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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.

>>> ONE OF AMERICA'S TECH GIANTS IS COMING TO BAXTER.

AMAZON PLANS TO BUILD A NEARLY 50,000 SQUARE FOOT LAST-MILE DISTRIBUTION FACILITY ON TIMBERWOOD DRIVE, OFF HIGHWAY 210.

REPORTER SAMMY HOLLADAY SPOKE WITH TWO OFFICIALS FROM THE CITY TO LEARN MORE.

>> Reporter: AMAZON IS COMING TO BAXTER, ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST COMPANIES WILL HAVE THEIR FOOTSTEPS IN THE HEART OF THE INDUSTRIAL PARK.

THE FACILITY THAT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED IS A LAST MILE DISTRIBUTION CENTER.

ACCORDING TO AN AMAZON WEBSITE, THEY FOLLOW ROUTES TO ENSURE SPEED AND EFFICIENCY.

>> JUST ABOUT 50,000 SQUARE FEET.

IT HAS A SEPARATE LOCATION WHERE SEMI-TRUCKS COME IN AND OUT AND A SEPARATE ENTIRE FLEET OF VANS, AND THE SITE IS ABLE TO HANDLE 150 AMAZON VANS WITHIN THE FACILITY AND A SEPARATE PARKING LOT FOR EMPLOYEES WHO COME TO WORK EACH DAY.

>> Reporter: THE PLAN INCLUDES A POTENTIAL 19,000 SQUARE FOOT EXPANSION, THE CITY OF BAXTER IS EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT NOT JUST FOR WHAT THE FACILITY BRINGS TO BAXTER, BUT THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY AS WELL.

>> IT'S A FEATHER IN OUR CAP AND WE'RE VERY, VERY HAPPY THEY CHOSE US.

IT'S A BIG THING FOR THE CITY OF BAXTER, BUT IT'S ALSO POTENTIALLY A BIG THING FOR THE CITIES AROUND, THE COMMUNITIES AROUND.

IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO OFFER A LOT OF JOBS TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: BAXTER MAYOR ALSO BELIEVES THAT THE CITY'S LOCATION IS CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IN COMPANIES CHOOSING TO DO BUSINESS IN BAXTER.

>> YOU KNOW, WE'RE SITTING AT THE INTERSECTION OF TWO MAJOR HIGHWAYS AND I ALWAYS CONSIDERED OUR CITY TO BE THE GATEWAY TO SUMMER ACTIVITIES, YOU KNOW, SUMMER HOUSES, VACATION LAND, THAT TYPE OF THING.

SOME OF THAT HAS WORKED IN OUR FAVOR.

THERE IS NO DENYING THAT.

>> Reporter: A GROWING COMMUNITY IS BAXTER'S MOTTO.

THE REASON THE COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO GROW IS THESE LARGE COMPANIES LIKE AMAZON CONTINUE TO SET UP SHOP IN WHAT MAYOR OLSON REFERS TO BAXTER AS A GATEWAY CITY.

>> WE'RE FORTUNATE THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF BIG NAME COMPANIES THAT DECIDE TO COME HERE.

WHEN THOSE BUSINESSES COME, THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR EVERYBODY IN THE AREA, WHETHER IT'S JOBS OR OTHER DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAPPEN, YOU SEE THE RESIDENTIAL GROWTH THAT COMES WITH IT ALSO.

IT'S IMPACTFUL AND IT MAKES THE COMMUNITY CHANGE AND VERY MUCH FOR THE BETTER.

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

>> CONSTRUCTION FOR THE DISTRIBUTION CENTER IS SET TO BEGIN THIS FALL WITH COMPLETION EXPECTED BY 2025.

>>> THE MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY HAS RELEASED AN UPDATE ON THE WASTEWATER SPILL FROM THE MINNESOTA POWER BOSWELL ENERGY CENTER NEAR BLACKWATER LAKE IN COHASSET.

LAST FRIDAY THE MPCA INCREASED ITS ESTIMATE OF RELEASED COAL ASH WASTEWATER FROM 1 MILLION GALLONS TO 5.5 MILLION GALLONS.

AN UPDATE TODAY SAYS VEGETATION NEAR THE WASTEWATER SPILL NEAR BLACKWATER LAKE IN COHASSET DID NOT SHOW ANY SIGNS OF STRESS, AND INITIAL SAMPLES SHOW INCREASED LEVELS OF SULFATES WITHIN THE CREEK NEAR THE LAKE.

EXCAVATION OF THE SOURCE AREA AND IMPACTED SOIL IS ONGOING.

ESTIMATES SHOW THE CREW AT THE SITE HAS REMOVED APPROXIMATELY 18,000 GALLONS THUS FAR.

THE PRIMARY CONTAMINANTS OF CONCERN ARE SULFATES, CHLORIDES, AND BORON.

IN THE FIELD, RESPONDERS HAVE BEEN USING CONDUCTIVITY AND A SULFATE FIELD METER TO INDICATE WHERE THE RELEASED MATERIALS ARE, AND TO MONITOR WHERE THEY MAY POTENTIALLY MIGRATE.

RESULTS ARE FLUCTUATING DAILY AND ARE UP TO FOUR DAYS BEHIND DUE TO LAB TURN-AROUND TIMES.

THE ONGOING SAMPLING AND MONITORING WILL HELP DETERMINE HOW WIDESPREAD OR SEVERE THE IMPACTS ARE, AND WHAT TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGY WILL BE MOST EFFECTIVE TO MINIMIZE IMPACTS THE MINNESOTA POWER BOSWELL ENERGY CENTER REPORTED THE INCIDENT ON JULY 16TH.

THE REPORT SAID A SPILL OF ASH WASTEWATER WAS DISCOVERED, BUT THE SPILL WAS NO LONGER ACTIVE.

ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, THE SPILL DID NOT AFFECT SEWERS.

>>> A LEVEL 3 SEX OFFENDER IS RELOCATING TO THE CITY OF CASS LAKE NEXT WEEK.

ACCORDING TO THE CASS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, 36-YEAR-OLD CORY BEBEAU IS MOVING INTO A HOME ON THE 300 BLOCK OF SPRUCE AVENUE IN CASS LAKE ON JULY 29TH.

BEBEAU WAS PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED IN SEPARATE INCIDENTS OF ENGAGING IN SEXUAL CONTACT AGAINST A KNOWN FEMALE CHILD.

CONTACT INCLUDED PENETRATION.

BEBEAU GAINED UNMONITORED ACCESS TO THE VICTIM WHILE FREQUENTING HER HOME.

HE USED HIS ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIP OF TRUST IN AN EFFORT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL.

BEBEAU HAS SERVED HIS SENTENCE AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS HE IS NOT WANTED BY THE POLICE.

THEY SAY THE PURPOSE OF THE RELEASE IS NOT MEANT TO INDUCE FEAR BUT TO RAISE AWARENESS.

LAW ENFORCEMENT BELIEVES AN INFORMED PUBLIC IS A SAFER PUBLIC.

>>> EVERY YEAR, THE CONCORDIA LANGUAGE VILLAGES, A PROGRAM OF CONCORDIA COLLEGE IN MOORHEAD, ENGAGES THOUSANDS OF YOUTHS, EDUCATORS AND ADULTS FROM ACROSS THE U.S. WITH PROGRAMS IN 18 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND CULTURAL LEARNING THROUGHOUT 7 CULTURALLY AUTHENTIC VILLAGES AROUND TURTLE RIVER LAKE NEAR BEMIDJI.

LAST WEEKEND HOWEVER, A GRAND-OPENING WAS HELD FOR ITS NEW KOREAN LANGUAGE VILLAGE, BRINGING THE TOTAL UP TO 8 TOTAL VILLAGES.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN WAS THERE FOR THE GRAND-OPENING CEREMONY AND HAS MORE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: FIRST ESTABLISHED IN 1961, THE CONCORDIA LANGUAGE VILLAGE HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO FOSTERING GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING AND EDUCATION THROUGH LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL EMERSION WITH THE VILLAGES THEY CONSTRUCTED LIKE SPANISH, RUSSIAN, SWEDISH, AND FOUR OTHER VILLAGES.

THEY CAN ADD A KOREAN LANGUAGE VILLAGE TO THE LIST.

>> THE KOREAN LANGUAGE VILLAGE HAS BEEN PART OF OUR PORTFOLIO OF VILLAGES FOR 25 YEARS.

THEY HAVE NOT HAD THEIR OWN AUTHENTIC SITE.

THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF MANY DONORS, WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD A TRULY AUTHENTIC KOREAN VILLAGE.

THIS IS OUR EIGHTH VILLAGE ON THE SHORES BUT THE FIRST ASIAN LANGUAGE VILLAGE HERE ON THE SHORES OUTSIDE BEMIDJI.

IT IS TRULY A HISTORIC WEEKEND FOR US.

>> Reporter: IT WILL BE MORE THAN A PLACE TO LEARN A NEW LANGUAGE AS IT'S THE CELEBRATION OF THE CONNECTION BETWEEN KOREA AND MINNESOTA.

>> BY OPENING UP HANDS ON KOREAN LANGUAGE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE YOUNG AMERICANS, WE GO TOGETHER IN A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR OUR TWO NATIONS.

LEARNING THE KOREAN LANGUAGE IS NOT JUST ABOUT MEMORIZING VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR, IT IS ALSO ABOUT STRENGTHENING AMERICA'S CONNECTIONS WITH ONE OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT PARTNERS BY PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROGRAM, YOU WILL BE PREPARED TO WRITE THE NEXT CHAPTER IN THE ONGOING STORY OF FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES.

>> Reporter: THE DEAN TRAVELS ALL THE WAY FROM CALIFORNIA AND SPENT THE LAST 20 SUMMERS WITH THE LANGUAGE VILLAGES BECAUSE SHE BELIEVES THAT LEARNING NEW LANGUAGES AND CULTURE COULD BE LIFE-CHANGING AFTER HER EXPERIENCE IN KOREA.

>> I WAS GIVEN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITIES.

I MET WONDERFUL PEOPLE IN KOREA.

MY HUSBAND IS KOREAN.

MY LIFE TOOK A FORTUNATE TURN AND I BECAME A PROFESSOR OF KOREAN STUDIES AT STANFORD.

IT STARTED WITH A PASSION FOR KOREA AND I FEEL STRONGLY THAT IF YOU GIVE THE GIFT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND THE GIFT OF SAFE ENVIRONMENT, AND THE KIND OF COMMUNITY THAT THEY OFFER, YOU CAN CHANGE PEOPLE'S LIVES IN SMALL AND BIG WAYS.

>> Reporter: SHE ALSO HAS PERSONAL REASONS FOR DOING WHAT SHE DOES.

>> I LAUGH SO MUCH I BECOME HORSE.

THE CHILDREN ARE SO ENERGIZED AND WONDERFUL AND FULL OF JOY.

IT'S A VERY TAXING PROGRAM, EVERYONE COMES TOGETHER FOR THE SHARED MISSION AND I COME OUT EXHAUSTED BUT FULLY RECHARGED.

I FEEL LIKE I HAVE SOMETHING SPECIAL I CAN DO FOR THE CHILDREN.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN TURTLE RIVER, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> PHASE ONE OF THE PROJECT IS NOW COMPLETE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DINING HALL, COMMERCIAL KITCHEN, TWO VILLAGER RESIDENCE, AND MUCH MORE, WITH PLANS FOR PHASE TWO CONSISTING OF ADDITIONAL VILLAGER HOMES, A CULTURAL ACTIVITIES AND SPORTS CENTER, AND A HANOK-STYLE PAVILION.

>>> SOME OF THE MILLE LACS BAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES WILDLANDS FIRE CREWS ARE HEADING OUT TO WYOMING TO HELP WITH THE WILDFIRE SITUATIONS OUT WEST.

THE FIREFIGHTERS WHO ARE HEADING OUT INCLUDE JAMAAL BAIRD, CLAYTON BENJAMIN JUNIOR AND MARVIN STAPLES.

THEY EXPECT TO BE OUT THERE FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

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

>> Elissa: OUR SUMMER WEATHER IS BACK FOR THE WEEKEND.

I'LL HAVE MORE IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, THE WAREHOUSE IN PINE RIVER HOSTED >> 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.

>>> THE PINE RIVER COMMUNITY WAS OUTSIDE AND ACTIVE YESTERDAY FOR THE WAREHOUSE'S ANNUAL BLOCK PARTY.

THE WAREHOUSE IS A COMMUNITY CENTER THAT IS OWNED, OPERATED, AND A MINISTRY OF RIVERVIEW CHURCH DEVOTED TO SERVING ITS COMMUNITY IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.

REPORTER MILES WALKER WAS IN ATTENDANCE OF THE FESTIVITIES FOR THE LATEST.

>> Reporter: THE PINE RIVER COMMUNITY LOOKS FORWARD TO THE WAREHOUSE'S BLOCK PARTY EVERY SUMMER AND EVERYTHING IT HAS TO OFFER.

>> WE HAVE BASKETBALL, WE HAVE A PLINKO GAME AND ANOTHER ONE WHERE YOU HAVE PLASTIC BALLS AND YOU BUMP INTO EACH OTHER AND GOOD FOOD, AND THEN A BASKETBALL GAME AND GOLF GAME AND GOOD MUSIC.

>> Reporter: IT'S BEEN A YEARLY TRADITION FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND IT WAS FIRST STARTED IN AN EFFORT TO SHOW THE PEOPLE OF PINE RIVER THAT THE WAREHOUSE IS A POSITIVE PRESENCE FOR THEM.

>> THE PAST WAS HERE BEFORE ME, THEY HAD A HEART FOR THE COMMUNITY.

THEY WERE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND SHARE THE GOOD NEWS IN A REALLY SAFE AND NON-THREATENING KIND OF WAY.

IT WAS A LIGHT IN THE MIDST OF DARKNESS.

>> Reporter: ANOTHER IMPORTANT PART IS THE MISSION.

THERE IS A RIGHT WAY ABOUT STARTING THE CONVERSATION.

>> OUR APPROACH IS TO HAVE THIS BE A FIRST STEP, JUST A CONNECTION POINT, A WAY TO BE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY, WITHOUT PUSHING IT OR OVERSTEPPING, TO HAVE A SAFE AND NON-THREATENING ENTRY POINT TO WHAT THE WAREHOUSE IS ABOUT AND WHAT WE OFFER IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN HEARING.

>> Reporter: THE ANNUAL BLOCK PARTY GIVES THE WAREHOUSE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THE PINE RIVER COMMUNITY A HEALTHY DOSE OF SUMMER, WHICH IS PERFECT FOR THE WAREHOUSE AS THE COMMUNITY IS WHAT ITS MISSION IS ALL ABOUT.

>> COMMUNITY IS HUGE.

IT'S SO IMPORTANT.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH TO MAKE DISCIPLES.

YOU CAN'T MAKE DISCIPLES UNLESS YOU REACH OUT AND BE WILLING TO SHARE THE GOOD NEWS WITH OTHERS, YOU NEED TO GO BEYOND THE CHURCH WALLS AND PROVIDE SOMETHING WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME TOGETHER AND BE UNITED AND HAVE A GOOD TIME.

I THINK MORE THAN EVER, OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS THAT AND WE ARE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN PINE RIVER, MILES WALKER, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE WAREHOUSE WILL ONCE AGAIN OFFER AN AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 5 THROUGH 12 EVERY WEDNESDAY FROM 3:00 P.M. UNTIL 6:00 P.M. ONCE CLASS RESUMES.

>>> 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.

>>> STACY HAS TONIGHT OFF AND ELISSA IS BACK.

ELISSA, I UNDERSTAND WE COULD BE SEEING OUR FIRST 90 DEGREE TEMPERATURES OF THE SUMMER.

>> Elissa: YES, IT'S GOING TO BE A WARM ONE THIS WEEKEND.

I'LL HAVE MORE A >> 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 ON LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

>> Elissa: HI EVERYONE, I'M ELISSA BENSON WITH YOUR WEATHER AND THANKS FOR WATCHING TONIGHT.

TODAY WAS WARMER THAN YESTERDAY BUT MORE THAN WHAT WE EXPECT THIS TIME OF YEAR, STAYING AROUND THAT 80 DEGREE MARK.

CURRENTLY IN BEMIDJI, 70 DEGREES WITH A SOUTHEAST WIND WE SAW ALL DAY TODAY WITH A PEAK WIND OF 19.

SIMILAR CONDITIONS IN BRAINERD RIGHT NOW, FAIR, WITH A SOUTHEAST WIND AND 73 DEGREES.

MOVING ALONG HERE, THERE WE GO.

OUR RADAR, CLEAR ONCE AGAIN.

WE WILL HAVE THE CLEAR SKIES AND THAT WILL CONTINUE INTO TOMORROW WHERE WE WILL SEE OUR FIRST CHANCE OF RAIN THAT WE HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN THIS WEEK YET.

THERE IT IS RIGHT THERE AS THE PRESSURE FRONTS ARE MOVING IN AND ALL THOSE TEMPERATURES ARE GOING UP, WE WILL HAVE A HIGHER CHANCE OF RAIN, BUT THAT REALLY WON'T COME TO FRUITION UNTIL MAYBE THE AFTERNOON.

THANK YOU TO OUR VIEWERS FOR SUBMITTING PHOTOS.

ARLENE IN MENAHGA WITH THE FLOWERS, ANGELA WITH THE SUNRISE, AND JULIE WITH A BIRD TODAY.

MOVING ALONG HERE, SAMROSE AT RED LAKE WITH THE SKY, JOAN IN LAPORTE WITH FLOWERS AND GREG AND SARAH BOTH SAW EAGLES TODAY.

THANKS FOR SENDING THOSE IN.

OUR EAGLE EYE WEATHER REPORTS, HIGH OF 78 AND HAZY, SIMILAR CONDITIONS FOR BOB WITH 80 DEGREES.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, SOUTH WIND AT 10 MILES PER HOUR.

JOAN WITH A HIGH OF 83.

ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 76 DEGREES AND SUNNY, SIMILAR CONDITIONS IN CASS LAKE WITH ANGELA.

SO THANK YOU FOR SENDING THOSE IN.

OUR ALMANAC TODAY, ABOUT AVERAGE TEMPERATURES, HIGH OF 82, LOW OF 52 IN BRAINERD.

SIMILAR CONDITIONS IN BEMIDJI WITH A HIGH OF 81, LOW OF 58, SUNSET AT 9:02.

LOOKING TOWARDS TOMORROW, PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, BUT FOR THE MOST PART PRETTY WARM AND THOSE DEW POINTS WILL BE HIGHER SO THERE WILL BE A HIGHER HEAT INDEX TOMORROW.

SO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THAT.

LOOKING TOWARDS TONIGHT, PARTLY CLOUDY, THAT WIND WILL CONTINUE WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MILES PER HOUR.

TOMORROW, THOSE GUSTS WILL ALSO CONTINUE IN THE EVENING TIME, THERE MAY BE A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, HIGH OF 88.

YOUR WEEKEND FORECAST HERE, HOT AND BREEZY TOMORROW, WITH A HIGH OF 88.

SIMILAR CONDITIONS INTO SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, STAYING WITH THE HIGH DEW POINTS AND ABOVE 80s.

SATURDAY WE MAY SEE 90 DEGREE IN SOME AREAS AND MOST OF YOUR RAIN CHANCE WILL BE ON SUNDAY.

MOVING ALONG HERE, MONDAY CONTINUES WITH THE SAME TREND WE WILL HAVE THIS WEEKEND, TUESDAY IT'S LOOKING LIKE RAIN WILL LIGHTEN UP AND IT SHOULD BE BACK TO SUNNY SKIES AND THAT 80 DEGREE MARK.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THANKS ELISSA.

CHARLIE IS HERE NOW.

THE BIRCHMONT GOLF TOURNAMENT MOVES ON TO THE CLOSING ROUNDS.

>> Charlie: YEAH, WE GET TO THE QUARTER FINALS TODAY FOR THE WOMEN'S AND THE ROUND OF 16 FOR THE MEN.

WE HAD SOME GREAT GOLF TODAY AND WE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK BEHIND THE SCENES AT SOME OTHER STUFF GOING ON DURING THE BIRCHMONT TOURNAMENT.

ALL THAT COM >> SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED IN PART BY PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS; BRINGING NORTHERN MINNESOTA THE GIGAZONE.

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>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORT WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪♪♪] >>> YESTERDAY THE FIELD WAS CUT IN HALF IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISIONS AT THE 100TH BIRCHMONT.

TODAY THEY WERE CUT IN HALF AGAIN AS MATCH PLAY CONTINUED FOR BOTH THE MEN AND WOMEN.

IT WAS ANOTHER GORGEOUS DAY AT BEMIDJI TOWN AND COUNTRY CLUB, MATCHED ONLY BY THE ELITE AMATEUR PLAY ON DISPLAY.

WE KICK OFF WITH THE WOMEN'S QUARTERFINAL MATCH-PLAY FROM THIS MORNING.

DESPITE A HARD PLAY, SHE NAILS THE APPROACH.

OLSON WOULD GO ON TO TAKE THE MATCH 2-1.

IN A REMATCH OF LAST YEAR'S FINALS MATCH, MORGAN WAS TAKING ON ABBEY, ALMOST HOLDING IT FROM THE FAIR WAY ON 16 HERE.

SHE WINS THE HOLE AND EVENTUALLY THE MATCH, 3-1.

UP AHEAD TO 17, EMERSON WALKER NEEDS THIS PUTT TO CLENCH THE MATCH.

SHE GETS IT.

SHE WILL BE PAIRED TOMORROW.

IN THE FINAL MATCH, RILEY TRAILED EMILY BY A HOLE HEADING TO 18 BUT COMES UP WITH THIS SHOT FROM THE FAIR WAY.

THEY WOULD END UP HAVING THE FIRST PLAYOFF HOLE BUT THEN ON THE PAR 3 SECOND, THE 20th HOLE FOR THEM, AN ABSOLUTE DART.

THEN SHE WOULD FINISH THE JOB BY MAKING THE PUTT.

THE FIVE TIME CHAMP WILL FILL IN THE LAST SPOT IN THE SEMIFINALS.

SHE WILL BE MATCHED WITH AVA OLSON, SHAPING UP TO BE A GOOD ONE TOMORROW.

THEY ARE SET TO TEE OFF AT 9:24 A.M. >>> THE MEN GOT AFTER IT IN THE AFTERNOON.

MATTHEW IS TRAILING JAMES BY A HOLE, BUT HE COMES UP WITH A FANTASTIC CHIP.

IT ALLOWS HIM TO TIE THE MATCH HEADING TO THE BACK 9.

HE WILL EVENTUALLY WIN THE MATCH, 1 UP.

THE PIN PLACEMENT MUST HAVE BEEN MAGICAL.

ONE GROUP LATER, LUCAS ON APPROACH, HE WILL STICK IT TO WITHIN A FOOT.

YEAH, I'LL GIVE THAT TO YOU.

HE HAD THE HOLE BUT HE GOES ON TO WIN THE MATCH, 1 UP.

NOW NATE GETTING AFTER THINGS EARLY, HE WOULD GO 1 UP ON RYAN AND NEVER LOOK BACK, TAKING THE MATCH 5-4.

PUTTING WAS AT A PREMIUM TODAY AS JACK FOUND OUT ON THE SECOND HOLE THAT HE WAS MATCHED WITH IAN, WHO HAD A SIMILAR PUTT.

HE MAKES IT AND GOES 1 UP.

HE WILL ADVANCE AND NOW HERE'S A LOOK AT ALL THE MATCH RESULTS TOMORROW.

THE REIGNING CHAMP WILL TAKE ON MATTHEW, ALEX MOVES ON AS WELL, AND IN SOME OF THE OTHER BRACKETS, RYAN ALSO FOUND HIS WAY IN THE QUARTER FINALS.

THOSE MATCHES WILL TEE OFF IN THE AFTERNOON.

>>> WHETHER YOU'VE SEEN IT IN PERSON OR YOU'VE SEEN IT DURING OUR COVERAGE OF THE BIRCHMONT, THE COURSE AT BEMIDJI TOWN AND COUNTRY CLUB BOTH LOOKS AND PLAYS LIKE SOME OF THE BEST AROUND, BUT IT JUST DOESN'T MAGICALLY HAPPEN.

IT TAKES AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF WORK AND CARE.

SO TONIGHT WE TAKE YOU BEHIND THE SCENES TO MEET THE UNSUNG HEROES OF THE BIRCHMONT TOURNAMENT TO BE UNHEARD AND UNSEEN IS THEIR GOAL AND THE ONLY TRACES OF THEIR EXISTENCE, A PRISTINE GOLF COURSE WORTHY OF A TOURNAMENT THAT HAS LASTED A CENTURY.

>> Reporter: WHILE THE MOON IS STILL HIGH OVER LAKE BEMIDJI, AND WHILE THE GOLFERS ARE STILL ASLEEP, THE GROUNDS CREW AT BEMIDJI TOWN AND COUNTRY CLUB ARE GETTING READY TO WORK.

>> WE'LL GET GUYS WHO PULL THE MARKERS FOR YOU AND THEN ERIC WILL SET THEM.

CALL ME WHEN YOU ARE DONE.

>> Reporter: THIS LARGER THAN NORMAL CREW OF 20 IS WHAT'S REQUIRED DURING THE BIRCHMONT GOLF TOURNAMENT TO ENSURE THE COURSE IS READY BEFORE THE FIRST GROUP TEES OFF.

>> NOW CALLING THE 6:48 STARTING TIME.

>> TYPICALLY THE FIRST GROUP OF GOLFERS 6:30, BUT THEY START OFF WITH 1 AND 10.

IT'S A LITTLE HECTIC IN THE SENSE THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME.

>> Reporter: FROM 4:45 TO 6:30 A.M., THE CREW MUST MOW THE FAIR WAYS, RAKE THE BUNKERS, ROLL THE GREENS, AND CHANGE THE PIN PLACEMENT ON ALL 18 HOLES, JUST TO NAME A FEW THINGS.

A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING THAT REQUIRES THEM TO BE CONSTANTLY MOVING.

>> 1 THROUGH 5 AND THEN 10 TO 15, AND JUST KIND OF HOP AROUND.

>> Reporter: THE CREW HOWEVER IS EXPERIENCED.

MANY OF THEM HAVING WORKED 15 OR MORE BIRCHMONT TOURNAMENTS.

>> JUST A FINE TUNED MACHINE.

IT'S REASSURING.

I CAN COUNT ON THOSE GUYS AND I KNOW THEY ARE GOING TO DO A GOOD JOB AND IT JUST MAKES MY LIFE A LOT EASIER KNOWING WE HAVE SOME VETERAN GUYS THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.

>> Dennis: ONCE THE WORK IS DONE AND THE GOLF BEGINS, HE CAN RELAX AND ENJOY WATCHING THE TOURNAMENT BUT WHAT HE ENJOYS EVEN MORE IS DOING IT ALL AGAIN THE NEXT DAY.

>> IT IS SHOWING UP A HALF HOUR BEFORE WE START AND WE ALL JUST SIT AROUND AND DRINK COFFEE AND JUST TALK, YOU KNOW.

IT'S A TEAM EFFORT.

NO ONE CAN DO THIS JOB BY THEMSELVES.

SO TO HAVE A REALLY GOOD TEAM HERE IS REALLY WHAT I ENJOY THE MOST.

>> Charlie: I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, I CERTAINLY ENJOY BEING OUT ON THE GOLF COURSE.

I WISH I COULD PLAY.

IT'S SO NICE.

>> Dennis: YEAH, BOY, A LOT GOES INTO IT.

A BIG JOB FOR THEM.

>> Charlie: IT IS AND A TIGHT WINDOW TO GET IT DONE.

>> Dennis: THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> WHETHER YOU PREFER FISHING IN DEEP OR SHALLOW WATER, AROUND VEGETATION OR ROCKS, RAY AND MANDY HAVE YOU COVERED FOR THIS WEEK'S EDITION OF FISHING TIPS, AS THEY TEACH US ABOUT WHICH CRANK BAITS WORK BEST IN DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS.

>> HELLO EVERYBODY, I'M RAY GILDOW FOR LAKELAND NEWS AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FISHING TIPS TONIGHT.

ONE OF MY FAVORITE TOPICS IS CRANK BAITS.

CRANK BAITS COME IN ALL KINDS OF SIZES, UNIMAGINABLE SELECTION OF CRANK BAITS FROM TINY LITTLE ONES YOU CAN USE FOR PAN FISH TO GREAT BIG MONSTERS YOU CAN USE FOR MUSKIES, LAKE TROUT.

I LIKE TO SHOW THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THESE.

THE BILL IS WHAT DETERMINES THE DEPTH OF THESE THINGS.

WHEN YOU BUY IT IN THE BOX, YOU WANT TO CHECK TO SEE WHAT THE DEPTH IS.

IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR WALL EYES, YOU WANT ONE THAT GOES DOWN TO 20 TO 25 FEET.

IF YOU'RE GOING OVER THE TOP OF VEGETATION, YOU MAY WANT ONE THAT GOES DOWN 3 OR 4 FEET SO YOU CAN THROW IT ACROSS THE TOPS OF THE VEGETATION.

THE LONGER THE SHANK, THE MORE WE ASSOCIATE WITH WALLEYES AND NORTHERN PIKE AND THIS HAS A REAL SHORT SHANK RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE NOSE OF IT.

SO THIS IS NOT GOING DOWN VERY DEEP.

THEN YOU CAN GET, THIS IS A WRAP.

YOU CAN CAST THESE OR CONTROL, AND THEY HAVE A SMALL BILL ON IT.

THE BILLS DETERMINE HOW DEEP THEY'RE GOING TO GO.

WHEN YOU BUY THEM, MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR BEFORE YOU SPEND THE MONEY FOR THEM.

MANDY WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME BASS WITH CRANK BAITS.

>> CORRECT, SO LIKE RAY SAID, NORMALLY THE LONGER THE BILL, THE DEEPER THE DIVE.

THEY ALSO HAVE OTHER PURPOSES.

SO THESE TWO, AS YOU CAN SEE, ONE HAS A SQUARE AND ONE HAS A ROUND.

SO THE PURPOSE OF THE SQUARE BILL IS THAT WHEN YOU ARE FISHING AROUND WOOD OR ROCK OR THINGS LIKE THAT, IT'S GOING TO BUMP AND RICOCHET OFF.

IT ALSO GIVES IT A DIFFERENT ACTION FOR WHEN YOU ARE SWIMMING THAT OR CRANKING THAT CRANK BAIT BACK IN.

THE ROUNDED ONE ON THE OTHER HAND IS REALLY GOOD IN HEAVY VEGETATION, THINGS LIKE THAT WHERE IT'S GOING TO EASILY PULL THROUGH AND ALSO THE ROUNDED BILL WILL GIVE IT A DIFFERENT ACTION THAN WHAT THE ACTION FOR THE SQUARE BILL IS.

>> FOR LAKELAND NEWS I'M RAY GILDOW.

>> AND I'M MANDY UHRICH.

>> Dennis: AND WE GO BACK TO ELISSA FOR MORE ON OUR WEATHER.

>> Elissa: A QUICK RECAP OF OUR WEATHER.

WE WILL HAVE THE CHANCE OF STORMS THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND BUT IT'S GOING TO BE HOT AND HUMID, AND TOMORROW WE WILL HAVE WIND BEFORE TUESDAY, IT COOLS OFF.

>> Dennis: THANKS ELISSA.

THAT WILL DO IT FOR US TONIGHT.

HAVE A GREAT NIGHT EVERYBODY.

WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

GOOD NIGHT.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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