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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.

>>> FIRE CONDITIONS WERE HIGH TODAY ACROSS THE STATE WITH RED FLAG WARNING OUT DUE TO HIGH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY.

AND AROUND 65 FIRE FIGHTERS FROM THE D.N.R., U.S.

FORESTRY FROM THE CHIPPEWA NATIONAL FOREST AND BEMIDJI FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE OF A FIRE JUST EAST OF BEMIDJI EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

CREWS BATTLED THE WILDFIRE NEAR FROHN TOWN HALL.

I WAS AT THE SCENE TONIGHT AND DAVID HOEFER FROM THE DNR TOLD ME THE FIRE BURNED 35 ACRES BUT WAS FULLY CONTAINED AT AROUND EIGHT TONIGHT.

HE SAYS THIS WAS THE BIGGEST OF SEVERAL WILDFIRES IN THE BEMIDJI AREA TODAY.

SOME FIREFIGHTERS WILL REMAIN ON THE SCENE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE SITUATION FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

>>> CONSTRUCTION ON TWO NEW ROUNDABOUTS ON HIGHWAY 210 GOT UNDERWAY IN BRAINERD THIS WEEK.

REPORTER MILES WALKER MET WITH THE PROJECT MANAGER TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT AREA RESIDENTS AND DRIVERS PASSING THROUGH THE HIGHWAY CAN EXPECT OVER THE NEXT YEAR.

>> Reporter: WITH CONSTRUCTION ON TWO NEW ROUNDABOUTS BETWEEN 10th AND 5th AVENUE NORTHEAST ONGOING, HIGHWAY 210 OR WASHINGTON STREET WILL NOW CLOSE AND DETOUR WITH ONE LANE REMAINING OPEN IN EACH DIRECTION THROUGH EARLY AUGUST.

>> FOR THIS STAGE OF THE WORK, WE HAVE A RELATIVELY SHORT DETOUR.

YOU WILL BE TAKING THE SLIP RAMP AND GOING TO A TEMP SIGNAL AT 25th AND 10th AVENUE.

THEN YOU CAN TAKE 10th TO GET BACK ON 210 OR CONTINUE ON 25 IF YOU WANT TO GO SOUTH.

>> Reporter: NOW THROUGH LATE OCTOBER, MnDOT CREWS WILL WORK EAST TO WEST FROM PINE SHORES ROAD TO KING WOOD STREET, INCLUDING THE EAST MALL AND RAIL YARD SEGMENTS.

>> WE'RE DOING A LOT OF TEMP WORK.

YOU WILL SEE THEM GETTING EVERYTHING SET UP.

WE'RE PLANNING TO DO THE SWITCH ON MONDAY OR TUESDAY.

WE'RE WORKING ON THE MALL DETOUR, GOING UNTIL EARLY AUGUST, THEN THE RAIL YARD.

THAT RAIL YARD DETAIL WILL BE USING THE TWO NEW ROUNDABOUTS AND GOING TO OAK STREET AND BACK TO 210.

>> Reporter: ONCE THE SPRING 2027 CONSTRUCTION SEASON COMES, THEY WILL WORK FROM WEST OF BAXTER DRIVE TO KING WOOD STREET, WHICH INCLUDES THE WEST BRIDGE AND DOWNTOWN SEGMENTS.

>> WE WILL CLOSE DOWN THE BRIDGE AND WE WILL DETOUR PEOPLE DOWN TO COLLEGE DRIVE.

THEN WE WILL WORK FROM THE BRIDGE BACK TO WHEREVER WE END UP AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.

WE TRY TO SPLIT IT EAST TO WEST AND THEN WEST TO EAST, SO WE CAN KEEP ONE ACCESS POINT INTO BRAINERD AT ALL TIMES.

>> Reporter: THEY WANT TO RECONSTRUCT AND IMPROVE THE HIGHWAY 210 FROM BAXTER DRIVE TO PINE SHORES ROAD.

HE BELIEVES THAT ONCE THE $46 MILLION PROJECT IS COMPLETED, TRAFFIC FLOW WILL VASTLY IMPROVE IN THE TOWN.

>> THIS CORRIDOR IS 50 YEARS OLD.

A LOT OF IT IS TIGHT.

THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF GOOD PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES.

WE'RE DOING SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS AND LANE IMPROVEMENTS, AND WE'RE REALIGNING ON THE BRIDGE END.

WE WANT IT SAFER FOR THE TRAVELING PUBLIC, PEDESTRIANS, AND THE BIKING COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BRAINERD, MILES WALKER, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> MINN-DOT PLANS TO MOVE ON TO THE EAST BRAINERD MALL PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION NEXT WEEK.

>>> THE CITY OF BEMIDJI BEGAN ITS ANNUAL STREET RENEWAL PROJECT EARLIER THIS WEEK.

THIS YEAR'S PROJECT WILL FOCUS ON 11TH AND 10TH STREET NORTHWEST, AND JEANNETTE AVENUE.

CONSTRUCTION HOURS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FROM 7:00 A.M.

TO 7:00 P.M, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, WITH SOME SATURDAY WORK POSSIBLE.

RESIDENTS WITHIN THE PROJECT AREA WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE ACCESS DURING MOST OF CONSTRUCTION, BUT, ROADS WILL BE CLOSED TO THRU TRAFFIC, AND LOCAL TRAFFIC WILL BE DETOURED TO ADJACENT STREETS.

>> A BIG PART OF IT IS JUST TURNING WHAT IS CURRENTLY NOT CURB AND GUTTER, ADDING STORM WATER, FIXING WATER, FIXING THE SANITARY SEWER, AND ADDING A STORM SEWER.

THAT'S THE PREMISE, TRYING TO GIVE A FACELIFT, KEEPING UP WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE WE CURRENTLY HAVE, AND THEN WE HAVE PROGRAMING FOR NEXT YEAR SO IT'S A YEAR AFTER YEAR PROJECT.

WE WILL TAKE ON DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF TOWN.

>> THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY SEPTEMBER 2026, WEATHER PERMITTING.

>>> AN 18-YEAR-OLD LONG PRAIRIE MAN HAS DIED IN A ONE VEHICLE CRASH IN LONG PRAIRIE.

THE STATE PATROL SAYS BRYAN RODRIGUEZ WAS DRIVING A CAR EASTBOUND ON RIVERSIDE DRIVE, CROSSING HIGHWAY 71 WHEN THE VEHICLE LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED.

THE PATROL SAYS ALCOHOL WAS NOT INVOLVED BUT RODRIGUEZ WAS NOT WEARING A SEATBELT.

THE CRASH HAPPENED AROUND 9:00 P.M.

LAST NIGHT.

>>> A POPULAR BRAINERD LAKES AREA FAST-FOOD CHAIN LANDMARK HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN PERMANENTLY CLOSED.

LOCATED IN NISSWA, THE LOG CABIN THEMED WENDY'S OFF OF HIGHWAY 371.

ABRUPTLY POSTED THAT IT IS NO LONGER IN BUSINESS.

THE UNIQUE NORTHWOODS EXTERIOR HAS MADE THIS LOCATION A TRAVELERS STOPPING HUB FOR OVER 15 YEARS.

>> A LOT WAS SO UNIQUE.

YOU DIDN'T DRIVE BY AND THINK THAT IS A WENDY'S.

IT WAS NICE AND COZY, HAD A NICE FIREPLACE, IT WAS AN EXPERIENCE IN THE RESTAURANT.

I'M CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS THERE, THAT BUILDING IS AMAZING.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHO JUMPS ON IT.

IF IT MEANS SOMETHING NEW IS GOING TO COME, SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT NEW THING IN OUR COMMUNITY CAN ADD TO WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER HERE.

>> BUSINESS NEWS OUTLET INC.

REPORTS ROUGHLY 200 WENDY'S RESTAURANTS HAVE CLOSED SINCE SEPTEMBER OF 2025.

IT IS STILL NOT KNOWN IF THIS IS PART OF WENDY'S EFFORTS TO CLOSE LOW-PERFORMING STORES.

>>> PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S SUMMIT WITH CHINESE LEADER XI JINPING APPEARS TO HAVE STABILIZED RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES AND YIELDED A FEW DEALS.

BUT SOME ISSUES THAT IMPACT U.S.

CONSUMERS DON'T SEEM TO BE RESOLVED.

KARIN CAIFA IS IN WASHINGTON WITH A LOOK AT WHAT THE SUMMIT MEANT FOR YOUR WALLET.

>> Reporter: PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WINDING DOWN FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS WITH CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING ON FRIDAY.

>> WE SAID A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROBLEMS THAT OTHER PEOPLE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SETTLE.

THE RELATIONSHIP IS A VERY STRONG ONE.

>> Reporter: CHINA'S FOREIGN MINISTER DESCRIBED THE MEETING AS HISTORICAL AND TRUMP WHO TRAVELED WITH A DELEGATION OF AMERICAN C.E.O.s TOUT ADD NUMBER OF TRADE DEALS, ALTHOUGH SPECIFICS WERE SPARSE.

THE ESCALATING TARIFFS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES, HE SAID TARIFFS WERE NOT DISCUSSED.

>> WE DIDN'T DISCUSS TARIFFS.

THEY ARE PAYING TARIFFS.

THEY ARE PAYING SUBSTANTIAL TAR I HAVE -- TARIFFS.

>> Reporter: GLOBAL OIL PRICES ARE SOARING.

CHINA IS A DIPLOMATIC PARTNER OF IRAN.

>> WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO ASSESS HOW PRODUCTIVE THIS SUMMIT WAS FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS.

>> Reporter: TRUMP RETURNS TO ONGOING ECONOMIC PRESSURES AT HOME, RELATED TO THE IRAN WAR.

GOVERNMENT DATA RELEASED SHOWS INFLATION OUTPACING INCREASES IN WAGES AND FUEL COSTS PUSHING CONSUMER PRICES HIGHER.

>> FUEL TOUCHES EVERY PART OF FOOD, EVEN FROM FERTILIZER STUCK IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.

>> Reporter: PRESSURE ON PRICES SIGNALING A ROCKY ROAD AHEAD FOR INCOMING FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIR AS FRIDAY MARKED THE END OF JEROME POWELL'S TERM IN THE ROLE.

IN WASHINGTON, I'M KARIN CAIFA.

>> PRESIDENT TRUMP ALSO SAID TODAY THE CHINA WANTS TO HELP NEGOTIATE AN END TO THE WAR WITH IRAN AND A REOPENING OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.

>>> A CEASEFIRE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND LEBANON HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR 45-DAYS.

IT WAS SET TO EXPIRE ON SUNDAY.

UNDER THE NEW TERMS, ISRAEL WILL BE ALLOWED TO CONDUCT DEFENSIVE OPERATIONS.

THE AGREEMENT FOLLOWS THE LATEST ROUND OF NEGOTIATIONS HOSTED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT IN D.C.

THE TWO COUNTRIES ARE SET TO RECONVENE FOR MORE NEGOTIATIONS ON JUNE 2ND AND 3RD.

A SEPARATE SERIES OF HIGH-LEVEL MEETINGS WILL BEGIN AT THE PENTAGON ON MAY 29TH.

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

>> Stacy: WINDS ARE FINALLY DIMINISHING AND WE SHOULD ENJOY SOME SUNSHINE TOMORROW, BUT THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND SHOULD BRING US SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, AN INSIDE LOOK INTO THE PREMIER OF THE OJIBWA DUBBED VERS [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪] >>> THE LEECH LAKE TRIBAL COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES HAS ANNOUNCED THEY HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL FINALISTS FOR THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF LEECH LAKE TRIBAL COLLEGE.

THE FIRST THREE FINALISTS WERE INTERVIEWED ON MARCH 30TH, 31ST AND APRIL FIRST.

NOW LEECH LAKE TRIBAL COLLEGE WILL HOLD FINALIST INTERVIEWS FOR THE TWO ADDITIONAL FINALISTS ON JUNE SECOND AND JUNE 3RD.

THE FINALISTS AND INTERVIEW DATES ARE: DR.

ERIN STRESOW WHO WILL INTERVIEW ON JUNE SECOND STRESOW HAS A LONG CAREER IN HIGHER EDUCATION, TRIBAL GOVERNMENT, AND BUSINESS INCLUDING EMPLOYMENT WITH THE MILLE LACS BAND OF OJIBWE AND MILLE LACS CORPORATE VENTURES.

AND SADIE COOPER WILL INTERVIEW JUNE 3RD.

COOPER IS A CURRENT LEECH LAKE TRIBAL COLLEGE EMPLOYEE OVERSEEING THE AREA OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND SERVES AS A MEMBER OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM.

THE FULL SCHEDULE OF INTERVIEWS CAN BE FOUND ON THE LEECH LAKE TRIBAL COLLEGE WEBSITE.

>>> THE MINNESOTA TULIP FESTIVAL IS UNDERWAY IN ITS FIRST SEASON, AND THE FARMER BEHIND IT SAYS THEY'RE OVERWHELMED BY THE RESPONSE.

AARON BRAND WITH BRAND FARMS PLANTED 161,500 TULIP BULBS ON HIS FAMILY'S PROPERTY NEAR FARMINGTON.

THE FARM IS NORMALLY KNOWN FOR ITS EGGS AND APPLES, BUT THIS YEAR PARKING LOTS ARE FULL OF PEOPLE WAITING FOR HAYRIDES TO THE TULIP FIELD.

BRAND SAID HE'S BEEN LOOKING INTO CREATING A TULIP FESTIVAL FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.

HIS FAMILY WASN'T ALWAYS ON BOARD WITH THE IDEA.

AND NOW, HE SAYS THEY ARE LOVING IT, EVEN HAVING THOUSANDS WALK THROUGH HIS PARENTS' YARD TO GET IN LINE FOR THE RIDE TO THE FIELD.

THEY PLAN TO BE OPEN UNTIL THE END OF MAY.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, STACY IS HERE.

ANOTHER WINDY DAY TODAY.

WE SAW THE FIRE AT THE TOP OF THE SHOW TONIGHT AND THAT WAS HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE STATE TODAY.

>> Stacy: NEARLY THE ENTIRE STATE UNDER THE RED FLAG WARNING TODAY.

THAT EXPIRED NOW, WINDS ARE STARTING TO DIMINISH AS WE MOVED INTO THE EVENING AND NOW OVERNIGHT HOURS.

WE SHOULD HAVE SUNNY SKIES TOMORROW, WINDS WILL BE HERE FOR US AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT BREEZY BUT NOT WHAT WE HAD TODAY.

AS WE HEAD INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND, WE WILL LIKELY SEE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AND THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, IT WAS A WARM AND VERY WINDY DAY AGAIN TODAY WITH THE HIGH FIRE DANGER OUT THERE.

WE HAVE BEEN SEEING WINDS DIMINISH TONIGHT, ALL THE RED FLAG WARNINGS HAVE EXPIRED AND WE HAVE NO CURRENT WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES IN OUR VIEWING AREA.

IT LOOKS LIKE CLEAR SKIES TONIGHT, SUNNY SKIES TOMORROW, COULD START TO SEE COOLER TEMPERATURES WORKING THEIR WAY INTO THE AREA, ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

WE DO HAVE SHOWERS LIKELY WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY AND THE POTENTIAL OF SEEING SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPING LATE THIS WEEKEND.

IN BEMIDJI, IT IS 65 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.

AT OUR STUDIO, WINDS ARE NORTHWEST AT 5 MILES PER HOUR, WITH A DEW POINT OF 32, AND 29% HUMIDITY.

IN BRAINERD, CLEAR SKIES, 71.

THE DEW POINT IS 28, PRESSURE IS FALLING AND WINDS ARE WEST AT 8 MILES PER HOUR.

ON OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING SOME PATCHY CLOUDS OUT THERE, SOME UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE, THE AIR THAT WAS VERY DRY.

SO NONE OF THIS PRECIPITATION WE HAVE ANY REPORTS OF ANY OF THIS REACHING THE GROUND.

OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, WE ARE EXPECTING TO SEE CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, AND AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW, WE CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT OF CLOUD COVER, ESPECIALLY IN PARTS OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA, BUT SKIES EVENTUALLY ARE BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY.

WE WILL START TO SEE COOLER AIR WORKING INTO NORTHERN MINNESOTA AND THEN LATE THIS WEEKEND WE DO HAVE THAT GOOD CHANCE OF SEEING SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, A BEAUTIFUL MORNING FROM ARLENE IN MENAHGA.

JULIE WITH SOME OF THE CLOUDS OVER THE LAKE TODAY.

CHRISSY WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL SHOT FROM THIS AFTERNOON IN DEERWOOD AND GARY SPOTTING A TURTLE ALSO ENJOYING THE WEATHER IN DEERWOOD.

THE BIRDS WERE BUSY AT THE FEEDERS IN LONGVILLE.

AN INDIGO BUNTING FROM JOAN IN LAPORTE.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL SUNSET SHOT AND ANOTHER GORGEOUS SUNSET FROM BILL AND JUDY.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, BOB IN BLUFFTON, SOME CLOUDS BUT LESS WINDS TODAY.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUN AND BREEZY.

JOAN IN LAPORTE, VERY WINDY AND SUNNY TODAY.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES TONIGHT, HIGH OF 79.

ON OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD REACHING 82, 68 IS OUR AVERAGE.

WE'RE SEEING VERY WARM TEMPERATURES ACROSS OUR VIEWING AREA.

51 WAS OUR LOW, SUNSET AT 8:44.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 78, SO MORE THAN 10 DEGREES ABOVE THE AVERAGE, 53 WAS OUR LOW, AND SUNRISE AT 5:56.

SO LOOKING AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, OVERALL IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL BE SEEING SUNNY SKIES.

WE WILL SEE A LITTLE BIT OF CLOUD COVER IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, ESPECIALLY EARLY ON.

THAT WILL BE MOVING OUT, A LOT OF SUNSHINE THROUGHOUT THE DAY, TEMPERATURES WILL BE A LITTLE BIT COOLER IN THE FAR NORTH, HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 50s.

WE'RE LOOKING AT A LOT OF 60s AND EVEN SOME 70s IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, SOME LOW 70s AROUND THE PARK RAPIDS AREA, AND TEMPERATURES SHOULD TOP OUT IN THE MID-70s IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

OUR FORECAST, CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT, LOWS NEAR 42, WINDS FROM THE WEST AT 5 TO 20.

SKIES WILL BECOME MOSTLY SUNNY TOMORROW, MID-60s FOR OUR HIGHS, WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 5 TO 20.

LOOKING AT THE REST OF THE WEEKEND FORECAST, SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVE IN ON SUNDAY.

THERE IS AN ABOUT A LEVEL 2 OUT OF 5 RISK, ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA SEEING SEVERE WEATHER.

62 IS THE HIGH ON SUNDAY, 57 ON MONDAY, STILL A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, WITH MAINLY SHOWERS BUT POSSIBLY NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, A FEW SNOW SHOWERS ON TUESDAY AS HIGH TEMPERATURES ONLY REACH 47.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: THANKS STACY.

CHARLIE HAS TONIGHT OFF.

SYDNEY DICK IS HERE WITH OUR SPORTS.

I DID NOT HAVE A GOOD FEELING ABOUT THE TIMBERWOLVES GAME.

IT SEEMS LIKE I MIGHT BE RIGHT.

>> Sydney: THEY'RE DOWN HEFTY AT HALFTIME.

I'LL HAVE THE FIRST HALF HIGHLIGHTS FOR YOU COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, AS WELL AS SOME LOCAL BEMIDJI BOYS GOLF GOING ON, DESPITE THE HIGH WINDS THAT STACY WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT.

I'LL HAVE THE >> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

[♪♪♪] >>> THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES HAVE BEEN PUTTING ON A SCORING CLINIC SO FAR THIS PLAYOFF SEASON, WITH AN AVERAGE OF 108 POINTS OVER 11 GAMES.

HEADED INTO TONIGHT'S GAME SIX AGAINST SAN ANTONIO, THE T-WOLVES NEEDED TO KEEP THAT CLINIC GOING TO CLINCH THE WESTERN SEMIS.

AND NAZ REID WAS ONE MINNESOTAN WHO GOT THAT MEMO LOUD AND CLEAR WITH THESE DAGGERS.

THEY WERE DOWN, BUT THE SPURS WERE BIG IN THE PAINT.

HE IS GOING, DRIBBLING, TOSSING MIKE OUT-OF-BOUNDS LIKE IT'S ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

SAN ANTONIO UP 20 IN THE SECOND.

AT THE END OF THE FIRST HALF, ANT MAN RESPONDS FROM DOWNTOWN.

MINNESOTA ON A 7-0 RUN.

FOR THE FIRST TIME OF THE HALF, THEN THEY DROP THAT, IT IS CURRENTLY 79-63 AT HALFTIME.

>>> IT WAS A WINDY BUT WARM DAY AT THE BEMIDJI TOWN AND COUNTRY CLUB AS THE BEMIDJI BOYS COMPETED IN THE FIRST DAY OF THE NORTH-SOUTH INVITATIONAL.

GRAHAM FISH STARTING US OFF ON THE 8TH HOLE WITH A DEEP PUT, AAALLLLMOST MAKES IT THERE FOR A BIRDIE, HE GOT TWO MORE LATER DOWN THE COURSE.

IT WAS A TOUGH 9TH HOLE FOR AXEL BURLINGAME, THE WIND STOPPING HIS SHOT SHORT OF THE GREEN, BUT HE WENT ON TO SINK THE PUTT.

ON THE 10TH HOLE, A LITTLE CHIP AND RUN ACTION FROM JACKSON FOGELSON, SHORT BUT HE MADE UP THREE ON THE BACK NINE AFTER HE SUNK THIS ONE.

BEMIDJI COMING IN AT THIRD PLACE AT THE END OF ROUND ONE, VERY CLOSE SCORES FROM FOUR OUT OF THE TOP FIVE.

FOR THE JACKS, JACKSON FOGELSON AND DREW VALLEY TIED FOR 12TH INDIVIDUALLY WITH 77.

ROUND TWO OF THE INVITATIONAL KICKS OFF TOMORROW IN PARK RAPIDS, AND SOME MORE SCORES FOR YOU.

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL, FOSSTON AND ELK RIVER COLLECTING WINS TONIGHT.

BEMIDJI GETTING A WIN, CLEARBROOK-GONVICK MAKING A LOSS.

LITTLE FALLS AND GRAND RAPIDS BOTH GETTING BIG WINS TONIGHT.

WADENA DEER CREEK WINS, AND DEER RIVER GETS A WIN.

BLACKDUCK AND PINE CITY, THEY SPLIT THAT.

BELTRAMI GETTING THE WIN.

MOOSE LAKE WILLOW RIVER GETTING A WIN TONIGHT.

INTERNATIONAL FALLS AND SEBEKA GETTING WINS ON BASEBALL.

PIERZ AND SWANVILLE GETTING BIG WINS AGAIN.

WIN-E-MAC AND NEW YORK MILLS BEATING THEIR COMPETITORS.

CLOQUET OVER ROSEAU.

CROSBY-IRONTON FALLS TO AITKIN TWICE IN THEIR DOUBLE HEADER.

BRAINERD FALLING, BEMIDJI COLLECTING A WIN.

IN SOFTBALL, INTERNATIONAL FALLS OVER NORTHWOODS.

LITTLE FALLS FALLS, AND ELY FALLS TO GREEN WAY.

DEER RIVER AND NORTHOME-KELLIHER GETTING BIG WINS TONIGHT AS WELL.

BAGLEY AND McGREGOR GETTING THE WINS.

CROSBY-IRONTON LOSING TO AITKIN ON THE SOFTBALL SIDE OF THINGS.

PEQUOT LAKES WINNING TWICE IN THEIR DOUBLE HEADER.

>>> A FAMILIAR FACE IS MAKING ITS WAY BACK ONTO THE HARDWOOD AT BEMIDJI HIGH SCHOOL, BUT THIS TIME, ON THE GIRLS SIDE OF THINGS.

FORMER BOYS BASKETBALL HEAD COACH TRAVIS PETERSON IS TAKING OVER THE HELM OF THE GIRLS TEAM, AFTER FORMER COACH DARIN SCHULTZ ANNOUNCED HIS RESIGNATION EARLIER THIS YEAR, CITING PERSONAL REASONS FOR HIS LEAVE.

PETERSON HAS SPENT THE LAST FEW YEARS AS THE GIRLS ASSISTANT COACH, FILLING IN FOR HEAD COACH SCHULTZ MULTIPLE TIMES.

HE SERVED AS THE BOYS HEAD COACH FROM 2015 TO 2020, WHO ATTAINED A 91 AND 43 RECORD UNDER HIS LEAD.

PETERSON WAS ALSO A LUMBERJACK HIMSELF, AND GRADUATED IN 1988.

THE BOYS TEAM SAW A RECORD NUMBER OF WINS IN BOTH 2018 AND 19 WITH 23 DUBS PER SEASON.

AND UNDER HIS ASSISTANT COACHING EYE, THE GIRLS HAVE GONE 44 AND 37 OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.

>>> WELL, FORMER BRAINERD WARRIOR, HOCKEY PLAYER KADE STENGRIM HAS COMMITTED TO PLAY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SAINT THOMAS IN SAINT PAUL.

THE FORWARD FOREWENT HIS SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL TO PLAY FOR THE WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE'S MEDICINE HAT TIGERS, AND IS NOW TAKING HIS TALENTS TO THE COLLEGE ICE.

THROUGHOUT HIS 66 REGULAR SEASON GAMES WITH THE TIGERS, HE SCORED 25 GOALS AND HAD 19 ASSISTS, AND NETTED SEVEN MORE IN THE PLAYOFFS.

STENGRIM'S DECISION TO JOIN THE TOMMIES CAME ON SOCIAL MEDIA EARLIER THIS WEEK.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, GOOD FOR HIM.

>> Sydney: EXCITING STUFF.

>> Dennis: THANKS SYDNEY.

TO CELEBRATE MAY THE FOURTH, RESIDENTS OF WHITE EARTH NATION HAD THE CHANCE TO CATCH SCREENINGS THROUGHOUT THE RESERVATION.

OF THE OJIBWE-DUBBED VERSION OF THE 1977 CLASSIC, STAR WARS.

FOR THIS WEEK'S IN-FOCUS, OUR REPORTER, MATTHEW FREEMAN, ATTENDED ONE OF THE SCREENINGS IN PINE POINT, AND HAS MORE ON WHAT IT MEANS TO THOSE WHO SPEAK THE LANGUAGE.

>> Reporter: IN A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY, AND IN A LANGUAGE THAT HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY SILENCED, RESIDENTS OF THE WHITE EARTH RESERVATION HAD A CHANCE TO CATCH A SCREENING OF THE OJIBWA DUBBED VERSION OF "STAR WARS."

>> ALL OF THESE PEOPLE THAT PUT TOGETHER THE LANGUAGE AND THE VOICE RECORDINGS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS, TO HAVE THAT PRESENTED TO OUR YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY IN SUCH A FUN MAGNIFICENT WAY, IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US.

>> Reporter: A FORMER WHITE EARTH RESIDENT WAS CHOSEN TO VOICE ONE OF THE MOVIE'S MOST ICONIC CHARACTERS.

[SPEAKING ALTERNATE LANGUAGE].

>> AS AN ACTOR, YOU WANT TO PREPARE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.

FOR THIS ROLE, I FEEL LIKE I HAVE BEEN PREPARING FOR 30 YEARS.

>> Reporter: AS EAGER HE WAS TO VOICE HAN SOLO, HE WAS EXCITED TO SHOW OFF HIS WORK TO A PLACE HE ONCE CALLED HOME.

>> I WENT TO SCHOOL HERE WHEN I WAS A KID.

I WANTED TO WORK IN FILM.

I WANTED TO DIRECT.

THIS WAS THE '90s, THERE WERE NOT A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO DO STUFF.

WHAT I HOPE IS THAT KIDS COME AND SEE THIS AND THEY GET MORE INTEREST IN TRYING THEIR OWN PRACTICE AT IT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO.

YOU HAVE TO START MAKING STUFF.

>> Reporter: THE MOVIE NOT ONLY AIMS TO PRESERVE THE OJIBWA LANGUAGE BUT ALSO SHOWS THAT THE LANGUAGE IS ADAPTABLE, CREATIVE, AND CAPABLE OF TELLING ANY STORY.

>> WE WANT TO SEE OUR LANGUAGE AS SOMETHING THAT IS ALIVE AND SOMETHING THAT IS BREATHING AND SOMETHING THAT IS FLOWING THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY, OUT OF THE CONTEXT OF COLONIZATION OR SIMULATION, OR LINGUISTIC LOSS OR DISTINCTION, TO SEE IT PRESENTED IN THIS WAY IS SO IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR YOUTH.

>> WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, YOU WOULD HEAR SOME IN CEREMONY AND SOME WHEN YOU WENT TO SCHOOL.

WE HAD SOME CLASSES THAT WOULD USE THE LANGUAGE, WHICH IS GREAT.

A LOT OF THE TIME, THAT WAS THE LIMIT OF ACCESS TO THE LANGUAGE FOR PEOPLE.

SO GETTING OPPORTUNITIES TO SEE IT IN SOMETHING ENTERTAINING LIKE THIS IS REALLY RARE AND FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, IT MIGHT BE THE FIRST TIME THEY HEAR CERTAIN PARTS OF THE LANGUAGE USED OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM OR CEREMONY.

>> Reporter: IT WAS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN LUCAS FILM, DISNEY, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA.

REPORTING IN PINE POINT FOR THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE OJIBWE-DUBBED VERSION OF STAR WARS FIRST PREMIERED IN AUGUST OF 2024, AND WOULD LATER BECOME AVAILABLE TO STREAM ON DISNEY PLUS.

>>> ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A CHANCE TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT OUR WEATHER AS WE HAD THIS DRY WEATHER FOR A WHILE NOW, DRY AND WINDY AND A LITTLE BIT MORE TOMORROW.

>> Stacy: IT WAS GOING TO BE DRY.

WE ARE NOT GOING TO SEE THE WINDS LIKE THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS.

CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, AND THEN TOMORROW'S SKIES, THEY EVENTUALLY BECOME MOSTLY SUNNY.

LOOKING AT HIGHS IN THE MID-60s, COOLER IN THE NORTH, WARMER IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WITH WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 20.

WE ARE LIKELY TO SEE SEVERE WEATHER ON SUNDAY, WITH MORE ACTIVE WEATHER NEXT WEEK, AND A FEW SNOW SHOWERS ON TUESDAY.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THAT WRAPS IT UP FOR US.

WE'RE BACK ON MONDAY NIGHT.

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THEN.

GOOD NIGHT.

>> Sydney: HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

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