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>> LAKELAND PBS IS PROUD TO PRESENT LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

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.

>>> MINNESOTA'S 2026 PRIMARY ELECTION SAW A RECORD TURNOUT AT THE POLLS YESTERDAY.

THE SECRETARY OF STATES OFFICE SAYS MORE THAN 1.1 MILLION MINNESOTANS VOTED THIS YEAR, THAT'S ABOUT 25-PERCENT OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS IN MINNESOTA AND THE FIRST TIME MORE THAN ONE MILLION VOTES HAVE BEEN CAST IN A MINNESOTA PRIMARY.

THE PREVIOUS HIGH WAS 925,000 IN 2018.

AND WITH THE RESULTS NOW IN WE KNOW WHO THE CANDIDATES WILL BE IN ALL THE RACES SLATED FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER.

AND ONE THING IS CERTAIN, MINNESOTA WILL HAVE A WOMAN AS GOVERNOR FOR THE FIRST TIME.

ANY KLOBUCHAR WON THE DFL PRIMARY CONVINCINGLY AND WILL NOW FACE MINNESOTA SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE LISA DEMUTH.

DEMUTH TOPPED THE PARTIES ENDORSED CANDIDATE KENDAL QUALLS AND PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ENDORSED CANDIDATE MIKE LINDELL IN THE PRIMARY.

TINA SMITH IS RETIRING FROM THE U.S.

SENATE AND THE RACE TO FILL HER SEAT WILL MATCH UP LT.

GOVERNOR PEGGY FLANAGAN FROM THE D.F.L.

AND FORMER TV SPORTS ANNOUNCER MICHELE TAFOYA FROM THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

THE 7TH DISTRICT CONGRESSIONAL RACE WILL HAVE INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN MICHELLE FISCHBACK FACING DEMOCRAT ERIK OSBERG.

IN THE 8TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT TRINA SWANSON WON THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY AND WILL NOW GO UP AGAINST INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN PETE STAUBER.

SOME FINAL RESULTS NOW FROM SOME STATE LEGISLATIVE RACES.

A BIG ONE IN SENATE DISTRICT 5 AS CURRENT 5-B STATE REP MIKE WIENER TOPS INCUMBENT DISTRICT FIVE SENATOR PAUL UTKE BY ABOUT 200 VOTES.

WEINER WILL FACE SKYLAR FYNBOH FROM THE D.F.L.

PARTY IN THE GENERAL ELECTION.

ALSO INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN NATHAN WESENBERG WINS EASILY IN DISTRICT 10.

DFLER TARA KILLEN WILL OPPOSE WESENBERG IN THE GENERAL ELECTION.

ANOTHER INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN JOSH HEINTZEMAN WINS BY AN EVEN BIGGER MARGIN IN HOUSE DISTRICT 6-B AND WILL NOW FACE NICKY HARDY FROM THE D.F.L.

PARTY IN NOVEMBER AND IN HOUSE 10-A INCUMBENT RON KRESHA IS NOT SEEKING RE-ELECTION AFTER SEVEN TERMS IN OFFICE AND MARK STRIEMER EARNS THE RIGHT TO REPRESENT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN THE GENERAL ELECTION.

THE D.F.L.

CANDIDATE IS MELISSA MAERTENS.

AND A FEW COUNTY RACES THAT DID NOT HAVE FINAL RESULTS LAST NIGHT WHEN WE WERE ON THE AIR.

DAWN ESPE AND INCUMBENT ROSEMARY FRANZEN ARE THE TWO CANDIDATES THAT ADVANCE TO THE GENERAL ELECTION FOR CROW WING COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT FOUR.

BRYAN SAVALOJA AND MILO SCOTT MOVE ON TO THE WADENA COUNTY SHERIFFS GENERAL ELECTION.

AND ADAM GUNDERSON AND CLARENCE LACROIX DO THE SAME FOR THE CLEARWATER COUNTY SHERIFFS ELECTION.

>>> TO IMPROVE VOTER CONFIDENCE THE CROW WING COUNTY OFFICIALS HAVE CRACKED DOWN ON VOTING THIS ELECTION YEAR MAKING SURE THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE INTEGRITY OF THE ELECTION PROCESS.

OUR REPORTER XZAYVER CURRY HAS MORE INFORMATION.

>> Reporter: AT -- AFTER HOURS OF VOTING, NOW THAT VOTES ARE CAST, THE REAL WORK BEGINS.

>> I'M HERE AT PRECINCT 2 AND MY JOB IS TO OVERSEE THE OTHER JUDGES.

AFTER THE POLLS CLOSE, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CLOSING THINGS, COUNTING TOTAL VOTES, MAKING SURE EVERYTHING, ALL THE NUMBERS MATCH, AND JUST TO MAINTAIN INTEGRITY WITH THE ELECTION PROCESS.

>> Reporter: THIS YEAR'S PRIMARY HAD THE LARGEST NUMBER OF VOTES IN CROW WING COUNTY, EXCEEDING THE PREVIOUS HIGH RECORDED IN 2018 BY 121 VOTES.

>> WE HAD A PRETTY POSITIVE TURNOUT.

WE SAW A 23.9% ELIGIBLE VOTER TURN OUT FOR THE PRIMARY ELECTION.

MINNESOTA IS THE LEADER IN VOTER TURNOUT AND WE HOPE TO CONTINUE THAT IN THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION.

>> Reporter: OFFICIALS SAY THIS WAS A STRONG YEAR OF ABSENTEE BALLOT VOTES, WITH OVER 5,000 MAIN-IN BALLOTS SUBMITTED, JUST SHY OF 3,000 BALLOTS RECEIVED.

>> WE'RE SEEING NEWS STORIES AND THE STATE SAYING MORE PEOPLE ARE EXERCISING THEIR RIGHT FOR ABSENTEE VOTING, EITHER THROUGH THE ABSENTEE BALLOT PROCESS OR EARLY VOTING, AND WHEN THAT TAKES PLACE, IT MAKES IT EASIER.

THERE IS NO REASON TO NOT VOTE WITH THE PROCESSES SET UP IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA.

>> Reporter: OFFICIALS WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT EACH VOTE IS REVIEWED AND THEY WANT TO ELIMINATE STIGMA ON THE INTEGRITY OF THE VOTING PROCESS.

>> I THINK IT'S AN HONOR TO SERVE IN THIS PERSPECTIVE, A WAY TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

THE VOTERS IN THE PRECINCT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT INTEGRITY, VOTING TWICE, THOSE SORT OF ISSUES.

I MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BRAINERD, XZAYVER CURRY, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 13TH, THE CROW WING COUNTY CANVASS BOARD WILL CONVENE AND REVIEW THE UNOFFICIAL TOTALS OF THE ELECTION.

>>> BIG CHANGES ARE IN STORE IN THE FUTURE FOR BEMIDJI BREWING WHICH IS BEING ACQUIRED BY FULTON BREWING.

AFTER A DECADE AT ITS CURRENT LOCATION, BEMIDJI BREWING NOW PRODUCES JUST OVER 4,000 BARRELS OF BEER ANNUALLY AND HAS REACHED ITS BREWING CAPACITY.

SO THEY REACHED A DEAL TO BE ACQUIRED BY FULTON BREWING IN THE FALL, TO FURTHER THEIR REACH.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK HAS THE DETAILS.

>> FULTON AND TRUE NORTH BEVERAGE, A COLLABORATIVE VISION PUT FORTH BY FULTON HAS ACQUIRED THE WHOLESALE SIDE OF BEMIDJI BREWING.

THIS ESSENTIALLY MEANS WE WILL BE ABLE TO LEAN ON THEIR RESOURCES AND THEIR PRODUCTION FACILITY IN MINNEAPOLIS, TO ALLOW THE BREWING BRAND TO REACH FURTHER MARKETS AND HAVE THE CAPABILITY PRIOR TO THIS.

>> Reporter: BEMIDJI BREWING HAS BEEN CO PACKING WITH FULTON FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS, WITH 20% OF THEIR PRODUCTION TAKING PLACE IN MINNEAPOLIS TO DECREASE THE LOAD ON THE BEMIDJI FACILITY.

WITH THE ACQUISITION SET TO BEGIN ON OCTOBER 31ST, THE TAP ROOM WILL REMAIN UNDER THE CURRENT OWNERSHIP.

>> SO NOW WITH THIS OPPORTUNITY, WE GET TO LOOK INWARD AND FOCUS ON THOSE EXPERIMENTAL BATCHES, THOSE INNOVATIVE BATCHES.

>> ANY OF THE BRANDS THAT HIT THE TAP ROOM HERE, TRUE NORTH BEVERAGE IS GOING TO EXCISE THE ABILITY TO BRING THAT TO SCALE AND HAVE THAT BROUGHT TO THE WIDER MARKET AND HAVE THOSE MEET OUR MARKET IN THE PLACES WE'VE BEEN AND NEW TERRITORIES WE HAVE NOT YET TREAD.

>> Reporter: THEY SAID THE NEW DEAL IS A POSITIVE SITUATION, PARTNERING WITH FULTON'S 60,000 SQUARE FOOT MINUTE -- MINNEAPOLIS.

>> TRUE NORTH IS AN EXTENSION OF THAT WHERE WE'RE LOOKING TO BRING IN OTHER BRANDS WHO ARE IN NEED OF THE BROADER RESOURCES THAT A COMPANY LIKE OURS CAN PROVIDE.

>> MOST OF THE STAFF REMAIN UNCHANGED.

OUR TAP ROOM STAFF REMAINS UNCHANGED.

WE HAVE ABOUT 15 TO 18 FOLKS THAT ARE SPREAD ACROSS SALES AND PRODUCTION.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE GOING TO EITHER MOVE ON TO LIVE UNDER THE TRUE NORTH UMBRELLA TO HELP WITH THE SALES EFFORT.

>> I THINK THE UNDERLYING INSIGHT AND SOLUTION WE COME TO IS HEY LOOK, THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT BRANDS THAT HAVE GREAT FUTURES, BUT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THEY ALL HAVE TO BE SET UP AS THE SAME COMPANY AND PHYSICAL REAL ESTATE LOCATION IN THE SAME WAY THEY ALWAYS HAVE BEEN.

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

>> THE TYPES OF BEER, LOGOS, AND PACKAGING WILL ALL REMAIN AS THEY ARE NOW UNDER BEMIDJI BREWING, BUT WILL BE BREWED AND DISTRIBUTED UNDER THE TRUE NORTH UMBRELLA.

>>> BLACK BEARS ARE CAUSING PROBLEMS IN CASS COUNTY.

THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE THERE IS REMINDING RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS FOLLOWING AN INCREASE IN BEAR ACTIVITY AND HUMAN-BEAR INTERACTIONS THROUGHOUT THE AREA.

RECENTLY, THE CASS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE RESPONDED TO A NUMBER OF INCIDENTS INVOLVING BEARS, INCLUDING: THREE SEPARATE INCIDENTS INVOLVING BEARS ENTERING OCCUPIED HOMES.

A BEAR ENTERING A TENT AT A CAMPGROUND.

MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES INVOLVING BEARS.

BEARS GETTING INTO GARBAGE OR ATTEMPTING TO ACCESS GARBAGE.

A BEAR DAMAGING A VEHICLE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GET INTO A REAR TONNEAU COVER.

BEARS REPEATEDLY HANGING AROUND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES WHILE SEARCHING FOR AVAILABLE FOOD SOURCES.

RESIDENTS AND VISITORS CAN HELP REDUCE BEAR ENCOUNTERS BY REMOVING OR SECURING POTENTIAL FOOD SOURCES AROUND HOMES, CABINS, CAMPSITES AND BUSINESSES.

THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ALSO REMINDS THE PUBLIC NEVER TO INTENTIONALLY APPROACH, CORNER, CHASE OR ATTEMPT TO PHOTOGRAPH A BEAR AT CLOSE RANGE.

GIVE BEARS PLENTY OF SPACE AND ALLOW THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEAVE THE AREA.

IF A BEAR IS REPEATEDLY ENTERING A HOME, VEHICLE OR OTHER STRUCTURE, OR IS DISPLAYING AGGRESSIVE OR UNUSUAL BEHAVIOR, CONTACT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE APPROPRIATE WILDLIFE AUTHORITIES.

>>> THE LEECH LAKE DIVISION OF RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IS WARNING AGAINST SWIMMING NEAR A BEACH ON LAKE WINNIE NEAR BENA.

THE WATER RESOURCES PROGRAM HAS DETECTED UNSAFE LEVELS OF E.COLI BACTERIA AT BENA BEACH SWIMMING IS NO LONGER RECOMMEND SWIMMING AT THIS LOCATION DUE TO UNSAFE CONDITIONS.

OFFICIALS WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR E-COLI LEVELS AT THIS LOCATION AND WILL NOTIFY THE PUBLIC ONCE LEVELS ARE DEEMED SAFE.

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

>> Stacy: THERE MAY BE A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW, BUT A BETTER CHANCE ARISES AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, THE >> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪] >>> NHL PLAYERS, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEN'S AND WOMEN'S HOCKEY PLAYERS, AND MANY MORE STOPPED BY THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA FOR THE INAUGURAL PNC HOCKEY DAY MINNESOTA CLASSIC TOURNAMENT THIS AFTERNOON.

POWERED BY PNC BANK AND HOSTED AT MADDEN'S ON GULL LAKE'S CLASSIC COURSE, THE TOURNAMENT'S MISSION INVOLVED HELPING SUPPORT THE FUNDING FOR HOCKEY DAY MINNESOTA 2027 WHILE ALSO HELPING EXPAND LOCAL YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES.

REPORTER MILES WALKER HAS THE STORY.

>> Reporter: THE BRAINERD HOCKEY DAY MINNESOTA 2027 COMMITTEE BROUGHT THE LIKES OF CHICAGO BLACK HAWK AND BRAINERD ALUM SMITH, AND NATE, AND PLENTY MORE TOGETHER FOR AN AFTERNOON DEDICATED TO PROMOTING ONE OF THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA'S BIGGEST EVENTS.

>> THE WAY THE TOWN SHOWS OUT AND THAT KIND OF THING.

IT'S AWESOME.

TO BE A PART OF IT AND HOPEFULLY PUT ON A GREAT EVENT HERE IN BRAINERD.

IT'S GOING TO BE AWESOME.

IT REALLY MEANS A LOT TO HAVE SOME COLLEGE GUYS, PRO GUYS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE, PLAYED IN MINNESOTA HOCKEY TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT.

>> Reporter: BUSINESS OWNERS, ALUMS, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, AND MANY MORE STOPPED BY TO HELP SUPPORT HOCKEY DAY MINNESOTA'S CAUSE.

>> I HAVE BEEN A PART OF EVERY HOCKEY DAY.

THE FIRST ONE WAS IN 2007 AND I HAVE BEEN A PART OF EVERY SINGLE ONE IN SOME WAY.

WHAT AMAZES ME IS THIS STUFF.

EVERY COMMUNITY SEEMS TO OUTDO THE PREVIOUS.

>> Reporter: THOSE SUPPORTING THE COMMITTEE'S EFFORT GOT TO DO SO AT ONE OF THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA'S WELL-KNOWN GOLF COURSES, ENJOYING 18 HOLES AND FULL ACCESS OF THE FACILITY.

>> WE HAVE THE SWAG FOR THE BANQUET AND SEEING THE TEAMS, THEY'RE CHEERING AND HAVING A GOOD TIME.

IT'S FUN TO SEE THAT.

THE INTERACTIONS OF EVERYONE HAVING A GOOD TIME.

THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO HAVE.

>> Reporter: THE COMMITTEE IS LOOKING TO RAISE BETWEEN $2 MILLION AND $3 MILLION FOR THE EVENT.

THE COMMITTEE BELIEVES THAT THINGS ARE ON TRACK TOWARDS FULFILLING THE GOAL OF STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY PRIDE AND GENERATING ECONOMIC IMPACT AND UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCES, ULTIMATELY SOLIDIFYING THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA AS A DESTINATION AND A TRUE HOME TO HOCKEY.

>> IT COMES DOWN TO THE EXPERIENCE FOR THE KIDS.

WE WANT THEM TO HAVE HOCKEY IN THE COMMUNITY.

THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT IS TO STRENGTHEN IT AND GET THE COMMUNITY BACKING.

IT'S KNOWING THAT IT'S COMING AND EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY WHAT IT IS, AND HOW MUCH IT WILL IMPACT THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S A HUGE EVENT.

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

>> AND WHILE THE CAMERAMAN UNFORTUNATELY COULD NOT CAPTURE IT, CONGRATS TO U OF M MENS HOCKEY FRESHMAN BROOKS CULLEN ON KNOCKING DOWN A HOLE-IN-ONE ON HOLE TWO.

>>> THE LAKELAND PBS VACATION GIVEAWAY IS BACK THIS SUMMER.

THE GRAND PRIZE THIS YEAR IS A FOUR-NIGHT STAY AT CHASE ON THE LAKE IN WALKER AND A $200 RESORT GIFT CARD.

HERE ARE TONIGHTS FIVE POTENTIAL QUALIFIERS.

IF YOU SEE YOUR NAME TONIGHT, OR ANY NIGHT ON LAKELAND NEWS YOU CAN QUALIFY BY CALLING OUR VACATION GIVEAWAY HOTLINE NUMBER BEFORE 5:00 P.M.

THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY.

THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER WE ANOUNCE FIVE POTENTIAL QUALIFIERS EVERY WEEKNIGHT HERE ON LAKELAND NEWS THERE IS STILL TIME TO REGISTER FOR THE DRAWING.

YOU CAN DO THAT BY SENDING US A POSTCARD WITH YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NUMBER ON IT.

THEN WATCH LAKELAND NEWS TO SEE IF YOUR NAME IS DRAWN.

THOSE WHO CALL IN AND QUALIFY AFTER THEIR NAMES APPEAR GO IN TO THE POOL OF QUALIFIERS FOR THE GRAND DRAWING WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE DURING A LIVE DRAWING ON OUR MONDAY, AUGUST 31ST NEWSCAST.

>>> A LITTLE MORE THAN TWO WEEKS AWAY, I BELIEVE THAT IS STACY.

IT WILL BE HERE BEFORE WE KNOW IT.

>> Stacy: SUMMER HAS GONE FAST, IT REALLY HAS.

WE ARE STILL SEEING SOME SUMMER TEMPERATURES TODAY, HIGHS A LITTLE BIT ABOVE AVERAGE, A LOT OF HIGHS IN THE 80s.

WE DO HAVE SOME CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW, BUT A BETTER CHANCE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY.

I'LL HAVE ALL THE DETAILS O [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, IT WAS ANOTHER HAZY DAY OUT THERE TODAY.

WE HAD WARMER THAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR THE MOST PART, WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70s AND INTO THE 80s.

AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT, THERE MAY BE A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, SOME OF THOSE COULD LINGER INTO TOMORROW.

OTHERWISE, A QUIET DAY FOR US TOMORROW, HIGHS WILL BE PRETTY SEASONAL.

AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE WEEK, MORE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARRIVING FRIDAY NIGHT CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 67 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.

AT THE STUDIO, WINDS ARE CALM, HUMIDITY IS AT 72%.

IN BRAINERD, CLOUDY SKIES, 61 IS OUR DEW POINT, PRESSURE IS ON THE RISE AND WINDS ARE NORTHEAST AT 5 MILES PER HOUR.

ON OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING SOME INCREASING CLOUDS THIS EVENING, AND WE COULD SEE A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ROAMING THE AREA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT WITH SOME OF THOSE AGAIN LINGERING INTO MAINLY TOMORROW MORNING.

OTHERWISE, WE WILL BE SEEING VARIABLE CLOUDS, IT LOOKS LIKE TEMPERATURES WILL BE SEASONAL FOR US ONCE AGAIN TOMORROW, HIGHS IN THE 70s AND 80s.

THEN AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE WEEK ON FRIDAY NIGHT, WE COULD SEE SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RETURNING AND IT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT UNSETTLED TO START THE WEEKEND.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, ARLENE SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE SUN RAYS COMING OVER THE CLOUDS FROM MENAHGA THIS MORNING.

SAMROSE WITH THE SUNRISE OVER LOWER RED LAKE.

GARY WITH THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE SKIES AND BLUE WATER IN DEERWOOD.

CHRISSY WITH THE SUNSHINE AND THE TREES IN DEERWOOD.

FLOWERS ARE IN BLOOM ACROSS THE AREA AND JOAN IN LAPORTE AND ANGELA AT CASS LAKE SENDING US THESE PHOTOS.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE WITH US TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, BOB IN BLUFFTON, JUST SAW UNDER 0.1-INCH OF RAIN OVERNIGHT, HIGH OF 85.

JOAN IN LAPORTE, HAZY AND 81.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUNNY AND HAZY.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, THE HIGH WAS 83.

CHRISSY IN DEERWOOD, HIGH OF 81.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A HIGH OF 81.

ON OUR ALMANAC, 84 WAS THE HIGH IN BRAINERD TODAY.

WE'RE ABOVE OUR AVERAGE HIGH OF 80.

WE STARTED OUT WITH A LOW OF 59, SUNSET TONIGHT AT 8:31.

BEMIDJI TOPPING OUT AT 79, SO VERY SEASONAL, 1 DEGREE ABOVE THE AVERAGE, 55 FOR THE LOW, AND SUNSET AT 8:36.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, WE MAY STILL SEE A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING HOURS, A FEW COULD LINGER INTO THE AFTERNOON.

OVERALL, IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL BE SEEING VARIABLE CLOUDS THROUGHOUT THE AREA.

TEMPERATURE-WISE, IT LOOKS SEASONAL ONCE AGAIN WITH HIGHS MAINLY IN THE UPPER 70s TO AROUND 80 IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, MAYBE JUST A LITTLE BIT COOLER IN FAR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, THE HIGHS SHOULD REACH INTO THE LOW, POSSIBLY SOME MID-80s.

SO OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, LOWS NEAR 58, VARIABLE WINDS UP TO 10.

VARIABLE CLOUDS TOMORROW, THERE MAY BE A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ROAMING THE AREA, ESPECIALLY EARLY.

HIGHS WILL BE NEAR 79, WITH NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15.

HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR WEEKEND FORECAST, WE COULD START TO SEE SOME SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MOVING INTO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OTHERWISE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY, AND 78.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING MORE LIKELY FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY.

HIGHS ON SATURDAY NEAR 77, BUT SUNSHINE IS BACK TO END THE WEEKEND AND IT LOOKS OVERALL FAIRLY QUIET, JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTH ON MONDAY.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THANKS STACY.

CHARLIE IS HERE NOW WITH OUR SPORTS AND A BSU FOOTBALL COACH HAD A GOOD OPPORTUNITY.

>> Charlie: YEAH, IT'S THE SECOND TIME HE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HANG OUT WITH AN NFL FOOTBALL TEAM, THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS.

HE'S BEEN THERE THE ENTIRE CAMP SO FAR THIS SEASON.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

[♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪] >>> BEMIDJI STATE CO-DEFENSIVE AND SPECIAL TEAMS COORDINATOR SHEVIN SMITH JUNIOR IS BACK IN TAMPA BAY FOR ANOTHER STINT OF LEARNING FROM SOME OF THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS WITH THE BUCCANEERS COACHING STAFF.

SMITH WAS ONE OF 25 COACHES FROM AROUND THE NATION THAT SPENT SEVERAL DAYS AT THE BUCS ROOKIE MINI CAMP IN MAY AS PART OF THEIR NATIONAL COACHING ACADEMY.

THE BEAVERS D-B COACH WAS ONE OF 5-COACHES INVITED BACK TO TAMPA TO WORK ALONGSIDE THE NFL COACHES DURING TRAINING CAMP WHICH BEGAN ON JULY 29TH.

HE WILL TRAVEL WITH THE BUCS TO NEW YORK THIS FRIDAY FOR THEIR FIRST PRE-SEASON GAME AGAINST THE JETS BEFORE HE RETURNS TO BEMIDJI AND HIS COACHING DUTIES WITH BEAVER FOOTBALL ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

>>> FORMER GRAND RAPIDS AND UMD GOALTENDER HUNTER SHEPARD WILL BE MOVING TO A CREASE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC IN THE EURASIAN-BASED KONTINENTAL HOCKEY LEAGUE, ALSO KNOWN AS THE KHL, AFTER INKING A 1-YEAR DEAL WITH BARYS ASTANA IN KAZAKHSTAN.

THE COHASSET NATIVE WON A NATIONAL TITLE AT MINNESOTA DULUTH IN 2019 AND WAS NAMED A CAPTAIN THE FOLLOWING SEASON, EARNING BACK-TO-BACK COLLEGE HOCKEY GOALIE OF THE YEAR HONORS.

SINCE GRADUATING, SHEPARD HAS SPENT MOST OF HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER PLAYING IN THE AHL FOR THE HERSHEY BEARS AND THIS PAST SEASON WITH BOTH THE BELLEVILLE SENATORS AND LAVAL ROCKETS, ALTHOUGH HE DID APPEAR IN A FEW GAMES FOR THE WASHINGTON CAPITALS DURING HIS CAREER AND ONE GAME FOR OTTAWA LAST YEAR.

>>> THERE'S STILL TEN GAMES LEFT IN THE WNBA'S 44-GAME REGULAR SEASON, BUT THE MINNESOTA LYNX HAVE ALREADY SECURED THEMSELVES A SPOT IN THE PLAYOFFS, THE ONLY TEAM TO DO SO THUS FAR.

THE LYNX ARE IN PORTLAND, THEY'RE 9-1 IN THEIR LAST 10.

THEY'RE STARTING THEIR LAST QUARTER THERE, AND 5 FOR 6 IN THE FIELD, WITH 14 POINTS, OLIVIA ALREADY HAD 11 ASSISTS.

>>> AFTER LAST NIGHT'S LOSS TO THE ORIOLES, TWINS TRYING TO BOUNCE BACK IN THE RUBBER MATCH OF THEIR HOME SERIES.

TRAILING 1-0 HERE IN THE 1ST, JOSH BELL SLAPS ONE TO RIGHT, GETS DOWN TO SCORE TREVOR LARNACH, THAT'S BELL'S TEAM LEADING 72ND RBI, KNOTS THE GAME AT ONE.

TOP 3, DYLAN BEAVERS WITH TWO ON, CRUSHES THE CURVEBALL, ALAN RODEN CAN ONLY WATCH AS IT SAILS INTO THE CROWD, 3-RUN SHOT MAKES IT 4-1 O'S.

BOTTOM HALF OF THE INNING, TWINS BACK TO WITHIN ONE, VICTOR CARATINI DELIVERS AN RBI SINGLE TO TIE THINGS UP.

NEXT BATTER, RODEN, ROCKETS ONE HIGH AND DEEP AND OFF THE CENTERFIELD WALL, HE WENT 3-FOR-3 THIS AFTERNOON AS THE TWINS TAKE A 5-4 LEAD, THEY GO ON TO WIN THIS ONE.

7-5 OVER BALTIMORE, AND IN DOING SO ALSO TAKE THE SERIES, TOMORROW THEY HAVE A SPECIAL GAME, IT IS THE FIELD OF DREAMS GAME BEING PLAYED IN THE CORNFIELD IN DYERSVILLE IOWA, THAT GAME IS BEING BROADCAST ON NETFLIX AT 6:30.

THAT WILL BE A COOL THING.

>> Dennis: IT WILL BE.

>> Charlie: YOU GET TO WALK TO THE CORNFIELD WHERE THEY FILMED.

>> Dennis: WHO ARE THEY PLAYING?

>> Charlie: I BELIEVE IT IS THE PHILLIES OR IT COULD BE THE REDS.

>> Dennis: OKAY, THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> AN ESTIMATED ONE MILLION AMERICANS ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE LYNCH SYNDROME.

IT'S A GENETIC DISORDER THAT PUTS A PERSON AT EXTREMELY HIGH RISK OF COLORECTAL CANCER AND MORE VULNERABLE TO CERTAIN OTHER CANCERS, AS WELL BUT RIGHT NOW, CLINICAL TRIALS ARE UNDERWAY TO TEST A VACCINE THAT COULD PROTECT THESE PATIENTS FROM THESE DISEASES IN THE FUTURE.

IN TODAY'S HEALTH MINUTE, MANDY GAITHER TALKS TO ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO ROLLED UP HER SLEEVE, HOPING THE SHOT HELPS HER AND HER CHILDREN AVOID DISEASES THAT HAVE KILLED OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS.

>> STACY NORTON'S MOTHER WAS IN HER EARLY 30s WHEN SHE DIED OF COLON CANCER.

AT AGE 25, HER SISTER PASSED AWAY FROM A BRAIN CANCER.

HER MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER HAD BOTH COLON AND UTERINE CANCER.

>> THERE IS A HUGE FAMILY HISTORY.

>> Reporter: NORTON IS ALSO AT AN EXTREMELY HIGH RISK OF DEVELOPING CANCER THROUGH GENETIC TESTING.

THIS OBGYN LEARNED SHE HAD LYNCH SYNDROME AND INHERITED THE GENE THAT IS ESTIMATED TO EFFECT 1 IN EVERY 279 PEOPLE IN THE U.S., BUT EXPERTS SAY MANY PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THEY HAVE IT BECAUSE AWARENESS IS LOW.

>> AT 47, I ACTUALLY HAD, WHAT I THOUGHT AT THE TIME A HISSER RECK MY AND I FOUND OUT I HAD UNION WRITTEN CANCER.

>> Reporter: THAT'S WHY SHE ROLLED HER SLEEVE FOR A VACCINE TESTED FOR EARLY CLINICAL TRIALS.

THEY HOPE THE VACCINE WILL TEACH THE IMMUNE SYSTEM TO ATTACK ABNORMAL CLUMPS OF CELLS BEFORE THEY TURN INTO CANCER.

>> JULY 21ST, I HAD A COLONOSCOPY AND THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I HAD NO POLYPS, WHICH IS HUGE FOR ME.

>> Reporter: SHE HOPES TO HAVE A FUTURE WITHOUT ANOTHER CANCER DIAGNOSIS AND HER CHILDREN WILL BE SPARED FROM THE DISEASE.

THEY TOO HAVE THE SAME SYNDROME.

>> IF WE DON'T DO THESE THINGS, WE WON'T MOVE MEDICINE FORWARD AND MAKE IT BETTER FOR EVERYBODY.

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

>> Dennis: AND A QUICK CHECK OF THE WEATHER WITH STACY.

>> Stacy: SOME THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT, BUT OTHERWISE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH A LOW OF 58.

>> Dennis: THAT WILL DO IT FOR US.

HAVE A GREAT NIGHT EVERYBODY.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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