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>> Matthew: HEY EVERYONE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

MY NAME IS MATTHEW FREEMAN, FILLING IN FOR DENNIS WEIMANN WITH YOUR LAKELAND NEWS.

>>> HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS OVER THE WEEKEND CAUSED SEVERE FLOODING ACROSS THE MIDWEST, INCLUDING A TOWN IN IOWA WHOSE WATER-LEVEL GAUGE WAS SUBMERGED.

ONE PERSON WAS KILLED IN THE FLOODING IN SOUTH DAKOTA ACCORDING TO THEIR GOVERNOR, KRISTI NOEM.

THE NATIONAL GUARD HAS DECIDED TO PITCH IN THEIR EFFORTS TO HELP AREAS IN MINNESOTA THAT HAVE ALSO BEEN AFFECTED.

REPORTER ROBB COLES HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: WITH STREETS STILL FLOOD IN THE DOWNTOWN, RYAN TRUDGES HIS WAY TO HIS BUSINESS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DAYS.

>> IT WAS EMOTIONAL.

I HAVEN'T ACTUALLY SEEN IT, I SAW PICTURES OF IT.

IT'S ONE THING TO SEE A PICTURE OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND WHEN YOU GO IN THERE AND LOOK.

IT'S A BIT OVERWHELMING.

>> Reporter: HE'S THE OWNER OF THE THEATER.

IT'S THE OLDEST SINGLE SCREEN MOVIE THEATER IN THE STATE, NOW IT'S UNDER WATER.

>> THIS IS OUR BUSY SEASON.

>> Reporter: GOVERNOR WALZ HEARD FROM MANY FRIDAY AFTER HE TOURED THE FLOOD DAMAGE.

HE IS RAISING AWARENESS FOR PEOPLE TO KEEP TRACK OF THEIR REPAIR COSTS.

>> I CAN'T STRESS THIS ENOUGH, WHETHER IT'S A PUBLIC SECTOR THING OR YOUR INDIVIDUAL THINGS, KEEP RECEIPTS FOR EVERYTHING.

>> Reporter: IF THE DAMAGES REACH A CERTAIN COST THRESHOLD, FEDERAL MONEY MAY BECOME AVAILABLE.

VOLUNTEERS, FIRST RESPONDERS, AND MORE CLEAN UP, RESIDENTS ARE FINDING NEW WAYS TO HELP EACH OTHER.

>> SO GREEN STAKES IN THE YARD MEANS YOU NEED A VOLUNTEER HELP TO COME AND CLEAN OUT YOUR BASEMENT OR CLEAN OUT WHATEVER YOU NEED TO, OR CLEAN UP FROM FLOOD DAMAGE.

>> Reporter: TIFFANY BRIGS SAYS A COOKE RESIDENT CAME UP WITH THE IDEA TO HELP PEOPLE OF ALL AGES.

>> WE HAVE A LOT OF OLDER POPULATIONS TOO, THAT MAY NOT BE COMFORTABLE WITH IT.

IT'S AN EASY QUICK VISUAL.

>> Reporter: A COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER TO LEND A HELPING HAND.

IN COOKE, ROBB COLES, NORTHERN NEWS NOW.

>>> WHAT YOU'RE SEEING NOW IS FOOTAGE COLLECTED FROM THE CITY OF MANKATO OF GEYSERS GUSHING INTO THE AIR, FLASH FLOODING, HIGH WATER LEVELS IN THE STREET, ENOUGH TO FLOOD SOME CARS.

THEN IN THE CITY OF RICE, THE HEAVY RAINFALL CAUSED THE NEIGHBORING RIVER TO OVERFLOW, ALONG WITH A DAM IN THE TOWN OF RAPIDAN FAILING AFTER BEING OVERCOME BY THE HEAVY RAIN.

FORECASTERS ARE PREDICTING THE SWOLLEN LITTLE-FORK RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO RISE SENDING MORE WATER INTO COOK, RAISING THE WATER BY A HALF A FOOT.

STACY CHRISTIANSON WILL HAVE MORE DETAILS IN A FEW MINUTES.

>>> A 40-YEAR-OLD MAN FROM PILLAGER, WHO WAS SUSPECTED OF DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE, WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH ON SATURDAY, JUNE 22ND.

THE MORRISON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTS THAT AT AROUND 7:31 A.M. ON SATURDAY.

THEIR OFFICE RECEIVED A REPORT OF A SINGLE MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH INVOLVING A COLLISION WITH A TREE ON DOVE ROAD NEAR 340TH STREET, SOUTH OF PILLAGER IN SCANDIA VALLEY TOWNSHIP.

ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, 40-YEAR-OLD JOSHUA MOON STATED THAT HE SWERVED TO MISS A DEER AND LOST CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE, EVENTUALLY STRIKING A TREE.

MOON WAS TRANSPORTED TO SAINT GABRIEL'S HOSPITAL IN LITTLE FALLS FOR HIS INJURIES, WHERE HE WAS LATER RELEASED.

MOON WAS THEN PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR SUSPICION OF DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE.

>>> THE SEARCH CONTINUES AT THIS HOUR FOR A MISSING GRANDFATHER FROM OTTER TAIL COUNTY.

79-YEAR-OLD ROBERT SHAW HAS NOT BEEN SEEN SINCE SATURDAY MORNING, WHEN HE WENT FOR HIS NORMAL WALK AROUND HIS FARMSTEAD.

REPORTER MATT HENSON HAS MORE DETAILS.

>> A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK.

>> Reporter: THAT DIDN'T STOP JILL MARTIN, WHO CAME FROM PELICAN RAPIDS TO SEARCH FOR A MAN SHE'S NEVER MET.

>> WHEN WE WERE IN THE SWAMP, WE WERE IN FIELDS, IT JUST DEPENDS.

IT'S DENSE AND THICK IN A LOT OF IT.

>> Reporter: THIS IS WHAT ROBERT SHAW'S YARD LOOKED LIKE AT 8:00 THIS MORNING.

CLOSE TO 200 PEOPLE CAME TO HELP.

MANY DID NOT KNOW ROBERT.

MANY TOOK THE DAY OFF FROM WORK.

>> I FEEL LIKE IT'S EVERYONE'S DUTY WHEN SOMEONE IS IN NEED, YOU GIVE A HAND.

>> Reporter: ROBERT SHAW, WHO HAS DEMENTIA, WAS REPORTED MISSING BY HIS WIFE ON SATURDAY MORNING.

HIS FAMILY SAID HE HAD HIS USUAL STRAWBERRY TOAST AND COFFEE AT 7:00 AND WALKED IN THE YARD LIKE HE ALWAYS DOES.

HE NEVER CAME BACK INSIDE FOR THE SECOND CUP, WHICH IS USUALLY AN HOUR LATER.

ROBERT'S FAMILY SAYS THIS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE.

>> THAT'S THE FRUSTRATING PART FOR THE FAMILY AND THOSE SEARCHING, JUST THE UNKNOWN OF WHERE IS HE.

>> A MILE DOWN ONE SIDE.

>> Reporter: OVER THE PAST THREE DAYS, INVESTIGATORS SEARCHED BY LAND, BY BOAT, AND BY AIR, USING PLANES AND DRONES, INCLUDING A.I.

RESOURCES HAVE BEEN BROUGHT IN FROM ALL OVER THE STATE, INCLUDING A SPECIALIZED ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE.

THE SHERIFF BELIEVES THEY HAVE COMPLETELY COVERED A 1 MILE RADIUS AROUND THE FARMSTEAD AND PARTS OF A 6 MILE AREA IN EACH DIRECTION.

THE PLAN AFTER TODAY IS TO REGROUP.

>> AT SOME POINT WE JUST DON'T HAVE AN AREA TO SEARCH.

A PARTICULAR AREA OF PROBABILITY THAT WE'LL SEARCH, SO WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST USE OF THE RESOURCES AND WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO GO AND WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT.

>> Reporter: AS JILL MARTIN EMERGE FROM THE DEEP GRASS, A DESIGNED SEARCH AREA ABOUT 6 MILES AWAY, SHE VOWS TO HELP THE FAMILY OF ROBERT SHAW FIND CLOSURE.

>> IT JUST MAKES YOU WONDER LIKE WHERE.

>> SHAW'S FAMILY SAYS THE SITUATION HAS BEEN VERY EMOTIONAL AND THE HARDEST PART IS TRYING TO GO TO SLEEP, OVERCOME WITH GUILT THAT THEY AREN'T OUT SEARCHING.

>>> A HISTORIC DAY IN AKELEY AS THE AKELEY POST OFFICE WAS RENAMED.

THE BUILDING WAS RENAMED IN HONOR OF NEAL KENNETH TODD, AN AKELEY NATIVE, WHO WAS KILLED IN THE PEARL HARBOR ATTACKS WHILE SERVING IN THE NAVY.

REPORTER SAMMY HOLLADAY HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: DECEMBER 7, 1941, IS A DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY.

OF THE U.S. MEN KILLED DURING THE PEARL HARBOR ATTACKS, 1 WAS NEIL KENNETH TODD OF AKLEY.

THE POST OFFICE WAS RENAMED IN HIS HONOR.

>> WE WILL NEVER FORGET NEIL KENNETH TODD.

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL NEVER FORGET HIM.

THE 404 PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN AKELEY UNDERSTAND THERE IS A HERO AMONGST US AND THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE HEROES AKELEY AND SMALL TOWN AMERICA.

>> MY DAD WHO GREW UP IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA WAS THE NEWSPAPER MAN AND HE LOVED WRITING ABOUT THE HEROES AMONG US, ORDINARY PEOPLE DOING EXTRAORDINARY THINGS.

I CAN'T THINK OF BETTER WORDS TO DESCRIBE NEIL TODD, WHO HAS FELT A DEEP DEVOTION TO HIS COUNTRY AT A YOUNG AGE.

HE WAS PART OF THE GENERATION THAT TOM CALLED THE GREATEST GENERATION ANY SOCIETY HAS EVER PRODUCED.

>> Reporter: TODD'S NIECE SHARED STORIES OF THE DAY HER UNCLE'S REMAINS WERE BROUGHT BACK HOME, THANKS THE COMMUNITY AND EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THE RENAMING OF THE POST OFFICE.

>> OUR FAMILY HAS NEVER FORGOTTEN MY UNCLE NEIL.

WE ALWAYS SAW HIS NAME AND PORTRAIT AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE HIS NAME IN THE POST OFFICE.

ONCE AGAIN, WE THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN.

IT'S AMAZING.

>> Reporter: CONGRESSMAN STAUBER SPONSORED THE LEGISLATION TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE POST OFFICE.

HE BEGAN WORKING TO HONOR HIS LEGACY.

>> FIRST OFF, THERE IS NOT A THING I WON'T DO FOR A VETERAN.

WHEN I HEARD ABOUT NEIL'S STORY AND THE SITUATION AND THEY IDENTIFIED HIS REMAINS, WE WANTED TO BRING HIM HOME A HERO TO OUR GREAT STATE AND TO THE AKELEY AREA WHERE HE IS FROM AND HIS FAMILY IS FROM.

THIS IS A MOVING MOMENT FOR HIS FAMILY AND OUR OFFICERS HAVE TAKEN A SMALL PART OF IT.

WE SHOULD NEVER FORGET.

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

>> ABOUT 980 OF THE U.S.

POSTAL SERVICES' ALMOST 34,000 POST OFFICES HAVE BEEN RENAMED SINCE CONGRESS BEGAN THE PRACTICE IN 1967.

>>> PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ARE FINE TUNING THEIR STRATEGIES FOR THE FIRST DEBATE OF THE CAMPAIGN THIS THURSDAY.

THE TWO MEN SHARE A SIMILAR GOAL TO PORTRAY THEIR OPPONENT AS UNFIT FOR OFFICE.

CNN'S M.J. LEE HAS THE LATEST ON PRESIDENT BIDEN'S DEBATE PREPS.

>> EVEN KNOWS HE IS A LIAR.

>> YOU'RE THE LIAR.

>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE -- >> YOU WERE LAST IN YOUR CLASS.

>> Reporter: FOUR YEARS AFTER THIS CONTENTIOUS DEBATE BETWEEN JOE BIDEN AND DONALD TRUMP, FEATURING A TORRENT OF INSULTS, NAME CALLING, AND INTERRUPTIONS.

>> WHY WON'T YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION?

>> THE QUESTION IS -- >> WOULD YOU SHUT UP MAN?

>> Reporter: PRESIDENT BIDEN IS PREPARING TO FACE OFF AGAINST HIS UNPREDICTABLE PREDECESSOR ON THE DEBATE STAGE.

CNN LEARNED THAT BIDEN IS PREPARING FOR WHATEVER VERSION OF DONALD TRUMP MIGHT SHOW UP THURSDAY NIGHT, INCLUDING A DISCIPLINED DONALD TRUMP, RECREATING THE EXPERIENCE OF GOING UP AGAINST TRUMP A KEY FEATURE OF THE MOCK DEBATES.

>> YOU WANT TO FIND SOME BALANCE BETWEEN RECREATING THE EXPERIENCE AND NOT ATTEMPTING TO AUDITION FOR SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE.

>> Reporter: TEAMMATES INSISTING THAT REGARDLESS WHETHER THE EX-PRESIDENT IS UNHINGED OR MORE DEMURE ON THURSDAY, THERE IS NO ALTERING HIS RECORD.

>> PEOPLE ARE GOING TO KNOW HE IS A TWICE IMPEACHED CONVICTED FELON THAT HAS FOUND TO SEXUALLY ABUSED SOMEBODY AND GONE BANKRUPT SIX TIMES.

>> Reporter: AHEAD OF THE DEBATE, BIDEN HUNKERING DOWN WITH HIS TOP AIDES AT CAMP DAVID, LOOKING AT TWO DIFFERENT VISIONS ON A WHOLE HOST OF ISSUES, THE ECONOMY AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS.

>> YOU KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF HE GETS ANOTHER FOUR YEARS.

IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING.

>> Reporter: DEMOCRATS SEIZING ON THE TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE SUPREME COURT'S OVERTURNING OF ROE V. WADE AND PLACING BLAME AT TRUMP'S FEET.

A CAMPAIGN AD FEATURING TESTIMONIALS FROM ONE WOMAN SAYING SHE WAS TURNED AWAY FROM TWO EMERGENCY ROOMS BECAUSE OF A MISCARRIAGE.

>> HE CANNOT BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS CRIMINAL ACTIONS BUT HE WILL LET WOMEN AND DOCTORS BE PUNISHED.

>> Reporter: KAMALA HARRIS AND MANY TOP DEMOCRATS BLANKETING THE COUNTRY TODAY.

>> IN THE CASE OF THE STEALING OF REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FROM THE WOMEN OF AMERICA, DONALD TRUMP IS GUILTY.

>> THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE WILL BE LIVE THIS THURSDAY ON CNN AT 8:00 P.M. >> STILL TO COME ON LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

>> Stacy: SEVERE WEATHER IS MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT.

I'LL HAVE THE LATEST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> A LOCAL COFFEE SHOP LOCATED IN PARK RAPIDS HAS MOVED LOCATIONS AND IS NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS.

THAT STORY IS >> 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, LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

[♪♪♪♪♪] >>> TRIBAL LEADERS AND ELDERS WELCOMED THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF THE LEECH LAKE BAND OF OJIBWE AND OTHER INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AT THE 6TH ANNUAL WELCOME BABIES CELEBRATION LAST WEEK.

FIRST HELD IN 2018, THE CEREMONY WELCOMES INFANTS AND NEW FAMILIES INTO THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES RELATED TO MATERNAL HEALTH AND EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT.

THE EVENT OFFERS A PLATFORM TO SHARE ANISHINAABE PRINCIPLES, TRADITIONS AND STORIES.

ROUGHLY 300 RESIDENTS SHOWED UP TO THE EVENT TO WELCOME THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF THE TRIBE.

>>> 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.

>>> WELL STACY, THIS MORNING SEEMED PRETTY NICE BUT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE GETTING NASTY WEATHER NOW.

>> Stacy: WE HAVE SEEN SOME STRONG AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA AND WE HAVE WARNINGS FOR BELTRAMI AND >> 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: THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FIRED UP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND WE HAVE SEVERE WEATHER OUT THERE TONIGHT.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE QUIETER WEATHER IS IN STORE STARTING TOMORROW.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 77.

AT THE AIRPORT, WE HAVE A VARIABLE WIND AT 7 MILES PER HOUR, AND OUR DEW POINT IS AT 68.

IN BRAINERD, PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, 77 FOR THE CURRENT TEMPERATURE, DEW POINT IS 68, AND WINDS ARE SOUTHEAST AT 3 MILES PER HOUR.

NOW WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS TO TALK ABOUT.

WE DO HAVE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS OUT FOR NORTHEAST HUBBARD AND SOUTHEAST BELTRAMI COUNTY AND SOUTHEAST KOOCHICHING AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES UNTIL 10:30 A.M. WITH 60 MILES PER HOUR WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE.

WE HAVE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH-CENTRAL CASS COUNTY UNTIL 11:00 P.M., WITH A QUARTER SIZED HAIL POSSIBLE.

WE HAVE A LOOK AT THE WATCHES, THE MAIN ONE YOU SEE IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, BUT ANOTHER HAD JUST BEEN ISSUED FOR EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND DOES INCLUDE MILLE LACS COUNTY AND THAT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4:00 A.M.

TOMORROW.

WE HAVE SEEN SEVERE WEATHER IN THE AREA.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PICTURES OF THE HAIL THAT FELL IN RED LAKE OR NEAR RED LAKE.

WE HAVE LARGE HAIL SOUTH OF RED LAKE AND OTHER VARIOUS SIZES OF HAIL FROM BRANDON IN RED LAKE.

ON THE RADAR, WE CAN SEE A VERY STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAS BEEN MAKING ITS WAY ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

WE CONTINUE TO HAVE SEVERE WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT THREAT, AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA AND THEN FIRING UP IN THE EAST-CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE FOR LATER ON TONIGHT.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW, IT IS MAINLY QUIET.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM.

IT WILL START AROUND LAKE OF THE WOODS TOMORROW AFTERNOON, BUT THEN COULD IMPACT PARTS OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA BY TOMORROW EVENING AND TOMORROW NIGHT.

A LOT OF WEATHER SHOTS SENT IN BY OUR EAGLE EYES, AND A LOT OF STORM CLOUD PICTURES AS YOU CAN SEE THERE ON THE FIRST SLIDE.

WE HAD SOME PRETTY SCENERY, AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THOSE PHOTOS AS WELL.

YOU CAN HEAD OVER TO OUR LAKELAND NEWS EAGLE EYES GROUP ON FACEBOOK AND TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE PHOTOS.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORT, ARLENE REPORTING 80 DEGREES THIS EVENING.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, A FEW SHORT SHOWERS TODAY.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN TODAY.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, PARTLY CLOUDY AND 82.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES.

SANDY IN BLACKDUCK REPORTING RAIN, THUNDER, AND LIGHTNING AND WINDY CONDITIONS TONIGHT.

83 WAS THE HIGH TODAY IN BRAINERD, WE HAD A LOW OF 56.

IN BEMIDJI, WE TOPPED OUT AT 83 AS WELL, OUR LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 52.

HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW.

A LOT QUIETER, A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AROUND THE LAKE OF THE WOODS.

OTHERWISE, MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID-70s TO LOW 80s IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, WITH LOW TO MID-80s IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE, BUT EXPECT TO SEE A LOT OF SUNSHINE, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT ON THE BREEZY SIDE.

CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT, WE HAVE A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EASTERN MINNESOTA AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, LOWS NEAR 60.

FOR TOMORROW, SUNNY SKIES, A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON SHOWERS AROUND LAKE OF THE WOODS, WEST WINDS AT 10 TO 25.

LOOKING AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, STILL LOOKING AT SUNNY SKIES ON WEDNESDAY, BUT WE COULD BE SEEING A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE WEEK.

WE DO HAVE COOLER TEMPERATURES AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, WITH HIGHS NEAR 67 ON SATURDAY.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Matthew: THANK YOU SO MUCH STACY.

CHARLIE YAEGER IS STILL OUT, BUT WE HAVE MILES WALKER WITH US WHO HAS NEWS ON THE TIMBERWOLVES.

>> Miles: YES, THEY TOOK CARE OF THEMSELVES, LOCKI >> 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.

[♪♪♪♪♪] >>> AND MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES HEAD COACH CHRIS FINCH IS OFFICIALLY LOCKED IN UP NORTH FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE AS THE COACH AGREED TO A FOUR-YEAR CONTRACT EXTENSION THAT WILL TAKE HIM THROUGH THE 2027-2028 SEASON.

FINCH IS FRESH OFF LEADING THE T-WOLVES TO THREE CONSECUTIVE PLAYOFF APPEARANCES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS AND HELPED ACCELERATE 2020 NUMBER ONE OVERALL PICK ANTHONY EDWARDS GROWTH INTO ONE OF THE LEAGUE'S MOST PRODIGIOUS TALENTS, WHILE ALSO BUILDING MINNESOTA'S LEAGUE-LEADING DEFENSIVE EFFICIENCY, RANKING SECOND IN RIM PROTECTION AND SECOND IN POINT POINTS ALLOWED PER GAME THIS SEASON.

FINCH WAS ALSO A TOP THREE FINALIST FOR NBA COACH OF THE YEAR THIS YEAR.

FINCH HAS GONE 160 AND 127 IN HIS FOUR SEASONS AS HEAD COACH INCLUDING A 56-26 RECORD EN ROUTE TO THE TEAM'S FIRST WESTERN CONFERENCE APPEARANCE SINCE 2004.

>>> BEMIDJI SPEEDWAY HELD ITS ANNUAL MEET THE DRIVERS NIGHT THIS PAST SUNDAY, AS KIDS AGES 12 AND UNDER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO DOWN ON THE TRACK, CONVERSATE WITH THE MEN BEHIND THE WHEEL, AND EVEN PICK UP AUTOGRAPHED PHOTOS, TOYS, AND TREATS.

A TOTAL OF 83 CARS FEATURING BEMIDJI MINI STOCKS, WISSOTA PURE STOCKS, SUPER STOCKS, HORNETS, MIDWEST MODIFIEDS, MOD FOURS, AND MODIFIED WERE ON HAND FOR THE SPECIAL NIGHT.

THE BEMIDJI COMMUNITY GOT TO ENJOY THE SPECIAL EVENTS.

TAKING A LOOK AT THE RESULTS AND IT WAS THE NIGHT OF THE FIRST TIME WINNER AT THE SPEEDWAY.

15-YEAR-OLD CODY BUSH WON THE MINI STOCKS, DERYK WELESKI FOR WISSOTA PURE STOCK, DEXTON KOCH IN THE SUPER STOCK, MEGAN VERNLUND'S HORNET GOT THE W, KALIN HONER FOR MIDWEST MODS, JEFFREY MARTHALER IN THE MOD FOURS, WITH JOSH BEAULIEU ROUNDING THINGS OUT IN THE MODIFIEDS.

NEXT FOR THE SPEEDWAY WILL BE BEMIDJI RACE NIGHT THIS UPCOMING SUNDAY.

>>> AND THE 2024 STANLEY CUP FINALS HAS BEEN ABOUT THE RUN AS THE FLORIDA PANTHERS JUMPED OUT TO A 3-0 LEAD, OUTSCORING EDMONTON 11-4.

WHAT WILL BE THE STORY TONIGHT?

THE PANTHERS HOSTING THE OILS IN A WINNER TAKES ALL.

FIRST PERIOD, FLORIDA ON THE PUSH, CARTER THERE FOR THE CLEAN UP, PANTHERS TAKE A 1-0 LEAD.

LATER IN THE FIRST, ON THE BREAK AWAY, EQUALIZER, WE HAVE OURSELVES A 1-1 GAME.

LATER IN THE SECOND PERIOD, SAM GETS THE PASS AND HIS MOMENT AS THE PANTHERS CLOSE THINGS OUT IN 2-1 FASHION OVER THE OILERS, COLLECTING THEIR FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP IN FRANCHISE HISTORY.

>>> AND IN THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES, IT'S BEEN A BACK AND FORTH AFFAIR THUS FAR AFTER TEXAS A&M LED THE FIRST BLOW, NUMBER ONE TENNESSEE ANSWERED BACK, AS THE TWO SCHOOLS PLAYED TUG OF WAR FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE FIRST CHAMPIONSHIPS.

FIRST INNING, CHRISTIAN LEADING OFF AND TEEING OFF.

34th BLAST OF THE YEAR FOR THE ALL AMERICAN, THEY TAKE A 1-0 LEAD.

TOP OF THE THIRD, MAN ON THIRD AND TRAVIS SCORES AND AGGIES ARE NOT ING THINGS UP AT 1-1.

THEN 3-1 VOLUNTEERS, 1-OFF FOR DYLAN, 24th OF THE YEAR, TENNESSEE TAKES A 5-1 LEAD, AND THE VOLUNTEERS GO ON TO WIN THEIR FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP IN SCHOOL HISTORY, TAKING DOWN THE AGGIES IN A 6-5 VICTORY.

>> Matthew: I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE STANLEY CUP.

I'M A LIGHTNING FAN MYSELF BUT IT'S GOOD TO SEE A FLORIDA TEAM WIN.

>> Miles: THEY FINALLY GOT ON THE BOARD.

GOING UP 3-0 TO ALMOST A COMEBACK.

>> Matthew: IT WAS A GOOD GAME.

THANK YOU MILES.

>>> A LOCAL COFFEE SHOP IN PARK RAPIDS HAS PACKED UP AND MOVED TO A NEW LOCATION.

OUR BUSINESS REPORTER SYDNEY DICK MADE THE TRIP TO ESPRESSO 34.

>> Reporter: A DRIVE THRU COFFEE SHOP OFF HIGHWAY 34, WHICH IS WHAT THE SHOP IS NAMED FOR.

THE ORIGINAL LOCATION OPENED IN 2011, BUT HAS BEEN THROUGH SOME MAJOR CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE PAST FEW YEARS.

>> SO WE PICKED UP FROM OUR OLD LOCATION AND WE MOVED IN 2021.

SO WE WERE CLOSED FOR A YEAR, ALMOST EXACTLY TO THE DAY AND WE REOPENED.

>> Reporter: THE COMPANY DID NOT EXPECT TO BE CLOSED DOWN FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR BUT THE PAPERWORK AND LEGAL ASPECTS OF OPENING THE NEW LOCATION WAS A PRETTY MAJOR DEAL.

THEY PICKED UP THE ENTIRE BUILDING AND DROVE IT DOWN THE ROAD TO THE NEW PLOT, RENOVATING THE INSIDE OF THE SHOP AND THE LAND AROUND.

>> WE DIDN'T HAVE PERFECT HIGHWAY ACCESS.

WE REALLY LIKE THIS LOCATION SO WE'RE HAPPY TO BE HERE.

>> Reporter: WITH PLENTY OF HIGHWAY AND FOOT TRAFFIC, ESPRESSO 34 HAS SEEN A LOT OF SUCCESS IN THEIR FIRST FEW MONTHS.

THEY'RE A LOCAL FAVORITE, ESPECIALLY SINCE THEY SELL A COFFEE THAT IS BREWED IN WASHINGTON AND SHIPPED TO CAFES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

THEY ARE THE ONLY PLACE WITHIN 2,000 MILES THAT SELLS IT AROUND HERE.

ALONG WITH THE SPECIAL COFFEE, THEY BOAST A FULL MENU.

THE CUSTOMERS ARE ALSO KNOWN FOR BEING GREAT.

>> I LOVE IT, IT'S SO MUCH FUN.

I MEET SUCH GOOD PEOPLE AND THE STAFF IS AMAZING.

>> Reporter: REPORTING FROM PARK RAPIDS WITH THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, I'M SYDNEY DICK.

>> Matthew: THEY ARE BACK TO THEIR REGULAR SCHEDULE, WHICH CAN BE FOUND ON THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE.

NOW LET'S GO TO STACY WITH MORE ON WEATHER.

>> Stacy: ITASCA COUNTY HAS A WARNING UNTIL 10:30, NORTH-CENTRAL CASS COUNTY UNTIL 11:00.

WE STILL HAVE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES IN EFFECT, THIS ONE UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 4:00 A.M.

TOMORROW, SO AGAIN THAT ACTIVE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING.

>> Miles: AND A SHOUT-OUT IN THE SOCCER WORLD AS THEY BEGIN THEIR COPA RUN, GOT THE W OVER BOLIVIA IN A 2-1 FASHION.

THEY WILL HAVE THEIR NEXT GAME AGAINST CANADA.

>> Matthew: CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING AND WE'LL BE BACK TOMORROW WITH MORE.

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