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>> Dennis: HI EVERYONE, THANKS FOR WATCHING TONIGHT.

>>> ST. LOUIS COUNTY HAS DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY AFTER HEAVY RAINS ON TUESDAY CAUSED EXTENSIVE FLOODING IN THE COUNTY.

THE ST. LOUIS COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MET TODAY IN AN EMERGENCY MEETING TO MAKE THE DISASTER DECLARATION WHICH MEANS THE COUNTY WILL BE ABLE TO RECEIVE FEDERAL AND STATE RELIEF AID.

COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY SO FAR THERE IS AN ESTIMATED $50 MILLION IN DAMAGES AND THE STORM RANKS AS THE SECOND LARGEST NATURAL DISASTER IN THE PAST 30 YEARS.

SOME PARTS OF THE COUNTY RECEIVED NEARLY 7 INCHES OF RAIN.

MORE THAN 40 ROADS ARE STILL CLOSED IN THE COUNTY.

>>> WORKERS HAVE RESTORED WATER SERVICE TO THE GIANTS RIDGE AND VOYAGEURS RETREAT AREAS AFTER A LARGE WASHOUT SEVERED THE WATER SUPPLY HEADED THAT DIRECTION.

A WATER BOIL ORDER IS STILL IN EFFECT THERE AND THE AMERICAN RED CROSS IS SET UP IN THE PARKING LOT AT GIANTS RIDGE RESORT WITH DRINKING WATER FOR ANYONE IN NEED.

GOVERNOR WALZ SAYS HE'LL BE IN BIWABIK TOMORROW TO SURVEY THE STORM DAMAGE THERE.

>>> MEANWHILE, A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN CASS COUNTY WILL LIKELY LEAD TO AN EMERGENCY DECLARATION THERE AS WELL.

SHERIFF BRYAN WELK SAID IN A PRESS RELEASE THAT NO HOMES WERE DAMAGED BUT THE HIGH WINDS CAUSED DOWNED TREES, AND POWER LINES AND BLOCKED ROADS SPANNING FROM THE EASTERN SHORES OF LEECH LAKE INCLUDING THE BOY RIVER AREA UP TO NORTH OF REMER.

EARLY DAMAGE ESTIMATES ARE AROUND $132,000.

WELK SAYS THIS ESTIMATE EXCEEDS THE MINNESOTA PUBLIC ASSISTANCE THRESHOLD OF $69,000 FOR CASS COUNTY.

CASS COUNTY ROADS 4, 35, 161, 57, 68 AND 53 CURRENTLY HAVE WATER OVER THE ROAD.

CASS COUNTY ROAD 63 IS CURRENTLY CLOSED DUE TO A CULVERT WASH OUT.

>>> THE LEECH LAKE BAND OF OJIBWE HAS ANNOUNCED A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LEECH LAKE BAND OF OJIBWE RESERVATION RESTORATION ACT.

ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE FROM THE BAND, THE CHIEF OF THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE HAS SIGNED A DECISION MEMO ACHIEVING THE LEGISLATIVE GOAL OF TRANSFERRING APPROXIMATELY 11,760 ACRES OF FEDERAL LAND CURRENTLY MANAGED BY THE CHIPPEWA NATIONAL FOREST INTO TRUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LEECH LAKE BAND OF OJIBWE, BAND OFFICIALS SAY THIS LEGISLATION, ENACTED IN DECEMBER 2020, IS A CRUCIAL STEP IN ADDRESSING HISTORICAL INJUSTICES FACED BY THE LEECH LAKE BAND OF OJIBWE.

THEY SAY THESE LANDS WERE WRONGFULLY TAKEN THROUGH ILLEGAL TRANSFERS AND ARE NOW BEING RESTORED AFTER GENERATIONS OF EFFORT BY THE BAND.

CHAIRMAN FARON JACKSON SENIOR CALLS THIS ONE OF THE MOST MONUMENTAL AND POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS TO TAKE PLACE ON LEECH LAKE SINCE THE FIRST TREATIES WERE SIGNED AND THE RESERVATION WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1855.

A COMMEMORATIVE CEREMONY TO CELEBRATE THIS HISTORIC LAND RESTORATION WILL TAKE PLACE ON JULY 17TH BEGINNING AT 11:00 A.M. AT THE BUG-O-NAY-GE-SHIG SCHOOL.

THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ATTEND.

>>> THIS PAST SPRING THE CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS EXPERIENCED AN OUTBREAK OF LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE OUTBREAK CONNECTED WITH THE CITY'S WATER SUPPLY.

THE PUBLIC UTILITIES CENTER HAS NOW MADE THE DECISION TO CHLORINATE THE WATER SYSTEM.

THE CHLORINE IS DESIGNED TO KILL OFF THE LEGIONELLA BACTERIA.

REPORTER SYDNEY DICK HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, GRAND RAPIDS HAS HAD 14 OFFICIAL CASES OF THE RESPIRATORY SICKNESS, 11 OF WHOM HAD TO BE HOSPITALIZED.

WHAT EXACTLY IS LEGIONNAIRES DISEASE?

>> IT'S CAUSED BY A BACTERIA IN PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES.

IT'S ONLY WHEN THOSE LEVELS OF BACTERIA GET ELEVATED OR AMPLIFIED WE SAY, THAT THEY POSE HEALTH RISKS.

>> Reporter: HOW ARE THE PEOPLE OF GRAND RAPIDS GETTING EXPOSED TO THIS BACTERIA?

>> TYPICALLY, IT'S COMING FROM SHOWERS.

THE MOST TYPICAL CAUSES OF LEGIONNAIRES DISEASE IS COOLING TOWERS, MAYBE CONDENSATION FROM AIR CONDITIONERS OR FOUNTAINS.

IN OUR CASE, WE DON'T HAVE THAT.

WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY, SO WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT IS THEY BEING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS SHOWER HEADS THAT ARE CONNECTED TO THE MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY.

>> Reporter: THE GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC UTILITIES CENTER MADE THE DECISION TO CHLORINATE THE WATER SUPPLY TO KILL THE BACTERIA BUT HOW DOES THAT WORK?

>> THIS IS A PERMANENT CHANGE TO OUR WATER OPERATIONS.

IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WILL DO A MASS CHLORINATION AND THEN END.

WE ARE SET TO START CHLORINATING THROUGH OUR NORTH TOWER, OUR WATER TREATMENT PLANT ON JUNE 24TH.

WE HAVE CUSTOMER MESSAGING THAT HAS GONE OUT AS FAR AS LETTERS, WE HAVE THREE MESSAGING BOARDS THROUGHOUT TOWN AND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CUSTOMER COMMUNICATION ON THAT.

>> Reporter: HOW IS THIS CHLORINATION GOING TO CHANGE HOW PEOPLE ACCESS SAFE WATER?

>> WE CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH FROM OUR SIDE AND ONCE IT LEAVES OUR PIPES INTO THE BUILDING, IT'S REALLY OUT OF OUR HANDS.

WE CAN CHLORINATE AND HAVE DISINFECTED WATER IN OUR MAINS, BUT IN ORDER TO BE EFFECTIVE AND PREVENT THE LEGIONNAIRE'S DISEASE, IT HAS TO GET THROUGH TO THE CUSTOMER'S SHOWER HEAD.

THEY NEED TO PULL THE WATER THROUGH THEIR SYSTEM BY FLUSHING AND KEEPING THEIR WATER TEMPERATURES HOT ENOUGH.

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

>> ALTHOUGH THE CHLORINATION IS STARTING NEXT WEEK, THE PUBLIC UTILITIES CENTER AND MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ARE URGING RESIDENTS TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION IF THEY START EXPERIENCING ANY RESPIRATORY OR PNEUMONIA-LIKE SYMPTOMS.

>>> THE ITASCA COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS HAS APPOINTED A NEW COUNTY ATTORNEY.

YESTERDAY, THE BOARD FILLED THE VACANCY BY SELECTING JACOB FAUCHALD TO BEGIN ON THE JOB ON JUNE 25TH.

FAUCHALD HAS SERVED AS AN ASSISTANT ITASCA COUNTY ATTORNEY FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS.

HE ALSO PREVIOUSLY WORKED IN THE CLAY COUNTY ATTORNEYS OFFICE AND IS A 2008 GRADUATE OF GRAND RAPIDS HIGH SCHOOL.

FAUCHALD REPLACES MATTI ADAM WHO LEFT THE POSITION AFTER GOVERNOR WALZ SELECTED HER AS A NONTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT JUDGE IN APRIL.

>>> THE BEMIDJI AREA ARTS ENDOWMENT, A COMPONENT OF THE NORTHWEST MINNESOTA FOUNDATION, COMPLETED ITS ANNUAL CALL FOR GRANT SUBMISSIONS AND APPROVED FUNDING TO HELP ART, LITERARY AND MUSIC EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, LIVE PERFORMANCES, FESTIVALS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EXPERIENCES AROUND THE BEMIDJI AREA.

AS BEMIDJI WAS EXPANDING INTO THE CITY IT IS TODAY, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THOUGHT IT WAS BE WISE TO RAISE FUNDS FOR LOCAL CREATIVE ART PROGRAMS AROUND THE CITY USING LOCAL MONEY.

OVER 20 YEARS LATER, IT HAS PROVED TO BE A GREAT SUCCESS.

THIS YEAR RAISING $27,480 FOR DIFFERENT ART PROGRAMS AND HELPING PAY FOR LOCAL THEATRE PRODUCTIONS AND MUCH MORE.

>> THE HEAD WATER SCHOOL MUSIC AND ARTS, USE IT FOR CHILDREN'S PROGRAMING, OR BRING IN GUEST ARTISTS, AND THE COMMUNITY THEATER PUTS ON PERFORMANCES, AND WE SUPPORT THEIR COSTUMES OR THE PRODUCTION COSTS, AND VARIOUS EVENTS FOR WRITERS AND POETS, AND THINGS LIKE THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB AND THE SENIOR CENTER AND THE HISTORY MUSEUM THIS YEAR ASKED FOR GRANTS TO PUT ON PLAYS OR SOMETIMES PERFORMANCES, SOMETIMES MUSIC, SOMETIMES WORKSHOPS.

>> THE BEMIDJI AREA ARTS ENDOWMENT WILL HOLD ITS ANNUAL FUNDRAISING EVENT CALLED BIG BAND FOR THE ARTS ON OCTOBER 20TH.

LATER THIS YEAR, ALL OF THE DONATIONS FROM THAT EVENT WILL GO TOWARDS GRANTS NEXT YEAR.

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

>> Stacy: FLOODING CONTINUES TO BE A CONCERN IN PARTS OF THE AREA AS WE ARE EXPECTING MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATER TONIGHT AND THROUGH TOMORROW AND SATURDAY.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, THE BRAINERD GARDEN CLUB HELD AN OPEN HOUSE FOR THEIR 100th ANNIVERSARY.

[♪♪♪♪♪] >> 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.

>>> A DAY TO HONOR THE BRAINERD GARDEN CLUB'S 100th ANNIVERSARY.

TO CELEBRATE, THE BRAINERD GARDEN CLUB HELD AN OPEN HOUSE AT THE NORTHLAND ARBORETUM.

REPORTER SAMMY HOLLADAY HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: THEY HAVE BEEN DEDICATED TO BEAUTIFYING AND PRESERVING THE COMMUNITY.

MEMBERS OF THE CLUB VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME TO MAINTAIN PUBLIC GARDENS, EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT HORTICULTURE AND PROMOTE THE BENEFITS OF GARDENING.

>> WE'RE IMPRESSED WITH OURSELVES THAT WE'RE 100 YEARS OLD.

I THINK THAT'S A GOOD LONGEVITY FOR ANY ORGANIZATION, ESPECIALLY FOR VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS.

THERE ARE EBBS AND FLOWS.

WHEN I JOINED IN 2007, WE WERE DOWN TO A HAND FULL OF MEMBERS, BUT WE HAD A RESURGENCE.

>> Reporter: THEY STAY EDUCATED BY THE LATEST GARDENING TRENDS.

NOT ONLY DOES IT KEEP THE MIND SHARP, IT KEEPS THE BODY ACTIVE.

>> IT'S AN EXCELLENT ACTIVITY TO KEEP YOURSELF ACTIVE AND BEING OUTSIDE IN THE SUNSHINE AND FRESH AIR AND WE HAD TWO MEMBERS REACH OVER 100 YEARS.

SO I WANTED TO MAKE T-SHIRTS THAT SAID JOIN THE BRAINERD GARDEN CLUB AND LIVE TO BE 100.

>> Reporter: IT OBVIOUSLY MEANS THAT A LOT OF PUTS WERE PUT IN THE GROUND AND MORE THAN THAT WERE THE FRIENDSHIPS THAT WERE MADE OVER THE PAST CENTURY.

>> I CAME UP HERE AFTER 28 YEARS IN TEXAS AND ALTHOUGH I'M BORN AND BRED IN MINNESOTA, TO GET BACK INTO THE SWING OF THINGS IN MINNESOTA, IT'S GOOD TO TALK TO PEOPLE.

I STILL GROW MY GARLIC FROM A GARLIC CLOVE I GOT FROM ONE OF THE MEMBERS.

>> Reporter: VOLUNTEERS REGULARLY WORK IN COMMUNITY GARDENS AT THE NORTHLAND ARBORETUM.

THEY ALSO HAVE SEVERAL MEMBERS THAT PLANT AND MAINTAIN FLOWERS THROUGHOUT CITY PARKS.

>> WE ENJOY WHAT WE DO.

LIKE YOU SAID, TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE BEAUTY OF THE AREA, THAT IS OUR MOTTO, TO MAKE THINGS MORE BEAUTIFUL AND TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE THINGS MORE BEAUTIFUL AND THEN TO DO IT, TO MAKE FRIENDS IN THE PROCESS.

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

>> TWO YEARS AGO, THE BRAINERD GARDEN CLUB PLANTED 50 CRABAPPLE TREES IN THEIR GARDEN BED AT THE NORTHLAND ARBORETUM.

THIS SPRING, THOSE TREES HAD BEEN GIVEN OUT TO LOCAL CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, AND OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO PLANT IN THEIR GARDENS.

>>> 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 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 2024 CRAGUN'S VACATION GRAND PRIZE WINNER.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, STACY IS HERE.

AGAIN, A LITTLE BREAK FROM THE RAIN, BUT MORE RAIN AHEAD TOWARDS THE NORTHLAND HERE COMING UP.

>> Stacy: RIGHT, WE DO HAVE MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

IT COULD BE AFFECTING PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA ALREADY TONIGHT AND THEN SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

FLOODING CONTINUES TO BE A CONCERN.

WE ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE IMPACTS FROM THE LAST WEATHER SYSTEM THAT MOVED THROUGH AND WE WILL BE ADDING TO THAT WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO END >> 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, IT WAS A QUIET WEATHER DAY ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA, ALTHOUGH WE ARE STILL DEALING WITH SOME IMPACTS FROM THE RAIN SHOWERS EARLIER THIS WEEK.

WE HAVE MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT, COULD SPREAD THROUGH THE AREA THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND AGAIN WE COULD BE SEEING UNSETTLED WEATHER INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, 64 AT THE AIRPORT.

AT THE STUDIO, WE HAVE A SOUTHEAST WIND OF 6 MILES PER HOUR.

IN BRAINERD, PARTLY CLOUDY AND 64 WITH A DEW POINT OF 53.

HUMIDITY IS AT 67% WITH EAST WINDS AT 3 MILES PER HOUR.

NOW WE DO HAVE A FLOOD ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN CASS COUNTY UNTIL 4:00 P.M. ON FRIDAY AND THAT IS FOR WATER COVERING A FEW OF THE COUNTY HIGHWAYS IN THE AREA.

WE HAVE A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT AITKIN, THAT WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL AITKIN AND CROW WING COUNTY FROM FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

MINOR FLOODING IS FORECASTED AS WE HAVE MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

ON THE RADAR, IT IS QUIET IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA SO FAR.

WE HAVE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE, BUT THIS SYSTEM WILL BE MAKING ITS WAY NORTHWARD, COULD IMPACT SOME OF THE MORE SOUTHERN VIEWERS IN LAKELAND COUNTRY LATER ON TONIGHT.

THOSE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING MAINLY IN CENTRAL AND INTO EASTERN MINNESOTA TOMORROW AND THEN SPREADING INTO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE AS WE HEAD INTO LATE TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT.

AGAIN, THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL, MAINLY IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.

AGAIN, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE GOING TO ADD TO THE RAIN WE HAVE SEEN THIS WEEK SO WE HAVE THE FLOODING CONCERNS ESPECIALLY AGAIN AT THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR AITKIN.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, BEAUTIFUL SKY THIS MORNING JUST BEFORE SUNRISE.

ARLENE SENDING US THAT PHOTO FROM MENAHGA.

SAMROSE WITH THE SUN COMING UP OVER LOWER RED LAKE.

IT WAS A WAVY CONDITION AT THE LAKE THIS MORNING.

BEAUTIFUL FLOWER IN BLOOM FROM JOAN IN LAPORTE.

WE HAVE CLOUDY SKIES BUT WARM ENOUGH FOR SOME TIME IN THE LAKE, CASS LAKE, ANGELA SENDING US THAT PHOTO.

WE HAVE SOME OF THE CLOUDS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA AND THIS PICTURE OF AN INTERESTING CLOUD FORMATION AROUND SUNSET THIS EVENING IN PARK RAPIDS.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORT, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 55 AND CALM THIS MORNING.

JOAN IN LAPORTE, MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SOME SUNSHINE LATE.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, CLOUDY SKIES, HIGH OF 69.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, OVERCAST SKIES, TOPPING OUT AT 70.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A HIGH OF 72.

ON OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD REACHING 71 TODAY, ON THE COOL SIDE, OUR LOW THIS MORNING WAS 57 AND BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 71 AS WELL, 5 DEGREES BELOW THE AVERAGE AND OUR LOW TODAY WAS 50.

HERE'S OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW.

WE WILL BE SEEING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

AGAIN, THE BETTER CHANCE WILL BE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA, A LITTLE BIT SMALLER CHANCE IN THE NORTHWEST.

PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES IN THE NORTH WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES RANGING ANYWHERE FROM THE UPPER 60s INTO THE LOW 70s AND SOME OF THE WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

MORE CLOUD COVER, A BETTER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS, AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 60s.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH A GOOD CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA, LOWS NEAR 53.

THEN FOR TOMORROW, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA, SMALLER CHANCE IN THE NORTHWEST, HIGHS NEAR 70.

LOOKING AT THE REST OF OUR WEEKEND FORECAST, STILL LOOKING AT A VERY GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY AND THEN THAT CHANCE STARTS TO LESSEN EARLY NEXT WEEK.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMING UP EARLY NEXT WEEK AS WELL, UPPER 70s ON SUNDAY, COULD BE IN THE LOW 80s ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY, OVERALL, NOT LOOKING TOO ACTIVE BUT THERE ARE SMALL CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BOTH DAYS.

BACK TO YOU DENNIS.

>> Dennis: THANK YOU STACY, MILES IS IN FOR CHARLIE TONIGHT WITH SPORTS.

THERE IS A STATE TOURNAMENT COMING UP.

>> Miles: YES, THE STATE FINALS TOMORROW.

I GOT OVER THERE FOR THE NORTHLAND SHOOTING PARK.

WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT STORY AFTER THE BREAK.

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>>> THE BEMIDJI LUMBERJACKS TRAP SHOOT TEAM IS CONCLUDING THEIR FINAL DAYS OF PRACTICE BEFORE HEADING DOWN TO PRIOR LAKE TOMORROW FOR THE STATE FINALS.

LUMBERJACKS ARE COMING OFF THE MINNESOTA HIGH SCHOOL CLAY TARGET CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ALEXANDRIA, TAKING SIXTH PLACE THANKS IN LARGE PART TO THE YOUNG GUNS LIKE NINTH GRADER ROMAN VOLD AND SEVENTH GRADER CLAYTON JOHNSON, WHO EACH ENDED THE NINE-DAY EVENT SHOOTING 96'S.

>> A LOT OF OUR OLDER KIDS STRUGGLED.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE THE YOUNGER KIDS PICK UP AND SHOOT AND KEEP UP WITH US AND HELP US WIN.

THAT IS THE MAIN THING.

SEEING YOUNGER KIDS STEPPING UP AND BEING THERE.

>> LUMBERJACKS ARE SENDING JOHNSON, VOLD, HADRAVA, KADYN NIPP, AND ERIC BITTMAN, ALONG WITH ALTERNATIVES AVERY AND BLAKE KEHOE, WHO WILL BE SHOOTING TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND THEY BELIEVE GETTING IN RHYTHM, WHILE ALSO HAVING A SHORT MEMORY WILL BE PIVOTAL TOWARDS ENSURING SUCCESS.

>> WE HAD ISSUES WITH SOME OF THE MECHANICAL PARTS OF THE MACHINE OR THE SYSTEM.

SO BEING ABLE TO RESET MENTALLY, IF SOMETHING DOESN'T THROW CORRECTLY, BEING ABLE TO RESET AND THINK OF IT AS A COMPLETELY NEW SHOT AND KEEPING THAT FOCUS IS WHAT ALLOWS US TO STAY AT THE TOP WHERE WE NEED TO BE.

>> TAKING A LOOK AT TOMORROW'S SCHEDULE, TEAM PLAY WILL BEGIN AT 9:00 TOMORROW MORNING AT THE MINNEAPOLIS GUN CLUB WITH THE INDIVIDUAL PORTION KICKING OFF IN THE AFTERNOON AT 1:00.

>>> THE BEMIDJI BLUE OX HOSTED THEIR ANNUAL SANFORD FAMILY NIGHT AT THE BEMIDJI STATE BASEBALL FIELD LAST THURSDAY.

THIS IS THE FOURTH YEAR THE BLUE OX, PARTNERED WITH SANFORD HEALTH HAVE HOSTED THE EVENT.

AS LOCAL BASEBALL ENTHUSIASTS STOPPING BY THE YEARLY SUMMER TRADITION HAD THE CHANCE TO TAKE PART IN A BLUE OX AUTOGRAPH SIGNING, SILENT AUCTION, KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CONCESSIONS, AND EVEN ENJOY SOME FREE GLIZZIES.

>> IT JUST BRINGS EVERYONE OUT TO THE BALLPARK.

IT'S A GREAT EVENT TO GET MOMS, DADS, AND GARDENS TO BRING THEIR KIDS OUT AND GET A FREE MEAL AND SEE GOOD BASEBALL.

MY WIFE, THREE CHILDREN, GRANDMA, GRANDPA, MY MOM, MY DAD, EVERYONE COMES OUT TO THIS.

>> AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, THOSE IN ATTENDANCE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE MORE THAN ONE TEAM TAKE THE FIELD AS BOTH THE BEMIDJI BLUE OX AND BUCKS WENT AT IT ON THE DIAMOND, WHICH IS GREAT FOR BOTH THE FANS AND AMATEUR BASEBALL AS A WHOLE.

>> I THINK THE GOAL OF AMATEUR BASEBALL IS TO GROW BASEBALL IN THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT?

JUST SEEING ANOTHER TEAM POP-UP AFTER 6 OR 8 YEARS OF PLAYING WITH THE BLUE OX IS AWESOME.

WE'RE GROWING BASEBALL IN OUR COMMUNITY.

>> AND THE BLUE OX CAME OUT ON TOP ON THE FIELD AS THEY BEAT THE BUCKS IN A 9-6 VICTORY, BUT LAST THURSDAY WAS REALLY A W FOR EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE.

>>> STICKING TO BASEBALL, TWINS TRYING TO BOUNCE BACK AGAINST THE RAYS.

PICKING UP IN THE NINTH, 4-2 RAYS, MAN ON FOR YANDY DIAZ, SMOKES ONE RIGHT TO THE TWINS BULLPEN.

TAMPA 6, TWINS 2.

BOTTOM FRAME, NOW 6-3 RAYS.

TWO ON FOR JOSE MIRANDA, SENDS A HOWITZER TO LEFT, AND JUST LIKE THAT IT'S A NEW BALLGAME.

TOP TENTH, MAN ON SECOND FOR JOHNNY DELUCA SMACKS IT UP THE MIDDLE, TAYLOR WALLS COMES AROUND TO SCORE.

AS THE RAYS TAKE TODAY'S CONTEST OVER THE TWINS 7-6.

TWINS WILL LOOK TO END THEIR TWO-GAME SKID TOMORROW NIGHT AS THEY BEGIN A THREE-GAME SET AGAINST THE OAKLAND A'S.

>>> AND FORMER BEMIDJI HIGH SCHOOL BOYS TENNIS STANDOUT MATT HOKANSON HAS BEEN NAMED THE NEWEST HEAD COACH FOR MINNESOTA STATE MANKATO WOMEN'S TENNIS.

THE FORMER LUMBERJACKS ASSISTANT VARSITY GIRL'S TENNIS COACH IS INVOLVED IN FACILITY MANAGEMENT AND JUNIOR TENNIS COACHING SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCING PROGRAM PARTICIPANT FROM 2021 TO NOW.

SINCE STARTING THE STAR TENNIS ACADEMY, HOKANSON HAS COACHED OVER 250 KIDS AGES 4 TO 18 AND HOSTED REGIONAL COLLEGIATE AND AREA HIGH SCHOOL MATCHES.

HOKANSON IS ALSO JOINING MSU MANKATO'S ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT AND SERVES AS DIRECTOR OF TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL FOR THE CITY OF OWATONNA.

>> Dennis: YEAH, IT WAS A GOOD ONE FOR BEMIDJI HIGH.

HE HAD A GOOD COLLEGE CAREER.

THANKS MILES.

>>> FOR THIS WEEK'S EDITION OF FISHING TIPS, RAY AND MANDY TEACH US ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TIMES OF SPOONS AND HOW TO USE THEM ON THE WATER.

>> HI EVERYBODY, I'M RAY GILDOW.

MANDY AND I WILL TALK ABOUT SPOONS, NOT SPOONS YOU EAT YOUR SOUP WITH BUT CATCHING WALLEYES, BASS, YOU NAME IT.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T USE SPOONS LIKE THEY DID WHEN I WAS A KID.

OF COURSE WHEN I WAS A KID, THERE WASN'T A LINE, IT WAS ALL SPOONS.

ANYWAY, THERE ARE A VARIETY OF SPOONS WITH LOTS OF DIFFERENT ACTIONS.

I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A COUPLE HERE THAT ARE REALLY, REALLY GOOD.

THIS HAS A GOOD ACTION IN THE WATER.

IT HAS THE 10, 11, 12 WATER DEPTH.

YOU CAN CATCH ANYTHING ON IT.

THESE SPOONS HAVE BEEN AROUND FOREVER.

THEY'RE USED FOR TROUT, THEY ARE USED FOR WALLEYES, THEY'RE USED FOR BASS AND THEY COME IN A VARIETY OF SIZES.

YOU CAN GET BIG ONES LIKE THIS THAT GO INTO 15 TO 20 FEET OF WATER.

THEY COME IN A VARIETY OF COLORS.

GOLD IS A VERY GOOD COLOR.

NOW THIS HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.

THIS IS A LITTLE BIT GRIMED UP, BUT VERY EFFECTIVE, MOSTLY GOES LIKE THAT.

YOU CAN USE THAT IN A VARIETY OF DEPTHS FROM ABOUT 15 FEET SHOT -- SHALLOWER.

AND THEN THE RED AND WHITE DAREDEVIL.

IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.

MANDY IS GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A COUPLE OTHER SPOONS.

>> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SPOONS, YOU HAVE TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO A LOCAL COMPANY RIGHT HERE IN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA.

SO, THIS MAY LOOK YELLOW AND THIS MAY LOOK PINK, BUT THESE ACTUALLY GLOW.

SO THESE ARE ACTUALLY CALLED POUT CANDY.

THEY GLOW IN THE DARK AND THEY GO TO MULTIPLE DEPTHS BUT THEY'RE WEIGHTED.

THEY ARE SUPER HEAVY SO YOU CAN POUND THE BOTTOM OF THE LAKE.

THEY WORK GREAT FOR WALLEYE AND PIKE.

>> I'M RAY GILDOW FOR LAKELAND NEWS.

>> I'M MANDY UHRICH.

>> Dennis: THANK YOU RAY AND MANDY.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

WE'RE DONE FOR THE EVENING BUT WE WILL BE BACK TOMORROW NIGHT.

WE HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US THEN.

GOOD NIGHT.

>> Miles: GOOD NIGHT.

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