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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.

>>> THE SUMMER OF CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY IN BEMIDJI, WITH SEVERAL STREET AND HIGHWAY PROJECTS STARTING TODAY.

OUR REPORTER, MATTHEW FREEMAN, WILL HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THIS WEEK, STARTING TONIGHT, WITH THE HANNAH AVENUE AND MIDDLE SCHOOL CITY PROJECT.

>> Reporter: MnDOT AND THE CITY OF BEMIDJI WILL BE ADDING THREE ROUNDABOUTS THIS SUMMER.

THE CITY'S HALF OF THE PROJECT WILL INCLUDE HANNAH AVENUE NORTHWEST.

>> THE PROJECT BETWEEN THE TWO ARE PART OF A ONE LARGE GRANT THAT WE GOT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

THAT IS A TOTAL OF $18 MILLION.

AS PART OF HAVING THAT MONEY IN HAND, WE SUBSEQUENTLY APPLIED FOR AND RECEIVED SOME STATE DISCRETIONARY DOLLARS THAT WAS GIVEN FROM THE FEDS TO THE STATE AND THEN TO US.

SO WE'RE USING THAT AS OUR LOCAL MATCH AND SO OTHER THAN PAYING FOR ENGINEERING COSTS, SOME RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE'RE PAYING FOR INTERNALLY, THE CONSTRUCTION PORTION OF THE CONTRACT, WHICH IS $5 MILLION FOR THE CITY PORTION ITSELF, IS COVERED ENTIRELY BY THOSE TWO POTS OF MONEY.

>> Reporter: PHASE TWO OF THE CITY'S PROJECT OFFICIALLY BEGINS THIS WEEK AND RUNS THROUGH MID-JULY.

THIS INCLUDES ROAD CLOSURES ALONG MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HANNAH AVENUE THAT RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE NOTE OF.

>> WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE A SECTION OF MIDDLE SCHOOL DRIVE, MOST NOTABLY BY THE TIRES PLUS TARGET ENTRANCE.

A BULK OF OUR CLOSURE IS GOING TO BE SOUTH OF THAT.

SO THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO CULVERTS.

WE HAVE TO IMPACT THAT INTERSECTION FOR A SHORT DURATION TO DO INFRASTRUCTURE WORK, BUT FOR THE BULK OF IT, IT'S THE NORTHERLY HALF OF MIDDLE SCHOOL DRIVE.

SO FROM THE TARGET DELIVERY ACCESS TO JUST SOUTH OF THAT DRIVE, RUNNING CONCURRENTLY WITH THAT FROM JUST NORTH OF 23rd STREET, ALL THE WAY TO ABOUT THE MIDPOINT, TO THE HIGHWAY.

>> Reporter: ANDERSON EXPECTS THAT BY THE TIME STAGE TWO COMPLETE, TRAFFIC IN THE AREA SHOULD EASE UP.

>> THE FIRST HALF OF THE SUMMER, IT'S PROBABLY BEST CASE THAT YOU WILL COME IN ON HANNAH AVENUE OVER BURGER KING, AND YOU CAN ACCESS THAT WAY, GET OVER TO TARGET, AND WHEN WE FOOT TRAFFIC TO DOING THE NORTH HALF OF HANNAH OR STAGE TWO AS I REFERENCED EARLIER, MIDDLE SCHOOL DRIVE WILL BE BACK OPEN AND THE ROUNDABOUT WILL BE BUILT.

PEOPLE WILL COME IN OFF THE HIGHWAY AS THEY NORMALLY WOULD.

>> Reporter: STAGE THREE IS SET TO BEGIN AS SOON AS STAGE TWO IS COMPLETE.

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

>> TOMORROW NIGHT AT 10:00, WE'LL HEAR FROM THE MINNDOT DISTRICT 2 OFFICE ABOUT THEIR PORTION OF THE HIGHWAY 197 CORRIDOR PROJECT.

>>> FORMER STATE SENATOR JUSTIN EICHORN OF GRAND RAPIDS IS EXPECTED TO PLEAD GUILTY TO A FEDERAL CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED ENTICEMENT OF A MINOR LATER THIS WEEK.

EICHORN ORIGINALLY PLEADED NOT GUILTY AFTER BEING ARRESTED IN MARCH OF 2025 DURING AN UNDERAGE SEX STING OPERATION IN BLOOMINGTON.

ACCORDING TO COURT RECORDS FILED TODAY EICHORN PLANS TO CHANGE HIS PLEA TO GUILTY.

EICHORN FACES FEDERAL CHARGES WITH A MINIMUM SENTENCE OF 10 YEARS.

HIS COURT TRIAL WAS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN IN ABOUT THREE WEEKS.

>>> A 53-YEAR-OLD ROSEAU MAN IS FACING A CHARGE OF CRIMINAL VEHICULAR HOMICIDE FOLLOWING A COLLISION THAT RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF A MAN WHO WAS DRIVING A MOTORCYCLE.

RODNEY LEE WERK WAS CHARGED IN ROSEAU COUNTY COURT TODAY WITH.

FELONY CRIMINAL VEHICULAR HOMICIDE FELONY TRAFFIC COLLISION-DRIVER FAIL TO STOP-INJURY OR DEATH AND TWO GROSS MISDEMEANORS FOR D.W.I.

THE STATE PATROL REPORTS THE CRASH HAPPENED AT THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 124 AND 420TH AVENUE, WHICH IS ABOUT FIVE MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROSEAU.

ACCORDING TO THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT IN THE CASE, 49-YEAR-OLD PAUL DONAHUE OF BADGER WAS DRIVING A MOTORCYCLE NORTH ON 420TH AVENUE AND DID NOT STOP FOR A STOP SIGN AT THE INTERSECTION WITH COUNTY ROAD 124.

WERK WAS DRIVING A PICKUP WESTBOUND ON 124, AND DID NOT HAVE A STOP SIGN.

THE MOTORCYCLE WENT THROUGH THE STOP SIGN ON 420TH AVENUE.

AND CRASHED INTO THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE PICKUP AT ABOUT 60 MILES PER HOUR.

DONAHUE DIED AT THE SCENE OF THE CRASH.

WERK LEFT THE SCENE BEFORE EMERGENCY RESPONDERS ARRIVED.

A WITNESS AND PARTS OF A SMASHED CHEVY EMBLEM LEFT AT THE SCENE LED AUTHORITIES TO WERK.

WERK TESTED AT 0.157 ON A BREATHALYZER ABOUT AN HOUR AFTER THE CRASH WAS REPORTED.

THAT'S ALMOST TWICE THE LEGAL LIMIT OF ALCOHOL ALLOWED BY LAW FOR DRIVERS OF MOTOR VEHICLES.

WERK POSTED $1,000 CASH BAIL AND HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM CUSTODY.

HIS NEXT COURT APPEARANCE IS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE FIRST.

>>> A 74-YEAR-OLD WOMAN DIED IN A TWO VEHICLE CRASH IN MILLE LACS COUNTY THIS MORNING.

THE CRASH HAPPENED ABOUT TWO MILES NORTH OF ONAMIA.

THE STATE PATROL SAYS A CAR DRIVEN BY LYNN STALKER OF WAHKON WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON STEVENS ROAD.

WHEN STALKER ATTEMPTED TO CROSS THE NORTHBOUND LANES OF HIGHWAY 169 WITH THE CAR IT WAS STRUCK BY A PICKUP TRUCK TRAVELING NORTHBOUND.

STALKER DIED FOLLOWING THE COLLISION.

THE DRIVER OF THE PICKUP, 50-YEAR-OLD CHARLOTTE HOKKANEN WAS TAKEN TO MILLE LACS HEALTH SYSTEMS WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.

THE STATE PATROL REPORT INDICATES BOTH DRIVERS WERE WEARING THEIR SEATBELTS.

>>> CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE'S BRAINERD AND STAPLES CAMPUSES HOSTED THEIR SIXTH ANNUAL RED SAND PROJECT TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN RECENTLY THOSE THAT TOOK PART POURED RED SAND IN THE CRACKS OF C.L.C.

'S SIDEWALKS, REPRESENTING THE VICTIMS WHO FALLS THROUGH THE CRACKS FROM THE GLOBAL EPIDEMIC.

ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, THERE ARE OVER 27-MILLION HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS, 23-PERCENT OF WHICH ARE IN SEX TRAFFICKING, WITH WOMEN MAKING UP ROUGHLY 43-PERCENT OF ALL VICTIMS INVOLVED IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

C.L.C.

BELIEVES RAISING AWARENESS IS THE FIRST STEP TO COMBATTING THE PROBLEM.

>> I THINK IT'S JUST BEEN A REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE OF BRINGING AWARENESS TO THE FACT THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN POPULATIONS OF PEOPLE WHO GET MORE ATTENTION AND MORE RESOURCES.

THERE ARE ALWAYS STUDENTS WHO ARE REALLY EXCITED AND LOOK FORWARD TO IT.

SO IT'S AWESOME TO SEE THAT IT CONTINUES TO GAIN MOMENTUM AND WE CONTINUE TO ADD MORE ELEMENTS AND BRING MORE AWARENESS EVERY YEAR.

>> Reporter: ROUGHLY 200 PEOPLE -- PARTICIPATED IN THE RED SAND PROJECT.

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

>> Stacy: WE HAVE A FEW CHANCES OF SHOWERS IN OUR FORECAST BUT OVERALL, IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF SUNNY WEATHER, SOME WINDY DAYS, AND WARMER TEMPERATURES FOR THE SECOND LAUGH OF THE WEEK.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK FOR THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, AIRPORT AVIATION IN BEMIDJI HELD AN OPEN HOUSE TO SHOW OFF THEIR NEW FA SAILTY.

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

[♪♪♪] >>> A MILITARY APPRECIATION EVENT TO COMMEMORATE THE HISTORY VETERANS AND U.S.

SERVICE MEMBERS TOOK PLACE IN BRAINERD LAST WEEK.

OUR REPORTER XZAYVER CURRY HAS MORE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: MAY IS NATIONAL MILITARY APPRECIATION MONTH, DEDICATED TO HONORING, REMEMBERING, AND APPRECIATING ALL CURRENT AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE U.S.

ARMED FORCES.

THE EVENT WAS PUT TOGETHER BY TAMMY, A VOLUNTEER FOR THE P.O.W.

M.I.A.

TEAM.

WHEN PLANNING THE EVENT, SHE FELT THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA NEEDED TO BE INFORMED ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY'S MILITARY SERVICES.

>> WE ALL CAME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY TO REMEMBER ALL THE SACRIFICES AND COURAGE OF THE VETERANS AND U.S.

SERVICE MEMBERS FOR OUR FREEDOM THAT IS NOT TO BE TAKEN LIGHTLY AND TO THOSE WHO ARE DEPLOYED ABROAD, OVERSEAS, TO KNOW THAT WE NEVER FORGOTTEN OUR FALLEN HEROES.

>> Reporter: MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE GOT TREATED TO A FREE MAGIC SHOW FROM LOCAL HUDSON, THE MAGICIAN, WHICH SHOWCASED AN ARMY MAN THEME.

I SPOKE TO COLONEL JOHN PEARSON ABOUT THE MISSION BEHIND FREEDOM FLIGHT.

>> I WAS AN OFFICER FOR 12 YEARS AND I CAME BACK AND COMMANDED THE UNIT THAT IS PART OF THE BATON DEATH MARCH.

WE HAD 32 THAT CAME BACK FROM THE 66 THAT WERE DEPLOYED AND APPRECIATION FOR WHAT THEY DID FOR YOURS AND MY FREEDOM TO GIVE US THE COUNTRY WE LIVE IN.

THE COMMUNITY REALLY SURROUNDS AND IDENTIFIES THOSE PEOPLE THAT DID OVER AND ABOVE, ORDINARY PEOPLE DOING EXTRAORDINARY WORK.

>> Reporter: THE PEOPLE AT FREEDOM FLIGHT NOT ONLY FEEL THAT SUPPORTING THE VETS IS CRUCIAL, BUT HELPING THE FAMILIES AND THEIR LOVED ONES IS JUST AS IMPORTANT.

REPORTING IN BRAINERD, XZAYVER CURRY, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: WE TURN TO WEATHER NOW.

STACY IS HERE WITH A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST.

>> Stacy: WE WILL BE SEEING WARMER TEMPERATURES AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEK.

WE WILL BE SEEING WINDY CONDITIONS, IT'S DRY OUT THERE, SO WE HAVE TO BE AWARE OF ANY HAZARDOUS FIRE CONDITIONS.

THERE ARE CHANCES OF RAIN IN OUR FORECAST AND I WILL HAVE THAT [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WE DID GET TO ENJOY SOME SUNSHINE TODAY AND A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOUD COVER AND FEW SHOWERS DEVELOPING LATER ON THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

WE WILL BE SEEING WARMER TEMPERATURES, ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THIS WEEK, BUT WE'LL ALSO SEE WINDY CONDITIONS OUT THERE AND SO WE WILL HAVE TO BE AWARE OF ANY DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS THAT DEVELOP OVER THE COURSE OF THIS WEEK.

A FEW CHANCES OF RAIN IN THE FORECAST, WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT IN A SECOND.

HERE ARE THE CURRENT CONDITIONS IN BEMIDJI.

IT'S 57 AT THE AIRPORT.

WINDS ARE SOUTH AT 5 MILES PER HOUR, A DEW POINT OF 27, AND HUMIDITY AT 31%.

IN BRAINERD, WE HAVE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, 59 DEGREES, OUR DEW POINT IS 25, AND PRESSURE IS FALLING, WINDS ARE SOUTHEAST AT 12 MILES PER HOUR.

ON OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING MORE CLOUD COVER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAD A FEW RAIN SHOWERS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

WE STILL HAVE CHANCES OF RAIN OVERNIGHT TONIGHT WITH POSSIBLY A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HERE AND THERE AND PARTS OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA COULD SEE A FEW SHOWERS TOMORROW.

VARIABLE CLOUDS, WE'LL HAVE MORE CLOUD COVER IN THE NORTH, MORE SUNSHINE IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, BUT STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AND COULD REACH SPEEDS OF 10 TO 30 MILES PER HOUR.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, THE ORIOLES ARE BACK IN LAPORTE.

ARLENE SPOTTING AN OWL IN THE TREE IN MENAHGA.

THE FLOWERS ARE IN BLOOM IN DEERWOOD, CHRISSY WITH THAT PHOTO AND GARY WITH THAT ONE AS WELL.

WE HAVE SOME SUNSHINE PEEKING THROUGH THE CLOUDS, AND THE SUNSET OVER UPPER RED LAKE THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, CHRISSY IN DEERWOOD WITH A HIGH OF 64.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, PARTLY CLOUDY AND 64.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUNSHINE AND BREEZY TODAY.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, SUN AND CLOUDS.

JOAN IN LAPORTE, SUNNY BUT CLOUDS ROLLING IN THIS EVENING.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, MOSTLY CLOUDY, A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS AND RALPH IN JENKINS REPORTING A HIGH OF 74.

ON OUR ALMANAC, 64 WAS OUR HIGH IN BRAINERD, A PRETTY SEASONAL HIGH TEMPERATURE.

JUST A COUPLE DEGREES SHORT OF THE AVERAGE HIGH FOR TODAY.

COLD START THIS MORNING, 28 WAS OUR LOW, SUNSET AT 8:39.

BEMIDJI TODAY TOPPING OUT AT 62, SO AGAIN WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO THAT AVERAGE HIGH.

WE STARTED OUT WITH AN E -- LOW OF 29.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, WE WILL SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOUD COVER IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE, MORE CLEAR SKIES IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, SAND AS WE PUT THIS IN MOTION, WE COULD SEE A FEW RAIN SHOWERS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN INTO NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA, SOME WRAP AROUND MOISTURE TOMORROW THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

OTHERWISE, IT DOES LOOK LIKE WE WILL BE SEEING MORE CLOUDS CONTINUING NORTHERN MINNESOTA, HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE REGION SHOULD BE MAINLY IN THE 50s, CLOSE TO 60 IN PARK RAPIDS.

WE HAVE MORE SUNSHINE IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WE ARE GOING TO SEE WARMER TEMPERATURES WITH HIGHS IN THE MID AND MAYBE SOME UPPER 60s.

SO OUR FORECAST, VARIABLE CLOUDS TONIGHT, A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS, LOWS NEAR 43.

VARIABLE CLOUDS TOMORROW, WE DO HAVE A CHANCE FOR RAIN IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, HIGHS NEAR 60, VERY STRONG WINDS OUT OF THE WEST AND NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 30.

OUR EXTENDED FORECAST DOES FEATURE A LOT OF SUNSHINE AND SOME WARMER TEMPERATURES, HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60s INTO THE MID-70s THROUGH THE END OF THE WORKWEEK.

WE DO HAVE SOME CHANCES OF SHOWERS ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, SHOULD BE DRY ON SATURDAY, AND THEN A BETTER CHANCE OF SEEING RAIN SHOWERS ON SUNDAY, HIGHS ON SUNDAY SHOULD STILL REACH THE MID-60s.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: OKAY, THANKS STACY.

CHARLIE IS HERE.

WILD NEEDED A WIN TONIGHT, IT'S NOT DO-OR-DIE, BUT IT WILL BE A TOUGH ROAD BACK IF THEY DON'T GET THE WIN.

>> Charlie: YEAH, THEN THEY WILL HAVE TO WIN THREE IN A ROW, INCLUDING TWO IN COLORADO.

TONIGHT'S GAME FOUR, HUGE, TRYING TO TIE THINGS UP, EVEN THE SERIES AT 2 GAMES APIECE.

WE'LL [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪] >>> AFTER AN AVALANCHE OF GOALS THAT LED TO A COLORADO VICTORY IN GAMES ONE AND TWO, GAME THREE SAW A WILD TURN OF EVENTS WITH MINNESOTA HOLDING THE AVS TO A SINGLE SCORE, WINNING 5-1, AND GETTING THEIR FIRST VICTORY IN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS.

TONIGHT IN GAME FOUR, THE WILD TRYING TO DEFEND HOME ICE AGAINST THE AVALANCHE AND EVEN THE SERIES AT TWO-GAMES APIECE.

IN THE FIRST, IT WAS THE WILD WHO WOULD STRIKE FIRST.

SHOT FROM THE BLUE LINE, DEFLECTED IN, AND MADE IT 1-0.

AVS WOULD TIE IT IN THE SECOND PERIOD.

THEN TO ROSS, GIVES COLORADO A 2-1 LEAD.

A FEW MOMENTS LATER, QUINN WITH A DIME OF HIS OWN, BACK HAND TO ANY -- NICO WHO BURIES IT.

THEN THEY FIND THE BACK OF THE NET, PARKER MAKES IT 3-2.

FOR THE FIRST FIVE GOALS, PLAYERS SCORING THEIR FIRST GOAL OF THE PLAYOFFS, THE AVS ARE ABLE TO PUMP IN SOME EMPTY NETTERS.

5-2 THE FINAL THERE.

WILD ON THE VERGE OF ELIMINATION DOWN 3-1 AS THE SERIES SHIFTS BACK TO DENVER.

TONIGHT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GAME 5 BETWEEN THE FROST TO DETERMINE WHO IS GOING TO THE WALTER CUP CHAMPIONSHIP, BUT DUE TO ILLNESS, THEY HAD TO RESCHEDULE THE GAME AND THEY RESCHEDULED IT FOR TOMORROW NIGHT AT 7 P.M.

>>> BRAINERD BOYS GOLF HOSTING AN INVITE AT THE CRAGUNS LEGACY COURSES, COUPLE OF AREA TEAMS IN ATTENDANCE.

AT THE 12TH, COLTON STUPAR FOR GRAND RAPIDS, NICE APPROACH SETS UP PAR, STUPAR SHOT A 78 ON THE DAY, FINISHING 41ST OVERALL.

ON HOLE 4, BEMIDJI'S BECKETT GRAND, GETS HIM IN POSITION FOR A BIRDIE, HE WAS THE TOP FINISHER FOR THE JACKS CARDING A 74 AND FINISHING IN 19TH PLACE.

AT THE 3RD, DREW HAAKONSON FOR BRAINERD, CHIP FINDS THE GREEN, HE'D PAR THE HOLE, HE AND TEAMATE AYDIN DOBIS SHOT AN EVEN 71, FINISHING 7TH.

AND AT TWO, WARRIORS BRADY OSELAND, GORGEOUS PUT FOR BIRDIE, HE FINISHED PLUS-ONE AND TIED TEAMMATE ALEX IMGRUND FOR 11TH PLACE.

BRAINERD'S JACK HAGBERG FINISHED 4TH AND DREW CHRISTENSEN WON THE TOURNAMENT WITH A 6-UNDER 65, HELPING THE WARRIORS TO A FIRST PLACE TEAM FINISH.

GRAND RAPIDS FINISHED 5TH, BEMIDJI IN 7TH.

>> SOME OTHER SCORES FOR YOU IN GIRLS GOLF.

BRAINERD FINISHES THIRD AT THEIR CLC TOURNAMENT AT SAUK RAPIDS RICE.

>>> LOOKING AT BASEBALL, BEMIDJI FALLS, 7-6.

ALSO IN BASEBALL, SEBEKA AND PINE RIVER-BACKUS PIXING -- PICKING UP WINS.

ROSEAU, 13-0 OVER I-FALLS.

AITKIN AND WIN-E-MAC BOTH GETTING WINS AS WELL.

MENAHGA TOPS FRAOSE.

ON THE SOFTBALL SIDE OF THINGS, GREEN WAY NASHWAUK KEEWATIN BEATS GRAND RAPIDS.

BLACKDUCK SWEEPING THE TWO GAMES THEY HAD TODAY, BAGLEY ENDS UP GETTING A WIN IN THEIR SECOND GAME AGAINST LAKE OF THE WOODS.

PIERZ GETTING THE WIN.

AND NEW YORK MILLS SWEEPS SEBEKA, WHO IS HAVING A GOOD SEASON THUS FAR.

>>> ON FRIDAY WE ANNOUNCED THE PROMOTION OF JEFF MITCHELL FROM ASSISTANT COACH TO HEAD COACH OF BEMIDJI BOYS' SOCCER, AND TODAY WE HAD A CHANCE TO HEAR FROM COACH HIMSELF.

WHEN MITCHELL MOVED TO BEMIDJI FROM OKLAHOMA IN 1999, HE IMMEDIATELY BECAME INVOLVED WITH YOUTH SOCCER, REVAMPING THE BEMIDJI YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION AND EVEN SERVING ON THE BOARD.

HE WAS THE B-S-U WOMEN'S SOCCER HEAD COACH FROM 2000-TO-2001, SPENT A DECADE AS THE LUMBERJACK'S J-V COACH, AND MOST RECENTLY SPENT THE LAST 14-SEASONS AS RICK TOWARD'S ASSISTANT ON VARSITY.

A REASON MITCHELL SAYS THE COACHING TRANSITION WON'T RESULT IN MUCH CHANGE.

>> I AM GOING TO BE THE SAME GUIDE ON THE FIELD.

I MAY HAVE TO BE MORE RESERVED ON THE SIDELINES.

I SHOULD BE THERE FOR THE ENTIRE GAME.

OTHER THAN THAT, MY COACHING PHILOSOPHY HASN'T CHANGED AND I WILL GROW THE PROGRAM THE BEST I CAN WITH THE PLAYERS THAT WE HAVE.

I WAS AROUND FOR A WHOLE LOT OF FIRSTS FOR THIS PROGRAM, THE FIRST TIME WE GOT TO THE SECTION TITLE GAME, THE FIRST TIME WE GOT PAST THE FIRST SECTION GAME, BACK IN THE DAY WHEN WE MADE LITTLE BARTERS WITH THE BOYS.

IF WE CAN GET PAST THE FIRST GAME IN SECTIONS, WE WILL GET MOHAWKS.

WE COME A LONG WAY.

>> Charlie: I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM WEARING A MOHAWK LATELY BUT COACH MITCHELL SAYS HE INTENDS TO WORK WITH THE YOUTH SOCCER PROGRAM AS WELL.

HE WILL BE ON BOTH OF THOSE FRONTS.

>> Dennis: THAT'S A GOOD MOVE FOR THE SOCCER PROGRAM.

>> Charlie: THE SEEM WAS TRANSITION AND THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED.

>> Dennis: IT HAS BEEN SUCH A GOOD PROGRAM IN RECENT YEARS.

THANKS A LOT CHARLIE.

AIRCORPS AVIATION IN BEMIDJI RECENTLY UNVEILED A 7500 SQUARE FOOT ADDITION TO ONE OF ITS FOUR BUILDINGS.

FOR THIS WEEK'S IN BUSINESS, OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK STOPPED BY THE OPEN HOUSE HELD LAST WEEK FOR THE PUBLIC TO VISIT THE NEW FACILITY.

>> Reporter: FROM RESTORING WORLD WAR II PLANES, TO MAKING PARTS FOR MODERN DAY COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS, AIR CORPS AVIATION GOT THEIR START IN BEMIDJI IN 2011.

SINCE THEN, MANY EXPANSIONS HAVE TAKEN PLACE AT THE FOUR BUILDINGS ACROSS THE CITY, INCLUDING THE NEWEST ADDITION THAT PUT ALL THE MACHINING TOOLS IN ONE SHOP.

>> IT'S JUST NICE TO BE ORGANIZED AND HAVE ROOM TO MOVE AND THIS WILL START OUT AS A LARGE BLOCK OF ALUMINUM, WHICH IS AROUND 200 POUNDS AND WE WILL MILL IT DOWN.

IT'S ABOUT 6 POUNDS WHEN WE'RE DONE.

>> IN OUR OLD FACILITY, WE WERE VERY MUCH CONDENSED INTO A TIGHT SPACE, SO THIS ALLOWED US TO EXPAND AND HELP CREATE ANOTHER 14 JOBS HERE IN BEMIDJI.

MOST OF US KNOW US FOR THE WORLD WAR II AIRPLANES WE RESTORE.

PART OF THAT IS MANUFACTURING PARTS, AND THAT LED US TO MANUFACTURING OTHER PARTS FOR OTHER AIRPLANES, NEW AND OLD.

>> Reporter: THE FACILITY WAS CREATE IN PART BY A $175,000 DEED GRANT FROM THE JOB CREATION FUND.

>> WITH THE NEW FACILITY, WE WILL BE CREATING ABOUT 14 JOBS.

WE ALREADY FILLED TWO BUT WE NEED ANOTHER 12 MORE.

WE HAVE EVERYTHING FROM HELPERS TO MACHINE OPERATORS TO DRIVERS, ALL SORTS, I MEAN EVERYTHING.

OUR OLD FACILITY THAT PEOPLE VISITED IN THE PAST IS WHERE WE NOW HAVE SHEET METAL MANUFACTURING, AND NEAR THE AIRPORT ON ADAM'S AVENUE, WE HAVE OUR RESTORATION SHOP WITH WORLD WAR II AIRPLANES AND THE RESTORATION, THERE IS A LOT OF FABRICATION INVOLVED BECAUSE YOU CAN'T JUST BUY THE PARTS FROM ANYONE.

THAT HAS LED TO THIS WORK AND ALL THIS EQUIPMENT AND ALL THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE WE HAVE ON OUR TEAM ALREADY THAT MAKE THE PARTS AND KEEP AIRPLANES FLYING.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BEMIDJI WITH THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, I'M SYDNEY DICK, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: WE HEAD BACK TO STACY FOR A FINAL LOOK AT OUR WEATHER.

>> Stacy: WE CAN SEE SOME SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT, OTHERWISE VARIABLE CLOUDS, LOWS NEAR 43.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW, VARIABLE CLOUDS, MORE SUNSHINE IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE.

WE COULD SEE A FEW SHOWERS IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, HIGHS NEAR 60, BUT VERY WINDY.

>> Dennis: THAT WILL DO IT FOR US.

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

GOOD NIGHT.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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