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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.

[♪♪♪] >> Matthew: HEY EVERYONE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

MY NAME IS MATTHEW FREEMAN, FILLING IN FOR DENNIS WEIMANN WITH YOUR LAKELAND NEWS.

>>> THE CASS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS IDENTIFIED THE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE FOUND DECEASED IN THE HOUSE FIRE IN THE CITY OF OUTING, AND ARE NOW RULING THE INCIDENT AS A MURDER-SUICIDE.

ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE FOUND DECEASED IN WEDNESDAY'S RESIDENTIAL FIRE ARE 56-YEAR-OLD CONNIE LEA POLLOCK AND 63-YEAR-OLD JACK EUGENE POLLOCK.

WHEN FIRST RESPONDERS ARRIVED ON THE SCENE, THEY FOUND THE RESIDENCE FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES.

THE REMAINS OF CONNIE AND JACK POLLOCK WERE DISCOVERED INSIDE THE HOME DURING FIREFIGHTING EFFORTS.

AUTOPSIES CONDUCTED BY THE RAMSEY COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINERS OFFICE DETERMINED THAT CONNIE POLLOCK DIED FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE CHEST AND JACK POLLOCK DIED FROM A SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND.

AUTHORITIES HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THIS WAS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT.

THE INVESTIGATION REMAINS ONGOING BUT THE SHERIFFS OFFICE SAYS THERE IS NO ONGOING THREAT TO THE PUBLIC.

IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS EXPERIENCING A CRISIS, HELP IS AVAILABLE.

PLEASE REACH OUT TO LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES OR CALL/TEXT 988 FOR THE SUICIDE AND CRISIS LIFELINE.

>>> A DEER RIVER MAN WITH A WARRANT OUT FOR HIS ARREST IS NOW IN CUSTODY AFTER A STANDOFF WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT.

ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE FROM THE ITASCA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AT AROUND 7:15 THIS MORNING, OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A RESIDENCE IN DEER RIVER TO EXECUTE A FELONY ARREST WARRANT.

ONCE THEY ARRIVED, OFFICERS LEARNED THAT THE WANTED INDIVIDUAL, 36-YEAR-OLD, KYLE KANNAS, MAY BE INSIDE THE RESIDENCE AND POSSIBLY ARMED.

MULTIPLE LAW ENFORCEMENT TEAMS, INCLUDING K-9 TEAMS, ESTABLISHED A PERIMETER AND BEGAN EFFORTS TO SAFELY LOCATE AND APPREHEND THE SUSPECT.

OVER THE COURSE OF THE INCIDENT, OFFICERS MADE REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO COMMUNICATE WITH KANNAS AND SAFELY RESOLVE THE SITUATION.

DUE TO THE SUSPECTS LACK OF COMPLIANCE AND CONCERNS OVER THE PRESENCE OF FIREARMS INSIDE THE RESIDENCE, OFFICERS DEPLOYED WHAT THEY CALL SPECIALIZED RESOURCES TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OFFICERS, NEARBY RESIDENTS, AND THE SUSPECT.

AT APPROXIMATELY 10:00 A.M., KANNAS WAS LOCATED INSIDE THE HOME IN DEER RIVER AND TAKEN INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

NO INJURIES TO THE SUSPECT, OFFICERS, OR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE REPORTED.

KANNAS WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE ITASCA COUNTY JAIL.

>>> THE CROW WING COUNTY BOARD DISCUSSED ON MONDAY WHETHER OR NOT THE COUNTY SHOULD USE OPIOD SETTLEMENT FUNDS TO PAY FOR A ONE YEAR TRIAL OF A COMMUNITY PARAMEDIC.

THE POSITION WOULD SERVE ALONGSIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT, SCREENING AND REVIEWING CALLS AS WELL AS ACCOMPANYING LAW ENFORCEMENT ON CALLS THAT INVOLVE A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS OR OTHER COMMUNITY NEEDS.

HOWEVER THE BOARD WAS WEARY TO APPROVE THE POSITION AFTER A LACK OF CLARIFICATION AS TO HOW THE OPIOID FUNDS WOULD BE USED.

>> THIS ALMOST, JUST THIS PILOT PROJECT, THE COST OF IT WOULD USE UP ALMOST TWO-THIRDS OF THE OPIOID DOLLARS FOR WHAT YOU PROJECTED, FOR 2025.

>> I DON'T FEEL THAT IT MEETS THE CRITERIA THAT THE MONEY SHOULD BE USED FOR, WHICH IS PREVENTION.

>> THE BOARD ULTIMATELY DECIDED TO TABLE THE VOTE UNTIL THEY RECEIVE MORE CLARIFICATION ON THE RELATED COSTS OF THE POSITION.

>>> A LEVEL THREE PREDATORY OFFENDER HAS MOVED TO A NEW RESIDENCE IN THE CITY OF BRAINERD.

THE BRAINERD POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS THAT AS OF JULY 27TH.

39-YEAR-OLD, JOSHUA TROMBLAY IS RESIDING IN THE VICINITY OF THE 400 BLOCK OF 1ST AVENUE NORTHEAST.

TROMBLAY ENGAGED IN SEXUAL CONTACT AGAINST A KNOWN FEMALE, THAT INCLUDED PENETRATION WHILE THE VICTIM WAS SLEEPING.

TROMBLAY GAINED ACCESS TO THE VICTIM BY EXPLOITING HIS ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIP OF TRUST TO ENTER HER HOME.

HE WAS RELEASED FROM INCARCERATION IN NOVEMBER OF 2023.

THE BRAINERD POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS THAT TROMBLAY IS NOT WANTED BY THE POLICE AND THAT THIS NOTIFICATION IS NOT INTENDED TO INCREASE FEAR IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT TO KEEP THE PUBLIC INFORMED.

POLICE ASK THE PUBLIC TO REPORT CRIMINAL ACTIVITY BY THIS OFFENDER, OR ANY OTHER PERSON, BY CALLING 9-1-1.

>>> THE NATIONAL HOT ROD ASSOCIATION LUCAS OIL NATIONALS IS BACK IN BRAINERD FOR THE 43RD TIME, WITH BOTH RACERS AND RACING FANS GATHERING FROM THEIR BACKYARDS OR EVEN FROM MANY STATES AND COUNTRIES AWAY.

REPORTER MILES WALKER HAS MORE ON WHAT THE ANNUAL DRAG RACING EVENT MEANS FOR THE CITY.

>> Reporter: FOR AN EVENT TO STAND THE TEST OF TIME, FOR NEARLY HALF A CENTURY, THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING PULLING A TRACTION AND FOR LUCAS, AT BRAINERD INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY, LOOK NO FURTHER THAN THE TRACK.

>> THE POWER, THE SPEED, THE SOUND, THE EXCITEMENT OF DRAG RACING, COMING UP ON OUR 75th SEASON NEXT YEAR.

THERE IS NOTHING QUICKER, FASTER, MORE EXTREME IN THE WORLD OF MOTORSPORTS AND IT KEEPS PEOPLE COMING BACK.

THIS IS THE EPICENTER OF THE CAR CULTURE.

PEOPLE THAT LOVE CARS AND A GOOD TIME, THEY COME TO BIR.

>> Reporter: THE FOUR DAY EVENT IS ONLY A PIECE TO THE PUZZLE AS RACING FANS FILE INTO THE SITE WEEKS IN ADVANCE TO EXPERIENCE THE ZOO.

>> THE ZOO IS A CREATURE OF ITSELF.

IT'S BASICALLY ANOTHER EVENT WITHIN THIS EVENT.

>> HAVING THAT ASPECT OF THE ZOO WITH THE CAMPGROUND, WE LIKE TO GO OUT TO THE ZOO AT LEAST ONCE A WEEKEND.

I MET PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT HAVE BEEN GOING TO THE ZOO FOR DECADES, THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN TO THE RACES BEFORE.

THAT LETS YOU KNOW HOW BIG AND CRAZY THE ZOO CAN GET OUT THERE.

>> Reporter: WHILE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT IS ALWAYS APPARENT FROM LUCAS OIL NATIONAL.

>> PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD, LITERALLY, TO RACE THEIR CARS ON THE 3 MILE ROAD COURSE.

THEY WORK, TO BE IN THE RESTAURANTS, TO GET TO KNOW THE COMMUNITY, IT'S INVALUABLE.

>> Reporter: THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF HAVING DECORATED RACERS BEING ABLE TO INTERACT WITH THE PUBLIC MEANS THE WORLD TO ENTHUSIASTS.

>> THAT CHANGES THE EXPERIENCE OF OUR SPECTATORS.

THEY WALK UP TO THE ROPE WHILE THEY'RE WORKING ON THESE CARS, THEY FIRE THEM UP, AND NITRO IS BURNING THEIR EYES, AND THEY'RE DOING THEIR WARM UPS.

THAT'S SOMETHING YOU DON'T GET ANYWHERE ELSE.

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

>> NHRA NATIONALS WILL BE UNDERWAY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON, FANS CAN STILL PURCHASE A TICKET FOR THE EVENT AT THE BRAINERD INTERNATIONAL RACEWAYS MAIN ENTRANCE.

>>> VANCE BOELTER, THE MINNESOTA MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING A TOP DEMOCRATIC STATE LAWMAKER AND WOUNDING ANOTHER IS NOW FACING NEW AND UPGRADED STATE CHARGES.

A NEW INDICTMENT WAS ANNOUNCED THURSDAY, JUST A WEEK AFTER BOELTER PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO SEPARATE CHARGES IN FEDERAL COURT.

HE NOW FACES STATE CHARGES INCLUDING TWO COUNTS OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER, FOUR COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER, AND CHARGES OF IMPERSONATING A POLICE OFFICER AND ANIMAL CRUELTY.

HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY MARY MORIARTY SAID THE CHARGES REFLECT THE WEIGHT OF THE CRIMES BOELTER IS ACCUSED OF.

BUT THE STATE CASE WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE A BACKSEAT TO THE FEDERAL CASE AGAINST BOELTER IN WHICH HE COULD FACE THE DEATH PENALTY.

>>> THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SAYS IT WILL SEEK THE DEATH PENALTY AGAINST A MEMBER OF THE ZIZIANS GROUP ACCUSED OF KILLING U.S. BORDER PATROL AGENT, DAVID MALAND FROM MINNESOTA, IN VERMONT.

THE ANNOUNCEMENT IS THE LATEST EXAMPLE OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATIONS PUSH FOR MORE FEDERAL EXECUTIONS.

TERESA YOUNGBLUT IS PART OF A GROUP OF YOUNG COMPUTER SCIENTISTS CONNECTED TO SIX KILLINGS IN THREE STATES.

SHE INITIALLY FACED WEAPONS CHARGES AFTER THE FATAL SHOOTING OF AGENT MALAND IN JANUARY, BUT WAS CHARGED WITH MURDER IN A NEW INDICTMENT MADE PUBLIC ON THURSDAY.

THE DECISION TO SEEK THE DEATH PENALTY WAS EXPECTED, GIVEN THAT ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED MALANDS DEATH IN FEBRUARY WHEN DIRECTING PROSECUTORS TO SEEK THE DEATH PENALTY WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE MURDERED.

VERMONT ABOLISHED ITS STATE DEATH PENALTY IN 1972.

THE LAST PERSON SENTENCED TO DEATH IN THE STATE ON FEDERAL CHARGES WAS CONVICTED IN 2005, BUT THAT AND THE SENTENCE WERE LATER THROWN OUT BECAUSE OF JUROR MISCONDUCT.

THAT PERSON WOULD LATER PLEAD GUILTY AND WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON.

>>> ALL EYES ON ANCHORAGE ALASKA AS PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP MET WITH RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN.

THE TWO LEADERS EMERGED FROM THEIR MEETING OPTIMISTIC, BUT VERY FEW DETAILS WERE RELEASED ABOUT WHETHER A PEACE DEAL BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE WOULD TAKE PLACE.

MARYBEL GONZELEZ IS IN ANCHORAGE WITH DETAILS ON THE HISTORIC MEETING.

>> Reporter: PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND RUSSIA'S PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN COMING TOGETHER FOR A HIGH STAKES MEETING FRIDAY IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA.

>> WE HAD AN EXTREMELY PRODUCTIVE MEETING.

>> Reporter: THE TWO WORLD LEADERS AND ADVISERS DISCUSSING A VARIETY OF ISSUES, INCLUDING ECONOMIC MATTERS, BUT THE MOST CRITICAL TOPIC, FINDING A PATH TO END THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR.

WHILE BOTH LEADERS APPEARED OPTIMISTIC, SPECIFIC DETAILS ABOUT THEIR DISCUSSIONS WERE NOT RELEASED.

>> RUSSIA HAS THEIR OWN NATIONAL INTEREST.

I EXPECT THAT TODAY'S AGREEMENTS WILL BE THE STARTING POINT, NOT ONLY FOR THE SOLUTION OF THE UKRAINIAN NATION, BUT WILL ALSO HELP US BRING BACK BUSINESS RELATIONS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE U.S. >> Reporter: IT'S BEEN 3.5 YEARS SINCE THEY LAUNCHED A FULL SCALE INVASION INTO UKRAINE.

THIS MAP SHOWS THE AREAS OCCUPIED BY RUSSIAN TROOPS.

HOURS BEFORE THE LEADERS MET, RUSSIA RAMPING UP MISSILE STRIKES AGAINST UKRAINE.

VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY WHO WAS NOT INVITED TO THE MEETING, SAID THIS AHEAD OF THE SUMMIT.

>> THE WAR CONTINUES, THE WAR CONTINUES PRECISELY BECAUSE THERE IS NO ORDER OR SIGNALS FROM MOSCOW THAT SHOWS THEY ARE PREPARED TO END THE WAR.

THEY ARE ALSO KILLING ON THE DAY OF NEGOTIATIONS AND THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES.

>> Reporter: TRUMP SAID HE WILL SPEAK ABOUT THE DETAILS WITH MEMBERS OF NATO AND ZELENSKYY.

>> WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THERE BUT WE MADE SOME HEADWAY.

THERE IS NO DEAL UNTIL THERE IS A DEAL.

>> Reporter: MANY EUROPEAN LEADERS PUTTING PRESSURE ON THE U.S. TO INCLUDE UKRAINE ON DECISIONS ON PEACE.

>> Matthew: THEY WANT A FREEZE ON UKRAINE'S MOBILIZATION EFFORTS, PROJECTED BY KYIV AND ITS WESTERN ALLIES.

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

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WE'LL SEE SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS WEEKEND AND IT LOOKS LIKE TEMPERATURES WILL BE A LITTLE BIT COOLER AS WELL.

WE'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK FOR THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS, BEMIDJI MARKS THE FIRST SPOT IN A TRAVELING ART EXHIBIT THAT WILL BE GOING AROUND THE AREA.

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

[♪♪♪] >>> CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE IS INVITING MUSICIANS OF ALL AGES TO AUDITION FOR THEIR NINE MUSIC ENSEMBLES.

PEOPLE AS YOUNG AS 15 AND AS OLD AS 92 HAVE JOINED THE ENSEMBLES, WITH THE GROUPS FEATURING A WIDE RANGE OF GENRES FROM JAZZ TO CLASSICAL.

THE ENSEMBLE AIMS TO MAKE MUSIC ACCESSIBLE FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, WELCOMING MUSICIANS OF ALL SKILL LEVELS TO JOIN THEIR RANKS.

>> I RUN INTO LOTS AND LOTS OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.

THE REOCCURRING THEME I HEAR OVER AN OVER AGAIN IS I WISH I WOULDN'T HAVE QUIT OR I WISH I WOULD HAVE TRIED OR I WISH I GOTTEN INVOLVED EARLIER.

I NEVER RAN INTO SOMEONE THAT SAID I WASTED A LOT OF TIME LEARNING THAT INSTRUMENT OR BEING IN THE CHOIR.

>> AUDITIONS WILL BE HELD AT THE BRAINERD CAMPUS OF CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE NEXT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, AUGUST 21ST AND 22ND, AS WELL AS MONDAY AUGUST 25TH.

SPEAKING ABOUT AUGUST 25TH, IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS, WE WILL FIND OUT WHO IS THE WINNER OF OUR LAKELAND PBS VACATION GIVEAWAY CONTEST.

THE GRAND PRIZE WINNER GETS A THREE-NIGHT STAY AT CRAGUNS RESORT NEAR BRAINERD.

ALL SUMMER LONG DURING EACH NEWSCAST WE DRAW FIVE POTENTIAL QUALIFIERS FOR A GRAND DRAWING THAT WILL HAPPEN ON OUR MONDAY, AUGUST 25TH NEWSCAST, SO JUST SIX MORE DAYS OF QUALIFYING CHANCES FOR THAT DRAWING.

AND HERE ARE TONIGHTS POTENTIAL QUALIFIERS.

TO BE AN OFFICIAL QUALIFIER, IF YOU SEE YOUR NAME, CALL THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN BEFORE THE END OF THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY AND YOU WILL BE IN THAT GRAND DRAWING SLATED FOR LATER THIS MONTH.

>>> STACY, I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A SLATE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND.

>> Stacy: WE WILL HAVE A FEW ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAKING THEIR WAY, ESPECIALLY THROUGH CENTRAL MINNESOTA, THAT LOOKS LIKE THE BEST CHANCE AND THERE COULD BE HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE.

TEMPERATURES ARE A LITTLE BIT COOLER AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND, HIGHS WILL BE IN THE LOW 70s BY THE TIME WE HIT SUNDAY.

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

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE THE MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE IN THE AREA TODAY, MUGGY CONDITIONS IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE.

NOW AS WE LOOK AHEAD INTO THE OVERNIGHT, THERE ARE CHANCES AGAIN OF SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, THE CHANCE WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT AND ACROSS THAT AREA THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING.

THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL OR HEAVY RAINFALL AND IN FACT, MORE RAIN, WHICH WILL IMPACT MAINLY CENTRAL MINNESOTA COULD RESULT IN MORE THAN AN INCH OF PRECIPITATION THIS WEEKEND IN PARTS OF THAT AREA.

WE'LL HAVE A CLOSER LOOK IN A SECOND.

IT'S 65 IN BEMIDJI AT THE AIRPORT.

A LIGHT EAST WIND OUT OF THE STUDIO, DEW POINT IS 57, PICKING UP JUST A BIT OF RAIN SINCE LAST NIGHT.

IN BRAINERD, CLEAR SKIES, 75 DEGREES, A MUGGY DEW POINT, IT IS UP TO 71.

PRESSURE IS RISING AND WINDS ARE CALM.

LOOKING AT OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR PICTURE, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING THE MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE TODAY, A LITTLE BIT OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY POPPING UP, JUST TO THE EAST OF OUR VIEWING AREA, MAYBE CLIPPING THAT EASTERN PART OF OUR VIEWING AREA THIS EVENING.

AS WE HEAD INTO THE OVERNIGHT, THERE ARE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE MOST PART, ABOUT A 20% TO 50% CHANCE, A BETTER CHANCE IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA, BUT AGAIN THAT WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA TOMORROW.

THE BEST CHANCE WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH MORE RAIN POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY.

IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE ONCE AGAIN, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE EXPECTING HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE AREA, POSSIBLY AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN IN THE LITTLE FALLS AREA THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.

SELF LOCATIONS IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA COULD SEE MORE THAN AN INCH OF PRECIPITATION.

WE RECEIVED THIS VIDEO TODAY, SAMROSE CATCHING A CLOSE UP GLIMPSE OF A GOLDEN EAGLE ON THE HUNT BETWEEN UPPER AND LOWER RED LAKE TODAY.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT.

EAGLE EYE PHOTOS TONIGHT, ARLENE WITH A MISTY AND FOGGY MORNING.

MARK CATCHING A COUPLE OF HUMMINGBIRDS IN CROSBY.

WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PELICANS GATHERING AT THE LAKE FROM GARY AND ARLENE, WITH THE SUNFLOWERS IN BLOOM IN LONGVILLE.

TIGER LILIES ALSO IN BLOOM.

BOB SAID THERE WERE SOME STORM CLOUDS TO THE EAST IN HACKENSACK.

WE HAVE A PICTURE OF THE SUNSET ON TOAD LAKE AND A BEAUTIFUL EVENING FROM SARAH AT LAKE EDWARDS.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, JOAN IN LAPORTE, MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A HIGH OF 83.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, PICKING UP 1/10 INCH OF RAIN, THE HIGH WAS 82.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, SMOGGY TODAY AND 84.

REAL QUICK LOOK AT OUR ALMANAC, 85 WAS THE HIGH IN BRAINERD.

WE'RE ABOVE AVERAGE FOR OUR HIGH TEMPERATURE WITH A LOW OF 69.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 79, SO THAT IS PRETTY MUCH ON TARGET WITH OUR LOW OF 65.

SO LOOKING AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, AGAIN WE WILL BE SEEING A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

THEY START TO TAPER OFF AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTH.

SOME OF THE RAIN SHOWERS COULD LINGER IN EASTERN MINNESOTA IN THE AFTERNOON.

OTHERWISE, PRETTY QUIET FOR MOST OF THE REST OF THE DAY, HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE ANYWHERE FROM 69 IN WARROAD INTO THE MID-70s, WITH MID TO UPPER 70s IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND LOWS NEAR 59.

VARIABLE CLOUDS TOMORROW, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY MORNING, AND THE BEST CHANCE IN EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH HIGHS NEAR 74.

LOOKING AT THE REST OF THE WEEKEND FORECAST, ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, MOST LIKELY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY, STILL A BIT UNSETTLED ON MONDAY, A LITTLE BIT COOLER THERE EARLY NEXT WEEK, AND THEN QUIET WEATHER RETURNS AS WE HEAD TOWARDS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Matthew: THANK YOU SO MUCH STACY.

WE HAVE CHARLIE YAEGER WITH US.

WE HEARD FROM MILES EARLIER FROM THE NHRA NATIONALS, WHAT'S IT LIKE THIS WEEKEND.

>> Charlie: WE GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO ONE OF THE RACERS, WHO WON THE LAST TWO TIMES HE HAD BEEN AT THE RACEWAY.

WE ALSO HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM TONIGHT'S QUALIFYING FIRST ROUND OF QUALIFYING AND SECOND ROUND OF QUALIFYING.

WE WILL SHOW YOU THOSE AS WELL, COMING UP AFTER THE >> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪] >> Charlie: THE NHRA RETURNS TO BRAINERD INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY TODAY FOR THE 43rd ANNUAL LUCAS OIL NATIONALS.

THE PENULTIMATE RACE BEFORE THE COUNTDOWN TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP BEGINS.

THAT SHOULD LEND ITSELF TO SOME COMPETIVE RACING AS RACERS TRY TO EITHER JOCKEY FOR POSITION OR EARN ONE OF THE 10-SPOTS AVAILABLE FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

IN PRO STOCK, RAD TORQUE SYSTEMS DRIVER DALLAS GLENN IS THE CURRENT POINTS LEADER, HAVING WON FOUR EVENTS THIS YEAR, AND IS CHASING HIS THIRD STRAIGHT REGULAR SEASON TITLE.

GLENN HAS ALSO WON BACK-TO-BACK RACES AT BRAINERD AND SHARED WHY HE THINKS HIS TEAM HAS HAD SO MUCH SUCCESS AT THE TRACK.

>> THIS IS ONE OF THE ONLY TRACKS THAT IS COMPLETE SOLID SURFACE ALL THE WAY IN THE FRONT, START TO FINISH.

THE OTHER ONE IS IN SECTIONS, YOU ONLY HAVE SMALL SECTIONS, SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AND IT'S TRICKY.

IT CAN GET GREASY WHEN THE SUN IS OUT.

SO MANAGING THE POWER AND GETTING OFF THE STARTING LINE IS KEY HERE.

I THINK THE LAST TWO TIMES I WON HERE IS BECAUSE I MADE IT DOWN THE TRACK FOUR TIMES IN A ROW.

I'M EXCITED TO COME HERE AND I HAVE A LOT OF MOMENTUM, I HAVE A FANTASTIC CAR, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO GO OUT HERE AND SEE WHAT NUMBERS I CAN PUT DOWN IN FRONT OF THE FAN BASE AND AFTER WE GO PUT OUR QUALIFYING LAPS DOWN, I CAN'T WAIT TO TAKE A LAP OR TWO AROUND THE ZOO.

>> Charlie: SO THAT FOOTAGE WAS FROM LAST YEAR BUT THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO RACES OF QUALIFYING, IT WAS DULUTH RESIDENT ANDERSON THERE IN THE RIGHT LANE.

HE IS THE NUMBER ONE QUALIFIER.

AUSTIN IN THE LEFT LANE, EARNING A TIME OF 3.893 TO SIT ON TOP OF THE CLASS FOR NOW.

THE REIGNING WORLD CHAMPION HAD THE QUICKEST RUN OF THE DAY AT 335 MILES PER HOUR, POWERING HIS WAY TO 3.742 SECONDS.

HERE YOU GO, THAT'S YOUR PROVISIONAL NUMBER ONE QUALIFIERS.

THEY WILL CONTINUE QUALIFYING TOMORROW WITH TWO MORE RUNS FOR EACH CLASS.

ELIMINATION AND CHAMPIONSHIP RACES ARE SET FOR SUNDAY, BEGINNING AT 10:30 A.M. WE'LL HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS AND HEAR FROM THE WINNERS ON MONDAY.

>>> THE TWINS FELL 7-0 TO THE TIGERS.

>>> IT MAY HAVE BEEN A WEEK LATER THAN USUAL, BUT THE LUMBERJACK SCRAMBLE, BEMIDJI HIGH SCHOOLS ACTIVITIES FUNDRAISER, WAS IN FULL SWING TODAY AT THE BEMIDJI TOWN AND COUNTRY CLUB.

THE EVENT IS IN ITS 31ST YEAR AND HAS RAISED OVER A MILLION DOLLARS SINCE ITS INCEPTION, RAKING IN JUST SHY OF $66,000 IN 2024, AND FUNDING THINGS LIKE THE VIDEO SCOREBOARD IN THE GYM.

THERE WERE PLENTY OF CURRENT PARENTS, COACHES, AND TEACHERS PLAYING IN THIS YEARS TOURNAMENT, BUT LOTS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ALUMNI AS WELL.

A REMINDER OF THE IMPACT THAT LUMBERJACK ACTIVITIES HAS ON THE TOWN OF BEMIDJI.

>> I HOPE THAT AT SOME POINT, WHEN THEY WERE STUDENT ATHLETES GOING THROUGH, THEY FELT PEOPLE HAD INVESTED IN THEM.

IT'S THEIR TURN TO PAY IT BACK.

THEY ARE STEPPING UP AND THEY ARE DOING JUST THAT.

I HAVE A FRIEND THAT JUST MET ME FOR LUNCH AND SHE IS AN ALUMNI.

SHE SAID COMING BACK TO THE LUMBERJACK SCRAMBLING IS LIKE COMING TO A CLASS REUNION AGAIN.

YOU RUN INTO PEOPLE WHERE THIS IS A PART OF THEIR SUMMER ROUTINE.

IT'S ON THE CALENDAR.

IT'S GOING TO FALL, THEY COME BACK, AND I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF FORMER STUDENTS OUT THERE, FORMER ATHLETES.

I MEAN IT'S FUN.

IT JUST BRINGS EVERYBODY BACK TOGETHER.

>> Charlie: AND HERE IS A LOOK AT THE FALL SPORTS HOME OPENERS, SOME OF THE TEAMS WILL PLAY BEFORE THEM, BUT THESE ARE THEIR HOME OPENERS AND IT WILL KIND OF ROUND OUT THERE WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY MEET THAT MONDAY, OCTOBER 13TH.

THAT'S THE FINAL ONE TO GET A HOME RUN, THAT'S THEIR ONLY HOME RUN OVER AT THE COUNTRY CLUB.

>> Matthew: THANK YOU CHARLIE.

A NEW LOCAL TRAVELING ART GALLERY HAD ITS FIRST SHOWING EARLIER TODAY IN BEMIDJI, BRINGING AWARENESS TO MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND RELATIVES, AND TWO SPIRIT INDIVIDUALS.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK WENT TO VISIT THE TWO SPIRIT AND MMIW/R VOICES EXHIBIT FOR THIS WEEKS IN FOCUS.

>> Reporter: A ONE DAY PHOTO SHOOT BY A GROUP OF ARTISTS, MODELS AND ADVOCATES TURNED INTO A TRAVELING ART EXHIBIT THAT WAS CREATED TO GET PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THE MMIW/R AND TWO SPIRIT COMMUNITY.

>> THESE ARE TWO ENTITIES ARE FAMILIAR TO VIOLENCE OR OPPRESSION OR DISMISSED.

THIS IS TO BRING AWARENESS AND BRING OUR VOICES, THE TWO SPIRITED AND MMIW/R VOICES, LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS CULTURALLY, LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN GET INVOLVED.

>> IF WE CAN BE OUT HERE DOING THIS, YOU CAN COME OUT HERE TOO.

WE WOULD LOVE PEOPLE TO JOIN US.

WE AS A COMMUNITY WOULD LOVE TO STEP UP AND TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER.

>> Reporter: IT FEATURES 24 UNIQUE PHOTOS, EACH WITH A DEEPER MEANING BEHIND THE PICTURE.

>> WHO WE ARE AND WHAT THIS MAY REPRESENT.

WE DO HAVE A REFLECTION IN THE MIDDLE PART OF THE EXHIBIT FOR YOU TO TAKE YOUR PERSONAL TIME ON HOW WE CAN HELP THE COMMUNITY, HOW WE CAN HELP OURSELVES, AND HOW WE CAN HELP SOMEONE ELSE.

>> Reporter: THE HOPE IS THAT THE IMAGES ARE MEANT TO HAVE A BIGGER IMPACT ON PEOPLE THAN JUST SEEING A PERSON STAND FLAG THE WOODS.

>> WHEN I WAS A YOUNGER PERSON, I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

I DIDN'T HAVE THE OUTREACH PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TODAY.

EVEN A SIMPLE PHOTO WOULD HAVE CHANGED THE WORLD FOR ME, JUST TO HAVE THAT INCLUSION TO UNDERSTAND THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: EVERY PHOTO CONTAINED SOMETHING SIMILAR IN ORDER TO START TOUGH CONVERSATIONS.

>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO SHOW THAT IN A PICTURE.

A PICTURE CAN SAY A THOUSAND WORDS.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

LET'S BRING IN THE DISCUSSION.

THIS IS A POWERFUL THING SO LET'S TALK ABOUT IT.

YES, THEY WILL BE WEARING RED AND THEY WILL HAVE A RED HAND PRINT.

THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING.

SO LET'S PAY ATTENTION TO IT.

>> Reporter: REPORTING FROM BEMIDJI WITH THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS, I'M SYDNEY DICK, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE PIECES WILL BE MOVING TO DIFFERENT PLACES AROUND BEMIDJI, CASS LAKE, MINNEAPOLIS, AND OTHER GALLERIES AROUND THE STATE IN ORDER TO PROMOTE ADVOCACY IN AS MANY DIFFERENT PLACES AS POSSIBLE.

>>> WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME SO WE'LL GO TO STACY.

>> Stacy: WE WILL BE SEEING SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS WEEKEND.

THE BEST CHANCE WILL BE IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, LOWS NEAR 59, HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

>> Matthew: HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND EVERYONE.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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