKING AT OUR ALMANAC, 54 WAS THE HIGH IN BRAINERD, A LITTLE BIT ABOVE THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE.

36 WAS OUR LOW AND WE HAD SUNSET AT 3 MINUTES BEFORE 8:00.

BEMIDJI TOPPING OUT AT 51, SO AGAIN JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOVE THAT AVERAGE HIGH, 38 FOR THE LOW, AND 6:40 WAS OUR SUNRISE.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, WE DO START OUT THE DAY WITH SOME POSSIBLE MIX PRECIPITATION, SOME SNOW AND RAIN, POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN, MAINLY IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE.

WE'LL PUT THIS IN MOTION AND WE WILL SEE IN EASTERN MINNESOTA THAT CHANCE OF THE MIXED PRECIPITATION, SHOWERS, AND SNOW SHOWERS.

YOU CAN SEE THAT AS IT BEGINS TO MOVE.

OVERALL, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY.

WE SHOULD HAVE PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AS WE HEAD INTO FRIDAY AND WE WILL BE SEEING WARMER TEMPERATURES.

WE HAVE THE BRIEF COOL DOWN FOR TOMORROW WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 40s ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA AND IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WE ARE LOOKING AT UPPER 40s, MAYBE LITTLE FALLS AROUND 50 DEGREES.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST, MOSTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW AND AGAIN THROUGH THE EVENING, THERE MAY BE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS.

WE'RE LOOKING AT LOWS NEAR 32.

THEN TOMORROW, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY, A CHANCE FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION IN EASTERN MINNESOTA AND MOST OF THAT WILL OCCUR IN THE MORNING.

47 FOR THE HIGH WITH NORTH WINDS AT 5 TO 15.

HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR WEEKEND FORECAST, MOSTLY SUNNY AND 57 ON FRIDAY, HIGH TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE 60s THIS WEEKEND, BUT ESPECIALLY LATE THIS WEEKEND, THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RETURNING, SOME RAIN AND POSSIBLY RAIN OR SNOW IN THE AREA ON MONDAY.

HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE BACK TO ABOUT 50.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: THANKS STACY.

CHARLIE HAS THE NIGHT OFF AND MATTHEW IS IN WITH THE SPORTS.

>> Matthew: YES, SOME WEATHER DELAYED THEM FROM THEIR OPENER.

THEY HAVE BEEN ON A LOSING STREAK WITH THEIR HOME OPENER WE WILL SEE IF THEY CAN >>> SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED BY PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS.

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

>> Matthew: BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY SOFTBALL TEAM HAS SEEN BETTER DAYS.

THE BEAVERS CURRENTLY SIT AT A 16 AND 24 RECORD AND LOST THEIR LAST 5 GAMES IN A ROW.

THEY MADE IT 6 GAMES AFTER THEY LOST 4 TO 2 EARLIER TODAY AGAINST MINNESOTA CROOKSTON IN THE FIRST GAME OF A DOUBLE-HEADER BUT THE BEAVS WOULDN'T TAKE THAT LOSS SO EASILY, ESPECIALLY WITH IT BEING THE FIRST REAL HOME GAME FOR THE BEAVS THIS SEASON.

STARTING THINGS OFF IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SECOND, AUBREY AUCKERMAN CRACKS THIS DOWN THE FIELD ALLOWING MOLLY HOUTS TO BE THE FIRST TO SCORE FOR THE BEAVS.

1 OF 3 RUNS FOR MOLLY DURING THIS GAME.

THE BEAVS WOULD PICK UP ANOTHER RUN IN THE SECOND BUT LATER ON IN THE 3RD INNING, MARIAH STEVENSON IS ABLE TO SINGLE THIS TO THE RIGHT FIELD.

MEANWHILE, AIMEE CHRISTENSON SNEAKS THIS RUN IN TO PUT THE BEAVS UP 3-0.

BSU WERE NOT LETTING UP ON THE BREAKS EITHER, EVENTUALLY SCORING 8 RUNS BEFORE MORGAN BENEDICT CRACKED IT TO THE RIGHT CORNER, ALLOWING JOSIE KAPPES TO SCORE HER LONE RUN FOR THE NIGHT.

FRESHMAN PITCHER KENNEDY JOACHIM PITCHED A COMPLETE FIVE-INNING GAME TO END THE DOUBLE-HEADER, ALLOWING JUST ONE SCORE OFF OF SEVEN HITS TO EARN HER 10TH WIN OF THE SEASON.

BSU WOULD SPLIT THE HOME DOUBLE-HEADER WITH THE GOLDEN EAGLES, BRINGING THE BEAVS TO A 3-13 NSIC CONFERENCE RECORD.

>>> SOME OTHER SCHOOLS FOR YOU.

IN HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL.

PIERZ WINS AGAINST STAPLES MOTLEY.

THEN IN A DOUBLE HEADER, PARK RAPIDS GETTING THE WIN OVER STAPLES MOTLEY.

THEN THE MINNESOTA WILD CURRENTLY HOLD THE SECOND SPOT IN THE WILDCARD COMING INTO TONIGHT'S GAME, HOSTING THE SAN JOSE SHARKS.

TONIGHT WAS A HIGH SCORING AFFAIR.

JUMPING TO THE BEGINNING OF THE THIRD, JOEL WHO MISSED THE LAST 21 GAMES TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE POWER PLAY TO SCORE HIS THIRD GOAL OF THE NIGHT.

HE WASN'T DONE THERE.

JUST A MINUTE LATER, HE COMPLETES THE TEXAS HAT-TRICK, ONLY THE SECOND WILD PLAYER TO DO SO AND THAT PUTS THEM UP 7-4 EARLY IN THE THIRD AND THE SHARKS WOULD TIE THE GAME UP AND KHALIL MAKING A RETURN SINCE JANUARY 26TH, MAKES IT SECOND GOAL OF THE NIGHT TO WIN THE GAME FOR THE WILD.

THAT WILL BE THE SECOND HIGHEST GAME IN THE WILD'S HISTORY AFTER A SCORE OF 8-7 IN OVERTIME.

>>> SOME OTHER SCORES FOR YOU, THE MINNESOTA TWINS WOULD WIN OUT AGAINST THE KANSAS CITY ROYALS 4-0.

>>> WELL, 3 SENIORS WITH THE BEMIDJI HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM SIGNED THEIR LETTERS OF INTENT EARLIER TODAY, COMMITTING TO PLAY FOOTBALL AT THE NEXT LEVEL.

LINEBACKER, JACK CARON, SIGNED WITH CONCORDIA MOORHEAD, WHILE EPHRAM BOUCHER AND DAWSON DEGELDER, WHO HELPED LEAD THE LUMBERJACKS TO AVERAGE OVER 300 RUSHING YARDS A GAME LAST SEASON, SIGNED WITH SAINT SCHOLASTICA AND THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-EAU CLAIRE RESPECTIVELY.

>> I DIDN'T THINK I COULD BUT MY DAD WENT THERE, I LOVE THE SCHOOL, I LOVE THE COACHES.

MY GRANDPA COACHED THERE FOR 15 YEARS.

>> THIS ONE YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW.

I WANTED TO EXPERIENCE SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

I LOVE THE CAMPUS, DULUTH, AND THE COACHES WERE AMAZING.

THAT'S THE MAIN REASON I DECIDED TO GO THERE.

>> THE GOAL IS TO GET BETTER, GET FASTER, IMPROVE FROM WHERE I AM AT.

IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT.

I'M GOING TO BE ON A DIET PROGRAM, LIVING BY MYSELF.

THE GOAL IS TO BETTER AND FASTER AND MAKE MY WAY TO THE STARTING SPOT ON THE ROSTER.

>> Matthew: IT WAS A PLEASURE TALKING TO THOSE GUYS AND GOOD LUCK TO THOSE GUYS.

>> Dennis: GOOD FOR THEM AND GOOD LUCK TO THEM ON THE NEXT LEVEL.

IT'S ALWAYS FUN.

THANKS MATTHEW.

>>> APRIL IS PARKINSON'S AWARENESS MONTH.

NEARLY 90,000 PEOPLE IN THE U.S. ARE DIAGNOSED WITH THIS DISEASE EVERY YEAR.

BECAUSE MANY EARLY SYMPTOMS MAY BE SUBTLE OR NOT SPECIFIC TO ONE DISEASE, HEALTH OFFICIALS BELIEVE MANY PEOPLE ARE LIVING WITH THIS ILLNESS WITHOUT KNOWING IT.

IN TODAY'S HEALTH MINUTE, MANDY GAITHER HAS THE WARNING SIGNS OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE THAT EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW RIGHT NOW.

>> Reporter: BEHIND ALZHEIMER DISEASE, IT'S THE SECOND MOST COMMON NEURO DEGENERATIVE DISORDER IN THE U.S.

IT AFFECT IT IS CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM, CAUSING PEOPLE TO HAVE DIFFICULTY CONTROLLING THEIR BODY AND IT WORSENS OVERTIME.

>> WE LOSE 80% TO 90% OF OUR CELLS.

THESE CELLS, BEFORE WE NOTICE THE SYMPTOMS OF THIS DISEASE.

>> Reporter: THE DOCTOR SAYS THAT ONE OF THE EARLIEST SIGNS COULD BE A SLIGHT TREMOR OR SHAKINESS, SOMETIMES IN YOUR THUMB, INDEX FINGER.

>> ONE THING WITH PARKINSON'S, IT'S ASYMMETRIC, SO IT STARTS WITH SYMPTOMS ON ONE SIDE AND THEN DEVELOPS TO BOTH SIDES.

>> Reporter: OTHER WARNING SIGNS INCLUDE STIFFNESS, DIFFICULTY WITH MOVEMENT, FREEZING OF GATE WHERE A PERSON HAS A HARD TIME STARTING TO WALK, A FACE THAT BECOMES EXPRESSIONLESS, THE PERSON CAN NO LONGER SHOW EMOTIONS, SPEECH MAY BECOME SOFTER, AND WRITING MAY LOOK SMALLER, AND THERE COULD BE A SLEEP DISORDER THAT DEVELOPS.

>> PATIENTS WILL START ACTING OUT THEIR DREAMS AND THEY WILL START TO GET VERY, VERY PHYSICAL IN THEIR DREAMS.

>> Reporter: PATIENTS MAY ALSO DEVELOP ASTOOP POSTURE, LIKE THEY'RE LEANING FORWARD, BLOOD PRESSURE ISSUES, A PERSISTENT LOSS OF THE SENSE OF SMELL, AND DIZZINESS WHEN THE PERSON STANDS UP AND CONSTIPATION COULD BE A PROBLEM.

>> IF WE CATCH IT EARLY, WE CAN TREAT IT EARLY.

>> Reporter: FOR HEALTH MINUTE, I'M MANDY GAITHER.

>> THERE'S NO CURE FOR PARKINSON'S DISEASE BUT THE DOCTOR SAYS AEROBIC EXERCISE MAY SLOW DOWN THE ONSET OF SYMPTOMS AND IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE.

>>> NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER LOOK AT WEATHER.

>> Stacy: RAIN OR SNOW OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS, AND A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO POSSIBLE.

MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH LOWS NEAR 32.

TOMORROW, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY, A CHANCE FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION IN EASTERN MINNESOTA IN THE MORNING, HIGH TEMPERATURES NEAR 47.

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

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

>> Matthew: GOOD NIGHT.

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