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

>>> THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING A MISSING PERSON FROM THE CITY OF BEMIDJI.

61-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL DAVE STUART IS A VULNERABLE ADULT AND IS DIAGNOSED WITH SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT MENTAL HEALTH DISABILITIES.

HE WAS LAST SEEN WEARING JEANS, A GREEN CAMOUFLAGE JACKET AND A BALL CAP.

STUART ALSO HAS AN INCH-LONG BEARD AND LONGER HAIR AROUND HIS EARS.

STUART WAS LAST SEEN ON MAY 8TH AT APPROXIMATELY 4:00 A.M.

IN THE 900 BLOCK OF SIXTH STREET SOUTHEAST.

HE LEFT THIS AREA ON FOOT WITHOUT PROVIDING A DESTINATION.

FAMILY HASN'T BEEN IN CONTACT WITH STUART AND ARE CONCERNED FOR HIS WELFARE.

STUART HAS LIVED IN NEBRASKA, WISCONSIN, AND CALIFORNIA IN THE PAST AND MAY BE TRYING TO RETURN TO THOSE AREAS.

ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE BEMIDJI POLICE DEPARTMENT.

>>> GOVERNOR TIM WALZ IS CALLING IN THE NATIONAL GUARD TO ASSIST IN THE SEARCH FOR TWO CANOEISTS WHO WENT OVER A WATERFALL IN THE BOUNDARY AREA CANOE AREA WILDERNESS LAST WEEKEND.

TWO OTHER MEMBERS OF THEIR GROUP WERE RESCUED BUT THE OTHER TWO, 40-YEAR-OLD REIS GRAMS OF LINO LAKES AND 41-YEAR-OLD JESSE HAUGEN OF CAMBRIDGE HAVE NOT BEEN FOUND.

THE TWO WENT OVER A CURTAIN FALLS IN A CANOE WHILE FISHING ON SATURDAY IN AN EXTREMELY REMOTE AREA NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER.

SEARCH EFFORT BY THE ST. LOUIS COUNTY RESCUE SQUAD ARE ONGOING BUT HAVE BEEN HAMPERED BY HEAVY RAIN THIS WEEK.

WALZ TODAY AUTHORIZED THE MINNESOTA NATIONAL GUARD TO TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT THAT WILL SUPPORT SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS IN THE BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA.

THE MINNESOTA NATIONAL GUARD WILL PROVIDE A CH-47 CHINOOK HELICOPTER AND FOUR CREW MEMBERS FOR THE MISSION.

THE CREW HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO PROVIDE LIFT ASSETS TO TRANSPORT A BOAT AND ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT FROM THE ELY AIRPORT TO THE AREA WHERE TWO MEN WENT MISSING.

>>> CASS COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES APPREHENDED A SUSPECT FOLLOWING A PURSUIT YESTERDAY EVENING.

SHERIFF BRYAN WELK SAYS A DEPUTY INITIATED A TRAFFIC STOP ON A VEHICLE IN RURAL BOY RIVER AROUND 5:00 P.M. FOR TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS BUT THE SUSPECT VEHICLE BACKED QUICKLY INTO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLE, STRIKING IT, AND THEN FLED FROM THE SCENE.

AFTER A SHORT PURSUIT WHICH ENDED ON A DEAD END ROAD THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE FLED FROM THE SCENE AND WAS LATER LOCATED.

THE DRIVER WAS TREATED FOR A MEDICAL EMERGENCY ON SCENE AND TRANSPORTED VIA HELICOPTER TO A ST.

CLOUD HOSPITAL.

FORMAL CHARGES ON THE SUSPECT ARE PENDING.

>>> A LEVEL 3 PREDATORY OFFENDER HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM PRISON AND IS NOW LIVING IN THE CASS LAKE AREA.

THE CASS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTS THAT.

31-YEAR-OLD GERALD LEE JONES WAS RELEASED ON APRIL 14TH AND IS NOW LIVING ON THE 300 BLOCK OF SPRUCE AVENUE IN CASS LAKE.

ACCORDING TO INFORMATION FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, JONES'S OFFENSES INCLUDED ENGAGING IN SEXUAL CONTACT WITH A KNOWN ADULT FEMALE AND HOLDING HER AGAINST HER WILL.

CONTACT INCLUDED PENETRATION.

JONES ALSO HAS A HISTORY OF PHYSICALLY ASSAULTING KNOWN ADULT FEMALES AND HOLDING THEM AGAINST THEIR WILL.

FORCE, THREATS, AND WEAPONS HAVE BEEN USED TO GAIN COMPLIANCE.

AUTHORITIES SAY JONES IS NOT WANTED BY POLICE BUT THE RELEASE OF THE INFORMATION REGARDING HIS MOVE TO THE AREA IS MEANT TO KEEP THE PUBLIC INFORMED.

>>> FOR THE TENTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, CROW WING COUNTY HAS BEEN AWARDED THE CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING AND THE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN POPULAR FINANCIAL REPORTING.

BOTH AWARDS WERE FOR FINANCE REPORTS FOR THE 2022 FINANCIAL YEAR.

THESE TWO HONORS ARE AMONG THE HIGHEST FORMS OF RECOGNITION IN GOVERNMENTAL AND FINANCIAL REPORTING.

THE COUNTY SPENDS MONTHS PREPARING THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO ENSURE ACCURACY AND TRANSPARENCY.

THE COUNTY FEELS THAT THESE AWARDS REPRESENT THE COMMITMENT TO HARD WORK THE TAXPAYERS OF CROW WING COUNTY DESERVE.

>> WELL, IT GOES TO SHOW THAT THE AWARD WE GET REPRESENTS ALL THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AND IT'S SHOWING THE RESIDENTS THE FINANCIAL ACTIVITY THROUGH THE YEARS, SO THEY CAN SEE ALL THE REVENUES, ALL THE EXPENSES, EVERYTHING RIGHT THERE IS ACCURATE AND THEY'RE ABLE TO SEE THE INS AND OUTS.

>> CROW WING COUNTY IS ONE OF ONLY 16 COUNTIES IN MINNESOTA TO RECEIVE THE CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING.

THE COUNTY IS AMONG ONLY FIVE COUNTIES IN MINNESOTA TO RECEIVE THE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN POPULAR FINANCIAL REPORTING.

>>> FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE LIVE NATION MERGED WITH TICKETMASTER IN 2010, THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IS STEPPING IN TO CURB ITS POWERFUL HOLD ON THE LIVE EVENT TICKETING INDUSTRY.

IF YOU'VE EVER PURCHASED A TICKET TO A LIVE CONCERT OR SPORTING EVENT, YOU MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED THE HIGH PRICES AND ADD-ON FEES THAT PLAY A BIG ROLE IN THURSDAY'S MOVE BY THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.

LAURA AGUIRRE HAS MORE ON THE D.O.J.

'S LAWSUIT AND HOW LIVE NATION IS RESPONDING.

>> Reporter: A ATTORNEY GENERAL MERRICK GARLAND, MAKING OFFICIAL WHAT MANY LONG EXPECTED.

>> THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE JOINED BY 29 STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SUED LIVE NATION AND TICKETMASTER FOR VIOLATING THE ANTITRUST ACT.

>> Reporter: THURSDAY'S LEGAL ACTION COMES AFTER YEARS OF GROWING PUBLIC OUTCRY, REGARDING THE LIVE EVENT TICKETING GIANT.

>> IN RECENT YEARS, LIVE NATION'S TICKETMASTER EXORBITANT FEES HAVE BEEN CRITICIZED BY FANS AND ARTISTS ALIKE.

>> Reporter: SOME OF THE FAILURES DREW WIDESPREAD MEDIA ATTENTION DURING THE START OF TAYLOR SWIFT'S ERAS TOUR.

PUBLIC TICKET SALES WERE SUDDENLY CANCELED.

AMY KLOBUCHAR INTRODUCED LEGISLATION IN APRIL OF 2023 AIMED AT IMPROVING COMPETITION IN LIVE EVENT TICKETING MARKETS.

>> WHEN YOU HAVE A MONOPOLY, AT FIRST IT SEEMS OKAY.

THEN OVERTIME, THE FEES AND THE MONEY GOES UP BECAUSE THERE IS NO COMPETITION.

>> Reporter: LIVE NATION COMBINES TICKETING SERVICES WITH CONTROL OF MANY VENUES.

CONTRACTS CAN RANGE FROM 7 TO 10 YEARS, LIVE NATION IS PUSHING BACK.

THEY ARE SAYING IN A STATEMENT THAT TICKETMASTER IS NOT A MONOPOLY AND THAT THE LAWSUIT WON'T SOLVE ISSUES THAT THE FANS CARE ABOUT REGARDING TICKET PRICES, SERVICE FEES, AND ACCESS TO IN-DEMAND SHOWS.

>> IT IS TIME TO BREAK UP LIVE NATION TICKETMASTER.

>> Reporter: I'M LAURA AGUIRRE REPORTING.

>> FANS HOPING TO SAVE MONEY WILL BE DISAPPOINTED IN THE SHORT TERM AT LEAST, AS THE SUIT WILL LIKELY TAKE YEARS TO MAKE ITS WAY THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM.

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

>> Stacy: SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MAKING THEIR WAY INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND WE SHOULD HAVE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING THROUGHOUT THE DAY TOMORROW.

WE'LL HAVE MORE ON YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK IN THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN APPLE, THERE IS A NEW NATURE BASED LEARNING OPTION IN BRAINERD THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> AN EIGHTH GRADE STUDENT HAS RECEIVED AN UPDATED PAIR OF HEARING AIDS.

OUR MATTHEW FREEMAN SPOKE WITH THE STUDENT ABOUT RECEIVING THE HEARING AIDS AND HIS JOURNEY WITH HEARING LOSS.

>> I LEARNED OF MY HEARING LOSS BACK IN KINDERGARTEN.

IT WAS WHEN I WASN'T REALLY PLUGGING MY EARS FOR FIRE DRILLS.

IT WASN'T THAT LOUD.

>> WE WOULD HAVE FIRE DRILLS, I WOULD TELL THE KIDS TO COVER THEIR EARS BECAUSE WE HAD TO WALK RIGHT UNDER A FIRE ALARM.

I WOULD GO HONEY, COVER YOUR EARS.

HE WOULD SAY IT'S NOT THAT LOUD.

>> Reporter: SHORTLY AFTER INFORMING HIS MOTHER, HE RECEIVED HIS FIRST PAIR OF HEARING AIDS AND RECEIVED F.M.

SYSTEMS TO THE CLASSROOM.

THE TRANSITION TURNED OUT TO BE QUITE A CHANCE.

>> HEARING AIDS FOR A YOUNG PERSON IS HARD TO GET USE TO.

FOR ANYBODY, IT'S HARD TO GET USE TO.

IN KIN GER -- KINDERGARTEN, HE WOULD PUT HIS HEAD HERE BECAUSE THAT IS WHEN HE HEARD IT THE BEST.

HE WENT FROM A QUIET WORLD TO A LOUD WORLD.

I WOULD REMIND HIM TO TAKE HIS HEARING AIDS OFF DURING GYM.

>> IT'S LIKE A WORLD WHERE YOU HAVE EAR PLUGS AND THEN YOU CAN TAKE THEM OUT AND HEAR EVERYBODY.

THAT'S A HUGE CHANGE BECAUSE NOW YOU CAN HEAR EVERYTHING, WHETHER IT'S MESSING WITH PAPER OR SOMEONE'S COAT.

IT TURNS A LIGHT ON.

IT MAKES THINGS BRIGHTER.

YOU CAN HEAR THINGS A LOT SHARPER AND CLEARER.

>> Reporter: AFTER ROCKING THE SAME PAIR OF HEARING AIDS SINCE KINDERGARTEN, THAT'S WHEN HE NEEDED A NEW PAIR AND THE LIONS ASSOCIATION COVERED THE COST OF A SECOND PAIR.

>> MY HEARING AIDS WERE NOT WORKING, AS WELL AS THEY USED TO.

THEY COULDN'T CONNECT TO MY PEN.

>> THE HEARING FOUNDATION HAS A PROGRAM CALLED THE AFFORDABLE HEARING AID PROGRAM.

WE COLLECT USED HEARING AIDS AND THEY GIVE US CREDIT FOR THEM.

WE CAME UP WITH THE MONEY TO BUY THE HEARING AIDS.

THEN WE FOUND OUT THAT WE HAVE MONEY IN AN ACCOUNT IN CASE SOMEONE ELSE NEEDS HEARING AIDS.

>> Reporter: NOW HE CAN HEAR THE WORLD MUCH MORE CLEARLY.

>> HIS MOM TOLD ME THAT GARRETT SAID THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE VAN.

IT IS MAKING A TERRIBLE NOISE.

I DON'T HEAR ANY NOISE.

YOU MEAN IT HAS ALWAYS MADE THIS NOISE?

>> Reporter: REPORTING FOR LAKELAND NEWS, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN.

>> THE MINNESOTA LIONS HEARING FOUNDATION WILL BE HOLDING A WALK TO DEFEAT HEARING LOSS AT DIAMOND POINT PARK ON JUNE 1ST AT 9:30 A.M.

ENTRY FEE IS $25 WITH PROCEEDS GOING TOWARDS RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND CLINICAL SUPPORT TO THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING COMMUNITY.

>>> WITH SUMMER JUST AROUND THE CORNER AND THE SCHOOL YEAR ENDING, SOME STUDENTS MAY STRUGGLE TO FIND A MEAL DURING THE DAY.

CUYUNA LAKES LUNCH BUNCH IS PREPARING TO PROVIDE NUTRITIOUS MEALS FOR YOUTH IN THE CUYUNA LAKES AREA.

BEGINNING ON MONDAY, JUNE 3RD, THROUGH FRIDAY, AUGUST 30TH, EXCEPT FOR JULY 4TH, THE LUNCH BUNCH WILL OFFER LUNCHES ON WEEKDAYS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS ACROSS THE CUYUNA LAKES AREA.

THE LUNCH BUNCH IS A COMMUNITY-DRIVEN INITIATIVE TO BRIDGE THE GAP FOR CHILDREN WHO RELY ON SCHOOL MEAL PROGRAMS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR.

>> CHURCHES AND THE MEDICAL CENTER TAKE PART.

SO WE SERVE ANYBODY THAT COMES.

IT HAS GROWN IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF LUNCHES THAT ARE SERVED.

WE'RE UP TO ALMOST 6,500 LUNCHES IN THE SUMMER.

>> THE SCHEDULE FOR THE LUNCH BUNCH WILL BE 11:00 TO 11:10 A.M. AT VETERAN'S PARK IN DEERWOOD 11:20 TO 11:30 A.M. AT GRANDPA'S PARK IN IRONTON 11:35 TO 11:45 A.M. AT CUYUNA LAKES COMMUNITY CHURCH IN CROSBY AND 11:50 A.M. TO 12:00 P.M. AT THE CUYUNA RANGE FOOD SHELF IN CROSBY.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER NOW.

STACY IS HERE TONIGHT AND WE JUST CANNOT SEEM TO SHAKE THIS RAIN.

>> Stacy: NO, AND WE HAVE MORE MOVING IN TONIGHT.

IT WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY TOMORROW AND THERE ARE MORE CHANCES AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

TEMPERATURES ARE CHILLY, BUT WE SHOULD START TO SEE A WARM UP AS WE H >> 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 ARE SEEING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THE AREA TONIGHT.

IT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE VIEWING AREA BY THE TIME WE HIT MIDNIGHT BUT THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUING THROUGHOUT THE DAY TOMORROW.

ONCE THE SYSTEM EXITS, WE HAVE MORE CHANCES OF RAIN SHOWERS, SMALLER CHANCES AS WE HEAD INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND, COOLER TO START, BUT WE SHOULD SEE A WARM UP NEXT WEEK.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, 51 AT THE AIN'T.

IN THE STUDIO, WE HAVE AN EAST WIND.

WE PICKED UP 0.04-INCH OF RAINFALL TONIGHT.

IN BRAINERD, 67 DEGREES, 51 IS OUR DEW POINT, WINDS ARE CALM.

LOOKING AT THE RADAR, WE CAN SEE THE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THE EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY ARE MAKING THEIR WAY INTO MINNESOTA AND SHOULD EVENTUALLY COVER OUR ENTIRE VIEWING AREA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

SHOULD REMEMBERS AND SOME EMBED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE CASE AGAIN TOMORROW.

OUTSIDE OF THAT, EXPECT BREEZY CONDITIONS, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, AND AGAIN WE SHOULD BE SEEING MORE CHANCES OF SOME SHOWERS AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, BEAUTIFUL MORNING, A LITTLE BIT OF SUNSHINE EARLY ON.

DEBRA AT LAKE ADA WITH THIS PICTURE.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE WITH A COUPLE OF GEESE WITH THEIR GOSLINGS.

THE RAIN WAS MOVING IN THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY.

SAMROSE FROM LOWER RED LAKE WITH THOSE PHOTOS.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORT, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 42 AND CALM THIS MORNING.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, PARTLY SUNNY WITH A HIGH OF 70.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, PARTLY CLOUDY, HIGH OF 69.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, OVERCAST SKIES, HIGH 74.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, REPORTING CLOUDY SKIES, RAIN THIS MORNING, OTHERWISE CLEAR SKIES WITH SOME SPRINKLES THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

74 WAS THE HIGH TODAY IN BRAINERD.

WE HAD A LOW OF 42.

A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT STORY IN BEMIDJI.

WE WERE 10 DEGREES BELOW OUR AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WITH A LOW OF 38.

SO HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, EXPECT TO SEE WIDESPREAD RAIN SHOWERS, SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS IN THERE, OTHERWISE CLOUDY AND WINDY CONDITIONS.

HIGH TEMPERATURES, MID-50s IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, OTHERWISE UPPER 50s TO LOW 60s FOR MOST OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE VIEWING AREA.

PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, BUT AGAIN WIDESPREAD SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS, A LITTLE BIT WARMER IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60s.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST, RAIN SHOWERS TONIGHT WITH SOME SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS, OTHERWISE MOSTLY CLOUDY AND 50 FOR THE LOW AND TOMORROW, RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUE.

STILL LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS, HIGHS NEAR 61, WINDS WILL BE VARIABLE AT 10 TO 25.

HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR WEEKEND FORECAST, AND WE DO HAVE CHANCES OF SOME RAIN SHOWERS ON SATURDAY, MAYBE A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY, BUT A SMALLER CHANCE AS WE HEAD THROUGH THOSE TWO DAYS AND INTO MEMORIAL DAY MONDAY.

HIGHS COULD BE IN THE UPPER 60s EARLY NEXT WEEK, WE DROP OFF ON TUESDAY, WITH SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS IN EASTERN MINNESOTA.

BACK TO YOU DENNIS.

>> Dennis: THANKS STACY.

CHARLIE IS HERE NOW.

A BUSY DAY FOR YOU.

>> Charlie: ABSOLUTELY.

WE HAVE A LOT OF SOFTBALL HIGHLIGHTS AND UPDATES ON WHERE ALL THE BRACKETS ARE, HOW THE SCORING WENT DOWN, ELIMINATION BRACKETS, EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

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>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

>>> AFTER A RESOUNDING 10-0 VICTORY YESTERDAY IN THE SECOND ROUND OF THE SECTION 8-4A SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT, BRAINERD EARNED THEIR SPOT IN THIS AFTERNOONS QUARTERFINAL AT HOME AGAINST RIVAL MOORHEAD.

THE 2-SEEDED WARRIORS SWEPT THE 3-SEEDED SPUDS IN A DOUBLE-HEADER BACK IN MID-APRIL, TRYING TO CHANNEL THAT SAME ENERGY TODAY FOR A SPOT IN THE SEMIFINAL.

LACY, 2-RUN SHOT TO CENTER, BRINGING THE WARRIORS WITHIN 1.

WARRIORS GO BACK TO BACK AND JUST LIKE THAT, WE'RE ALL TIED AT 3-3.

ON TO EXTRAS, TWO ON FOR PEYTON, MINES IT THROUGH THE 6-4, PUTTING THE SPUDS UP BY 1.

MOORHEAD GOES ON TO WIN IN 8 INNINGS.

THE WARRIORS WILL HOST SARTELL NEXT TUESDAY.

THEY WILL ALSO BE HOSTING BEMIDJI, PLAYING THEIR NEXT OPPONENT AT BRAINERD AS WELL.

THE WINNER OF THE TWO GAMES WILL MEET IN THAT FINAL GAME, THE ELIMINATION BRACKET.

>>> BLACKDUCK SOFTBALL FINISHED THE SEASON 15-3, EARNING THEM THE TOP SEED AND A BYE HEADING INTO THE SECTION 5A TOURNAMENT BUT A RAINOUT FOR YESTERDAY'S SECOND ROUND MEANT THE DRAKES HAD TO SHOW UP EARLY THIS MORNING TO PLAY LAPORTE FOR A SPOT IN TODAYS QUARTERFINAL, A GAME THEY WON 11-1 IN 5 INNINGS.

SO IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS THEY MATCHED WITH NUMBER 4-SEED SEBEKA WHO BEAT CASS LAKE-BENA ON MONDAY AND MILLE LACS YESTERDAY TO EARN THEIR QUARTERFINAL BID.

BLACKDUCK HOSTING SEBEKA.

IT'S THE FIRST MEETING THIS SEASON BETWEEN THE TWO TEAMS.

A SPOT IN THE 5A SEMIFINAL ON THE LINE.

TOP OF THE FIRST, TWO OUTS, BASES LOADED FOR SAGE JANSSON, GROUND BALL UP THE MIDDLE SCORES TWO BUT THE TROJANS AREN'T DONE YET.

NEXT BATTER HATTIE HANNINEN R.B.I.

SINGLE, PART OF A SIX RUN FIRST.

ALL RUNS COMING WITH TWO OUTS.

BOTTOM OF THE FOURTH DRAKES TRAIL 8-0 BUT THEY WEREN'T GOING QUIETLY.

MAVREEN STROEING WITH A TRIPLE TO THE WALL MAKES IT 8-3.

BLACKDUCK WOULD SCORE TWO MORE IN THE INNING BUT IT WOULD NOT BE ENOUGH AS SEBEKA HOLDS ON TO GET THE VICTORY 10-5.

THEY MOVE ON TO THE SEMI-FINAL.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THINGS PLAYED OUT IN THE BRACKETS.

>>> OVER IN THE ELIMINATION BRACKET, MILLE LACS BEATS LAPORTE AND BLACKDUCK.

BLACKDUCK HAS BEEN ELIMINATED.

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ELIMINATION BRACKET, HILL CITY NORTHLAND BEATS BERTHA HEWITT, SO THEY ARE OUT OF THE TOURNAMENT.

7-2A, PROCTOR BEAT AITKIN.

PROCTOR BEAT GREEN WAY LATER IN THE DAY.

WADENA DEER CREEK AND MENAHGA GOT WINS.

GRAND RAPIDS FIGHTING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE BRACKET.

THEY GOT 2 WINS TODAY AND STAY ALIVE.

LITTLE FALLS GETS A WIN.

>>> HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL, BEMIDJI AT HOME WITH A DOUBLE HEADER.

BOTTOM OF THE SECOND, SCORE KNOTTED AT 1-1.

NOW THE JACKS ARE IN THE LEAD.

HAWKS ARE TRAILING 3-2.

CHARLIE DELIVERS AN R.B.I.

SINGLE TO TIE THE GAME BUT IN THE BOTTOM OF THE INNING, BASES LOADED, EARNING A WALK FOR A WALK OFF.

SECOND TIME THAT BEMIDJI HAS DONE THAT THIS YEAR, THEY BEAT HERMANTOWN 4-3.

THEY SWEEP TODAY.

SOME SUBSECTIONS STARTED IN HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL AS WELL.

NEVIS GETTING A WIN, SO DID YOU NEW YORK MILLS AND WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY BEATS LAPORTE.

LITTLE FALLS GETS ONE OF THE SPLITS IN THEIR TWO GAMES AND ALSO BRAINERD FALLS.

GRAND RAPIDS GETS A WIN OVER HIBING.

>>> AND NOW BEAVER TIES FIRST IN THE LONG JUMP.

THE GIRLS 1,600 METER, MIA LED FROM START TO FINISH, CROSSING THE LINE IN 5 MINUTES AND 3 SECONDS.

OLIVIA THOMPSON PLACED BEHIND HER IN SECOND PLACE.

THE 4 BY 200, BEMIDJI'S TEAM TAKE THIRD.

HERE'S THE FINAL RESULTS FOR THE BOYS.

MOORHEAD WINS THERE AND ON THE GIRLS SIDE, MOORHEAD WOULD TAKE THE CAKE AS WELL BY QUITE A BIT.

IN LACROSSE, DULUTH GETS THE WIN.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, TIMBERWOLVES TOO.

>> Charlie: YES, THEY NEED A WIN.

>> Dennis: THEY NEED TO PLAY A LOT BETTER.

THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> THERE'S A NEW NATURE-BASED SCHOOL FOR KIDS AGES 5 TO 10 IN BRAINERD.

THE ORGANIC ROOTS SCHOOLHOUSE OFFERS KIDS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY TO THE STANDARD CURRICULUM PUBLIC SCHOOLS PRESENT, CENTERED ALMOST ENTIRELY AROUND THE OUTDOORS, TEACHING THEM VITAL LIFE SKILLS THE NEXT GENERATION CAN UTILIZE FOR YEARS TO COME.

REPORTER MILES HAS MORE IN THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN APPLE.

>> Reporter: ORGANIC ROOTS FOUNDER SPENT NINE YEARS AS A PUBLIC TEACHER IN ST.

CLOUD, BUT SHE FELT LIKE KIDS NEEDED MORE.

>> SO, I JUST REMEMBER WHEN I WAS TEACHING IN PUBLIC SCHOOL, I KNEW THERE WERE SO MANY STUDENTS THAT NEEDED SOMETHING MORE AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE A VARIETY AND I FELT LIKE BEING INSIDE ALL DAY WAS JUST NOT WHAT KIDS NEEDED.

>> Reporter: AND BEING PRIMARILY OUTSIDE GIVES KIDS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE MORE ACTIVE.

>> I FEEL LIKE OUR KIDS ARE VERY ACTIVE AND THEIR BODIES WITH NOT ONLY THE RUNNING, MOVEMENT, AND THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, BUT PHYSICALLY CHANGING IN A WAY WHERE WE'RE GETTING SUNSHINE.

THAT'S SO IMPORTANT AND PIVOTAL FOR KIDS TO LEARN AND THEIR MENTAL HEALTH.

>> Reporter: THERE IS TIME FOR MATH AND SOCIAL STUDIES, AND FREE TIME, LEARNING SCIENCE AND MORE ABOUT NATURE.

>> JUST EXPLORING AND DISCOVERING NEW THINGS.

THE LITTLEST THING CAN BE SO EXCITING TO THEM.

A TINY MUSHROOM OR A GROUP OF WORMS THEY FIND UNDER A LOG.

IT'S COOL TO SEE THEIR EXCITEMENT.

>> Reporter: THE ORGANIC ROOT HOUSE IS GREAT FOR THOSE WHO BENEFIT FROM FREEDOM.

IT PROVIDES ACCESS THAT TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS DON'T.

>> IT'S NOT JUST THE TOPICS AND THINGS, BUT I FEEL THAT SO MANY TIMES WE HAVE THIS PRESSURE UNDER US AS TEACHERS.

WE NEED TO HAVE THIS EXPECTATION BY THIS TIME AND THIS AGE, NOT ALL FLOWERS BLOOM THE SAME.

>> Reporter: THIS IS HER FOURTH YEAR TEACHING AT ORGANIC ROOTS, HER FIRST IN BRAINERD AFTER MOVING FROM PEQUOT LAKES.

SHE HAS BIG DREAMS FOR THE SCHOOLHOUSE.

>> I CAN'T WAIT FOR US TO BE A VILLAGE.

WE ARE ABLE TO MEET KIDS FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL IN THIS TIGHT-KNIT COMMUNITY OF KIDS TEACHING KIDS AND US TO BE TOGETHER AND UNITED AND CONNECTED AND JUST REALLY A BEAUTIFUL SPACE FOR A SMALL COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS.

I CAN'T WAIT TO GET THERE.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BRAINERD WITH THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN APPLE, MILES WALKER, LAKELAND NEWS.

>>> THE ORGANIC ROOTS SCHOOLHOUSE WILL BE HOSTING AN OPEN HOUSE ON JUNE 14TH.

>>> STACY HAS MORE ON OUR WEATHER.

>> Stacy: WE WILL BE SEEING MORE SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

OTHERWISE, MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH LOWS NEAR 50.

SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TOMORROW, BUT IT WILL BE BREEZY, VARIABLE WINDS AT 10 TO 25.

HIGHS NEAR 61.

>> Dennis: THAT WILL DO IT FOR US.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY.

WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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