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

>>> IT WAS A CHAOTIC END TO THE STATE LEGISLATIVE AND DEMOCRATS IN THE MAJORITY COMBINED SEVERAL SPENDING RELATED BILLS INTO ONE PACKAGE AND MOVED TO PASS IT QUICKLY WITH NO DEBATE.

THE CLOCK ON THE SESSION WAS RUNNING OUT.

REPUBLICANS SAID THE D.F.L.

MISMANAGED THEIR TIME BUT DEMOCRATS SAID THE REPUBLICANS USE OF FILIBUSTERS TO STALL FORCED THEM TO TAKE EXTRAORDINARY MEASURERS.

AND THAT LED TO PANDEMONIUM IN THE CHAMBERS.

[CROWD NOISE] >> MADAM SPEAKER, PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY, WE REQUEST A COPY OF THIS BILL, OF 1,430 PAGES, NOT AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE, NOT AVAILABLE IN THIS CHAMBER.

THIS IS A HORRIBLE WAY TO GOVERN.

>> REPRESENTATIVE -- >> WE WERE ASKING TO BE RECOGNIZED, WE WERE ASKING FOR THE BILL, WE WERE ASKING FOR PARTS OF PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY AND THE SPEAKER CHOSE TO IGNORE WHAT WAS GOING ON.

>> THESE ARE BILLS THAT HAD REPUBLICANS ON THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE, THAT ALL HAVE BEEN HEARD.

THERE WAS NOT A LOT OF CREATIVE WRITING IN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE.

WE FOLLOWED THE RULES AND THE REPUBLICANS WERE ON THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE.

SO IN MANY OF THESE CASES, THEY WERE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORTS THAT HAD BEEN DEBATED FOR HOURS AND HOURS.

IN FACT, ONE OF THE INGREDIENTS IN THERE WAS AGRICULTURE AND ENERGY, WHICH WE SPENT HOURS AND HOURS DEBATING.

THEY KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WAS IN THE BILL.

THEY ALSO KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE DOING WHEN THEY SPOKE FOR HOURS AND HOURS ON THINGS AND TOLD STORIES ABOUT THEIR FAMILIES AND DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THE BILLS AT ALL.

IT WAS AN EFFORT TO BLOCK PROGRESS AND WE HAD TO TAKE EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES, WHICH IS AUTHORIZED BY THE RULES TO PASS THE BILLS.

>> LOOK, WE HAVE A DEMOCRAT TRIFECTA.

THEY HAVE ABUSED NOT ONLY US IN THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE, BUT MINNESOTANS.

THIS WHOLE PROCESS HAS BEEN BAKED FROM THE VERY BEGINNING AND NOW WE HAVE PRODUCT THAT WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS IN IT.

THIS EXTREME AGENDA CONTINUES EVERY SINGLE DAY WE ARE OUT THERE.

FOLKS, THIS IS THE BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT.

I FEEL GROSS COMING OFF THE SENATE FLOOR TODAY.

THE ABUSE OF THE RULES, THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL BILLS THAT ARE COMING OFF OF THERE, AND BY THE WAY THEY USED AN ALLEGED FELON TO PASS THESE BILLS.

THE NUMBER 34 VOTE IN A NUMBER OF THE CONTROVERSIAL BILLS THAT CAME THROUGH THIS YEAR, ALL TO PROTECT AN AGENDA.

WHEN THE AGENDA BECOMES MORE IMPORTANT THAN PEOPLE, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS.

>> TODAY, WE SAW AGAIN ROADBLOCK AFTER ROADBLOCK PUT IN THE WAY OF GETTING OUR WORK DONE.

SO, WE DID GET OUR WORK DONE AND THE MINNESOTA PEOPLE WILL BE BETTER FOR IT.

BILLS THAT WE PASS TODAY AND THE LAST TWO YEARS ARE GOING TO CHANGE THE STATE FOR THE BETTER, GOING TO HELP PEOPLE, AND GOING TO FIGHT OUR CLIMATE CRISIS.

I THINK WE CAN BE INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THE SESSION WE HAD.

>> GOVERNOR WALZ SAYS HE WILL NOT CALL A SPECIAL SESSION TO COMPLETE ANY UNFINISHED WORK, SO HERE'S A LOOK AT SOME OF WHAT PASSED AND WHAT DIDN'T PASS.

OF LOCAL INTEREST, $100,000 IN THE LEGACY BILL WILL GO TO HELP BUY AND PRESERVE THE PAIR RUBY RED SLIPPERS STOLEN FROM THE JUDY GARLAND MUSEUM IN GRAND RAPIDS.

THE MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY WILL FACILITATE NEGOTIATIONS FOR PURCHASING THE SLIPPERS AND THEN LOAN THEM RUBY SLIPPERS TO THE JUDY GARLAND MUSEUM IN GRAND RAPIDS FOR PERMANENT DISPLAY.

THAT LEGACY BILL PASSED WITH BIPARTISAN SUPPORT AND GOVERNOR WALZ HAS SIGNED IT.

ALSO A HARD-FOUGHT COMPROMISE THAT LED THE RIDE-SHARING COMPANIES LYFT AND UBER TO DROP THEIR THREATS TO PULL OUT OF MINNESOTA WAS ONE OF THE FEW BIG SUCCESSES OF THE FINAL WEEKEND.

UBER AND LYFT AGREED TO A NEW MINIMUM PAY RATE OF $1.28 PER MILE AND $0.31 PER MINUTE, STARTING NEXT JANUARY.

PEOPLE BUYING TICKETS ONLINE FOR CONCERTS, SPORTING EVENTS, AND OTHER LIVE EVENTS IN MINNESOTA WILL BE GUARANTEED MORE TRANSPARENCY AND PROTECTION UNDER THE SO-CALLED TAYLOR SWIFT BILL.

>>> MEANWHILE MINNESOTA LAWMAKERS FAILED TO PASS A STATE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT THAT WOULD HAVE ENSHRINED PROTECTIONS FOR ABORTION AND LGBTQ+ RIGHTS IN THE STATE CONSTITUTION.

ALSO, A COMPROMISE TO LEGALIZE SPORTS BETTING ALSO FAILED TO CROSS THE FINISH LINE BY THE MIDNIGHT SUNDAY DEADLINE.

AS DID A PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE BORROWING PACKAGE KNOWN AS A BONDING BILL THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE CENTERPIECE OF THE SESSION.

NEITHER COULD PASS WITHOUT AT LEAST SOME GOP SUPPORT.

>>> IN OTHER NEWS TONIGHT, RESCUE CREWS CONTINUED TO SEARCH TODAY FOR TWO MISSING CANOEISTS IN THE BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA.

THE ST. LOUIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS THE TWO WERE A PART OF A GROUP ON TWO CANOES THAT WENT OVER THE CURTAIN FALLS ON SATURDAY.

THE ST. LOUIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE RESCUE SQUAD SAID THAT DESPITE MANY CHALLENGES AND SETBACKS THEY SUCCESSFULLY EVACUATED TWO PEOPLE WHO WERE INJURED AS WELL AS A THIRD UNINJURED PERSON IN THEIR PARTY FROM A CAMPSITE.

THE UNINJURED PERSON WAS NOT A PART OF THE INCIDENT.

THE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE MISSING HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 40-YEAR-OLD REIS GRAMS OF LINO LAKES AND 41-YEAR-OLD JESSE HAUGEN OF CAMBRIDGE.

LAST NIGHT THE SUPERIOR NATIONAL FOREST ANNOUNCED AN EMERGENCY CLOSURE OF PORTIONS OF THE BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA DUE TO SEARCH AND RESCUE EFFORTS ON IRON LAKE.

THE ST. LOUIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE RESCUE SQUAD IS HEADING UP THE SEARCH EFFORTS AND THEY SAY CURTAIN FALLS IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO ACCESS, AND THAT THEY ARE DEPENDING HEAVILY ON AVIATION PARTNERS TO TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES, AND PERSONNEL IN AND OUT OF THE BACK COUNTRY WHILE SEARCH CONTINUES.

>>> A PIERZ MAN WAS BADLY BURNED FOLLOWING AN EXPLOSION OCCURRED INSIDE HIS CAMPER.

THE MORRISON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE RESPONDED TO THE PIERZ PARK CAMPGROUND AROUND 7:00 ON SUNDAY MORNING AND FOUND 57-YEAR-OLD PAUL HOHEISEL ALONE IN THE CAMPER.

HOHEISEL WAS AIRLIFTED TO THE HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL DUE THE BURNS HE SUFFERED.

DEPUTIES AT THE SCENE REPORTED A GAS OVEN WAS TURNED ON INSIDE THE CAMPER AND THERE WAS A CIGARETTE LAYING ON THE FLOOR.

THE INCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

>>> FOR OVER A YEAR, CASS COUNTY HAS WORKED ON CONSTRUCTING AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE USE OF ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES ON CASS COUNTY HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC ROAD RIGHT OF WAYS.

THE ORDINANCE WENT INTO EFFECT LAST THURSDAY, MAY 16TH.

REPORTER SAMMY HOLLADAY SAT DOWN WITH CASS COUNTY SHERIFF BRYAN WELK AND A CERTIFIED ATV SAFETY INSTRUCTOR TO LEARN MORE.

>> Reporter: THE NEW A.T.V.

ORDINANCE IN CASS COUNTY IS NOW IN EFFECT.

THE ORDINANCE AIMS TO LOWER THE MAINTENANCE COST OF COUNTY MAINTAINED HIGHWAYS AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, INCREASE SAFETY.

NOW ALL A.T.V.s USED ON COUNTY HIGHWAYS MUST FOLLOW THE SAME DIRECTION OF TRAVEL AS OTHER VEHICULAR TRAFFIC AND REMAIN ON THE FAR RIGHT SIDE OF THE PAVED OR GRAVEL SURFACE.

BEFORE THE ORDINANCE, A.T.V.

RIDERS IN CASS COUNTY WOULD OPERATE REGULARLY IN THE DITCHES ALONGSIDE COUNTY ROADS.

>> THAT IS WHERE THE MOST HAZARDS ARE, WHETHER IT'S THE GUIDELINES, CULVERTS, FENCE POSTS, SIGN POSTS, SO THAT MADE SENSE TO GET THEM IN ONE SPOT SO THEY'RE OPERATING CONSISTENT, WE'RE CONSISTENT WITH OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR NEIGHBORING COUNTIES YOU CAN -- SO EVERYONE IS ON THE ROAD SURFACE.

YOU KNOW, OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE IT SAFER FOR ALL OPERATIONS.

WE'RE GETTING AN INFLUX OF A.T.V.

TRAFFIC AND THE SPORT IS GROWING.

>> Reporter: WITH THE NEW ORDINANCE, THE PRIORITY FOR THE COUNTY REGARDING IT IS TO RAISE AS MUCH AWARENESS AND EDUCATION AS POSSIBLE.

>> WE'RE GOING TO EDUCATE BY SOCIAL MEDIA.

WE'RE GOING TO EDUCATE THROUGH TRADITIONAL MEDIA MEANS.

PEOPLE WILL BE CONFUSED IF YOU GO TO DIFFERENT COUNTIES, THERE ARE DIFFERENT RULES.

SO WE WANT TO BE MORE CONSISTENT AND SAFER.

THAT'S BEEN THE DRIVING GOAL.

>> I THINK ONE OF THE UNDERLYING BENEFITS OF SUCH AN ORDINANCE IS THAT IT CAUSES SOME ATTENTION.

IT HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED TO EDUCATE AND SAFETY IS ALL BUILT AROUND EDUCATION.

>> Reporter: THE COUNTY RECOGNIZES THAT SOME RIDERS MAY NOT WANT CHANGE.

THEY HAVE BEEN ENJOYING A.T.V.s THEIR WHOLE LIVES.

TO IMPROVE IS TO CHANGE AND WITH THE NEW ORDINANCE, THE SHERIFF BELIEVES IT WILL POSITIVELY IMPACT A.T.V.

RIDING IN CASS COUNTY.

>> I DO.

YOU KNOW, ANYTHING YOU DO IN CHANGE, THERE WILL BE RESISTANCE BUT OVERALL, IT'S BEEN REALLY POSITIVE.

WE'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM IT.

I THINK THAT PEOPLE WILL LIKE THE CHANGE.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN CASS COUNTY, SAMMY HOLLADAY, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> SHERIFF WELK ALSO TOLD LAKELAND NEWS THAT THE COUNTY WILL REVISIT THE ORDINANCE IN A YEAR TO SEE IF CHANGES ARE NEEDED.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, THE FULL ORDINANCE AND A SAFETY BROCHURE WILL BE ATTACHED TO THE STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

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

>> Stacy: WE HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF SEEING HEAVY RAINFALL TOMORROW THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, IT'S ALMOST SUMMER AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO APPROACH IT THAN WITH A SPRAY TAN AT A SPA?

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> FIREFIGHTERS HAVE COMPLETELY CONTAINED A WILDFIRE IN THE SUPERIOR NATIONAL FOREST TODAY.

THE FRY FIRE WAS ORIGINALLY LISTED AT 209 ACRES LAST WEEK BUT WAS REDUCED TO 186 ACRES DUE TO MORE ACCURATE MAPPING.

THAT INCLUDES 49 ACRES THAT WERE A PRESCRIBED FIRE AND 137-ACRES THAT WERE A WILDFIRE.

THE FIRE WAS LOCATED NEAR FISH FRY LAKE JUST WEST OF THE CITY OF ISABELLA AND WAS DECLARED A WILDFIRE LAST WEDNESDAY.

IT WAS CONSIDERED COMPLETELY CONTAINED AS OF SATURDAY NIGHT.

U.S. FOREST SERVICE OFFICIALS SAY THERE IS NO IMMEDIATE THREAT TO PRIVATE PROPERTY OR STRUCTURES AND THE FIRE IS NOT ACTIVE.

THERE ARE NO CREWS ASSIGNED TO THE FIRE BUT THE ON-DUTY FIRE MODULE WHICH INCLUDED AN ENGINE AND CREW WILL CHECK ON THE FIRE AS A PART OF THEIR REGULAR WORKDAY.

FOREST SERVICE OFFICIALS SAY THAT IS ROUTINE PROCEDURE WHEN A FIRE OF THIS SIZE IS 100-PERCENT CONTAINED.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER.

STACY JOINS US NOW.

IF IT WASN'T CONTAINED, MOTHER NATURE MAY BE PITCHING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

>> Stacy: YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO SEE HEAVY RAINFALL IN PARTS OF THE AREA.

AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW AND WEDNESDAY MORNING, WE COULD SEE 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN THE TWO DAYS ACROSS PARTS OF OUR VIEWING AREA.

WE DO HAVE A FLOOD WATCH SO >> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS SPONSORED IN PART BY THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, ACCESS MINNESOTA.

>> AND BY SANFORD HEALTH; HERE FOR ALL, HERE FOR GOOD.

DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT OUR SERVICES IN THE BEMIDJI AREA IS AVAILABLE AT SANFORDHEALTH.ORG.

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

>> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, WE DID ENJOY SOME NICE SUNSHINE TODAY AND NICE TEMPERATURES OUT THERE, HIGHS IN THE 60s AND 70s.

AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT AND TOMORROW, WE WILL SEE SOME SHOWERS, A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN THE AREA AND WE COULD SEE HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THOSE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

BY THE TIME ALL IS SAID AND DONE BY WEDNESDAY, WE COULD SEE BETWEEN 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL, SO HEAVY RAIN.

WE HAVE A FLOOD WATCH FOR PART OF THE VIEWING AREA.

HERE ARE THE CURRENT CONDITIONS, IT'S 61 AT THE AIRPORT IN BEMIDJI.

AT OUR STUDIO, WE HAVE A WEST WIND AT 6 MILES PER HOUR.

THE DEW POINT IS 51 AND HUMIDITY IS AT 70%.

IN BRAINERD, WE HAVE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, 62 DEGREES, THE DEW POINT IS 59.

PRESSURE IS HOLDING STEADY AND WINDS ARE SOUTH AT 3 MILES PER HOUR.

A FLOOD WATCH IS OUT FOR A GOOD PORTION OF BASICALLY THE EASTERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA.

THIS WILL BEGIN TOMORROW MORNING FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA, TOMORROW AFTERNOON IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

WE COULD SEE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND THAT COULD LEAD TO AREAS OF FLOODING, WHICH COULD OCCUR QUICKLY AS THE RAIN COMES DOWN PRETTY FAST AS WELL.

SO AGAIN, THAT WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY MORNING.

WE DO HAVE SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OUT THERE TONIGHT.

THOSE ARE MOVING THROUGH, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'LL START TO SEE MORE OF THAT FOCUS FOR SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON THE OVERNIGHT.

NOW THAT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWARD THROUGHOUT THE DAY TOMORROW, SO EXPECT TO SEE SHOWERS ACROSS THE AREA WITH SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS.

THIS AREA HERE IN THE RED HATCH, THE RED LINE, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE EXPECTING THE HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM.

YOU CAN SEE IT IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA BUT WE MAY SEE HEAVY RAINFALL OUTSIDE OF THAT, AS I MENTIONED.

THERE IS A GOOD POSSIBILITY THAT MANY OF US COULD SEE BETWEEN 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, JULIE SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF A BALD EAGLE.

LINDA TAKING A BREAK AND ENJOYING THE VIEW, A LITTLE BIT OF COMPANY THERE ON LAKE MILLE LACS.

A LOT OF ANIMALS ON OUR WEATHER SHOTS TONIGHT, ANGELA SPOTTING A WOODCHUCK AT CASS LAKE.

A GREAT DAY TO BE OUT ON THE LAKE, SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR PHOTOS TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORT, BOB IN BLUFFTON, REPORTING CLOUDY SKIES, 0.2-INCH OF RAIN THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, CLOUDS, JUST OVER 0.1-INCH OF RAIN, THE HIGH OF 72.

JOAN IN LAPORTE, MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A FEW CLOUDS.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE REPORTING CLOUDY SKIES WITH A HIGH OF 71.

ON OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD REACHING A HIGH OF 73.

IT'S SEASONAL, A FEW DEGREES ABOVE THE AVERAGE.

WE HAD THE LOW THIS MORNING OF 53.

BEMIDJI HAD A HIGH OF 72, SO A LITTLE BIT ABOVE AVERAGE AND OUR LOW THIS MORNING AT 51.

HERE'S OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, RAIN SHOWERS WILL BE DEVELOPING AND AGAIN THERE COULD BE EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAINFALL.

HIGH TEMPERATURES NEAR 59 IN WARROAD, SOME LOW 60s IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, 58 IN PARK RAPIDS, AND IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, CLOUDY SKIES, SHOWERS, AND AGAIN SOME SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS, HEAVY RAINFALL ALSO POSSIBLE HERE WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM THE MID-50s TO LOW 60s.

HERE'S OUR FORECAST, TONIGHT, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING IN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT, WITH LOWS NEAR 49.

TOMORROW, RAIN SHOWERS ACROSS THE AREA, SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL, AND HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE, WITH HIGHS NEAR 59.

MOST OF US LOOKING AT NORTHEAST WINDS AT 5 TO 20.

LOOKING AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, RAINFALL CONTINUES INTO WEDNESDAY, ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING AND THERE MAY BE EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS, HIGHS NEAR 60.

JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY, BUT AGAIN MORE RAINFALL AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

HIGH THIS WEEKEND SHOULD START TO WARM UP ONCE AGAIN AND WE COULD SEE HIGHS NEAR 70 ON SUNDAY.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: THANKS.

MY LAWN HAS NOT LOOKED THIS GOOD IN 20 YEARS.

>> Charlie: YEAH, IT'S REALLY NICE.

>> Dennis: WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR US TONIGHT?

>> Charlie: THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES OVER THE WEEKEND, SOMETHING THEY HAVEN'T DONE IN 20 YEARS, MADE IT TO THE WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS.

WE HAVE THE DETAILS AND WE HEAR FROM THE PLAYERS COMING >> SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED IN PART BY PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS; NORTHERN MINNESOTA'S CERTIFIED APPLE SERVICE CENTER, OFFERING REPAIR SERVICES ON APPLE PRODUCTS AND P.C.S.

PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS IN BEMIDJI AND GRAND RAPIDS, IT'S RIGHT HERE.

>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

>>> LAST NIGHT, THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES DEFEATED THE DEFENDING CHAMPION DENVER NUGGETS IN GAME 7 TO ADVANCE TO THE WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS AND JUST THE SECOND TIME IN FRANCHISE HISTORY.

ON THE ROAD AFTER TRAILING BY 15 POINTS AT HALFTIME AND BY AS MANY AS 20 POINTS IN THE THIRD QUARTER, THE TIMBERWOLVES OUTSCORED THE NUGGETS 60-37 IN THE SECOND HALF TO WIN THE SERIES 4 GAMES TO 3.

THE GAME MARKED THE THIRD TIME DURING THIS YEAR'S PLAYOFFS THAT ALL FIVE STARTERS SCORED 10 PLUS POINTS AND THE FOURTH TIME THE WOLVES HAD AT LEAST SIX SCORERS IN DOUBLE DIGITS, A FRANCHISE RECORD.

AFTER THE GAME, ANTHONY EDWARDS AND KARL ANTHONY TOWNS HIGHLIGHTED THE TEAM ASPECT OF THIS YEARS SQUAD.

>> THE COACHES BELIEVED IN US, EVEN THOUGH AT HALFTIME, WE WERE DOWN.

JUST KEEP MAKING RUNS, KEEP MAKING RUNS.

THEY SHOWED US WHO WE ARE.

ONCE WE LOCKED IN ON THE DEFENSE, OFFENSIVELY WE PLAYED OKAY, BUT WHEN WE LOCKED INTO THE DEFENSIVE END, WE ARE A HELL OF A TEAM TO BEAT.

EVERY SINGLE PERSON ON THIS TEAM MEANS A LOT TO THE TEAM AND THEY HELP IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.

THIS GAME SHOWS THE TIMBERWOLVES ARE A SPECIAL TEAM.

>> THE TIMBERWOLVES ARE NOW 2-0 IN GAME 7'S.

HERE'S A LOOK AT SOME GAME 7 HISTORY THE T-WOLVES MADE WITH THEIR COMEBACK ON SUNDAY NIGHT, LARGEST COMEBACK, LARGEST POINT DIFFERENTIAL IN A HALF, AND FIRST TEAM TO WIN FIRST TWO GAMES ON THE ROAD, LOSE THREE IN A ROW, AND WIN THE FINAL TWO GAMES.

MINNESOTA WILL HOST THE DALLAS MAVERICKS AFTER THEY KNOCKED OFF TOP SEED OKLAHOMA CITY.

THE WOLVES WENT 3-1 AGAINST THE MAVS THIS SEASON BUT DALLAS STARS LUKA DONCIC MISSED TWO OF THOSE GAMES WHILE KYRIE IRVING MISSED THREE.

GAME ONE OF THE WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS WILL BEGIN THIS WEDNESDAY.

TIP-OFF IS AT 7:30.

>>> WELL, THE TWINS CONTINUE THEIR ROAD TRIP IN WASHINGTON D.C., STARTING A THREE GAME SERIES WITH THE NATIONALS.

THEY CALL IT THE HOT CORNER FOR A REASON, HIS HOT SHOT IS TOO HOT TO HANDLE.

THE TWINS HAVE A 1-0 LEAD.

ONE ON FOR LUIS, HE WAS 4-9 AGAINST PABLO LOPEZ COMING INTO THE DAY.

NOW THEY TAKE A 2-1 LEAD.

NOW 3-1, JACOB YOUNG WILL SCORE RUNNERS 2nd AND 3rd.

PABLO SURRENDERS 7 RUNS, MINNESOTA FALLS TO THE NATIONALS 12-3.

THE TWINS ARE IN A 7 GAME LOSING STREAK.

THEY ALSO ONLY SCORED 12 RUNS DURING THE CURRENT LOSING STREAK.

>>> WELL, 16 SCHOOLS AND 360 YOUTH PARTICIPANTS COMPETED IN THE 11TH ANNUAL BEMIDJI LUMBERJACK TRAP INVITATIONAL ON SATURDAY, THE LARGEST TO DATE.

THE FUNDRAISER IS INTENDED TO NOT ONLY SUPPORT THE BEMIDJI LUMBERJACK TRAP TEAM BUT ALSO INTENDED TO PREPARE THEM FOR THE UPCOMING STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN ALEXANDRIA.

THE INVITE MIMICS THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SHOOT IN FORMAT WITH TWO FULL ROUNDS OF TRAP IN THE MORNING AND TWO MORE IN THE AFTERNOON.

WE HAD A CHANCE TO HEAR FROM A FEW OF THE LUMBERJACKS ON WHAT THEY APPRECIATE MOST ABOUT THE INVITE, AS WELL AS WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO MOST AS THE SEASON WINDS TO A CLOSE.

>> IT'S A PRETTY GOOD TURNOUT THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.

A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE HERE AND COMPETITION.

IT PUSHES ME TO DO BETTER MYSELF, TO PLAY HIGHER AND GIVES ME MORE COMPETITION TO PUSH MYSELF.

>> I THINK IT'S REALLY COOL TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE GET INVOLVE IN THE SPORT AND HOW THEY SHOOT.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING TO ALEXANDRIA.

IT'S ALWAYS FUN THERE AND MICHIGAN.

IT'S PRETTY FUN.

>> DEFINITELY ALL THE GOOD COMRADERY BY MY TEAMMATES AND THE PARENTS, JUST BEING VERY SUPPORTIVE OF EVERYBODY.

I'M EXCITED FOR STATE THIS YEAR.

HOPEFULLY I WILL DO BETTER THAN LAST YEAR, 98 OR ABOVE.

I WOULD BE HAPPY.

I'M HAPPY WITH ANYTHING, BUT THAT'S THE GOAL.

>> Charlie: WELL, HERE'S A LOOK AT THE RESULT FROM SATURDAY.

PARK RAPIDS AS A TEAM TAKING HOME EVERYTHING.

BEMIDJI AND ALEXANDRIA FINISHING IT OUT.

THE HIGH GUN MALE WAS TATE AND FEMALE SAMANTHA.

SOME MORE SCORES FOR YOU FROM TODAY.

SOFTBALL SECTIONS GOT UNDERWAY IN 6-2A.

PEQUOT LAKES GETS A WIN AND PIERZ.

THEY'RE MOVING ON.

ROYALTON FALLS.

GREEN WAY WITH A BIG WIN AND CROSBY-IRONTON FALLS.

ROSEAU BEATS CROOKSTON.

MENAHGA BEATS PARK RAPIDS, THEY WILL BE PLAYING EACH OTHER AGAIN ON THURSDAY.

SEBEKA WINS OVER CASS LAKE-BENA.

BROWERVILLE GETS A WIN, LOWER PRAIRIE FALLS.

BIG FALLS ALSO GOES DOWN.

IN BASEBALL, GRAND RAPIDS AND LITTLE FALLS GETTING WINS.

NEVIS AND CROSBY-IRONTON GETTING A WIN AS WELL.

IN GOLF, BRAINERD IN THIRD PLACE, THEY HAVE ANOTHER ROUND TO GO.

IN BOYS, WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY WINS THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP.

STAPLES MOTLEY GETS THE WIN.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD.

THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> SPRAY TANNING, BOTOX, FILLERS, AND MICRONEEDLING IS FINALLY AVAILABLE IN BRAINERD.

TO REFRESH AND REVITALIZE YOUR APPEARANCE, LUX LUMINOSITY MED SPA AND SUN DAZED SPRAY TANS HAD THEIR GRAND OPENING LAST THURSDAY AND GAVE THE PUBLIC A GLIMPSE OF WHAT TO EXPECT.

TO TELL US MORE ON THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, REPORTER HANKY HAZELTON HAS MORE.

>> OUR GRAND OPENING IS TO CELEBRATE OUR NEW LOCATION AT THE NORTHERN PACIFIC CENTER AND GET TO KNOW PEOPLE ON A DIFFERENT LEVEL THAN WHEN THEY ARE JUST COMING IN FOR APPOINTMENTS.

>> Reporter: WHEN ONE DECIDES TO SWITCH FROM THE SCORCHING SUN TO MAKING AN APPOINTMENT TO MAKE A SPRAY TAN, IT'S GOOD TO TAKE HER ADVICE.

>> EXFOLIATION, DRINKING LOTS OF WATER, MAKING SURE THERE IS NOTHING ON YOUR SKIN WHEN YOU ARRIVE TO YOUR APPOINTMENT.

RINSING RIGHT BEFORE AND DON'T HAVE ANY LOTIONS.

>> Reporter: A TAN CAN BE DONE IN AS LITTLE AS 8 MINUTES.

ONCE COMPLETED, THE APPOINTMENT ENDS WITH A FEW MINOR DETAILS.

>> I PUT BARRIER CREAM ON THEM AND SPRAY THEM DOWN WITH PREP SPRAY, BALANCES THEIR P.H.

IN THEIR SKIN AND I'LL SPRAY YOU WITH POST SPRAY, GET SOME DRYING POWDER ON YOU, AND YOU'RE GOOD TO GO.

>> Reporter: IT'S A ONE STOP SHOP AND A CHANCE FOR LUX TO SHOW CLIENTS BOTOX OPTIONS OR A NATURAL TREATMENT THAT SLOWS DOWN AGING.

>> WE DRAW YOUR BLOOD AND WE UTILIZE THAT, WHETHER IT'S APPLYING IT TOPICALLY OR INJECTING IT IN TO SLOW DOWN THE PROCESS OF AGING.

THAT'S AS NATURAL YOU CAN GET BECAUSE WE'RE UTILIZING YOUR OWN BLOOD PRODUCT FOR THAT.

WE OFFER SKIN CARE OR MICRO NEEDLING OR A FACIAL TO GO ALONG WITH THAT, SO HAVING MORE OPTIONS THAN JUST INJECTABLES OR FILLERS TO ENHANCE AREAS THAT YOU WANT TO ENHANCE OR AREAS YOU WANT CORRECTIONS OF.

>> Reporter: THE OWNERS SAID THAT MED SPAS AND SPRAY TANS ARE LOOKED DOWN UPON BECAUSE SOME ARE LED TO BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE OVERSPRAYED, BUT WITH THEIR BUSINESS, THEY'RE HERE TO CHANGE THAT NARRATIVE.

>> SAFER, HEALTHIER, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO WASTE ALL YOUR HOURS SITTING OUTSIDE GETTING A TAN ON.

YOU KNOW, IT'S IMMEDIATE RESULTS AND IT'S WAY SAFER THAN A TANNING BED ALSO.

SO, IT CHECKS A LOT OF BOXES.

>> WE JUST ENCOURAGE NATURAL BEAUTY AND NATURAL AGING, NO DIFFERENT THAN GOING TO THE GYM, TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF AND MAKE YOURSELF FEEL BETTER, IT'S NOT JUST WOMEN, MEN AS WELL, TO FEEL BETTER, CONFIDENT, AND AGE GRACEFULLY.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BRAINERD WITH THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, HANKY HAZELTON, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: WE'RE OUT OF TIME FOR TONIGHT.

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

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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