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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.

>>> THE BELTRAMI COUNTY BOARD WAS PRESENTED WITH AN UPDATE ON THE CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS OF THE NEW COUNTY JAIL, AS WELL AS WHAT THE COUNTY PLANS TO DO WITH THE OLD JAIL ONCE THE NEW ONE IS COMPLETE.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN ATTENDED THE COUNTY BOARD MEETING YESTERDAY, AND HAS MORE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: IT IS NOW BEEN 11 MONTHS SINCE THE GROUNDBREAKING OF THE NEW BELTRAMI COUNTY JAIL BEING CONSTRUCTED IN BEMIDJI.

THEY MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN ADVANCING THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE $80 MILLION JAIL AND IS AIMING TO BE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.

>> WE'RE PROJECTED TO HAVE THE ROOF DONE THE FIRST WEEK IN DECEMBER.

ONCE WE GET BUILDING, THEN IT'S OFF TO THE RACES INSTEAD.

>> WE'RE ON TRACK, IF NOT RIGHT NOW, SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, WHICH IS GREAT, ULTIMATELY LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR AND THE FOLLOWING WINTER TO GET THINGS READY AND COMMISSIONED AND TURNED OVER EARLY IN '27.

>> Reporter: BASED ON THE CURRENT FORECAST, THERE ARE $2.3 MILLION REMAINING FROM THE BUDGET TO GET THROUGH THE REMAINING CONSTRUCTION, PLUS AN ADDITIONAL $2 MILLION ON CONSTRUCTION TOOLS.

>> I THINK ABOUT HOW FAR WE'RE AT TODAY.

WE GOTTEN OUT OF THE GROUND.

WE GOT A LOT OF THE BUILDING UP, 40%.

WE'RE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE.

>> Reporter: THE BELTRAMI COUNTY BOARD WAS HAPPY TO HEAR THIS NEWS ON TUESDAY.

>> THIS SO FAR HAS GONE REMARKABLY WELL.

WE WORKED ON A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN MY CAREER AND TO BE THIS FAR ALONG THIS FAST, UNDER BUDGET, ON SCHEDULE, ON A MAJOR, MAJOR COMPLEX PROJECT IS IMPRESSIVE.

>> Reporter: WITH THE PROJECT NOW BEING CLOSE TO HALFWAY DONE, IT'S ABOUT TIME FOR THE COUNTY BOARD TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO WITH THE OLD JAIL.

OPTION ONE IS A FULL REMODEL OF THE BUILDING, COSTING CLOSE TO $10 MILLION.

OPTION TWO IS TO LEASE OUT THE REMAINING SPACE, COSTING $8.5 MILLION.

OPTION THREE WAS TO DEMOLISH THE OLD JAIL AND USE THE BASEMENT LEVEL FOR INMATE TRANSFER.

THIS WAS THE CHEAPEST OPTION AT $6 MILLION.

>> THIS IDEA IS CONCEPTUAL BUT TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT IT WOULD COST TO DO PARTIAL TOTAL OR KEEP.

ONCE WE MAKE A DECISION ON ONE OF THESE THREE OPTIONS TO DEMOLISH, PARTIAL, OR DEMOLISH ENTIRELY, THEN WE NEED TO HONE IN ON THE NUTS AND BUTs.

>> Reporter: THEY WILL MAKE THE DECISION AT A LATER DATE.

REPORTING IN BEMIDJI, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> ONCE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE, MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY BOARD ARE PLANNING ON TAKING A TOUR OF THE NEW JAIL FACILITY SOMETIME IN OCTOBER.

>>> ANOTHER REPUBLICAN HAS JOINED THE RACE TO BECOME MINNESOTA'S NEXT GOVERNOR.

STATE REPRESENTATIVE KRISTIN ROBBINS ANNOUNCED HER CAMPAIGN TODAY FOR GOVERNOR OF MINNESOTA SAYING FAMILIES ARE WORKING HARDER THAN EVER WHILE TIM WALZ MAKES LIFE MORE DIFFICULT.

ROBBINS REPRESENTS A DISTRICT IN MAPLE GROVE AND SERVES AS CHAIR OF THE HOUSE FRAUD PREVENTION AND STATE AGENCY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.

SHE IS THE FIFTH REPUBLICAN OFFICIALLY IN THE FIELD WITH SEVERAL OTHERS STILL CONSIDERING GUBERNATORIAL BIDS.

GOVERNOR TIM WALZ IN IN HIS SECOND TERM IN OFFICE.

THE D.F.L.ER HAS NOT ANNOUNCED WHETHER HE WILL SEEK ANOTHER TERM.

>>> ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE IS A BRAIN DISORDER THAT AFFECTS MANY PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD AND PEOPLE IN THE BEMIDJI AREA HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE COGNITIVE DISEASE AT THE BEMIDJI SENIOR CENTER EARLIER TODAY.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK WAS IN ATTENDANCE AS PEOPLE LEARNED MORE ABOUT RISK FACTORS INVOLVED IN ALZHEIMER'S, HOW TO LIVE WITH IT, AND HOW TO HELP CARE FOR SOMEONE AFFECTED BY IT.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE ALZHEIMER DISEASE INTERNATIONAL STATISTICS, MORE THAN 55 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE WERE LIVING WITH THE BRAIN DISORDER IN 2020.

IT IS THE MOST COMMON FORM OF DEMENTIA AND CAN CAUSE MEMORY LOSS, CONFUSION, AND OTHER COGNITIVE DECLINE.

THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA HAS PUT TOGETHER A PROGRAM TO SPREAD ALZHEIMER AWARENESS.

>> WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT ALZHEIMER, WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT, HOW TO DEFINE ALZHEIMER DISEASE AS IT RELATES TO DEMENTIA, WHAT ARE SOME WAYS TO DIAGNOSE PEOPLE WITH ALZHEIMER DISEASE, THE NUMBER OF NEW BREAKTHROUGHS HAVE EMERGE IN THAT AREA.

>> Reporter: UNDERSTANDING RISK FACTORS WAS A HUGE TALKING POINT DURING THE PRESENTATION.

GENETICS AND FAMILY HISTORY DOES PLAY A HUGE PART IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF DEMENTIA BUT RECENT STUDIES SHOWN THAT 45% OF THE RISK IS MODIFIABLE.

>> THAT MEANS THAT IF WE EMPHASIZE BRAIN HEALTH AS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF OUR HEALTH, THROUGHOUT OUR LIFE, THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT IF WE CAN'T PREVENT ALZHEIMER DISEASE, WE CAN REDUCE OUR RISK, PERHAPS DELAY ONSET.

HAVING A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE AS IT PERTAINS TO SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT, MODERATE EXERCISE, BRAIN HEALTHY DIET, THAT'S A BRAIN HEALTHY LIFE.

>> Reporter: ALONG WITH SPREADING INFORMATION, ANOTHER PURPOSE OF THE TOUR AROUND MINNESOTA IS TO TRY TO DESTIGMATIZE THE TOPIC OF ALZHEIMER DISEASE.

>> I THINK ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS FOR WHY I VISIT PLACES LIKE BEMIDJI AND OTHER COMMUNITIES AROUND MINNESOTA IS TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THEY'RE NOT ALONE.

THERE ARE MANY OTHERS LIVING THROUGH THIS SITUATION AND THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN DO ABOUT IT TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA AND SUPPORTING THOSE WHO CARE FOR THEM.

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

>> Dennis: RIGHT NOW, THERE IS NO KNOWN CURE FOR ALZHEIMER, BUT MEDICINAL BREAKTHROUGHS HAVE BEEN PLEAD TO SLOW THE PROGRESSION OF THE DISEASE AND RECOGNIZE IT EARLIER THAN BEFORE.

>> THE C.E.O.

OF TARGET IS STEPPING DOWN AFTER 11 YEARS AT THE HELM OF THE RETAILER.

BRIAN CORNELL WILL LEAVE TARGET ON FEBRUARY FIRST.

HE WILL BE REPLACED BY MICHAEL FIDDELKE, TARGET'S CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER.

CORNELL TOOK THE C.E.O.

REINS IN 2014, OVERSEEING PLANS THAT REMODELED STORES AND PUT MORE OF A FOCUS ON ITS ONLINE BUSINESS.

BUT HIS DEPARTURE LIKELY COMES AS NO SURPRISE.

TARGET HAS FACED SLUMPING SALES FOR THREE STRAIGHT QUARTERS, AMID INTENSE COMPETITION FROM WALMART, AMAZON AND OTHERS.

>>> HURRICANE ERIN IS SET TO STAY WELL OFF SHORE OF THE U.S. EAST COAST, YET ITS IMPACTS ARE CHURNING UP DANGEROUS AND DETERIORATING CONDITIONS.

THE STORM IS CREATING A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS, DOUBLE DIGIT WAVE HEIGHTS AND TROPICAL STORM-FORCE GUSTS UP TO 60 MILES PER HOUR.

THE MESSAGE FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICIALS IS SIMPLE, STAY OUT OF THE WATER!

MICHAEL YOSHIDA IS IN WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NORTH CAROLINA WITH THE LATEST ON THE MASSIVE STORM.

>> ALL EYES ARE ON HURRICANE ERIN TRACKS NORTH.

>> IT'S GOING TO BE A SUNNY DAY HERE, BUT THE THREATS ARE COMING FROM AFAR.

>> Reporter: NORTH CAROLINA IS UNDER A STATE OF EMERGENCY, EVACUATIONS HAVE BEEN ORDERED IN PARTS OF THE OUTER BANKS.

>> IF YOU HAVE BEEN ASKED TO EVACUATE, PLEASE DO SO NOW.

>> Reporter: SCOOPERS BUILT UP SAND DUNES AND WAVES OF 20 FEET OR MORE IS POSSIBLE.

>> TAKE PHOTOS OF WHATEVER YOU OWN IS VALUABLE IN CASE IT GETS DESTROYED.

>> Reporter: FOLLOWING ABOUT 60 RESCUES AT THE BEACH ON MONDAY, AS OFFICIALS URGE PEOPLE TO STAY OUT OF THE WATER, INCLUDING BOTH THE OCEAN AND FLOODED ROADWAYS ALONG THE COAST DURING HIGH TIDE.

>> DON'T DROWN, TURN AROUND.

WE DO NOT WANT YOU TO BECOME A CASUALTY OF HURRICANE ERIN.

>> Reporter: ERIN IS AN UNUSUALLY LARGE HURRICANE, MAKING IT MORE CAPABLE OF DELIVERING DANGEROUS CONDITIONS, THAT THE ACCURACY OF THE GRAPHIC, WHICH DEPICTS THE LIKELIHOOD OF AREAS GETTING TROPICAL FORCE WIND IS UNDER SELLING IT.

>> FOR THIS STORM, WE'RE NOT EXPECTING A LOT OF RAIN, WE'RE EXPECTING MOSTLY WIND.

>> Reporter: THE WINDS WERE IMPACTING MORE THAN 400 MILES IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.

BY FRIDAY, IT COULD BE 650 MILES WIDE.

IN WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NORTH CAROLINA, I'M MICHAEL YOSHIDA.

>> HURRICANE ERIN WAS A CATEGORY FIVE STORM ON SATURDAY WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 160 MILES PER HOUR BUT HAS FLCUTUATED BETWEEN A LEVEL TWO STORM AND THREE STORM TODAY.

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

>> Stacy: SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA BEGINNING LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH AND BRINGS US SOME COOLER TEMPERATURES FOR THE END OF THE WEEK, I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, THE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS NETWORKER HELD A SPEED NETWORKING [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪] >>> ACCORDING TO A 2022 LINKED-IN SURVEY 85 PERCENT OF JOBS ARE OBTAINED THROUGH NETWORKING.

TO HELP THE NEXT GENERATION BREAK INTO THEIR RESPECTIVE INDUSTRIES, THE WAVE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS NETWORK IN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA HOSTS MONTHLY MEET-UPS TO HELP THEM GET AHEAD IN THE WORK PLACE.

REPORTER DANIEL PURSELL WAS AT THEIR LATEST MEETING.

HERE HE IS WITH MORE.

>> Reporter: YOU MAY HAVE HEARD SPEED DATING, BUT AT THE WAVE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS NETWORK, ATTENDEES TRIED THEIR HAND ON SPEED NETWORKING.

>> IT'S LIKE SPEED DATING SO EVERYONE RIGHT NOW IS PAIRED UP AT A TABLE.

THEY GET 3 MINUTES.

THERE ARE SOME PROMPTS ABOUT CAREER GOALS, PERSONAL LIFE, THEIR JOBS, AND THEY CAN USE THOSE PROMPTS OR GO OFF SCRIPT AND SEE WHAT THEY WENT TO TALK ABOUT.

>> Reporter: THE WAVE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS NETWORK IS A COLLECTIVE OF PEOPLE 18 TO 39 WHO ARE TRYING TO BETTER THEMSELVES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE INDUSTRIES.

>> WE'RE ABOUT BRINGING THE YOUNG PROFESSION 23458S -- PROFESSIONALS OF THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA.

IT'S RUN AND OWNED BY A MORE EXPERIENCED GENERATION, BUT THERE ARE SO MUCH UP AND COMING YOUNG TALENT THAT WE NEED TO RETAIN IN THIS AREA.

>> Reporter: NEARLY 40% OF PROFESSIONALS ADMIT THEY FIND NETWORKING CHALLENGING.

THEY HOPE TO BREAKTHROUGH THOSE CHALLENGES WITH EVENTS LIKE THIS ONE.

>> WHERE ARE THOSE CONNECTIONS, WHERE ARE THE FUTURE LEADERS, WHERE ARE MY PEERS THAT I COULD RELATE TO IN THE COMMUNITY AND SO BEING PART OF THE WAVE YOUNG PROFESSIONAL NETWORK HAS DONE THAT.

IT BROADENED MY HORIZONS, OPENED MY EYES TO SO MANY THINGS, BUT WAVE HERE HAS REALLY OPENED MY EYES TO THE COMMUNITY AND BROUGHT THE ONE TO ONE CONNECTIONS.

>> Reporter: EVENTS LIKE THESE ARE IMPERATIVE TO STARTING OR CONTINUING THEIR CAREERS.

>> THE BRAINERD BUSINESS COMMUNITY IS TIGHT KNIT AND MAINTAINING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND CARING FOR PEOPLE IS REALLY WHAT IT BOILS DOWN TO.

IF IT'S ON THE SURFACE, AND IT'S A HEY, HOW ARE YOU DOING, IT MAY NOT GO BEYOND THAT.

TO REALLY GET TO KNOW PEOPLE, WHAT THEY DO, THEIR FAMILIES, THEIR LIVES, WHAT THEY ENJOY DOING OUTSIDE OF WORK, COMMON INTEREST, THAT IS WHAT BUILDS A GREAT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP AND ALLOWS THIS COMMUNITY IN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA TO GROW AND THRIVE.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BAXTER, I'M DANIEL PURSELL, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE WAVE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS NETWORK IS A PART OF THE BRAINERD LAKES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

THEIR NEXT MEET-UP WILL COME ON SEPTEMBER 18TH WITH THEIR 2025 WAVE GALA, WHERE THEY WILL PRESENT THEIR 4 UNDER 40 AWARDS, RECOGNIZING OUTSTANDING YOUNG PROFESSIONALS IN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA.

>>> IN LESS THAN ONE WEEK 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, AND THAT IS NEXT MONDAY.

THE LAST DAY TO QUALIFY IS THIS FRIDAY, AUGUST 22ND, SO JUST THREE MORE CHANCES TO QUALIFY.

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 NEXT WEEK.

>>> STACY JOINING US NOW TO LOOK AT OUR WEATHER.

THINGS ARE TURNING COLDER.

>> Stacy: IT'S GOING TO BE FEEL MORE LIKE FALL AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

IT WILL STILL BE WARM TOMORROW.

A COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN TO MOVE THROUGH STARTING TONIGHT AND TOMORROW, THAT WILL BRING CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

WE WILL BE SEEING THE COOLER TEMPERATURES, HIGHS EXPECTED IN THE LOW TO MID-60s THIS WE [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, IT WAS A SUNNY DAY.

IT WAS WARM AND A BIT HUMID OUT THERE.

NOW AS WE HEAD INTO THE OVERNIGHT, WE ARE EXPECTING TO SEE VARIABLE CLOUDS AND WE WILL START TO SEE A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, ESPECIALLY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA TONIGHT.

A COLD FRONT WILL BE DROPPING ACROSS THE AREA TOMORROW, THAT WILL TRIGGER SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT.

IT IS ALSO GOING TO MEAN SOME COLDER TEMPERATURES AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 69 DEGREES.

AT THE AIRPORT, OUR DEW POINT IS 61, HUMIDITY IS AT 76%.

IN BRAINERD, WE HAVE CLEAR SKIES, 70 DEGREES.

THAT DEW POINT IS 62.

PRESSURE IS HOLDING STEADY AND WINDS ARE CALM.

LOOKING AT THE SATELLITE AND RADAR, IT HAS BEEN SUNNY TODAY AND FOR THE MOST PART, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES SO FAR THIS EVENING.

A LITTLE BIT OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TRYING TO PUSH INTO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, AND THERE IS A POTENTIAL OF SEEING SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FAR NORTHWEST CORNER OF MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

A COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGHOUT THE DAY TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT, AND THAT WILL BRING SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE AREA.

THERE IS A ONE OUT OF FIVE RISK OF SEEING SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WITH THAT.

BEYOND THAT, IT LOOKS LIKE SOME COOLER TEMPERATURES WITH HIGHS IN THE 60s FOR THE WEEKEND.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, ANGELA SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE CLEAR SKIES LAST NIGHT OVER CASS LAKE.

A LOT OF STARS TO SPOT IN THOSE SKIES THERE.

WE HAVE GORGEOUS SKIES THIS MORNING, JUST BEFORE SUNRISE FROM ARLENE IN MENAHGA AND DEBRA AT LAKE ADA.

BOB SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF AN EAGLE ON THE HUNT IN HACKENSACK.

JOAN SAYING THE HUMMINGBIRDS WERE BUSY AT THE THEATER TODAY IN LAPORTE.

BILL AND JUDY SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE SUNSET OVER UPPER RED LAKE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORT, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 55 WITH FOG THIS MORNING.

DEBRA AT PINE RIVER, 59 THIS MORNING.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, FOG, HUMID, AND SUNNY WITH A HIGH OF 80.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUNNY AND 79.

DEAN AT LOWER RED LAKE, 66 THIS EVENING.

ANGELA IN CASS LAKE, CLEAR BY HUMID TODAY.

PAUL IN BEMIDJI, SUNNY SKIES WITH A HIGH OF 78.

LOOKING AT OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD TOPPING OUT AT 80 TODAY, ON TARGET WITH THAT AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE.

OUR LOW WAS 57.

BEMIDJI WITH A HIGH OF 80 DEGREES, 3 DEGREES ABOVE THE AVERAGE.

WE HAD A LOW THIS MORNING, A LITTLE BIT ON THE CHILLY SIDE DOWN TO 49.

SO TOMORROW MORNING, WE HAVE A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE, THERE MAY BE A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

THEN AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON, WE WILL SEE THE COLD FRONT DROPPING THROUGH THE AREA.

THAT WILL BRING US SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

AS I MENTIONED, THERE IS A 1 OUT OF 5 RISK OF SEEING STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH.

HIGH TEMPERATURES AHEAD OF THE FRONT SHOULD BE IN THE LOW TO MID-80s ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA WITH LOW TO MID-80s IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST, VARIABLE CLOUDS TONIGHT, A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, LOWS NEAR 61.

PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY TOMORROW, AGAIN WE WILL SEE THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH BEGINNING IN THE NORTHWEST TOMORROW AFTERNOON, HIGHS NEAR 82.

LOOKING AT OUR WEEKEND FORECAST, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TOMORROW NIGHT AND EXIT TO THE EAST ON FRIDAY MORNING.

HIGH TEMPERATURES NEAR 74, FRIDAY WE'RE ONLY IN THE LOW TO MAYBE SOME MID-60s THIS WEEKEND, COULD BE SEEING SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA ON SATURDAY.

SUNNY ON MONDAY, A HIGH OF 67.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, CHARLIE IS HERE AND FALL SPORTS, THEY ARE PLAYING SOME MATCHES AND GAMES.

>> Charlie: YES, TODAY WE GOT IT UP IN BEMIDJI, WE'RE THE FIRST ONES OUT ON THE COURT AND WE HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR YOU NEXT.

IT'S THE START OF A LOT OF [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪] >>> AS THEY USUALLY ARE, BEMIDJI GIRLS' TENNIS IS THE FIRST LUMBERJACK SPORT TO RETURN TO COMPETITION THIS YEAR.

THE JACKS ARE COMING OFF AN UNDEFEATED REGULAR SEASON IN 2024 AND INTEND TO PICK UP WHEN THEY LEFT OFF.

THEY OPENED AT HOME TODAY, HOSTING THIEF RIVER FALLS IN A TRIANGULAR.

WE'LL START OFF IN DOUBLES, COURT ONE, MILLE KNOTT ON THE SERVICE AND THEN MEGAN BERG, PROVING THAT TOUCH IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS POWER, THEY WIN IN STRAIGHT SETS.

NEXT DOOR, IT'S ZOE MCNALLEN SERVING, HER TEAMMATE NAOMI JOHNSON, FINDING THE GAP IN THE DEFENSE, THEY'D ALSO WIN IN STRAIGHT SETS, 6-0, 6-3.

AND AT NUMBER TWO SINGLES, LILY CARON, OPTS FOR THE FOREHAND DROP, COUNT IT, SHE'D PLAY TWO CLOSE SETS BUT DROP THEM BOTH 6-4.

STORY OF THE DAY AS BEMIDJI DROPS BOTH MATCHES, ONLY BAILEY ROOP IN SINGLES AND BERG AND KNOTT IN DOUBLES ABLE TO GET WINS AGAINST THIEF RIVER AND ALEX.

>>> TWINS HOSTING THE ATHLETICS FOR GAME TWO OF A THREE GAME SERIES.

THE TWINS TRAIL 2-1.

BROOKS WAS HOT LAST NIGHT, 9 R.B.I.S IN 4 GAMES.

TIE IN THE 9th, A CHANCE TO WALK IT OFF, NOT GOING TO GET IT DONE.

TWINS LEFT 12 ON BASE TONIGHT, PROBABLY WISH THEY HADN'T BECAUSE IN THE 10th, THE MOST HOME RUNS IN THE MAJORS SINCE THE ALL-STAR BREAK, THAT IS HIS 16th SINCE THEN, 2nd IN AS MANY NIGHTS, MAKING IT 4-2.

TWINS ARE UNABLE TO PLAY ANYONE IN THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE INNING.

THEY LOST THEIR THIRD SERIES IN A ROW.

>>> HERE'S A NAME THAT MAY RING A BELL.

BEMIDJI BOYS BASKETBALL COACH DAN IS BEING INDUCTED INTO MINNESOTA LACROSSE HALL OF FAME AS PART OF THE INAUGURAL CLASS.

HE IS GOING IN AS AN INDIGENOUS MENTOR.

HE HAS BEEN HOLDING CAMPS, TEACHING TRADITIONAL INDIGENOUS LACROSSE ACROSS THE STATE.

CONGRATULATIONS TO HIM.

WE'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO HEAR FROM HIM LATER ON.

>>> WELL STAPLES-MOTLEY WRESTLING HAS A WHOLE LOT TO CELEBRATE AFTER WINNING ITS FIRST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 40 YEARS THIS PAST FEBRUARY, THE WRESTLING SPACE HAS RECEIVED SOME UPDATES.

SPORTS REPORTER MILES WALKER WAS IN ATTENDANCE FOR THE CARDINALS OPEN HOUSE LAST WEEK FOR MORE.

IT COULD INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF CARDINAL ATHLETES.

>> Reporter: THE UPDATES ARE A LONG TIME COMING FOR THE STATE CHAMPION CARDINALS WRESTLING PROGRAM.

>> THE LEGACY OF OUR PROGRAM GOES BACK TO THE LATE '50s AND EARLY '60s.

IF YOU DON'T RECALL IT, YOU TEND TO FORGET IT.

>> Reporter: THE POSTER PROJECT FEATURES 32 BY 32-INCH POSTERS OF THE WRESTLING CHAMPIONS, AS WELL AS POSTERS HIGHLIGHTING EACH OF THE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP ROSTERS.

>> THE GENERATION TODAY ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE SUCCESS THE PROGRAM HAD.

YOU WANT TO SAY YOU HAVEN'T SEEN NOTHING YET.

WHEN WE WON SIX STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN A ROW AND THEN SEVEN, THERE WAS A FRENZY IN TOWN.

>> I HAVE A LOT OF FAMILY THAT WAS ON THE OTHER TEAM.

A GRANDPA THAT WAS A RUNNER UP, AND A GRANDPA THAT WAS A STATE CHAMP.

>> Reporter: THEY WANT TO INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF WRESTLERS, HIGHLIGHTING WHAT IS REQUIRED FOR THE NEXT MEN UP TO CONTINUE ADDING TO THE PROGRAM'S ILLUSTRIOUS HISTORY.

>> IT SHOWS WE HAVE A LOT OF HISTORY AND THIS MEANS A LOT.

>> EVERYONE HAS HEROES.

FOR THESE KIDS TO HAVE A HERO TO LOOK UP TO, IT INCREASES THE COMMITMENT AND THEIR DESIRE TO BE LIKE THAT.

>> Reporter: FOR THE CURRENT STAPLES MOTLEY WRESTLING TEAM THAT TOOK DOWN UNITED NORTH-CENTRAL, JACKSON COUNTY CENTRAL, AND CHATFIELD BY A COMBINED SCORE OF 148-27, SEEING ALL THAT THE STAPLES MOTLEY ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME IS UPPING THE MOTIVATION AND EXCITEMENT TO GET BACK ON THE MAT COME WINTERTIME.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE].

>> IT WAS REALLY FUN DOWN THERE.

IT IS A LOT OF MOTIVATION.

YOU GET TO KNOW THAT WE DID THAT AND KNOW THAT WE CAN KEEP GOING ON WITH THAT AS WE KEEP PRACTICING AND GETTING BETTER.

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

>> NOW WRESTLING MAKES UP A BIG CHUNK OF THEIR ATHLETIC SUCCESS, BUT STAPLES MOTLEY HAS 94 STATE TEAM TROPHIES, AS WELL AS 75 INDIVIDUAL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

>> Dennis: PRETTY IMPRESSIVE, I WASN'T AWARE OF THE LONG TRADITION IN WRESTLING.

>> Charlie: PART OF IT WAS THAT IT ENDED IN 85 AND 40 YEARS BEFORE THEIR NEXT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND THEY HAVE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO REPEAT AGAIN.

I'M SURE.

>> Dennis: SOUNDS GOOD, THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS FLU SEASON MANY AMERICANS WILL HAVE THE OPTION TO GIVE THEMSELVES THE FLU VACCINE!

FLU-MIST IS NOW APPROVED BY THE U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION FOR USE AT HOME AND IT CAN BE ORDERED ONLINE.

IN TODAY'S HEALTH MINUTE, MANDY GAITHER HAS MORE ON HOW THIS NEW VACCINE WORKS.

>> Reporter: IT'S THE ONLY NASAL SPRAY FLU VACCINE IN THE U.S. F.D.A.

APPROVED FOR USE AT HOME.

FLU-MIST CAN BE SELF ADMINISTERED BY ADULTS UP TO 50 AND CAN BE DELIVERED TO CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS 2.

>> ONE OF THE GREAT STEPS IS WHEN YOU RECEIVE YOUR DOSE, THERE IS A TEMPERATURE TAG THAT GETS SCANNED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS IN THE RIGHT TEMPERATURE AND IT'S SAFE AND READY TO USE.

>> Reporter: THE VACCINE NASAL SPRAY IS AVAILABLE IN 34 STATES, IT CAN BE ORDERED ONLINE AFTER A BRIEF MEDICAL SCREENING QUESTIONNAIRE, WHICH WILL BE REVIEWED BY A LICENSED HEALTH CARE PROVIDER BEFORE THE VACCINE IS PRESCRIBED.

IT IS COVERED BY MOST COMMERCIAL INSURANCE COMPANIES WITH A FEE OF $8.99 FOR SHIPPING AND HANDLING.

>> IT'S QUITE EASY TO ADMINISTER.

ALL THEY DO IS TAKE IT OUT OF ITS PACKAGING, PUT IT INTO ONE NOSTRIL, SPRAY THE DEVICE, REMOVE THE CLIP, AND SPRAY IT INTO THE OTHER NOSTRIL.

>> Reporter: LAST FLU SEASON WAS UNUSUALLY SEVERE, PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES FROM THE U.S. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION SUGGESTS THAT BETWEEN MAY 2024 AND MAY 2025, THERE WERE 1.3 MILLION HOSPITALIZATIONS AND 130 DEATHS FROM FLEW.

LESS THAN HALF OF KIDS AND ADULTS IN THE U.S. HAVE GOTTEN AN ANNUAL FLU VACCINE.

>> KNOWING THEY CAN BRING IT TO THEIR HOME AND VACCINATE ON THEIR SCHEDULE, THE TIME THEY WANT, NO WAITING IN LINE, MAKES IT MANAGEABLE.

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

>> FLU MIST MANUFACTURER ASTRAZENECA SAYS THIS VACCINE HAS BEEN ON THE MARKET FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS AND IS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE.

THIS IS JUST THE FIRST TIME IT'LL BE APPROVED FOR SELF ADMINISTRATION AT HOME.

MINNESOTA IS ONE OF 16 STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WHERE IT IS NOT YET AVAILABLE.

THEY'RE SHOOTING TO GET IT AVAILABLE IN ALL 48 STATES AND ALSO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE MISSING.

WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO BACK TO STACY AS I HAD TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

HAVE A GREAT NIGHT AND WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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