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>> SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED IN PART BY PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS, PROVIDING ALL FIBEROPTIC INTERNET SPEEDS UP TO 10 GIGS WITH NO DATA CAPS AND NO SPEED THROTTLING.

>> 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 $25,000 REWARD IS BEING OFFERED IN THE INVESTIGATION OF A MISSING WADENA WOMAN.

23-YEAR-OLD CARLA BETH ANDERSON DISAPPEARED FROM HER WADENA HOME IN 1987.

ANDERSON WHO IS DESCRIBED AS A VULNERABLE ADULT WENT OUT FOR DINNER WITH FAMILY MEMBERS ON THE NIGHT OF NOVEMBER 13TH OF THAT YEAR AND THEN NEVER SHOWED UP FOR WORK THE NEXT DAY WHEN SHE WAS SCHEDULED TO WORK AT NOON, DESPITE AN EXHAUSTIVE INVESTIGATION INVOLVING HUNDREDS OF INTERVIEWS AND LEADS, INVESTIGATORS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND ANDERSON NOR THE PERSON OR PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR HER DISAPPEARANCE.

>> HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW.

CARLA'S APARTMENT DOOR WAS LOCKED AND HER PURSE WAS STILL INSIDE.

THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF A BREAK IN AND NO SIGNS OF A STRUGGLE.

THE ONLY THINGS MISSING FROM HER APARTMENT WERE HER KEYS AND HER JACKET.

CARLA WAS A VULNERABLE ADULT AND WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT SHE WOULD NOT HAVE CHOSEN TO DISAPPEAR.

AT THE TIME OF HER DISAPPEARANCE, SHE WAS ONLY 4 FOOT 10, 80 POUNDS, STRAWBERRY BLOND HAIR, AND BLUE EYES.

>> SPOTLIGHT ON CRIME IS OFFERING A REWARD OF UP TO $25,000.

INVESTIGATORS HOPE THE REWARD ENCOURAGES SOMEONE TO COME FORWARD WITH INFORMATION THAT WILL HELP INVESTIGATORS LOCATE ANDERSON.

ANYONE WITH INFORMATION RELATED TO THIS CASE IS URGED TO CONTACT THE WADENA POLICE DEPARTMENT AT 218-631-7700 OR THE MINNESOTA BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION AT 877-996-6222 OR EMAIL BCA.TIPS@STATE.MN.US.

INFORMATION CAN BE PROVIDED ANONYMOUSLY >>> FEDERAL PROSECUTORS HAVE CHARGED 15 PEOPLE WITH IMPEDING FEDERAL AGENTS DURING A MASSIVE IMMIGRATION SURGE IN MINNESOTA EARLIER THIS YEAR.

THE DEFENDANTS ALLEGEDLY USED TACTICS LIKE STALKING AGENTS AND USING ICE BLOCKS TO SLOW CONVOYS.

MINNESOTA U.S.

ATTORNEY DANIEL N. ROSEN CHARACTERIZED THE GROUPS AS ANTIFA, AN UMBRELLA TERM FOR A DIFFUSE MOVEMENT OF MILITANT LEFT-WING ACTIVISTS.

PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD PREVIOUSLY DIRECTED AUTHORITIES TO TARGET ANTIFA, WHICH HE LABELED A DOMESTIC TERROR GROUP.

THE CHARGES FOLLOW OPERATION METRO SURGE, WHICH BROUGHT THOUSANDS OF AGENTS TO THE TWIN CITIES, SPARKING PROTESTS AND LEADING TO THE FATAL SHOOTING OF TWO CITIZENS.

NAMES AND SPECIFIC CHARGES WERE NOT IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE.

>>> A 21-YEAR-OLD BEMIDJI MAN IS FACING CHARGES FOR FELONY CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT AND DOMESTIC ASSAULT.

JOHN LOREN LOCH WAS CHARGED TODAY WITH CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT, 3RD DEGREE-PENETRATION, SIGNIFICANT RELATIONSHIP WITH PERSON 16-TO-17 YEARS OLD, MULTIPLE ACTS AND DOMESTIC ASSAULT BY STRANGULATION AS WELL AS A MISDEMEANOR FOR DOMESTIC ASSAULT LOCH IS ACCUSED OF SLAPPING AND CHOKING A JUVENILE HE WAS HAVING SEX WITH AND LOCH IS ACCUSED OF HAVING A SUBSTANTIAL SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE JUVENILE.

WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED HE TOLD POLICE THAT THE BRUISE ON THE JUVENILES ARM DID NOT MEAN HE ASSAULTED HER.

BAIL OR BOND WITH NO CONDITIONS FOR LOCH WAS SET AT $20,000 OR $10,000 WITH NO CONDITIONS.

LOCH MADE HIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE TODAY AND IS SCHEDULED TO BE BACK IN COURT ON JUNE 29TH.

>>> LAW ENFORCEMENT IN MORRISON COUNTY APPREHENDED A MOTORCYCLIST SUSPECTED OF FLEEING DEPUTIES AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS DEPUTIES TERMINATED THE PURSUIT AS TWO MOTORCYCLES FLED ON HIGHWAY TEN NORTH OF ROYALTON.

THE MOTORCYCLES SEPARATED AND TRAVELED IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.

DEPUTIES LATER RE-ENGAGED ONE OF THE MOTORCYCLES AS IT EXITED ONTO HAVEN ROAD SOUTH OF LITTLE FALLS.

DEPUTIES FOLLOWED THE MOTORCYCLE AT NORMAL TRAFFIC SPEEDS AS IT TRAVELED THROUGH A RESIDENTIAL AREA OF LITTLE FALLS NEAR THE GOLF COURSE.

THE OPERATOR SUBSEQUENTLY ABANDONED THE MOTORCYCLE AND FLED ON FOOT.

SECURITY CAMERA FOOTAGE FROM A RESIDENT LATER SHOWED THE SUSPECT WALKING ALONG THE RIVER, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ESTABLISHED A PERIMETER IN THE AREA.

THE SUSPECT WAS LATER OBSERVED ENTERING A VEHICLE AND ATTEMPTING TO LEAVE THE AREA.

THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED BY OFFICERS WITH THE LITTLE FALLS POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THE SUSPECT WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT INCIDENT.

THE SUSPECT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 28-YEAR-OLD BREANNA SHERMER, OF MOTLEY, MN.

SHERMER IS CURRENTLY IN CUSTODY PENDING FORMAL CHARGES.

>>> THE EDUCATION MINNESOTA-BRAINERD, TEACHERS UNION REACHED A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE BRAINERD PUBLIC SCHOOLS DISTRICT FOR THE UPCOMING 2026 AND 2027 SCHOOL YEAR.

OUR REPORTER XZAYVER CURRY HAS THE DETAILS.

>> THE AGREEMENT CAME TOGETHER, IT'S REALLY ABOUT HOW WE TEACH OUR KIDS AND OUR EDUCATORS ARE OBVIOUSLY THE CORE OF THAT.

WHEN WE GOT DOWN TO IT IN THINKING ABOUT WHERE THE DISTRICT IS AT RIGHT NOW AND THE POSITION THAT WE'RE IN, WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF HOW THE TWO TEAMS WORKED TOGETHER.

WE'RE PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THE EDUCATORS DO AND THEY CAME TO THE TABLE READY FOR THE POSITION THAT THE DISTRICT IS IN.

>> Reporter: THE FULL DETAILS OF THE AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE REVEALED UNTIL THERE IS A VOTE THIS FALL WHEN TEACHERS RETURN TO SCHOOL.

THE AGREEMENT IS AN INDICATION THAT BOTH PARTIES ARE COLLABORATIVE AND WORKING TO ADDRESS THE SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL CHALLENGES FACING THE DISTRICT WHILE MAINTAINING A SHARED COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT STUDENTS, STAFF, AND FAMILIES.

>> Reporter: THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS IN A DIFFICULT POSITION RIGHT NOW FINANCIALLY.

I THINK THE UNION SAW THAT AND CAME TO THE TABLE READY AND PREPARED FOR THAT AND THEY WERE UNWAVERING IN SUPPORTING OUR KIDS AND WE WANT TO BE UNWAVERING IN BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT THEM TOO.

SO, I THINK WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO KNOW IS THEY HAVE TEACHERS AND A DISTRICT THAT IS WORKING IN UNISON FOR THESE KIDS AND IT WAS NICE TO SEE THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY.

>> Reporter: UNION MEMBERS PREVIOUSLY AGREED TO RELINQUISH 500,000 IN STAFF DEVELOPMENT FUNDING TO HELP ADDRESS THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL SITUATION.

>> WE FELT THAT IN THIS CASE, WE COULD GIVE BACK A PORTION OF OUR STAFF DEVELOPMENT FUNDS AND STILL BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN A HIGH-QUALITY OF TEACHING, A HIGH-QUALITY OF LEARNING THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE EVERY YEAR, SO OUR MEMBERSHIP VOTED TO GIVE THOSE FUNDS BACK TO THE DISTRICT IN ORDER TO HELP WITH THE BUDGETARY REALITIES WE'RE FACING RIGHT NOW.

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

>> THE SCHOOL BOARD WORKED TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT OF BUDGET REDUCTIONS ON CLASS SIZES AND STUDENT LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES BY OFFERING AN EARLY RETIREMENT INCENTIVE.

IT WILL USE RESERVES TO COVER ITS OBLIGATIONS WITHIN ITS CURRENT FUNDING CONSTRAINTS.

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

>> Stacy: SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW AND WE WILL SEE SOME COOLER TEMPERATURES TOMORROW AS WELL.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK FOR THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, FARMERS FROM ALL AROUND MINNESOTA GATHERED AT LITTLE TIMBER FARMS IN BLACKDUCK TO LEARN ABOUT PROPER GRAZING.

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

[♪♪♪] >>> THE MINNESOTA INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM HOSTED THE ANNUAL MINNESOTA WILDFIRE ACADEMY EARLIER THIS MONTH AT MINNESOTA NORTH COLLEGE'S ITASCA'S CAMPUS IN GRAND RAPIDS.

THE WEEK-LONG EVENT DRAWS WILDLAND FIREFIGHTERS FROM GREATER MINNESOTA AND BEYOND, FROM LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS TO TRIBAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT AGENCIES.

REPORTER MILES WALKER HAS THE STORY.

>> Reporter: ACADEMY CO COORDINATORS PREPARE YEAR-ROUND, ASSESSING FIRE TRAINING NEEDS, AND CLASSES DESIGNED TO PROVIDE THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN IN SAFETY AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.

>> WE HAVE NUMEROUS COURSES GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.

I THINK IT'S 19 ALL TOGETHER.

WITH THAT, THERE ARE MULTIPLE INSTRUCTORS THAT COME FROM DOING OTHER JOBS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON WILDLAND FIRE, TO COME HERE FOR THE WEEK TO SHARE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE WITH THESE STUDENTS.

>> Reporter: ACADEMY COURSES ARE BROKEN DOWN INTO BASIC FIRE FIGHTING AND INITIAL ATTACK RESPONSE, LEADING A 20-PERSON HAND CREWS, BASIC AIR OPERATIONS, HELICOPTER CREW SUPPORT, AND MORE.

>> YOU HAVE INTEGRITY, THERE IS COMMUNICATION.

I HONESTLY JUST WANT TO BE A FIREFIGHTER.

I WANT TO BE ABLE TO HELP PEOPLE MORE.

I'M EXCITED TO BE OUT IN THE FIELD AND ACTUALLY USING THE TOOLS WE'VE BEEN LEARNING AND GETTING HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE.

>> Reporter: THOSE IN ATTENDANCE WORKED ON APPLYING THE INCIDENT COMMAND CENTER TO EXPANDING WILDFIRE IN ALL HAZARD RESPONSES.

>> IT'S AT TOP PRIORITY AND IT TAKES A LOT OF COORDINATION TO ENSURE WHEN WE ARE SENDING FOLKS TO WHERE THE D HAPPENING, THAT THE WILDFIRE IS ACTIVE, WE NEED TO DO SO IN A WAY THAT THEY ARE SAFE AND CAN COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY.

>> Reporter: MINNESOTA SUCCESS AND WILDLAND FIRE FIGHTING IS ROOTED IN COLLABORATION AT EVERY FIRE RESPONSE LEVEL.

THE MINNESOTA WILDFIRE ACADEMY IS DESIGNED TO SHOW THOSE INTERESTED HOW TO FULFILL A VITAL PUBLIC SAFETY GOAL COLLECTIVELY.

>> IT'S THE WILDLAND FIREFIGHTERS.

IT'S THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RUNNING THE RADIO AND COMMUNICATION.

IT'S THE DISPATCHERS.

IT'S THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE SURE THAT AIRCRAFTS CAN COME IN AND SAFELY RESPOND.

PEOPLE KNOW THEIR ROLE, STAY IN THEIR LANE, BUT ALSO KNOW WHO THEY CAN COMMUNICATE AND COORDINATE WITH.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN GRAND RAPIDS, MILES WALKER, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> OVER 300 STUDENTS TOOK PART IN THIS YEAR'S MINNESOTA WILDFIRE ACADEMY.

>>> 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.

TO REGISTER YOU NEED TO SEND US A POSTCARD WITH YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER ON IT AND THEN WATCH LAKELAND NEWS TO SEE IF YOUR NAME IS DRAWN.

IF YOU SEE YOUR NAME ANNOUNCED YOU CAN THEN QUALIFY BY CALLING US ON THE VACATION GIVEAWAY HOTLINE NUMBER BEFORE 5:00 P.M.

THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY.

EVERY WEEKNIGHT THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, RIGHT HERE ON LAKELAND NEWS, WE WILL BE ANNOUNCING FIVE POTENTIAL QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2026 LAKELAND PBS 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.

A LITTLE BIT OF A WET PATTERN THIS WEEK, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.

>> Stacy: IT IS, WE DEFINITELY DO NEED THE RAIN.

WE ARE SEEING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALREADY THIS EVENING.

WE'LL SEE MORE TONIGHT AND EXPECT TO SEE MORE TOMORROW.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER TOMORROW, AS WELL AS DRIER AND WARMER WEATHER WILL ARRIVE AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, AFTER A LITTLE BIT OF SUNSHINE EARLIER TODAY, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT UNSETTLED WEATHER OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.

HIGHS TOMORROW ONLY IN THE 60s IN OUR VIEWING AREA SO IT IS GOING TO BE COOLER.

AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE WEEK, WE WILL SEE HIGHS IN THE 70s.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 58 AT THE AIRPORT.

AT OUR STUDIO, WINDS ARE VARIABLE AT 2 MILES PER HOUR, THE DEW POINT IS 52, AND IN THE LAST 24 HOURS, WE PICKED UP ANOTHER 0.05-INCH OF RAINFALL.

IN BRAINERD, CLOUDY SKIES, 64 DEGREES, THE DEW POINT IS 44, PRESSURE IS FALLING, AND WINDS ARE SOUTH AT 5 MILES PER HOUR.

ON OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING THE SHOWERS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING AND WE HAVE MORE ON THE WAY.

WE COULD SEE AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

THE SHOWERS CONTINUE TOMORROW, WE COULD SEE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS, AS I MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT COOLER, HIGHS IN THE 60s TOMORROW, BUT WE SHOULD START TO SEE THE TEMPERATURES COMING TO A SEASONAL LEVEL LATER ON THIS WEEK.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU, A GORGEOUS MORNING FROM DEBRA AT LAKE ADA.

THE FLOWERS ARE IN BLOOM.

SONYA SENDING US THIS PHOTO AT TURTLE RIVER LAKE.

WE HAVE A WATER LILY HAVE CHRISSY IN DEERWOOD.

WE HAVE THE GATHERING STORM CLOUDS FROM GARY IN DEERWOOD.

WE HAVE A LOT OF CLOUD COVER IN CASS LAKE THIS EVENING, ANGELA SENDING US THAT PHOTO, AND SANDY WITH A LOON SHE SPOTTED ON RABIDEAU LAKE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE REPORTING 0.2-INCH OF RAIN OVERNIGHT.

SONYA AT TURTLE RIVER LAKE, 66 THIS MORNING.

SANDY IN BLACKDUCK, CLOUDY TODAY.

WE HAD AN EVENING TEMPERATURE OF 75.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS TODAY.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD REPORTING 0.25-INCH OF RAIN.

ANGELA IN CASS LAKE, A HIGH OF 72.

CHRISSY IN DEERWOOD REPORTING A TOTAL OF 1.25 INCHES OF RAIN.

ON OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD TOPPING OUT AT 73, A COMFORTABLE TEMPERATURE, A LITTLE BIT BELOW WHAT WE HAVE FOR OUR AVERAGE.

52 IS THE LOW, 9:11 WAS OUR SUNSET.

BEMIDJI, A COMFORTABLE 72 FOR THE HIGH, BUT IT WAS A FEW DEGREES BELOW THE AVERAGE.

45 FOR THE LOW, 5:22 WAS OUR SUNRISE.

SO LOOKING AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, WE WILL HAVE SHOWERS, SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS AS THESE MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THROUGHOUT THE DAY, AND A LOT OF CLOUD COVER TOMORROW.

THAT IS THE RAIN AND CLOUDS GOING TO KEEP TEMPERATURES DOWN A LITTLE BIT, HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60s ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA, AND N CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WE SHOULD ALSO BE SEEING THOSE HIGH TEMPERATURES, MAINLY IN THE MID-60s.

SO OUR FORECAST, SHOWERS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOWS NEAR 52.

MORE RAIN SHOWERS TOMORROW, WITH SOME SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS, 66 FOR THE HIGH, AND VARIABLE WINDS AT 5 TO 15.

LOOKING AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, A LITTLE BIT DRIER THERE ON THURSDAY, BUT STILL A BIT COOL WITH HIGHS NEAR 68.

WE CLIMB BACK IN THE 70s AS WE HEAD INTO FRIDAY AND THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.

OVERALL, IT LOOKS FAIRLY QUIET ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN ON SUNDAY.

HIGHS SHOULD BE IN THE LOW TO MID-70s, WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 40s.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, TIME FOR SPORTS.

CHARLIE IS HERE WITH A LOOK AT THE NEW BEMIDJI HIGH FOOTBALL COACH.

>> Charlie: YEAH, WE REPORTED ON IT.

KYLE McMARTIN HAD TAKEN OVER AS THE HEAD COACH FOR BEMIDJI BOYS FOOTBALL.

NOW I HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO THE MAN HIMSELF AND WHAT THINGS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE NEXT YEAR.

WE HAVE THAT AND MORE COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

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

[♪♪♪] >>> A LITTLE OVER A WEEK AGO WE REPORTED KYLE MCMARTIN HAD BEEN NAMED THE NEW HEAD COACH OF BEMIDJI FOOTBALL.

TODAY WE FINALLY HAD THE CHANCE TO CATCH UP WITH MCMARTIN ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO GET THE JOB, AND HOW HE PLANS TO JUGGLE THIS NEW ROLE WITH HIS CURRENT ONE AS BEMIDJI MIDDLE SCHOOL'S ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.

>> YOU KNOW, IT FEELS AMAZING.

I AM NERVOUS, I'M EXCITED, I'M READY TO GET AT IT, PUTTING THE PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT PLACE, BUT WE HAVE GREAT PEOPLE ON STAFF.

FOR ME, IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF, IF WE WIN, IT'S A WE WIN THING.

I AM GOING TO NEED A FULL TEAM, EVERYBODY TO DO THEIR PART TO PULL THIS OFF.

I'M A MIDDLE SCHOOL PERSON, SO THE PEOPLE I KNOW THE LEAST ARE ACTUALLY JUNIORS AND SENIORS.

GETTING BACK TO KNOWING THEM IS ONE OF OUR THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET DONE RIGHT AWAY.

>> IN TERMS OF X'S AND O'S, MCMARTIN DOESN'T PLAN TO SHAKE THINGS UP TOO MUCH, BUT WILL HAVE A NEW OFFENSIVE COACH NEXT YEAR THAT HE EXPECTS WILL HAVE A COUPLE WRINKLES FOR THE LUMBERJACKS PLAYBOOK.

>> YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO RUN TRIPLE OPTION FOOTBALL.

I'VE BEEN IN CLOSE CONTACT AND I BROUGHT IN MITCH HENDRIX, YOU ARE GOING TO SEE SOME OF THE SAME THINGS WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST IN HIGH SCHOOL.

WHEN TROY WAS HERE AND MITCH WAS PLAYING, WE INTEND TO BRING A LITTLE BIT MORE PASSING BACK INTO THE OFFENSE AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO KEEP THE DEFENSE SOMEWHAT SIMILAR SO WE'RE NOT DOING TOO MUCH CHANGING AT ONE TIME.

HE IS AN EXCELLENT FOOTBALL COACH, WE HAVE GOOD PEOPLE IN BEMIDJI, AND WE TRY TO KEEP EVERYBODY THAT WE CAN.

>> Charlie: NOT A BAD IDEA TO HAVE A BEMIDJI HIGH SCHOOL HALL OF FAMER ON THE COACHING STAFF.

KICK OFF FOR THE 2026 SEASON IS ONLY 79-DAYS AWAY FOR THE LUMBERJACKS WHO WILL OPEN ON THE ROAD AT ELK RIVER.

>>> BIG NEWS TODAY FROM THE BEMIDJI STATE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT AS THEY ANNOUNCED $2.5-MILLION RENOVATION OF THE BSU GYMNASIUM.

THE PROJECT, WHICH IS SET TO BREAK GROUND MARCH OF 2027 AND BE COMPLETED BY OCTOBER OF THAT SAME YEAR, WILL FEATURE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, NEW BLEACHERS, A VIEWING ROOM, AND ACCESSIBILITY UPGRADES.

IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE NEWLY MINTED BUCKINGHAM-BAALKE COURT, NAMED FOR ALUMNI TRENT AND BETH BAALKE, WHO MADE A LEADING DONATION OF $1-MILLION FOR THE FACILITY UPGRADE, WHICH IS ONE PILLAR OF THE FOR THE NORTH CAMPAIGN THE UNIVERSITY STARTED LAST YEAR.

>> THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.

BEING ABLE TO HAVE DONORS LIKE TRENTON, WHO REALLY SEE THE VISION AND UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR THIS NOT ONLY ON CAMPUS BUT FROM THE COMMUNITY.

ACCESSIBILITY AND ADA ACCOMMODATION IS HUGE.

WE WANT OUR BUILDING TO BE WELCOMING.

WE WANT OUR BUILDING TO BE SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WANT TO TAKE IN A GAME, COME TO POWWOW, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

THERE WAS A PREZZING NEED TO BRING THAT UP TO SPEED AND FACILITIES ARE A HUGE PART OF RECRUITING AND RETENTION.

YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THE STUDENT ATHLETE EXPERIENCE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN HANG YOUR HAT ON.

THIS IS A REALLY, REALLY GREAT BUILDING ON CAMPUS JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE.

IT'S READY FOR A FACELIFT.

>> THE BSU GYM WAS OPENED IN 1960 AND IS HOME TO BEMIDJI STATE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S BASKETBALL, AS WELL AS WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL.

IN ADDITION IT HAS HOSTED NUMEROUS HIGH SCHOOL TOURNAMENTS AND PLAYOFF GAMES, THE ANNUAL BSU POW-WOW, AND OTHER EVENTS RANGING FROM CONCERTS TO RECITALS.

>>> WELL, WITH THE WORLD CUP IN FULL SWING AND FOUR GAMES BEING PLAYED EVERY DAY FOR THE NEXT THREE WEEKS, IT'S TOUGH TO KEEP UP WITH ALL THE ACTION SO EVERY DAY, WE'LL TRY TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON HOW THE MATCHES WENT.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE START WITH THE FIRST MATCH OF THE DAY, FRANCE AND SENEGAL.

LATE IN THE MATCH WITH THIS STELLAR GOAL.

THAT'S HIS SECOND GOAL FOR THE FRENCH ON THE DAY.

HE HAD NO PROBLEM WITH SENEGAL, 3-1 THE FINAL THERE.

NORWAY WAS PLAYING, THIS IS A PURE EFFORT PLAY FOR THE NORTH MEN.

HIS SECOND GOAL OF THE GAME.

HE KICKS THE BALL OFF THE GOALIE AND BACK OFF HIM TO GO IN.

THEY WIN 4-1 OVER THE IRAQIS.

THEN THERE IS LEO, WHO IS SO GOOD.

I MEAN ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

SCORED HIS FIRST WORLD CUP HAT-TRICK TO LIFT THE REIGNING CHAMPS PAST ALGERIA.

THERE IS STILL ONE MORE GAME, JORDAN VERSUS AUSTRIA.

IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, THE TWINS DOMINATE THE RANGERS TONIGHT, 12-2.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE THEM GETTING THE BATS GOING.

>> Dennis: THANKS CHARLIE.

A HANDS-ON LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR NORTHERN MINNESOTA FARMERS TOOK PLACE AT THE LITTLE TIMBER FARM IN BLACKDUCK EARLIER TODAY, TO SEE GRAZING SYSTEMS, SOIL HEALTH, AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION IN ACTION.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK VISITED THE FARM TO SEE THE GRAZE-HERS NORTHERN FIELD DAY FOR THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE.

>> Reporter: THE MINNESOTA GRAZING LANDS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION HELD A GRAZE-HER FIELD DAY TO PROVIDE HANDS-ON LEARNING FOR PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE STATE TO LEARN SUCCESSFUL GRAZING PRACTICES.

LITTLE TIMBER FARMS IN BLACKDUCK HAS 600 THAT WILL SHIP ALL AROUND THE U.S.

AND ARE TEACHING SUCCESSFUL GRAZING TECHNIQUES FROM MEASURING THE GRASS PROPERLY FOR THE CATTLE, TO FINDING OUT HOW LONG THEY CAN GRAZE THAT SPECIFIC FIELD FOR.

>> HOSTING A GRAZE-HERS EVENT REALLY ALLOWS US TO TEACH PEOPLE WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING HERE.

I OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T START THE ROTATIONAL GRAZING.

MY DAD STARTED THAT.

IT'S EVIDENT IN THE FIELD AND PASTURE THAT OVER TIME, THIS HAS WORKED FOR US.

TO SHARE A PIECE OF THAT KNOWLEDGE, TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, TO SHOW PEOPLE WHAT WORKS, AND MAYBE SHOWCASE SOME THINGS THAT DIDN'T WORK FOR US.

>> Reporter: IT'S HOME TO NEARLY 3,000 ACRES OF LAND AND SEES HUNDREDS OF CATTLE MOVE IN AND OUT YEAR-ROUND, BY BRINGING FARMERS FROM AROUND THE STATE OUT INTO THE PASTURES, THEY ARE ABLE TO SEE THE GRASS, SEE THE FIELD ROTATIONS, AND GET HANDS-ON LEARNING ON HOW ROTATIONAL GRAZING ACTUALLY WORKS.

>> IT'S ALL ABOUT SOIL HEALTH.

SO WHEN YOU HAVE LAND WITHOUT ANIMALS, YOU DON'T HAVE THE BIOLOGY TAKE PLACE WHERE THEY DISTURB THE GRASS, THEIR MANURE FERTILIZES IT AND IT CREATES SOIL HEALTH.

>> Reporter: IT WAS CENTERED AROUND WOMEN FARMERS AND RANCHERS BUT WAS OPEN TO ANYONE WANTING TO LEARN ABOUT GRAZING, EVEN LEARNING HOW TO START FROM THE GROUND UP.

>> MY FAVORITE PART OF BEING ON THE FARM WHEN I'M THERE IS HANGING OUT WITH EVERYBODY AND HELPING EVERYBODY OUT.

>> SITTING DOWN AND LOOKING AT A POWERPOINT IS GREAT, THERE IS GREAT INFORMATION.

GOING OUT AND SEEING AND TOUCHING THINGS, REALLY EXPERIENCING SAYING THAT DIDN'T WORK BUT THAT WORKED, THOSE THINGS STICK WITH ME BETTER THAN JUST BE TOLD AND YOU NEED TO EXPERIENCE THOSE THINGS AND SEE THEM FOR YOURSELF.

>> Reporter: REPORTING FROM BLACKDUCK WITH THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, I'M SYDNEY DICK, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE GRAZING LANDS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVES ALSO SPOKE ON HOW MUCH GOOD GRAZING PRACTICES CAN POSITIVELY IMPACT THE LANDS IN THE LONG RUN, AS WELL AS HOW WILDLIFE CAN BETTER THRIVE WITH PROPER FIELD MANAGEMENT.

>>> LET'S HEAD BACK TO STACY FOR ANOTHER CHECK OF OUR WEATHER.

>> Stacy: WE WILL BE SEEING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.

LOWS SHOULD DROP TO 52.

MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA TOMORROW.

WE WILL SEE COOLER TEMPERATURES, HIGHS NEAR 66, AND VARIABLE WINDS AT 5 TO 15.

FEELING A LITTLE BIT COOL, BUT WE SHOULD HAVE DRY WEATHER ON THURSDAY, A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THAT'S GOING TO WRAP UP OUR SHOW FOR TONIGHT.

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

GOOD NIGHT.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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