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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.

[♪♪♪] >> Josh: GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, I'M JOSH PETERSON IN FOR DENNIS WEIMANN.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

>>> THERE WERE SEVERAL ARRESTS MADE IN BEMIDJI BETWEEN YESTERDAY AND TODAY WHEN IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT AGENTS PERFORMED AN OPERATION ACROSS MULTIPLE LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

LATER THIS AFTERNOON LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS CONFIRMED THAT THE AGENTS WERE HERE ON A SPECIFIC OPERATION AND HAVE SINCE LEFT THE AREA.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK SPOKE TO SEVERAL LOCAL RESIDENTS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ABOUT THE ICE OPERATION.

>> Reporter: REPORTS OF I.C.E.

AGENTS MAKING ARRESTS IN BEMIDJI WERE OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT EARLY THIS MORNING AFTER MEMBERS OF A ROOFING CREW WERE ARRESTED YESTERDAY JUNE 11TH, ALONG WITH AGENTS MAKING A TRAFFIC STOP IN THE MORNING OF JUNE 12TH.

>> IT WAS JUST CHAOTIC.

THEY WERE DRIVING ON THE GRASS AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN THE HOUSES.

THEY DIDN'T CARE TO SPEAK TO ME.

THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO TRACK ME DOWN AFTER AND WHATNOT.

THAT WASN'T THE CASE.

SOME OF THEM WERE DROPPED OFF DOWN THE ROAD.

THEY WEREN'T CHECKING ALL DOCUMENTATION HERE EITHER.

THEY WERE ARRESTING EVERYBODY.

I HAD PROBABLY 30 HERE AT A POINT AND I THINK WE WERE LEFT WITH 7 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

A COUPLE OF LEGAL GUYS DON'T EVEN WANT TO COME BACK.

>> ONE GAL SAID THEY'RE RIGHT BEHIND HER HOUSE.

THEY GRABBED SOMEBODY AND MISTREATED HIM.

I WASN'T A WITNESS OF IT, BUT SHE WAS PRETTY UPSET.

THERE WERE ABOUT 5 GALS ALL TOGETHER THAT FELT THE SAME WAY.

THEY WERE REALLY, I GUESS, MISHANDLING THEM IN THEIR VIEW.

I DIDN'T WITNESS IT.

>> Reporter: THE CITY OF BEMIDJI SAID THEY DID NOT COLLABORATE OR COOPERATE WITH ICE AS A PART OF THIS OPERATION AND THEY WERE NOT NOTIFIED THAT FEDERAL AGENTS WERE IN THE AREA UNTIL A FEW MINUTES BEFORE THE OPERATION.

JASON RIGS SAID THE COUNTY WAS NOTIFIED SEVERAL DAYS AGO ABOUT I.C.E.

MAKING THEIR WAY TO BEMIDJI, BUT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WERE NOT PHYSICALLY INVOLVED IN ANY OF THE ARRESTS.

STATE REPRESENTATIVE BIDAL SAID THE FEDERAL AGENTS WERE TARGETING A SPECIFIC GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS.

ICE OFFICIALS SAID NO ADDITIONAL OPERATIONS ARE PLANNED OR ONGOING IN THE BEMIDJI AREA AT THIS TIME AND THE AGENTS HAVE LEFT BEMIDJI.

THE EXACT NUMBER OF PEOPLE BEING DETAINED IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

>> IT'S A CONSTANT RUN AROUND.

THEY GAVE ME A PICTURE O A LIST, WHICH IS FINE, BUT WHERE ARE THE REST OF THE GUYS?

WHERE ARE THEY DETAINED?

I TRIED TO CALL CROW WING AND THEY DON'T GOT THEM THERE.

SO IT'S LIKE WHERE ARE THEY, IF WE CAN BOND THEM OUT, THERE IS NO REASON WHY WE CAN'T.

THEN WE CAN START A PROCESS OF H2-V WORK VISA FOR THEM AND START GETTING THEM ON THE RIGHT PATH.

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

>> WHILE THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS DETAINED FROM THE BEMIDJI AREA HAS STILL NOT BEEN RELEASED, COMMUNITY EFFORTS HAVE STARTED TO RAISE FUNDS AND PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR THOSE IMPACTED BY THE ENFORCEMENT OPERATION.

>>> CONSTRUCTION HAS BEGUN ON COUNTY STATE AID HIGHWAY 7 ALONG DIVISION STREET JUST WEST OF BEMIDJI.

THE WORK INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SHARED-USE TRAIL ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD FROM BEMIDJI HIGH SCHOOL TO ADAMS AVENUE NORTHWEST, THEN CROSSING TO THE NORTH SIDE AND CONTINUING TO DIVISION STREET WEST.

THE PROJECT WILL BE OPEN TO TRAFFIC, HOWEVER, MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO FIND AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE.

>> FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL UP TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, IT IS AN EXTENSION OF THE PROJECT WE DID LAST YEAR AND ALSO AN EXTENSION OF THE PROJECT THAT THE CITY IS DOING IN TOWN, OUT TO JEFFERSON.

MOST OF THE WORK IS OFF THE ROAD.

THERE WILL BE SOME CROSSINGS AT THE ROUNDABOUT, BUT MOST OF THE WORK IS ON THE BACK.

NO DETOURS, JUST BE SAFE AND WATCH FOR THE EQUIPMENT.

>> MOTORISTS SHOULD EXPECT PARTIAL LANE AND SHOULDER CLOSURES DURING CONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY SEPTEMBER 4TH.

>>> EVERY FIRST AND THIRD WEDNESDAY IN THE MONTH JACK PINE BREWERY HOSTS PINTS FOR A PURPOSE, WHERE THEY PROMOTE AND FUNDRAISE FOR LOCAL CHARITIES AND NON-PROFITS, THEIR LATEST ONE INVOLVING BRIDGES OF HOPE.

OUR REPORTER XZAYVER CURRY HAS MORE DETAILS.

>> SO WE STARTED PINTS FOR A PURPOSE IN 2017 WHEN WE MOVED INTO THIS LOCATION.

OVER THE YEARS, WE FOUND A NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO REALLY WELL.

THEY HAVE EXTRA EVENTS, EXTRA MUSIC.

THEY REALLY PUT THE EFFORT INTO OUR PIEPTS -- PINTS FOR A PURPOSE AND THAT MAKES IT A SUCCESSFUL EVENT.

>> Reporter: SOME FEEL THAT IT'S THE COMMUNITY'S LIVING ROOM, IN HOPES THAT HE CAN USE THAT COMMUNITY CONNECTION TO SHINE A LIGHT ON A GOOD CAUSE.

>> ONE OF THE GOALS IS TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND ORGANIZATIONS LIKE BRIDGES OF HOPE COMING TO JACK PINE BREWERY IS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE TO CREATE MEMORIES AND EXPERIENCES FOR PEOPLE AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO.

WE BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND BY DOING PINTS FOR A PURPOSE, THAT ADDS TO THIS.

>> Reporter: THE EVENT WAS SPONSORING BRIDGES OF HOPE OPERATION SANDWICH PROGRAM.

>> OUR GOAL IS TO BUILD A BRIDGE WITH SOMEBODY WITH SOME SORT OF A NEED AND HELP CONNECT THEM WITH RESOURCES IN THE COMMUNITY TO HELP LIFE BE BETTER BASICALLY.

OPERATION SANDWICH HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR 15 YEARS NOW.

SOME FAMILIES WHO ARE FACING NEED IN THE SUMMERTIME, WE CAN HELP BY PROVIDING THAT LUNCH SUPPORT.

>> Reporter: BRIDGES OF HOPE SAYS THEY'RE HERE TO HELP FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHO ARE IN NEED IN ANY WAY THEY CAN AND THIS EVENT HELPS THEM GET CLOSER TO THAT GOAL.

>> ANY TIME SOMEBODY IS FACING A CHALLENGE, IF THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THEIR NEXT MEAL IS COMING FROM, THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY WILL SLEEP, THEY CAN CALL BRIDGES OF HOPE FOR HELP.

>> OUR GOAL IS TO CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY, SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND HOPEFULLY RAISE A FEW DOLLARS TO HELP FEED KIDS THIS SUMMER.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BACKSTER, XZAYVER CURRY, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> BRIDGES OF HOPES GOAL IS TO RAISE $100,000 FOR OPERATION SANDWICH.

THEY ARE ONE-THIRD OF THE WAY, AND RECEIVING MATCHING DONATIONS BY A LOCAL BUSINESS.

>>> SINCE 2005, BEMIDJI AREA VETERANS HAVE GATHERED ONCE A YEAR AT THE BEMIDJI EAGLES CLUB FOR A RIDE ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA AS A WAY TO REMEMBER THE VETERANS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES WHILE SERVING.

THIS YEARS RIDE WAS THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY.

OUR REPORTER, MATTHEW FREEMAN, HAS MORE DETAILS.

[CHEERING].

>> Reporter: OVER 250 VETERANS AND SUPPORTERS FROM ALL ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA MADE THE JOURNEY TO THE BEMIDJI EAGLES CLUB THIS LAST WEEKEND FOR THE 20th ANNIVERSARY OF THE RIDE FOR THE TROOPS EVENT AS A WAY TO REMEMBER VETERANS WHO DIED FIGHTING FOR THEIR COUNTRY.

>> WE ALL TODAY REPRESENT THE FAMILIES AND WE SAY WE WILL NEVER EVER FORGET WHAT THESE PROUD MEN AND WOMEN HAVE DONE FOR OUR COUNTRY AND FOR THOSE WHO DID NOT COME BACK TO THE HOMELAND.

[♪♪♪] >> Reporter: AFTER CEREMONIAL TAPS, THEY TOOK OFF FOR THEIR JOURNEY AND FOUR SURROUNDING COUNTIES.

THE EVENT COLLECTS DONATIONS THAT ALL GO TOWARDS BEMIDJI AREA SERVICE MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

>> THE FUNDS RAISED HERE HELP THEIR VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES WITH EMERGENCY NEEDS, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, TRANSPORTATION, AND MORE.

IT IS OUR VETERANS, IT'S OUR LOCAL AREA, WHICH I THINK IS SO IMPORTANT.

>> TO SEE THE OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT THAT OUR VETERANS HAVE NOW, I'M OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER WHEN MY BROTHER CAME HOME FROM VIETNAM.

I HOPE WE NEVER DO THAT AGAIN.

>> IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO JUST COME AND BE A VETERAN MYSELF AND SHOW THE SUPPORT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND SHOW SUPPORT TO THE VETERANS WHO ARE STRUGGLING HERE TODAY.

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

>> 200 BIKERS TOOK PART IN THE ACTUAL RIDE FOR THE TROOPS THIS YEAR.

>>> ON A SIDE NOTE, THAT WAS ONE OF OUR LAST STORIES FROM MATTHEW FREEMAN WHO WILL BE JOINING THE TELEVISION IN FARGO, AS A MULTIMEDIA JOURNALIST AND ANCHOR.

WE WISH HIM THE BEST ON THE NEXT STEP IN HIS CAREER.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: IT'S GOING TO BE BREEZY AND COOLER AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND AND WE MAY SEE A FEW SPOTTY SHOWERS TOMORROW.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK FOR THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS, THE TREATY RIGHTS AND CULTURE MUSEUM WELCOMES A NEW EXHIBIT TALKING ABOUT SOCIAL JUSTIC [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

[♪♪♪] >>> THE BEMIDJI POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS STARTED PULLING OVER CHILDREN FOR WEARING THEIR HELMETS.

BUT INSTEAD OF A FINE, THE KIDS ARE GIVEN COUPONS TO THE LOCAL DAIRY QUEEN FOR A FREE ICE CREAM CONE.

THIS IS KNOWN AS THE I GOT CAUGHT CAMPAIGN, WHICH WAS A STATE-OPERATED PROGRAM UNTIL IT LOST FUNDING A FEW YEARS AGO.

DUE TO ITS POPULARITY IN THE AREA THOUGH, THE BEMIDJI POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS DECIDED TO PARTNER WITH THE BEMIDJI LAKESIDE DAIRY QUEEN TO BRING THE PROGRAM BACK AT A LOCAL LEVEL.

>> THE PROGRAM RAN FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS HERE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IT LOST ITS FUNDING.

OUR COMMUNITY REALLY ENJOYS THIS PROGRAM, SO THE MEMBERS OF THE POLICE ADVISORY COMMISSION DECIDED THEY WANTED TO BRING IT BACK.

THEY WORKED WITH OUR LOCAL DAIRY QUEEN HERE AND BROUGHT THE PROGRAM BACK LOCALLY FOR US.

SO, WE HAVE OUR OWN PRINTED COUPONS LOCALLY, SAME CONCEPT, OFFICERS WHO ARE OUT PATROLLING.

IF THEY SEE CHILDREN WEARING THEIR HELMETS, WE WILL STOP AND TICKET THEM FOR A FREE ICE CREAM.

>> THE COUPON IS ONLY VALID AT THE BEMIDJI DAIRY QUEEN LOCATION.

>>> THE LAKELAND PBS VACATION GIVEAWAY 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.

>>> STACY JOINS US AND YOU KNOW, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ICE CREAM CONES BEING GIVEN AWAY BUT WE MAY WANT TO TRADE IT FOR HOT CHOCOLATE WITH THE WAY THE TEMPERATURES ARE GOING.

>> Stacy: IT IS GETTING COLDER THAN WHAT WE SAW LAST WEEK.

SOME OF US WILL SEE HIGHS IN THE 50s TOMORROW.

WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING SPOTTY SHOWERS IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, OTHERWISE IT LOOKS LIKE A FAIRLY QUIET WEEKEND, ALTHOUGH THE [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

>> Stacy: IT WAS A BREEZY DAY TODAY, A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE, AND A FEW SHOWERS HERE AND THERE.

WE COULD STILL SEE A FEW SHOWERS, ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.

OTHERWISE, IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL BE SEEING VARIABLE CLOUDS THROUGHOUT THE AREA, WINDS WILL BE UP TOMORROW AND TEMPERATURES WILL BE DOWN.

HIGHS ACROSS THE VIEWING AREA ARE IN THE 50s AND 60s.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 62 DEGREES.

IN BRAINERD, PARTLY CLOUDY AND 70, 48 IS OUR DEW POINT, AND WINDS ARE WEST AT 6 MILES PER HOUR.

ON OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR, WE CAN SEE QUITE A BIT MORE CLOUD COVER ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA, AND THAT IS MAINLY WHERE WE HAVE BEEN SEEING THE SPOTTY SHOWERS THIS EVENING, CLEAR SKIES FARTHER INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

A SIMILAR CASE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND WE COULD SEE SPOTTY SHOWERS ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

THAT CONTINUES INTO TOMORROW.

OTHERWISE, VARIABLE CLOUDS, A BREEZY DAY, TEMPERATURES COOLER THAN TODAY WITH HIGHS RANGING FROM THE MID-50s TO THE MIDDLE 60s.

A LOT OF WEATHER PICTURES TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT.

WE GOT GORGEOUS SKIES FROM ARLENE IN MENAHGA AND DEBRA AT LAKE ADA.

WE HAVE CLOUD COVER AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE WHITE CAPS ON LOWER RED LAKE FROM SAMROSE.

WE DID HAVE SOME BEAUTIFUL SUNSHINE IN DEERWOOD, CHRISSY AND GARY WITH THOSE PHOTOS, THE FLOWERS ARE IN BLOOM FROM JOAN IN LAPORTE AND SONYA NEAR TURTLE RIVER LAKE, AND LINDA SPOTTING A REDHEADED WOODPECKER IN ONAMIA.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 53 AND WINDY THIS MORNING.

SONYA AT TURTLE RIVER LAKE, WINDY THIS AFTERNOON.

RALPH IN JENKINS, WINDY WITH SOME SUN AND CLOUDS TODAY.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, WINDY TODAY.

CHRISSY IN DEERWOOD, THE HIGH WAS 74.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, SUNSHINE AND 70.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, CLEAR SKIES.

JOAN IN LAPORTE, SUN AND CLOUDS TODAY, ANGELA AT CASS LAKE REPORTING A HIGH OF 72.

REAL QUICK LOOK AT THE ALMANAC, 76 WAS OUR HIGH IN BRAINERD, THAT IS OUR AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR TODAY.

WE HAD A LOW OF 58.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 70, SO A LITTLE BIT SHY OF THE AVERAGE, WITH A LOW OF 55.

SO A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, WE AGAIN COULD SEE SOME SPOTTY SHOWERS AND THEY WILL BE MAINLY IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, OTHERWISE A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE ACROSS THE AREA, CLOUDS STARTING TO INCREASE A LITTLE BIT MORE AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON.

HIGH TEMPERATURES, IT IS GOING TO BE MUCH COOLER, SOME MID-50s ACROSS THE NORTHERN-MOST PART OF THE STATE, SOME UPPER 50s, LOW 60s ACROSS THE REST OF THE NORTH, AND TEMPERATURES SHOULD TOP OUT IN THE MID-60s IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

SO OUR FORECAST TONIGHT, VARIABLE CLOUDS, A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS MAINLY IN THE NORTH, AND LOWS NEAR 48.

TOMORROW, VARIABLE CLOUDS, STILL LOOKING AT A 20% CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, BREEZY CONDITIONS, HIGHS NEAR 61.

LOOKING AT THE REST OF OUR WEEKEND FORECAST, SUNNY AND 69 ON SUNDAY, COULD BE BACK IN THE 70s ON MONDAY, BUT WE HAVE MORE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AS WE HEAD INTO THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK, MAYBE AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO ON WEDNESDAY.

HIGH TEMPERATURES EARLY NEXT WEEK SHOULD BE IN THE LOW 70s.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Josh: THANK YOU VERY MUCH STACY.

NOW WE HAVE SOME FIFA WORLD ACTION IN THE GOAL REPORT.

I'VE BEEN WAITING ALL NIGHT TO DO THAT.

>> Charlie: THAT'S WHY I WAS RUNNING OUT HERE.

THE GAME JUST ENDED, I JUST GOT THE HIGHLIGHTS.

THERE WERE A LOT OF GOALS TONIGHT IN THIS ONE AND WE HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOFI STADIUM IN LOS ANGELES.

THAT AND MORE COMING UP AFTER [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW YOUR LOCATION SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪] >>> THE WORLD CUP IN NORTH AMERICA KICKED OFF LAST NIGHT IN MEXICO CITY, WITH CO-HOST MEXICO BEATING SOUTH AFRICA 2-0.

THIS AFTERNOON, CO-HOST HOST CANADA OPENED IN TORONTO, PLAYING TO A 1-1 DRAW WITH BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA.

AND TONIGHT, IT WAS FINALLY THE UNITED STATE OF AMERICA'S TURN TO BEGIN THEIR 2026 WORLD CUP.

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 34-YEARS, A WORLD CUP GAME BEING PLAYED ON U.S.

SOIL, THE RED, WHITE, AND BLUE FACING PARAGUAY AT SOFI STADIUM IN LOS ANGELES.

WELL, IN LESS THAN 10-HOURS, 200 CREATING SOMETHING FOR THE UNITED STATES AND IT TURNS TO A GOAL AND IT'S 1-0 U.S.A.

LATER IN THE 31st MINUTE, ANOTHER CROSS AND BURIES IT TO GIVE THE U.S.

A 2-0 LEAD.

STILL IN THE FIRST HALF, IT'S FULL AGAIN, CORNER POCKET, GO, GO U.S.A., HIS SECOND GOAL OF THE NIGHT, MAKING IT 3-0.

FORMER U.S.

PLAYER SAID IT'S THE BEST HALF OF SOCCER EVER FOR THE U.S.

IN A WORLD CUP.

THEY WIN 4-1 IN THEIR FIRST MATCH OF GROUP PLAY.

THEY HAVE TWO MORE GAMES AGAINST AUSTRALIA AND TÜRKIYE TO QUALIFY FOR THE ROUND OF 32.

>>> SOME MORE SCORES FOR YOU, GRAND RAPIDS WON THEIR CONCILIATION SEMIFINALS.

AITKIN LOST 13-3 TO PERHAM.

AND THE SHOWDOWN IS GOING ON ALL WEEKEND.

THE TWINS RIGHT NOW, TIED WITH THE ST.

LOUIS CARDINALS.

>>> WELL, IN LESS THAN 10-HOURS, 200 ANGLERS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE AND BEYOND WILL BEGIN CASTING OFF ONTO LAKE BEMIDJI FOR THE 26TH ANNUAL KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS WALLEYE CLASSIC.

THE 100-TEAM TOURNAMENT IS COMPRISED OF AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL ANGLERS.

AND WHILE IT MAY SEEM LIKE THE PROS WOULD HAVE THE UPPER HAND, THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS HAVE HAD SOME UNLIKELY WINNERS.

IN 2024, THE YOUNGEST DUO EVER OF 20-YEAR-OLD KAMIN PIERCE AND 21-YEAR-OLD DARREN ROTH TOOK HOME THE $15,000 TOP PRIZE, ONLY TO BE BEAT OUT A YEAR LATER BY BLACKDUCK'S FATHER DAUGHTER DUO OF RYAN KLEIN AND HIS 8-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER KENNEDY.

>> THIS IS AWESOME.

IT'S A HUGE COMMUNITY EVENT, IT STARTS OFF THE SUMMER FOR EVERYONE HERE IN BEMIDJI.

IT'S A TOURNAMENT GEARED FOR ANYONE AND EVERYONE, RIGHT SPOT, RIGHT TIME, ANYONE CAN WIN IT.

WE CAN'T DO WHAT WE DO IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS.

WE'RE THE LARGEST CHARITABLE FISHING TOURNAMENT IN THE STATE.

THROUGH SPONSORSHIPS, THESE ANGLERS, THE COMMUNITY, RAFFLE SALES, WE ARE ABLE TO GIVE BACK SO MUCH TO THE COMMUNITY AND THAT'S THE HEART OF OUR TOURNAMENT AND WHAT MAKES IT WORTHWHILE.

>>> IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO THE LAKE, YOU CAN GO TO THE SANFORD CENTER AT 2:00 P.M., THEY HAVE FOOD, DRINKS, THINGS FOR THE KIDS TO PLAY ON, THE AWARD CEREMONY AT 6:00 P.M.

>>> WELL, THIS MORNING WAS THE 49TH ANNUAL GORDY SKAAR MEMORIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT AT BEMIDJI TOWN AND COUNTRY CLUB.

THE FUNDRAISER SUPPORTS SCHOLARSHIPS FOR BSU STUDENT-ATHLETES THROUGH THE BSU ATHELTICS FUND AND ENDOWMENT CREATED IN THE NAME OF THE LATE GORDY SKAAR.

AND TO THIS DAY, MANY OF GORDY'S FRIENDS STILL PLAY IN THE TOURNAMENT, HELPING TO KEEP HIS MEMORY AND THIS IMPORTANT BEAVER ATHLETICS EVENT ALIVE.

>> COMBORDY -- GORDY IS MY BEST FRIEND, SO HIS DAD AND MY DAD WERE VERY CLOSE.

I HAVE KNOWN HIM FOR 50 YEARS, SO GETTING TO SPEND TIME WITH THEM AND OUT IN THE GOLF COURSE CELEBRATING GORDY, WHO WE LOST IN 1992, KNOWING HE IS STILL IN THE COMMUNITY, EVEN THOUGH HE IS NOT HERE.

>> IT GIVES STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE IN THE SPORT THEY CAME HERE TO PLAY.

IT MEANT A LOT TO ME TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY IN THESE THINGS.

PEOPLE ARE DONATING TO US SO WE CAN HAVE CLUBS, BALLS, TO GET ON THE GOLF COURSE, EQUIPMENT, TRAVEL, AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE.

>> SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1977 WHEN IT WAS STILL CALLED THE SKAAR-PABST GOLF TOURNAMENT, THE FUNDRAISER HAS PULLED IN OVER A MILLION DOLLARS, ALL OF WHICH HAS GONE BACK TO BSU STUDENT-ATHLETES.

>> Josh: PRETTY INCREDIBLE.

SUMMER ACTIVITIES AND SPORTS IN FULL SWING.

THE GIIWEDINONG TREATY RIGHTS AND CULTURE MUSEUM IN PARK RAPIDS OPENED UP A NEW EXHIBIT EARLIER THIS WEEK, DRAWING ATTENTION TO DIFFERENT MINNESOTA SOCIAL MOVEMENTS FOR JUSTICE THROUGHOUT HISTORY.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK STOPPED BY THE EXHIBITS UNVEILING EVENT FOR THIS WEEKS IN FOCUS.

>> Reporter: MINNESOTA ACTIVIST AND ARTISTS WINONA LEDUC UNVEILED A NEW EXHIBIT AT THE TREATY RIGHTS AND CULTURE MUSEUM IN PARK RAPIDS, TITLED MINNESOTA'S SOCIAL MOVEMENT FOR JUSTICE ALONG HISTORY, INVITING RESIDENT FROM THE WALKER AND HACKENSACK AREA TO THE PIECES CONNECTING DIFFERENT EVENTS THROUGH THE DECADES TO CURRENT ACTIVISM MOVEMENTS TODAY.

>> THIS IS HONORING MINNESOTA'S SOCIAL MOVEMENT FOR JUSTICE, NOT JUST THE TRIBAL EFFORT FOR THEIR JUSTICE THEY ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE, BUT WE ARE ALSO GOING THROUGH THE SAME THING AND IN HACKENSACK, THE NO KINGS MARCH BROUGHT OUT OVER 103 PEOPLE I THINK, IN THE TOWN OF HACKENSACK IS A POPULATION OF 300.

>> THIS NATION WAS FOUNDED ON GOOD PRINCIPLES AND INCLUSIVE PRINCIPLES.

>> Reporter: IT'S ONE SMALL PART OF THE NATIVE FOCUSED MUSEUM THAT COVERS ASPECTS OF HISTORY FROM HUNDREDS OF YEARS.

BY COMBINING INFORMATION WITH ART, THE GOAL IS FOR THE EXHIBIT TO REACH AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.

>> TO SEE THE PICTURES THAT SHE HAS PUT TOGETHER IN THE NARRATIVE JUST MAKES IT ALL MAKE SENSE AND IT ALSO MAKES IT MORE REAL BECAUSE IT'S ON PAPER AND IT'S IN A GALLERY.

>> THERE IS AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF INFORMATION HERE, GOOD INFORMATION, WHICH IS QUITE MOVING TO READ ABOUT.

THAT'S VERY HELPFUL TO ME, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO THE PUBLIC TO SEE IT.

>> WE RESONATE WITH ART.

BEAUTY DRAWS US AND IT'S COMMON GROUND FOR ALL OF US.

>> Reporter: REPORTING FROM PARK RAPIDS WITH THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS, I'M SYDNEY DICK, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Josh: ALL RIGHT, A QUICK LOOK AT THE CHILLY WEEKEND FORECAST OOFRNL.

>> Stacy: WE'RE GOING TO START OFF THE WEEKEND ON A COOL NOTE.

VARIABLE CLOUDS, A CHANCE OF SHOWERS, LOWS NEAR 48, HIGHS IN THE 50s AND 60s TOMORROW.

>> Josh: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US EVERYONE.

HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.

WE'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE ON MONDAY NIGHT.

GOOD NIGHT.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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