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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.

>>> A NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT JUDGE HAS RULED IN FAVOR A PERSON WHO FILED A LAWSUIT CLAIMING THE CITY OF BEMIDJI VIOLATED OPEN MEETING LAWS WHEN IT HELD AN EMPLOYMENT HEARING FOR A FIREFIGHTER.

THE CITY OF BEMIDJI MERIT HEARING BOARD HELD AN EMPLOYMENT HEARING WITH WILLIAM BILL BATCHELDER IN AUGUST OF 2022.

BATCHELDER REQUESTED THE MEETING BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BUT THE BOARD KEPT THE MEETING CLOSED.

BEMIDJI RESIDENT C.T.

MARHULA AND THE LEGAL TEAM FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST LAW CENTER ARGUED THAT THE MEETING SHOULD HAVE BEEN OPEN BASED ON BATCHELDER'S REQUEST, THAT IT WAS NOT ELECTRONICALLY RECORDED AND THAT THERE WAS NO PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE MEETING.

THE DEFENDANTS MOVED TO DISMISS THE LAWSUIT ARGUING THE CITY OF BEMIDJI MERIT HEARING BOARD WAS NOT SUBJECT TO OPEN MEETING LAWS BUT IN A DECISION RELEASED ON JULY 8TH JUDGE ANNIE P. CLAESSON-HUSEBY FOUND THAT MARHULTA PLED SUFFICIENT FACTS FOR ALL THREE ALLEGED VIOLATIONS AND DENIED THE DEFENDANTS REQUEST TO DISMISS THE LAWSUIT.

A PRESS RELEASE FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST LAW CENTER SAYS THE CASE NOW LIKELY CONTINUES IN DISTRICT COURT WITH THE PARAMETERS OF THE OPEN MEETING LAWS ESTABLISHED IN MARHULA'S FAVOR.

BATCHELDER TELLS US HE WAS TERMINATED FROM HIS POSITION AS A FIREFIGHTER WITH THE CITY BUT IS APPEALING THAT DECISION.

WE SENT AN EMAIL TO BEMIDJI CITY MANAGER RICHARD SPIZKAH TODAY SEEKING REACTION FROM THE CITY TO THE COURT DECISION BUT HAVE NOT RECEIVED A REPLY AS OF 10:00 P.M. >>> A CATHOLIC PRIEST WHO HAS BEEN SERVING PARISHES IN SEVERAL COMMUNITIES NEAR WADENA AND STAPLES HAS BEEN PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE BECAUSE OF ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT INVOLVING AN ADULT.

ST.

CLOUD DIOCESE BISHOP PATRICK M. NEARY SAID IN A LETTER TO PARISHIONERS ON JUNE 29TH THAT FATHER AARON KUHN WAS PLACED ON LEAVE AND WILL UNDERGO A PROFESSIONAL EVALUATION FOR PERSONAL AND SPIRITUAL RENEWAL.

KUHN IS A PRIEST FOR MARY, MOTHER OF THE CHURCH CATHOLIC COMMUNITY, WHICH HAS PARISHES IN BERTHA, BLUEGRASS, BLUFFTON, MENAHGA, MOTLEY, STAPLES, VERNDALE AND WADENA.

IN HIS LETTER, NEARY SAID A DIOCESE RESPONSE TEAM WILL BE VISITING THE CHURCHES TO ADDRESS QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS AND NEARY SAYS HE WILL PROVIDE FUTURE UPDATES REGARDING KUHN'S STATUS AS APPROPRIATE.

>>> THE CROOKSTON POLICE OFFICER IDENTIFIED YESTERDAY BY THE B.C.A.

AS THE OFFICER WHO SHOT AND KILLED A MAN AT A HOMELESS SHELTER IN CROOKSTON LAST WEEK IS THE SAME OFFICER WHO FATALLY SHOT A MAN WIELDING A HATCHET IN MAY.

THE SHOOTING HAPPENED 45 DAYS APART.

31-YEAR-OLD NICK FLADLAND IS ON CRITICAL LEAVE AS THE B.C.A.

IS INVESTIGATES THE JUNE 30TH HOMELESS SHELTER SHOOTING.

ACCORDING TO THE B.C.A.

FLADLAND FIRST DEPLOYED HIS TASER BEFORE FATALLY SHOOTING 44-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER JUNKIN.

FLADLAND ALSO SHOT AND KILLED ANDREW DALE ON MAY 16TH WHEN POLICE OFFICIALS SAY DALE RAPIDLY APPROACHED OFFICERS WITH A HATCHETT.

FLADLAND WAS PLACED ON CRITICAL LEAVE AFTER THAT SHOOTING AS WELL BUT IT IS UNCLEAR HOW LONG HE REMAINED OFF THE JOB.

>>> YESTERDAY WAS A HISTORIC DAY FOR THE MILLE LACS BAND OF OJIBWE.

FIVE ELECTED OFFICIALS WERE SWORN IN, HEADLINED BY VIRGIL WIND THE NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE SUCCEEDING MELANIE BENJAMIN WHO SERVED SIX TERMS AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE.

REPORTER SAMMY HOLLADAY HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: IN ADDITION TO FIVE ELECTED OFFICIALS BEING SWORN IN YESTERDAY, OUTGOING CHIEF EXECUTIVE WAS HONORED FOR HER SERVICE TO THE MILLE LACS BAND OF OJIBWA.

IT DATES BACK TO THE 1800 WITH THE CHIEF.

>> I THINK THE PEOPLE SEE THAT.

THEY PUT THEIR TRUST INTO US FOR THAT, THAT WE WILL LIVE UP TO THEIR EXPECTATIONS.

I HOPE I HAVE LIVED UP TO THE PEOPLE OF MILLE LACS, THEIR EXPECTATIONS AND GONE FAR ABOVE.

>> Reporter: FORMER CHIEF EXECUTIVE BENJAMIN SPENT A QUARTER CENTURY AS A CHIEF EXECUTIVE FOR THE MILLE LACS BAND.

>> I THINK THAT HE BEING IN THE LEGISLATIVE OFFICE AS A LEGISLATOR IN DISTRICT ONE, HE GOT FIRSTHAND WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.

SO HE HAS THE EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT THE BAND STATUTES AND WHAT THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE CAN DO FOR US.

HE WILL TAKE THAT IN HIS NEW ROLE AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE.

I SEE A VERY POSITIVE FUTURE FOR THE MILLE LACS BAND UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE.

>> DURING HIS SPEECH AT THE INAUGURATION, HE PREACHED THE IMPORTANCE OF TOGETHERNESS.

HE WAS HUMBLE TO BE CHOSEN, JOINING THE LEADERSHIP IN THE BAND'S HISTORY.

>> AS I LOOK AT THE WALLS OF THIS BEAUTIFUL ROOM OF THE PAST CHIEFS, IT IS SO UNREAL TO BE UP HERE.

>> Reporter: AS HE TOOK HIS SPEECH INTO THE CROWD, HE EXPLAINED HOW THE BAND HAS GROWN AND HOW BAND MEMBERS HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE AN IMPACT.

>> I AM HERE BECAUSE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT I HAVE BEEN GIVEN.

I'M HERE BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE AND THE LOVE GIVEN TO ME OVERTIME.

WHEN WE THINK OF OPPORTUNITIES, SOMETIMES WE MISS IT.

I GOT A JOB, I GOT A JOB, I GOT A JOB, RIGHT?

WHAT WE HAVE AT THE MILL LACK BAND -- MILLE LACS BAND IS WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF OPPORTUNITIES.

>> Reporter: SAMMY HOLLADAY, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> ALONG WITH CHIEF EXECUTIVE WIND, CAROLYN BEAULIEU WAS SWORN IN AS THE DISTRICT ONE REPRESENTATIVE.

SEMIRA KIMPSON AND SAMI THOMAS WERE SWORN IN AS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, AND LEANN BENJAMIN WAS SWORN IN AS THE SCHOOL BOARD CHAIRPERSON.

>>> THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, THE BEMIDJI BREWING COMPANY HAS HOSTED COMMUNITY PINT NIGHTS EVERY WEDNESDAY DURING THE SUMMER TO HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR DIFFERENT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

TONIGHT OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK JOINED THEM AS THEY WELCOMED THE BEMIDJI PARKS AND REC.

DEPARTMENT.

>> Reporter: BEMIDJI PARKS AND RECREATION JOINED IN AN EFFORT TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE BEMIDJI PARKS.

>> TONIGHT IS ONE OF OUR CPN NIGHTS, A COMMUNITY PINT NIGHT.

EVERY YEAR WE SELECT ABOUT 17 TO 18 NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE BEMIDJI COMMUNITY TO HOST HERE AT BEMIDJI BREWING.

THEY COME, THEY RENT A BOOTH, THEY SET UP A TABLE AND THEY TELL OUR CUSTOMERS ABOUT THEIR ORGANIZATION.

>> Reporter: AND A DOLLAR FROM EVERY DRINK SOLD TONIGHT WILL GO BACK TO THE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION.

>> WE ARE JUST RAISING FUNDS FOR GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PARK, SO THINKING ABOUT THOSE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PLAYGROUNDS, TO THE TRAILS, PUTTING UP HAMMOCKS AND SHADE STRUCTURES IN THE PARKS THAT NEED THAT ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE, SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN ENJOY THE PARK.

>> Reporter: THE BEMIDJI PARKS AND ORGANIZATION WORKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY ON A WIDE RANGE OF PROJECTS.

>> IT'S PARKS AND REC, SO IT'S KEEPING ALL THE PARKS LOOKING BEAUTIFUL AND THE RECREATION SIDE OF THINGS IS DOING THOSE FAMILY AND YOUTH PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

WE PUT ON LARGE EVENTS LIKE DADDY-DAUGHTER DANCE AND THEN OUR SUMMER CAMPS, AND THEN WE HAVE SMALLER PROGRAMS FOR FAMILIES AND AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS, A WHOLE VARIETY OF THINGS.

>> Reporter: PARKS AND REC ALSO DOES MANY OTHER THINGS TO FUNDRAISE FOR OTHER ACTIVITIES BUT THE COMMUNITY PINT NIGHT HAS ALSO BEEN SUCCESSFUL.

>> WE WANT TO THANK BEMIDJI BREWING FOR PUTTING ON THE EVENT, NOT JUST FOR US BUT ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS.

DEFINITELY STOP BY AND SUPPORT THOSE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TOO.

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

>> THE BEMIDJI PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT WILL USE THE FUNDS TONIGHT TO KEEP OUR BEMIDJI PARKS AS BEAUTIFUL AS THEY CAN BE AND CONTINUE THEIR INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES THEY PUT ON WITH THE COMMUNITY.

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

>> Stacy: IT'S GOING TO BE SUNNY, HOT, AND HUMID OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN THIS WEEKEND.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, A LOOK INSIDE BEMIDJI COMMUNITY THEATER'S NEXT PRODUCTION.

[ >> THIS PORTION OF LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED BY C.T.C.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> THE BEMIDJI COMMUNITY THEATER'S NEXT PRODUCTION, NOEL COWARD'S COMEDY “BLITHE SPIRIT”, IS SET TO TAKE PLACE OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN WAS ABLE TO GET A WORD WITH THE DIRECTOR AND SOME OF THE ACTORS FOR A SNEAK PEEK.

>> Reporter: BEMIDJI COMMUNITY THEATER'S NEXT PRODUCTION IS COMPLICATED BY THE UNEXPECTED APPEARANCE OF HIS DECEASED WIFE'S SPIRIT.

WHEN ANY EX-WIFE POPS INTO THE PICTURE, TROUBLE IS AROUND THE CORNER.

>> CHAOS ENSUES AND HIS PRESENT WIFE IS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED, BECOMES A GHOST, GETS IN THE HOUSE, AND THE TWO OF THEM HAUNT HIM, BY WHICH HE COPES BY HAVING A LOT OF BRANDY AND A LOT OF MARTINIS.

WE WONDER HOW MANY SEANCES IT TAKES TO GET HIM OUT OF THE HOUSE.

CAN WE DO IT?

WHO KNOWS.

>> Reporter: IT WAS A SMASH COMEDY HIT IN LONDON AND BROADWAY STAGES.

>> IT'S HEAVY ON SNAPPY DIALOG.

YOU HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION.

THERE IS SOME PHYSICAL COMEDY, BUT A LOT OF IT YOU HAVE TO LISTEN AND YOU FIND THOSE GEMS OF FUNNINESS.

>> I LOVE THE QUIET MOMENTS, LIKE NOT EVERYTHING IS WORDS THAT ARE SAID.

IT'S A LOT OF FACIAL EXPRESSIONS, REACTIONS, SO THAT'S WHERE THE AUDIENCE WILL FIND A LOT OF LAUGHTER.

EVERY CHARACTER IS JUST REACTING TO THIS OBSCENE SEANCE IN THE FIRST ACT AND IT'S FUN TO SEE HOW EVERYBODY RESPONDS.

I DEFINITELY SAY WATCH EVERYBODY'S FACES.

>> Reporter: WITH THIS PRODUCTION AIMED TO MAKE THE AUDIENCE LAUGH, THE ACTORS MAY FEEL HARDER TO DO THE PERFORMANCE.

>> THE STAKES ARE HIGH ENOUGH, THE AUDIENCE WILL BELIEVE YOU'RE TERRIFIED.

COMEDY, YOU HAVE TO NOT ONLY MAKE YOURSELF BELIEVABLE IN YOUR PERFORMANCE, BUT ALSO MAKE SURE IT'S TIMED WELL AND YOU'RE SAYING THE RIGHT INFLECTION AT THE RIGHT TIME.

>> Reporter: SOME PERFORMERS USE THOSE NERVES TO THEIR ADVANTAGE.

>> TO ME, I LOVE COMEDY.

I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A JOKESTER.

I HAVE BEEN PLAYING PIANO, I HAVE BEEN IN CHOIR AND BAND.

THE ONE THING I LEARNED IS THAT YOU NEVER GET OVERSTAGE FRIGHT, YOU GET USE TO IT.

SO ARE STILL GOING TO GET THE NERVOUS SWEATS, BUT THAT'S PART OF PERFORMING, JUST LIKE YOUR LINES, JUST LIKE YOUR MUSIC, IT'S PART OF BEING A PERFORMER.

IF YOU'RE NOT NERVOUS, YOU'RE NOT DOING IT RIGHT.

>> Reporter: REPORTING FROM BEMIDJI, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> “BLITHE SPIRIT” WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE COMMUNITY THEATER IN DOWNTOWN BEMIDJI THIS WEEKEND JULY 12TH AND 13TH AT 7:00 P.M. AND ON THE 14TH AT 2:00 P.M. AS WELL AS NEXT WEEKEND ON THE 18TH THROUGH 20TH AT 7:00 P.M., AND ON THE 21ST AT 2:00 P.M. >>> 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.

>>> YOU'D THINK SOMEONE WOULD NOTICE IF THEY LEFT THEIR PET IN A RIDESHARE BUT THAT WASN'T THE CASE FOR A PASSENGER IN MINNEAPOLIS.

POLICE SAY A RIDESHARE DRIVER FOUND A BOA CONSTRICTOR IN THEIR BACKSEAT.

THEY BELIEVE IT WAS LEFT BEHIND BY A PASSENGER.

POLICE SAY THEY WERE UNABLE TO REACH THE OWNER SO THE SNAKE WAS TAKEN TO ANIMAL CONTROL.

NO OFFICERS, DRIVERS, PASSENGERS, OR SNAKES WERE HARMED.

>>> WELL, WHO AMONG US HAS NOT LEFT BEHIND A BOA CON STRICTER.

>> Stacy: IT'S PRETTY COMMON.

>> Dennis: I WOULD LOVE TO BE THE NEXT ONE GETTING IN THE RIDESHARE.

>> Stacy: THAT WOULD BE A SURPRISE.

WE HAVE SOME TYPICAL WEATHER, HEAT AND HUMIDITY AND A LOT OF SUNSHINE.

THAT WILL BE THE CASE THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

WHILE IT CONTINUES TO BE WARM, WE WILL SEE SUNSHINE HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND, WE HAVE A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS >> 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 CONTINUE TO SEE VERY TYPICAL SUMMER WEATHER THIS WEEK AROUND THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AREAS WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE.

WE HAVE THE HEAT, WE HAVE A BIT OF HUMIDITY OUT THERE, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE WEEK.

MORE SUNSHINE TOMORROW AND ON FRIDAY, IT SHOULD BE PRETTY QUIET WITH THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY STILL IN PLACE.

IT CONTINUES TO BE WARM AND HUMID, WE SHOULD HAVE SOME SUNSHINE THIS WEEKEND, AND WE HAVE A RETURN TO SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AND DUE TO THE CONDITIONS WE HAVE, WE COULD SEE SOME STRONG OR SEVERE STORMS THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.

MORE ON THAT IN A SECOND.

HERE ARE THE CURRENT CONDITIONS, IT'S 72 AT THE AIRPORT IN BEMIDJI.

AT THE STUDIO, WINDS ARE CALM, HUMIDITY IS AT 72%.

IN BRAINERD, WE HAVE PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, 75 DEGREES, OUR DEW POINT IS UP TO 64, PRESSURE IS RISING, AND WINDS ARE CALM.

LOOKING AT THE RADAR, IT IS ALL QUIET OUT THERE, WE ARE ACTUALLY ENTERING INTO A QUIET WEATHER PATTERN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

WE SHOULD BE SEEING A CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKY OVERNIGHT, WE COULD SEE PATCHY FOG DEVELOPING IN EASTERN MINNESOTA, WITH MORE SUNSHINE IN STORE TOMORROW.

IT WILL BE HOT AND HUMID AS WE HEAD TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK.

GORGEOUS SKIES, THAT SUNRISE FROM ARLENE.

SAMROSE HAS THIS BEAUTIFUL PICTURE OF THE SUNRISE.

A COUPLE OF SWANS ON THE LAKE IN LAPORTE.

KEVIN WITH A PICTURE OF A CALM MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

EVENING SKIES ARE NOT DISAPPOINTING EITHER, ANGELA FROM CASS LAKE WITH THIS PICTURE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORT, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 61 AND CALM THIS MORNING.

JOAN IN LAPORTE, MOSTLY SUNNY, BUT A BIT HUMID TODAY.

THE HIGH WAS 82.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, SUN WITH SOME HAZY CONDITIONS, TOPPING OUT AT 82.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUN WITH A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN TODAY.

86 FOR THE HIGH AND ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, 82 THE HIGH WITH SUNNY SKIES TODAY.

ON OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD REACHING A HIGH OF 85.

WE'RE A FEW DEGREES ABOVE OUR AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE.

WE HAD A LOW OF 63, SO TEMPERATURES WERE WARM OVERNIGHT.

BEMIDJI WITH A HIGH OF 81, SO A COUPLE DEGREES ABOVE THE AVERAGE, OUR LOW WAS 58 AND SUNSET AT 9:16.

HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW.

WE WILL HAVE PLENTY OF SUNSHINE.

IT IS GOING TO BE HOT, AND WE ARE LOOKING AT HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 80s IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

AGAIN, THE HUMIDITY WILL STILL BE IN PLACE, SO WE COULD BE SEEING SOME PRETTY WARM HEAT INDICES AS WE HEAD INTO THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, ALSO AGAIN, THE SUNNY SKIES WILL BE OUT THERE.

IT WILL BE WARM WITH HIGHS IN THE MID-80s, HUMID CONDITIONS, MORE OF THE SAME ON FRIDAY, AND MORE UNSETTLED WEATHER POSSIBLE HEADED INTO THE WEEKEND.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST, CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES TONIGHT, PATCHY FOG IN EASTERN MINNESOTA, LOWS NEAR 59.

TOMORROW, SUNNY SKIES, SOME AREAS OF FOG STILL POSSIBLE IN EASTERN MINNESOTA IN THE MORNING, HIGHS SHOULD REACH ABOUT 85.

HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR WEEKEND FORECAST, SUNNY AND 86 ON FRIDAY.

BY FRIDAY NIGHT AND HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND, WE HAVE SOME CHANCES OF SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AND THE POTENTIAL IS THERE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS.

THAT IS SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND.

OUTSIDE OF THAT, PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80s, EVEN SOME LOW 90s, AND A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY.

BACK TO YOU DENNIS.

>> Dennis: THANKS STACY.

CHARLIE IS HERE WITH OUR SPORTS.

SOME RODEO STARS, HUH?

>> Charlie: YES, A COUPLE OF AREA GIRLS BOTH HEADED OUT TO WYOMING NEXT WEEK FOR THE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL FINALS RODEO.

WE HAVE THE STORY ON THAT COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

[♪♪♪♪♪] >> 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.

>> HEALTH MINUTE IS SPONSORED IN PART BY EMPLOYEE-OWNED LUEKEN'S VILLAGE FOODS, FEATURING THE AREA'S LARGEST SELECTION OF SEAFOOD AND HIGHEST QUALITY MEATS.

MORE INFO AT LUEKENS.COM.

>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

>>> THE MINNESOTA TWINS HAVE WON FIVE STRAIGHT SERIES PRIOR TO HEADING TO CHICAGO TO PLAY THE WHITE SOX.

ON MONDAY, THEY BEAT THE SOX BUT AFTER A RAINOUT ON TUESDAY THE TWINS WOULD HAVE TO SPLIT THE DOUBLE-HEADER IN TODAY CHI-TOWN TO WIN THEIR SIXTH STRAIGHT SERIES.

THEY WOULD LOSE GAME NUMBER ONE.

WE HEAD OUT TO THE SOUTHSIDE FOR GAME NUMBER TWO WHERE THE TWINS FOUND THEMSELVES IN AN EARLY 2-0 HOLE.

HE SPLASHES ONE IN THE FOUNTAIN, CUTS THE LEAD IN HALF.

NEXT BATTER WITH A DINGER OF HIS OWN.

13th OF THE SEASON, BACK TO BACK, FOR THE ONE-TWO HITTERS.

THEN RYAN CHASES ONE HIGH AND IT PAYS OFF, DRIVES IN BYRON, AND THE TWINS WOULD WIN 3-2 IN GAME TWO.

GAME NUMBER ONE LOSS, THEY ARE FIVE BACK FROM THE GUARDIANS IN THE AL CENTRAL.

>>> FOR THE PAST 75 YEARS, THE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL RODEO ASSOCIATION HAS HELD A NATIONAL FINALS TO CROWN THE BEST COWBOY AND COWGIRLS IN HIGH SCHOOL RODEO AND NEXT WEEK, TWO AREA COWGIRLS WILL MAKE THEIR WAY ROCK SPRINGS WYOMING TO COMPETE FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP BUCKLE AND PROVE THEY ARE AMONG THE BEST IN THE NATION.

>> Reporter: RODEO IS NOT JUST A SPORT, IT'S A WAY OF LIFE.

SO SAYS RICHARDS, A FRESHMAN AT PINE RIVER-BACKUS.

>> YOU KNOW, YOU GET UP, YOU CHECK ON THEM.

THEN YOU GO TO SCHOOL OR YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING WITH HORSES, CLEANING THE TRAILER, AND IT REALLY TAKES YOUR WHOLE LIFE.

IF YOU LOVE IT ENOUGH, YOU WILL STICK WITH IT.

>> Reporter: SHE WAS THIS YEAR'S MINNESOTA STATE CHAMPION IN BREAK AWAY ROPING.

SHE WAS ALSO NAMED MINNESOTA ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.

NOW SHE HEADS TO THE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL FINALS RODEO TO RIDE AGAINST SOME OF THE BEST.

>> I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING NEW PEOPLE FROM ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND WORLD EVEN AND GET TO COMPETE, THAT COMPETITION THAT WILL PUSH YOU TO BE BETTER.

>> Reporter: SHE WILL COMPETE IN TWO DISCIPLINES THAT REQUIRES HOURS OF PRACTICE AND TRUST BUILDING.

>> WE HAVE GROWN TOGETHER AS A ROOKIE ON A ROOKIE.

I ENJOY WORKING WITH HIM AND IT TEACHES YOU A LOT MORE LIFE LESSONS.

THE STEPS ARE A LOT MORE REWARDING AND HAVING THAT SUCCESS OF THE BREAK AWAY CHAMPION.

THAT WAS A HUGE THING FOR ME TO ACCOMPLISH AND ACHIEVE.

I NEVER REALLY CAME INTO THE STATE FINALS THINKING I WAS GOING TO GET THIRD OR FOURTH.

I JUST WANTED A SPOT.

THAT JUST MAKES YOU WANT TO KEEP PUSHING AND KEEP DRIVING YOURSELF TO GET BETTER.

>> Reporter: MADDIE FISHER, A FRESHMAN AT BEMIDJI ALSO UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF TRUSTING YOUR HORSE.

SHE GREW UP TRAINING THEM AT HER PARENTS' RANCH AND NOW COMPETES AT RODEOS WITH HER HORSE VALOR.

>> AT THE END OF THE DAY WHEN YOU ROAD ALL THESE HORSES AND TAKEN THE TIME, IT'S NICE TO HAVE A HORSE YOU CONNECT WITH.

IT'S FUN TO SAY YEAH, OH I TRAINED THAT HORSE, OR I BRED THAT HORSE.

IT'S ALL REALLY COOL.

>> Reporter: AFTER FINISHING TOP FOUR AT THE STATE FINALS RODEO, MADDIE HAS PUNCHED HER TICKET TO THE COMPETITION IN WYOMING.

>> I NEVER WENT INTO THE STATE FINALS THINKS I -- THINKING I WOULD GO THERE.

I WAS JUST HOPING.

I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT THE BEMIDJI AREA.

IT MAKES ME HAPPY.

I KNOW ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HELPED ME IN THIS AREA AND ARE CHEERING ME ON.

I'M HAPPY ABOUT IT.

>> Reporter: IT'S ABOUT MORE THAN JUST COMPETING FOR A NATIONAL TITLE, IT'S ABOUT BEING A ROLE MODEL AND PAVING THE PATH FOR OTHER YOUNG GIRLS BREAKING INTO THE MALE DOMINATED ARENA OF RODEO.

>> ALL THE GIRLS STAY TO WATCH BARRELS AND THERE IS ALWAYS THAT LITTLE GIRL WATCHING IN THE STANDS THAT IS SUCH A FUN THING.

LEFT AND RIGHT GIRLS ARE COMING INTO IT.

IT'S REALLY FUN TO BE PART OF THE UPCOMING GENERATION OF WOMEN TAKING OVER THE ROPING PART OF IT.

YOU KNOW, MOST OF IT IS BOYS TEAMS, BUT BEING A GIRL, IT'S REALLY, REALLY FUN.

>> Charlie: ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS INTERESTING ABOUT IT IS THAT THEY HAVE TO MISS SCHOOL FOR A LOT OF THE RODEO STUFF.

THEY MISS SCHOOL, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE TO PROVE TO THE NHSRA, THE GOVERNING BODY, THEY GO TO SCHOOL AND THEY DON'T MISS SCHOOL AND GET GOOD GRADES.

IT'S A CATCH-22.

MAYBE THAT'S A STORY FOR ANOTHER DAY.

>> Dennis: INTERESTING, YOU BROUGHT US SOME GREAT CONTENT IN SPORTS CHARLIE.

THANK YOU.

>>> SEVEN TO NINE HOURS A NIGHT, THAT'S HOW MUCH SLEEP IS RECOMMENDED FOR ADULTS BUT SOMETIMES YOU CAN GET THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF SLEEP AND STILL WAKE UP FEELING TIRED.

IN TODAY'S HEALTH MINUTE, MANDY GAITHER HAS MORE ON WHAT MAY BE CAUSING MORNING GROGGINESS AND HOW TO HELP PREVENT IT.

>> Reporter: IF YOU GET ENOUGH Z'S BUT CAN'T KICK THE MORNING GROGGINESS, THERE MAY BE A REASON, SOMETHING KNOWN AS A HEIGHTENED STATE OF SLEEP INERTIA.

>> IT'S WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE, YOU ARE AWAKE BUT THERE IS A LOT OF INERTIA OF SLEEP LEFTOVER THAT EFFECTS YOUR EMOTIONS AND ALERTNESS AS YOU ARE WAKING UP.

>> Reporter: THESE EFFECTS USUALLY GO AWAY AFTER 15 MINUTES TO AN HOUR, BUT THEY CAN ALSO LAST LONGER.

GUPTA SAYS IT'S NOT ABOUT THE QUANTITY OF SLEEP WHEN IT COMES TO THIS BUT IT'S THE QUALITY OF THOSE Z'S.

>> WE TALKED ABOUT THE BASICS OF GOOD SLEEP HYGIENE BEFORE LIKE KEEPING YOUR BEDROOM DARK, QUIET, COLD, AND AVOIDING SCREENS AT NIGHTTIME.

>> Reporter: BUT GUPTA SAYS THERE ARE LIFESTYLE THINGS THAT CAN AFFECT HOW PEOPLE FEEL WHEN THEY ARE AWAKE.

HAVING INCONSISTENT SLEEP SCHEDULES LIKE STAYING UP LATE ON WEEKENDS CAN CREATE ALMOST A JET LAG EFFECT.

>> ALSO REMEMBER, SOME PEOPLE MIGHT NEED MORE SLEEP THAN OTHERS.

MAYBE YOU NEED NINE OTHERS AND OTHER EXPERTS SUGGEST SLEEPING AN HOUR LATER TO SEE IF THAT CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

>> Reporter: FOR HEALTH MINUTE, I'M MANDY UHRICH.

-- MANDY GAITHER.

>> EXPERTS SAY SLEEP IS A CRITICAL PART OF BEING HEALTHY.

WHILE YOU SLEEP, THE BODY WORKS TO SUPPORT BRAIN HEALTH AND HELPS MAINTAIN PHYSICAL HEALTH.

>>> DON'T GO TO SLEEP YET, STACY HAS A LOOK AT OUR WEATHER.

>> Stacy: A LOT OF SUNSHINE THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

WE COULD SEE PATCHY FOG IN EASTERN MINNESOTA, LOW TEMPERATURES NEAR 59.

>> Dennis: THAT IS IT FOR US TONIGHT.

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

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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