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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.

>>> A RED LAKE WOMAN HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS ONE OF THE VICTIMS IN A MASS SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS ON TUESDAY NIGHT.

THE HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER SAYS 20-YEAR OLD MERELLE WHITE AS ONE OF FIVE PEOPLE WHO WERE SHOT IN THE HEAD BY 35-YEAR OLD JAMES DUANE ORTLEY.

MEMORIALS LAY AT THE SITE OF THE SHOOTINGS TODAY, IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE VICTIMS.

COURT DOCUMENTS SAY ORTLEY SHOT ALL FIVE WHILE HE SAT IN A CAR WITH THEM.

ALL OF THE VICTIMS WERE NATIVE AMERICANS.

FOUR OF THE VICTIMS HAVE DIED BUT ONE SURVIVED AND WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE SUSPECT TO POLICE.

THE CHARGES ALLEGE THAT ORTLEY IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE “NATIVE MOB”.

THE COMPLAINT GAVE NO DETAILS ON WHAT MIGHT HAVE PROMPTED THE SHOOTINGS.

ORTLEY IS CHARGED WITH THREE COUNTS OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND TWO COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER IN HENNEPIN COUNTY DISTRICT COURT.

THE CHARGES ARE EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO FOUR COUNTS OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER FOLLOWING THE DEATH LATE LAST NIGHT OF THE FOURTH VICTIM.

ON WEDNESDAY, THE RED LAKE BAND OF CHIPPEWA SAID IN A FACEBOOK RELEASE THAT THE SHOOTINGS OCCURRED OUTSIDE THE RED LAKE NATION EMBASSY.

THE STATEMENT SAID POLICE HAVE ENSURED THEY WILL HAVE A HEAVY PRESENCE IN AND AROUND THAT AREA FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE AND THAT THE BAND WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF ITS SECURITY TEAM PRESENT THERE AROUND THE CLOCK AS WELL.

>>> A MINNESOTA STATE TROOPER HAS BEEN CHARGED IN FEDERAL COURT WITH PRODUCTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.

JEREMY FRANCIS PLONSKI WAS CHARGED BY CRIMINAL COMPLAINT TODAY IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT PLONSKI HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON A FEDERAL WARRANT AND REMAINS IN CUSTODY PENDING A DETENTION HEARING.

ACTING U.S. ATTORNEY LISA D. KIRKPATRICK SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT WHILE DONNING HIS UNIFORM, PLONSKI COMMITTED ONE OF THE MOST VILE AND PREDATORY OFFENSES IMAGINABLE.

A F.B.I.

SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE ALVIN M. WINSTON SR. SAID THE CONDUCT ALLEGED IN THIS CASE IS HORRIFYING AND A GROSS BETRAYAL OF PUBLIC TRUST, AND THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE SWORN TO PROTECT THE MOST VULNERABLE AMONG US, NOT EXPLOIT THEM.

PLONSKI FACES A MANDATORY MINIMUM OF 15 YEARS IN PRISON IF CONVICTED.

>>> IN MID-APRIL, THE NORTHERN TOWNSHIP BOARD ISSUED THEIR NOTICE TO INCORPORATE INTO A CITY.

THE CITY OF BEMIDJI QUICKLY RESPONDED WITH A RESOLUTION TO RESCIND THAT NOTICE TO INCORPORATE AND TO ALSO RE-ENTER WASTEWATER NEGOTIATIONS.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN SAT DOWN WITH THE NORTHERN TOWNSHIP CHAIRMAN, TO SEE WHY THEY FEEL INCORPORATION IS THE BEST THING FOR THEIR RESIDENTS.

>> Reporter: BOARD MEMBERS IN NORTHERN TOWNSHIP SAY TOO MUCH OF THE TOWNSHIP HAS BEEN PICKED APART IN THE LAST DECADES.

>> IT'S BEEN ANNEXED OVERTIME AND WE FEEL THERE ARE A SET OF BOUNDARIES TO SURVIVE.

>> Reporter: THEY DON'T INCORPORATE INTO CITIES VERY OFTEN AND EMPIRE TOWNSHIP BEING THE LAST TO DO SO IN 2023.

NORTHERN TOWNSHIP FEELS THEY OPERATE VERY MUCH LIKE A CITY.

>> WE HAVE BUSINESSES HERE, WE HAVE THOROUGHFARES, WE HAVE PLANNING AND ZONING INDEPENDENTLY.

WE OFFER COMPETITIVE TAX RATES THAT WE FEEL ARE FAIR TO OUR RESIDENTS AND IN CORPORATION WITH THE ANALYSIS THAT WE HAVE DONE WITH OUR ECONOMIC EXPERTS HAS NOT CHANGED OR WILL CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY.

>> Reporter: THEY HAVE HELD SEVERAL MEETINGS REGARDING THE CORPORATION IN THE PAST.

THE BOARD SAID DURING THEIR NOVEMBER MEETING IN 2022, THERE WAS OVERWHELMING SUPPORT FROM RESIDENTS TO INCORPORATE IN THE CITY.

>> THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENTS FEEL WHEN WE CAME TO OUR MEETINGS, WE DIDN'T HAVE PEOPLE HOLDING UP THEIR HANDS SAY THEY'RE WERE FOR ANNEXATION.

WE REALLY HAD NO COMMENTS OF PEOPLE COMING IN HERE WHO FILED FOR ANY ANNEXATION OF THEIR PROPERTIES.

>> Reporter: THE CITY OF BEMIDJI FEELS DIFFERENTLY.

NOT LONG AFTER THEY ISSUED THEIR NOTICE TO INCORPORATE, THEY SERVED A FORMAL NOTICE, SAYING BEMIDJI CAN OFFER THE SERVICES THAT THE TOWNSHIP WANTS TO PROVIDE AND IT WOULD BE A WASTE FOR THEM TO DO SO.

>> IT TAKES SPECIAL PERSONNEL THAT ARE HIGHLY TALENTED TO RUN THESE FACILITIES AND DO SO IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE WAY.

WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITY, WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR LAKE, I HAVE A HARD TIME BELIEVING IT'S NOT THE CITY OF BEMIDJI PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES.

>> I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE BEEN SHIED, THAT THEY CAN SERVE OUR RESIDENTS BETTER, AND THE SERVICES THEY OFFER ARE RELEVANT TO OUR PEOPLE, BUT OUR RESIDENTS GET WHAT THEY NEED AND THE STUFF THEY DO NEED RIGHT NOW, WE ARE ABLE TO OFFER THEM COMPETITIVELY, SUCH AS OUR STORE PROJECT, WITH A GRANT THAT WE OBTAINED AND WE CAN OFFER THAT AT A DISCOUNTED RATE.

>> Reporter: THE NORTHERN TOWNSHIP BOARD SENT A LETTER IN RESPONSE TO THEIR RESPONSE TO ANNEX, A TOPIC THAT HAS BEEN FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND THEY HOPE THIS WILL SOON COME TO AN END.

>> WE NEED RESOLUTION, WE NEED TO START GOVERNING AS WE WANT TO GOVERNOR, WE NEED TO HAVE STABILITY, AND WE NEED TO PLAN FOR OUR FUTURE.

THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT IS CREATING OUR BORDERS.

WE KNOW OUR TAX BASE AND OUR FUTURE GROWTH.

WE CAN PLAN WHAT WE NEED.

THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT IS TO GET THESE BORDERS SET.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN NORTHERN TOWNSHIP, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> IF YOU HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS STORY FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS, WE WANT TO KNOW YOUR OPINION.

ARE YOU FOR NORTHERN TOWNSHIP'S INCORPORATION TO BECOME A CITY, OR DO YOU WISH NORTHERN TOWNSHIP TO REMAIN A TOWNSHIP?

WE HAVE A POLL GOING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE THAT YOU CAN VOTE ON.

>>> A PROPOSED COPPER-NICKEL MINE ON THE IRON RANGE HAS BEEN NAMED A FEDERAL PRIORITY BY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.

NEWRANGE COPPER NICKEL SAYS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS ADDED THE COMPANY'S NORTHMET PROJECT TO THE FAST-41 TRANSPARENCY PROJECTS LIST.

THE NORTHMET MINE, WOULD EXTRACT ORE IN BABBITT AND THEN SHIP THE MATERIAL FOR PROCESSING AT THE FORMER L.T.V.

STEEL SITE IN HOYT LAKES.

8TH DISTRICT REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN PETE STAUBER APPLAUDED THE MOVE SAYING "NEWRANGE'S NORTHMET DEPOSIT REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITY TO PRODUCE THE CRITICAL MINERALS NECESSARY TO SECURE OUR NATION'S ECONOMIC AND SECURITY NEEDS."

WHILE STATE REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE SPENCER IGO WHO REPRESENTS PORTIONS OF THE IRON RANGE SAID IN A STATEMENT, “I'M GRATEFUL THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS FORMALLY RECOGNIZING THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF THE NORTHMET SITE AND THE OPPORTUNITIES IT BRINGS TO OUR REGION, OUR STATE, AND OUR COUNTRY."

THOSE OPPOSED TO THE PROJECT SAY LIKE THE GROUP FRIENDS OF THE BOUNDARY WATERS WILDERNESS SAY THAT ONLY A FEW YEARS AGO THE E.P.A.

STATED THERE WAS NO WAY THE MINE COULD OPERATE WITHOUT VIOLATING THE FOND DU LAC BANDS WATER QUALITY STANDARDS AND THAT, "THE ONLY THING THAT HAS CHANGED IS THE WILLINGNESS OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION TO BEND THE LAW AND IGNORE SCIENCE, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT FAST TRACKING THIS PROJECT WILL INVOLVE."

>>> CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE'S MEAT CUTTING AND BUTCHERY PROGRAM HAS INTRODUCED A BRAND-NEW FACILITY TO THE CAMPUS THIS YEAR.

REPORTER MILES WALKER STOPPED BY THE STAPLES CAMPUS TO SEE WHAT OPPORTUNITIES THE STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY IS OFFERING TO THE STUDENT BODY.

>> Reporter: CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE MEAT BUTCHERING PROGRAM PREPARES STUDENTS TO PACKAGE MEAT IN COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS AND FUNCTION AS LICENSED MEAT CUTTERS AND BUTCHERS AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO PREPARE STUDENTS THAN IMPLEMENT A BUTCHERY.

>> WE ARE ABOUT TO MAKE IT 80% LAB AND 20% THE BOOK WORK.

MOST OF THE STUDENTS THAT SIGN UP FOR THE COURSE ARE LOOKING TO GET THEIR HANDS-ON CARCASSES, TO GET THEIR HANDS-ON MEAT SO THEY CAN BE PROFICIENT.

>> Reporter: ONE IS A FREEZER AND THE OTHER IS A CLASSROOM WHERE STUDENTS LEARN TO CUT, GIVING THEM A CHANCE TO LEARN OF THE LIFECYCLE OF AN ANIMAL FROM AN AGRICULTURAL, MEAT PRODUCTION, AND CULINARY ARTS PERSPECTIVE AND TAKE PART IN THE HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE.

>> SOME DAYS WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THE LIVE ANIMALS AND JUDGE HOW THEY WILL BE IN COMPARISON TO WHEN WE HARVEST THEM.

THESE STUDENTS WILL SPEND THE MAJORITY OF THEIR TIME GETTING THEIR HANDS-ON THOSE CARCASSES, ON THAT SAUSAGE, BEEF, PIG, LAMB, WHATEVER IT WILL BE, BREAKING THOSE DOWN AND WHERE THOSE PARTS COME FROM.

>> Reporter: THE MEAT CUTTING AND BUTCHERY STUDENTS APPEAR TO BE TAKING A LIKING TO THE BRAND NEW FACILITY.

>> WHEN WE FIRST STARTED, WE WERE IN THE KITCHEN.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT IS A LOT EASIER TO DO THINGS IN HERE.

>> TEMPERATURE CONTROL, WE CAN HAVE MEAT OUT LONGER, IT'S MORE EFFICIENT WITH CLEANING AND CUTTING.

EVERYTHING IS WHERE IT SHOULD BE.

IT'S SIMILAR TO A REAL WORLD SITUATION.

>> Reporter: THE MEAT MARKET IS BOOMING AND ONLY GOING UP IN THE U.S., REVENUE IN THE MEAT MARKET AMOUNTS TO OVER $137 BILLION IN THE COUNTRY IN 2025, WITH A MARKET EXPECTED TO GROW ANNUALLY BY 4.48%, PROVIDING INCENTIVE FOR STUDENTS THAT SHOW INTEREST IN THE CAREER AND RECEIVING THE BEST POSSIBLE PREP FOR THEIR FUTURES.

>> THE LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT WE ARE GIVEN HERE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE ARE TAUGHT HOW THE KNIFE ACTUALLY WORKS.

YOUR KNIFE CUTS BY THE MOVEMENT, NOT THE PRESSURE YOU ARE PUTTING DOWN ON IT.

I STARTED AN INTERNSHIP, WITH ME BEING A DAY THERE, I WAS ABLE TO ASSIST THE EMPLOYEES THAT HAD BEEN THERE LONGER THAN I HAD.

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

>> C.L.C.

'S MEAT CUTTING AND BUTCHERY PROGRAM WILL BE TEACHING CUTTING AND PACKAGING NEXT FALL AND SAUSAGE SMOKING AND CURING IN THE SPRING OF 2026.

THAT SOUNDS LIKE THAT COULD BE A POPULAR COURSE INDEED.

>>> CONSTRUCTION ON HIGHWAY 371 IN HACKENSACK IS SET TO BEGIN NEXT MONDAY, MAY 5TH.

THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SAYS MOTORISTS MAY EXPERIENCE DAILY LANE CLOSURES WHILE CREWS BEGIN CONSTRUCTION.

THE PROJECT INCLUDES CONSTRUCTING A ROUNDABOUT AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 371 AND CASS COUNTY ROAD 5.

BEGINNING MAY 12TH A DETOUR WILL BE IN PLACE FOR TRUCKS USING CASS COUNTY ROADS 5 AND 45 MINN-DOT SAYS ONCE FINISHED, THIS STRETCH OF HIGHWAY 371 IN HACKENSACK WILL INCLUDE A SAFER ROAD, SAFER INTERSECTIONS, IT THE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN MID-OCTOBER, WEATHER PERMITTING.

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

>> Elissa: WE MAY SEE SOME FROST OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE SUNSHINE AND WARMER TEMPERATURES ARE ON THE WAY FOR THE WEEKEND.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, THE BRAINERD LAKES PUBLIC SCHOOL ARCHIVES HELD THEIR EXHIBITION TO REMEMBER THOSE BRAINERD LAKE STUDENTS THAT >> THIS PORTION OF LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED BY C.T.C.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> BASKETBALL SEASON MAY BE OVER, BUT THE CASS LAKE-BENA HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUM SAW PLENTY OF ACTIVITY TODAY, NOT IN THE ATHLETICS WAY, BUT THE ACADEMIC ONE.

MORE THAN 50 REPRESENTATIVES FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES AND COLLEGES WERE AT THE SCHOOL'S COLLEGE AND CAREER FAIR.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK HAS MORE ON THE THIRD ANNUAL EVENT.

>> Reporter: AFTER GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL, EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN PATH.

FOR SOME, IT'S COLLEGE, OTHERS IT'S THE WORKFORCE, ALL 240 9th THROUGH 12th GRADERS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO THINK MORE ABOUT THEIR FUTURE AT THE COLLEGE AND CAREER FAIR.

>> IT HAS A DIFFERENT VARIETY OF JOBS THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT AND SEE THAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING, OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAPPY WITH DOING.

YOU CAN SEE HOW THEIR JOB IMPACTS THE COMMUNITY AND YOU CAN DECIDE ON WHAT YOU WANT TO DO FROM THERE.

>> SUCCESS MEANS DIFFERENT THINGS TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

WHAT WE TRY TO FOCUS ON HERE AT CASS LAKE-BENA HIGH SCHOOL IS WHAT OUR STUDENTS NEED AND HOW THEY CAN ADD TO THEIR COMMUNITY.

SO IT MIGHT MEAN STAYING LOCAL, GOING WITH THE TRIBAL COLLEGE, AND GIVING THE CAREER A TRADE AND HOW YOU BRING THOSE SKILLS BACK IN AND MAKE YOUR COMMUNITY THRIVE AND GROW.

>> Reporter: THERE WERE MORE THAN 50 DIFFERENT BOOTHS REPRESENTING DIFFERENT COLLEGES, JOBS, OR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT STUDENTS CAN TAKE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL.

>> EVERY STUDENT IS UNIQUE AND THEIR INTERESTS AND VALUES ARE DIFFERENT.

BEING EXPOSED TO A VARIETY OF OPPORTUNITIES WILL HOPEFULLY ALLOW A STUDENT TO FIND ONE THAT FEELS RIGHT FOR THEM.

>> Reporter: AND WHILE THE FAIR IS OF COURSE ABOUT THE STUDENTS, THESE INTERVIEWS CAN HELP OUT THE BUSINESSES AS WELL.

>> PARTNERS ARE DOING REALLY COOL THINGS WITH EXPOSING JOB OPPORTUNITIES, ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND COLLEGES, AND JUST INTERACTING AND GETTING TO KNOW OUR STUDENTS.

>> OUR BUSINESSES LOVE IT.

YOU WILL SEE SOME BUSINESSES DOING ON THE SPOT JOB INTERVIEWS, TRYING TO LINE UP SUMMER EMPLOYMENT, AND IT'S A CHANCE FOR THEM TO NETWORK AND CONNECT WITH KIDS, BECAUSE THAT'S THEIR FUTURE WORKFORCE.

>> Reporter: STUDENTS CAN GO AROUND COLLECTING DIFFERENT SWAG ITEM FROM THE BOOTH AND THE SUNGLASSES OR BACKPACKS CAN POTENTIALLY MEAN MORE.

>> HEY, I REALLY ENJOYED THAT AND IT HAS SOME CONTACT INFORMATION ON THERE.

IT JUST GIVES THEM A CHANCE TO REMEMBER WHAT THEY LEARNED AND WHO THEY GOT IT FROM.

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

>> THE COLLEGE AND CAREER FAIR IS ALSO INTENDED TO GIVE STUDENTS A SPACE TO TALK IN A PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND HAVE REAL-LIFE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BUSINESSES AND RECRUITERS.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, STACY JOINS US WITH NEWS OF A NICE WEEKEND FORECAST.

>> YES, WE WILL SEE WARMER TEMPERATURES, HIGHS IN THE 60s AND 70s, AND A LITTLE BIT ON THE COOL SIDE >> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS SPONSORED BY THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS OF MINNESOTA.

>> AND BY SANFORD HEALTH WITH PRIMARY CARE LOCATIONS IN BEMIDJI AND ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST.

SANFORD HEALTH IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING CARE CLOSE TO HOME.

LEARN MORE AT SANFORDHEALTH.ORG.

>> THE WEATHER IS SPONSORED IN PART BY WIDSETH; ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS, LAND SURVEYORS SERVING MINNESOTA COMMUNITIES SINCE 1975.

>> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >>> WE HAD A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE THROUGHOUT THE AREA TODAY, BUT IT WAS A LITTLE BIT COOL AND A LITTLE BIT BREEZY OUT THERE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TEMPERATURES FALLING AND WE CAN SEE SOME AREAS OF FROST OVERNIGHT, WHICH COULD LINGER INTO TOMORROW MORNING.

AS WE HEAD INTO THE MORNING, WE WILL SEE A LOT OF SUNSHINE, TEMPERATURES ON THE RISE, HIGHS IN THE 60s AND 70s AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT IS 49 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.

WE HAVE A LIGHT WEST WIND AT THE STUDIO, 33 IS OUR DEW POINT, AND HUMIDITY IS AT 53%.

IN BRAINERD, WE HAVE FAIR SKIES, 44 DEGREES, 35 IS OUR DEW POINT, PRESSURE IS HOLDING STEADY AND WINDS ARE CALM.

LOOKING AT THE SATELLITE AND RADAR PICTURE, NO PRECIPITATION OUT THERE.

WE HAVE BEEN SEEING A FEW AREAS OF CLOUDS, A LINE OF CLOUDS MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTION OF OUR VIEWING AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

HEADING INTO TONIGHT, WE WILL BE SEEING CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, TEMPERATURES SHOULD FALL IN THE MID-30s, SO WE COULD SEE SOME AREAS OF FROST, ESPECIALLY IN EASTERN MINNESOTA, WHERE WE WILL HAVE CALMER WINDS, WE WILL SEE THE WINDS STARTING TO PICK UP IN THE WEST, BUT SUNSHINE TOMORROW AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL HAVE HIGHS IN THE 60s, WITH 70s EXPECTED ON SUNDAY.

A LOT OF WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT.

ARLENE SPOTTING A COUPLE OF LOONS ON BLUEBERRY LAKE TODAY, SONYA WITH A PICTURE OF THE BLUE SKIES BETWEEN THE CLOUDS NEAR TURTLE RIVER LAKE, GARY WITH A PHOTO OF THE PERFECT REFLECTION OF THE CLOUDS AND LAKE THERE.

LAURIE AT LITTLE TURTLE LAKE SPOTS SOME DEER IN THE YARD.

THE EVENING SKIES WERE GORGEOUS AROUND SUNSET TONIGHT.

SAMROSE AT LOWER RED LAKE, BRANDON AT RED LAKE AND JUDY AT UPPER RED LAKE WITH THOSE PHOTOS TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 37 AND BREEZY THIS MORNING.

SONYA AT TURTLE RIVER LAKE, 51 WITH A LIGHT BREEZE THIS AFTERNOON.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, SUN AND WIND TODAY.

JOAN IN LAPORTE, PARTLY SUNNY WITH A HIGH OF 54.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, CLOUDY AND BREEZY.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, A HIGH OF 50, AND ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WITH A HIGH OF 54.

ON OUR ALMANAC, 50 WAS THE HIGH IN BRAINERD.

WE'RE WELL BELOW THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE, WE WILL SEE LOW 60s TODAY, 40 WAS OUR LOW THIS MORNING, AND SUNRISE AT 1 MINUTE BEFORE 6:00 THIS MORNING.

BEMIDJI TODAY, TOPPING OUT AT 55.

CLOSER TO THE AVERAGE HIGH, 4 DEGREES BELOW THAT, 37 WAS OUR LOW THIS MORNING, AND 8:33 FOR THE SUNSET.

TOMORROW MORNING, WE WILL BE SEEING MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES, MAYBE A FEW CLOUDS LINGERING HERE AND THERE, BUT AGAIN SOME PATCHY FROST IS STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS.

AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY, WE WILL BE SEEING A LOT OF SUNSHINE, MAYBE A FEW PASSING CLOUDS IS ALL WE'RE GOING TO MANAGE, BUT TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE WARMING UP.

WE WILL BE SEEING HIGHS IN THE 60s, LOOKS LIKE UPPER 60s IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA, WITH UPPER 60s IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WELL.

HERE'S OUR FORECAST, CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES TONIGHT, COULD SEE SOME WIDESPREAD FROST OR SOME PATCHY FOG OUT THERE AS LOWS DROP INTO THE MID-30s.

SUNNY TOMORROW, STILL SEEING SOME AREAS OF FROST IN THE MORNING, 68 FOR THE HIGH, SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 5 TO 20.

LOOKING AT OUR WEEKEND FORECAST, A LOT OF SUNSHINE AND WARMER TEMPERATURES FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND, 73 FOR THE HIGH, MUCH THE SAME ON MONDAY.

THERE MAY BE A FEW ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS IN EASTERN MINNESOTA TUESDAY, OTHERWISE SUNSHINE CONTINUES THROUGH MIDWEEK WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR 70 BOTH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: THANKS STACY.

CHARLIE IS HERE.

BSU BASEBALL, THEY HAD SOME HOME GAME THIS YEAR.

>> YES, THEY HAD QUITE A FEW HOME GAMES THIS YEAR AND THEY GET TO FINISH UP AT HOME THIS WEEKEND.

THEY GOT A THREE GAME SERIES AT HOME AGAINST SAINT CLOUD STATE.

WE HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT AND I STOPPED BY THE GOLF COURSE TO TALK TO THE GIRLS BEMIDJI GOLF TEAM BECAUSE IT WAS NICE AND SUNNY OUT.

HOPEFULLY MORE SUN THIS WEEKEND, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO PLAY >> SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED IN PART BY PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS, CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF THE GIGAZONE.

>>> IN FOCUS IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE MINNESOTA ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE FUND.

>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪] >>> IT'S BEEN A ROUGH SEASON FOR BSU BASEBALL, MUSTERING ONLY 6-WINS BUT TODAY'S DOUBLE-HEADER MARKED THE START OF A 3-GAME SERIES, THEIR FINAL OF THE REGULAR SEASON AND IT WAS CHANCE TO FINISH ON A HIGH NOTE.

WE PICK IN GAME ONE, BEMIDJI STATE HOSTING SAINT CLOUD STATE.

IN THE TOP OF THE FIRST, HUSKIES LEADING 1-0 WITH RUNNERS ON FIRST AND SECOND.

WILMIS CASTRO AT THE DISHM, SERVES THIS TO LEFT FIELD.

THEY SEND ETHAN NAVRATIL HOME BUT HUNTER HYDEN, SHOWING OFF THE CANNON, GUNS HIM DOWN, KEEPS IT A ONE RUN GAME.

IN THE SECOND THOUGH, IT'S 2-0 WITH TWO IN SCORING POSITION.

WYATT TWEET SINGLE TO RIGHT FIELD CASHES THEM BOTH IN FOR THE HUSKIES.

THEY'D BUILD A 7-1 LEAD BUT BOTTOM FOUR.

RUNNERS ON THE CORNERS FOR JACK FELDMAN.

HE'S GONNA DROP ONE INTO LEFT, ENOUGH TO SCORE DYLAN HEDLEY.

BEMIDJI STATE WOULD SCORE FOUR IN THE 5TH BUT THAT'S AS CLOSE AS THEY'D GET, FALLING 7-6 TO SAINT CLOUD STATE IN GAME ONE.

THEY'D ALSO SURRENDER GAME TWO.

THAT ONE IN EXTRA INNINGS, FINAL GAME TOMORROW FOR THE BEAVERS AND IT'S SENIOR DAY FIRST PITCH AT NOON.

>>> A COUPLE MORE SCORES FOR YOU AROUND THE AREA, CENTENNIAL BEATING BEMIDJI.

A TOUGH OUT FOR THEM.

SEBEKA, THEY BEAT OTTER TAIL CENTRAL.

IN SOFTBALL, PIERZ GETTING A WIN AND WADENA DEER CREEK.

ROSEAU GOT THE WIN OVER NORTHERN FREEZE.

BEMIDJI IN BASEBALL, BEATING BRAINERD 7-0.

ANOKA BEATS GRAND RAPIDS 1-0.

ALSO IN BASEBALL, PIERZ AND LITTLE FALLS GETTING WINS AND LITTLE FALLS GETS ONE OF THE WINS OVER PIERZ.

IN BASEBALL, WADENA DEER CREEK BEATING PINE RIVER-BACKUS.

PILLAGER SPLITS WITH MENAHGA.

IN LACROSSE, FOREST LAKE BEATS GRAND RAPIDS GREEN WAY.

IN HIGH SCHOOL BOYS TENNIS, SARTELL BEATS BRAINERD.

IN GOLF, BOYS GOLF, PEQUOT LAKES WINS THE TOURNAMENT TODAY AND A SMATTERING OF LOCAL AREA TEAMS.

ON THE INDIVIDUAL SIDE OF THINGS, IT WAS CARTER WRIGHT FROM STAPLES MOTLEY GETTING THE WIN, SHOOTING AN EVEN 70.

THE TWINS HAVE LOST FOUR IN A ROW.

>>> WELL, BEMIDJI GIRLS GOLF HAS SEEN A BIT OF SUCCESS THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THEIR SEASON.

THE LUMBERJACKS HAVE FINISH IN THE TOP FIVE FOUR TIMES THIS YEAR AND THAT'S DUE TO A SOLID MIX OF VETERAN SENIORS AN JUNIORS, WITH A SPRINKLING OF UNDER CLASSMEN.

LEADING THE WAY IS SENIOR MYER AND JUNIOR TAYLOR, AND THEY QUALIFIED EITHER ONE OR TWO HEADED INTO ALMOST ALL OF THEIR TOURNAMENTS THUS FAR.

>> I WOULD SAY A LOT OF US HAVE CONSISTENCY WITH OUR GAME AT THIS POINT, SINCE MOST OF US ARE SENIORS AND HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING OUR GAME FOR A WHILE.

SO, I MEAN IT'S JUST AS FAR AS WHAT CLUB YOU ARE GOING TO USE FOR WHAT SHOT.

YOU WILL HAVE YOUR DISTANCES DOWN AND KNOW WHAT SHOT YOU WANT TO PLAY.

>> WE DEFINITELY CAME A LONG WAY SINCE THE FRESHMAN YEAR, SO THERE IS A GOOD GROUP OF GIRLS SO GETTING CLOSE WITH THEM AND GETTING BETTER.

WE HAVE DONE GOOD BUT WE CAN WORK AND GET IT LOWER.

>> Reporter: THE JACKS ARE NOW FOCUSED ON WHAT THEY CAN DO TO GET BETTER PERSONALLY AND AS A TEAM TO ENSURE THEY'RE PLAYING THEIR BEST GOLF BEFORE THE SECTION TOURNAMENT BEGINS.

>> OUR EXPECTATION OF THE TEAM WAS TO BEAT OUR TEAM GOAL FROM LAST YEAR WHICH WAS 355.

WE HAD COME CLOSE, BUT WE HAVE NOT HIT IT YET.

JUST KNOWING THE END IS COMING, IT'S BITTERSWEET, BUT KNOW THAT WE CAN DO IT AND WE WILL DO IT AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK OUR BUTTS OFF.

>> DEFINITELY WORKING ON OUR TIPPING AND WE GOT CONSISTENT WITH THAT, BUT WE STILL NEED TO WORK ON IT AND COMING OUT TO THE RANGE AND HITTING BALLS FOR A LONG TIME.

>> I THINK WE'RE GETTING PROGRESSIVELY BETTER.

FOR ME, I THINK MY IRONS ARE THE BIGGEST THING THAT CAN FLUCTUATE, BUT YEAH.

>> WE'RE LOOKING TO KEEP SCORING LOW AND KEEP IT CONSISTENT.

>> Charlie: AND THEY WILL KEEP TRYING TO SCORE LOW ON WEDNESDAY WHEN THEY HEAD TO EAST GRAND FORKS AND THEY HAVE THAT TOURNAMENT AT VALLEY GOLF COURSE.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD.

THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> BRAINERD PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARCHIVES ALLOWED FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO COME AND SEE ARTIFACTS FROM FORMER STUDENTS FROM THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA THAT WENT TO FIGHT IN WORLD WAR 2 AND WERE SUBSEQUENTLY FORCED TO PARTICIPATE IN WHAT BECAME KNOWN AS THE BATAAN DEATH MARCH.

REPORTER DANIEL PURSELL HAS MORE WITH THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS.

>> Reporter: THE BRAINERD PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARCHIVE PUT ON THE BOYS FROM BATAAN EXHIBITION, TO REMEMBER THE BATTALION THAT WAS SUBJECT TO THE DEATH MARCH.

>> WHAT WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO DO TODAY IS IMPRESS UPON THE PUBLIC AND THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY KNOWLEDGEABLE SUCH INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE IN ARCHIVES ABOUT THE MEN OF BATAAN AND IN PARTICULAR, THOSE WHO HAD THAT ASSOCIATION WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

>> Reporter: THE EXHIBITION LINES THE HALLWAY OF THE WASHINGTON EDUCATION CENTER.

THE VERY SAME HALLWAY THAT SOME OF THOSE SOLDIERS WALKED AS STUDENTS.

>> UNLIKE TODAY, THE NATIONAL GUARD OF THE TIME, 1940, LET'S SAY WAS FORMED BY YOUNG MEN FROM AROUND THE IMMEDIATE AREA.

SO THESE ARE GUYS THAT GREW UP PLAYING BASKETBALL TOGETHER ON THE COURT THAT IS BEHIND US HERE AND WERE CLASSMATES IN THIS BUILDING, ACTED ON THIS STAGE.

>> Reporter: IT KILLED TENS OF THOUSANDS FILIPINO AND AMERICAN SOLDIERS.

OF THE 44 MEN THAT ATTEMPTED BRAINERD PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ONLY 18 RETURNED HOME.

>> THEY FOUGHT GALLANTLY AND THEY WERE ORDERED BY THEIR COMMAND TO SURRENDER.

WHEN THEY SURRENDERED, THE AMERICAN COMMAND ARRANGED FOR TRANSPORT TO THE PRISONER OF WAR CAMP ABOUT 60 MILES AWAY.

THE JAPANESE COMMANDER SAID NO, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THAT.

THEY TAKING CARE OF IT WAS MARCHING.

>> Reporter: THE CURATOR OF THE EXHIBIT, THE DISPLAY SERVES AS A REMINDER OF WHAT THE YOUNG MEN DIED FOR, PROTECTING DEMOCRACY.

>> REMEMBER BATAAN, NEVER FORGET.

THAT RESONATES THROUGH THIS COMMUNITY AND THOSE OF US WHO KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT THIS, WE FIND WAYS TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF HISTORY AND TRADITION AND THE GALLANTRY OF THOSE MEN.

THEY SAVED AMERICA'S BACON BECAUSE THEY KEPT JAPAN OFF THE DOORSTEP OF AMERICA FOR FOUR MONTHS AND THEN THEY PAID THE PRICE.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BRAINERD WITH THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS, I'M DANIEL PURSELL, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THERE ARE MEMORIALS ALL THROUGHOUT THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA IN REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE WHO DIED IN THE DEATH MARCH INCLUDING THE NISSWA AMERICAN LEGION WHICH IS NAMED AFTER BILLY BROWN, ONE OF THE MEN WHO DIED IN THE TRAGIC EVENT.

>>> TIME FOR ONE LAST LOOK AT OUR WEATHER, WE HEAD BACK OVER TO STACY.

>> WE WILL BE SEEING WIDESPREAD FROST AND PATCHY FOG.

OTHERWISE, CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, LOWS DROPPING TO THE MID-30s.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW, SUNNY SKIES, FROST LINGERING IN THE MORNING.

AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK, EVEN WARMER, HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID-70s AROUND SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

>> Charlie: ON MONDAY, THE BEMIDJI SPORTS BANQUET AND THEIR HALL OF FAME DINNER, WE WILL FIND OUT WHO THE ATHLETES OF THE YEAR ARE, MALE AND FEMALE FOR THE LUMBERJACKS.

>> Dennis: THAT'S IT FOR US.

ENJOY THE WEATHER, WE'LL BE BACK ON MONDAY NIGHT.

WE'LL SEE YOU THEN.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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