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>> Announcer: LAKELAND PBS IS PROUD TO PRESENT LAKELAND NEWS AT 10.

WE'RE 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.

>> Matthew: HI, EVERYONE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING AND HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY.

MY NAME IS MATTHEW FREEMAN, FILLING IN FOR DENNIS WEIMANN.

HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE GATHERED AT GREENWOOD CEMETERY IN BEMIDJI TODAY TO RECOGNIZE THE THOUSANDS OF AREA VETERANS WHO HAVE BEEN LAID TO REST AND CELEBRATE VETERANS WHO SERVED AROUND THE WORLD.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK WAS AT THIS YEAR'S MEMORIAL DAY EVENT TO RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIFE FOR THEIR COUNTRY.

♪ AMERICA, AMERICA, GOD SHED HIS GRACE ON THEE ♪ ♪ AND CROWN THY GOOD WITH BROTHERHOOD ♪ ♪ FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA ♪ >> WE BOW OUR HEADS AND LIFT OUR HANDS IN A GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF OUR FALLEN COMRADES WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE SO THAT WE MAY LIVE IN THE COUNTRY THAT IS FREE.

♪ [ TAPS PLAYING ] ♪ >> Sydney: NEARLY 1500 VETERANS HAVE BEEN LAID TO REST IN BEMIDJI'S GREENWOOD CEMETERY AND AND ON THE LAST MONDAY OF EVERY MAY, RALPH GRACIE AMERICAN LEGION POST 14 MEMBERS GAUR THE PUBLIC TO HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED IT.

>> FEELS GOOD TO SEE THE TURNOUT THAT EVERYBODY REMEMBERS WHAT MEMORIAL DAY IS ALL ABOUT.

IT TURNS OUT THAT WE PUT ALMOST 1500 FLAGS IN GREEN WOOD CEMETERY ALONE.

WE COULD PUT ANOTHER 400 OUT THERE IN A COUPLE SMALLER CEMETERIES.

IT'S REALLY BEAUTIFUL WHEN YOU SEE ALL THESE VETERANS WHO HAVE SERVED THEIR COUNTRY AND THE FLAGS THAT HONOR THEM IN THEIR FINAL MOMENT.

>> FOR EVERY FALLEN SERVICE MEMBERS, THERE'S A FAMILY WHOSE LIFE WAS FOREVER CHANGED.

MEMORIAL DAY BELONGS TO THEM, TO YOU AS WELL.

THEIR SACRIFICE CONTINUES LONG AFTER THE BATTLEFIELD FALLS SILENTING BUT MEMORIAL DAY ALSO ASKS SOMETHING ELSE OF US.

IT ASKS US AGAIN TO REMEMBER, IT ASKS TO US LIVE LIVES WORTHY OF SACRIFICE ON OUR OWN BEHALF.

IT ASKS US TO TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER, TO STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITIES AND NEVER TAKE THIS FREEDOM WE HAVE FOR GRANTED.

>> Sydney: THE CEREMONY INCLUDED A SIX-GUN SALUTE, TAPS, AND OTHER AMERICAN TRADITIONS THAT HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY OVER THE LAST 250 YEARS.

>> WE HONOR THOSE WHO FOUGHT ON DISTANT SHORES AND FOREIGN BATTLEFIELDS, WE HONOR THOSE WHO STOOD WATCH DURING THE TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY AND CONFLICT.

WE HONOR THOSE AND REMEMBER THOSE WHO PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE SO FUTURE GENERATIONS COULD LIVE WITH THE SAME FREEDOM.

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

>> Matthew: AFTER THE INITIAL CEREMONY, THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS WAS READ AT THE CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CEMETERY TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO THOSE WHO SERVED DURING THOSE YEARS.

>>> A WARROAD MAN HAS DIED AFTER STRIKING A DEER WHILE RIDING A DIRT BIKE ON THE HIGHWAY IN ITASCA COUNTY.

ACCORDING TO THE MINNESOTA STATE PATROL, AT AROUND 7:37 P.M.

ON THURSDAY, MAY 21st, 66-YEAR-OLD MARK RUSSELL SMITH WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON HIS BIKE ALONG HIGHWAY 169 JUST NORTH OF COUNTY ROAD 450 IN SPANG TOWNSHIP, OR AROUND FIVE MILES FROM HILL CITY.

SMITH THEN STRUCK THE DEER IN THE ROADWAY AND DIED AT THE SCENE OF THE CRASH.

SMITH WAS WEARING A HELMET AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH.

THE STATE PATROL ALSO REPORTS THAT THE ROAD CONDITIONS WERE DRY WHEN THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE AND NO ALCOHOL IS BELIEVED TO BE INVOLVED.

>>> A SEMI-TRUCK ROLLED ON ITS PASSENGER SIDE OVER THE WEEKEND IN HUBBARD COUNTY, SENDING THE DRIVER TO THE HOSPITAL, AND CAUSED FERTILIZER TO LEAK INTO THE ROAD.

ACCORDING TO THE STATE PATROL AND PARK RAPIDS FIRE DEPARTMENT RELIEF ASSOCIATION, ON SUNDAY, MAY 24th AT AROUND 6:17 A.M., THE DRIVER OF THE SEMI-TRUCK, 74-YEAR-OLD MATTHEW JEPSON OF FRAZEE, AND THE PASSENGER, 26-YEAR-OLD CONNOR GUCK OF PERHAM, WERE DRIVING EASTBOUND ON HIGHWAY 87 WHEN THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE SEMI IN THE CURVES AROUND 175th AVENUE, CAUSING THE TRUCK TO ROLL OVER ON ITS SIDE.

WHEN THE PARK RAPIDS FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED ON THE SCENE, THE DRIVER WAS ALREADY BEING TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO SAINT JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL IN PARK RAPIDS WITH NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES.

THE DEPARTMENT, HOWEVER, DISCOVERED TWO LARGE TOTES WITH FERTILIZER LEAKING INTO THE ROAD.

THE DEPARTMENT QUICKLY SET UP WHAT'S CALLED A DIKE BEFORE A STORM SEWER IN TWO PLACES, PREVENTING THE FERTILIZER FROM REACHING A WATERWAY.

THE PASSENGER OF THE SEMI-TRUCK DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES DURING THE INCIDENT, AND THE STATE PATROL REPORTS THAT THE ROAD CONDITIONS WERE DRY DURING THE INCIDENT.

>>> THE WHITE EARTH POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS THAT A TRAIN CARRYING GRAIN DERAILED EARLIER TODAY NEAR OGEMA.

ACCORDING TO A FACEBOOK POST FROM THE DEPARTMENT, COUNTY ROAD 18 IS CURRENTLY NOT PASSABLE AND THE PUBLIC IS BEING ASKED TO AVOID THE AREA UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE WHILE TRAFFIC CONTROL MEASURES ARE IN PLACE.

EMERGENCY PERSONNEL REMAIN ON THE SCENE.

HOWEVER, EARLY INVESTIGATION INDICATES THE TRAIN WAS ONLY CARRYING GRAIN PRODUCTS AND THERE IS NO INDICATION OF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL BEING INVOLVED.

NO INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED, AND THE WHITE EARTH POLICE SAY THERE IS NO KNOWN THREAT TO THE PUBLIC AT THIS TIME.

THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION, AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE RELEASED AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE.

>>> THE BRAINERD AREA MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE HONORED THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN IN BATTLE DURING ITS ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY THIS MORNING.

HUNDREDS GATHERED AT THE LAUREL STREET BRIDGE FOR PRAYER, A RIFLE SALUTE, PLAYING OF TAPS, AS WELL AS A CEREMONIAL WREATH TOSS INTO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

FOLLOWING THAT, THOSE IN ATTENDANCE WENT TO THE ALL VETERANS MEMORIAL ON LAUREL STREET FOR ANOTHER PRAYER SESSION, MARCHED DOWN THIRD AVENUE FOR A PARADE, BEFORE FINALLY CONCLUDING THE CEREMONY AT EVERGREEN CEMETERY, WHERE ALL INVOLVED GATHERED TO REMEMBER.

>> THE LORD UPHOLDS ALL WHO ARE FALLEN AND RAISES UP ALL WHO ARE BOWED DOWN.

THANKFUL GOD, WE REMEMBER TODAY THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY.

ANYWAY WE NEVER FORGET THEM AS WE ENJOY THE BLESSINGS OF FREEDOM SECURED THROUGH THEIR SACRIFICE.

ANYWAY WE REMEMBERING THE COST NEVER TAKE THESE FOR GRANTED.

AMEN.

>> Matthew: THE EVENT HAS BEEN HELD SINCE 1968.

THE MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN "TAPS ACROSS AMERICA" THIS AFTERNOON, WHERE AMERICANS FROM COAST TO COAST PAUSE IN UNISON TO HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN SERVING THIS COUNTRY.

>>> PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS ANY AGREEMENT TO END THE IRAN WAR SHOULD INCLUDE A REQUIREMENT FOR SEVERAL ADDITIONAL COUNTRIES, INCLUDING SAUDI ARABIA AND PAKISTAN, TO JOIN THE ABRAHAM ACCORDS.

THE U.S.-BROKERED ACCORDS WERE FORGED DURING TRUMP'S FIRST TERM AND AIMED AT NORMALIZING RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL.

IN A SOCIAL MEDIA POST ON MONDAY, TRUMP SAID NEGOTIATIONS ARE, QUOTE, PROCEEDING NICELY, BUT TIED ANY EVENTUAL AGREEMENT TO EXPANDED PARTICIPATION IN THE AGREEMENTS FIRST SIGNED IN 2020.

HE POINTED TO SAUDI ARABIA AND QATAR AS COUNTRIES THAT SHOULD IMMEDIATELY SIGN ON, FOLLOWED BY PAKISTAN, TURKEY, EGYPT, AND JORDAN.

IT REMAINS UNCLEAR HOW WORKABLE THE PROPOSAL MIGHT BE TO THOSE COUNTRIES.

>> Announcer: STILL TO COME ON LAKELAND NEWS AT 10: >> Stacy: GOING TO BE SUNNY AND HOT TOMORROW.

WE MAY SEE SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW NIGHT AND WE'LL BE SEEING A RETURN TO SUNNY AND HOT CONDITIONS.

BY I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT, I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> Miles: AND XUP AFTER THE WEEK IN THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, A CANNABIS CULTIVATION, PRODUCTION, AND RETAIL OPERATION RECENTLY OPENED ITS DOORS TO T >>> AND NOW, LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00: >> Matthew: EACH MEMORIAL DAY, THOSE AT POPLAR LADIES BIRTHDAY CLUB HOST A MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAM AT POPLAR CEMETERY FOR THOSE LOCAL SERVICE MEN AND FAMILIES WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THIS COUNTRY.

THIS YEAR MARKS THE ORGANIZATION'S 100th YEAR ANNIVERSARY.

OUR REPORTER XZAYVER CURRY HAS MORE DETAILS.

>> Xzayver: THE BIRTHDAY CLUB WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1926 WITH THE MODEL HELP ONE ANOTHER.

IN THE EARLY YEARS, THE GROUP FOCUSED ON MAKING QUILTS AND CLOTHING FOR NEIGHBORS IN NEED.

AFTER AFTER 100 YEARS OF SERVICE, THEY'RE STILL PROVIDING THAT SAME SENTIMENT ON THEIR ANNIVERSARY.

>> TODAY IS QUITE AN HONOR.

100 YEARS THAT PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN GETTING TOGETHER TO HELP EACH OTHER, PAYING FOR THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE PAID FOR AND WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED OUT YEARS AGO, THAT'S WHAT THEY DID.

THEY GOT TOGETHER TO HELP EACH OTHER.

>> Xzayver: IN 1930, MAINTENANCE OF THE POP LAR CEMETERY WAS MADE THE CLUB'S MISSION AND IN 1939, THEY BEGAN PARTICIPATING IN THE POPPLAR MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAM.

>> IT'S DONE WELL, ESPECIALLY TAKING CARE OF THE CEMETERY AND WHEN IT FIRST STARTED OUT, THE NEIGHBORS HELPED EACH OTHER OUT A LOT BECAUSE THAT WAS TOUGH TIMES BACK THEN.

>> KEPT THE PROGRAM GOING THAT WENT ON TODAY AT THE CEMETERY.

>> IT'S BEEN IMPORTANT TO THE LADIES IN THE CLUB AND IMPORTANT TO THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TOO.

SO IT'S BEEN CARRIED ON AND HAVE ALWAYS HOPED TO KEEP ON DOING ALL THOSE THINGS.

>> Xzayver: THOSE AT POPLAR LADY'S FIRST DAY CLUB SAY THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS MEMORIAL DAY TRADITION FOR AS LONG AS THEY REMEMBER AND HONE THE GENERATION COMING UP WILL CONTINUE TO DO IT FOR YEARS TO COME.

>> I'VE BEEN IN THE CLUB NOW FOR 20 YEARS.

GETTING SOME YOUNGER MEMBERS, I'M SURE IT'S GOING TO KEEP RIGHT ON GOING.

THIS COMMUNITY IS VERY POPULAR BECAUSE OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT COME FROM THE CITY UP HERE.

>> Xzayver: REPORTING IN MOTLEY, XZAYVER CURRY, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Matthew: THE CLUB MAKES AN ANNUAL MONETARY DONATION FOR CEMETERY UPKEEP.

CLUB MEMBERS DO SPRING AND FALL CLEAN-UPS AND ENSURE ALL GRAVES HAVE A MARKER.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER WITH STACY.

I CAN GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF A PREVIEW.

SEEMS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE HOT, HOT, AND MORE HOT.

AM I RIGHT?

>> Stacy: IT IS.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE SUMMER-LIKE TEMPERATURES MOVING INTO THE WEEK, MAINLY IN THE 80s.

COULD SEE SOME 90s IN PARTS OF THE AREA TOMORROW.

OUR ONLY CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION >>> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

>> Stacy: WELL, TEMPERATURES ARE HEATING UP IN THE AREA.

WE HAD A LOT OF HIGHS IN THE 80s TODAY.

WE'RE LOOKING AT 80s AND MAYBE EVEN SOME 90s IN PARTS OF THE AREA TOMORROW.

TOMORROW NIGHT, THERE COULD BE SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

THOSE WILL MOVE OUT QUICKLY AND AS WE LOOK TO THE END OF THE WEEK, IT LOOKS LIKE MORE SUNSHINE WITH CONTINUED ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES.

RIGHT NOW, BEMIDJI IS STILL 82 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.

OUGHT THE STUDIO, WINDS CALM WITH A DEWPOINT OF 48 AND HUMIDITY IS AT 30%.

IN BRAINERD, WE HAVE PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, 82 DEGREES, OUR DEWPOINT IS 58, PRESSURE IS HOLDING STEADY WITH WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTH AT 18 MILES PER HOUR.

ON OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR, WE HAVE SEEN SOME SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS EVENING IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.

OUR VIEWING AREA HAS BEEN MOSTLY QUIET AND IN FACT, WE'VE SEEN SOME OF THE HIGH CLOUDS CLEARING OUT, SO WE WILL EXPECT TO SEE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

THAT IS GOING TO LEAD US INTO A SUNNY DAY TOMORROW, HOT DAY, THOUGH.

HIGHS IN THE 80s ACROSS MOST OF THE VIEWING AREA.

SOME 70s IN THE FAR NORTH, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE CENTRAL MINNESOTA COULD SEE SOME AREAS TOPPING 90.

COULD SEE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, HOWEVER, LATE TOMORROW AND THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT.

THE WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU STOINT.

BEAUTIFUL SKIES THIS MORNING FROM DEBORAH AT LAKE ADA AND ARLENE, A LITTLE BIT OF A BREEZE UNFURLING THE FLAG IN MENAHGA.

JULIE WITH BLUE SKIES AND A LITTLE BIT OF MOONLIGHT OVER LOWER MISSION LAKE AND GARY SENDING THIS PHOTO OF THE DANDELIONS AND THE SUNSET OVER UPPER RED LAKE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE.

OUR EAGLE EYE REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAGHA, ARLENE IN LONG BOW REPORTING A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS, A LITTLE BIT BREEZY TOPPING OUT AT 82.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, SUNSHINE, 88 FOR THE HIGH.

JULIE OVER LOWER MISSION LAKE, 82 WITH A SOUTH BREEZE AND STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, CLEAR SKIES WITH A HIGH OF 86.

LOOKING AT THE ALMANAC, BRAINERD WITH A HIGH TODAY OF 86 AND WE ARE ABOVE AVERAGE.

71 IS OUR AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR TODAY.

57 FOR THE LOW.

WE HAD SUNRISE AT 5:33.

BEMIDJI TOPPING OUT AT 89 AND THAT FALLS JUST ONE DEGREE SHY OF THE ERROR THAT WAS SET BACK IN 2018.

53 WAS THE LOW, SUNSET AT TWO MINUTES AFTER 9:00.

IF YOU LOOK AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, MAYBE A FEW LINGERING HIGH CLOUDS IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.

EARLY IN THE MORNING, THOUGH, THOSE CLEAR OFF AND WE'LL BE SEEING A LOT OF SUNSHINE ACROSS THE AREA TOMORROW, BUT IT IS GOING TO BE HOT.

PARTS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA LOOKING AT HIGHS IN THE 70s, BUT ACROSS THE REST OF THE NORTH, WE'RE LOOKING AT 80s, MID TO UPPER 80s FOR MOST OF US.

PARK RAPIDS COULD TOP OUT NEER 89 AND HEADING INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA, JUST A LITTLE BIT WARMER WITH SOME LOCATIONS POSSIBLY AROUND 90, UPPER 80s OUT THERE.

HEADING INTO THE AFTERNOON, A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA TOMORROW NIGHT.

SO OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES, LOWS NEAR 52 WITH WINDS VARIABLE AT 5 TO 10.

TOMORROW, SUNNY SKIES, THERE'S A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

87 FOR THE HIGH, EAST WINDS AT 5 TO 15.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW NIGHT AND A FEW LINGERING RAIN SHOWERS IN PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WEDNESDAY MORNING.

OTHERWISE, SUNSHINE IS BACK.

WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 80s OUT THERE THROUGH THURSDAY.

PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'LL BE SEEING TEMPERATURES EASING UP JUST A LITTLE BIT, STILL LOOKING AT HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 80s, BUT WE COULD BE ABOUT 79 ON SUNDAY.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Matthew: THANK YOU SO MUCH, STACY.

WE HAVE CHARLIE WITH US AND IT BEING MEMORIAL DAY, IT DOES MEAN THE MEMORIAL DAY SPEED WAY IS BACK OPEN?

>> Charlie: IT DOES MEAN IT'S BACK OPEN.

THE CHICKEN SHACK, I HAD SOME DELICIOUS FOOD ON MY WAY BACK TO THE STUDIO.

WE'VE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THERE AND >>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

>> Charlie: THE TRACK IS BACK!

THE BEMIDJI SPEEDWAY OPENED THEIR DOORS FOR THE SUMMER SEASON WITH THEIR ANNUAL TWO-DAY JACK SPARBY MEMORIAL CHICKEN SHACK NATIONALS, WHICH ALWAYS COINCIDES WITH MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.

AND ABOUT THE ONLY THING BETTER THAN THE DELICIOUS CHICKEN TENDERS THEY WERE SERVING UP WAS THE RACING.

TODAY MARKED THE SECOND DAY OF THE EVENT WITH THE SPEEDWAY HONORING THOSE WHO DIED WHILE SERVING ON THIS MEMORIAL DAY AND ALSO REMEMBERING ONE OF THEIR OWN, ALLEN FOSTER, A RACER, TRACK WORKER, AND SPONSOR WHO PASSED AWAY ON MAY 8th, THE PARADE OF NUMBER-23 FLAGS LEADING US INTO THE FEATURE RACES.

STARTING WITH THE STREET STOCKS, IT WAS THE NUMBER 34-J OF KOLTON BRAUER FROM EYOTA, LAST YEAR'S WISSOTA NATIONAL POINTS CHAMPION, SNAGGING HIS FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON.

THEN IN THE BEMIDJI MINI STOCKS, HAYDEN ENGEN FROM GONVICK IN THE NUMBER 77 LED FLAG TO FLAG ON HIS WAY TO VICTORY LANE.

ALSO HAD THE BIGGEST CHEERING SECTION THERE AS HE TAKES THE CHECKERED FLAG.

AND IN THE WISSOTA MIDWEST MODIFIEDS, LANDON GROSS FROM UP IN HINES ABLE TO PULL AWAY IN THE NUMBER 15 AND COME AWAY WITH THE DUB AFTER FINISHING 8th YESTERDAY.

HERE IS THE FULL LIST OF WINNERS FROM SUNDAY'S RACES.

AUSTIN CARLSON IN THE PURE STOCKS AND ASHTON SCHWINN IN THE MOD-FOURS BOTH SWEPT THE WEEKEND IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CLASSES.

YOU CAN SEE THAT AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE LIST OF WINNERS FROM SATURDAY'S JACK SPARBY MEMORIAL CHICKEN SHACK NATIONALS AS WELL.

THOSE ARE YOUR WINNERS THERE.

>>> THE TWINS IN ACTION FOR MEMORIAL DAY, TAKING A FOUR-GAME WINNING STREAK TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO, START OF A FOUR-GAME SERIES WITH THE WHITE SOX.

HERE IN THE TOP OF THE FIRST, EAGER TO MAKE IT FIVE IN A ROW, BROOKS LEE, SOLO HOMER.

HIS SIXTH OF THE SEASON.

MAKES IT 1-0 TWINS.

IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FIRST, THOUGH, I'LL HAVE WHAT HE'S HAVING.

MURAKAMA ANSWERS RIGHT BACK, TYING THE GAME AT 1.

IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SECOND, NOT TO BE LEFT OUT, DREW ROMO WITH A MAN ON, BYE-BYE.

TWO RUN SHOT GIVES THE SOX THE 3-1 LEAD AND NO ONE WOULD SCORE THE REMAINING SEVEN INNINGS.

I GUESS A BORING GAME THAT.

THAT WOULD BE THE FINAL, SNAPPING THE TWINS' WIN STREAK.

>>> WELL, WE ANNOUNCED ROUGHLY A WEEK AND A HALF AGO THAT TRAVIS PETERSON WOULD BE TAKING OVER AS BEMIDJI GIRLS BASKETBALL NEWEST HEAD COACH, AND TODAY WE FINALLY HAD THE CHANCE TO CATCH UP WITH THE FORMER ASSISTANT.

PETERSON, WHO WAS ALSO THE LUMBERJACK BOYS HEAD COACH FROM 2015 TO 2020, TAKES OVER A GIRLS PROGRAM THAT IS ON THE RISE, PUTTING TOGETHER BACK-TO-BACK WINNING SEASONS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2019 AND 2020.

A FORMER LUMBERJACK HIMSELF, PETERSON DOESN'T EXPECT THERE TO BE MUCH CHANGE IN THE WAY THE TEAM OPERATES OR THE CULTURE THAT HE CREATED ALONGSIDE FORMER HEAD COACH DARIN SCHULTZ OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, BUT HE DOES KNOW THAT WINS AND LOSSES WON'T BE THEIR ONLY MEASUREMENT FOR SUCCESS.

>> I LOOK AT MY JOB AS ENHANCING THE HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE FOR HIGH SCHOOL KIDS.

AND IT'S PRETTY COOL TO GO TO THE GYM AND I LOOK AT IT AS ANOTHER CLASS, BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN ELECTIVE AND HOPEFULLY IT'S A FAVORITE ELECTIVE WHERE THEY'RE COMING DOWN TO THE GYM BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE THERE.

SO AS A COACH, TEACHER, IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO BE.

BUT I WANT TO HAVE KIDS EXCITED ABOUT COMING TO THE GYM AND THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE.

AT THE END OF EVERY PRACTICE, EVERY GAME, I WANT THEM TO WALK OUT OF THE GYM AND JUST FEEL LIKE, HEY, THAT WAS FUN BECAUSE WE GAVE IT EVERYTHING WE HAD BUSINESS WE STUCK TOGETHER, WE DID IT AS A TEAM AND WANT TO COME BACK THE NEXT DAY AND ULTIMATELY, THAT'S MY GOAL.

>> Charlie: DURING HIS TENURE AS THE BOYS HEAD COACH, PETERSON TOOK THE TEAM TO STATE IN 2019, ENDING A 34-YEAR DROUGHT.

IF HE CAN GET THE GIRLS TO STATE, IT WOULD END WHAT IS SO NOT QUITE AS LONG, BUT A WHILE FOR THEM AS WELL.

>> Matthew: JUST A LITTLE BIT, BUT MAYBE COACH WILL GET HEM OVER THE HUMP.

>> Charlie: IT WILL BE NICE ON SEE SOME SUCCESS FROM COACH PETERSON.

>> Matthew: THANKS, CHARLIE.

>>> A NEW CANNABIS CULTIVATION, PRODUCTION, AND RETAIL OPERATION RECENTLY OPENED ITS DOORS IN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA, WITH THE SMITH FARMS NORTH AND TRAILHEAD CANNABIS COMPANY LOOKING TO BRING A SEED-TO-SALE OPERATION TO THE MINNESOTA MARKET.

REPORTER MILES WALKER HAS MORE IN THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS.

>> Miles: WITH THE RECREATIONAL USE FOR CANNABIS OFFICIALLY BECOMING LEGAL IN MINNESOTA BACK IN 2023, TOM SMITH'S DREAM BEGAN TAKING FORM INTO REALITY.

>> THIS IS SOMETHING I THOUGHT ABOUT WHEN I WAS 20, 21, 22.

I IMAGINED A TIME WHEN I WOULD BE 50 AND 60 WHERE WE COULD POTENTIALLY BECOME LEGAL.

AND WE'RE HERE AND IT REALLY IS A DREAM COME TRUE FOR ME.

>> Matthew: SMITH FARMS NORTH AND TRAILHEAD CANNABIS WORK HAND IN HAND.

SMITH FARMS NORTH IS FOCUSED ON TERM FORWARD, INDOOR FLOWERS, THOUGHTFUL GENETICS DEVELOPMENT, FRESH FROZEN QUALITY AND DISCIPLINED SOLD WITH INTENT.

>> WE WANT TO CREATE THE MOST ORGANIC, CLEAN AND FRESH PRODUCT FOR OUR CONSUMER.

A LOT OF ISSUES IN THE CANNABIS MARKET IS DRY AND OLD PRODUCT BECAUSE IT GOES THROUGH TESTING.

IT GOES FROM BIG STATE OPERATOR TO SIX DIFFERENT SITES.

WE'RE GROWING IT RIGHT HERE UPSTAIRS.

IT WILL GO AWAY FOR A FEW WEEKS FOR TESTING AND COMES RIGHT BACK HERE AND WE GET OUR HANDS ON IT RIGHT TO THE COUNTER SEMI-AND SMITH FARMS NORTH SUPPLIES CANNABIS COMPANY WITH SELECT, LICENSED WHOLESALE PARTNERS WITH PRODUCT ROOTED IN PROCESS RATHER THAN HYPE.

>> I'M HOPING THIS IS A PLACE THAT PEOPLE CAN BRING THEIR FAMILY AND THEY DON'T FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE BRINGING THEIR MOM HERE OR THEIR DAD HERE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF CONSUMERS HERE WHO ARE 40 TO 65 WHO HAVE MAYBE NEVER USED CANNABIS BEFORE.

WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE A PLACE THAT FITS INTO BRAINERD, WARM, WELCOMING, OUTDOORSY.

>> Miles: THE COMPANY PROVIDES A LITANY OF OPTIONS TO ANYONE INTERESTED.

HOWEVER, HAVING THE BIGGEST MENU IS NOT WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THE FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESS.

RESPONSIBILITY AND DISCIPLINE TOPS THE PRIORITY LIST.

>> IT IS A FULL-ON, HANDS-ON, YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

NOT ANYBODY CAN JUST OPEN THE DOORS AND GET THIS GOING.

THE LAST THING YOU WANT TO DO IS PRODUCE A MARKET -- PRODUCE A PRODUCT THAT HITS THE MARKET AND MAKES SOMEBODY SICK.

WE'RE HERE TO SET THE STANDARD HERE.

>> Miles: REPORTING WITH THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, MILES WALKER, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Matthew: WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF INTRATIME, WE'LL HEAD TO STACY.

>> Stacy: MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES TONIGHT, 52 TONIGHT.

SLIGHT CHANCE TOMORROW OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN THE AFTERNOON, BUT HOT.

HIGHS HERE 87 AND COULD SEE 90s IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW NIGHT.

>> Matthew: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

WE'LL BE BACK TOMORROW AT 10.

GOOD NIGHT.

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