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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 LEECH LAKE BAND OF OJIBWE HELD ITS INAUGURATION CEREMONY AND ITS QUARTERLY MEETING TODAY AT NORTHERN LIGHTS CASINO IN WALKER.

LEON STAPLES JUNIOR WAS SWORN IN AS THE NEW DISTRICT THREE REPRESENTATIVE AND FARON JACKSON SENIOR WAS SWORN IN FOR HIS THIRD TERM AS CHAIRMAN.

REPORTER SAMMY HOLLADAY HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: IT WAS A HISTORIC DAY FOR THE LEECH LAKE BAND OF OJIBWA.

LEON WAS SWORN INTO OFFICE AS THE DISTRICT 3 REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE BAND.

CHAIRMAN FARON WAS ALSO SWORN IN FOR HIS THIRD TERM.

REPRESENTATIVE STAPLES WAS MOTIVATED TO RUN FOR OFFICE TO HELP OUT WORKERS THROUGHOUT THE BAND.

>> THERE WERE A LOT OF REASONS I WANTED TO RUN FOR OFFICE.

THE MAIN REASON WAS THAT THERE WASN'T A LOT OF FAIR TREATMENT FOR OUR LOWER PAID WORKERS THROUGHOUT THE BAND.

IT WAS GETTING WORSE AND AFFECTING PEOPLE ON THE DAILY AND IT INSPIRED ME TO BE THE VOICE FOR THEM.

>> Reporter: SERVING THEIR FIRST AND THIRD TERMS RESPECTIVELY, SERVING THE BAND MEMBERS THE BEST WAY THEY CAN IS HUMBLING.

>> I'M AWE IN THE MEMBERSHIP BELIEVING IN ME AND BESTOWING ME WITH ANOTHER VOTE TO BE THE CHAIRMAN FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS.

YOU KNOW, I WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL FOR THEM BECAUSE THEN IT WILL REAP BENEFITS FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I DO THE BEST I CAN AND DON'T DISHONOR THE VOTE THAT THEY BESTOWED ON ME.

>> VERY HUMBLING FEELING FOR ME, HAPPY, YOU KNOW, SAD THAT I HAVE TO LEAVE MY OVER WORK FAMILY.

I'M EXCITED.

>> Reporter: REPRESENTATIVE STAPLES LOOKS TO ADDRESS PROBLEMS THAT BAND MEMBERS ARE FACING BY EDUCATING THE YOUNGER GENERATIONS.

>> I THINK THAT WILL FIX A LOT OF THESE THINGS FROM DRUG PROBLEMS, HOMELESSNESS, CRIME ACTIVITY, AS WE START WITH THE YOUTH.

MY MAIN FOCUS RIGHT AWAY WILL BE INVESTING IN THE YOUTH AND I THINK THAT WILL SPEAK VOLUMES AND FIX A LOT OF THE ISSUES INTO THE FUTURE.

>> Reporter: DURING THE QUARTERLY MEETING, CHAIRMAN SHARED TWO THINGS THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON, HOUSING AND INFLATION THROUGH A STIMULUS PACKAGE.

>> I TALKED TO MEMBERS IN THE THREE DISTRICTS AND THEY EXPRESSED THE HARDSHIPS THEY ARE DEALING WITH FINANCIALLY AND I SAID WE HAVE MONEY IN OUR RESERVE FUND, GENERAL RESERVE FUND AND THIS IS THE HEALTHIEST WE'VE BEEN IN YEARS AND WE'RE CAPABLE OF DOING A STIMULUS TO OUR MEMBERS.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN WALKER, SAMMY HOLLADAY, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE PROPOSED STIMULUS PACKAGE COULD SEE ADULT BAND MEMBERS RECEIVE $1,500 AND $500 FOR CHILDREN UNDER 18 TO BE PUT IN THEIR MINOR TRUST FUND ACCOUNTS.

>>> BEMIDJI'S NEW HOME WAS DEDICATED TODAY.

WE WILL HAVE A FULL REPORT TOMORROW NIGHT ON LAKELAND NEWS.

>>> IN OTHER NEWS TONIGHT, A POLICE OFFICER IN THE CITY OF CROOKSTON FATALLY SHOT A MAN DURING A CONFRONTATION AT A HOMELESS SHELTER.

POLICE CHIEF DARIN SELZER SAYS OFFICERS WERE DISPATCHED TO THE CARE AND SHARE SHELTER AROUND 11:45 P.M. ON SUNDAY ON A REPORT OF A FIGHT IN PROGRESS.

HE SAYS THEY CONFRONTED A MAN WHO WAS BEING COMBATIVE TOWARD OFFICERS AND WAS NOT FOLLOWING THEIR COMMANDS.

THE STATEMENT SAYS LESS LETHAL MEANS WERE TRIED BEFORE AN OFFICER FIRED THEIR HANDGUN, STRIKING THE SUSPECT.

THE CHIEF'S STATEMENT DID NOT SAY IF THE MAN WAS ARMED, BUT DID SAY THAT NO FURTHER DETAILS WOULD BE RELEASED AT THIS TIME.

THE MINNESOTA B.C.A.

IS HEADING UP THE INVESTIGATION OF THE SHOOTING.

>>> TWO AREA JUDGES HAVE BEEN PUBLICALLY REPRIMANDED BY THE MINNESOTA BOARD ON JUDICIAL STANDARDS.

SEVENTH DISTRICT JUDGE DOUGLAS B. CLARK WHO IS CHAMBERED IN THE WADENA COUNTY COURTHOUSE WAS REPRIMANDED ON MAY 17TH FOR FAILURE TO REMAIN IMPARTIAL AND FOR FAILURE TO BE PATIENT AND COURTEOUS IN MULTIPLE HEARINGS.

THE REPRIMAND STATED THAT CLARK INAPPROPRIATELY INTERRUPTED QUESTIONING OF WITNESSES ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS DURING HEARINGS AND ALSO IGNORED TIMELINES CAUSED UNNEEDED DELAYS IN THE JUDICIAL PROCESS.

ACCORDING TO THE PUBLIC REPRIMAND JUDGE CLARK HAS COMMITTED TO WORK TO IMPROVE HIS PERFORMANCE.

>>> ALSO ON JUNE 27TH, THE MINNESOTA BOARD ON JUDICIAL STANDARDS ISSUED A PUBLIC REPRIMAND TO SEVENTH DISTRICT JUDGE MATTHEW M. QUINN WHO IS CHAMBERED IN THE MILLE LACS COUNTY COURTHOUSE.

QUINN WAS REPRIMANDED FOR REFUSING TO RECOGNIZE A NEW STATE LAW RESTORING VOTING RIGHTS FOR PEOPLE CONVICTED OF FELONIES.

ACCORDING TO THE REPRIMAND, QUINN WITHOUT AUTHORITY BASED ON HIS OWN RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS, BEGAN ISSUING PROBATION SENTENCING ORDERS ON OCTOBER 12, 2023, WHICH RULED THE NEW LAW WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND RESTRICTED THE VOTING RIGHTS OF DEFENDANTS.

THE REPRIMAND SAYS THIS RESTRICTED DEFENDANTS VOTING RIGHTS AND DEPRIVED THEM OF THE RESTORED VOTING RIGHTS AVAILABLE TO THEM UNDER THE NEW STATE STATUTE.

THE BOARD DIRECTS JUDGE QUINN TO DETERMINE AND ADDRESS THE CAUSES OF HIS CONDUCT.

IF THE CONDUCT RECURS, THE BOARD WILL CONSIDER WHETHER ADDITIONAL DISCIPLINE IS APPROPRIATE.

QUINN WAS ALSO REPRIMANDED IN 2021 FOR SHOWING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND ALSO CRITICIZING PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN.

>>> CENTRAL MINNESOTANS PACKED THE CROSSLAKE FIRE HALL THIS PAST SATURDAY FOR CROW WING COUNTY COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PREVENTION DAY.

ATTENDEES HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ONLY LEARN PROPER PROTOCOL TO BEST COMBAT THE DESTRUCTIVE OCCURRENCES BUT ALSO HOW OUR FIRE SERVICE WORKERS AND MINNESOTA D.N.R.

ADDRESS THE DIRE SITUATIONS.

REPORTER MILES WALKER HAS THE LATEST.

>> Reporter: WILDFIRES ARE A WORLDWIDE PROBLEM, WHETHER ON A SMALL SCALE OR A LARGE ONE, AKIN TO WHAT HAPPENED IN MAUI LAST WEEK.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT CAN CAUSE THEM.

>> WE KIND OF FORGET WITH ALL THE RECENT RAIN, THAT WILDFIRES CAN STILL HAPPEN.

WE CAN QUICKLY DRY OUT AND THE WINDS CAN PICK UP.

WE CAN GO FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME WITHOUT RAIN AND WHEN THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY DROPS WITH THE WINDS, IT MAKES EVERYBODY REALLY SUSCEPTIBLE FOR WILDFIRES.

>> Reporter: HOWEVER, WHAT MANY DO NOT KNOW ARE THE MANY WAYS THEY THEMSELVES CAN CREATE ENVIRONMENTS THAT CAN POTENTIALLY INCITE WILDFIRES.

>> WHETHER THEY'RE BURNING MATERIALS THAT GET AWAY FROM THEM, MAYBE THEY HAVE A CAMPFIRE THEY DIDN'T PUT OUT, THINGS LIKE THAT.

I ENCOURAGE, IF YOU ARE BURNING DEBRIS, FOR INSTANCE, JUST MAKE SURE YOU STAY IN ATTENDANCE UNTIL IT'S COMPLETELY OUT.

>> Reporter: SOME OF THE STATION'S FIRE SERVICE WORKERS SET UP FOR THE VISITORS, INCLUDING A FIRE WISE PROGRAM, A MAP INDICATING WHERE IN THE COUNTRY PRESENT IT IS MOST RISK FOR A WILDFIRE AND DEFENSIBLE SPACES PEOPLE CAN CREATE TO PREVENT THEM.

>> IF YOU HAVE MULCH, REPLACE IT WITH A STONE, SOMETHING NON-FLAMMABLE.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT BUILDING MATERIALS FOR YOUR HOME, UTILIZING THE CONCRETE SIDING FOR YOUR HOME, THAT IS NOT COMBUSTIBLE.

>> Reporter: CROW WING COUNTY SERVICE WORKERS ARE DOING THEIR PART TO SPREAD THE WORD ON PREVENTATIVE MEASURES AND EDUCATING AT A YOUNG AGE WILL ULTIMATELY PAY THE BIGGEST DIVIDENDS.

>> IF WE DON'T START YOUNG, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LEARN ABOUT IT AND ALONG WITH EVERYTHING, RIGHT?

WHO TELLS YOU AT HOME TO CHANGE THE BATTERIES OR CHECK YOUR SMOKE ALARM?

THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO COME HERE AND SEE SMOKEY BEAR AND CHECK OUT ALL THE EQUIPMENT WE HAVE.

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

>> Dennis: THERE WERE ROUGHLY 250 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE FOR WILDFIRE PREVENTION DAY.

>>> THE LAKES PROSTATE CANCER FUND SUPPORT GROUP HELD ITS MONTHLY MEETING AT THE CRAGUN'S LEGACY GOLF CLUBHOUSE LAST THURSDAY, AS THOSE IN ATTENDANCE HAD CONVERSATION ABOUT THE DEADLY DISEASE.

THE LPCF'S MISSION IS TO PROMOTE PUBLIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATION RELATION TO THE DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF PROSTATE CANCER THROUGH PERSONAL INTERACTION, PUBLIC SERVICE, AND COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING THROUGHOUT THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA.

ONE OUT OF EVERY SEVEN MEN IS DIAGNOSED WITH PROSTATE CANCER >> MEN DON'T LIKE TALKING ABOUT THEIR HEALTH AT ALL.

WHEN IT COMES TO UROLOGY, IT'S EVEN WORSE.

ONCE THEY REALIZE THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE SAME SPACE, THERE IS HELP AT THE TABLE.

THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT COME TO OUR SUPPORT GROUPS, MEN THAT HAVE BEEN THERE.

THEY ARE ABLE TO GIVE THE INFORMATION BACK AND IT'S REASSURING TO ALL OF THEM.

>> THE LPCF'S NEXT MEETING WILL BE ON AUGUST 22ND.

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

>> Stacy: SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD CREATE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND A FLOOD WATCH IS OUT FOR THAT AREA INTO TOMORROW EVENING.

I'LL HAVE THE DETAILS IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND FOR THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, A BUSY JULY 4TH >> THIS PORTION OF LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED BY C.T.C.

; INTERNET, PHONE, AND T.V.

C.T.C; CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY ONLINE AT GOCTC.COM.

>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪♪♪] >>> THIS YEAR'S 80TH ANNUAL BEMIDJI JAYCEES WATER CARNIVAL KICKS OFF ON WEDNESDAY.

THE FESTIVAL IS FIVE DAYS' WORTH OF FOOD, FUN, AND GAMES FOR ALL AGES.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK HAS MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT TO EXPECT LATER THIS WEEK.

>> Reporter: THE BEMIDJI WATER CARNIVAL HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 80 YEARS AND IS ONE OF THE TOWN'S BIGGEST EVENTS OF THE SUMMER.

>> STARTING WEDNESDAY ON JULY 3RD, WE OPEN UP THE RIDES AND FOOD AND BINGO AND EVERYTHING AT THE CENTER AND THEN WE HAVE A BAND THAT NIGHT.

ON THE 4TH OF JULY, WE HAVE A VETERANS PICNIC, WHICH IS NEW THIS YEAR.

IT IS HUGE.

WE WANT TO GIVE BACK TO OUR VETERANS AND WE HAVE FIREWORKS.

FRIDAY WE HAVE A CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT, ANOTHER BAND IN THE TENT.

SATURDAY WE HAVE CHILDREN EVENTS, SO THERE IS A KIDDY PARADE, A PETTING ZOO, AND AN ELVIS TRIBUTE ARTIST, ANOTHER BAND IN THE TENT, AND THEN THE GRAND PARADE, TRIVIA, A DEEJAY, AND THEN RIDES, GAMES, FOOD, ALL THAT CARNIVAL STUFF YOU COME TO KNOW AND LOVE.

>> Reporter: IT'S SPECIAL DUE TO IT BEING THE 80th ANNIVERSARY AND THEIR FIRST FULLY OPERATION SINCE 2019.

>> THE PANDEMIC PROVED OVER THE YEARS THAT THINGS JUST COULDN'T BE AS GRAND AS THEY USE TO BE.

WE NEEDED TIME TO REBUILD AFTER THAT SO THIS YEAR IS THE FIRST YEAR SINCE 2019, OUR 75th ANNIVERSARY, THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BRING BACK ALL OF OUR ACTIVITIES AND MORE TO THE PARK.

IT'S FIVE JAM-PACKED DAYS FULL OF ACTIVITIES AND ENTERTAINMENT.

>> Reporter: IT'S PUT ON BY THE JAYCEES, THAT HELP PLAN COMMUNITY EVENTS.

>> WE CALL IT A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.

IT'S REALLY WHAT WE DO TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS GIVEN SO MUCH TO US.

IT'S A WAY FOR US TO GET OUR LOCAL NON-PROFITS INVOLVED.

THEY HELP US OUT WITH A COUPLE OF EVENTS.

WE CAN GIVE BACK SOME OF OUR PROCEED FROM THE EVENT AND WE DON'T DO THIS FOR US.

WE DO THIS TO GIVE BACK.

>> Reporter: AND ANOTHER ASPECT OF THE WATER CARNIVAL IS THEIR MEDALLION HUNT, WHICH WILL BE GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE WEEK.

VISIT THE BEMIDJI WATER CARNIVAL FACEBOOK PAGE FOR MORE DETAILS.

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

>> THIS YEARS' MEDALLION HUNT FIRST CLUE HAS DROPPED "THE TIME IS HENCE, THE DAY IS HERE, IF YOU'VE GOT SOME SENSE, YOU'D GO TO WHERE, A GOLDEN BUTTON YOU CAN BUY, TO DOUBLE YOUR HUNTING PRIZE.” THERE IS YOUR CLUE.

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

THIS YEAR ONCE AGAIN.

WE ARE GIVING AWAY A THREE-NIGHT STAY AT CRAGUN'S RESORT NEAR BRAINERD.

TO ENTER THE DRAWING YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE OR MAIL US A POSTCARD WITH YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NUMBER.

THEN YOU JUST NEED TO WATCH LAKELAND NEWS AND CALL US BY 5:00 P.M.

THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY TO QUALIFY.

HERE'S A LOOK AT TONIGHT'S FIVE POTENTIAL QUALIFIERS.

IF YOU SEE YOUR NAME, CALL THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN BEFORE THE END OF THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY AND YOU WILL HAVE A SHOT AT BEING OUR 2024 CRAGUN'S VACATION GRAND PRIZE WINNER.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER NOW, STACY JOINS US AS WE ARE SEEING MORE HEAVY RAIN UP NEAR THE IRON RANGE AREA, IT LOOKS LIKE.

>> Stacy: YES, PARTS OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA, INCLUDING KOOCHICHING.

WE COULD BE SEEING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALLS AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING, AND WE HAVE THE RISK OF FLOODING IN THOSE AREAS.

A FLOOD WATCH IS OUT THROUGH TOMORROW EVENING.

WE'LL HAVE THE DETAILS >> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS SPONSORED IN PART BY THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, ACCESS MINNESOTA.

>> AND BY SANFORD HEALTH; HERE FOR ALL, HERE FOR GOOD.

DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT OUR SERVICES IN THE BEMIDJI AREA IS AVAILABLE AT SANFORDHEALTH.ORG.

>> THE WEATHER IS SPONSORED BY WIDSETH; ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, LAND SURVEYORS, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS SERVING MINNESOTA COMMUNITIES SINCE 1975.

>> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING, AND THERE IS THE POTENTIAL IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA FOR LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL AND SO WE DO HAVE A FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR A PART OF OUR VIEWING AREA THROUGH TOMORROW EVENING.

NOW WE CONTINUE TO HAVE UNSETTLED WEATHER TOMORROW, A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK AS WE HEAD INTO MIDWEEK, WITH MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE LATER ON THIS WEEK.

TAKING A LOOK AT OUR CURRENT CONDITIONS IN BEMIDJI, IT IS 61 AT THE AIRPORT, AT OUR STUDIO WE HAVE A SOUTH WIND AT 10 MILES PER HOUR, BUT WE DO HAVE GUSTS UP TO 24 AND SO FAR WE HAVE RECEIVED ABOUT 0.3-INCH OF PRECIPITATION.

IN BRAINERD, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, 69, WITH A DEW POINT OF 51.

WINDS ARE OUT OF THE SOUTH AT 13 MILES PER HOUR, WITH GUSTS UP TO 23.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING.

A HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE IN AREAS THAT THEY STILL HAVE NOT FULLY RECOVERED FROM HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING IN JUNE, STREAMS ARE RUNNING ABOVE NORMAL, STREAMS ARE SATURATED SO WE COULD SEE FLOODING CONDITIONS IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.

WE ARE SEEING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA THIS EVENING, A LOT OF THOSE IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE MORE ON THE WAY.

WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE MORE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CONTINUING INTO TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.

THE BEST CHANCE TOMORROW MORNING WILL BE IN EASTERN MINNESOTA, BUT MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, THE EXCEPTION WILL BE PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA COULD BE DRY.

OUTSIDE OF THAT, VARIABLE CLOUDS WITHIN THE AREA, AND IT LOOKS LIKE DRY WEATHER FOR THE MOST PART IS EXPECTED AND MIDWEEK.

TAKING A LOOK AT SOME OF OUR WEATHER SHOTS CENTER TO US -- SENT TO US TONIGHT.

A GORGEOUS SUNRISE FROM DIANE IN THE RED LAKE NATION.

JOAN SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF FLOWERS IN BLOOM AND IT WAS WINDY IN LAKE EDWARD.

WE HAD THE ACTIVE WEATHER, THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING, SOME OF THE DARK SKIES, THE STORM CLOUDS AND DISTANT RAIN FROM SAMROSE FROM LOWER RED LAKE.

SUNSHINE IS TRYING TO SHINE THROUGH THE CLOUDS THERE, DAN OVER LAKE BEMIDJI AND JUDY AND BILL FROM UPPER RED LAKE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 54 WITH A LIGHT BREEZE THIS MORNING.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, OVERCAST SKIES, HIGH OF 75.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, REPORTING A STRONG WIND.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, CLOUDY TODAY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS.

BRAINERD REACHING A HIGH TODAY OF 77, BELOW AVERAGE, BUT STILL FAIRLY WARM.

WE HAD A LOW OF 56.

BEMIDJI HAD A HIGH OF 75, JUST SHY OF THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE AND THE LOW TODAY WAS 56.

HERE'S OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW.

WE WILL SEE VARIABLE CLOUDS AND THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE FOR MOST OF US OF SEEING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

EASTERN MINNESOTA, MORE IN THE MORNING, AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA IN THE AFTERNOON, A SMALLER CHANCE AROUND BEMIDJI AND PARK RAPIDS.

WE COULD BE SEEING SOME LOW 80s IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE, BUT AGAIN VARIABLE CLOUDS AND THE DRY WEATHER AROUND WADENA, WE HAVE A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING IN OTHER AREAS OF CENTRAL AND HERE'S -- EASTERN MINNESOTA.

SHOWERS CONTINUE TONIGHT, HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE, BREEZY WITH LOWS NEAR 58.

FOR TOMORROW, VARIABLE CLOUDS, A CONTINUED CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, PRETTY GOOD FOR MOST OF THE AREA WITH HIGHS NEAR 79.

LOOKING AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, MAINLY DRY ON WEDNESDAY WITH A HIGH OF 78 BUT ACTIVE WEATHER RETURNS FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK WITH CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, WHICH WILL CONTINUE RIGHT ON THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN CONSISTENT WITH MID TO UPPER 70s, MAYBE A FEW LOW 80s.

BACK TO YOU DENNIS.

>> Dennis: THANKS STACY.

CHARLIE IS HERE NOW.

YOU TOOK IN THE RACES AT THE BEMIDJI RACEWAY.

>> Charlie: YES, THAT WAS FUN TO GET OUT THERE AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

WELL, THE RACES WERE, THEY WERE A LOT OF FUN.

WE HAVE THE WINNERS FROM THE WEEKEND, ONLY 6 CLASSES RACING, BUT WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHO WON AND FINISHED FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD AND WHERE THE LEADERBOARD STANDINGS ARE >> SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED IN PART BY PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS; NORTHERN MINNESOTA'S CERTIFIED APPLE SERVICE CENTER, OFFERING REPAIR SERVICES ON APPLE PRODUCTS AND P.C.S.

PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS IN BEMIDJI AND GRAND RAPIDS, IT'S RIGHT HERE.

>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

>>> BEMIDJI SPEEDWAY OPENED ITS DOOR FOR THE SUMMER SEASON A LITTLE OVER A MONTH AGO AND THERE HAS BEEN PLENTY OF JOCKEYING ATOP THE 2024 POINTS STANDINGS.

THIS PAST SUNDAY'S RACES WERE NO DIFFERENT.

IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL EVENING ON THE TRACK WITH SIX CLASSES RACING, SUPER STOCKS HAD THE NIGHT OFF, STANDS WERE PACKED AND THEY GOT TO SEE SOME STELLAR RACING.

WE'LL START OFF WITH THE MOD FOURS.

BLAKE ERICKSON IN THE 99 WOULD TAKE THE FEATURE WIN AND STAY ATOP OF THE MOD FOUR SEASON LEADERBOARD, 43 POINTS AHEAD OF ASHTON SCHWINN.

BUT IN THE BEMIDJI MINI STOCK FEATURE, THE NUMBER 18 SCHWINN WAS ABLE TO PASS TOP QUALIFIER NICK MCCANN IN THE FINAL TURN TO TAKE THE CHECKERED FLAG IN A TIGHT RACE.

AND IN THE WISSOTA MODIFIED, THE POLE SITTER DAVEY MILLS IN THE 22 WOULD HEAD TO VICTORY LANE WITH HIS SECOND FEATURE WIN AT BEMIDJI THIS SEASON, CLIMBING FROM 6TH TO 5TH IN THE STANDINGS THERE.

HERE'S A LOOK AT THE OTHER CLASSES.

BRANDON PUSCHINSKY GETS HIS FIRST EVER FEATURE WIN THE WISSOTA PURE STOCK BUT DUSTIN PUFFE REMAINS ATOP THE LEADERBOARD, 29 POINTS AHEAD OF AUSTIN CARLSON.

CADE JOHNSON WON WISSOTA HORNET FEATURE ANOTHER FIRST EVER FEATURE VICTORY.

SECOND PLACE JAYME GORDON REMAINS ATOP THE HORNET LEADERBOARD AND IN THE MIDWEST MODIFIEDS.

MICHAEL BLEVIN SENIOR TAKES THE CHECKERED FLAG VAULTING HIM FROM 13TH TO 10TH IN THE STANDINGS.

SKYLER SMITH AND BRENNAN SCHMIDT OF BEMIDJI STILL SIT AT ONE AND TWO RESPECTIVELY, SEPARATED BY JUST 29 POINTS.

>>> WELL, FORMER MINNESOTA TWIN JOE MAUER WAS INDUCTED TO ANOTHER HALL OF FAME THIS EVENING, THE HIGH SCHOOL HALL OF FAME.

HE WAS A THREE SPORT ATHLETE, PLAYING FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, AND BASEBALL.

HE WAS U.S.A. TODAY NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN FOOTBALL AS A SENIOR AFTER WINNING A CLASS 5A STATE TITLE HIS JUNIOR YEAR.

MAYBE THE MOST UNBELIEVABLE THING HE DID IN HIS HIGH SCHOOL CAREER WAS HOLD A 5.67 BATTING AVERAGE, STRIKING OUT ONCE, PLAYING BASEBALL FOR THE RAIDERS.

HE BECOMES THE 17th MINNESOTAN INDUCTED INTO THE HIGH SCHOOL HALL OF FAME BUT THE 9th FROM THE LAND OF 10,000 LAKES.

>>> WELL, IT'S NOT OFTEN WE SEE AN AREA ATHLETE SIGN A PRO CONTRACT BUT FORMER PEQUOT LAKES BASKETBALL STANDOUT OLIVIA LANE HAS SIGNED TO PLAY OVERSEAS IN LUXEMBOURG.

THE RECENT GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY GRADUATE AND FORMER UND FIGHTING HAWK WILL PLAY FOR BBC LES SANGLIERS WOOLTZ IN THE LUXEMBOURG BASKETBALL LEAGUE DURING THEIR SEASON THAT RUNS FROM SEPTEMBER TO MARCH, WHILE AT PEQUOT LAKES, LANE EARNED ALL-STATE HONORS TWICE, WAS A MCDONALDS ALL-AMERICAN NOMINEE, AND TWO-TIME BRAINERD DISPATCH PLAYER OF THE YEAR, AND GRADUATED AS THE PATRIOTS CAREER LEADER IN SCORING AND REBOUNDING, WHILE ALSO SETTING THE SCHOOLS SINGLE GAME SCORING RECORD OF 44.

THE 6'2" FORWARD WILL ADD MORE THAN JUST HEIGHT TO A TEAM THAT AVERAGES JUST 5'7".

LAST YEAR AT GRAND CANYON SHE AVERAGED OVER 9 POINTS AND 6 REBOUNDS A GAME, WHILE LEADING THE “WAC” IN TOTAL OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS.

>>> WELL, THE POWER GRID IN BEMIDJI THAT FELL VICTIM TO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM, WAS BACK UP AND RUNNING SATURDAY MORNING.

THE SAME CANNOT BE SAID ABOUT THE OUTFIELD FENCE.

IT WAS A CASUALTY OF THE HIGH WINDS AND RAIN, BENDING IT BACKWARDS IN SEVERAL PLACES.

THERE WERE NO OTHER KNOWN DAMAGES TO THE FACILITY.

I SAW SOME PEOPLE GETTING READY TO PLAY OUT THERE.

I SAID THE RIGHT FIELD IS A LITTLE FURTHER THAN IT NORMALLY IS.

>> Dennis: THAT HAPPENED ABOUT 10 TO 15 YEARS AGO TOO WHEN WE HAD HIGH WINDS COME THROUGH OVER THE 4TH OF JULY.

THAT'S THE SECOND TIME I AM SEEING THAT.

>> Charlie: AROUND 2012?

>> Dennis: YEAH, SOMEWHERE AROUND THAT AREA.

THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> WITH JULY 4TH WEEKEND APPROACHING, MANY BUSINESSES IN THE AREA HAVE BEGUN PREPPING FOR WHAT SHOULD BE A BUSY WEEKEND.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN SPOKE WITH THE OWNERS OF FOX LAKE CAMPGROUNDS OF BEMIDJI, LOCATED NORTH OF LAKE BEMIDJI, TO SEE HOW THEY ARE PREPARING FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY WEEKEND.

>> Reporter: FOX LAKE CAMPGROUND IS A FAMILY VACATION CAMPGROUND FOR ALL AGES TO HAVE FUN.

GUESTS CAN PADDLE AROUND OR ENJOY THE PLAYGROUND, GAME ROOM, OR SEVERAL ACTIVITIES TO DO FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.

>> MY HUSBAND MARK AND I PURCHASED IT IN 2019.

SO WE'RE GOING INTO OUR SIXTH SEASON AT THE CAMPGROUND.

MARK HAS BEEN HERE FOREVER.

HE HAS BEEN CAMPING HERE FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

MYSELF, OVER 20 YEARS.

SO WE HAVE BEEN COMING HERE TOGETHER.

WE HAD OUR TWO DAUGHTERS.

THEY HAVE BEEN COMING HERE SINCE THEY WERE BABIES.

WE LOVE THE CAMPGROUNDS.

>> IF IT'S HOT, WE HAVE THE LAKESHORE, FISHING KAYAK RENTALS AND PONTOON RENTALS.

IF IT'S COLDER, WE HAVE THE GAME ROOM AND TRAILS UP THROUGH THE WOODS.

WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL PLAYGROUND WITH A METAL JUNGLE GYM AND A RAINBOW PLAY SET AND A NICE PICKLEBALL COURT.

>> Reporter: THE TRAILS FOUND THROUGHOUT THE CAMPGROUND ARE ALL NATURALLY MADE WITH SOME EXTRA ADDITIONS TO ENSURE EVERYONE IN THE FAMILY HAS A GREAT TIME.

>> MY WIFE, MY DAUGHTERS, AND MYSELF WENT OUT THERE AND WE NATURALLY STARTED TO FOLLOW THE LAY OF THE LAND AND TAKING OUT LOTS OF OLD DEADWOOD.

ONCE A SPAWN -- UH UPON A TIME, IT WAS DANGEROUS, BUT NOW WE HAVE TRAILS AND IMAGINATION STATIONS WHERE THERE ARE BALANCE BEAMS, BUT WE TURN THE AREA OF WOOD INTO TRAILS.

SO WE TRY TO HAVE A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITIES SO THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING THEY CAN DO.

>> Reporter: THIS UPCOMING 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND IS NO DIFFERENT.

>> SOMETHING NEW THIS YEAR IS THE AS SASQUATCH HUNT.

IF THEY GET IT CORRECT, THEY CAN GET A PRIZE AT THE STORE.

ANOTHER ANNUAL THING IS THE PARADE, SO YOU CAN DECORATE YOUR GOLF CART, YOU CAN DECORATE YOURSELF, YOU CAN DECORATE YOUR BIKE AND WE THROW CANDY AS WE GO AROUND THE LOOP.

A LOT OF THE CAMPERS PUT THEIR CHAIR OUT AND WATCH US GO BY AND WAVE.

WE HAVE A LOT OF FUN WITH THAT.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BEMIDJI WITH THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: AND BACK TO STACY FOR A LAST LOOK AT OUR WEATHER.

>> Stacy: WE HAVE A FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TOMORROW EVENING FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.

WE COULD SEE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND THAT COULD LEAD TO AREAS OF FLOODING.

>> Dennis: AND WE'RE OUT OF TIME FOR TONIGHT.

HAVE A GREAT NIGHT EVERYBODY, WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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