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>> 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.

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

>>> A MISSING ITASCA COUNTY WOMAN WAS FOUND SAFE NEAR BACKUS ON SATURDAY.

REPORTER MATT HENSON HAS ALL THE DETAILS ON HER HEROIC RESCUE.

>> Reporter: I HAVE NEVER MAPPED THAT TRAIL IN MY LIFE EVER.

THEY HAVE BEEN RIDING THROUGH THE WOODED AREA EAST OF PARK RAPIDS FOR THE LAST DECADE.

NORMALLY THEY RIDE THEIR OWN MACHINE AND STICK TO THE SAME TRAILS BUT THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON WAS DIFFERENT.

>> WE CHANGED EVERYTHING HOW WE DO EVERYTHING FOR SOME REASON AND IT HAD TO BE GOD, IT HAD TO BE.

>> Reporter: THIS IS A VIDEO THEY TOOK AS THEY ENTERED THE TRAIL.

THE TRAIL WASN'T THEIR FIRST CHOICE, BUT THEY WERE RUNNING LOW ON GAS SO THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A SHORTCUT.

ABOUT THREE-QUARTERS OF A MILE DOWN THE TRAIL, IT'S A SIGHT BOTH MEN SAID THEY WILL NEVER FORGET, A VAN STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRAIL.

>> WE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A BODY IN THE PUDDLE NEXT TO THE VAN.

>> Reporter: SINCE THE MEN THOUGHT IT WAS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO GET A VAN DOWN THAT TRAIL, THEY THOUGHT IT MAY HAVE BEEN AN AMBUSH OR CRIME SCENE.

>> SHE UTTERED HELPED ME.

THAT'S WHEN WE TRANSITIONED OUR FORMER THOUGHTS TO THIS IS A RESCUE MISSION.

>> Reporter: THE MEN LIFTED CATHERINE OUT OF THE MUD PUDDLE AND CALLED 9-1-1.

THEY SAID THAT CATHERINE WAS SERIOUSLY SUNBURNED ON HER FACE AND HAD BEEN STUCK ON HER BACK SINCE WEDNESDAY, WAITING FOR HELP.

>> SHE WAS STUCK AND SHE WAS TRYING TO GET OUT AND SHE WENT AROUND THE OTHER SIDE AND THE PUDDLE WAS 2 FOOT DEEP PROBABLY AND SHE SLIPPED AND FELL IN IT.

SHE SAID IT WAS LIKE QUICK SAND.

>> Reporter: POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING HOW SHE WOUNDED UP ON THE REMOTE TRAIL 100 MILES FROM HOME.

IN THEIR MISSING PERSONS POSTER, THEY HAD MEDICAL CONCERNS FOR CATHERINE.

MIKE AND ADAM KNEW WHY THEY TOOK THE TRAIL THEY DID THAT DAY.

>> WE SAW HER SAFELY LEAVING AND WE JUST WERE LIKE WOW, THAT'S A REAL DIVINE MOMENT.

>> Dennis: MIKE AND ADAM WANT TO PRAISE THE TEAM EFFORT RESPONSE THAT DAY, FROM THE 911 OPERATOR, TO THE RESPONDERS WHO RUSHED TO THE LOCATION, AND HOW FAST THEY WORKED TO GET KATHRYN TO THE HOSPITAL.

THEY SAID ALTOGETHER, IT TOOK ABOUT AN HOUR.

>>> A SHOOTING IN FOSSTON THIS AFTERNOON SERIOUSLY INJURED A MAN.

ACCORDING TO THE FOSSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, 22-YEAR-OLD CORY BURNETTE JUNIOR IS SUSPECTED IN THE SHOOTING AND WAS ARRESTED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

NO ONE ELSE WAS INJURED DURING THE INCIDENT.

INVESTIGATORS DO NOT BELIEVE THERE IS ANY ONGOING DANGER TO THE PUBLIC.

THE VICTIM HAS BEEN AIRLIFTED TO A FARGO HOSPITAL AND HIS CONDITION IS UNKNOWN.

THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND 3:20 P.M.

AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX ON THE 300 BLOCK OF MARK AVENUE IN FOSSTON.

BURNETTE JUNIOR HAS BEEN BOOKED INTO THE NORTHWEST REGIONAL CORRECTIONAL CENTER IN CROOKSTON ON PROBABLE CAUSE SECOND DEGREE ASSAULT AND DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM.

FORMAL CHARGES ARE PENDING.

>>> AN 18-YEAR-OLD ITASCA COUNTY MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH FOUR FELONIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHOOTING OF AN ITASCA COUNTY DEPUTY ON MAY 4TH.

ELIAS ALEXANDER HARPER OF MAX WAS CHARGED ON FRIDAY WITH ASSAULT-FIRST DEGREE-GREAT BODILY HARM AGAINST PEACE OFFICER.

ASSAULT-SECOND DEGREE-DANGEROUS WEAPON.

OBSTRUCT LEGAL PROCESS-INTERFERE WITH PEACE OFFICER.

AND ATTEMPTING TO DISARM A PEACE OFFICER.

ACCORDING TO THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT IN THE CASE, HARPER WAS WANTED FOR NOT APPEARING FOR PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED COURT HEARING.

WHEN DEPUTIES MICHAEL COWAN AND NICHOLAS O'TOOLE TRIED TO EXECUTE AN ARREST WARRANT FOR HARPER HE RESISTED ARREST AND WRESTLED TO THE GROUND WITH DEPUTY COWAN AND WHILE ON THE GROUND HARPER PULLED THE TRIGGER ON COWANS HANDGUN WHILE IT WAS STILL HOLSTERED.

THE BULLET WENT THROUGH COWANS LEG.

DEPUTY O'TOOLE THEN WAS ABLE TO GET HARPER IN HANDCUFFS AFTER USING A TASER ON HIM.

O'TOOLE PROVIDED A TOURNIQUET TO COWANS LEG AND HE WAS LATER AIRLIFTED TO A DULUTH HOSPITAL WHERE HE SURVIVED THE GUNSHOT WOUND.

THE MINNESOTA B.C.A.

LATER FOUND HARPER'S D.N.A.

ON THE GRIP OF COWANS GUN.

>>> FIRE INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE A CHAINSAW STARTED A MAJOR WILDFIRE NEAR ELY LAST WEEK.

ACCORDING TO INFORMATION RELEASED BY THE U.S.

FOREST SERVICE, A MINNESOTA D.N.R.-STATE FIRE INVESTIGATOR HAS DETERMINED THAT THE BIRCH BAY FIRE LIKELY ORIGINATED DURING CHAINSAW OPERATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH FUELS REDUCTION AND PRESCRIBED FIRE PREPARATION WORK BEING CONDUCTED BY U.S.

FOREST SERVICE PERSONNEL.

THAT FIRE BURNED AROUND 35 ACRES AND HAS NOW BEEN DECLARED 100-PERCENT CONTAINED.

MEANWHILE, LIGHTNING HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO HAVE CAUSED THREE SMALLER WILDFIRES OVER THE WEEKEND IN THE BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA WILDERNESS.

THE TIGER FIRE IS LOCATED ABOUT 22 MILES EAST OF CRANE LAKE AND IS ABOUT ONE ACRE IN SIZE.

THE LOON FIRE IS ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF CRANE LAKE AND ABOUT TEN ACRES IN SIZE.

AND THE BUCK FIRE IS JUST A QUARTER MILE IN SIZE AND IS LOCATED ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH OF TOWER.

FIRE FIGHTERS ARE UTILILZING WATER DROPS FROM THE AIR FOR ALL THREE FIRES.

>>> THE RED LAKE NATION HAS POSTED A LENGTHY MESSAGE ON ITS FACEBOOK PAGE REGARDING THE CONFISCATION OF AN AIRPLANE THAT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON RED LAKE NATION LAND.

LAST WEEK DARRIN SMEDSMOE OF ROSEAU GOT HIS PLANE BACK FROM THE TRIBE AND WAS TOLD THERE WOULD BE NO CHARGES FROM RED LAKE NATION.

WE ARE POSTING THE ENTIRE STATEMENT ALONG WITH THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

THE STATEMENT SAYS AMONG OTHER THINGS THAT.

IT IS CUSTOMARY TO NOT COMMENT ON INVESTIGATIONS WHILE THEY ARE ON GOING.

THAT SMEDSMOE WAS TRESPASSING ON RED LAKE NATION LAND BUT THEY DECLINED TO PRESS CHARGES AGAINST HIM.

AND THE STATEMENT SAYS THAT THERE IS NO TRUTH TO THE BELIEF THAT THE REASON THEY RETURNED THE PLANE AND DID NOT CHARGE SMEDSMO IS BECAUSE THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION THREATENED TO BRING LEGAL ACTION AGAINST RED LAKE NATION.

AGAIN THAT ENTIRE STATEMENT CAN BE FOUND ALONG WITH THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

>>> BEMIDJI MAYOR JORGE PRINCE WILL RECEIVE A NATIONWIDE AWARD FOR HIS LEADERSHIP DURING LAST SUMMER SEVERE WINDSTORM THAT DEVASTATED BEMIDJI AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

THE HURRICANE-FORCE 120 MPH WINDS CAUSED $10-MILLION IN DAMAGE TO CITY-OWNED BUILDINGS ALONE AND DESTROYED AN ESTIMATED NINE MILLION TREES.

PRINCE WILL BE GIVEN THE TOMMY LONGO DISASTER LEADERSHIP AWARD AT THE JUNE 15 BEMIDJI CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

THE AWARD WAS CREATED BY THE NON-PROFIT LEADERSLINK TO HONOR CITY AND COUNTY OFFICIALS WHO LEAD THEIR COMMUNITIES WELL THROUGH A MAJOR DISASTER.

PRINCE WILL BE THE FOURTH RECIPIENT TO BE HONORED.

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

>> Stacy: A PART OF OUR VIEWING AREA IS UNDER AN AIR QUALITY ALERT FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND WE COULD SEE SOME SEVERE WEATHER STARTING LATE TOMORROW AND THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

I'LL HAVE THE DETAILS IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK WITH THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, A JUNK REMOVAL BUSINESS WON [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪] >>> THE MINNESOTA LIONS HEARING FOUNDATION HELD ITS 6TH ANNUAL WALK TO D-FEET HEARING LOSS IN BEMIDJI OVER THE WEEKEND, WHERE THE COMMUNITY BANDS TOGETHER TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR HEARING LOSS, WHILE ALSO RAISING FUNDS FOR RESEARCH AND HEARING-RELATED EDUCATION.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK HAS MORE FROM THIS YEAR'S EVENT.

OH, METRO -- >> Reporter: NEARLY 20% OF THE GLOBAL POPULATION IS AFFECTED BY SOME DEGREE OF HEARING LOSS ACCORDING TO THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION.

THEY RAISE MONEY AND AWARENESS FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY HEARING LOSS LOCALLY.

THE WALK WAS AROUND 3 MILES IN TOTAL, STARTING FROM DIAMOND POINT PARK AND GOING DOWN TO POLLEN BABE AND BACK.

OVERALL, THROUGH REGISTRATION, DONATIONS, AND SPONSORSHIPS, THIS YEAR'S WALK RAISED OVER $8,000.

>> IT'S FOR RESEARCH, FOR THE TEMPORAL BONE LAB, WHICH IS FOR RESEARCH FOR THE MIDDLE AND INNER EAR TO TRAIN SURGEONS, DOCTORS, THINGS LIKE THAT ON COCHLEAR IMPLANTS, HEARING AIDS, THAT KIND OF THING.

THEY ALSO WORK WITH LANGUAGE, VOICE.

>> Reporter: WHETHER A PART OF THE FIRST CITY LIONS, PEOPLE JUST TAKING TIME OUT OF THEIR DAY TO RAISE AWARENESS, EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THE EVENT HAD THEIR OWN MOTIVATION TO GET INVOLVED IN THE WALK.

>> MY DRIVE AND PASSION IS BECAUSE OF MY GRANDDAUGHTER.

THAT'S WHY I FEEL SO DRIVEN TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THE D-FEET WALK AND BE A PART OF THE MINNESOTA HEARING FOUNDATION.

SHE WAS FITTED WITH A COCHLEAR IMPLANT AT 16 MONTHS OLD AND TOMORROW SHE WILL BE 4.

HEARING IS THE CENTER OF EVERYBODY'S WORLD.

>> EVERYBODY THAT DEALS WITH HEARING LOSS HAS THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL STORY.

FOR ME AND MY FAMILY, WE HAD TWO SONS, HAVE TWO SONS THAT SUFFERED SEVERE TO PROFOUND HEARING LOSS.

SO AS PARENTS, WE HAD TO NAVIGATE THIS.

THIS IS WHERE YOU BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER PEOPLE WHO PLAY BE WALKING A SIMILAR PATH AND I CAN TELL YOU FOR AMANDA AND I AS WE DID THAT WITH OUR OWN YOUNG FAMILY, WE EXPERIENCED EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANT, THE VALUE OF COMMUNITY.

SO WHEN YOU HIT A TOUGH SPOT IN YOUR JOURNEY, THERE WAS SOMEBODY WHO HAD ALREADY WALKED IT THAT YOU COULD CONNECT WITH.

SO THAT'S THE VALUE OF TODAY.

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

>> THE WALK HAPPENS ONCE A YEAR, BUT THE HEARING FOUNDATION ACCEPTS DONATIONS YEAR-ROUND.

THE LINK FOR WHERE TO DONATE CAN BE FOUND ALONG WITH THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

>>> 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.

THERE THEY A -- ARE.

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 IS HERE NOW.

>> Stacy: WE DID SEE A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN, ESPECIALLY EARLY ON TODAY.

IT'S BEEN FAIRLY DRY, IT'S GOING TO BE DRY TOMORROW AND HOT.

WE DO HAVE AN AIR QUALITY ALERT OUT FOR A PART OF OUR VIEWING AREA.

SO I'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT AND MORE ON THE POTENTIAL FOR [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, WE DID SEE A BIT OF MUCH NEEDED RAIN, ESPECIALLY EARLY ON TODAY AND WE COULD SEE A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS YET OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

OVERALL, IT LOOKS DRY TOMORROW.

IT WILL BE A HOT AND HUMID DAY OUT THERE.

WE HAVE AN AIR QUALITY ALERT OUT FOR A PART OF OUR VIEWING AREA.

AS WE HEAD INTO LATE TOMORROW AND WEDNESDAY, WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEEING SOME SEVERE WEATHER IN OUR AREA.

MORE ON THAT IN A SECOND.

HERE ARE THE CURRENT CONDITIONS.

IT'S 74 AT THE AIRPORT IN BEMIDJI TONIGHT, THE WINDS ARE CALM AT THE STUDIO.

WE PICKED UP 0.12-INCH OF RAINFALL.

IN BRAINERD, 74 WITH A DEW POINT OF 67 AND LIGHT SOUTHEAST WIND.

AN AIR QUALITY ALERT IS OUT FOR A PART OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM NOON UNTIL 9:00 P.M.

ON TUESDAY, THAT IS TOMORROW.

WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING THE AIR QUALITY INDEX EXPECTED TO BE IN THE ORANGE CATEGORY, MEANING THE AIR WILL BE UNHEALTHY FOR PEOPLE IN SENSITIVE GROUPS.

ON OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE, A LITTLE BIT OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FIRING UP IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, STILL COULD SEE A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, OTHERWISE IT LOOKS QUIET.

AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW, OVERALL DURING THE DAY, IT'S PRETTY QUIET.

AGAIN, WE HAVE THE AIR QUALITY ALERT.

AS WE HEAD INTO THE LATE TOMORROW AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING, WE DO HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER, LEVEL 3 OUT OF 5 IN PARTS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA, OTHER PARTS OF OUR VIEWING AREA, THAT 2 OUT OF 5, AND IT LOOKS LIKE ALL SEVERE WEATHER THREATS ARE POSSIBLE AS THE STORMS MOVE IN LATE TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU, WE HAD MUCH NEEDED RAIN IN JENKINS FROM RALPH.

ARLENE SPOTTING A MONARCH BUTTERFLY IN MENAHGA.

WE HAVE THE FLOWERS FROM GARY.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF LOONS IN BEMIDJI.

WE HAVE GORGEOUS SKIES FROM ANGELA AT CASS LAKE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, RALPH IN JENKINS, 68 THIS MORNING.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, 0.3-INCH OF RAIN.

CHRISSY REPORTING 0.25-INCH OF RAINFALL.

STEPHANIE, SOME DISTANT CLOUDS THIS EVENING.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, A FEW SPRINKLES, WITH A HIGH OF 83.

ON OUR ALMANAC, 81 WAS THE HIGH IN BRAINERD.

OUR AVERAGE IS 75, 68 WAS THE LOW, SUNSET AT 9:07.

BEMIDJI TOPPING OUT AT 82, SO WE'RE NEARLY 10 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE, 67 FOR THE LOW, 9:15 THE SUNSET.

SO LOOKING AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, MAYBE A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS OUT THERE IN THE MORNING, BUT OVERALL, IT LOOKS QUIET.

WE WILL BE SEEING VARIABLE CLOUDS THROUGH THE MORNING, SKYING BECOMING PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE AFTERNOON, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE HOT WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80s ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA, CLOSE TO 90 IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, VARIABLE CLOUDS WITH SOME SHOWERS HERE AND THERE, LOWS NEAR 61.

TOMORROW, VARIABLE CLOUDS IN THE MORNING, BECOMING PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE AFTERNOON, WITH HIGHS NEAR 88.

LOOKING AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE IN LATE TOMORROW AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND EVEN INTO THURSDAY.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER WITH THE PASSAGE OF THAT SYSTEM AND HIGHS LATE THIS WEEK AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND SHOULD BE IN THE UPPER 60s TO LOW 70s.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: THANKS STACY.

CHARLIE IS HERE WITH OUR SPORTS.

>> Charlie: WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF GOLF COMING UP TOMORROW.

SO WE TALKED TO A COUPLE OF THE GOLFERS THAT WILL BE THERE AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

WE HAVE >> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪] >>> PARK RAPIDS GOLFER NATALIE MARTIN ALWAYS SEEMS TO FIND HERSELF IN THE SPOTLIGHT, AND FOR GOOD REASON.

THE 8TH GRADER HAS BEEN STUFFING HER TROPHY CASE SINCE SHE STARTED GRADE SCHOOL, AND LAST WEEK SHE ADDED ANOTHER MEDAL, THE SECTION 8-2A INDIVIDUAL TITLE.

NOW, HER FOCUS SHIFTS TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT, AND A STAGE SHE FEELS RIGHT AT HOME ON.

>> Reporter: THE BIG STAGE IS NOTHING NEW FOR NATALIE MARTIN.

>> I STARTED GOLFING WHEN I WAS 4, FIRST TOURNAMENT WAS WHEN I WAS 7.

>> Reporter: YOU CAN ALMOST SAY SHE IS COMFORTABLE THERE.

>> I DON'T REALLY GET NERVOUS IN A WAY.

IT'S JUST GOLF AND I'M JUST PLAYING FOR FUN.

>> Reporter: THE PARK RAPIDS NATIVE HAS TWICE WON THE MIDWEST DRIVE CHIP AND PUCK REGIONAL AND PARTICIPATED IN THE FINALS ON GOLF'S BIGGEST STAGE AUGUSTA NATIONAL.

>> SHE HAS WON MULTIPLE GOLF TOURNAMENTS AGAINST GIRLS HER AGE AND OLDER, QUALIFIED FOR STATE LAST YEAR, AND THIS SEASON, MARTIN TOOK HOME THE INDIVIDUAL SECTION TITLE.

>> INCREDIBLE FEAT TO ACCOMPLISH, ESPECIALLY AT EIGHTH GRADE.

SHE IS NOT SCARED OF PLAYING WITH THE OLDER PLAYERS.

SHE HAS BEEN IN SIMILAR MOMENTS BEFORE, SO SHE STAYS CALM OUT THERE, CONFIDENT, AND SHE IS NOT AFRAID TO HIT ANY SHOTS.

>> Reporter: PART OF THE SECRET TO HER CALM DEMEANOR IS HOW SHE SETS HER GOALS.

>> MINDSET IS TO GET TOP THREE AND WHOEVER WINS, WINS AT THE END OF THE DAY.

I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN TO WIN.

>> Reporter: THE CLASS 2-A TOURNAMENT RETURNS TO JORDAN AND MARTIN IS UTILIZING HER EXPERIENCE THERE A YEAR AGO TO PREPARE HERSELF.

>> THAT COURSE IS VERY HILLY, OVERALL HIT GREENS, MAKE SOME PUTTS AND I'LL BE GOOD.

>> Reporter: MARTIN'S NEXT GOAL OF WINNING A STATE TITLE WILL BE ANYTHING BUT, BUT THE YOUNG GOLFER IS NOT FEELING ANY PRESSURE.

>> NOT YET, I AM ONLY IN EIGHTH GRADE, HOPING TO DO IT BY 9th OR 10th GRADE.

I THINK I CAN STILL DO IT.

>> Reporter: FOR MARTIN, IT'S JUST ANOTHER BIG STAGE, LIKE ALL THE OTHERS SHE STOOD ON BEFORE.

>> I JUST FEEL LIKE I'M COMPETING WITH THE BEST IN THE STATE AND IT'S WHOEVER DOES GOOD, WINS.

>> Charlie: WELL, THAT STAGE IS COMING TOMORROW, THAT'S THE CLASS 2A TOURNAMENT AT SAND CREEK IN JORDAN, JUNE 9TH THROUGH THE 10th.

SHE WILL TEE OFF AT 1:00 P.M.

WITH THE TOP GROUP THERE.

>>> THE WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY BOYS GOLF TEAM IS SENDING TWO GOLFERS BACK TO THE CLASS A STATE TOURNAMENT.

SENIOR MAVERICK REED AND JUNIOR GUS PEDERSON WERE BOTH PART OF THE WOLVES STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM LAST YEAR, AND QUALIFIED AS INDIVIDUALS THIS SEASON AFTER THE TEAM FELL A STROKE SHY OF A RETURN TRIP.

WHILE DISAPPOINTING, IT'S GIVEN THEM A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON HOW TO APPROACH THE STATE TOURNAMENT, WHILE STILL AIMING FOR THE ULTIMATE GOAL.

>> I MEAN NOT A LOT HAS CHANGED.

I PLAY, AS WELL AS I CAN.

I AM FOCUSED A LITTLE BIT MORE ON MYSELF RATHER THAN THE TEAM ASPECT.

I MEAN I AM GOING TO GO OUT THERE AND PLAY, AS WELL AS I CAN, FOCUS ON EVERY SHOT INDIVIDUALLY.

I PLAYED THERE ENOUGH SO I KNOW WHERE THE MISSES ARE AND WHERE THE RED SPOTS ARE TO HIT, AND THERE IS REALLY NO PRESSURE.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO JUST HAVING FUN OUT THERE, EXCITED TO MEET NEW PEOPLE AND PLAY WITH NEW GUYS I HAVEN'T PLAYED WITH BEFORE.

I ALSO WANT TO WIN THERE TOO.

>> Charlie: AND THE CLASS A TOURNAMENT IS TOMORROW, STARTS TOMORROW AT PEBBLE CREEK GOLF CLUB AND LIKE ALL THE OTHER STATE GOLF TOURNAMENTS, IT'S A TWO DAY EVENT.

THEY WILL TEE OFF AT 8:00 A.M.

TOMORROW.

>>> TOMORROW IS THE THIRD ANNUAL BUC-EE'S ANNUAL SOFTBALL GAME.

FOLKS WILL BE SPLIT INTO TWO TEAMS AND THEY WILL PLAY FOR PRIDE, GLORY, AND A WELL DESERVED PAT ON THE BACK.

THERE WILL BE GIVEAWAYS AND PRIZES, INCLUDING SOME TWINS TICKETS, AS WELL AS BSU SWAG, AND YOU CAN WATCH ME FALL DOWN AGAIN.

THE EVENT IS PUT ON BY THE BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI FOUNDATION, ADMISSION IS FREE, FIRST PITCH IS SCHEDULED FOR 6:00 P.M.

LATE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, THE SPURS WITH A BARELY LEAD OVER THE NEW YORK KNICKS, WHO ARE LEADING THE SERIES 2-0.

I KNOW MILES IS PROBABLY AT HIS HOUSE WATCHING THAT RIGHT NOW, ABSOLUTELY IN SILENCE WAITING TO SEE HOW THAT TURNS OUT.

>> Dennis: WE'LL SEE HOW THAT TURNS OUT.

KNOCK A FEW OUT OF THE PARK TOMORROW.

>> Charlie: MAYBE OUT OF THE INFIELD, WE'LL SEE.

>> Dennis: THANKS CHARLIE.

JASON GRAUMAN, OWNER OF THE BEARDED HAULER, WON THIS YEAR'S ‘ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR' AWARD AT THE BEMIDJI AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE'S ANNUAL AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE.

FOR THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN SPOKE WITH GRAUMAN ABOUT HIS BUSINESS, TO LEARN WHY THE COMMUNITY VOTED HIM FOR THE AWARD.

>> Reporter: SPRING CLEANING SEASON IS IN FULL EFFECT.

SOME JOBS HOWEVER, CAN SEEM TOO BIG TO GET DONE ALONE.

THE BEARDED HAULER WILL HAUL ANY UNWANTED ITEMS AWAY.

THE OWNER JASON DOES MORE THAN JUST TAKE IT TO THE LANDFILL.

>> I WAS A PLUMBER FOR YEARS AND I RAN INTO A CUSTOMERS SO I STARTED IT AS A SIDE BUSINESS WHILE I WAS STILL WORKING.

A COUPLE OF TIMES AT THE DUMP AND YOU REALIZE THERE IS TOO MUCH STUFF GOING THERE.

SOME OF THE STUFF IS NICER THAN STUFF I PUT IN MY HOUSE.

I TALKED TO MY WIFE AND I THOUGHT A LOT OF THIS NICE STUFF COULD GET DONATED AND GO SOMEWHERE WHERE IT WON'T END UP IN THE TRASH HEAP.

WE TAKE THE NICEST THING AND GIVE IT TO PEOPLE THAT NEED IT.

>> Reporter: IT SERVES BUSINESSES IN THE BEMIDJI AREA WITH UNWANTED JUNK THEY WANT REMOVED.

FAMILIES WITH LOVED ONES ALSO USALIZE THE SERVICE.

>> SOMETIMES THERE IS SOME REAL ATTACHMENT SO WE SAY WE WILL CLEAN IT UP AND GIVE IT TO SOMEONE.

>> WE'RE THE HAULER, BECAUSE IT'S HELPING PEOPLE.

IT'S NOT AS IMPORTANT AS FIRST RESPONDING AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT IT HELPS PEOPLE OUT, IT GIVES PEOPLE STATE OF MIND.

>> Reporter: IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR, JASON'S WIFE FELICIA DISCOVERED SHE HAS BRAIN CANCER AFTER SUFFERING A SEIZURE.

SHE GETS INSPIRED EVERY DAY BY HER HUSBAND FOR PUSHING THROUGH TO PROVIDE NOT ONLY FOR THE FAMILY BUT ALSO FOR THE BEMIDJI COMMUNITY.

>> WHEN I WENT DOWN, MY BUSINESS ENDED.

HE HAD TO PICK UP ALL THE PIECES.

HE STILL FOCUSES ON HIS BUSINESS AND ON HELPING THE COMMUNITY AND SEEING THAT AS A WIFE HAS MADE MY HEART GROW EVEN MORE WITH LOVE FOR HIM.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BEMIDJI FOR THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: AND LET'S GET ANOTHER LOOK AT OUR WEATHER WITH STACY.

>> Stacy: WE HAVE AN AIR QUALITY ALERT FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

ALSO, WE'LL BE SEEING SEVERE WEATHER AS WE HEAD INTO LATE TOMORROW.

TONIGHT, VARIABLE CLOUDS, A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE, LOWS NEAR 61.

>> Dennis: OKAY, WE ARE DONE FOR TONIGHT.

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

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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