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DENNIS WEIMANN WITH THE NEWS, STACY CHRISTENSON WITH THE WEATHER AND CHARLIE YAEGER WITH YOUR SPORTS.

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

>>> U.S.

SENATOR TINA SMITH IS STEPPING UP PRESSURE ON SENT A U.S. POSTMASTER GENERAL LOUIS DEJOY FOLLOWING A UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT THAT REVEALS SEVERE MANAGEMENT FAILURES CONTRIBUTING TO CRITICAL POSTAL SERVICE DISRUPTIONS IN BEMIDJI AND THE BROADER MINNESOTA-NORTH DAKOTA DISTRICT.

THE PROBLEMS INCLUDED AROUND 80,000 PIECES OF DELAYED MAIL.

SENATOR SMITH IS CALLING FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION TO ADDRESS THESE FAILURES AND RESTORE RELIABLE POSTAL SERVICE FOR MINNESOTANS.

LAST NOVEMBER, UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE RURAL CARRIERS HELD A PICKET AND SYMBOLIC STRIKE OUTSIDE OF THE BEMIDJI POST OFFICE TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THEIR WORK ENVIRONMENT AND CONCERNS ABOUT DELIVERING MAIL TO THE COMMUNITY.

RURAL MAIL CARRIERS SAID THEY WERE SHORT-STAFFED AND UNABLE TO PERFORM THEIR JOBS.

THEY SAID THEY WERE BEING FORCED TO WORK 12-HOUR SHIFTS WHILE ALSO DELIVERING PACKAGES FOR AMAZON.

AS WE REPORTED PREVIOUSLY THE O.I.G.

REPORT REVEALS THAT THE BEMIDJI POST OFFICE ONLY HAD EIGHT DAYS WARNING BEFORE THEIR PACKAGE VOLUME DOUBLED AND POSTAL SERVICE MANAGEMENT FAILED TO CONFIRM THAT THE FACILITY HAD THE STAFFING OR RESOURCES TO ACCOMMODATE THE INCREASED VOLUME.

IT ALSO FOUND THAT LOCAL POSTAL WORKERS WERE NOT PROPERLY TRAINED TO AVOID THESE ISSUES.

THE REPORT ATTRIBUTES THESE PROBLEMS DIRECTLY TO NATIONAL AND DISTRICT MANAGEMENT MISSTEPS, RESULTING IN UNTENABLE WORKING CONDITIONS FOR POSTAL WORKERS AND SEVERE DELAYS IN MAIL DELIVERY.

SENATOR SMITH'S LETTER STRESSES THE URGENCY OF RECTIFYING THESE ISSUES AND HOLDS USPS LEADERSHIP ACCOUNTABLE FOR ENSURING MINNESOTANS RECEIVE THE RELIABLE POSTAL SERVICE THEY DEPEND ON FOR ESSENTIAL NEEDS.

SMITH SAYS IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT USPS LEADERSHIP TAKES IMMEDIATE ACTION TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES AND RESTORE TRUST IN OUR POSTAL SYSTEM.

>>> THE U.S. HOUSE JUDICIARY SUBCOMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION INTEGRITY, SECURITY, AND ENFORCEMENT MET IN GRAND FORKS TODAY TO DISCUSS CONCERNS WITH THE U.S. BORDER AND THE IMPACT OF RELATED ISSUES ON NORTH DAKOTA'S RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITIES.

ONLY REPUBLICANS ON THE BIPARTISAN COMMITTEE ATTENDED BUT SEVERAL CALLED IT A BIPARTISAN ISSUE.

ONE OF THE MAIN CONCERNS ON THE NORTHERN BORDER IS FENTANYL TRAFFICKING WITH A NORTH DAKOTA LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL POINTING OUT THAT IS IS MORE PROFITABLE FOR TRAFFICKERS ON THE NORTH BORDER WHERE THE DRUG CAN BE SOLD FOR UP TO $80 FOR ONE PILL COMPARED TO $0.25 ON THE SOUTHERN BORDER.

MINNESOTA CONGRESSWOMAN MICHELLE FISCHBACH ALSO ATTENDED THE HEARING AND SAID MINNESOTA IS FACING THE SAME ISSUES AS NORTH DAKOTA ON THE BORDER.

>> MR. ARMSTRONG SAID IT DURING THE HEARING.

THIS IS ABOUT POLICIES, THE POLICIES ARE WRONG AND THE POLICIES NEED TO BE CHANGED.

I WILL SAY AS WE LISTEN TO THAT, PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THIS.

HE CAN DO IT RIGHT NOW.

HE CAN CHANGE THESE POLICIES.

HE CAN RETURN TO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S POLICIES AND SHUT THIS BORDER DOWN AND WE NEED TO SHUT ALL OF THE BORDER DOWN.

THAT IS JUST THE SOUTHERN BORDER AND THE NORTHERN BORDER.

>> THE HEARING TODAY TITLED THE BIDEN BORDER CRISIS: NORTH DAKOTA PERSPECTIVES, WAS HELD AT THE ALERUS CENTER.

IT WAS AN OFFICIAL MEETING FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE.

>>> ONE PERSON DIED FOLLOWING A CRASH INVOLVING TWO VEHICLES YESTERDAY IN BAXTER.

NAMES OF THE DRIVERS HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED BUT THE STATE PATROL SAY A 60-YEAR-OLD MAN DIED AFTER HIS VEHICLE WENT OFF THE ROAD AND COLLIDED WITH THE SIDE OF A BUILDING.

THE CRASH HAPPENED AROUND 8:30 A.M. ON TUESDAY AT THE INTERSECTION OF EXCELSIOR AND HIGHWAY 371.

THE PATROL SAYS THE MAN WAS DRIVING A RANGE ROVER WAS EASTBOUND ON 371 WHEN IT STRUCK A CAR AND PUSHED THE CAR INTO THE INTERSECTION.

THE RANGE ROVER THEN WENT INTO THE SOUTH DITCH, OVER A CURB AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE BILL'S GUN RANGE BUILDING.

A 55-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS DRIVING THE OTHER VEHICLE.

HER CONDITION IS UNKNOWN.

>>> THE BEMIDJI CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERED FINAL LANDSCAPING LAYOUTS FOR HANNAH AVENUE, MIDDLE SCHOOL DRIVE, AND HIGHWAY 197 AT WORK SESSION THIS WEEK.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN WAS THERE FOR THE DISCUSSION TO SEE WHAT THOSE LAYOUTS LOOKED LIKE.

>> Reporter: AS DESIGNS CONTINUE ON THE MIDDLE SCHOOL DRIVE PROJECT, WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR CONSTRUCTION IN 2026, THE DESIGN FOR THE FINAL LANDSCAPING FEATURES IS UP FOR DISCUSSION.

CITY STAFF MET INTERNALLY WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, STREETS DEPARTMENT, AND ENGINEERING TO CREATE A STARTING POINT OF WHAT THE FINISHED LOOK OF THE CORRIDOR WILL LOOK LIKE.

>> WE LOOKED AT THE INITIAL LANDSCAPING PLAN FOR THE PROPOSED RENOVATIONS TO PAUL BUNYAN DRIVE AND HANNAH AVENUE AND MIDDLE SCHOOL DRIVE.

I THINK AS MANY PEOPLE KNOW, THAT IS ALL BEING CONSIDERED FOR ROUND ABOUTS AND THINGS HAPPENING.

THIS IS MORE ABOUT THE LANDSCAPING, HOW WILL IT LOOK WHEN YOU COME INTO BEMIDJI.

>> Reporter: ONCE COUNCIL MEMBERS SAW THE ADDITION OF ROUNDABOUTS, THE RECONSTRUCTION DESIGN WAS THE MAIN TOPIC OF THE DISCUSSION.

>> THEY'RE ONLY PROPOSING THREE, WHERE MENARDS IS, AND THEN WHERE WAL-MART IS, AND THEN WHERE SIMON'S GAS STATION IS.

THOSE ARE THE THREE.

SINCE THEN, THE CITY DETERMINED THAT THERE IS AN ADVANTAGE OF ADDING ROUNDABOUTS TO DEAL WITH SOME CONGESTION THAT WE'RE SEEING IN SOME OF THE P.M.

PEAKS OR THE AFTERNOON PEAKS WHEN SCHOOL LETS OUT.

WE'RE LOOKING TO INSTALL SOME OF THOSE AS OUR STREET PROJECT.

THERE IS A TOTAL OF SIX NOW, BUT THREE WERE MnDOT PROJECTS AND THE CITY IS LOOKING TO ADD THREE OF OUR OWN.

>> Reporter: SOME MEMBERS WERE CONCERNED THAT THESE PLANS ADDED TOO MUCH AND THE UPKEEP WOULD BE TOUGH TO MANAGER.

>> THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CONCERN, AS I HEARD OVER THE YEARS, OF THE ONES INSTALLED.

THERE ARE ISSUES WITH WHAT WAS CHOSEN TO GO IN THE CENTERS OF THEM.

I UNDERSTAND THAT NOT EVERYONE THAT BUILDS THEM HAS THE ABILITY TO ENHANCE THEM, SO TO SPEAK, AND REFRESH THEM UP.

I THINK WE'RE IN A POSITION WHEREAS A COMMUNITY, WE WANT TO FEEL A LITTLE BIT BETTER AND THIS IS THE ENTRANCE TO OUR CITY ON THE WEST END OF TOWN.

I AM GOING TO BE COMING BACK TO COUNCIL WITH SOME RENDERINGS TO GIVE A 3D LOOK OF WHAT THIS WOULD LOOK LIKE.

THE GOAL AND THERE IS SOME OCCUR OCCURRENCE THAT WE WANT TO SEE MORE THAN WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE EXISTING ONES.

THIS IS OUR COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, WE WANT TO PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD AND SOMETHING WE WANT TO MAINTAIN AS WELL.

THAT'S THE GOAL.

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

>> MUNICIPAL CONSENT WILL NOT HAPPEN UNTIL NOVEMBER LATER THIS YEAR.

UNTIL THEN, THE COUNCIL WILL KEEP DISCUSSING DESIGN PLANS AT FUTURE WORK SESSIONS.

>>> THE BRAINERD CITY COUNCIL HELD A SPECIAL MEETING TODAY TO DISCUSS THE CITY'S RESPONSE TO THE BUREAU OF MEDIATION SERVICES.

THE CITY WAS TOLD A PETITION WAS FILED BY THE BRAINERD PUBLIC UTILITIES MANAGERS AND SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION ON MAY 17TH.

THE PETITION REQUESTED EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATION FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

AS THE PETITION DESCRIBED THE UNION, THE BPU MANAGERS AND SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION REQUESTED SIX EMPLOYEES TO BE A PART OF THE UNION.

THE CITY FELT THAT TWO EMPLOYEES DID NOT QUALIFY TO BE IN THE UNION.

>> ONE OF THE SIX DOES NOT SUPERVISE ANYBODY AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WAS A PARTY TO SOME NEGOTIATIONS, SO WE FELT THAT THERE WOULD BE A CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEE, SO THAT WOULD EXCLUDE THEM.

ULTIMATELY, THE BUREAU WOULD DECIDE.

>> THE STIPULATION FORM WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO BE SENT TO THE BUREAU OF MEDIATION SERVICES.

THE CITY WAS REQUIRED TO COMPLETE AND SUBMIT THE STIPULATION FORM BY FRIDAY, MAY 31ST.

>>> A RED LAKE NATION EMBASSY COMMUNITY MEETING IS SET FOR A WEEK FROM THIS FRIDAY IN MINNEAPOLIS.

ACCORDING TO A RED LAKE NATION FACEBOOK POST THE MEETING WILL BE.

PRESENTED BY THE RED LAKE TRIBAL COUNCIL AND TOPICS OF DISCUSSION INCLUDE LAND BACK.

WHAT'S NEXT AND THE UPCOMING STATE ELECTION.

THIS MEETING IS FOR RED LAKE MEMBERS ONLY.

MEDIA IS NOT ALLOWED AND THERE WILL BE NO LIVE STREAMING.

IT TAKES PLACE ON FRIDAY, JUNE 7TH FROM 4:00 TO 6:00 P.M. AT 2111 CEDAR AVENUE SOUTH IN MINNEAPOLIS.

FOR MORE INFORMATION YOU CAN CONTACT THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN.

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

>> Stacy: CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RETURN TOMORROW, WE'LL BE SEEING SOME MORE CHANCES AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER >> THIS PORTION OF LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED BY C.T.C.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> THIS YEAR'S SUMMER READING PROGRAM AT THE BRAINERD PUBLIC LIBRARY STARTS NEXT MONDAY, JUNE 3RD.

THE THEME FOR THIS YEAR'S PROGRAM IS “READ, RENEW, REPEAT,” WHICH IS BASED ON CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

CHILDREN AGED 0 TO 18 WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO REGISTER IN THE PROGRAM.

FOR CHILDREN AGED 0 TO 6 THE GOAL IS TO READ OR BE READ TO FOR AN AVERAGE OF 10 MINUTES A DAY, 20 MINUTES FOR CHILDREN 6 TO 12, AND 30 MINUTES FOR CHILDREN 12 TO 18.

AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS WILL BE AWARDED BOOKS AND PRIZES BASED ON THE NUMBER OF MINUTES READ.

THE INCENTIVES ARE TO HELP MOTIVATE CHILDREN TO STICK WITH THE PROGRAM THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE DO THIS AT THE BEGINNING AND THEN IT KINDS OF FADES OFF IN JULY.

SO WITH THE INCENTIVES, IT REALLY KEEPS KIDS ACCOUNTABLE AND SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO.

>> THE PROGRAM WILL RUN THROUGH JULY 27TH.

TO LEARN HOW TO REGISTER YOUR CHILD, A LINK WILL BE ATTACHED TO THE STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

>>> HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN TEXAS ARE WITHOUT POWER AND COULD STAY THAT WAY FOR DAYS.

THIS AFTER FIERCE AND DEADLY STORMS TORE THROUGH THE STATE TUESDAY AND OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND, AS LAURA AGUIRRE SHOWS US, MANY PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO COPE WITH LOSING THEIR HOMES AS UNCOMFORTABLY HOT WEATHER SETS IN.

>> THIS IS A MULTI-DAY EVENT, JUST TO GET THE POWER BACK ON.

>> Reporter: NOT THE NEWS THAT MANY TEXANS WANT TO HEAR AS THEY FACE A LONG RECOVERY FROM DEVASTATING PROPERTY DAMAGE, WITH TEMPERATURES RISING.

AT ONE POINT TUESDAY, OVER 1 MILLION CUSTOMERS IN THE STATE WERE WITHOUT ELECTRICITY ACCORDING TO POWER OUTAGE.

CREWS HAVE BEEN MAKING PROGRESS BUT MANY HOMES AND BUSINESSES REMAIN WITHOUT SERVICE ON WEDNESDAY.

>> WE'RE DOING COOLING SHELTERS BUT IT'S TOUGH ON THOSE PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER.

>> Reporter: TEXAS WAS AMONG THE HARDEST HIT STATES IN A WAVE OF DEADLY STORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN U.S. OVER MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.

MORE PUNISHING STORMS ON TUESDAY, WIND GUSTS NEARING 80 MILES PER HOUR.

>> SUDDENLY EVERYTHING JUST FELL DOWN.

>> WE JUST HEARD RUCKUS EVERYWHERE AROUND US.

WE RUSHED INTO THE BATHROOM.

>> Reporter: THESE RESIDENTS SURVIVED, BUT ARE OUT OF A HOME.

THEIR APARTMENT IS DECLARED UNINHABITABLE.

IN HOUSTON, A 16-YEAR-OLD WORKER WAS KILLED WHEN THE STORM TOPPLED A HOME IN MAGNOLIA.

>> THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE STORMS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

WE MAY SEE MORE DAMAGE THAT WILL NEED TO BE FIXED.

>> Reporter: FORECASTERS ARE TRACKING MORE SEVERE STORMS ON THURSDAY FROM TEXAS NORTH THROUGH THE DAKOTAS.

I'M LAURA AGUIRRE REPORTING.

>> THE WEATHER IS ALSO SPELLING MISERY FOR HUNDREDS OF AIR TRAVELERS.

AROUND 600 FLIGHTS IN AND OUT OF THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND THE DALLAS LOVE FIELD AIRPORT HAVE BEEN CANCELED OR DELAYED WEDNESDAY.

>>> WELL, TIME FOR WEATHER.

STACY JOINS US NOW.

WE HAVE SEEN PLENTY OF RAIN IN MINNESOTA.

LUCKILY WE AVOIDED THE SEVERE WEATHER SO FAR.

>> Stacy: BY AND LARGE WE HAVE.

WE HAVE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF RAIN AND IT IS GOING TO BE QUIET OVERNIGHT, BUT STARTING TOMORROW, THE RAINY WEATHER WILL BE BACK AND WE WILL HAVE OFF AND ON CHANCES OF RAIN >> 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.

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>> 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, IT WAS A GORGEOUS DAY TODAY.

WE ENJOYED THAT SUNSHINE AND SEASONAL TEMPERATURES FOR A CHANGE.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT QUIET WEATHER OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, BUT AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW, CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN MOVING IN FROM THE WEST AND MOVING THROUGH EASTERN MINNESOTA THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

WE'LL HAVE OFF AND ON CHANCES OF RAIN THROUGH THE WEEKEND, BUT THERE IS THE POTENTIAL OF MORE WIDESPREAD RAIN AS WE HEAD INTO SUNDAY, ESPECIALLY SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, 62 DEGREES.

AT THE AIRPORT, AT OUR STUDIO IN BEMIDJI, EAST WINDS AT 5 MILES PER HOUR, 43 IS OUR DEW POINT, AND HUMIDITY IS AT 48%.

IN BRAINERD, CLEAR SKIES, 63 DEGREES, OUR DEW POINT IS 46.

PRESSURE IS FALLING AND WINDS ARE SOUTHEAST AT 6 MILES PER HOUR.

IT IS ALL QUIET ON THE RADAR AND WE HAVE QUIET WEATHER IN STORE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES, PROBABLY NOT AS COLD IN SOME LOCATIONS AS WE HAD LAST NIGHT, BUT AGAIN I EXPECT THOSE TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO THE UPPER 30s TO MID-40s IN OUR VIEWING AREA.

LOOKING TO THE WEST, THAT'S OUR NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM.

IT'S GOING TO HOLD OFF UNTIL TOMORROW, ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS IN WESTERN MINNESOTA EARLIER IN THE DAY, BUT AGAIN IT'S MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AS THE SHOWERS AND THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS TO THE AREA, THAT AREA IN THE GREEN DOT SIGNALING THE CHANCE FOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS.

STILL LOOKING AT MILD TEMPERATURES AND WE'LL HAVE SEASONAL TEMPERATURES AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT WARMER NEXT WEEK.

TAKING A LOOK AT SOME OF THE WEATHER SHOTS SUBMITTED BY OUR EAGLE EYES TONIGHT.

WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL MORNING SKY AND A DEER HEADING OFF TO THE FOG FROM ARLENE IN MENAHGA, BEAUTIFUL SKIES FROM DEBRA OVER LAKE ADA.

JOAN WITH A HUNGRY VISITOR TO THE BIRD FEEDER IN LAPORTE.

GORGEOUS EVENING, SIES ARE BEAUTIFUL, BLUE SKIES AROUND SUNSET, DAN SENDING US THIS PHOTO FROM LAKE BEMIDJI AND ANGELA FROM CASS LAKE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORT, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 40 AND CALM THIS MORNING.

JOAN IN LAPORTE, SUNSHINE TODAY, THE LOW WAS 36 THIS MORNING.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, LIGHT RAIN WITH A HIGH OF 60.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, SUNNY SKIES, A HIGH OF 70.

LOOKING AT OUR ALMANAC, 71 TODAY, THE HIGH IN BRAINERD, AND AGAIN IT IS VERY SEASONAL.

WE'RE 1 DEGREE OFF OF THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE.

41, SO A LITTLE BIT CHILLY THIS MORNING.

WE HAD SUNSET AT 8:59.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 70 DEGREES, SO THAT IS OUR AVERAGE HIGH, AND SOME COLD TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING, A LOW OF 38.

SO HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, WE WILL SEE GENERALLY INCREASING CLOUDS AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY AND AGAIN WE HAVE THE CHANCE FOR SOME SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON.

HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD STILL REACH THE UPPER 60s INTO THE LOW, MAYBE MID-70s IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, AGAIN WE WILL BE SEEING VARIABLE CLOUDS WITH THE CHANCE FOR SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID-70s.

HERE'S OUR FORECAST, MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES, LOWS NEAR 49, SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 5 TO 20.

THEN TOMORROW, VARIABLE CLOUDS, WITH THAT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING IN, ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON.

72 FOR THE HIGH WITH SOUTH WINDS AT 10 TO 25.

HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR WEEKEND FORECAST.

WE WILL BE SEEING SOME OFF AND ON CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE WEEK, BUT TEMPERATURE-WISE, WE'RE LOOKING AT HIGHS IN THE 70s, A LOT OF SUNSHINE BETWEEN THE STORMS, MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY AND INTO MONDAY.

TEMPERATURES COULD BE WARMER WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70s.

BACK TO YOU DENNIS.

>> Dennis: THANKS STACY.

CHARLIE IS HERE NOW WITH OUR SPORTS.

STATE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT NEXT WEEK, RIGHT?

>> Charlie: NEXT WEEK, AND WE HAVE SOME SECTION STUFF CLEAN UP.

THAT'S WHY MY FACE IS SO RED.

I WAS OUT THERE TODAY.

FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE PWHL, A GAME FIVE FOR THE FIRST EVER WALTER CUP, WHICH IS THE CUP YOU WIN IF YOU WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

WE HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT GAME TONIGHT AND MORE COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

[♪♪♪♪♪] >> 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.

>> HEALTH MINUTE IS SPONSORED IN PART BY EMPLOYEE-OWNED LUEKEN'S VILLAGE FOODS, FEATURING THE AREA'S LARGEST SELECTION OF SEAFOOD AND HIGHEST QUALITY MEATS.

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[♪♪♪♪♪] >> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

>>> THE UNIVERSE HAS A WAY OF BRINGING THINGS FULL CIRCLE AND THE WAS TRUE TONIGHT IN THE PWHL AS MINNESOTA AND BOSTON END THE SEASON THE SAME WAY THEY STARTED IT, FACING OFF AT THE TSONGAS CENTER.

BUT THIS TIME THERE'S MUCH MORE AT STAKE THAN GETTING THEIR FIRST FRANCHISE.

THIS TIME IT'S FOR WHO WOULD WIN THE FIRST EVER WALTER CUP CHAMPIONSHIP IN PWHL HISTORY.

IT'S GAME 5 OF A BEST OF 5 SERIES.

WINNER TAKE ALL.

MINNESOTA HOPING TO REPLICATE THAT FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON, A 4-3 WIN OVER BOSTON.

IT'S BEEN A 128 MINUTES SINCE THEY LAST SCORED IN GAME 3.

NO LONGER AS LIZ SCORES HER FIRST GOAL OF THE PLAYOFFS IN THE SECOND PERIOD OF GAME FIVE.

MINNESOTA STRIKES FIRST.

IN THE THIRD PERIOD, SAME SCORE, A WRAP AROUND, AND IT SQUEAKS PAST HER.

MINNESOTA TAKES A 2-0 LEAD AND THEY NEVER LOOK BACK.

THEY HOIST THE WALTER CUP, FITTING FOR THE TEAM REPRESENTING THE STATE OF HOCKEY.

FINAL SCORE, 3-0.

>>> AND THEN SOFTBALL, IN THE SEMIFINALS IN FIEF RIVER FALLS.

A STRIKE FIRST, IT'S 1-0.

RUNNER ON THIRD FOR THE REBELS, CAITLIN FLY TO LEFT, HENDRIX SON FIRES IT HOME, BUT NOT IN TIME AND THEN REBELS AUTUMN AS SHE DID ALL DAY, MENAHGA FALLS 4-0.

THAT MOVE TO THE ELIMINATION BRACKET.

THE BRAVES MUST WIN THREE STRAIGHT GAMES IF THEY WANT TO MAKE BACK TO BACK TRIPS TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

>>> WADENA DEER CREEK, TOP OF THE FIRST, NUGGETS WITH THE BASES LOADED.

ALEX WITH A SHALLOW BASE HIT, SCORES A RUN, AND THEY LEAD 1-0.

TOP FIVE NOW, RUNNER ON SECOND FOR BROOK JEFFRIES, AND THE NUGGETS TACK ON ANOTHER TO MAKE IT 2-0.

WOLVERINES IS THE TYING RUN AT THE PLATE BUT HER 13th K OF THE GAME.

WADENA DEER CREEK FALLS.

NUGGETS WILL PLAY FEOFF RIVER FALLS NEXT.

>>> SOME MORE SCORES FOR YOU, IN HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL, GRAND RAPIDS AFTER LOSING THEIR FIRST GAME OF THE TOURNAMENT, CLIMBED ALL THE WAY BACK, WINS TWO GAMES TODAY, THEY ARE NOW PLAYING IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

THEY HAVE TO WIN TWO IN ORDER TO MOVE ON.

IN 6-2A, PIERZ FALLS.

THEIR SEASON IS DONE.

IN 6-2A BASEBALL, STAPLES MOTLEY GETS A WIN.

GIRLS LACROSSE, BRAINERD LOSES IN THEIR QUARTER FINALS MATCH AND THE BOYS DO THE SAME TO SARTELL.

KANSAS CITY BEAT IT IS MINNESOTA TWINS, SNAPPING A TWO GAME WIN STREAK FOR THE TWINS.

>>> CALIA CHANEY HAS ESTABLISHED A LEGACY IN TRACK AND FIELD AT PEQUOT LAKES.

SINCE FIRST JOINING THE TEAM IN SIXTH GRADE, SHE HAS SHATTERED RECORDS IN THE 800, 1,600, 3,200 AND HOLDS THE 5K RECORD IN CROSS COUNTRY AS WELL.

SPORTS REPORTER MILES WALKER MET WITH THE SENIOR THIS WEEK AS SHE PREPARED FOR HER FINAL SECTION AND STATE TOURNAMENTS.

>> Reporter: CALIA HAS DREAMED OF RUNNING SINCE SHE WAS YOUNG AND HER DEVOTION WITH THE SPORT HAS ONLY GROWN WITH AGE.

>> I GROWN TO LOVE IT A LOT MORE THAN WHEN I WAS YOUNGER.

I HAD THE TYPICAL RESPONSE, YOU DON'T LOVE IT, YOU DON'T LOVE GOING TO PRACTICE AND RUNNING MILES UPON MILES.

THE OLDER I HAVE GOTTEN, I HAVE GROWN TO LOVE IT A LOT.

>> Reporter: AND IT HELPS TO SEE THE FRUITS OF YOUR LABOR AS SHE WAS A MEMBER OF PEQUOT LAKES 2A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP WINNING 4 BY 800-METER RELAY AS A SEVENTH GRADER.

>> I AM SHORT NOW, BUT I WAS SHORTER THEN.

I THOUGHT WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN I GROW UP?

I'M GOOD NOW AND I CAN EXCEL WHEN I GROW UP, LEARN HOW TO RUN BETTER.

>> Reporter: TO SAY SHE'S EXCELLED SENSE WOULD BE A GROSS UNDERSTATEMENT AND HER COACH BELIEVES IT ALL STARTS WITH HER MENTALITY.

>> SHE IS A STATE CHAMPION.

SHE HAS RUN IN NATIONAL RACES.

SHE IS PLANNING AHEAD FOR, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT CORNER OR LIKE DRAFTING OR WHATEVER THE CASE IS IN TRACK AND CROSS COUNTRY.

SO HER MIND IS ALWAYS LOOKING AT THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OR TO MAKE A MOVE.

THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT AS YOU GET OLDER.

>> Reporter: CALIA'S MENTALITY PROPELS HER TO NEW HEIGHTS.

NOW ENTERING THE FINAL STRETCH OF THE RACES REPRESENTING PEQUOT LAKES TRACK AND FIELD, SHE IS TRYING TO BEAT HER CURRENT GOAL IN THE 800-METER.

>> I KNOW I WILL BE RUNNING IN THE NATIONALS.

SO JUST GOING OUT THERE AND HONESTLY PUTTING EVERYTHING I HAVE ON THAT TRACK, KNOWING THAT WHEN I CROSS THAT LINE, I GAVE IT EVERYTHING I POSSIBLY COULD, IS SOMETHING I JUST REALLY WANT ON MY LAST HIGH SCHOOL RACES.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN PEQUOT LAKES, MILES WALKER, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> TODAY, CHANEY QUALIFIED FOR THE SECTION 8-2A 800-METER FINAL THIS SATURDAY AT ROCORI.

CHANEY IS ALREADY COMMITTED TO JOIN THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA'S CROSS COUNTRY AND TRACK TEAM THIS UPCOMING FALL.

>> Dennis: WOW, SHE HAS SOME RACES AHEAD OF HER STILL.

GREAT STORY BY MILES.

THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> AN ESTIMATED 1 IN 13 CHILDREN HAVE FOOD ALLERGIES IN THE U.S. AND NUTS CAN CAUSE SOME OF THE MOST DANGEROUS ALLERGIC REACTIONS.

BUT A NEW STUDY SUGGESTS A WAY TO HELP REDUCE RISK OF NUT ALLERGIES FROM EVER DEVELOPING IN A CHILD.

IN TODAY'S HEALTH MINUTE, MANDY GAITHER HAS MORE ON WHAT PARENTS SHOULD KNOW.

>> Reporter: IT'S A POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREATENING ALLERGY, NUTS CAN IMPAIR BREATHING AND SEND THE BODY OF A PERSON ALLERGIC TO THEM INTO SHOCK.

WHILE THERE IS NO CURE FOR FOOD ALLERGIES LIKE THIS ONE, A NEW STUDY SUGGESTS THAT PEANUT ALLERGIES CAN BE AVOIDED BY FEEDING CHILDREN PEANUT PRODUCTS WHEN THEY ARE INFANTS.

>> NOT ONLY DOES THAT PREVENT PEANUT ALLERGIES IN EARLY CHILDHOOD, BUT IT'S PERSISTENT.

>> Reporter: DR. BIRD RECOMMENDS PARENTS GIVE PEANUT PRODUCTS TO CHILDREN STARTING BETWEEN 4 AND 6 MONTHS OF AGE.

>> THE EFFECT OF GIVING THAT FREQUENT EXPOSURE TO PEANUT EARLY IN LIFE WAS PERSISTENT AND EFFECTIVE AND SAVED MANY OF THESE CHILDREN WHO ARE HIGH RISK OF HAVING PEANUT ALLERGIES.

>> Reporter: PARENTS SHOULD START CHILDREN ON SOLIDS LIKE SOFT OR PUREED FRUITS OR VEGGIES.

WHEN THEY CAN TOLERATE THAT, MOVE TO THINNED OUT PEANUT BUTTER.

>> THIN IT WITH WATER OR BREAST MILK OR VEGETABLE OR FRUIT PURE REVIEW AND GET IT SOFT.

>> Reporter: START SMALL AND GRADUALLY INCREASE THE AMOUNT.

PARENTS SHOULD WORK UP TO 6 GRAMS OF PEANUT PRODUCTS EVERY WEEK UNTIL THE AGE OF 5, BUT CONSISTENCY IS KEY.

>> ONCE YOU GET IN THERE, KEEP IT IN THE DIET AND IT CAN HAVE BENEFITS.

>> Reporter: FOR HEALTH MINUTE, I'M MANDY GAITHER.

>> DR. BIRD SAYS THERE'S ALSO PEANUT FLOUR AND SNACKS LIKE PEANUT PUFFS THAT CAN ALSO HELP SAFELY INTRODUCE INFANTS TO PEANUT PRODUCTS.

>>> WE HAVE TIME FOR ANOTHER LOOK AT OUR WEATHER SO LET'S GO BACK OVER TO STACY.

>> Stacy: WE WILL BE SEEING QUIET WEATHER OVERNIGHT, WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES, LOWS NEAR 49, SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 5 TO 20.

SHOWERS AND SOME SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS RETURN TO THE AREA, ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

LOOK FOR HIGHS NEAR 72 WITH SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 25.

>> Charlie: CASS LAKE-BENA GOLF HAD THREE QUALIFY FOR THE TOURNAMENT TODAY.

>> Dennis: CONGRESS GRATZES TO THEM AND HAVE A GREAT NIGHT EVERYONE.

WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

GOOD NIGHT.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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