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>> CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF LOCAL NEWS FOR BEMIDJI, BRAINERD, AND ALL OF THE LAKES COUNTRY.

LAKELAND PBS IS PROUD TO PRESENT LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

DENNIS WEIMANN WITH THE NEWS, STACY CHRISTENSON WITH THE WEATHER AND CHARLIE YAEGER WITH YOUR SPORTS.

[♪♪♪♪♪] >> Dennis: HI EVERYONE, THANKS FOR WATCHING TONIGHT.

>>> MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ SAYS THE STATE STANDS READY TO SUPPORT THOSE AFFECTED BY FLOODS IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS WEEK.

WALZ TRAVELED TO THE IRON RANGE TODAY TO SURVEY THE FLOODING AND STORM DAMAGE.

CLOSE TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN FELL NEAR THE CITY OF COOK ON TUESDAY, SWELLING THE LITTLE FORK RIVER AND CAUSING MASSIVE FLOODING PROBLEMS AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS DRONE VIDEO OF THE CITY.

GOVERNOR WALZ WHO SPOKE WITH RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNERS THERE CALLED IT PRETTY DEVASTATING.

>> ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CONCERNS RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE DIDN'T GET ANYBODY HURT OR INJURED IN THE ACTUAL INCIDENT.

NOW WE NEED TO BE REALLY CAREFUL.

WE ARE CAREFUL WORKING AROUND HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND WATER AND ELECTRONICS, AND WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE HEALTH ISSUES THAT COME WITH IT.

PHYSICAL HEALTH WITH DIRTY WATER, WE HAVE TO DISINFECT, GET THE CARPET OUT.

I JUST WANTED TO TELL EVERYBODY HERE, THIS INITIAL PART HITS AND THEN THIS WILL BE WEEKS OF RECOVERY THAT YOU HAVE TO DO.

THE MENTAL ASPECT IS KEEP AN EYE ON EACH OTHER.

THINK ABOUT THIS.

THIS IS VERY EMOTIONAL.

FOLKS HAVE LOST ALL OF THE THINGS THEY OWNED.

THEY LOST PRECIOUS KEEPSAKES FROM THEIR CHILDREN WHEN THEY WERE IN KINDERGARTEN.

THEY ARE REAL.

WE NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON IT.

I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW GRATEFUL I AM FOR THE RESPONSE HERE.

THE TEAM THAT IS HERE IS WORKING ON IT, IS DOING IT.

>> U.S.

SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR RELEASED A STATEMENT TODAY SAYING SHE IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH OFFICIALS THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND THAT ALL PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGE IS BEING DOCUMENTED SO THAT IF AND WHEN THE FEDERAL THRESHOLD FOR FEMA DISASTER RELIEF IS REACHED, THAT RELIEF WILL BE DELIVERED QUICKLY.

WALZ ALSO VISITED BIWABIK WHERE SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE MESABI BIKE TRAIL WERE WASHED OUT AND WHERE AFTER A LARGE WASHOUT SEVERED THE WATER SUPPLY HEADED TO THE GIANTS RIDGE AND VOYAGEURS RETREAT AREAS.

WATER HAS BEEN RESTORED BUT THOSE AREAS ARE STILL UNDER A WATER BOIL ORDER.

MORE THAN 40 ROADS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY HAVE BEEN WASHED OUT OR FLOODED.

>>> ST. LOUIS COUNTY DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY YESTERDAY AND SAID THAT EARLY ESTIMATES PLACED THE STORM DAMAGE IN THE COUNTY AT $50 MILLION.

LAW ENFORCEMENT IN CASS AND CROW WING COUNTIES ARE URGING BOATERS IN THOSE COUNTIES TO FOLLOW A SLOW NO WAKE SPEED WHEN CLOSE TO THE SHORELINE.

CURRENTLY THE D.N.R.

RECOMMENDS A SLOW NO-WAKE ZONE OF AT LEAST 200 FEET AND SOMETIMES AN EVEN GREATER DISTANCE MAY BE APPROPRIATE.

BOTH COUNTIES ARE EXPERIENCING HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS ON LAKES AND WATERWAYS DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL.

>>> FLIGHTS TO AND FROM BEMIDJI REGIONAL AIRPORT WERE CANCELLED OR DELAYED TODAY APPARENTLY DUE IN PART TO ISSUES WITH THE AUTOMATED WEATHER OBSERVATION SYSTEM.

ACCORDING TO A TEXT TO PASSENGERS ON DELTA FLIGHT 4-2-9-1 THE AUTOMATED WEATHER OBSERVATION SYSTEM WAS NOT OPERATIONAL AND DELAYED THE FLIGHT PAST THE CREW DUTY TIME WHICH THEN FORCED THE CANCELLATION.

DELTA FLIGHT 4-3-0-3 WAS ALSO CANCELLED TODAY.

SEVERAL OTHER FLIGHTS WERE LATE OR DELAYED.

WE TRIED TO REACH BEMIDJI AIRPORT DIRECTOR KAREN WELLER FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON WHAT HAPPENED BUT OUR PHONE AND EMAIL MESSAGES WERE NOT RETURNED.

>>> BELTRAMI COUNTY IS NOW AN OFFICIAL PARTICIPANT WITH THE MINNESOTA MILK BANK FOR BABIES, A NETWORK OF MILK BANKS THAT CONNECTS DONOR MILK WITH BABIES IN NEED.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN SPOKE WITH THE BELTRAMI COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO SEE HOW THIS PROGRAM WILL HELP FUTURE GENERATIONS.

>> Reporter: A NEW PARTNERSHIP FORMED BETWEEN BELTRAMI COUNTY AND THE MINNESOTA MILK BANK FOR BABIES, ENSURING THAT MEDICALLY VULNERABLE BABIES IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA HAVE ACCESS TO DONOR MILK WHEN THE MOTHER'S MILK IS NOT AVAILABLE OR IN SHORT SUPPLY.

>> THEY HELP FACILITATE GETTING MILK DONATIONS TO HOSPITALS AND HEALTHCARE CENTERS IN THE MIDWEST.

THEY PASTEURIZE IT AND THEY GET IT TO THE HOSPITALS WITH THE PREMATURE BABIES AND THE ONES IN THE N.I.C.U.

THAT NEED THE EXTRA SUPPORT.

>> Reporter: BELTRAMI COUNTY IS THE FIRST OFFICIAL MILK BANK IN THE REGION, HELPING THOSE FROM TRAVELING HOURS TO DROP OFF ANY ACCESS THEY HAVE.

>> THERE HAS BEEN A VOID IN THIS AREA.

THE CLOSEST MILK DEPOT IS IN DULUTH, FARGO, ROSEAU, AND WADENA.

WE IDENTIFIED THERE IS A HUGE NEED TO HAVE A MILK DEPOT.

THEY HELP FACILITATE US TO HAVE A FREEZER AND IT'S A PLACE WHERE MOMS THAT MAKE AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT AND ARE ABLE TO DONATE MILK, THEY CAN COORDINATE AND DROP OFF MILK TO US.

>> Reporter: THEY ALSO HAVE A SYSTEM SET IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE NONE OF THE MILK DONATED EVER GOES TO WASTE.

>> THE MILK IS SET UP WHERE THEY USE ANGEL FLIGHT.

BASICALLY ONCE OUR FREEZERS ARE 75% FULL, I WILL CONTACT AND THEY WILL ARRANGE FOR ANGEL FLIGHT TO COME IN AND I WILL BRING THE DONATIONS OUT TO THE AIRPORT.

THE PILOTS DONATE THEIR TIME AND THE PLANE AND ALL THE EXPENSES RELATED TO THAT.

THEY WILL TAKE THE MILK AND THEY GET IT TO THE MINNESOTA MILK BANK IN ROSEAU WITHIN THREE HOURS.

>> Reporter: THE MILK BANK DISPENSES MILK TO THOSE IN NEED BUT MORE DONATIONS ARE ALWAYS NEEDED.

>> THOSE BABIES THAT ARE IN HOSPITALS AND THEY'RE PREMATURE AND IN THE N.I.C.U.

AND THEY NEED A HIGHER LEVEL OF CALORIE CONTENT.

SOMETIMES THERE ARE MOMS NOT ABLE TO PRODUCE AND THIS PROVIDES THE SUPPORT TO THE BABIES THAT ARE IN NEED.

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

>> IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BECOMING A DONOR, YOU CAN CONTACT THE BELTRAMI COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT AT NUMBER ON THE SCREEN TO START YOUR HEALTH SCREENING PROCESS, WHICH CAN TAKE FOUR TO SIX WEEKS.

>>> ACTRESS JUDY GARLAND'S HOMETOWN IS RAISING MONEY TO RECOVER A PAIR OF RUBY SLIPPERS SHE WORE IN “THE WIZARD OF OZ” AFTER IT WAS STOLEN FROM A LOCAL MUSEUM AND THEN TURNED OVER TO AN AUCTION COMPANY.

GRAND RAPIDS, MINNESOTA, WHERE THE LATE ACTRESS WAS BORN IN 1922, IS FUNDRAISING AT ITS ANNUAL JUDY GARLAND FESTIVAL, WHICH KICKED OFF TODAY.

THE CITY IS SOLICITING DONATIONS TO BRING THE SLIPPERS BACK AFTER AN AUCTION COMPANY TAKES THEM ON AN INTERNATIONAL TOUR BEFORE OFFERING THEM UP TO PROSPECTIVE BUYERS IN DECEMBER.

THE FUNDS WILL SUPPLEMENT THE $100,000 SET ASIDE THIS YEAR BY MINNESOTA LAWMAKERS TO PURCHASE THE SLIPPERS.

>>> THE BEMIDJI HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND HAD THEIR ANNUAL MEET THE BAND DINNER AND FUNDRAISER ON TUESDAY.

OUR NEWEST REPORTER, SYDNEY DICK WENT TO SEE THE SHOW.

>> Reporter: THIS YEAR'S SPAGHETTI WESTERN THEMED DINNER AND MARCHING SHOW SEEMED TO BE A BIG SUCCESS.

THE EVENT COST $18 TO GET IN, WHICH INCLUDED FOOD, DRINKS, AND ICE CREAM.

THERE WAS ALSO A 50/50 RAFFLE PUT ON BY THE BOOSTER CLUB.

THE MONEY WAS RAISED FOR THE BAND'S MANY EXPENSES.

>> WHEN WE MARCH, WE COMPETE.

WE COMPETE MOSTLY IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.

SO IT TAKES A LOT TO GET THERE AND THEN IT TURNS INTO A LOT OF OVERNIGHT, SO YOU'RE LOOKING FOR MONEY FOR MEALS AND HOUSING AND LIKE THAT, HELP SUPPORT THE KIDS.

>> Reporter: WITH A FAIRLY FULL CAFETERIA AND GYMNASIUM, THE EVENT BROUGHT IN LOTS OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT.

THE EVENT WAS ORIGINALLY SUPPOSE TO BE OUTSIDE, BUT DUE TO THE WEATHER CONDITIONS, HAD TO BE MOVED INSIDE.

PLENTY OF PEOPLE WERE STILL THERE.

>> WE ALWAYS HOPE FOR MORE, THAT MORE PEOPLE IN THE STANDS, THE MORE EXCITED THE KIDS GET ABOUT MARCHING THEIR SHOW.

IT'S BEEN WELL RECEIVED IN TOWN.

>> Reporter: AFTER THE DINNER, GUESTS HEADED TO THE GYMNASIUM WHERE THE MARCHING BAND PUT ON THEIR SHOW WHICH THEY WILL ONLY PERFORM AT THREE MORE COMPETITIONS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER UNTIL THEIR SEASON IS COMPLETE.

>> WHEN WE PUT THIS OUT HERE AND WE DID THIS MEET THE BAND, WE HAD PEOPLE COME OUT AND SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOR THIS.

SCHOOL IS DONE AND THE KIDS ARE COMING IN EVERYDAY AND WE'RE WORKING HARD TO PUT ON A PARADE THAT MOST PEOPLE IN THIS TOWN WILL ONLY SEE ONCE IN THE BEMIDJI PARADE.

WE ONLY PERFORM OUR SHOW THREE TIMES.

SO IT'S REALLY GREAT TO HAVE PEOPLE BE ABLE TO COME OUT AND SEE THE SHOW.

>> Reporter: THIS YEAR'S MEET THE BAND WAS HELD NOT ONLY TO RAISE FUNDS BUT ALSO TO GIVE OUT AWARDS AND SHOWCASE THEIR NEW UNIFORMS, WHICH WILL MAKE THEIR DEBUT NEXT YEAR.

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

>> THE SPAGHETTI WESTERN FUNDRAISER RAISED THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR THE MARCHING BAND TO PUT TOWARDS THE REST OF THE 2024 COMPETITIONS AS WELL AS NEXT YEAR'S SEASON.

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

>> Stacy: WE'LL SEE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, BUT WE WILL HAVE MORE SUNSHINE AND WARMER TEMPERATURES NEXT WEEK.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, 15,000 BOOKS HAVE BEEN DONATED TO THE BEMIDJI PUBLIC LIBRARY'S >> 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 BEMIDJI PUBLIC LIBRARY WILL BE HOLDING ITS ANNUAL BOOK SALE AGAIN THIS YEAR FROM JUNE 24TH TO THE 27TH AT THE EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH GYMNASIUM.

FROM 4:00 TO 7:00 P.M. ON THE 24TH IS THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY PRE-SALE, WHERE MEMBERS OF THE BEMIDJI FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY GET SPECIAL EARLY ACCESS TO THE BOOK SELECTIONS.

THEN ON THE 25TH AND 26TH FROM 10:00 A.M. TO 6:00 P.M. IS GENERAL ADMISSION.

THEN AT THE SAME TIME ON THE 27TH IS BAG DAY WHERE YOU PAY $2 FOR A BAG TO FILL AS MUCH AS YOU CAN WITH BOOKS.

THIS YEAR HAS A WIDE SELECTION, AS 15,000 BOOKS HAVE BEEN DONATED FROM ALL ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

>> IT'S VENN -- VERY GENEROUS OF PEOPLE.

WE CAN USE ALL THE BOOKS DONATED AND IT'S A LOT OF BOOKS.

IT FILLS THE ENTIRE GYMNASIUM AT THE EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH, WHICH IS A LARGE ROOM.

THEY ARE SET UP ON TABLES ACCORDING TO GENRES SO PEOPLE CAN GO DIRECTLY TO FICTION IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN FICTION OR NON-FICTION OR CHILDREN'S BOOKS, ANY GENRE THAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR.

>> THE BOOK SALE IS A CASH ONLY EVENT, NO CREDIT CARDS OR CHECKS ARE ACCEPTED AND YOU DO NOT NEED A LIBRARY CARD TO SHOP AT THE LIBRARY BOOK SALE.

>>> 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.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER NOW, STACY JOINS US AND THE WEEKEND IS HERE.

HOW IS THE FORECAST LOOKING?

>> Stacy: WE HAVE SOME CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, A BETTER CHANCE TOMORROW, SMALLER CHANCE ON SUNDAY, BUT WE WILL START TO SEE MORE SUNSHINE AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK AND TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE WARMER.

WE COULD SEE HIGHS IN THE 80s, AT LEAST A COUPLE OF THE >> 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, WE DID HAVE SOME CLOUD COVER IN THE AREA TODAY, BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING SOME CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RETURNING STARTING TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUING THROUGHOUT THE DAY TOMORROW.

A SMALLER CHANCE AS WE HEAD INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK, BUT WE SHOULD SEE SOME DRIER WEATHER, MORE SUNSHINE AND WARMER TEMPERATURES AS WE HEAD MORE INTO THE WORKWEEK.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT IS 68 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT, WE HAVE A LIGHT SOUTHEAST WIND AT OUR STUDIO.

THE DEW POINT IS 60 AND HUMIDITY IS AT 74%.

IN BRAINERD, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, IT'S 67, WITH A DEW POINT OF 60.

PRESSURE IS FALLING AND WINDS ARE NORTHEAST AT 6 MILES PER HOUR.

LOOKING AT THE RADAR, WE HAVE SOME SHOWERS MAKING THEIR WAY INTO MINNESOTA THIS EVENING.

WE CONTINUE TO HAVE AT LEAST A CHANCE OF SEEING SOME PRECIPITATION, MAINLY IN THE FORM OF RAIN SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.

IT COULD BE A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS, BUT AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING A LITTLE MORE LIKELY AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY.

THAT IS THE GREEN DOTTED AREA, THE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

BEYOND THAT, IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL BE SEEING SOME QUIETER WEATHER, SMALLER CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK, A LITTLE BIT MORE SUNSHINE AND A LITTLE WARMER.

SO SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, BEAUTIFUL COLORS IN THE SKY THIS MORNING FROM ARLENE IN MENAHGA AND SAMROSE SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE OVER LOWER RED LAKE, SAYING IT LOOKS LIKE AN EAGLE EYE OUT THERE.

JOAN IN LAPORTE WITH FLOWERS IN BLOOM IN THE AREA.

WE HAVE THIS PHOTO OF A FEATHER-LIKE CLOUD OVER BRAINERD, THAT IS FROM DAVE.

ANGELA SENDING US THIS PICTURE OF THE EVENING SKY, THE SUNSHINE SHINING THROUGH THE CLOUDS.

NOW SOME GORGEOUS COLOR IN THE EVENING SKY AND BILL FROM UPPER RED LAKE WITH THAT PHOTO AS WELL OF THE SUNSET.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE WITH US TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORT, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 54 AND CALM THIS MORNING.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, CLOUDY SKIES, 69 FOR THE HIGH.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, MOSTLY CLOUDY, TOPPING OUT TODAY AT 75.

M.D.

AT RED LAKE REPORTING 79.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, MOSTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT, THE HIGH WAS 70 AND ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, A HIGH OF 73.

ON OUR ALMANAC, THE HIGH IN BRAINERD WAS 70.

SO WE'RE A LITTLE BIT COOL.

57 IS THE LOW, SUNSET AT 9:13.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH TODAY OF 73, CLOSER TO AVERAGE, WE ARE JUST 3 DEGREES SHY OF THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE AND WE HAD A LOW TODAY OF 50.

HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES ACROSS THE AREA.

WE DO HAVE A PRETTY DECENT CHANCE OF SEEING SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, ABOUT 40% TO 50% IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 70s, WE COULD BE SEEING UPPER 60s AROUND GRAND RAPIDS.

IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT COOLER, SOME UPPER 60s TO RIGHT AROUND 70, BUT CLOUD COVER, BETTER CHANCE OF SEEING THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, ABOUT A 50% TO 70% CHANCE IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

UNSETTLED NEXT WEEK AND SMALLER CHANCES OF SEEING THE PRECIPITATION.

THERE SHOULD BE MORE SUNSHINE IN THE FORECAST EARLY NEXT WEEK.

HERE'S OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT.

MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, LOWS NEAR 57.

TOMORROW, CLOUDY ONCE AGAIN, A BETTER CHANCE OF SEEING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA WITH HIGHS NEAR 69.

HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR WEEKEND FORECAST, THE REST OF THE WEEKEND WE WILL BE SEEING A LITTLE BIT MORE SUNSHINE AS WE HEAD INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK, BUT THERE ARE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

YOU CAN SEE TEMPERATURES ARE REALLY WARMING UP, UPPER 70s TO LOW 80s SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

STILL PLEASANT THERE ON TUESDAY, PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY, TEMPERATURES BACK IN THE LOW 70s.

BACK TO YOU DENNIS.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THANKS STACY.

CHARLIE HAS THE NIGHT OFF, MILES IS HERE AND A GOLF FUNDRAISER FOR BSU TODAY.

>> Miles: YES, THE MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT HAPPENED AT THE BEMIDJI TOWN COUNTRY CLUB.

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

[♪♪♪♪♪] >> SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED IN PART BY PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS; NORTHERN MINNESOTA'S CERTIFIED APPLE SERVICE CENTER, OFFERING REPAIR SERVICES ON APPLE PRODUCTS AND P.C.S.

PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS IN BEMIDJI AND GRAND RAPIDS, IT'S RIGHT HERE.

>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

[♪♪♪♪♪] >>> THE 47TH ANNUAL GORDY SKAAR MEMORIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT TOOK PLACE TODAY AT THE BEMIDJI TOWN AND COUNTRY CLUB.

THE LATE GORDY SKAAR FOUNDED THE SKAAR-PABST GOLF TOURNAMENT IN 1977 TO RAISE FUNDS FOR BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPS THROUGH THE BSU ATHLETICS FUND.

FAST FORWARD TO TODAY AND THE TOURNAMENT HAS RAISED OVER $900,000 AND THE IMPACT HAS NOT ONLY BEEN APPARENT IN ATHLETICS BUT ALSO IN THE CLASSROOM AS BSU CURRENTLY RANKS IN THE 94TH PERCENTILE IN GRADUATION RATE AMONG DIVISION TWO SCHOOLS.

>> THE ALUMNI, PEOPLE WHO HAD THIS LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE AT BEMIDJI STATE, THEY KEEP COMING BACK AND THEY INVEST, TO MAKE SURE THE NEXT GENERATION OF BEAVERS CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE.

SEEING THE WAY THEY ARE INVESTING IN OUR STUDENTS, THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE MAKER FOR ME.

>> THE TOURNAMENT UTILIZES A SCRAMBLE FORMAT FEATURING FIVE-PERSON TEAMS WITH SHOTGUN STARTS IN BOTH THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

GORDY SKAAR WAS A LONGTIME BEAVER ATHLETIC SUPPORTER AND HIS SON GORDON SKAAR KNOWS.

HE WOULD BE ELATED TO SEE WHAT HIS TOURNAMENT HAS EVOLVED INTO.

>> JUST SO THANKFUL BECAUSE MY DAD WOULD HAVE BEEN SO HAPPY TO SEE HOW IT'S GROWN AND WHAT IT'S DONE AND GOING TO BASKETBALL PRACTICES.

HE NEVER MISSED A GAME WHETHER IT WAS A HOCKEY GAME, BASKETBALL GAME, THE FOOTBALL GAMES, HE WOULD PARK HIS CAR AND SIT IN THE CAR AND WATCH FROM THE END ZONE.

HE DIDN'T MISS AN EVENT.

>> THERE WERE 150 PARTICIPANTS AND 32 TEAMS TAKING PART IN GORDY SKAAR MEMORIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT TODAY AND OVER $50,000 WERE RAISED FROM TODAY'S EVENT.

>>> AND THE CLAY TARGET STATE FINALS WENT UNDERWAY TODAY FROM THE MINNEAPOLIS GUN CLUB IN PRIOR LAKE AND THE BEMIDJI LUMBERJACKS TRAP SHOOT TEAM OF ERIC BITTMAN, KADYN NIPP, NORMAN VOLD, CLAYTON JOHNSON, AND CORBIN HADRAVA LEFT THE VENUE WITH FIFTH PLACE, POSTING A TOTAL SCORE OF 475.

BITTMAN ALSO TOOK PART IN THE INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION EARNING EIGHTH PLACE, SCORING A 99.

ALEX EICHENS FROM PARK RAPIDS TIED FOR 11TH AND PILLAGER'S ALEXIS SEELY TIED FOR 20TH PLACE ON THE GIRLS' SIDE.

>>> FINAL LOOK AT THE TEAM RESULTS.

PRIOR LAKE CLAIMED FIRST PLACE SHOOTING A 480.

LAKEVILLE SOUTH AND STEWARTVILLE SNAGGED SECOND AND THIRD PLACE RESPECTIVELY WITH BEMIDJI ROUNDING OUT THE TOP FIVE AND BRAINERD'S TRAP TEAM ENDED THE DAY IN 32ND.

>>> IN BASEBALL, THE TWINS TAKING ON THE ATHLETICS, TOP OF THE FIRST, RUNNER ON THIRD FOR TREVOR, GROUNDS OUT, GOOD ENOUGH TO BRING IN WILLIE, THE TWINS ARE UP 1-0.

BOTTOM OF THE 1st, RUNNERS ON THE CORNER, BRINGING IN ABRAHAM, KNOTTING THINGS UP AT 1-1.

NOW THEY HOLD A 4-2 LEAD OVER THE TWINS AS THEY LOOK TO END A TWO GAME LOSING STREAK.

>>> IN THE STANLEY CUP FINALS, LAKELAND HOSTING FLORIDA, PANTHERS UP 3-2 IN THE SERIES.

LEON DRAISAITL FINDS HIM TOP SHELF, 1-0 OILERS.

SECOND PERIOD, OILERS EXTEND THE LEAD 2-0.

LATER IN THE SECOND, ZACH HYMAN IN A RUSH, AND IT'S 3-0 OILERS.

LAKELAND, AFTER FALLING 3-0 IN THE SERIES, TIES THINGS UP WITH A 5-1 VICTORY.

GAME 7 WILL BE BACK IN FLORIDA THIS UPCOMING MONDAY.

>> Dennis: THAT SERIES GOT INTERESTING IN A HURRY.

>> Miles: THEY COULD BE THE SECOND TEAM IN NHL HISTORY.

THE TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS DID IT IN 1942.

>> Dennis: I DON'T REMEMBER THAT ONE.

THANKS MILES.

>>> THE NORTHWOODS WIND ENSEMBLE IS A COMMUNITY BAND LOCATED IN PILLAGER.

THE BAND WAS FOUNDED LAST YEAR TO HAVE A COMMUNITY BAND BE AVAILABLE YEAR-ROUND IN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA.

OUR REPORTER SAMMY HOLLADAY ATTENDED A BAND REHEARSAL FOR THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS.

>> Reporter: THE NORTHWOODS WIND ENSEMBLE START IN PILLAGER LAST YEAR.

NOW IT HAS GROWN TO 30 MEMBER FROM ALL OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

>> QUITE FEW OF OUR MEMBERS ARE FROM PILLAGER.

IT HELPS THAT WE GUIDE SOME STUDENTS INTO THE ENSEMBLE.

QUITE A FEW STUDENTS COME FROM BRAINERD, WADENA, I PERSONALLY COME ALL THE WAY UP FROM REAMER.

THERE IS ONE GUY THAT COMES FROM GRAND RAPIDS.

>> Reporter: EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THE BAND HAS A DEEP PASSION FOR MUSIC.

SOME MEMBERS PLAY IN MULTIPLE COMMUNITY BANDS AROUND THE AREA.

>> I PLAYED CLARINET FOR 60 YEARS AND NOW THAT I'M RETIRED, I LOOK FOR GROUPS TO PLAY WITH AND THIS SUMMER I AM IN FOUR DIFFERENT MUSICAL GROUPS.

[♪♪♪♪♪] >> Reporter: NOT ONLY DO BAND MEMBERS GET TO CONTINUE THEIR PASSION OF PLAYING AN INSTRUMENT, BUT JOINING COMMUNITY BANDS LIKE THE NORTHWOODS WIND ENSEMBLE GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD FRIENDSHIPS THAT CAN LAST A LIFETIME.

>> FRIENDSHIPS DO LAST A LIFETIME.

I WOULD SAY PROBABLY 80% OF THE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM RIGHT NOW I'VE KNOWN 20 YEARS MAYBE.

SOME ARE YOUNGER AND THEY ARE JUST NEW TO THE GROUP, BUT IN OUR COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, AS YOU GET TO KNOW THE MUSICIAN, IT'S NOT SUCH A VAST AMOUNT OF PEOPLE.

YOU CAN END UP KNOWING THEM ALL AND BUILDING FRIENDSHIPS AND SOMETIMES SOMEBODY FROM THE NEXT TOWN OVER WILL SAY COME PLAY IN THIS GROUP WITH US.

>> Reporter: SOME PEOPLE HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED A LIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCE.

WHAT THEY HOPE TO OFFER IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA, ESPECIALLY SMALLER COMMUNITIES TO HAVE AN EXPERIENCE TO REMEMBER.

>> THEN PILLAGER, WE'RE A TOWN OF 500 PEOPLE, AND THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVEN'T SEEN A BAND IN THEIR LIFE.

SO WE JUST HAVE TO PLAY MUSIC THAT PEOPLE KNOW AND LOVE SO PEOPLE CAN FEEL A NEED OR REASON TO SUPPORT US.

[♪♪♪♪♪] >> Reporter: REPORTING IN PILLAGER WITH THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS, SAMMY HOLLADAY, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE NORTHWOODS WIND ENSEMBLE WILL PERFORM TWO CONCERTS THIS SUMMER ON JUNE 30TH AND AUGUST 11TH AT 2:00 P.M. AT THE PILLAGER C.T.C.

CENTER.

IF YOU OR ANYONE YOU KNOW ARE INTERESTED IN JOINING THE ENSEMBLE A LINK TO THEIR WEBSITE WILL BE PROVIDED WITH THE STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

>>> OKAY, TIME FOR ONE MORE LOOK AT OUR WEATHER, WE GO BACK OVER TO STACY.

>> Stacy: WE WILL SEE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

OTHERWISE, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, LOWS NEAR 57.

TOMORROW, CLOUDY SKIES, A DECENT CHANCE OF SEEING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE AREA, A LITTLE BIT COOLER, HIGHS NEAR 69.

THEN AS WE LOOK AHEAD, WE START TO SEE SOME WARMER TEMPERATURES, MORE SUNSHINE AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK, WE COULD SEE A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

>> Miles: WE'LL LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED AT THE RODEO IN PARK RAPIDS.

>> Dennis: I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US WE'LL SEE YOU BACK ON MONDAY.

GOOD NIGHT.

>> Miles: GOOD NIGHT.

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