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DENNIS WEIMANN WITH THE NEWS, STACY CHRISTENSON WITH THE WEATHER AND CHARLIE YAEGER WITH YOUR SPORTS.

[♪♪♪] >> Dennis: HI EVERYONE, THANKS FOR WATCHING TONIGHT.

>>> THE WHITE EARTH POLICE DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING FOR A SUSPECT IN A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED IN THE CITY OF MAHNOMEN LAST FRIDAY NIGHT.

ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE FROM WHITE EARTH POLICE, THE SHOOTING WAS A TARGETED INCIDENT, AND INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THERE IS NO ONGOING THREAT TO THE PUBLIC.

TWO VICTIMS WERE INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT, AND ALL PARTIES INVOLVED HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED.

THE WHITE EARTH POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC'S ASSISTANCE IN LOCATING THE FOLLOWING PERSON OF INTEREST, RYAN PACHECO, A 24-YEAR-OLD NATIVE AMERICAN MAN PACHECHO IS 5'11" TALL AND WEIGHS ABOUT 155 POUNDS.

HE HAS BROWN HAIR AND BROWN EYES PACHECHO IS CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS AND OFFICIALS SAY THAT IF YOU SEE HIM YOU SHOULD NOT APPROACH HIM BUT RATHER CALL 9-1-1 IMMEDIATELY.

THE WHITE EARTH POLICE DEPARTMENT IS OFFERING A MONETARY REWARD FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE LOCATION OF RYAN PACHECO.

IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION REGARDING HIS WHEREABOUTS, PLEASE CONTACT WHITE EARTH POLICE DEPARTMENT AUTHORITIES SAY THIS INVESTIGATION REMAINS ACTIVE, AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE RELEASED AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE.

>>> A 30-YEAR-OLD RED LAKE MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO A LITTLE MORE THAN FIVE YEARS IN PRISON FOR THE VIOLENT ASSAULT OF HIS THEN GIRLFRIEND AND HER THREE YEAR OLD CHILD.

MASON ALEXANDER BULLHEAD WAS SENTENCED IN U.S.

DISTRICT COURT TODAY TO 63 MONTHS IN PRISON.

IN FEBRUARY BULLHEAD PLEADED GUILTY TO ONE COUNT OF ASSAULT UPON A CHILD RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL BODILY INJURY AND ONE COUNT OF STRANGLING AN INTIMATE PARTNER.

ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, ON MAY 4TH OF 2024, BULLHEAD ASSAULTED THE CHILD INSIDE THE FAMILY HOME.

HE STRUCK THE CHILD REPEATEDLY AND KICKED HIM WHILE WEARING STEEL TOED BOOTS.

WHEN THE CHILD'S MOTHER ATTEMPTED TO INTERVENE TO PROTECT HER SON, BULLHEAD ASSAULTED HER AS WELL.

HE THREATENED TO KILL HER BEFORE PLACING HIS HANDS AROUND HER NECK AND STRANGLING HER, IMPAIRING HER ABILITY TO BREATHE.

>>> THE LAKE OF THE WOODS SHERIFFS OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF A 64-YEAR-OLD WOMAN.

A LITTLE PAST NOON LAST FRIDAY, THE BODY OF BLOSSOM CHWIALKOWSKI OF BAUDETTE WAS FOUND IN AN ABANDONED VEHICLE AT CLEMENTSON RAPIDS PARK, ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF BAUDETTE.

THE INCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION PENDING A FULL AUTOPSY.

THE LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS BEING ASSISTED BY THE MINNESOTA BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION.

>>> A TRAIN STRUCK A VEHICLE THAT STALLED ON THE RAILROAD TRACKS IN RANDALL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

THE MORRISON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE SAYS 62-YEAR-OLD JAMES POGREBA OF CUSHING WAS DIVING A VEHICLE THAT STALLED ON THE CROSSING ON EAST SIXTH STREET.

POGREBA WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO HIS VEHICLE GETTING STRUCK BY AN AMTRAK TRAIN.

POGREBA THOUGH WAS HIT WITH DEBRIS FROM THE CRASH AND WAS AIRLIFTED TO ST.

CLOUD HOSPITAL BY WITH UNKNOWN INJURIES.

>>> THE MAN SERVING TWO LIFE TERMS PLUS 40 YEARS AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO FEDERAL CHARGES RELATED TO KILLING A TOP DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKER AND HER HUSBAND HAS MADE HIS INITIAL APPEARANCE IN STATE COURT.

THE PROCEDURAL HEARING FOR VANCE BOELTER COMES LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AFTER HIS SENTENCING IN FEDERAL COURT.

HE PLEADED GUILTY TO THE FEDERAL CHARGES RELATED TO THE KILLING OF FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER HORTMAN AND HER HUSBAND, MARK, AS WELL AS CRITICALLY WOUNDING STATE SENATOR JOHN HOFFMAN AND HIS WIFE, YVETTE.

THE STATE CASE AGAINST VANCE BOELTER HAD BEEN ON HOLD PENDING RESOLUTION OF THE FEDERAL CASE.

A STATE CONVICTION COULD NOT BE OVERTURN BY A PRESIDENTIAL PARDON AT ANY POINT IN THE FUTURE.

PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS NOT INDICATED HE PLANS TO PARDON BOELTER BUT HAS SHARED CONSPIRACY VIDEOS IN THE PAST THAT IMPLICATED GOVERNOR TIM WALZ IN THE CASE, IF CONVICTED OF THE STATE CHARGES, BOELTER COULD FACE MANDATORY LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE.

>>> MINNESOTA ALONG WITH 24 OTHER STATES SUED THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION MONDAY OVER ITS LATEST TARIFFS, CALLING THEM A PRETEXT FOR REPLACING IMPORT TAXES THE SUPREME COURT STRUCK DOWN IN FEBRUARY.

THE PRESIDENT LAST MONTH IMPOSED DOUBLE-DIGIT TARIFFS ON 59 COUNTRIES AND THE EUROPEAN UNION, CHARGING THAT THEY HAD NOT DONE ENOUGH TO CRACK DOWN ON IMPORTS PRODUCED BY FORCED LABOR.

THE NEW TARIFFS TOOK EFFECT JUST AS THE CLOCK RAN OUT ON TEMPORARY TARIFFS TRUMP HAD TURNED TO AFTER THE SUPREME COURT DEFEAT.

TRUMP, WHO ARGUES THAT HIGH TARIFFS WILL REVIVE AMERICAN MANUFACTURING, LAST YEAR OVERTURNED DECADES OF U.S.

POLICY THAT FAVORED LOWER TARIFFS AND EVER-FREER TRADE.

>>> SENATE LEADERS HAVE INTRODUCED A PLAN THAT WOULD DELAY A SCHEDULED RE-CRIMINALIZATION OF HEMP THC PRODUCTS.

THE SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE ON SUNDAY RELEASED A BILL THAT WOULD EXTEND FUNDING FOR FEDERAL AGENCIES THROUGH DECEMBER 11TH AND DELAY A PLANNED PROHIBITION ON MOST HEMP PRODUCTS UNTIL THE SAME DATE—ALMOST A MONTH LATER THAN ORIGINALLY PLANNED.

BOTH MINNESOTA SENATORS WORKED ARE WORKING TO DELAY THE BAN.

SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT BREWERS, FARMERS, SMALL BUSINESSES, AND CUSTOMERS IN MINNESOTA HAVE MADE CLEAR THAT THE FEDERAL BAN ON HEMP PRODUCTS WILL BE DEVASTATING AND MINNESOTA SENATOR TINA SMITH SAID THE INITIAL BAN SET TO TAKE PLACE WAS ILL-ADVISED AND WOULD HAVE HURT BOTH HEMP FARMERS AND MINNESOTA BREWERIES ALIKE.

THE INTOXICATING HEMP INDUSTRY, WHICH WOULD BE EFFECTIVELY SHUT DOWN BY THE PROPOSED BAN, WAS ESTIMATED TO BE WORTH MORE THAN $28 BILLION LAST YEAR WHILE SUPPORTING 300,000 JOBS AND GENERATING $1.5 BILLION IN TAX REVENUE FOR STATES.

BOTH THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE MUST STILL APPROVE THE BILL BEFORE THE DELAY GOES INTO EFFECT.

>>> AS NORTHERN TOWNSHIP NEAR BEMIDJI PREPARES TO BECOME THE CITY OF NORTHERN, LOCAL LEADERS ARE ASKING RESIDENTS TO HELP SHAPE IT'S NEW IDENTITY.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN NOW SUBMIT THEIR OWN IDEAS FOR THE CITY'S OFFICIAL LOGO.

THE CITY'S FUTURE IDENTITY COULD BEGIN WITH SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS A SKETCH OR WRITTEN IDEA.

NORTHERN RESIDENTS ARE BEING ENCOURAGED TO SHARE WHAT MAKES THEIR COMMUNITY UNIQUE AND HELP INSPIRE A LOGO THAT REPRESENTS IT FOR YEARS TO COME.

>> WE'RE ABOUT TO MAKE THAT TRANSITION INTO CITY, CITY OF FORTH -- NORTHERN.

WE WANT TO INCLUDE THE RESIDENTS ON WHATEVER WE CAN DURING THE PROCESS, ONE OF THE THINGS BEING THE LOGO FOR THE CITY.

IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD HELP SHAPE THE IDENTITY, REALLY FOR THE CITY MOVING FORWARD.

WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING FOR THINGS THAT WOULD BE UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AREA THAT WE COULD INCLUDE IN HELPING TO SHAPE THAT IDENTITY FOR THIS NEW CITY OF NORTHERN.

>> SUBMISSIONS ARE DUE BY AUGUST 31ST AND CAN BE E-MAILED TO TOWNSHIP SUPERVISOR CHRIS LAHN.

THE TOWNSHIP BOARD WILL REVIEW THE IDEAS IN SEPTEMBER AS IT WORKS TOWARD A FINAL DESIGN.

>>> FIRE CREWS ARE RACING TO CONTAIN THREE WILDFIRES TEARING THROUGH SPOKANE COUNTY, WASHINGTON.

HUNDREDS OF STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD TO FLEE THEIR HOMES SINCE SATURDAY.

SO FAR, THE OLD TRAILS, FAIRVIEW, AND AUTUMN LANE FIRES HAVE CONSUMED MORE THAN 8,000 ACRES AND ARE ZERO PERCENT CONTAINED.

LEIGH WALDMAN BRINGS US THE LATEST.

>> IT WAS VERY DEVASTATING TO SIT THERE AND WATCH AND IT KEPT MOVING SO FAST AS SOON AS THE TWO FIRES COMBINED ON MY PROPERTY.

>> Reporter: IT'S A WAKING NIGHTMARE.

>> I DON'T THINK I AM GOING TO REBUILD HERE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO RELIVE A FIRE COMING UP THIS HILL AGAIN.

>> Reporter: THREE MAJOR WILDFIRES ARE SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA.

HOMES AND BUILDINGS ARE LEFT IN RUINS, THOUSANDS OF ACRES ALREADY CONSUMED.

>> IT'S LIKELY THE WORST NATURAL DISASTER IN SPOKANE'S HISTORY.

>> Reporter: OFFICIALS EXPECT THESE FIRES WILL CONTINUE TO BURN FOR WEEKS.

WILDFIRES ARE ALWAYS A RISK IN THE COUNTY, BUT STRONG WINDS IN THE AREA ARE ADDING TO THE DANGER.

FIRE CREWS HAVE THEIR BEST CONDITIONS TODAY TO FIGHT THE FLAMES, BUT CONDITIONS DETERIORATE AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES.

>> I HAVE BEEN TO A LOT OF PLACES AROUND THE WORLD, AND NOT SO GOOD PLACES AROUND THE WORLD, ANDKY TELL -- AND I CAN TELL YOU TODAY THAT IT'S A WAR ZONE.

>> Reporter: NO FIRST RESPONDERS HAVE BEEN INJURED.

LAW ENFORCEMENT IS FOLLOWING UP AS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REPORTED MISSING.

>> WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY, WE DON'T HAVE A NUMBER.

I WILL SAY I AM VERY PLEASED THAT MOST PEOPLE HEEDED THE EVACUATION ORDERS.

THOUSANDS EVACUATED IN JUST A FEW HOURS, TENS OF THOUSANDS.

>> Reporter: MONDAY MORNING, SPOKANE HAD THE WORST AIR QUALITY IN THE COUNTRY.

I'M LEIGH WALDMAN REPORTING.

>> THE CAUSE OF THESE FIRES ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION.

>> [♪♪♪] .

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

>> Stacy: STORMS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT AND PARTS OF OUR VIEWING AREA ARE UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

I'LL HAVE THE DETAILS IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK FOR THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, A MOTHER-SON DUO FROM PARK RAPIDS OPENS A UNIQUE STORE EARLIER THIS YEAR.

[♪♪ [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪] >>> WELL, THERE WAS A NEW CHAMPION AT THE LAKE BEMIDJI DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL.

BIG CROWDS TURNED OUT ON SATURDAY FOR THE 20TH EDITION OF THE EVENT.

34 TEAMS IN ALL PARTICIPATED IN VARIOUS DIVISIONS.

AND IN THE DRAGONBOAT CHAMPIONS CUP IT WAS THE NORDIC WHITECAPS EDGING PAST 11-TIME CHAMPION HYDRAHEADS.

THE NORDIC WHITECAPS WON IT BY 0.16 SECONDS IN A PHOTO FINISH.

OUR REPORTER RYAN FLEMING WILL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT SATURDAY EVENT TOMORROW NIGHT ON LAKELAND NEWS DURING OUR NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE SEGMENT.

>>> 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.

WE ANNOUNCE FIVE POTENTIAL QUALIFIERS EVERY WEEKNIGHT THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.

TO REGISTER FOR THE DRAWING, SEND US A POSTCARD WITH YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER ON IT AND THEN WATCH LAKELAND NEWS TO SEE IF YOUR NAME IS DRAWN WE WILL SELECT THE GRAND PRIZE WINNER OUT OF ALL THE QUALIFIERS DURING A LIVE DRAWING ON OUR MONDAY, AUGUST 31ST NEWSCAST.

WE WILL DO IT RIGHT HERE ON LAKELAND NEWS LIVE.

SO ANOTHER MONTH'S WORTH OF QUALIFIERS IN THE CONTEST.

TIME FOR WEATHER, STACY IS HERE NOW.

WE HAD SOME HEAVY RAIN COMING DOWNRIGHT OVER OUR STUDIO FOR MUCH OF THE NEWSCAST.

>> Stacy: RIGHT, WE CAN CERTAINLY HEAR IT ON THE ROOF.

WE HAVE SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THIS EVENING AND PARTS OF THE AREA STILL UNDER THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1:00 A.M.

ON TUESDAY.

IT DOES LOOK LIKE QUIETER, BUT COOLER WEATHER IS IN STORE FOR US [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: AFTER MUGGY CONDITIONS TODAY, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THEY'RE MAKING THEIR WAY ACROSS THE AREA, BRINGING HEAVY RAINFALL IN SOME INSTANCES.

NO ACTIVE WARNINGS RIGHT AT THIS TIME, BUT MUCH OF OUR AREA REMAINS UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1:00 A.M.

ON TUESDAY.

THEN IT DOES LOOK LIKE WE'RE GOING TO SEE QUIET WEATHER RETURN TOMORROW, BUT TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE MUCH COOLER.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 62 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT, AT OUR STUDIO, WINDS ARE NORTHWEST AT 12 MILES PER HOUR, OUR DEW POINT IS 62, AND SO FAR, AS OF THE TOP OF THE HOUR, WE RECEIVED JUST OVER 0.2-INCH OF RAINFALL.

IN BRAINERD, CLEAR SKIES, 77 DEGREES, A DEW POINT OF 67.

PRESSURE IS FALLING AND WINDS ARE SOUTH AT 13 MILES PER HOUR.

WE HAVE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUT FOR A GOOD PORTION OF OUR VIEWING AREA UNTIL 1:00 A.M.

ON WEDNESDAY.

WE COULD SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 70 MILES PER HOUR, 1.5 INCH HAIL, AND THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A TORNADO OR TWO, ALTHOUGH THAT THREAT SEEMS TO BE DIMINISHING AS WE HEAD INTO THE OVERNIGHT.

WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT.

THEY ARE MAKING THEIR WAY ACROSS THE AREA AND WE CAN SEE THEM RIGHT HERE ON OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR.

A LOT OF THOSE WILL BE MAKING THEIR WAY TO THE EAST AS WE HEAD OVERNIGHT AND SOME OF THAT WILL TAPER OFF IN WESTERN MINNESOTA.

EVENTUALLY TOMORROW, WE WILL SEE QUIET WEATHER RETURN, BUT BEHIND THE COLD FRONT, TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER AND HIGHS WILL BE IN THE 60s.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, BILL AND JUDY SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE MORNING SKY OVER UPPER RED LAKE.

THE FLOWERS ARE IN BLOOM ACROSS THE AREA, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, JOAN IN LAPORTE, AND CHRISSY IN DEERWOOD WITH THOSE PHOTOS.

WE HAVE DUCKS FROM LAURIE.

GARY SPOTTING A WALKING STICK IN DEERWOOD, AND THIS PHOTO OF THE CLOUDS TONIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA WITH 65 AND A HAZE THIS MORNING.

CHRISSY IN DEERWOOD, HIGH OF 83.

ANGELA IN CASS LAKE, PARTLY CLOUDY AND 84.

JOAN IN LAPORTE, A HUMID AND BREEZY DAY TODAY.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, CLOUDY AND 83.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, REPORTING A HIGH OF 88.

ON OUR ALMANAC, 89 WAS OUR HIGH IN BRAINERD TODAY.

IT WAS A HOT AND MUGGY DAY.

65 WAS THE LOW, SUNRISE AT 1 MINUTE AFTER 6:00 THIS MORNING.

BEMIDJI TOPPING OUT AT 84, SO ABOVE THE AVERAGE HIGH.

66 WAS OUR LOW, AND SUNSET TONIGHT AT 8:50.

SO AS WE LOOK AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, A FEW CLOUDS MAY HANG ON IN THE MORNING, BUT AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY, MOST OF THAT WILL MOVE OUT AND WE SHOULD BE SEEING MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES ACROSS THE AREA.

TEMPERATURE-WISE, IT IS GOING TO BE QUITE A BIT COOLER THAN WHAT WE HAVE BEEN SEEING, 67 IN WARROAD FOR THE HIGH, AROUND 70 FOR OUR HIGHS ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA AND IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID-70s.

SO OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING, ALTHOUGH THEY SHOULD TAPER OFF IN WESTERN MINNESOTA AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

LOWS NEAR 53.

TOMORROW, SKIES BECOME MOSTLY SUNNY, 71 IS THE HIGH, NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 20.

HERE'S A LOOK AT THE EXTENDED FORECAST.

WE HAVE A LOT OF SUNSHINE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AND TEMPERATURES WILL START TO WARM ONCE AGAIN WITH HIGHS BACK IN THE LOW TO MID-80s AS WE START THE WEEKEND.

WE COULD SEE A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AND POSSIBLY SUNDAY.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: OKAY, THANKS STACY.

MILES IS HERE FOR CHARLIE TONIGHT.

BIRCHMONT WRAPPED UP.

>> YES, THEY GOT TO WITNESS HISTORY THIS PAST WEEKEND.

WE'LL HAVE MORE FROM THE TOURNAMENT RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK.

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

[♪♪♪] >>> ON SATURDAY MORNING, MATCH PLAY CONTINUED AT THE BIRCHMONT WITH THE MEN'S SEMIFINAL.

VERNDALE'S CARTER WHITE WOULD KNOCK HIS OFF FORMER NDSU TEAMMATE RYLIN PETRY 1-UP, WHILE 3-TIME CHAMPION NICK SCHAEFER, FROM GRAND FORKS, WOULD HANDLE EGF'S BRODY JOHNSON 2-1, SETTING UP THE AFTERNOON FINAL.

IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY TO CROWN A CHAMPION AT THE BEMIDJI TOWN AND COUNTRY CLUB.

SCHAEFER WAS DOING EVERYTHING HE COULD TO BECOME THE 4TH PERSON TO WIN 4-MENS TITLES, BUT WHITE WAS PLAYING SOME OF THE BEST GOLF OF HIS CAREER THIS WEEK.

HERE AT 3, WHITE KNOCKING DOWN THE 8-FOOTER TO GO 2-UP EARLY, HE AND SCAHEFER WOULD GO BACK AND FORTH THE NEXT 3-HOLES.

THEN AT 7, WHITE TRYING TO GET BACK TO 2-UP, THIS CHIP IS SURE USEFUL, HE'D HIT THE TURN 1-UP, BUT WIN 10 AND 11 TO GO 3-UP.

THEN AT 13, THIS IS WHERE WHITE REALLY TOOK HOLD, FROM ALL THE WAY DOWN THE HILL, GETS IT TO THE GREEN, THEN ALMOST FINDS THE JAR FOR EAGLE, HE'D HAVE TO SETTLE FOR BIRDIE AND GO 4-UP, HE'D GO ON TO FINISH THE JOB AT 15.

AND BEAT SCHAEFER 4-3 TO WIN HIS FIRST MEN'S BIRCHMONT CHAMPION.

BUT GET THIS, WHILE HE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS FINAL ROUND, WHITE'S BROTHER JACKSON WAS WINNING THE JUNIOR BIRCHMONT TITLE IN A MATCH THAT WENT 22-HOLES.

>> OH, IT'S AWESOME.

WHEN I HEARD ON HOLE 12 THAT HE HAD WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP, I REALLY WANTED IT BAD SO WE COULD BOTH WIN IT ON THE SAME DAY.

I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE PRETTY AWESOME.

IT'S AMAZING.

IT'S A BLESSING.

IT'S AN AWESOME TOURNAMENT AND AN AWESOME WEEK WITH FRIENDS, TEAMMATES, JUST GETTING TO PLAY GOLF, AND OBVIOUSLY MEET NEW PEOPLE AS WELL.

THIS IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE A MEMORY I WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP FOREVER.

>> WELL, HISTORY WAS MADE AT THE BIRCH ON TUESDAY WHEN UND'S GIGI LUND FIRED OFF A 6-UNDER 66 IN THE QUALIFYING ROUND, THE LOWEST EVER FOR THE WOMEN AT THE BIRCH.

BUT IF HER OPPONENT EMILY ISRAELSON COULD COME OUT VICTORIOUS, SHE'D MAKE HISTORY AS WELL WITH A RECORD SEVEN BIRCHMONT TITLES.

ISRAELSON WON THE LAST BIRCH SHE PLAYED IN BUT TOOK OFF LAST YEAR TO BECOME A MOM, LUND, WHO IS FROM BELLEVUE WASHINGTON, PLAYING IN HER FIRST EVER BIRCHMONT.

ISRAELSON, JUMPED OUT TO AN EARLY LEAD, 1-UP AFTER ONE, THEN GOES 2-UP HERE AT TWO AFTER SAVING PAR WITH THIS CHIP, THEY'D TRADE THE NEXT TWO HOLES.

THEN AT 8, ISRAELSON IS LOST IN THE WOODS, BUT NOW IS FOUND ON THE GREEN, SHE'D MAKE PAR TO GO 3-UP, SHE'D GET TO 4-UP ON THE BACK 9.

AT 13, LUND, WHO IS USUALLY UP 4 AT THIS POINT IS DOWN 4, NEEDS SOMETHING TO KEEP HERSELF ALIVE, HOW ABOUT THIS, NEARLY FINDS THE CUP, SHE'D WIN THAT HOLE AND 14, THEY'D HALVE 14.

BUT AT 16, ISRAELSON CLOSES THE DOOR, KNOCKS DOWN THAT PUTT TO WIN THE MATCH 3-2 OVER LUND, AND WIN HER RECORD SETTING 7TH BIRCHMONT TOURNAMENT.

WHEN SHE WON IN 2024 SHE TOLD US THAT WAS HER FAVORITE WIN BECAUSE SHE WAS A NEWLYWED AND IT WAS THE MOST IMPRESSIVE WIN BECAUSE SHE WAS NOT PLAYING AS MUCH GOLF AS WHEN SHE WAS IN COLLEGE.

WELL, SHE MIGHT HAVE A NEW FAVORITE AFTER THIS ONE.

>> I KNOW, I KEEP SAYING EVERY YEAR, LIKE OH THIS ONE IS MY FAVORITE.

THIS ONE IS NUMBER ONE.

I THINK THIS ONE ACTUALLY IS MY NUMBER ONE BECAUSE I'M A MOM NOW.

IT'S EXTRA SPECIAL THAT SHE WON'T EVER REMEMBER THIS BUT FOR ME, I WILL.

SHE IS ABLE TO KNOW THAT MOM HAS GAME.

SO IT'S EVERYTHING.

EVEN WHEN I WAS OUT THERE, I WAS YOU KNOW WHAT?

WHATEVER WAY THIS GOES, I GOT A HEALTHY BABY, A GOOD FAMILY.

THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT.

>> THERE WAS A JOKE GOING AROUND THAT THE ONLY THING THAT COULD STOP THE NOW HALL OF FAMER FROM WINNING ANOTHER BIRCHMONT WAS HAVING A BABY, TURNS OUT THAT WAS TRUE.

HERE ARE THE YEARS ISRAELSON WON THOSE 7-TITLES.

SHE IS NOW THE ONLY GOLFER IN THE MEN'S OR WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION TO WIN 7, PASSING JODY GUMLIA WHO HAS SIX.

>>> AND BEMIDJI HIGH SCHOOL'S ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT LINEDECKER WILL BE LEAVING THE SWIMMING AND DIVING PROGRAM.

HE FIRST JOINED IN 1995 AS THE BOYS HEAD COACH.

HE GOES ON TO COACH THE BOYS FOR TWO DECADES AND BEING ON THE GIRLS COACHING STAFF FROM 1996 TO 2023.

ON THE GIRL'S SIDE, HE HELPED LEAD THE PROGRAM TO 6-STRAIGHT SECTION 8-1A CHAMPIONSHIPS AND STATE TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES.

BEMIDJI GIRLS SWIMMING HAS PARTICIPATED IN THE STATE MEET AS RECENTLY AS 2025.

FOR THE BOYS, LINEDECKER SENT MULTIPLE PLAYERS TO THE MEET AS WELL, INCLUDING MATT WILCOX IN 2010 WHO WON THE FREESTYLE CLASS 1A TITLE THAT YEAR.

A LOT OF CHANGE OVER FOR BEMIDJI'S COACHING STAFF THIS YEAR.

LINEDECKER JOINS BRIAN FROM FOOTBALL, RICK FROM BOYS SOCCER, MIKE IN GIRLS HOCKEY, DARREN FROM GIRLS BASKETBALL, AND ALICIA FROM GIRLS VOLLEYBALL ON THE MANY LIST OF COACHES TO RESIGN FROM THE LUMBERJACK FAMILY SINCE MARCH THIS YEAR.

>> Dennis: VERY BUSY ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR TRYING TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS.

>> BIG SHOES TO FILL.

>> Dennis: THANKS MILES.

A UNIQUE STORE HAS RECENTLY OPENED IN PARK RAPIDS THAT COMBINES THE LOVE OF MANY ART FORMS.

FOR THIS WEEK IN BUSINESS, LAKELAND INTERN HANNAH KAHLSTORF STOPPED BY NORTHBOUND INK TATTOO AND BOOKSTORE, TO SPEAK TO THE OWNERS ABOUT HOW THEIR FIRST FEW MONTHS HAVE BEEN.

>> MY SON WANTED TO OPEN A TATTOO STUDIO AND IT WORKED TOGETHER.

NORTHBOUND INK ON SKIN AND ON PAPER.

>> Reporter: THIS MOTHER-SON DUO DECIDED TO OPEN UP AN INDY BOOKSTORE AND TATTOO STUDIO.

THE BOOKSTORE FEATURES HOWARD'S OWN WORKS AND ALSO FOCUSING EXCLUSIVELY ON INDEPENDENT AUTHORS.

NORTHBOUND INK HAS GROWN TO INCLUDE AUTHORS FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD.

>> IT'S REALLY NICE HAVING A PLACE FOR OUR BOOKS INSTEAD OF JUST ON A WEBSITE WHERE YOU GET LOST IN THE SHUFFLE WITH TRADITIONALLY PUBLISHED BOOKS.

>> I THINK IT'S CRUCIAL THAT WE CONTINUE TO READ.

I THINK IT'S CRUCIAL THAT WE CONTINUE TO PUSH PEOPLE TO READ.

IT'S NOT A DYING ART BUT THEY NEED TO BE ENCOURAGED TO DO SO.

MUCH MORE IMAGINATION ON A BOOK.

>> Reporter: NORTHBOUND INK WHICH OPENED ON APRIL 1ST, IS ONE OF THREE BUSINESSES IN NORTH AMERICA THAT COMBINES AN INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE WITH A TATTOO STUDIO.

>> THE FACT THAT WE CAN DO THIS TOGETHER TOO IS AWESOME.

WE HAD A STATE INSPECTION FOR OUR FULL TIME LICENSE, AND WHEN THE STATE WOMAN CAME THROUGH, SHE LOOKED AROUND AND SHE SAID WOW.

I SAID, BAD?

SHE SAID OH NO, THIS IS ONE OF THE NICEST SHOPS I HAVE BEEN INTO.

SO, PERSONALLY WITH IT BEING OUR BUSINESS, I WAS LIKE THANK YOU.

IT'S LIKE WE TRY TO MAKE IT A DIFFERENT VIBE.

I WANT PEOPLE WHEN THEY COME IN WITH THE FLOWERS AND THE DECOR, I WANT THEM TO FEEL LIKE THIS IS MORE HOME THAN IT IS SOME RANDOM TATTOO SHOP.

>> Reporter: SEEING AS NORTHBOUND INK IS BOOKED OUT FOR SIX WEEKS FOR TATTOOS AND THE BOOK SHELVES ARE ALREADY FULL, EVENTUALLY THE PAIR HAS DREAMS TO EXPAND.

REPORTING FROM PARK RAPIDS WITH THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, I'M HANNAH, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> NORTHBOUND INK IS OPEN FROM 9:00 TO 3:00 MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

>>> EXCUSE ME, I'M LOSING MY VOICE.

THAT'S GOING TO WRAP UP THIS SHOW.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

>> Miles: GOOD NIGHT.

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