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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 HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT HELD AN INFORMATIONAL MEETING FOR BEMIDJI RESIDENTS REGARDING THE RECONSTRUCTION OF BELTRAMI COUNTY STATE AID HIGHWAY 20.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK GOT THE CHANCE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE FUTURE CONSTRUCTION PLANS.

>> Reporter: COUNTY STATE HIGHWAY 20 WILL BE UNDER GOING SOME SERIOUS CHANGING OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

BELTRAMI COUNTY ENGINEER WAS THERE TO EXPLAIN THE PROJECT TO RESIDENTS.

>> A BIG CHANGE IS THAT WE INTEND TO HAVE A MULTI-USE TRAIL, AN OFF ROAD TRAIL.

SO I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS TO NOT BE ON THE ROAD FOR THIS PROJECT.

THAT'S A HIGH USE AREA FOR PETS AND BICYCLISTS BUT THEY HAVE TO SHARE THE ROAD.

>> Reporter: THE HIGHWAY IS NOT THE ONLY THING BEING RENOVATED.

A MAJOR SEWER CHANGE IS HAPPENING AS WELL.

>> THE CORRELATION BETWEEN TWO PROJECTS ON THE NORTH END OF LAKE BEMIDJI, 1 IS COUNTY ROAD 20 AND THE OTHER NORTHERN TOWNSHIP SEWER PROJECT.

THEY'RE WORKING ON GETTING SEWER AROUND LAKE BEMIDJI, WHICH HAS BEEN A GOAL SINCE THE LATE 1960s.

THE TOWNSHIP IS LOOKING TO COMPLETE THE REST IN ORDER TO ADDRESS FAILING SYSTEMS THAT ARE GOING TO THE LAKE.

>> Reporter: THE PLANNING OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND THE COUNTY NEEDED TO PUT TOGETHER ALL THE LEGAL PAPERWORK, AS WELL AS FUNDING BEFORE THEY START.

>> SO, OUR ROAD PROJECT ITSELF UTILIZES FUNDING THAT WE GET THROUGH THE STATE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A STATE GRANT, $1.5 MILLION OF A STATE GRANT.

THE PROJECT WILL ALSO INCLUDE TOWNSHIP SANITARY SEWER.

THEY HAVE $6 MILLION TOWARDS THAT PROJECT.

SO, THERE ARE SOME FEDERAL FUNDING SOURCE, STATE FUNDING SOURCE AND A LOCAL COUNTY FUNDING SOURCE AND THE TOWNSHIP.

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

>> THE MEETING TODAY WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND THEY COULD ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS THAT THEY HAVE WITH THE NEW ROAD INCLUDING THINGS LIKE SPEED, LAND DEVELOPMENT, AND THE SAFETY OF THE NEW MULTI-USE BIKE PATHS.

>>> IN OTHER NEWS TONIGHT, THE MINNESOTA B.C.A.

HAS SENT OUT A MISSING-ENDANGERED PERSON ALERT FOR A LITTLE FALLS GIRL.

17-YEAR-OLD SHIKITA KATIE JONES WAS REPORTED AS A RUNAWAY FROM THE HOME OF A RELATIVE IN IN ST.

CLOUD ON MAY 25TH.

SHE IS BELIEVED TO BE WITH AN UNIDENTIFIED MAN IN THE ST.

CLOUD AREA.

JONES WAS POSSIBLY RECENTLY SIGHTED AT A ST.

CLOUD GAS STATION IN THE 1000 BLOCK OF 9TH AVENUE.

SHE HAS SHORT GOLD COLORED HAIR, AND A SMALL BIRTHMARK ON HER LEFT CHEEK AND TATTOOS ON HER ANKLE AND HIP.

JONES HAS BEEN IN COMMUNICATION BUT WILL NOT TELL FAMILY WHERE SHE IS STAYING.

>>> BEMIDJI POLICE OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO USE NON-LETHAL MEANS TO SUBDUE A MAN SUFFERING A MENTAL HEALTH EPISODE WHO WAS WIELDING A KNIFE AND TELLING OFFICERS TO SHOOT HIM.

THE MAN WAS OUTSIDE A HOME NEAR 21ST STREET NORTHWEST AND ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE FROM BEMIDJI POLICE CHIEF MIKE MASTIN PRESENTED A HEIGHTENED RISK TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

OFFICERS USED VERBAL DE-ESCALATION TACTICS ASKING THE MAN TO DROP THE KNIFE.

EVENTUALLY PEPPER BALL MUNITIONS WERE DEPLOYED AND THE MAN DROPPED THE KNIFE WHICH ALLOWED LAW ENFORCEMENT TO SAFELY TAKE HIM INTO CUSTODY ON A MEDICAL HOLD.

THE MAN WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT.

THERE ARE NO CHARGES PENDING AT THIS TIME.

>>> ESSENTIA HEALTH IS WARNING THE PUBLIC ABOUT A RECRUITMENT SCAM.

ESSENTIA SAYS THEY HAVE HEARD FROM MULTIPLE PEOPLE RECENTLY WHO WERE CONTACTED ABOUT FAKE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY SOMEONE IMPERSONATING ESSENTIA.

IN MOST INSTANCES, PEOPLE REPORTED RECEIVING A JOB OFFER VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

THEY WERE ASKED TO PROVIDE PERSONAL INFORMATION TO ADVANCE THE HIRING PROCESS.

ESSENTIA SAYS IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THEY WILL NEVER ASK FOR PERSONAL INFORMATION OUTSIDE OF THEIR APPLICATION SYSTEM.

THIS SCAM AFFECTS ONLY THOSE WHO WERE CONTACTED DIRECTLY THROUGH NON-ESSENTIA HEALTH CHANNELS.

IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT WHETHER YOU WERE IMPACTED, PLEASE CONTACT THE ESSENTIA HEALTH HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.

THE SCAM HAS BEEN REPORTED TO AUTHORITIES FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.

>>> MINNESOTA CHIPPEWA TRIBE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BETH DROST HAS ISSUED A WRITTEN APOLOGY TO LEECH LAKE TRIBAL CHAIRMAN FARON JACKSON FOR ACCUSING HIM OF HAVING A CRIMINAL RECORD.

JACKSON DOESN'T.

DROST MADE THE STATEMENT ON JULY 8TH OUTSIDE THE TRIBAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND SAYS THAT SHE NOW KNOWS THAT IS WHOLLY INACCURATE AND UNFOUNDED.

THE LETTER TO JACKSON WAS POSTED ON THE LEECH LAKE BAND OF OJIBWE FACEBOOK PAGE YESTERDAY.

IN THE LETTER, DROST SAYS UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION THE MISINFORMATION WAS ABOUT ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL WITH A SIMILAR NAME.

SHE WROTE THAT SHE IS DEEPLY SORRY FOR ANY EMBARRASSMENT OR DIFFICULTIES THE STATEMENT MAY HAVE CAUSED FOR THE TRIBE.

>>> U.S.

SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR SAYS SHE REMAINS CANCER-FREE FOLLOWING HER BOUT WITH BREAST CANCER IN 2021, BUT DOCTORS RECENTLY REMOVED A SMALL SPOT AND THAT SHE'LL GET RADIATION TREATMENT AS A PRECAUTION.

THE MINNESOTA DEMOCRAT WAS SUCCESSFULLY TREATED FOR EARLY-STAGE BREAST CANCER THREE YEARS AGO.

KLOBUCHAR SAID AT THE TIME THAT THE CANCER WAS DETECTED DURING A ROUTINE MAMMOGRAM.

IN A STATEMENT FRIDAY, KLOBUCHAR SAID SHE RECENTLY HAD A ROUTINE SIX-MONTH EXAM AT THE MAYO CLINIC.

SHE SAID DOCTORS SPOTTED A SMALL WHITE SPOT CALLED A CALCIFICATION AND REMOVED IT, BUT SHE WILL HAVE A FEW DAYS OF RADIATION AS A PRECAUTION.

>>> THE CROW WING COUNTY HEALTH DIVISION'S WOMEN, INFANT, AND CHILDREN'S PROGRAM RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THE ADDITION OF A BREASTFEEDING PEER COUNSELOR PROGRAM.

HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY BREASTFEEDING PROVIDES MANY HEALTH BENEFITS FOR THE MOTHER, INFANT, AND COMMUNITY, SUCH AS REDUCED RISK OF CANCER, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, DIABETES, SIDS, AND MORE.

THEY SAY MOTHERS WHO BREASTFEED ALSO HAVE A LOWER RISK OF DEPRESSION AS IT HELPS CREATE A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP WITHIN FAMILIES.

>> YOUR BODY GOES THROUGH SO MANY CHANGES AND YOU HAVE THE ADDITIONAL STRESS OF RETURNING TO WORK.

WHEN A WOMAN IS BREASTFEEDING, IT INCREASES OUR HAPPY HORMONE AND CREATES AN AMAZING BOND BETWEEN MOM AND BABY.

WE WANT HEALTHY FAMILIES AND HEALTHY BONDS.

>> THROUGH A HEALTHY INFANTS GRANT, CROW WING COUNTY WIC CAN PROVIDE 18 BUSINESSES WITH $500 TOWARDS A LACTATION SPACE.

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

>> Stacy: WE HAVE CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS RETURNING TO THE AREA BEGINNING TONIGHT AND THERE IS THE POTENTIAL TO SEE STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, A LOOK INTO SWEETHEART DAYS IN HACKENSACK.

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

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

>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> SWEETHEART DAYS IN HACKENSACK ARE UNDERWAY.

THE MIDSUMMER FESTIVAL HAS BEEN ENJOYED BY LOCALS AND VISITORS FOR OVER 70 YEARS.

REPORTER SAMMY HOLLADAY HAS MORE ON WHAT THE FESTIVAL MEANS TO THIS SMALL TOWN.

>> Reporter: MOST SMALL TOWNS HOST FESTIVALS AND EVENTS TO HELP BRING PEOPLE INTO THE COMMUNITY.

SWEETHEART DAYS IN HACKENSACK IS ONE OF THOSE FESTIVALS CELEBRATING THEIR 72nd YEAR AND OVER THOSE 7-PLUS DECADES, SWEETHEART DAYS HAS HELPED STRENGTHEN THE ECONOMY.

>> THE BUSINESSES NEED THIS EXTRA REVENUE.

IT HELPS THEM A LOT.

THERE IS A LOT OF COMMUNITY FOCUS SO PEOPLE ARE HERE TO HAVE A GOOD TIME, WHETHER IT'S THE MOVIE IN THE PARK OR THE PARADE THAT GOES ON, ON TUESDAY OR THE STREET DANCE ON SATURDAY.

THEY'RE JUST HERE TO HAVE A GOOD TIME AND IT'S A GOOD BOOST FOR THE ECONOMY.

>> Reporter: WHAT SETS SWEETHEART DAYS APART FROM OTHER FESTIVALS IN THE STATE IS THE FOLKLORE BEHIND IT.

MANY CLAIM PAUL BUNYAN BUT ONLY HACKENSACK CLAIMS HIS SWEETHEART.

>> THE FOLKLORE, THE HISTORY IS PROBABLY WHAT IS THE MOST UNIQUE.

PAUL BUNYAN'S SWEETHEART, THEY HAVE A MARRIAGE LICENSE IN TOWN THAT CAN BE VIEWED OR THE CHAMBER BUILDING.

IT'S A FUN CELEBRATION OF THE FOLKLORE HISTORY OF THE AREA.

>> Reporter: GETTING PEOPLE TO CHOOSE ONE FESTIVAL OVER ANOTHER IS DIFFICULT WORK BUT HAVING A GREAT VIEW PERFECT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY HELPS A LOT.

>> YOU COME DOWN TO THE BEAUTIFUL LAKE, BE TOGETHER AS A FAMILY, MAKE A PICNIC OUT OF IT, ONE OF THE FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS AND PARTAKE IN PIZZA, BURGERS, OR ICE CREAM.

EVERYBODY LOVES ICE CREAM.

IT'S JUST WONDERFUL TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

WHEN THE SUN IS SHINING AND IT'S A PERFECT DAY OUT THERE, THERE IS NOTHING BETTER THAN THAT.

>> Reporter: BEING A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF AROUND 300, HACKENSACK MAY BE SMALL BUT YOU WILL BE HARD PRESSED TO FIND A TOWN THAT IS WILLING AND THANKFUL TO GET THE NUMBER OF VISITORS FOR THESE 8 DAYS.

>> IT RAISES PEOPLE'S SPIRITS AND HEARTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE TO SEE THAT.

WE'VE HAD A REAL REJUVENATION IN THIS TOWN AS WE HAVE BEEN MAKING IMPROVEMENTS AND IT DRAWS PEOPLE IN.

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

>> SOME OF THE BIGGEST EVENTS ARE YET TO TAKE PLACE.

THE 5K RUN AND CAR SHOW TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY, CANOE RACES ON SUNDAY, AND A PARADE ON TUESDAY.

THE COMPLETE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS CAN BE FOUND ON THE HACKENSACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WEBSITE.

>>> IT COULD BE ANOTHER GOOD YEAR FOR GROUSE HUNTERS IN THE STATE.

THE MINNESOTA D.N.R.

REPORTS THAT MINNESOTA'S RUFFED GROUSE SPRING POPULATION COUNTS ARE SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR.

THIS IS THE HIGHEST POINT ESTIMATE REPORTED IN 50 YEARS THE MINNESOTA DNR AND ITS PARTNERS USE SPRING DRUMMING COUNTS TO HELP MONITOR THE RUFFED GROUSE BREEDING POPULATION THROUGH TIME.

DRUMMING IS A LOW SOUND PRODUCED BY MALES AS THEY BEAT THEIR WINGS RAPIDLY AND IN INCREASING FREQUENCY TO SIGNAL THE LOCATION OF THEIR TERRITORY.

DRUMMING DISPLAYS ALSO ATTRACT FEMALES THAT ARE READY TO BEGIN NESTING.

RUFFED GROUSE POPULATIONS ARE SURVEYED BY COUNTING THE NUMBER OF MALE RUFFED GROUSE DRUMS ON ESTABLISHED ROUTES THROUGHOUT THE STATE'S FORESTED REGIONS.

THE RECENT GROUSE POPULATION TREND INCLUDES A LOW POINT IN THE CYCLE IN 2021 THAT WAS NOT AS LOW AS PREVIOUS LOWS, FOLLOWED BY THE HIGHEST PEAK THIS YEAR SINCE 1972.

WARM TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS THAT FAVOR HIGH NEST SUCCESS AND CHICK SURVIVAL THE LAST FEW YEARS MAY PARTLY EXPLAIN THE QUICKER THAN EXPECTED RISE TO PEAK LEVELS IN THE 10-YEAR CYCLE.

SNOW CONDITIONS ALSO WERE FAVORABLE FOR ROOSTING THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE CORE OF GROUSE RANGE DURING THE WINTERS OF 2021-2022 AND 2022-2023, FOLLOWED BY AN UNUSUALLY WARM TEMPERATURES LAST WINTER.

>>> 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.

THAT WOULD BE MONDAY FOR TONIGHT'S CASE.

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.

>>> STACY IS HERE.

WE HAVE SOME WARM WEATHER IN THE AREA, HOPING FOR A NICE WEEKEND.

>> Stacy: WE WILL HAVE HOT CONDITIONS, HIGHS IN THE 80s, CLOSE TO 90 AND STILL HUMID.

WE HAVE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH TOMORROW WITH A POTENTIAL FOR STRONG OR SEVERE STORMS.

>> 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, A SUMMERY WEATHER WITH THE SUNSHINE AND THE HOT AND HUMID WEATHER.

AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT, WE WILL HAVE WARM TEMPERATURES.

WE WILL HAVE AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS AND A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING IN.

WE HAVE MORE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ESPECIALLY TOMORROW AND THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS IN OUR VIEWING AREA.

THEN AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK, MORE TOWARDS MIDWEEK, WE WILL SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A COOL DOWN.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, 77 AT THE AIRPORT.

AT THE STUDIO, WE HAVE SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 4 MILES PER HOUR, DEW POINT UP TO 64, AND HUMIDITY IS AT 63%.

IN BRAINERD, WE HAVE CLEAR SKIES.

IT IS 74 DEGREES WITH A DEW POINT OF 63.

PRESSURE IS HOLDING STEADY AND WE HAVE SOUTH WINDS AT 5 MILES PER HOUR.

NOW LOOKING AT THE RADAR IN OUR VIEWING AREA IT HAD BEEN QUIET THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

LOOKING OUT TO THE WEST, WE DO HAVE SOME SEVERE WEATHER IN THE DAKOTAS.

IT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST, IT'S UNCLEAR HOW LONG THOSE STORMS WILL REMAIN THIS STRONG, BUT AGAIN EXPECT TO SEE SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO OUR VIEWING AREA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW, MORE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

NOW THIS YELLOW HATCHED AREA SHOWS US A POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER.

IT'S A 2 OUT OF 5 LEVEL RISK FOR SOME SEVERE STORMS.

IT LOOKS LIKE THE MAIN RISK WILL BE A PING-PONG BALL SIZED HAIL, WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MILES PER HOUR, AND MAYBE A FEW TORNADOS.

AGAIN, OUTSIDE OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, LOOK FOR VARIABLE CLOUDS IN THE AREA WITH CONTINUED HEAT AND HUMIDITY.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, SAMROSE SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE SUNRISE OVER LOWER RED LAKE NEAR REDBY.

ARLENE WITH THE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS IN BLOOM ALL OVER THE PLACE.

THIS PICTURE IS FROM MENAHGA.

SARAH SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE SUNSET.

SHE SAID IT WAS PROBABLY THE NICEST DAY OF THE SUMMER SO FAR.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE PHOTOS WITH US.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORT, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 63.

BOB IN BLUFFTON REPORTING A HAZY SUNSHINE, TEMPERATURES TOPPING OUT AT 84.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES, HIGH OF 84.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUNSHINE, HUMID WITH A LIGHT BREEZE, AND OUR HIGH WAS 85.

LOOKING AT OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD TOPPING OUT AT 85 DEGREES, SO WE ARE A LITTLE BIT ABOVE THAT AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE.

62 IS THE LOW, 9:07 IS THE SUNSET.

BEMIDJI TOPPING OUT AT 85, SO WE ARE ABOVE AVERAGE.

64 IS THE LOW, TEMPERATURES REALLY STAYING WARM OVERNIGHT LAST NIGHT AND SUNSET TONIGHT AT 9:15.

SO HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW.

WE'LL BE SEEING A VARIABLE CLOUDS WITH A GOOD CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WHEN THEY COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE.

HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOW 80s IN THE WARROAD AREA BUT MID TO UPPER 80s IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, UPPER 80s, RIGHT AROUND 90 DEGREES, WITH THE VARIABLE CLOUDS AND A GOOD CHANCE OF SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

AGAIN, IT'S POSSIBLY STRONG TO SEVERE, ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

HERE'S OUR FORECAST, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES TONIGHT WITH A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

LOWS DROPPING TO 67.

VARIABLE CLOUDS TOMORROW WITH THAT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND HIGHS NEAR 87.

LOOKING AT OUR WEEKEND FORECAST, WE'LL BE SEEING QUIETER WEATHER ON SUNDAY AND WE DO START TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A COOL DOWN, ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY, BUT PLENTY OF SUNSHINE ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, WITH HIGHS IN THE MID-70s.

BACK TO YOU DENNIS.

>> Dennis: THANKS STACY.

A NICE DAY FOR A GOLF TOURNAMENT.

>> Charlie: A COUPLE.

WE HAD THE GAME WINNING DRIVE AND THE BSU MEN'S HOCKEY MEMORIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT.

WE STOPPED BY BOTH OF THOSE TODAY AND HEARD FROM THE FOLKS HOSTING THEM.

WE HAVE 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.

>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪♪♪] >>> WELL, BSU MEN'S HOCKEY HOSTED THEIR ANNUAL GALEN NAGLE MEMORIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT TODAY HONORING THE LATE GOALIE NAGLE WHO PASSED AWAY IN 1996 AFTER BATTLING CANCER.

THE 27TH EDITION OF THE TOURNAMENT WAS PARTICULARLY SPECIAL FOR BEMIDJI STATE'S 1984 DIVISION TWO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM.

NAGLE HELPED LEAD THE TEAM TO AN UNDEFEATED SEASON BETWEEN THE PIPES AND WAS NAMED ALL-TOURNAMENT GOALIE.

NOW 40 YEARS LATER, HE IS REMEMBERED BY CHARACTERISTICS THAT ARE STILL PRESENT IN BEAVER HOCKEY TO THIS DAY.

>> HE WAS A HOCKEY PLAYER, HE OVERACHIEVED, PLAYED HARD, AN UNBELIEVABLE TEAMMATE.

THEY'RE ALL THE CHARACTERISTICS YOU WANT IN A HOCKEY PLAYER.

HE HAD THOSE.

THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE WANT OUR CURRENT PLAYERS TO ASPIRE TO BE AND IT WAS FITTING THAT WE NAMED THIS TOURNAMENT AFTER HIM AND HIS NAME CONTINUES ON.

>> HE REALLY WAS AS A PERSON, HIS CHARACTER WAS THE EPITOME OF BEAVER HOCKEY.

JUST HELPING OUT A SUPPORTING EACH OTHER.

>> THOSE CHARACTERISTICS HAVE CARRIED ON FROM TEAM TO TEAM AND DECADE TO DECADE.

IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE YOUNGER GUYS AND OLDER GUYS.

IT'S ONE OF THE FAVORITE THINGS I HAVE, I GOTTEN TO KNOW PLAYERS FROM ALL ERAS.

IT'S NOT JUST THE '80s WHEN I PLAYED.

>> ALL FUNDS RAISED FROM THE TOURNAMENT GO TO THE BSU MEN'S HOCKEY PROGRAM AS WELL AS A SCHOLARSHIP FUND SET UP IN NAGLE'S NAME.

>>> ALSO TODAY, THE LEGACY COURSES AT CRAGUN'S RESORT PLAYED HOST TO THE 3RD ANNUAL JOE HAEG'S GAME WINNING DRIVE GOLF FUNDRAISER.

THE TOURNAMENT WAS CREATED AS A WAY TO FUNDRAISE FOR THE BRAINERD WARRIOR FOOTBALL PROGRAM, CONTRIBUTING OVER $40,000 OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS BUT IT HAS GROWN TO HELP ADOPT NEW PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES THAT WILL BENEFIT ALL WARRIOR ATHLETES.

JOE HAEG, THE FORMER BRAINERD FOOTBALL AND RETIRED NFL PLAYER FOR WHICH THE TOURNAMENT IS NAMED REFLECTED ON THOSE WHO HELPED HIM REACH HIS GOALS AND HOW HE PLANS TO DO THE SAME.

>> I FEEL LIKE YES, I DID WORK REALLY HARD TO GET WHERE I WAS.

MORE IMPORTANTLY, I FEEL LIKE I HAD AN AMAING SUPPORT SYSTEM.

I HAD GREAT COACHES, I HAD A GREAT SCHOOL THAT SUPPORTED ME, AND THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER THINGS THAT WENT RIGHT FOR ME.

I THINK THOSE ARE THE THINGS I WANT TO GIVE BACK BECAUSE ANY OF THESE KIDS THAT ARE OUT HERE HELPING US TODAY.

THAT CAN BE THEIR DREAM.

THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN HELP PROVIDE, AS WELL AS JUST GIVE THEM SUCH A WELL ROUNDED WORK ETHIC THAT GOES BEYOND FOOTBALL, SOMETHING I'M TAKING WITH ME THROUGHOUT MY POST FOOTBALL CAREER AS WELL AND WHATEVER I DO, IT'S THE SAME PHILOSOPHY THAT I WAS TAUGHT HERE.

IT'S A GREAT WAY TO GIVE BACK.

>> Charlie: THIS YEAR THEY RAISED NEARLY $45,000, PUTTING THEM NORTH OF $75,000 SINCE THEIR INCEPTION.

>>> THE NBA SUMMER LEAGUE BEGAN TODAY IN LAS VEGAS.

ALL THE ROOKIES, SOPHOMORES, AND UNDRAFTED PLAYERS TRYING TO MAKE THEIR CASE FOR A ROSTER SPOT AND THE TIMBERWOLVES WERE TAKING A LOOK AT THEIR TWO NEWEST DRAFT PICKS.

THAT BEING FORWARD TERRANCE SHANNON JUNIOR AND POINT GUARD ROB DILLINGHAM.

THEY WERE TAKING ON THE NEW ORLEANS PELICANS.

EARLY GOINGS, SHANNON LOOKING FOR HIS FIRST POINTS AS A PRO AND HE DOES IT BY PUTTING THE PELICANS-D ON A POSTER, THROW IT DOWN YOUNG MAN, BUT HE WASN'T DONE YET.

DILLINGHAM WITH THE STEAL AND DISH TO DOUBLE ZEROS.

SHANNON BALLED OUT IN HIS FIRST GAME FOR THE T-WOLVES.

9-14 FROM THE FIELD AND LED ALL SCORERS WITH 25 POINTS.

DAYSHIN NIX WHO SPENT LAST YEAR WITH THE IOWA WOLVES IN THE G-LEAGUE MAKING HIS CASE, 14 POINTS, 3-STEALS, AND 5-ASSISTS.

DILLINGHAM ALSO HAD 5-ASSISTS AND 4-POINTS AS THE TIMBERWOLVES BEAT THE PELICANS 81-74.

NOT A BAD START OUT IN VEGAS FOR MINNESOTA.

THEY HAVE THREE MORE GAMES LEFT THIS SUMMER.

>>> THE MINNESOTA LYNX ARE TRAILING THE SEATTLE STORM, 65-52.

THE TWINS, THEY ARE TRAILING SAN FRANCISCO 3-0 IN THE TOP OF THE FIFTH.

>> Dennis: DOWN EARLY IN THE WEST COAST.

>> Charlie: UNFORTUNATELY.

>> Dennis: THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY'S MUSIC DEPARTMENT HELD THEIR 2ND ANNUAL ORATORIO NIGHT, WHERE GRADUATE STUDENTS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONDUCT BAROQUE MUSIC ALONG WITH THEIR PEERS.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN GIVES US A CLOSER LOOK INTO THE CONCERT, FOR THIS WEEK'S IN-FOCUS.

>> Reporter: IT'S THE CHANCE OF A LIFETIME FOR THE 17 GRADUATE STUDENTS OF BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY'S MUSIC DEPARTMENT AS THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO CONDUCT A PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRA IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE.

>> EACH OF THOSE STUDENTS WILL BE CONDUCTING A MOVEMENT FROM A BAROQUE WORK WITH ORCHESTRA AND IN SOME CASES WITH A CHORUS.

WE'RE DOING THREE MAJOR WORKS TONIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO END THE CONCERT WITH THE HALLELUJAH CHORUS, BIG FINISH.

THEY WILL BE CONDUCTING VIVALDI WITH ORCHESTRA AND ONE OF THE CONCERTO WORKS.

>> Reporter: THE SET UP LOOKS DIFFERENT AS THE CONDUCTOR IS FACING THE AUDIENCE OPPOSED TO THE MUSICIANS.

THERE IS A SPECIFIC REASON FOR THIS.

>> THE FOCUS TONIGHT IS ON THE STUDENT CONDUCTORS.

THESE ARE GRADUATES.

THE CHOIR WILL BE FACING THE STAGE, WHICH IS TOTALLY BACKWARDS FROM WHAT YOU NORMALLY SEE BECAUSE THE FOCUS IS ON THEIR EXPERIENCE AS CONDUCTORS.

>> Reporter: WITH THAT MANY CONDUCTORS GETTING TO PERFORM, A WHOLE LOT GOES INTO PREPARING FOR THIS EVENT.

>> IT'S A LOT OF MOVING PARKS.

WE HAVE AROUND 15 MEMBERS IN THE ORCHESTRA.

THIS IS A BAROQUE ORCHESTRA, SO IT'S MADE UP OF STRINGS, WOODWINDS, THE HARPSICHORD, AND TRUMPET.

THIS IS A COMMUNITY CHOIR THAT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 40 YEARS, BUT MANY PEOPLE ARE INVITED TO COME TONIGHT TO SING VIVALDI'S GLORIA.

>> Reporter: THIS ISN'T JUST A LOCALIZED EVENT EITHER AS MANY TRAVEL FROM THE TWIN CITIES AND EVEN OUTSIDE THE STATE TO BE PART OF THIS CONCERT.

>> WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM AS FAR AS SEATTLE.

THEY COME STAY WITH THEIR FAMILIES THIS WEEK AND THEN THEY PARTICIPATE.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF NIGHT REHEARSALS FOR THE CHOIR AND THEN THE ORCHESTRA COMES.

THEY HAVE TWO AFTERNOON REHEARSALS AND WITHIN ONE WEEK, WE'RE DOING REALLY INCREDIBLE MUSIC.

SO AS WORD IS GETTING OUT, PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM FURTHER AWAY TO BE PART OF IT.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BEMIDJI FOR THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE MASTERS OF MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAM HAD JUST 11 STUDENTS LAST YEAR FOR THE FIRST ORATORIO NIGHT LAST YEAR AND ADDED 6 MORE STUDENTS FOR THIS YEAR'S CONCERT.

>>> TIME FOR ONE MORE LOOK AT OUR WEATHER.

BACK TO STACY.

>> Stacy: WE ARE GOING TO SEE A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA TONIGHT.

LOWS NEAR 67.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW, COULD SEE SOME SEVERE WEATHER AS WE HEAD TO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

>> Dennis: THAT'S GOING TO DO IT FOR US, WE'LL SEE YOU BACK ON MONDAY NIGHT.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND EVERYBODY, GOOD NIGHT.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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