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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.

[SIRENS] >>> THIS WAS THE SCENE NEAR CROSSLAKE ON HIGHWAY 11 JUST BEFORE 2:00 P.M.

SATURDAY AFTERNOON WHEN A MASSIVE WILDFIRE NEAR FLANDERS LAKE BROKE OUT IN THE AREA.

HOMES AND STRUCTURES WERE THREATENED, EVACUATION ORDERS WENT OUT, AND FIRE FIGHTERS WERE CALLED IN FROM ALL OVER AND GOVERNOR WALZ DECLARED A PEACETIME EMERGENCY AND MOBILIZED THE NATIONAL GUARD TO BATTLE IT AND OTHER WILDFIRES IN THE STATE.

>>> HI EVERYONE, THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE OF THIS WILDFIRE TONIGHT AS CONTAINMENT EFFORTS CONTINUE.

REPORTER MILES WALKER HAS A RECAP.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE MINNESOTA INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM, THE FIRE IS MORE THAN 1,700 ACRES, 20% CONTAINED, AND AS DRAWN HELP FROM OVER 100 FIREFIGHTERS, AS WELL AS FIRE CREWS FROM CANADA.

>> WE HAD AN EXTREME FIRE WEATHER DAY, HIGH WIND SPEEDS, HIGHER TEMPERATURES, HIGH 70s, LOW 80s, AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS LIKE AROUND 20% OR LESS.

THOSE THREE COMBINATIONS CALL FOR A RED FLAG WARNING DAY BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

WHEN WILDFIRES GET GOING ON A DAY LIKE THAT, THEY CAN GET LARGE.

>> Reporter: THE FIRE BROKE OUT SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SPREAD ACROSS HIGHWAY 11 AND THE LITTLE PINE RIVER THANKS TO WINDS REACHING UP TO 38 MILES PER HOUR.

>> YOU CAN JUST SEE THE FEELING OF PANIC IN THERE BECAUSE THEY LEFT BEHIND EVERYTHING.

THEY LEFT BEHIND THEIR THREE WHEELER, FOUR WHEELER, TRAILER, FOOD, BEVERAGES, AND THEY HAD TO LEAVE IN A HURRY TO GET OUT OF THERE.

THAT IS HOW FAST AND LOUD THAT THING WAS COMING AT THEM.

>> Reporter: MISSION CROSS LAKE BRAINERD NISSWA BACKUS, AND PEQUOT FIRE DISTRICTS AND MANY OTHERS RESPONDED TO FIRE, HELPING PROTECT HOMES AND EVACUATE WHILE THEY DROPPED WATER ON THE FIRE.

>> THEY ORDERED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, PERSONNEL, TO ASSIST AND HAVE PEOPLE AVAILABLE IF FIRES WERE TO START AND BE QUICKLY ABLE TO RESPOND TO THOSE AND SUPPORT OUR LOCAL FIREFIGHTERS AS WELL.

>> Reporter: CREWS ONSITE SPENT MOST OF THE DAY ASSESSING HAZARDOUS TREES AND AFFECTED HOMES AND BUILDINGS AS CONTAINMENT REMAINS A PRIORITY.

THE WINDS HAVE DIED DOWN TODAY WITH THE RAIN ASSISTING THE CREW'S EFFORTS.

>> THERE ARE NO FLAMES, BUT THERE IS SMOULDERING SMOKE AND YOU CAN SMELL IT IN THE AIR.

CURRENTLY WE'RE TAKING CARE OF STUMPS THAT ARE BURNING IN THE GROUND THAT OUR FIREFIGHTERS ON THE GROUND ARE DIGGING THINGS OUT AND DOUSING THEM WITH WATER.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN CROSS LAKE, MILES WALKER, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: SHERIFF KLANG SAYS THAT THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS STILL UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

THE MNICS BELIEVES THAT CONTAINMENT FOR THE FIRE COULD BE COMPLETED IN ROUGHLY A WEEK DEPENDING ON WEATHER CONDITIONS.

THE LATEST UPDATE ON THE FIRE TONIGHT NOW HAS IT 60-PERCENT CONTAINED.

>>> THE CROSSLAKE COMMUNITY CENTER TRANSITIONED TO A SHELTER FOR THOSE AFFECTED AND EVACUATED BY THE FLANDERS WILDFIRES.

CROW WING COUNTY SHERIFF ERIC KLANG SAID ABOUT 30 RESIDENTS WERE DISPLACED BY THE FIRE.

OUR REPORTER XZAYVER CURRY HAS THE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: THE EVACUATION AREA HAS NOT GROWN IN THE PAST 24 HOURS.

THOSE SEEKING SHELTER CAN TAKE RELIEF IN CROSSLAKE COMMUNITY CENTERS WHERE CROW WING COUNTY HAS PARTNERED WITH THE RED CROSS FOR A SAFE PLACE FOR THOSE IN NEED.

>> WE WERE ABLE TO STAND UP THE SHELTER LAST EVENING.

OUR TEAM GOT HERE AT 4:00 AND WE HAD THINGS IN MOTION AT 5:00 HERE.

THE COMMUNITY CENTER DID A NICE JOB OF OPENING UP THEIR DOORS AND HELPED PUTTING TOGETHER THE SHELTER AND PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN EVACUATED.

AT THIS TIME, THERE ARE NO INJURIES OR LOSS OF LIFE AND STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN MAINTAINED.

>> Reporter: THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WILL SHARE UPDATES AS ADDITIONAL NEEDS AND RESPONSE PLANS DEVELOP.

REPORTING IN CROSS LAKE, XZAYVER CURRY, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> BRIDGES OF HOPE HAS BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH CROW WING COUNTY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS REGARDING HOUSEHOLDS IMPACTED BY THE WILDFIRE TO HELP COORDINATE COMMUNITY RESPONSE EFFORTS.

THE OVERNIGHT SHELTER FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY THE FIRE HAS NOW BEEN MOVED FROM THE CROSS LAKE COMMUNITY CENTER TO THE LOG CHURCH.

>>> ALSO TODAY, CROW WING COUNTY DECLARED A LOCAL EMERGENCY FOR THE FIRE TODAY.

CROW WING COUNTY DECLARED A LOCAL EMERGENCY FOR THE FLANDERS FIRE.

A DECLARATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY INVOKES NECESSARY PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY'S EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND RECOVERY PLAN WHICH AUTHORIZES AID AND ASSISTANCE UNDER THOSE PLANS.

THIS ALLOWS THE COUNTY TO ACT MORE QUICKLY TO GAIN FUNDING AND ASSISTANCE FOR RESIDENTS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES.

A LOCAL EMERGENCY EXPIRES AFTER 3 DAYS UNLESS THE COUNTY BOARD VOTES TO EXTEND IT.

>>> AUTHORITIES HAVE APPREHENDED THE SUSPECT IN A SHOOTING IN BEMIDJI ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AT PINES MOBILE ESTATES LOCATED OFF LITTLE NORWAY AVENUE IN SOUTHEAST BEMIDJI.

AN 18-YEAR-OLD MAN SHOT ANOTHER MAN THERE AND FLED THE SCENE.

THE SUSPECT, RAY GENE JACOB TAHAHAWAH, WAS APPREHENDED BY RED LAKE LAW ENFORCEMENT WITHIN THE RED LAKE NATION.

FORMAL CHARGES ARE STILL PENDING.

THE NAME OF THE VICTIM IS BEING WITHELD BUT BELTRAMI COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY HE IS IN STABLE CONDITION AS OF SUNDAY.

>>> A 37-YEAR-OLD BEMIDJI MAN WILL GO TO TRIAL IN SEPTEMBER ON SEVEN FELONY CHARGES AFTER AN INCIDENT WHERE TWO OFFICERS WERE SHOT AT NEAR FRAZEE IN JULY OF 2025.

THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT IN THE CASE ACCUSED TODD OLE BURRIS POINTING A HANDGUN AT OFFICERS WHO HAD PULLED HIM OVER FOR SPEEDING WHILE AT A REST STOP.

BURRIS IS ACCUSED OF EXCHANGING FIRE WITH THE TWO OFFICERS AND SHOOTING ONE OF THEM IN THE LEG.

HE FACES THE FOLLOWING CHARGES YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN.

A JURY ROLL CALL IN HIS TRIAL IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 17TH AND THE JURY TRIAL IS SCHEDULED SEPTEMBER 28TH THROUGH-OCTOBER 2ND.

BURRIS REMAINS IN CUSTODY ON $250,000 BAIL OR BOND WITH CONDITIONS OR $500,000 WITH NO CONDITIONS.

>>> A MINNESOTA COUNTY PROSECUTOR HAS CHARGED AN IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN THE NONFATAL SHOOTING OF A VENEZUELAN MAN DURING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN IN THE STATE.

HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY MARY MORIARTY SAID AT A NEWS CONFERENCE MONDAY THAT THE OFFICER, CHRISTIAN CASTRO, IS CHARGED WITH FOUR COUNTS OF SECOND-DEGREE ASSAULT AND ONE COUNT OF FALSELY REPORTING A CRIME IN THE JANUARY 14 SHOOTING OF JULIO CESAR SOSA-CELIS.

THE 52-YEAR-OLD CASTRO FIRED THROUGH A HOME'S FRONT DOOR IN JANUARY AND SHOT SOSA-CELIS IN THE THIGH AFTER CASTRO AND ANOTHER OFFICER CHASED A DIFFERENT MAN, ALFREDO ALEJANDRO ALJORNA, TO THE MINNEAPOLIS APARTMENT DUPLEX WHERE HE AND SOSA-CELIS LIVED.

MORIARTY SAID BOTH SOSA-CELIS AND ALJORNA WERE LEGALLY IN THE U.S.

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

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WE'LL SEE MORE SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLY SOME SNOWFLAKES IN THE AREA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

TOMORROW LOOKS CLOUDY BUT COOL WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES LATER THIS WEEK.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, THE LET'S PLANT TREES ORGANIZATION GAVE AWAY 15,000 TREE SEEDLINGS [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪] >>> THE LET'S PLANT TREES NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION MADE ITS WAY TO BEMIDJI OVER THE WEEKEND TO GIVE AWAY 15,000 SEEDLINGS TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO LOST TREES DURING THE JUNE WIND STORM LAST YEAR.

THE TREES WERE FUNDRAISED BY MANY ENTITIES, INCLUDING 5,000 SEEDLINGS SPONSORED BY FIRST NATIONAL BANK, AND GIVEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR FREE.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK HAS MORE FROM THE ORGANIZERS.

>> WHEN WE HEARD ABOUT THE STORMS IN BEMIDJI, WE KNEW THAT WE HAD TO HEAD FURTHER WEST AND INCLUDE THIS REGION AND SO IT'S REALLY BEEN A REMARKABLE EXPERIENCE VISITING WITH PEOPLE AND ALL THE TREES THEY LOST.

PROBABLY 500 OR 600 HOUSEHOLDS, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBERS.

WE WILL HAVE SOME NUMBER CRUNCHING TO DO.

IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY LOOKING FOR TREES.

>> Reporter: THE EFFORT COMES AFTER THE LOSS OF MORE THAN 9 MILLION TREES IN ONE SINGLE NIGHT.

LET'S PLANT TREES HAS NOW GIVEN AWAY 15,000 SEEDLINGS OF MANY SPECIES TO KICK OFF THE TREE REGROWING PROCESS.

>> 10,000 TREES WERE PRE-ORDERED IN JUST 48 HOURS, WHICH IS UNBELIEVABLE THE AMOUNT OF MOMENTUM AND TRACTION WE HAD HERE IN BEMIDJI.

TODAY, OF COURSE WE'RE BRINGING AN ADDITIONAL 5,000 TREES THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS, WHICH IS A GREAT THING AS WELL.

SO STEPPING UP TO BRING THOSE 5,000 TREES.

>> TREES ARE IMPORTANT IN GENERAL BECAUSE THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL, THEY PRODUCE OXYGEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S A BIG PART OF THE ECONOMY, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE INDUSTRY, THE WHOLE TIMBER PRODUCT INDUSTRY, BUT ALSO IT'S JUST GOOD TO HAVE THEM TO OBSERVE CARBON AND TO HELP FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE.

ALSO, THE DIFFERENT SPECIES ARE REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE A DIVORCE -- DIVERSE FOREST IS A HEALTHY FOREST.

>> Reporter: THE TREE SEEDLINGS WERE SPONSORED TO GET IN BULK AND THEN PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC FOR FREE.

SOME TOOK A FEW BUT HOUSEHOLDS WERE ABLE TO GET 50 TO 70 TREES.

THE BEMIDJI ENDEAVOR IS BY FAR THE LARGEST TREE DONATION THAT LET'S PLANT TREES HAS UNDERTAKEN.

>> WE WERE SO TOUCHED WHEN PRESIDENTS OF BEMIDJI STARTED TO REACH OUT TO US.

WE COULD NOT SAY NO BECAUSE WE WANTED TO HELP THE COMMUNITY TO GET THOSE TREES IN PLACE.

TO BE PART OF THIS EXPERIENCE IS FANTASTIC.

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

>> ALONG WITH COLLECTING THE PHYSICAL TREE SEEDLINGS, RESIDENTS WERE ALSO GIVEN CARE INSTRUCTIONS SPECIFIC TO THE TYPE OF TREE, AND HOW TO PLANT THEM SO THEY CAN GROW AND RE-POPULATE EVEN MORE TREES IN THE FUTURE.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, STACY WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING SOME RAIN TO HELP THOSE TREES TONIGHT.

>> Stacy: WE ARE SEEING SOME RAIN, A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE CHANCES OVERNIGHT.

TEMPERATURES COULD BE COLD AROUND LAKE OF THE WOODS THAT WE COULD SEE SOME SNOW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.

MOST OF THE RAIN WILL BE EXITING TOMORROW, STILL CLOUDY AND COOL, BUT WE SHOULD SEE WARMER TEMPERATURES LATER THIS [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WE HAVE BEEN SEEING A BIT OF RAIN THIS EVENING, ALONG WITH SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERS, AND CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND AGAIN A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, ALTHOUGH IT MAY BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SOME SNOW SHOWERS IN NORTH-CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

TOMORROW LOOKS MAINLY QUIET, WE HAVE CLOUD COVER, IT'S GOING TO BE CHILLY, BUT WE SHOULD SEE WARMER TEMPERATURES STARTING ON WEDNESDAY.

IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 43 AT THE AIRPORT.

WINDS ARE FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 8 MILES PER HOUR.

WE HAVE RECEIVED OVER A 0.1-INCH OF RAIN.

IN BRAINERD, LIGHT RAIN THIS EVENING, 50 DEGREES, THE DEW POINT IS 48, PRESSURE IS ON THE RISE, AND WINDS ARE NORTH AT 9 MILES PER HOUR.

ON OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR, IT HAS BEEN CLOUDY ALL DAY AND WE HAVE BEEN SEEING SOME SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ROLLING INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

TEMPERATURES MAY BE COOL ENOUGH THAT WE COULD SEE A FEW SNOW SHOWERS IN NORTH-CENTRAL MINNESOTA AROUND LAKE OF THE WOODS.

THAT WILL MORE OR LESS MOVE OUT TOMORROW, THERE ARE SLIGHT CHANCES OF RAIN IN THE MORNING AND SPRINKLES IN THE AFTERNOON, OTHERWISE A CLOUDY DAY, COOL TEMPERATURES TOMORROW, WARMER TEMPS FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU, IT WAS A GRAY AND CLOUDY DAY.

ANGELA SENDING US THIS PHOTO FROM CASS LAKE, AND BILL AND JUDY WITH SOME OF THE CLOUDS OVER UPPER RED LAKE.

THE BIRDS, THEY WERE BUSY TODAY.

ARLENE SENDING US THIS PHOTO FROM LONGVILLE, NATALIA FROM CASS LAKE, AND GARY IN DEERWOOD.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR PICTURES WITH US TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 47 AND CALM THIS MORNING.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, CLOUDY WITH A HIGH OF 58.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, HIGH OF 57.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, CLOUDY WITH SOME SCATTERED SPRINKLES.

ON OUR ALMANAC, WE TOPPED OUT AT 61 IN BRAINERD TODAY, WE ARE FALLING A LITTLE BIT SHY OF THAT AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 69.

44 WAS THE LOW AND SUNRISE AT 5:40.

BEMIDJI TODAY ONLY MANAGING 50 DEGREES, SO WE ARE MORE THAN 15 DEGREES BELOW THE AVERAGE.

WE HAD A LOW OF 43 AND SUNSET AT 8:54.

SO LOOKING AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE MAINLY LIGHT RAIN BUT THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF LIGHT SNOW OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

THAT WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA IN THE MORNING, WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF CLOUD COVER THROUGHOUT THE DAY, AND THEN A FEW SCATTERED SPRINKLES AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTER.

IT WILL BE A COOL DAY, HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 40s ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA, AND JUST A LITTLE BIT WARMER IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, HIGHS ABOUT 50, MAYBE INTO THE LOW 50s.

SO OUR FORECAST TONIGHT, RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUE WITH SOME SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND AGAIN THAT CHANCE OF SNOW AROUND LAKE OF THE WOODS, 38 FOR OUR LOW, AND TOMORROW, MOSTLY CLOUDY, A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE MORNING, SOME SPRINKLES IN THE AFTERNOON, HIGHS MANAGING ABOUT 48, WITH NORTHWEST WINDS AT 5 TO 20.

LOOKING AT THE EXTENDED FORECAST, THINGS LOOK WARMER AS WE HEAD INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK, ALTHOUGH WE START OUT WITH A LOW OF 31 ON WEDNESDAY, SO WE WILL SEE WIDESPREAD FROST WEDNESDAY MORNING.

A LOT OF SUNSHINE ON THURSDAY, WE WILL BE SEEING SOME SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS WEEKEND, EARLY NEXT WEEK.

TEMPERATURES GET WARMER ON SUNDAY, WITH HIGHS NEAR 77.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: OKAY, TIME FOR LOCAL SPORTS.

CHARLIE IS HERE.

WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR US?

>> IT WAS DEFINITELY A COOL DAY OUTSIDE, BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP THEM FROM PLAYING A LITTLE BASEBALL.

DULUTH MARSHALL CAME TO TOWN TO TAKE ON BEMIDJI.

I HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT AND SOFTBALL IS STARTING UP AS WELL.

WE HEAR FROM THE BEMIDJI SOFTBALL TEAM AHEAD OF SECTIONS [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪] >>> IT WAS A GRIND LAST WEEK FOR BEMIDJI BASEBALL, AND IT WILL BE ANOTHER GRIND THIS WEEK AS THE THEY TRY TO MAKE-UP ALL THE GAMES THEY POSTPONED EARLIER THIS SPRING.

THE LUMBERJACKS ARE CURRENTLY SITTING AT 7-AND-6 ON THE YEAR COMING OFF BACK-TO-BACK DOUBLE-HEADER SPLITS, AND ARE TRYING TO GET BACK IN THE WIN COLUMN AT HOME TODAY AGAINST DULUTH MARSHALL.

RUNS WERE AT A PREMIUM IN THIS ONE, JACKS LEADING TWO NOTHING IN THE 2ND, HILLTOPPERS TRYING TO GET A RUNNER IN SCORING POSITION, BUT GUNNER GANSKE, SHOWING OFF THE POP TIME, KEEPS THEM OFF THE BOARD.

TOPPERS ONLY GOT ONE RUNNER TO 2ND BASE ALL DAY, THAT WAS HERE IN THE 5TH, WITH NO OUTS, LAWSON BERG WAS ABLE TO GET A STRIKE OUT AND THEN THIS DOUBLE-PLAY TO END THE INNING, HE THREW 7-FRAMES OF SHUTOUT BALL ONLY GIVING UP 4-HITS WITH 4-K'S.

IN THE 6TH, STILL 2-0 GANSKE WOULD LEAD OFF WITH A TRIPLE, LATER BERG WOULD KNOCK HIM IN WITH A DOUBLE TO MAKE IT 3-0 THEN, NEXT BATTER, BRENNAN BROWER, BETTER CALL NASA, LET EM KNOW THEY GOT A BALL COMING THEIR WAY, MOON SHOT MAKES IT 5-0.

AND THAT WOULD BE THE FINAL SCORE, AS THE LUMBERJACKS SNAG THEIR 8TH WIN OF THE SEASON, TOMORROW THEY HAVE A DOUBLE-HEADER AT RIVAL BRAINERD.

>>> ALSO PLAYING TODAY, GRAND RAPIDS GETS THE WIN OVER CLOQUET.

GREY EAGLE WINS.

WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY HANDLES NORTHOME-KELLIHER.

SAINT CLOUT -- CLOUD CATHEDRAL TOPS WADENA DEER CREEK.

LOOKING AT THE SOFTBALL SIDE OF THINGS, SECTIONS BEGAN TODAY.

WELL IN 8-2A, WARROAD BEAT BARNESVILLE.

IN 8-2A, PARK RAPIDS TOPS EAST GRAND FORKS BUT MENAHGA'S SEASON COMES TO AN END.

PEQUOT LAKES EDGES ALBANY.

PIERZ WINS NO PROBLEM.

STAPLES MOTLEY FALLS.

FOLEY GETS THE 1-0 WIN OVER PILLAGER.

IN 5-A, THINGS WERE WONKY BECAUSE OF HOW THE PODS WORKED.

PINE RIVER-BACKUS WON THEIR FIRST GAME BUT FALLS TO SEBEKA IN THE SECOND ONE.

BLACKDUCK BEATS EAST-CENTRAL.

THEY'RE MOVING ON TO THE QUARTER FINALS.

IN THE NEXT POD WITH NORTHOME-KELLIHER, MILLE LACS TOPS LAPORTE.

FINALLY IN THE FOURTH POD, NEVIS BEATS McGREGOR.

NEVIS ADVANCES TO THE QUARTER FINALS, 5-3.

GRAND RAPIDS GREEN WAY IN GIRLS LACROSSE BEATS DULUTH.

IN TENNIS, BRAINERD GETS THE WIN AT WILLMAR AND HAD A COUPLE OF WARRIORS IN THE TOP FIVE THERE, BUT TIED FOR FOURTH.

ON THE GIRL'S SIDE OF THINGS, BRAINERD FINISHES THIRD AFTER ROUND ONE OF THE CLC CHAMPIONSHIP.

>>> HITTING HASN'T EXACTLY BEEN A STRONG SUIT OF BEMIDJI SOFTBALL IN RECENT YEARS, BUT THIS SEASON THEIR BATS HAVE CAUGHT FIRE, HELPING THE LUMBERJACKS TO A 12-AND-8 RECORD AND AN OPENING ROUND HOME PLAYOFF GAME FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE MOVING TO 4A BALL.

AS THE JACKS PREPARE FOR THEIR FIRST-ROUND SECTION MATCH-UP, WE TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S LED TO THEIR SUCCESS IN THE BATTER'S BOX.

>> Reporter: FOR BEMIDJI SOFTBALL, THE HITS JUST KEEP COMING THANKS TO A LITTLE ADDED MOTIVATION.

>> LAST YEAR EVERY TIME YOU GO ON BASE, DAD WOULD GIVE YOU A PIECE OF CANDY AND IT MADE YOU WANT TO HIT MORE, SO WE WOULD GET THE SILLY BANDS.

>> THERE ARE ANIMALS, FUN THINGS, BUT DAD SAID NO TO CANDY THIS YEAR.

>> Reporter: THE WRISTBANDS ARE NOT JUST REWARDS, THEY SERVE AS CONFIDENCE BOOSTERS.

>> I WEAR MINE ON MY WRIST A LOT AND IT BRINGS AWAY IF I AM THINKING OVER MUCH, I LOOK AT THEM TO SAY I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS.

A LOT OF THEM PUT IT ON THEIR BATS.

>> Reporter: AND THOSE BATS HAVE BEEN TALKING A LOT LATELY, BUT THE PROCESS TO GET THERE GOES BEYOND WRISTBANDS.

>> EARLIER THIS SEASON, YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING CONTACT AND SO YOU ARE WORKING ON THAT A LOT AT PRACTICE.

>> WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO FOCUS ON OUR STRIKES, ACCOUNTS, AND JUST SWINGING.

>> Reporter: THE LUMBERJACKS SWUNG THEIR WAY TO A 5-2 RECORD AVERAGING 4 MORE RUNS SCORED THAN THEIR OPPONENTS.

>> I FEEL LIKE IT DEPENDS ON THE TEAM AND HOW CONFIDENCE WE ARE, BUT USUALLY WE'RE PRETTY CONFIDENT.

ONCE ONE PERSON STARTS IT, ANOTHER STARTS IT.

>> Reporter: HITS MAY BE CONTAGIOUS, IT'S SOMETHING THEY AREN'T GETTING SICK OF ANY TIME SOON, LIKE THEIR SILLY BANDS, WHICH IS A REMINDER OF WHAT THEY ACCOMPLISHED AND WHAT IS STILL POSSIBLE.

>> HOPEFULLY WE'LL JUST COME TOGETHER AND SHOW THAT WE REALLY CAN WIN.

I FEEL LIKE IF WE SHOW WE CAN, WE WILL MAKE IT WHERE WE WANT TO MAKE IT.

>> Charlie: AND BEMIDJI WILL BE TAKING ON A FAMILIAR FOE TOMORROW AS THEY HOSTELING -- HOST ELK RIVER.

WE'LL HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THAT GAME AND ALSO BRAINERD WILL BE TAKING ON ALEXANDRIA, THE TOP SEED IN 8-4A AND WE'LL HAVE HIGHLIGHTS OF THAT AS WELL.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY IS GROWING RAPIDLY IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, INCLUDING IN NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES.

FOR THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, OUR REPORTER, MATTHEW FREEMAN, SPOKE WITH A LEECH LAKE BAND MEMBER, WHO WAS RECENTLY APPROVED TO BECOME THE FIRST CANNABIS CULTIVATOR WITHIN THE RESERVATION.

>> BOTH WHITE EARTH AND RED LAKE NATION OPERATE SELF REGULATED CULTIVATION FACILITIES FOR THEIR CANNABIS DISPENSARIES.

THE LEECH LAKE BAND JUST APPROVED IT TO A LEECH LAKE BAND MEMBER.

>> LEECH LAKE BEING THE FIRST LICENSED BAND MEMBERS IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA.

IT WAS QUITE AN ENDEAVOR.

IT MIMICS A LICENSURE ACROSS THE BOARD, IT TOOK SEVERAL MONTHS FOR THEM TO NOT JUST LICENSE US BUT TO CREATE THE FRAMEWORK ITSELF.

>> Reporter: HE CLAIMS TO HAVE NEVER HAD INTEREST IN CANNABIS BEFORE.

>> I DON'T USE, I DON'T CONSUME, I DON'T DO ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES, BUT IT'S A NEW INDUSTRY AND I ALWAYS WANTED TO START OUT ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF SOMETHING JUST BREAKING OUT.

CANNABIS PROVIDED THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY.

>> Reporter: HE SPENT $400,000 CONSTRUCTING A 500-SQUARE FOOT CANNABIS SPACE.

SINCE JONES WAS APPROVED FOR HIS LICENSE TO CULTIVATE BY THE END OF APRIL, HIS COMPANY IS RUNNING A SMALLER GROW OPERATION BUT HAS PLANS TO ADD MORE IN THE FUTURE.

>> WE HAVE ROUGHLY 100 PLANTS AT ANY GIVEN TIME.

NOW WE'RE NEW TO LICENSURE, WE HAVE QUITE A FEW SPROUTS GROWING, BUT NOTHING OF REAL VALUE AT THIS POINT.

>> Reporter: PART OF THE AGREEMENT, ALL OF THE PRODUCT FROM JONES CANNABIS COMPANY WILL GO TOWARDS SWEDISH GRASS, THEIR PRIVATELY OWN CANNABIS DISPENSARY.

>> THE PRIMARY REASON WE WANTED TO ENTER IS THE PROFITABILITY AND EXERCISING OUR SOVEREIGNTY AS A TRIBAL NATION.

IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO ESTABLISH OUR RIGHTS ON A CIVIL REGULATORY BASIS AND FOLLOWING FEDERAL LAW.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH LEECH LAKE AND OUR SURROUNDING COMMUNITY FOR THE NEXT YEARS TO COME.

>> Reporter: REPORTING FROM THE LEECH LAKE RESERVATION, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE LEECH LAKE BAND'S SWEETEST GRASS CURRENTLY OPERATES TWO DISPENSARIES, IN WALKER AND CASS LAKE, WITH PLANS TO ESTABLISH A THIRD DISPENSARY IN DEER RIVER.

>>> LET'S GO BACK TO STACY FOR ANOTHER CHECK ON THE WEATHER.

>> Stacy: WE WILL BE SEEING SOME SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, POSSIBLY A FEW SNOW SHOWERS IN NORTH-CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

LOWS SHOULD FALL TO 38.

NOW STILL COOL TOMORROW, A LOT OF CLOUD COVER, THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE MORNING, SOME SPRINKLES IN THE AFTERNOON, HIGHS NEAR 48.

WE DO START TO WARM UP AS WE HEAD INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK, BUT WE COULD SEE AREAS OF FROST ON WEDNESDAY MORNING AS LOWS DROP TO 31.

>> ESPN'S ADAM REPORTING THAT THE NFL OWNERS ARE VOTING MINNESOTA FOR THE 2028 SITE FOR THE NFL DRAFT.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, WE'RE OUT OF TIME.

HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.

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