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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.

>>> FED-EX IS CLOSING OVER 475 LOCAL SHIPPING CENTERS AND PARCEL STATIONS ACROSS U.S.

AND CANADA, AS PART OF A MASSIVE MULTI-YEAR OVERHAUL KNOWN AS THE NETWORK 2.0 PROJECT.

ONE OF THE SHIPPING CENTERS THAT IS CLOSING IS THE BEMIDJI SHIPPING CENTER, WHICH WILL BE CLOSING ON JUNE 27TH OF THIS YEAR.

IN A STATEMENT SENT TO LAKELAND NEWS ABOUT THE CLOSING, FED-EX'S MEDIA RELATIONS TEAM SAYS MEMBERS AT THE FACILITY WERE NOTIFIED SEVERAL MONTHS IN ADVANCE, AND CERTAIN EMPLOYEES WILL BE OFFERED OTHER ROLES WITHIN THE COMPANY.

THESE DECISIONS ARE NEVER TAKEN LIGHTLY AND REFLECT OUR COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING AFFECTED EMPLOYEES, THROUGH JOB PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE, RELOCATION AID, OR SEVERANCE AS APPLICABLE, WHILE TRANSFORMING OUR NETWORK AND CONTINUING TO PROVIDE AN OUTSTANDING EXPERIENCE FOR OUR CUSTOMERS.

THE TWO CLOSEST FED-EX SHIPPING CENTERS TO BEMIDJI WOULD BE IN SAINT CLOUD AND FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA.

SO FAR, MORE THAN 200 FED-EX FACILITIES HAVE BEEN CLOSED.

>>> THREE LOCAL TRIBAL NATIONS VOTED IN MINNESOTA CHIPPEWA TRIBE GENERAL ELECTIONS YESTERDAY.

LEECH LAKE BAND MEMBERS VOTED IN CINDY JACKSON KINGBIRD AS THEIR NEW SECRETARY-TREASURER AND JONATHAN WHITE AS THE NEW DISTRICT ONE COMMITTEEPERSON.

THE MILLE LACS BAND OF OJIBWE VOTED IN A DISTRICT THREE REPRESENTATIVE RACE BUT NO RESULTS HAVE BEEN RELEASED THERE YET.

WHITE EARTH VOTERS SELECTED JACOB MCARTHUR TO BE THEIR NEW SECRETARY TRESURER AND HENRY G FOX TO RETURN AS DISTRICT ONE COMMITTEEPERSON WITH ALRICK SON ACCOBEE WIN THE DISTRICT TWO COMMITTEEPERSON ELECTION.

WE HOPE TO HAVE COMPLETE RESULTS FOR YOU TOMORROW ON LAKELAND NEWS.

>>> A CONVICTED LEVEL 3 PREDATORY OFFENDER HAS MOVED TO A NEW RESIDENCE IN RURAL PILLAGER.

THE CASS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS NOTIFYING THE PUBLIC THAT 44-YEAR-OLD DUSTIN GENE AYERS RELOCATED TO THE NORTHWEST SYLVAN TOWNSHIP AREA ON JUNE 4TH.

THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS AYRES ENGAGED IN SEXUAL CONTACT AGAINST A KNOWN FEMALE CHILD AND A KNOWN FEMALE TEEN ON SEPARATE OCCASIONS.

AYRES GAINED ACCESS TO THE TEEN VICTIM BY ENTERING HER RESIDENCE WITHOUT PERMISSION AND TOOK ADVANTAGE OF HER VULNERABLE STATE TO GAIN CONTROL.

AND HE USED HIS ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIP OF TRUST TO ATTAIN AND EXPLOIT UNMONITORED CONTACT WITH CHILD VICTIM.

LAW ENFORCEMENT WANTS TO REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT AYERS IS NOT CURRENTLY WANTED AND THAT THE NOTIFICATION IS NOT INTENDED TO INCREASE FEAR IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT TO KEEP THE PUBLIC INFORMED.

>>> TWO MOTORCYCLISTS WERE INJURED IN SEPARATE COLLISIONS WITH DEER THIS WEEK.

THE CASS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS A 40-YEAR-OLD MAN FROM PEQUOT LAKE SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES WHEN HIS MOTORCYCLE HIT A DEER ON COUNTY ROAD ONE NEAR PILLAGER LAKE.

THE COLLISION HAPPENED AROUND 9:00 P.M.

YESTERDAY.

THE MAN WHOSE NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED WAS AIRLIFTED TO A TWIN CITIES HOSPITAL.

AND A MOTORCYCIST ALSO STRUCK A DEER ON HIGHWAY 10 NEAR ROYALTON EARLY THIS MORNING.

THE MORRISON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS 60-YEAR OLD DALE LARSON OF LITTLE FALLS SUFFERED UNKNOWN INJURIES AND WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL.

THE CRASH HAPPENED AROUND 1:30 THIS MORNING ABOUT THREE MILES NORTH OF ROYALTON.

>>> THE BRAINERD PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOARD HAS APPROVED ADDING AN OPERATING REFERENDUM TO THIS FALL'S BALLOT TO TRY AND HELP WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S STRUGGLING FINANCES.

THAT DECISION WAS MADE DURING THIS WEEKS SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.

OUR REPORTER XZAYVER CURRY HAS MORE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: THE BRAINERD PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED THE OPERATING REFERENDUM, WHICH GIVES TAXPAYER IT IS OPTION TO VOTE ON WHETHER THEY WILL RAISE THEIR TAXES TO FUND THE DISTRICT WITH MORE OPERATING DOLLARS.

>> 75% OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA HAVE AN OPERATING LEVY AND OUR STUDENTS DESERVE THAT ADVANTAGE AS WELL.

OUR COMMUNITY, THEY UNDERSTAND THAT OUR DISTRICT IS THE CORNERSTONE OF WHAT MAKES THIS COMMUNITY TICK AND THE SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS IS THE SUCCESS OF THIS COMMUNITY FOR TOMORROW.

>> Reporter: THE LEVY WOULD SEE HOMEOWNERS HAVE AN INCREASE OF $11 ON THEIR PROPERTY TAX.

INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT PETER GRANT TALKED ABOUT THE FINANCIAL STATE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WHY THE INCREASE IS NECESSARY.

>> WE'RE ON DEFICIT SPENDING.

REVENUES ARE NOT INCREASING BUT OUR EXPENDITURES ARE, EXPENDITURES THAT WE CAN'T CONTROL, HEAT, ELECTRICITY, INSURANCE, BUSING.

THOSE PRICES INCREASE, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THEM.

SO WE'RE BASICALLY GOING TO ASK THE PUBLIC, WOULD YOU GIVE US SOME OPERATING MONEY TO HELP US FUNCTION BETTER?

>> Reporter: MEMBERS OF THE BOARD EMPHASIZE THAT IN ORDER FOR THERE NOT TO BE SCHOOL CLOSURES AND CUTS, AN OPERATING LEVY IS NEEDED.

>> IF DEFEATED, THERE WILL BE SCHOOL CLOSURES, REDUCTIONS IN STAFFING, REDUCTION IN STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES, THAT'S OUR ONLY CHOICE.

IF WE GET DOWN TO A 2% FUND BALANCE, THEN WE'RE IN STATUTORY OPERATING DEBT.

THE STATE WILL TELL US HOW TO SPEND OUR MONEY.

IT'S A CRITICAL VOTE.

IF THE PUBLIC SAYS YES, GREAT.

IF THEY SAY NO, WE HAVE CHOICES TO MAKE.

>> Reporter: THEY VOTED 4-1 TO ADD THE $5 MILLION LEVY TO THE BALLOT.

HOWEVER, IF THEY WISH TO CHANGE THE AMOUNT, THEY CAN VOTE ON THE AMENDED RESOLUTION BY AUGUST 11TH.

REPORTING IN BRAINERD, XZAYVER CURRY, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE LEVY WOULD LAST FOR TEN YEARS, BEGINNING WITH TAXES PAYABLE IN 2027 AND INCREASING EACH YEAR BY THE RATE OF INFLATION.

>>> ONE OF THE FINALISTS FOR THIS WEEKENDS GREAT AMERICAN THINK-OFF IN NEW YORK MILLS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AFTER VISA RESTRICTIONS PREVENTED HER FROM ENTERING THE COUNTRY.

NIGERIAN WRITER AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY ADVOCATE SOLAPE ADETUTU ADEYEMI OF NIGERIA WAS DENIED ENTRY INTO THE UNITED STATES UNDER CURRENT FEDERAL TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ESTABLISHED BY PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 1-0-9-9-8, WHICH WENT INTO EFFECT IN JANUARY 2026.

THIS EXPANDED U.S.

TRAVEL AND VISA RESTRICTION, MANDATES FULL OR PARTIAL SUSPENSIONS ON VISAS FROM 39 COUNTRIES, INCLUDING NIGERIA.

ALTHOUGH EVENT ORGANIZE ESHS -- ORGANIZERS WORKED WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS TO SUBMIT LETTERS OF SUPPORT ON HER BEHALF ADEYEMI'S REQUEST WAS DENIED TWICE.

TO FILL THE VACANT FINALIST POSITION, THE THINK-OFF COMMITTEE HAS INVITED ALTERNATE JULIE IVERSON OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 33RD ANNUAL GREAT AMERICAN THINK-OFF.

THE 2026 THINK-OFF ASKS THE QUESTION: HAS THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS MADE AMERICANS UNHAPPY?

THE EVENT WILL FEATURE THE FOUR FINALISTS PRESENTING AND DEFENDING THEIR POSITIONS BEFORE A LIVE AUDIENCE, WHICH WILL VOTE TO DETERMINE THE WINNER, WHO WILL EARN THE TITLE OF AMERICA'S GREATEST THINKER FOR 2026.

THIS IS THE 33RD YEAR OF THE THINK-OFF.

>>> REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE NONPROFIT GROUP SOLAR UNITED NEIGHBORS AND OTHER INVOLVED PARTNERS TALKED ABOUT SOLAR ENERGY AND THE LAUNCH OF WHAT IS CALLED THE FIELDS AND FORESTS SOLAR CO-OP LAST NIGHT.

THE FIELDS AND FORESTS SOLAR CO-OP IS FREE TO JOIN AND OPEN TO HOMEOWNERS AND BUSINESS OWNERS IN CASS, CROW WING, MORRISON, TODD, AND WADENA COUNTIES.

SUN WORKS IN MINNESOTA AND NATIONWIDE TO REPRESENT THE NEEDS AND INTERESTS OF SOLAR OWNERS AND SUPPORTERS.

SOLAR CO-OPS ARE PART OF THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION TO CREATE A NEW ENERGY SYSTEM WITH ROOFTOP SOLAR AT THE CORNERSTONE.

THOSE INTERESTED IN JOINING THE FIELDS AND FORESTS CO-OP HAVE UNTIL JULY 31ST TO DO SO.

>> WE JUST ARE FOCUSED ON HELPING PEOPLE GO SOLAR AND A LOT OF FOLKS FIND IT CAN BE CHALLENGING IF YOU HAVE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE.

THERE ARE DIFFERENT ILL STALLERS, DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, BUT OUR CO-OPS IS A GREAT WAY TO WORK TOGETHER AND FIND SUPPORT, ALSO FROM US AND YOU CAN RELY ON EACH OTHER.

>> SUN WILL BE HOSTING ANOTHER VIRTUAL INFORMATION SESSION REGARDING THE FIELDS AND FORESTS CO-OP ON JUNE 25TH.

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

>> Stacy: LINGERING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME TO AN END OVERNIGHT, WE COULD SEE SOME MORE TOMORROW, BUT THE BIG DIFFERENCE IS GOING TO BE SOME MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES, WHICH WILL STICK AROUND FOR THE WEEKEND.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, THE 40th ANNUAL TAKE A KID FISHING EVENT WAS HELD IN BEMIDJI TO ENCOURAGE KIDS TO GET OUT ON THE WATER.

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

[♪♪♪] FORCE >>> NEARLY 100 LOCAL YOUTH MADE THEIR WAY OUT ON LAKE BEMIDJI DURING THE AREA'S ANNUAL TAKE A KID FISHING EVENT THAT ENCOURAGES GETTING KIDS OUTSIDE.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK WAS ON ONE OF THE BOATS AND SPOKE TO VOLUNTEERS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS EVENT TO THE YOUNG ANGLERS.

>> LAKE BEMIDJI'S 6,500 ACRES OF WATER HELD 43 BOATS FROM TAKE A KID FISHING DURING THE EVENT'S 40th ANNIVERSARY IN BEMIDJI.

EVERY SUMMER ONCE THE WEATHER IS WARM ENOUGH FOR FISHING SEASON TO START, VOLUNTEER FISHERMEN AND CAPTAINS TAKE TIME TO EDUCATE LOCAL YOUTH ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING OUTDOORS.

>> TAKE A KID FISHING DAY, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET KIDS ON THE WATER THAT GENERALLY AREN'T IN YOUR BOAT.

THERE ARE A LOT OF KIDS THAT FISH REGULARLY, BUT THE POINT IS TO GET OUT ON SOMEBODY ELSE'S BOAT.

>> EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO FISHING.

KIDS THAT DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY OR THE OPTION TO GO, THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO GET KIDS STARTED IN THIS STUFF.

>> ANYTHING OUTDOORS VERSUS SITTING IN FRONT OF A COMPUTER SCREEN OR TABLET OR A PHONE OR WHATEVER.

SO YEAH, THAT DEFINITELY HAS TO BE OUTSIDE.

>> Reporter: THE BEMIDJI AREA TAKE A KID FISHING EVENT GROWN TO OVER 120 KIDS COMING EACH YEAR, BUT SINCE 2020, THOSE NUMBERS HAVE DECREASED.

THIS YEAR THEY HAD THE MOST THEY HAVE HAD IN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS WITH 93 KIDS TOTAL.

>> I STARTED FISHING WHEN I CAST THE BUTTON ON THE REEL.

I WOULDN'T BE HERE WITHOUT SOMEBODY TEACHING ME THE SAME THING.

SO I WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE SAME FOR OTHERS.

>> Reporter: TAKE A KID FISHING IS PRIMARILY ABOUT GETTING KIDS OFF THEIR ELECTRONICS AND INTO NATURE, BUT IT CAN STILL BE FUN.

>> ANYTHING FOR THE CROWD.

>> Reporter: WHILE ALSO TEACHING LESSONS.

>> I THINK YOU CAN LEARN A LOT BY SOLVING PROBLEMS, WHETHER IT BE WITH A BOAT OR WITH YOUR FISHING TACKLE, OR TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO CATCH A FISH.

SEEING THE CURIOSITY IN THE KIDS THAT MIGHT NOT BE IN THE SITUATION TO FOLLOW THEIR CURIOSITY NORMALLY.

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

>> AFTER GETTING OFF THE WATER, THE KIDS AND THEIR CAPTAINS SPENT THE AFTERNOON GATHERING AT LAKE BEMIDJI STATE PARK FOR A FISH WEIGH-IN AND FEAST, TO ENJOY THE FRUITS OF THEIR LABOR WITH A FISH FRY.

>>> THE LAKELAND PBS VACATION GIVE-AWAY IS BACK AGAIN THIS SUMMER.

THIS YEAR WE ARE GIVING AWAY A FOUR-NIGHT STAY AT CHASE ON THE LAKE IN WALKER ALONG WITH A $200 RESORT GIFT CARD.

EVERY WEEKNIGHT THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, RIGHT HERE ON LAKELAND NEWS, WE WILL ANNOUNCE FIVE POTENTIAL QUALIFIERS IN THE VACATION CONTEST.

AND HERE ARE TONIGHTS 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 2026 CHASE ON THE LAKE VACATION GRAND PRIZE WINNER.

WE WILL ANNOUNCE THE WINNER IN A LIVE DRAWING ON OUR MONDAY, AUGUST 31ST NEWSCAST.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, STACY JOINS US.

WE DID SEE SOME SEVERE WEATHER THROUGHOUT THE AREA TODAY INCLUDING SOME HAIL, RIGHT?

>> Stacy: YEAH, WE DID HAVE SOME VERY LARGE HAIL, 2-INCH IN DIAMETER AROUND THE WADENA AREA.

WE SEEN HAIL REPORTS RANGING FROM 0.5-INCH TO 2 INCHES.

THERE ARE SOME STILL LINGERING, BUT IT WILL COME TO AN END THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

WE COULD SEE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW BUT WE WILL ALSO SEE COOLER [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, MANY OF US HAVE SOME SHOWERS EARLY THIS MORNING.

WE HAD ROUND TWO MOVING ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND AGAIN WE HAD SOME SEVERE WEATHER OUT OF THOSE STORMS.

MOST OF THOSE HAVE DROPPED BELOW THE SEVERE LEVEL.

THEY'RE MOVING OUT OF THE AREA.

WE WILL HAVE QUIET WEATHER OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TOMORROW, AND WE WILL ALSO SEE SOME COOLER TEMPERATURES TOMORROW, WHICH WILL STICK AROUND FOR THE WEEKEND.

IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 65 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT, AT OUR STUDIO, WINDS ARE NORTHWEST, GUSTS UP TO 36.

WE PICKED UP 0.65-INCH OF RAINFALL SINCE LAST NIGHT.

IN BRAINERD, CLEAR SKIES, 73.

THE DEW POINT IS 52, WINDS ARE WEST AT 7 MILES PER HOUR.

ON OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR, WE HAVE A COUPLE WAVES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MOVED ACROSS THE AREA EARLIER TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THESE ARE STARTING TO DISSIPATE A LITTLE BIT AS THE SUN HAS GONE DOWN.

WE COULD SEE A FEW LINGERING UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT IN EASTERN MINNESOTA, OTHERWISE IT LOOKS LIKE QUIET WEATHER TONIGHT, COULD SEE A FEW MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA TOMORROW, ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON.

TEMPERATURE-WISE, IT'S GOING TO BE COOLER, HIGHS IN THE 70s.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, DEBRA SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE AFTERMATH OF THE MORNING STORMS IN PINE RIVER.

WE HAVE STORM CLOUDS GATHERING AT RED LAKE, SAMROSE OVER LOWER RED LAKE, BILL AND JUDY OVER UPPER RED LAKE, RALPH SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE GATHERING CLOUDS IN JENKINS, ANGELA PICKING UP A LITTLE BIT OF SMALL HAIL TODAY IN CASS LAKE.

WE ALSO GOT THE TURTLE SIGHTINGS FROM SONYA AT TURTLE RIVER LAKE AND SANDY AT BLACKDUCK.

SOME OF THE CLOUDS IN DEERWOOD FROM CHRISSY.

WE HAVE A RAINBOW FROM ARLENE IN MENAHGA AND WILDFLOWERS FROM GARY IN DEERWOOD.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA PICKING UP 0.5-INCH OF RAIN THIS MORNING.

SANDY IN BLACKDUCK, 80 AND CLOUDY TONIGHT.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, 0.27-INCH OF RAIN.

CHRISSY IN DEERWOOD, 0.5-INCH OF RAIN EARLY.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, 0.6-INCH OF RAIN OVERNIGHT.

ON OUR ALMANAC IN BRAINERD, WE TOPPED OUT AT 87, VERY HOT TEMPERATURES ONCE AGAIN.

65 WAS OUR LOW, 9:08 WAS THE SUNSET.

BEMIDJI TOPPING OUT AT 81, WELL ABOVE THE AVERAGE HIGH, 62 FOR THE LOW, 5:22 WAS OUR SUNRISE.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, THERE MAY BE A FEW SPOTTY SHOWERS EARLY, BUT WE'LL SEE THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY PICKING UP AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON.

TEMPERATURE-WISE, IT IS GOING TO BE COOLER WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW 70s, SOME MID-70s IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, AND IT LIKES LIKE THE LOW TO MID-70s IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WELL.

OUR FORECAST, CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT, LOWS DOWN TO 53.

THEN TOMORROW, PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY, BUT WE MAY SEE SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON, HIGHS NEAR 71, BREEZY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS.

LOOKING AT THE WEEKEND FORECAST, OVERALL LOOKING PRETTY QUIET.

THERE MAY BE A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA FRIDAY, OTHERWISE QUIET AND COOL THIS WEEKEND, HIGHS NEAR 63 ON SATURDAY, BACK UP TO 70 ON MONDAY.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: THANKS STACY.

CHARLIE IS HERE NOW AND SOME BIG NEWS FOR THE BRAINERD BOYS GOLF TEAM.

>> Charlie: YES, THEY ARE MAKING THEIR FIRST STATE TOURNAMENT APPEARANCE THIS YEAR FOR GOLF.

THEY WERE DOWN AT BUNKER HILLS IN COON RAPIDS AND TODAY WAS DAY NUMBER TWO.

THEY WERE LEADING THE TOURNAMENT HEADING INTO THE DAY BY FIVE STROKES.

COULD THEY FINISH STRONG AND TAKE HOME THEIR FIRST EVER STATE TITLE?

WE HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT AND MORE COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

[♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪] >>> SPORTS IS ALL ABOUT TAKING WHAT YOU LEARNED FROM THE PAST AND APPLYING IT IN THE FUTURE.

ONE WEEK AGO, BRAINERD WON THEIR FIRST EVER SECTION TITLE IN BOYS' GOLF, BUT IT DIDN'T COME EASY.

THEY SAW A FIRST ROUND 10-STROKE LEAD DISAPPEAR AND NEEDED SOME LATE ROUND HEROICS TO COME AWAY WITH A ONE STROKE VICTORY.

TODAY, THE WARRIORS ENTERED THE FINAL ROUND OF THE CLASS 3-A STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS AT BUNKER HILLS LEADING BY 5-STROKES, APPLYING WHAT THEY LEARNED.

HERE AT THE 11TH, DREW HOKENSON, FINDS THE BOTTOM OF THE CUP FOR BIRDIE, HE TIED FOR BRAINERD'S LOW SCORE IN THE SECOND ROUND AT 2-UNDER AND POST EVEN PAR FOR THE TOURNEY, FINISHING 11TH OVERALL.

AT 15, JACK HAGBERG, THE SECTION 8-3A INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION, FINDS THE GREEN, HE'D MAKE PAR, HE SHOT A TWO DAY 3-OVER PAR, FINISHED 20TH OVERALL.

ON HOLE 2, AYDAN DOBIS, APPROACH, THATS A USEFUL SHOT.

SETS HIMSELF UP FOR ONE OF HIS FIVE BIRDIES ON THE ROUND, DOBIS SHOT 2-UNDER TODAY AFTER SHOOTING EVEN PAR YESTERDAY TO PLACE FOURTH OVERALL INDIVIDUALLY.

LEADING THE CHARGE WAS BRADY OSSLAND, HE HELPED THE WARRIORS SHOOT 3-UNDER ON THE DAY AND 2-UNDER FOR THE TOURNAMENT, STRONG FINISH BY HIM HERE AT 18.

SETS HIM UP FOR BIRDIE AND THE PUTT TO SECURE IT, YES SIR.

BRAINERD, IN THEIR FIRST TRIP TO STATE AS A TEAM, COME AWAY AS CHAMPIONS.

THEY OUTSHOT THE ENTIRE FIELD BY 12-STROKES TO BRING HOME THE PROGRAM'S FIRST EVER STATE TITLE.

AYDEN DOBIS AND BRADY OSSLAND, BOTH FINISHING UNDER PAR AND IN THE TOP-5 INDIVIDUALLY FOR THE WARRIORS.

AFTER THE MATCH, THE BOYS EXPLAINED HOW THEY WERE ABLE TO PULL AWAY FROM THE FIELD AND ACHIEVE THEIR ULTIMATE GOAL.

>> TO BE HONEST, YESTERDAY COULD HAVE BEEN WAY BETTER AS A TEAM.

WE HAD A COUPLE GUYS STRUGGLE DOWN THE STRETCH.

WE KNEW THAT WE'RE BETTER THAN YESTERDAY.

WE CAME OUT HERE AND SHOWED IT TODAY.

IT'S REALLY SPECIAL, THESE GUYS ON THE TEAM, THEY'RE MY BROTHERS AND IT'S GREAT TO WIN.

>> WE KNEW WE COULD DO IT THE WHOLE TIME.

WE KNEW THEY WOULD NEED TO HAVE A FANTASTIC DAY TO COME CLOSE TO US PLAYING A DECENT ROUND.

WE PLAYED TOGETHER AND WE FIRED A GOOD ROUND.

WE KNEW THAT WE COULD GET IT DONE.

>> Charlie: AND GET IT DONE THEY DID.

WELL, HERE'S A LOOK AT HOW SOME OF THE OTHER AREA GOLF TEAMS DID.

WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY FINISHED IN SIXTH AND LOOK AT SOME OF THE INDIVIDUAL AREA MEDALISTS, BLAKE AND NATALIE BOTH PLACING 7th IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CLASSES.

>>> WELL, LAST NIGHT WAS BUC-EE'S THIRD ANNUAL EVENT, AND IT LOOKS LIKE A STRIKE TO ME.

BEMIDJI MEN'S HOCKEY COACH, LEAD OFF HOME RUN, SO FAR YOU CAN'T SEE WHERE IT LANDS.

LATER IN THE INNING BEHIND THE PLATE, OUR OWN SYDNEY DICK SHOWING OFF HER SOFTBALL SKILLS.

NOW LOOKING LIKE IT HERE, DRIVES IN SID THE KID AND JOCELYN, YOUR FAVORITE BARTENDER, AND JOE HOOVER, THE HOST ON HIGH NOON.

IT WAS A HIGH SCORING AFFAIR UNTIL THE END WHEN SOME GUY NAMED CHARLIE YAEGER DID A WALK OFF GRAND SLAM.

WE TRIED TO GET SOME POST GAME FROM HIM BUT HE WAS REFUSED.

I THINK HE IS A HUMBLE GUY IS WHAT IT IS.

>> Dennis: YEAH, NO VIDEO OF THAT ONE.

>> Charlie: NO VIDEO OF THAT ONE, BEST TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.

>> Dennis: WAY TO GO, GOOD JOB.

IT'S A TICK-BORNE ILLNESS ON THE RISE IN THE U.S.

ALPHA-GAL SYNDROME IS A SERIOUS, POTENTIALLY LIFETHREATENING ALLERGY TO A SUGAR FOUND IN MEAT FROM SOME MAMMALS AND EVEN IN SOME MEDICINES.

IT'S PRIMARILY TRIGGERED BY THE BITE OF THE LONE STAR TICK.

BUT EXPERTS SAY IT CAN BE TRICKY TO DIAGNOSE SINCE SYMPTOMS CAN DEVELOP WEEKS OR EVEN MONTHS AFTER A TICK'S BITE.

IN TODAY'S HEALTH MINUTE, MANDY GAITHER HAS THE WARNING SIGNS TO WATCH OUT FOR AND HOW TO PROTECT AGAINST THIS ILLNESS.

>> Reporter: IT'S A TINY CREATURE WITH A DANGEROUS BITE, LONE STAR TICKS CAN BE AS SMALL AS A PIN HEAD, EXPOSING YOU TO ALPHA GAL.

>> THAT CAN CONFUSE OUR BODIES AND MAKE US RECOGNIZE THE SUGAR AS A FOREIGN THREAT.

SO IN THAT CASE, IT MAKES US ALLERGIC TO THE SUGAR AND RED MEAT.

>> Reporter: THOMAS HART WITH BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH SAYS ALPHA-GAL SYNDROME IS ON THE RISE IN THE U.S.

THE C.D.C.

SAYS AS MANY AS 450,000 PEOPLE SUFFER FROM THE ILLNESS BECAUSE CASES AREN'T REQUIRED TO BE REPORTED.

THE AGENCY SAYS MANY GO UNDIAGNOSED.

SYMPTOMS THAT CAN SHOW UP AFTER EATING RED MEAT OR DAIRY INCLUDE HIVES, ITCHY RASH, EYES SWELLING, VOMITING, DIARRHEA, INDY -- INDY JEGS, ANT.

>> IT'S SPREADING.

>> THE BEST PROTECTION IS NOT TO BE BITTEN BY A TICK IN THE FIRST PLACE.

USE INSECTICIDE ON CLOTHING AND BUG SPRAY CONTAINING DEET CAN WARD OFF THE ANIMALS AFTER BEING OUTDOORS, DO A THOROUGH TICK CHECK.

THEY LIKE TO BITE BELOW THE WAIST AND BELT.

CHECK PETS, THEY CAN BRING THE PETS IN TOO.

SHOWER TO RINSE OFF ANY TICKS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED.

>> IF YOU HAVE BEEN BITTEN BY A TICK, GO TO THE DOCTOR.

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

>> Dennis: THAT'S GOING TO WRAP UP TONIGHT'S SHOW.

WE'RE BACK TOMORROW NIGHT AT 10:00.

HOPE TO SEE YOU THEN.

GOOD NIGHT.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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