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We are here for you with local news from Bemidji and Brainerd and all of the Lakes Country.

Dennis Wyman with the news.

Stac Christiansen with the weather.

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Tonight, a 48 year old Cash Lake man has been charged with second degree murder in connectio with the death of his brother.

According to a criminal complaint in the case.

Arthur James Jones is accused of killing his brother AJ Jones during a fight outside a home near Cash Lake early Saturday morning.

Leech Lake officers responded to the scene in Ten Lakes Township around 430 that morning.

According to the criminal complaint, the incident happened at 21249 ten Lake Trail East.

When officers arrived, they found Arthur Jones with his right arm around the neck and head of the victim as he used his left hand as leverage.

Officers told Jones to stop and get off his victim, but he ignored those commands.

They also deployed a Taser, and Jones still refused to release his hold on the victim.

Officers reported tha he told them he's already dead.

After physically removing Jones from his brother.

Officers found the victim was not breathing and did not have a pulse.

They immediately attempted life saving measures at the scene, but the victim was pronounced dead after being taken to the Cass Lake Hospital.

Arthur Jones has a lengthy criminal history, including felony second degree assault, three felony convictions in different cases for third degree assault, two counts of terroristic threats, possession of drugs, three DWI and numerous other traffic related convictions, including multiple time for driving without a license.

Whether my Neighbor to Love Coalition is an organization committed to ending homelessness and lifting people out of poverty in central Minnesota.

On Friday, the coalition broke ground on a complex that will contain 12 units.

Reporter Sammy Holliday has more.

Just a few days ago, the My Neighbor to Love Coalition broke ground on a 12 unit complex.

The project is the second phase of its Creekside community, which already has a four ple that was completed last August for the Coalition.

Getting people into homes is just the beginnin of turning their lives around.

It's not just about getting people into housing, it is about getting the on a path where they can start dreaming again.

They can start, you know getting back into the workforce.

They can start thinking about all those other things they want to do when they were kids.

Nobody ever dreams of growing u and then being without housing and living in the conditions that many of them are.

Several elected officials at the county and city levels were in attendance for the groundbreaking seeing project like the Coalition's address a problem that many communities are dealing with is moving fo some city leaders in Brainerd.

We have a shortage of housing.

All all inclusive, all housing.

We're short on in this area.

And so it's it's very exciting to have this property and it's inspirational.

You know, it's amazing what you can accomplis if you really dedicate yourself to it.

The My Neighbor to Love Coalition does not receive any federal or state funding.

The coalition receives its funding from grants and donors within the community.

With homelessness being a growing problem across the state, the Coalition's work could serve as a blueprint for other communities.

This grassroots effort is very powerful and quite honestly, that's what brought it to fruition.

It's not county government project or a city project.

We didn't bring this forward.

The community did.

Other communities aroun the state could learn from this rally, the folks in the community, and bring forward projects like this.

We're all in it together, but by golly, it sure makes a difference when you have a lot of community support.

Helping some of the most vulnerable people in society is the Coalition's mission.

Ending homelessness in their eyes is something that could benefit everyone.

The gamut of people experiencing homelessness is vast, and it's a problem that we can solve and we can change lives and when we do, the whole community benefits.

Reporting in Brainerd, Sammy Holiday, Lakeland News.

The My Neighbor to Love Coalition hopes the project will be done in six months.

Plans also include March 1st as a moving date for future residents.

The Bemidji City Council approved a one year long transit pilot program tonight called Conifer for Transit.

It aims to provide on deman transit for the Conifer Estates and villas affordable housing community that houses some six units exclusively during a lunch and learn with the Red Lake Shelter Program, the Headwaters Regional Development Center became aware of some issues about public transit system and all their often not available when absolutely needed.

Other options are either not available in our area like Uber or are just too expensive.

Most that live within conifer estates and villa rely on public transportation.

Dispatchers take approximately two calls per minute.

Wait times for an on demand ride is up to 4 hours if a 24 hour notice is not given.

And even then a ride is not always guaranteed.

74% of households are unemployed.

55% of households don't own a vehicle.

And for those who do, most of those vehicles are not trustworthy.

94% of those residents are Native American.

The start date for the Conifer Transit is October 1st.

Conifer Transit will also aim to expand the program to include other communities such as the Ridgeway Court Apartments in Bemidji.

Nisswa Mayo John Ryan will face a challenge in this fall's election from a woman well known for her rol in the state Republican Party.

Former Republican Chair Jennifer Carnahan, who has lived in this rol since 2022, has officially filed to face Ryan in the election in November.

Carnahan was the first woman or woman of color to serve as a major party chai when she took that role in 2017.

When she resigned in 2021 after allegations that she ignored sexual harassment claims by members of her staff and created a toxic work environment.

Carnahan denied thos accusations but resigned, saying stepping aside was in the best interests of the party and her mental health.

She currently is the owner of a women's boutique stor in Nisswa called Primrose Park before running for mayor unopposed in 2022.

Ryan served on the Nisswa City Council for eight years.

He told the Minnesota Star Tribune that he welcomes Carnahan to the race.

Well, a few months ago, Great River Rescue, an animal shelter located in Bemidji, hosted a shoe drive.

The drive asked the community for any donations they would be willing to give to help support those in need in developing countries.

Great River Rescue had the mark goal of filling one.

Hundred large bags.

Full of shoes for the drive, but the community came together to fill 129 bags.

All of these bags of shoes, though, won't be going straight to those in need.

As the old saying goes, give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.

But if you teach a man to fish, well, then you feed them for a lifetime.

And they go to third world countries to people who want to start a business.

Those people are given training and expertize in starting and managing and running a business.

They refurbish the shoes and then, you know create a business out of that.

The bags are filled with 25 shoes each.

So if you do the math, that is 3225 pairs of shoes going to those in need.

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Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Crosby hosted a fundraiser with the Malawi Orphan Care Project for the 10th straight year this past weekend.

The church annually raises anywhere from 25 to $75000 for the project and help feed orphans and get education for those in grades nine and beyond.

Reporter Miles Walker has more.

Malawi orphan care project kent echo green first heard about the dire situation in Malawi 20 years ago, a place where the average life expectancy is 42 and the average daily incom is roughly a dollar and $0.50.

It's still men driving ox carts.

No electricity, no water.

They're sewing uniforms for the kids to go to school.

We now have a mill that builds corn and the corn flour, chicken egg business, a farm.

It's just incredible how much stuff we've done.

There are numerous threats orphans in Malaw face on a daily basis like AIDS, which inflict an estimated 700,000 children.

And the Emmanuel Lutheran Church was one of the first churches to join the IMO Cp's mission.

AIDS is insidious because a person can carry it and not know it.

Symptoms will come out later, so if they're sexually active or other things, it's devastating.

Oftentimes when kids get orphaned, the girls end up getting married at age 1 to somebody who might have AIDS.

The cycle continues.

It's overwhelming the need there.

So it's nic to make a difference for a few.

And part of the reason the AIDS epidemic hamstrings the country is education.

As only 6% of orphans in Malawi receive educational support.

Education is their ticket out.

And we have like four young men in college now.

And that's huge.

That's a life changer.

And girl who are go to boarding school, they get the school as well as job skills.

So they have a future as well, literally change lives.

The Malawi Orphan Care Project and Emmanuel Lutheran Church are both committed to improvin the quality of life in Malawi.

As for many of the kids in the poverty stricken country, those meals the project provides them can be the only meals they see that entire week.

Everyone is just so grateful for getting a square meal, even though for us it's rather minimal.

They get a lot of it, but there's still not a lot of nutrition to it.

And the great thing about the people in Malawi is they're all happy and they all have hope and they're all very grateful for what we could do.

Reporter And Crosby, Miles Walker, Lakeland News.

Current projects for the MOOC also include building a skill center, developing self-sustaining businesses, training in sustainable farming, and developing a library.

In addition to those, the nonprofit is also looking to establish a rescue center for girls in Malawi in danger of forced marriage.

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Time for weather.

Stacy joins us now.

We're into a nice little spurt of summery weather here in the Northland.

We are some really great weather here.

These guys out there, we still have some upper level smoke.

So that is creating that haze out there.

But we have had sunshine and we will continue to have sunshine and seasonal temperatures through much of the week will be forecast in just a few minutes.

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Well, we have been seein some sunshine in the area today, but a lot of upper level smoke from those wildfires is still creating those hazy conditions.

And those are probably going to be sticking around for a little while.

We will continue to have mostly sunny skies.

We will have very seasonal temperatures through much of the week.

There are a few chances, very small chance of seeing some showers and thunderstorms and then some warmer temps will be back as we head into the weekend.

Right now, Bemidji it is 65 degrees at the airport.

Winds at our studio are calm.

The dew point is 61 and humidity is at 87%.

In Brainerd, we have partly cloudy skie with areas of fog, 66 degrees.

63 is our dew point.

Pressure is rising and winds are calm.

Looking at the radar, it is quiet across our viewing area this evening and we'll continue to have quiet weather overnight tonight.

We are looking for clear to partly cloudy skies overnight tonight.

Again, some patch fog is still possible out there, but we are going to be seeing that quiet weather continuing into tomorrow.

Next, chance for some showers and thunderstorms looks to arrive on Thursday.

Well, there's nice to share with you tonight.

We have that gorgeous moon last night and early this morning, our Alina Menaka and Angela from Castle Lak with some pictures of the moon last night Deborah.

Yeah, Lak Ada and Karen over at Long Lake with some of the smoky, hazy conditions this morning, Joan in La Porte sending us a photo of a couple of bears enjoying a snack in the yard.

And again, that smoke in the air really creating some beautiful skies out there, great sunrises and sunsets.

We've got those photos from around the area as well.

Thank you all for sharin your pictures with us tonight.

For our Eagle Eye reports our Leanne Managua reporting 58 and calling this morning, 7 this evening, Deborah, in Pine River, 60 degrees and smoky this morning here in Bemidji, 57.

Calm and hazy this morning.

Joan in La Port also reporting hazy conditions.

We had a high of 79.

Stephanie in Brainerd fair with that smoky haze tonight.

The high was 80.

Arlene in long villa hazy sunshine 81 for the high Angela Catholic cloudy skies 81 also the high temp and bo engulfed in fog, sun and calm.

Toda the high was 80 on our almanac are reaching a high of 81 today a couple of degrees above the average so a very seasonal high temperature the low this morning at 5818 was our sunset, bu reaching a high of 81 as well.

So again, that is just a little bit above that average high temperature, 55 for the low and 622 was our sunrise.

Here's a look at our forecast for tomorrow.

We'll be seeing partly to mostly sunny skies across the area.

There is a slight chance in the afternoon that we could see some showers around the Park Rapids area.

High temperature, I should be in the mid seventies to even low eighties across the northern half of our viewing area.

As we head into central Minnesota, we are also looking at mainly, partly to mostly sunny skies.

But again, right around wadena, that slight chance of some showers, especially in the afternoon.

And high temperatures in central Minnesota should be in the upper seventies.

So here's a look at our forecast for tonight.

Clear to partly cloudy skies, 59 for the low east as southeast wind up to about ten miles per hour.

Then looking at tomorrow, partly to mostly sunny skies for the most part of where we see those showers, we could see a bit more cloud cover in the afternoon.

But again, that sligh chance of rain showers in west central Minnesota tomorrow afternoon and highs near 78.

Looking at our extended forecast, it fairly quiet.

Our next chance of some showers and thunderstorms.

About a 20 to 40% chance arrives there on Thursday.

But otherwise, look for partly to mostly sunny skies through the week.

Highs mainly in the seventies through Thursday.

And then as we head into Friday and through the weekend, temperatures a little bit warmer.

We're back into the eighties and possibly mid eighties on Sunday.

And very quiet weather looks to be sticking aroun as we head through the weekend.

Back to you, Dennis.

All right.

Thank you very much, Stacy.

Well, Charlie has tonight off, but I'll be back with a look at your local sports coming up right after this, including the final day of the Lucas Oil and HRC Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway.

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Charlie has tonight off the Lucas Oil and HR Nationals wrapped up yesterday and sports director Charlie Yeager was on hand for all the action he's got the highlights and more from Brainerd International Raceway.

There was another fantastic Sunday here at the Brainerd International Raceway for the Lucas Oil Nationals the NCAA's second to last race before they set the field for the countdown to the Cup.

So winning here, well, the importance can't be understated.

The fans knew it.

The racers knew it.

And that made for a great atmosphere and some even better racing.

We'll start off in Pro Stock Dallas, Glenn, who's sitting atop the points standings.

He's taking on Mason McGahee.

Glenn gets out ahead early and he runs away with it.

Winning time 6.613.

He'll stay atop the point standings as they head to Indy in the funny car division.

Blake Alexander taking on Matt Hagan Alexander with a .069 reaction time just shy of 325 miles per hour wins it in 3.9 to 7.

It's his first funny car win of the season.

And in Top Fuel, Justin Ashley debuting a pretty sweet rap in honor of the Brainerd Zoo.

He's going up against Shawn Langdon.

Ashley, 21,000th of a second faster off the block.

He hit just shy of 339 mile per hour, able to pull away late and he wins his third Walli of the year.

Crew is going bananas down there at the starting blocks.

And after the race we got to hear from Ashley.

It's nice to get a win on the board, especially after the struggles that we've had.

But we also know at the same time that's kind of what racing is about.

There's going to be ups and downs.

This is about staying level headed and I'm just glad that all the team's hard work has come to fruition and then kind of get a win is a reward.

It's so specia to win in Brainerd with the zoo, but this time we like to say they always bring to us.

This time we've run it for them and was just playing as a special place, as a fun place.

We've come close here a few times.

Last year we made it to the semifinals, a qualified one but to be able to seal the deal and so it's a special place to do it.

That's Justi Ashley's first win at Brainerd.

As Charlie mentioned, his third of the season.

He now sits third in points heading to Indianapolis, which was the final race before the countdown to the championship begins.

And a high school football now in Grand Rapids is coming off an unusually tough five and five season.

But as sports director Charlie Yeager tells us, the Thunder Hawks plan to bounce back in 2024 by utilizing the experience of its younger players.

At the pro level of football.

Big boys coaches are always looking for young talent.

They're fresh, less beat up, and they usually have a long career still ahead of them.

Outside in, outside in, outside in.

But in high school football, good young talent can make for a long season.

We end up starting like 17 sophomores last year and usually that means you're taking lumps early and then it pays off later on.

So we're looking for that growth for last year's Grand Rapids football team.

That growth didn't come without pain, suffering their first non winning season since 2018.

You have to grow up a little bit.

You learn some stuff.

Your head's always spinning.

It's a little better this year.

You got you on your under your belt.

Feel the same, right?

I mean, it's just next man up.

All right.

We always talk about nine year old and doing your job.

If you know your role and you do your job well, win football games.

That's all that matters.

The pain has paid of so far for the Thunder Hawks in training camp, allowing them to hit the ground running.

We got a lot of experience in our SO we can kind of move forward quicker, I guess, and not have t do the basic stuff right away, which is helpful and nice.

The time saved not having to relearn practice gives the team hawks the ability to grow in other areas, like attention to detail.

We got to get better at our fundamentals, I'll tell you that much.

We're not holding this pad t look good and to do this right.

You're holding this pad to make some kind of physical contac with one of the players, right.

Are we going to get hit on Friday night?

Yeah, we're going to get here on Friday night.

Okay.

Come on.

Now, it might seem like tough coaching, but football is a tough sport.

And the Thunder Hawk pride themselves on being tough.

The team that always is going to win is a team that wants it more, I feel like, and everybody's just got to want it.

It's how we always been here.

Whatever year it was, want it the most.

They always do the best.

Reporting in Grand Rapids.

Charlie Yeager, Lakeland News Grand.

Rapids.

Structure season next Thursday on the road at Pine City last year, the Thunder Hawk also opened against the Dragons, beating them 47 to nothing at home.

But many girls tennis at the Pine City triangular today they went three no beating Litchfield and Pine City each for two three and Mounds Park 6 to 1.

And the twins and San Diego tonight playing the Padres.

Debbie Mathews got the start on the mound, but they are trailing in the late innings.

Well, that is going to do it for sports.

So time now for this week's In Business Report.

And when you picture therapy, some might think of a one on one session in an office, maybe sitting on a couch and talking about your life.

You may not pictur sitting in a field surrounded by many different types of animals.

That is what a therapy session looks like at the Eagle Vista Ranch.

And that's where Sydney, our reporter Sydney Dick takes us tonight for our In Business report.

Welcome to Eagle Vista Ranch, where equine assisted intervention have been happening since 2010.

The serene pasture i not exactly what most think of when they think of a therapy and wellness center.

This is essentially the office.

This is the the place where everything happens.

People will come out as a team and interact with the horses or and or donkeys.

And we just see wha kind of issues come up for them.

And then a lot of times it relates back to what's happening in their life.

Client sessions generally start in the office where they can talk to mental health specialists about what is happening in their life.

And then the next step is actually going outside.

And when people come into the pasture, they can get up clos and personal with the animals.

When people come here, I just want them to feel at home and like they can totally be themselves.

It's all about connecting with nature, animals and then back to ourselves.

At Eagle Vista Ranch, they believe that human animal interaction is very important and has a heavy focus on the symbolis that the interactions can bring.

If somebody wants to come out and work on anxiety, for example, they might start feeling anxious or the animals will notice that and behave in particula ways and person might experience that and it might take on meaning in their life.

And they might learn something about themselves, learn about how they interact with others, and how they interact with the world.

The ranch is home to an abundance of different animals, with everything from a retired racehorse to rescue cats.

Currently, there are 12 therapy animals who can help a variety of different clients.

Everyone is welcome at the ranch as far as clients.

We see folks, you know from very young to very old.

So children at lots of adolescents that we see and adults, people who want psychotherapy or just kind of coaching or education, people of all different backgrounds, people with any diagnosis really is pretty wide open.

Reporting from Bemidji with this week's In Business I'm Sidney Dick Lakeland News.

There aren't as many different specific programs, the newest of which is starting this fall, it will be open to mental healt care workers, first responders and anyone who works for or worth caring for others.

The focus of this new program is more on support and shared experience than the typical psychotherapy ones.

Time for one last look at whether we go back to Stacy.

And we are going to be seeing clear to partly cloudy skies overnight, lows near 59.

More sunshine for the area tomorrow.

Just a slight chance of rain showers in west central Minnesota.

And that's going to wrap it up for us.

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