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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.

>> Dennis: HI, EVERYONE.

THANKS FOR WATCHING TONIGHT.

THE 2026 MINNESOTA LEGISLATIVE SESSION ADJOURNED LAST MONDAY, WHICH FEATURED A HISTORIC EVENLY SPLIT HOUSE.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN SPOKE WITH HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES FROM AROUND THE VIEWING AREA TO SEE WHAT LEGISLATION PASSED THAT AFFECTS THEIR RESIDENTS.

>> Matthew: DESPITE THE STATE'S FIRST-EVER EVENLY SPLIT HOUSE AT 67-67, LAWMAKERS MANAGED TO SUCCESSFULLY PASS KEY BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION, INCLUDING A $1.2 BILLION CAPITAL INVESTMENT BILL, TAX RELIEF AND HOSPITAL FUNDING.

>> WE WERE ABLE TO GET SOME STUFF ACROSS THE LINE AND STOP SOME REALLY BAD STUFF FROM HAPPENING.

>> IF YOU HAD ASKED ANYBODY, IT'S LIKE WE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PASS SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGETS, DO REFORMS, DO RELIEF FOR CAR TAB FEES AND PROPERTY TAXES, I THINK SIX MONTHS AGO, WE WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU YOU'RE CRAZY, BUT NOT ONLY DID WE DO THAT, WE DID IT IN AN INCREDIBLY BIPARTISAN WAY.

>> Matthew: LAWMAKERS ARE IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA ARE ALSO PLEASED WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH FOR THE PEOPLE OF THEIR STRICT.

>> ABLE TO GET $10 MILLION FOR THE MAHNOMEN HEALTHCARE CENTER.

WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR THAT FOR QUITE A WHILE, FINALLY GOT IT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.

>> RESTRUCTURING THE MINNESOTA CONSTITUTION TO BE ALLOW FOR LARGER DISBURSEMENTS BECAUSE THE SCHOOL TRUST FUND HAS GROWN SO MUCH.

IT'S GOING TO BE A PERMANENT INCREASE TO EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE AT ZERO COST TO THE TAXPAYER.

>> Matthew: BUT SOME LEGISLATION DID NOT GET PASSED THAT SOME LAWMAKERS WERE PUSHING FOR, INCLUDING THE JUNE 21st STORMWATER REIMBURSEMENT BILL INSTITUTE ONE I WAS HOPING WE HAD BECAUSE I HAD BIPARTISAN SUPPORT ON THAT FOR A LONG TIME.

FOR SOME REASON, IT TURNED PARTISAN REAL QUICK.

>> Matthew: ON A STATEWIDE LEVEL, BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE PASSED LEGISLATION TO CREATE AN INDEPENDENT OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL TO INVESTIGATE FRAUD ACROSS ALL STATE-ADMINISTERED PROGRAMS.

>> THE POINT THEREFORE BEING IS NOT ONLY WILL THE GENERAL PUBLIC, BUT THE LEGISLATORS AND THE NONPARTISAN STAFF THAT WORK ON AND TAKE CARE OF STATE GOVERNMENT ARE GOING TO HAVE THAT MUCH MORE OVERSIGHT INTO THINGS THAT ARE GOING, SO STUFF LIKE THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN.

>> IT ACTUALLY HAS POLICE AND ARREST AUTHORITY IN IT AND THEY CAN SUBPOENA AND PUT OUT WARRANTS FOR FRAUD.

AND IT DOESN'T REPORT TO ANYBODY OTHER THAN THE LEGISLATURE.

>> WE WANTED THAT BODY TO COME IN THERE AND BE ESTABLISHED AND BE KIND OF THE WATCH GUARD FOR ALL THESE DIFFERENT ENTITIES.

>> Matthew: THE LEGISLATURE ALSO PASSED A BILL AUTHORED BUY REPRESENTATIVE IGO FOR A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY ON THE FUTURE OF NUCLEAR POWER IN THE STATE, FUNDED BY A $500,000 STATE GRAND.

I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN REPORTING, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: ALL 201 LEGISLATIVE SEATS WILL BE ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER.

>>> IN OTHER NEWS TONIGHT, A FEDERAL GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED AN INTERNATIONAL FALLS MAN FOR KIDNAPPING A MINOR FROM ZIMMERMAN AND PRODUCING AND POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY INVOLVING ANOTHER MINOR.

JOSEPH ANDREW BRAGG MADE HIS INITIAL APPEARANCE IN DISTRICT COURT TODAY WHERE THE COURT ORDERED HIM DETAINED.

BRAGG IS ACCUSED OF KIDNAPPING A 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL AFTER SHE HAD BEEN DROPPED OFF BY HER SCHOOL BUS AROUND 4 P.M.

ON JANUARY 21st OF THIS YEAR.

BRAGG WAS ARRESTED AFTER AUTHORITIES STOPPED THE VEHICLE HE WAS DRIVING NEAR ALBERT LEA MINNESOTA AND FOUND THE GIRL IN THE BACKSEAT.

AUTHORITIES ALSO FOUND SEVERAL VIDEO AND PHOTO FILES DEPICTING CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL ON HIS PHONE INVOLVING A SECOND VICTIM.

INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THERE MAY BE MORE VICTIMS RELEVANT TO THIS INVESTIGATION.

IF YOU OR YOUR MINOR DEPENDENT HAVE ANY INFORMATION REGARDING BRAGG, PLEASE CALL THE FBI TIP LINE AT 1-800-CALL-FBI.

>>> FAMILY AND FRIENDS WILL CONDUCT A FOOT SEARCH FOR A BLACKDUCK MAN WHO HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE DECEMBER OF 2025.

THE SEARCH FOR 32-YEAR-OLD COREY ADAM BRYANT WILL TAKE PLACE THIS SUNDAY, MAY 31st.

THE LAST CONFIRMED SIGHTING OF BRYANT WAS ON DECEMBER 19th OF 2025.

HIS VEHICLE WAS FOUND IN THE WOODS TWO MILES NORTH OFF HIGHWAY 89.

POLICE HAVE SEARCHED AREAS NEAR THE VEHICLE TWICE WITH NO RESULTS DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL.

FAMILY AND FRIENDS WILL CONDUCT A FOOT SEARCH IN A STRETCH OF WOODS CLOSE TO WHERE HE RESIDED ON SUNDAY BEGINNING AT 10 A.M.

VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED AND WELCOME TO HELP SEARCH.

LUNCH AND WATER WILL BE PROVIDED.

PARTICIPANTS WILL MEET AT SCHOOLCRAFT PARKING LOT, WHICH WILL BE MARKED BY BALLOONS ON HIGHWAY 89.

CALL 218-368-9388 FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SEARCH.

ALSO, ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE DISAPPEARANCE OF COREY BRYANT CAN CALL THE BELTRAMI COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT NON-EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER.

>>> LONGTIME TEACHER DAN ROGERS HAS ANNOUNCED HIS CANDIDACY FOR MINNESOTA SENATE DISTRICT 2 REPRESENTING THE DFL PARTY.

ROGERS HELD A CAMPAIGN KICKOFF EVENT EARLIER TONIGHT TO CONNECT WITH THE BEMIDJI COMMUNITY.

ROGERS CURRENTLY SERVES AS A DIRECTOR WITH THE HUBBARD COUNTY DFL AND HAS 38 YEARS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHING UNDER HIS BELT.

DURING HIS SENATE RUN, THE MINNESOTA NATIVE SAYS THAT HE PLANS TO ADVOCATE FOR AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE, UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE ACCESS, AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND LIVING EXPENSES.

>> we riff IN ONE OF THE -- >> WE LIVE IN ONE OF THE RICHEST PLACES IN THE ON OMICRON NET AND PEOPLE DON'T GET THE QUALITY OF CARE THINK NEED AND I THINK THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE.

I LOOK AT MY GRANDKIDS AND THE STUDENTS IN MY CLASSES AND WE NEED TO MAKE THOSE PLANS FOR THE FUTURE THAT MAKE IT A BETTER FUTURE, AND TO BRING CIVILITY AND RESPECT BACK INTO POLITICS SO THAT WE SEE EACH OTHER AS ALL MINNESOTANS, NOT AS DIFFERENT COLORS, NOT AS A DIFFERENT PARTY, BUT AS ALL PEOPLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE WATER, THE FORESTS, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE YOUTH AND THE CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITIES BECAUSE THEY ARE WHAT TAKE US INTO THE FUTURE.

>> Dennis: ROGERS' CAMPAIGN PARTY WILL BE MAKING STOPS AROUND NORTHERN MINNESOTA AS HE WORKS TO CONTINUE FUNDRAISING FOR HIS FIRST TIME RUNNING FOR PUBLIC OFFICE.

>>> AND WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION TONIGHT ON THE LATEST CANDIDATE TO RUN IN THE UPCOMING BEMIDJI CITY COUNCIL AT-LARGE ELECTION.

WE TOLD YOU YESTERDAY THAT GRACE WILDER HAD OFFICIALLY FILED FOR THAT ELECTION.

ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE, WILDER SERVES AS DIGITAL ORGANIZING MANAGER AT HEADCOUNT, A NONPARTISAN NONPROFIT THAT DRIVES VOTER REGISTRATION AND CIVIC PARTICIPATION THROUGH ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURE.

SHE IS ALSO A VOLUNTEER DJ AT NORTHERN COMMUNITY RADIO KAXE-KBXE.

OTHERS WHO HAVE FILED FOR THE AT-LARGE SEAT INCLUDE INCUMBENT AUDREY THAYER AND FORMER WARD 3 CITY COUNCILOR RON JOHNSON.

WE'LL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE CANDIDATES AND THE ISSUES IMPORTANT TO THEM CLOSER TO THE ELECTION.

THE FILING PERIOD FOR CANDIDATES OPENED UP ON MAY 19th AND RUNS UNTIL JUNE 2nd.

>> Announcer: STILL TO COME ON LAKELAND NEWS AT 10: >> Stacy: WE MAY SEE A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

OTHERWISE, IT LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER SUNNY AND HOT DAY ACROSS THE AREA.

AISLE HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> Xzayver: AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, PEQUOT LAKES ROBOTICS TEAM HAS WO >> Announcer: AND NOW, MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>> Dennis: THE PEQUOT LAKES ROBOTICS TEAM WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW EARLIER THIS MONTH.

TODAY THE TEAM HELD A CELEBRATORY DEMONSTRATION OF THEIR STATE CHAMPIONSHIP WINNING ROBOT FOR STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOL.

OUR REPORTER XZAYVER CURRY HAS MORE DETAILS.

>> Xzayver: PEQUOT LAKES TOOK HOME THE 2026 MINNESOTA STATE HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP FROM THE FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION IN SAINT PAUL.

FOR THE PATRIOTS, THIS IS THEIR SECOND CONSECUTIVE OVERALL CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> WE ENDED UP 34th OUT OF 36 BY THE END OF QUALIFICATIONS, BUT WE STILL ENDED UP GETTING SELECTED FOR THE WINNING ALLIANCE.

>> IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW WELL YOU RANK AS WELL AS YOU PERFORM AS BEST YOU CAN.

>> I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR SPONSORS.

WE WOULDN'T BE THE TEAM WE ARE TODAY WITHOUT HOW GRACIOUS THEY'VE BEEN TO US AND WE ALSO LIKE TO THANK OUR COACHES BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T HAVE A TEAM WITHOUT COACHES AND OUR COACHING STAFF IS I AM MACK CULL US WILL.

>> Xzayver: TEAMS WORK TO SCORE FUEL, CLIMB OBSTACLES BEFORE TIME RUNS OUT.

THE ROBOTS CAN SCALE THE TOWER TO THE HIGHEST HEIGHT AND INCREASE THE SCORE.

>> IT WAS BALL THROUGH PUT, SO GETTING AS MANY BALLS UP INTO THE AIR AND INTO THE HUB AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.

>> I KNOW A LOT OF TEAMS REBUILT THE ROBOT, BUT WE DID HALFWAY THE SEASON WE REBUILD OUR ROBOT AND THAT ALLOWED US TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE TO SCORE MORE BALLS AND WE WERE MORE ACCURATE.

>> Xzayver: THE ALLIANCE DEFEATED THE TEAMS FROM ST.

MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE, IRONDALE AND WARROAD AFTER BEING DOWN IN THE LAST 25 SECONDS OF THE FINAL TIEBREAKER.

COACH KEITH LUMLEY SAYS THE TEAM HAD BEEN PREPARING FOR THIS MOMENT THE ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR.

>> WHAT IMPRESSED ME THE MOST ABOUT THIS TEAM IS THEY REALLY PUT IN THE WORK.

THERE ARE MANY, MANY HOURS BEFORE THE ROBOT HITS THE COMPETITION FIELD.

WE SHOW UP EVERY DAY AFTER SCHOOL AND IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, EVERY SATURDAY WE SPEND ABOUT EIGHT TO TEN HOURS ON THE ROBOT.

I THINK THIS TEAM, IT'S A REALLY GOOD PLACE FOR THEM TO BE IN, A REALLY GREAT THINGS FOR THE SCHOOL TO HAVE.

>> Xzayver: REPORTING IN PEQUOT LAKES, XZAYVER CURRY, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: THE PEQUOT LAKES STATE CHAMPIONSHIP WINNING TEAM THIS YEAR INCLUDED NO SENIORS ON THE TEAM.

SO THEY SHOULD HAVE A LOT OF PLAYERS BACK FOR THAT.

>>> WEATHER WISE, IT'S JUST BEAUTIFUL, STACY, AND TOMORROW MIGHT BE THE WARMEST DAY OF THE WEEK.

>> Stacy: IT COULD BE.

WE'RE LOOKING AT LICE AGAIN IN THE 80s AND -- HIGHS AGAIN IN THE 80s AND 90s ACROSS THE VIEWING AREA.

A LOT OF SUNSHINE EARLY ON.

THERE MAY BE A FEW SPOTTY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT >> Announcer: AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

>> Stacy: WE DID HAVE ANOTHER WHO THE AND SUNNY DAY ACROSS THE TODAY.

MORE CLOUDS MOVING IN THIS EVENING AND WE'LL SEE VARIABLE CLOUDS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

SUNSHINE IS BACK ACROSS THE AREA TOMORROW, AND IT DOES LOOK LIKE WE DO SEE A FEW SPOTTY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON.

HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR CURRENT CONDITIONS.

IN BEMIDJI, IT IS 74 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.

AT THE STUDIOO, WINDS SOUTH AT 5-MILE-PER-HOUR, THE DEWPOINT IS 58 AND WE HAVE 55% HUMIDITY.

IN BRAINERD, PARTLY CLOUDY AND 72.

OUR DEWPOINT IS 55.

WE HAVE A RISING BAROMETRIC PRESSURE WITH A LIGHT SOUTHEAST WIND.

ON OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING A FEW MORE CLOUDS ROLLING INTO PARTS OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AND WE SHOULD SEE VARIABLE CLOUDS ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

WE WILL SEE MORE SUNSHINE AGAIN TOMORROW.

TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE HOT, HIGHS IN THE 80s AND 90s, AND WE MAY SEE A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU, A BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE OVER MENAHGA FROM ARLENE, CHRISTY SPOTTING A BASS ENJOYING SOME SUNSHINE IN THE SHALLOW WATERS IN DEERWOOD.

THE HUMMINGBIRDS ARE BACK IN LA FORT AND FLOWERS IN BLOOM AGAIN IN DEERWOOD FROM JERRY.

WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL BLUE SKIES OVER BLACKDUCK LAKE FROM STEVE, THE SUNSET OVER LOWER RED LAKE AND A NEARLY FULL BLUE NOON OVER CASS LAKE AND THAT WAS SEPTEMBER TO US BY ANGELA.

THANK YOU ALL FOR SHARING YOUR PHOTOS WITH US TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYE REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAGHA 57 AND BREEZY THIS MORNING, DEERWOOD, SUNNY WITH A HIGH OF 89.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE ALSO 85 REPORTING SUNNY SKIES.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, HAZY AND HIGH CLOUDS, THE HIGH 80.

JOAN IN LAPORTE, MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A LIGHT BREEZE AND ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, MOSTLY CLEAR WITH A HIGH OF 86.

LOOKING AT THE ALMANAC IN BRAINERD TODAY, WE TOPPED OUT AT 80, SO WE'RE STILL SEEING ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES.

AVERAGE HIGH TODAY, 72.

54 IS WAT LOW, SUNSET AT TWO MINUTES BEFORE 9:00 THIS EVENING.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 84, SO WE'RE 14 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE.

55 FOR THE LOW AND SUNRISE AT 5:29.

TOMORROW, WE'LL SEE A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUN IN THE MORNING.

OVERALL, IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF SUNSHINE FOR MOST OF THE DAY.

HEADING INTO THE AFTERNOON, WE START TO SEE A FEW SPOTTY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH COULD DEVELOP IN THE AREA.

TEMPERATURE WISE IT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER HOT DAY.

WE'RE LOOKING AT HIGHS ANYWHERE FROM THE MID 80s TO NEAR 90 IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE VIEWING AREA.

AS WE HEAD INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WE WILL BE SEEING SOME UPPER 80s, MAYBE AGAIN CLOSE TO 90 DEGREES, SO ANOTHER HOT DAY TOMORROW WITH ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND.

THE FAST TONIGHT, VARIABLE CLOUDS, LOWS NEAR 58.

TOMORROW, PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES.

THERE'S A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

HIGHS NEAR 88 AND SOUTH WINDS AT 5 TO 10.

HERE'S A LOOK AT THE REST OF OUR WEEKEND FORECAST.

WE'LL SEE VARIABLE CLOUDS ON SATURDAY, HIGHS NEAR 87, 86 WITH PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES ON SUNDAY.

THERE MAY BE A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY, JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE BOTH DAYS.

OTHERWISE, IT'S STILL GOING TO BE ABOVE AVERAGE, MID 80s ON MONDAY, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT COOLER, ABOUT 82 ON TUESDAY.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: THANKS, STACY.

CHARLIE IS HERE NOW AND A LOT OF IMPORTANT SPORTING EVENTS GOING ON LOCALLY TODAY.

>> Charlie: ONE OF THE BUSIEST DAYS I'VE HAD IN A WHILE AND REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON TODAY.

FIRST OFF, BEMIDJI AND BRAINERD SOFTBALL, WE SAY IT EVERY SINGLE DAY, BUT THEY'VE BEEN PLAYING A LOT.

WE HAVE THE GAME FROM THAT SECTION CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, A LOT ON THE LINE.

BRAINERD NEEDING TO WIN AND GOLF SECTION CHAMPIONSHIPS AS WELL.

>> Announcer: AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

>> Charlie: YESTERDAY BEMIDJI BEAT BRAINERD 6-5 ON MORE LATE INNING HEROICS IN A GAME THAT TOOK TWO DAYS TO COMPLETE.

THAT SENT THE LUMBERJACKS STRAIGHT TO TODAY'S FINALS WHILE THE WARRIORS WENT TO THE ELIMINATION BRACKET WHERE THEY BEAT SAINT CLOUD 4-2 THIS AFTERNOON, EARNING THEM A REMATCH WITH THEIR RIVALS.

BEMIDJI HOSTING GAME ONE OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES.

WIN TODAY AND THEY TAKE THE SECTION TITLE.

IF BRAINERD WINS, THEY'LL HOST THE WINNER-TAKE-ALL GAME TWO TOMORROW MORNING.

TOP FOUR, WARRIORS LEADING 2-0.

SLAPPING ONE THROUGH THE MIDDLE INFIELD AND SCORING FOR THE THREE-RUN ADVANTAGE.

THAT BRINGS ALI BUS BY TO THE DISH.

SHE POWERS ONE TO THE GRASS, PLATES IN FROM SECOND AND NOW 4-0.

THE JACKS, THREE PLAYOFF WINS ALL LATE-GAME COMEBACKS IN THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE INNING.

LEADING OFF WITH A TRIPLE, SOMETHING BREWING.

HANSON STEPS UP NEXT, SLICING ONE DOWN THE LINE TO GET BEMIDJI ON BOARD, BUT IT'S THE ONLY RUN THEY CAN MUSTER AS THE WARRIORS GET THE WIN AND FORCE A WINNER-TAKE-ALL GAME TOMORROW.

THAT GAME WILL BE IN BRAINERD AT 10 A.M.

AND WE'LL THE HIGHLIGHTS TOMORROW NIGHT.

>>> ON TUESDAY, SEBEKA CAME FROM BEHIND LATE TO BEAT BLACKDUCK 5-4 IN THE SECTION 5-A SEMIFINALS.

THE DRAKES BATTLED THEIR WAY THROUGH THE ELIMINATION BRACKET AND WERE BACK PLAYING THE TROJANS TODAY IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

SEBEKA NEEDING JUST ONE WIN TO PUNCH THEIR TICKET TO STATE.

BLACKDUCK WOULD NEED BACK-TO-BACK WINS TO WIN BACK-TO-BACK TITLES.

BOTTOM OF THE FIRST, TWO OUTS, STILL SCORELESS.

MACKENZIE BULLOCK RIPS IT PAST THE RIGHT FIELDER.

THE TRIPLE SETS UP A JESSE ANDERSON RBI SINGLE.

BLACKDUCK UP 1-0.

TOP OF THE THIRD, SAME SCORE, TWO ON FOR THE TROJANS.

VIOLETTE LYSNE LACES IT TO THE GAP, BRINGS HOME BELLA CONNOR, KNOTS THINGS AT ONE.

FAST FORWARD TO THE FIFTH, STILL A TIE GAME, TWO ON FOR MADISON FUNK.

GOES THE OTHER WAY.

THE GO-AHEAD RUN CROSSES HOME.

THEY'D PLATE THREE IN THE INNING, HELPING PROPEL SEBEKA PAST THE REIGNING 5-A CHAMPS AND SECURE THEIR FIRST SECTION TITLE SINCE 2021.

THE KEY TO THE TROJANS VICTORY, A CALMER APPROACH AT THE PLATE AGAINST THE DRAKES.

ANNA SWEDBERG, WHO IS ONE OF THE BEST PITCHERS IN THE SECTION.

>> IT JUST CAME INTO TIMING.

YESTERDAY, YOU OBVIOUSLY KNOW WE HAD A TOUGH TIME HITTING OFF OF HER, GREAT PITCHERS.

>> I THINK IT WAS BETTER ON MENTALITY.

WE WENT IN AND WANTED TO WIN, WANTED TO HIT THE BALL.

>> WE PLAYED GOOD, DID VERY GOOD THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.

I'M JUST EXCITED FOR, LIKE, GETTING TO PLAY WITH EVERYONE ONE LAST TIME.

WINNING OR LOSING, IT'S ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE.

>> Charlie: THIS WILL BE SEBEKA'S FOURTH TRIP TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

THE TROJANS ARE SHOOTING FOR THEIR FIRST EVER WIN DOWN IN MANKATO.

>>> ALSO IN HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL, THE SCORES: >>> IT WAS THE FINAL ROUND OF THE BOYS GOLF SECTION 8-AAA CHAMPIONSHIPS FROM HEADWATERS GOLF CLUB IN PARK RAPIDS.

BEMIDJI FRESHMAN LOGAN BRINK WAS THE TOP FINISHER FOR THE LUMBERJACKS ACROSS THE TWO-DAY EVENT, WOULD PAR THE 6th HERE.

HE CARDED AN EVEN PAR ON THE DAY FOR 12th OVERALL.

AS A TEAM, BRAINERD SAW A 10-STROKE DAY ONE LEAD DISAPPEAR.

HERE AT 16, BRADY OSLAND TRYING TO HELP THE WARRIORS HANG ON WITH THIS PAR.

HE'D FINISH SEVENTH OVERALL.

THEN, AT 17, JACK HAGBERG, WITH THE TEAM TRAILING BY A STROKE AND TRAILING BY TWO INDIVIDUALLY, DROPS THIS 20-FOOTER TO GIVE THE WARRIORS A ONE-STROKE LEAD.

HE'D PAR THE 18th TO SECURE BRAINERD'S FIRST EVER SECTION CHAMPIONSHIP IN BOYS GOLF AND SECURE THE INDIVIDUAL SECTION TITLE AS WELL.

JUST ONE STROKE WAS THE DIFFERENCE.

BEMIDJI FINISHED TIED FOR FIFTH.

BUT THE DAY BELONGS TO HAGGERG AND THE WARRIORS.

HERE'S WHAT HE SAID TO SAY.

>> WALKING UP TO THE TEE BOX, I WAS SCARED.

I WAS DOWN BY 2 AND I HAD A TWO-SHOT LEAD THREE HOLES AGO, SO FREAKING OUT.

I JUST WENT THROUGH MY ROUTINE, MY PUTT WILL, STAYING IN THE ROUTINE AND HAPPENED TO FALL.

JUST A LOT OF RELIEF.

FIRST TIME OUR TEAM HAS GONE TO STATE AS A TEAM AND IT'S REALLY COMFORTING.

THESE BOYS ARE AWESOME.

I LOVE THEM, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM.

WE HAVE SO MANY FUN STORIES AND THERE IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING SPECIAL.

>> Charlie: HAGBERG HAD NOT WON A TOURNAMENT YET THIS SEASON.

WHAT A TIME TO DO IT.

SECTION CHAMP AND GETS TO ENJOY IT WITH HIS WHOLE TEAM GOING WITH HIM TO STATE JUNE 9th AND 10th AT BUNKER HILLS GOLF CLUB IN COON RAPIDS.

ON THE GIRLS SIDE, BRAINERD AND BEMIDJI FINISHED 4 AND 5.

MEREDITH HOLMSTROM AND MARCELLA TIMMONS LED THE WARRIORS IN 11th AND 12th PLACE.

LUMBERJACKS STELLA SCHOONOVER AND OLIVIA WANGBERG FINISHED 14th AND 16th.

>>> IN SECTION BASEBALL, BEMIDJI HOSTING BRAINERD IN THE 8-AAAA ELIMINATION BRACKET.

IT'S WIN OR GO HOME FROM HERE ON OUT FOR EITHER SQUAD.

BOTTOM FIRST, STILL SCORELESS.

RUNNER IN SCORING POSITION FOR REECE DOKKEN, GOES THROUGH THE FIVE-SIX HOLE, BRINGS HOME GUNNER GANSKE.

LUMBERJACKS STRIKE FIRST.

COUPLE BATTERS LATER, TWO ON FOR BEMIDJI.

JAMES GARRISON GASHES ONE TO LEFT CENTER FOR A TRIPLE.

JACKS PUT A FOUR SPOT UP IN THE FIRST FOR AN EARLY LEAD.

TOP THIRD, BRAINERD TRYING TO CLAW BACK, DOWN 5-0.

BASES LOADED FOR HAWKIN HOPUHJOKE, DUNKS ONE INTO RIGHT.

TWO COME IN TO SCORE, MAKES IT 5-2.

THE COMEBACK BID WOULD FALL SHORT.

BEMIDJI HIM FLAPET THE RIVAL 7-2.

THEY MOVE ON TO PLAY AT ELK RIVER NEXT TUESDAY.

>>> SOME SECTION BASEBALL SCORES, WE HAVE A LOT OF THEM.

>> Dennis: YOU SAID IT, A LOT GOING ON.

WHAT A FINISH TO THE BRAINERD GOLF TEAM THERE.

ON THE LAST TWO SHOTS.

>> Charlie: IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE WATCHING THE WHOLE THING UNFOLD IN FRONT OF ME AND OBVIOUSLY A LOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO TOMORROW WITH SOFTBALL BETWEEN BEMIDJI AND BRAINERD.

UNBELIEVABLE WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.

>> Dennis: A LOT OF FUN.

THANKS, CHARLIE.

>>> RAY AND MANDY RETURN TONIGHT FOR THEIR 13th SEASON OF FISHING TIPS.

FOR THIS WEEK'S SEGMENT, THEY TEACH US ABOUT BOAT RAMP MISTAKES THAT EVERYBODY MAKES AND PROPER LANDING ETIQUETTE WHEN PUTTING YOUR BOAT IN THE LAKE.

>> Ray: HELLO AGAIN, EVERYBODY.

I'M RAY GILDOW ALONG WITH MY COHOST MANDY UHRICH AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK THIS EVENING ABOUT THINGS WE SEE ON THE LANDINGS THAT YOU SHOULD NOT BE DOING.

AND MANDY IS GOING TO START OFF WITH SOME OF THE EXPERIENCES SHE'S HAD IN THE AREA ON THE LANDINGS.

>> Mandy: A BIG ABOUT -- A BIG THING IS ETIQUETTE.

EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE POM LIGHT COMING TO THE ACCESS AND BE READY.

THE WORST THING YOU CAN DO IS PULL INTO THE LANDING, BACK DOWN TO THE WATER, JUMP OUT AND THEN START GETTING YOUR BOAT READY, UNSTRAPPING AND PUTTING YOUR STUFF IN.

THAT'S NOT THE WAY TO DO IT.

YOU GET TO THE BOAT ACCESS, THERE'S PLENTY OF PARKING AREA.

PULL OFF, GET YOURSELF LOADED INTO YOUR BOAT, GET YOUR TARP OFF, GET YOUR STRAPS OFF, GET EVERYTHING LOADED IN THERE BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY GO INTO THE SPOT TO BACK DOWN INTO THE LANDING SO YOU'RE NOT BLOCKING ANYBODY ELSE TRYING TO GET IN THE WATER.

>> Ray: SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON, UNHOOKING ALL YOUR CHAINS AND YOUR STRAPS FROM THE FRONT OF THE BOAT AND GOING TO THE BACK OF THE BOAT AND UNHOOKING STRAPS FROM BACK THERE, MAKING SURE THE MOTOR IS TIPPED UP SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DRIVE THAT MOTOR INTO THE LANDING, AND THESE ARE THINGS THAT MAKE IT MUCH MORE PLEASURABLE FOR THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU.

>> Mandy: RIGHT.

FORGOT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.

DON'T FORGET TO PUT THE PLUG IN THE BOAT.

HERE IN MINNESOTA, EVER TIME YOU GET OFF THE WATER, IT IS LAW THAT YOU HAVE TO PULL THE PLUG AND DRAIN ALL THE WATER OUT OF THE BOAT.

OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU PUT YOUR BACK IN FOR THE FIRST OF THE SEASON, YOU HAVE TO PUT THAT PLUG IN.

YOU'LL FIND OUT REAL QUICK IF YOU MAKE THAT MISTAKE.

ALSO GET YOUR LIFE JACKETS LOADS, SAFETY EQUIPMENT, RODS, REELS, EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO TAKE YOUR TIME.

NOTHING WORSE THAN GETTING OUT TO YOUR FAVORITE FISHING SPOT AND REALIZING YOU HAVE HALF THE STUFF IN THE TRUCK.

>> Ray: HAVE ALL THAT READY BEFORE YOU GET TO THE LANDING AND THEN YOU CAN PUT YOUR BOAT IN AND MAKE ROOM FOR THE NEXT PERSON.

I'M RAY GILDOW.

>> Mandy: AND I'M MANDY UHRICH.

>> Dennis: AND I'VE FORGOTTEN TO PUT THE PLUG IN THE FIRST LAUNCH OF THE YEAR, SO THAT HAPPENS.

STACY HAS MORE ABOUT THE WEATHER.

>> Stacy: GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE HOT AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.

TONIGHT WE'LL SEE VARIABLE CLOUDS, 58 FOR THE LOW, SOUTH WINDS AT 5 TO 15.

TOMORROW, PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES.

THERE'S A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON, HIGHS NEAR 88.

>> Charlie: ALL THOSE SCORES AND I FORGOT ONE.

TWINS FALL TO THE WHITE SOX 6-2 TODAY.

SECOND LOSS IN A ROW.

>> Dennis: HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.

WE'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE TOMORROW.

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