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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.

>>> WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION TONIGHT ON THE FATAL SHOOTING IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS LAST NIGHT THAT KILLED A MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER.

POLICE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE OF A DOUBLE SHOOTING SHORTLY AFTER 5:00 LAST NIGHT IN THE AREA OF 22ND STREET AND BLAISDELL AVENUE SOUTH IN THE WHITTIER NEIGHBORHOOD OF MINNEAPOLIS.

OFFICER JAMAL MITCHELL WAS PROVIDING MEDICAL ATTENTION TO TWO MEN WHO HE BELIEVED HAD BEEN INJURED WHEN ONE OF THEM SHOT HIM IN WHAT AUTHORITIES ARE CALLING AN AMBUSH.

>> WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED, THEY RECEIVED GUNFIRE IMMEDIATELY AND THEY EXCHANGED THE GUNFIRE.

TWO OFFICERS WERE INJURED AND THEY WERE IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT TO HBMC.

OFFICER JAMAL MITCHELL DIED AT THE HOSPITAL DESPITE ALL LIFESAVING MEASURES.

THE SECOND OFFICER RECEIVED NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES.

THE SUSPECT ON SCENE WAS INJURED AND EVEN AFTER INJURED DURING THE GUNFIRE AND RENDERED FIRST AID, HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.

>> THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS LOST A HERO IN POLICE OFFICER JAMAL MITCHELL.

THIS OFFICER GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE TO PROTECT AND SAVE THE LIVES OF OTHERS.

HIS LIFE, HIS SERVICE, AND HIS NAME WILL FOREVER BE REMEMBERED IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS.

I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER JAMAL MITCHELL IS A COURAGEOUS HERO.

>> OFFICIALS SAY IN ADDITION TO THE SUSPECTED GUNMAN ANOTHER PERSON WAS ALSO KILLED IN THE SHOOTING, AND A THIRD PERSON WAS GRAVELY INJURED.

A SECOND OFFICER AND A FIREFIGHTER WERE ALSO INJURED.

AUTHORITIES SAID NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF THE SHOOTINGS.

THE ONLY PERSON WHO HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED SO FAR IS MITCHELL.

MITCHELL, A FATHER WHO WAS ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED, HAD BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR LESS THAN 18 MONTHS.

THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT HONORED MITCHELL AND ANOTHER OFFICER LAST YEAR FOR RESCUING AN ELDERLY COUPLE FROM A HOUSE FIRE.

# ALSO THERE IS NOW AN OFFICIAL DONATION PLATFORM TO HELP THE FAMILY OF OFFICER MITCHELL.

IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN CONTRIBUTING WE'RE INCLUDING A LINK TO THAT SITE ALONG WITH THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

>>> A MAJOR HOUSE FIRE IN BEMIDJI TONIGHT.

NUMEROUS YOU FIRE ENGINES AND FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE AT 8:30 THIS EVENING.

THE UPPER PORTION OF THE HOUSE WAS IN FLAMES WHEN EMERGENCY RESPONDERS ARRIVED.

FIREFIGHTERS ARE STILL ON THE SCENE AT THIS HOUR AND DETAILS HAVEN'T OFFICIALLY BEEN RELEASED YET BUT SOURCES AT THE SCENE SAID EVERYONE IN THE HOUSE GOT OUT SAFELY AND NO ONE THAT LIVED THERE WAS HURT.

FURTHER DETAILS ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME BUT WE WILL UPDATE YOU WHEN WE LEARN MORE.

>>> A 51-YEAR-OLD OUTING MAN HAS DIED IN A CRASH INVOLVING TWO VEHICLES NEAR OUTING.

THE CRASH HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 9:20 LAST NIGHT ON COUNTY ROAD 48 IN CROOKED LAKE TOWNSHIP.

CASS COUNTY SHERIFF BRYAN WELK REPORTS THAT ROBERT DEWITT WAS DRIVING A PICKUP TRUCK THAT ROLLED IN THE ROADWAY AND DEWITT WAS EJECTED FROM THE TRUCK.

A DUMP TRUCK THEN STRUCK THE PICKUP THAT HAD ROLLED.

DEWITT WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AFTER BEING TAKEN FROM THE SCENE BY AMBULANCE.

>>> THE STATE PATROL HAS RELEASED THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN A FATAL CRASH IN BRAINERD OF TUESDAY.

60-YEAR-OLD KENDAHL SWEET OF BAXTER DIED AFTER HIS VEHICLE WENT OFF THE ROAD AND COLLIDED WITH THE SIDE OF A BUILDING.

THE CRASH HAPPENED AROUND 5:20 P.M. ON TUESDAY AT THE INTERSECTION OF EXCELSIOR AND HIGHWAY 371.

THE PATROL SAYS SWEET WAS DRIVING A RANGE ROVER 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.

55-YEAR-OLD LAURA MARINUCCI WAS DRIVING THE OTHER VEHICLE.

SHE WAS NOT INJURED.

>>> THIS SUNDAY, JUNE 2ND, IS KNOWN AS NATIONAL CANCER SURVIVORS DAY.

A DAY IN WHICH WE CELEBRATE THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO HAVE FOUGHT AND SURVIVED AGAINST ONE THE WORLD'S DEADLIEST DISEASES.

AS WELL AS A WAY TO BRING AWARENESS TO THE PROGRESS MADE IN CANCER TREATMENT.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH STAGE 3 COLON CANCER AT 39 YEARS OLD.

>>.

I WITH DO YOU TOWN JUICING AND I STARTED LOSING WEIGHT RAPIDLY.

MY HUSBAND TOOK ME RIGHT TO URGENT CARE AND FROM THAT POINT, THE WHOLE WORLD JUST KIND OF FELL APART.

WHEN I CAME IN THEY SAID THEY WANTED TO REMOVE THE TUMOR.

THEY COULDN'T FINISH THE COLON OS PI.

>> Reporter: THE SURGERY ALMOST DIDN'T HAPPEN.

>> WHEN I WENT IN ON 9/11/2001.

>> Reporter: HE FELT THAT SOMETHING NEEDED TO BE DONE SOON.

>> THANK GOD HE DID BECAUSE MY TUMOR WAS DOUBLING IN SIZE EVERY 24 TO 48 HOURS.

SO NOW I WAS STAGE 4.

>> Reporter: SO SHE WON HER FIGHT AGAINST THE EVER GROWING TUMOR BUT THAT'S NOT WHERE THE BATTLE ENDS FOR CANCER PATIENTS.

>> THAT'S WHERE THE REAL JOURNEY BEGINS.

MY HUSBAND DIDN'T TELL ME HOW BAD IT WAS.

HE JUST SAID IT'S BAD BUT EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OKAY, WHICH IS WHAT A HUSBAND SHOULD SAY.

WHAT MY DOCTORS SAID TO ME IS OKAY, WHAT YOU HAVE IS REALLY BAD.

IT'S SO AGGRESSIVE.

I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT IN MY 28 YEARS.

98% CHANCE THAT IT WILL COME BACK YOUR FIRST YEAR.

IT'S THAT BAD.

YOU'RE SAYING WELL, STOP.

HOW IS THIS -- THIS IS NOT HELPING ME.

>> Reporter: SANDY WASN'T REALLY SATISFIED HEARING THIS FROM HER CURRENT DOCTOR SO SHE WENT FOR A SECOND OPINION TO ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN ONCOLOGISTS IN NEW YORK.

>> HE SAID YEAH, YOU HAVE MAYBE AT BEST A 20% CHANCE.

JUST GO BACK TO MAYO.

WE DO THE SAME EXACT PROET COLOR FOR THIS TYPE OF CANCER AND THAT'S WHAT YOU WILL DO.

>> Reporter: SHE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW TWO ONCOLOGISTS TREATED CANCER THE SAME WAY.

SHE LOOKED AT ANOTHER DOCTOR THAT TREATED IT DIFFERENTLY.

>> THEY USE A COOKBOOK OF AN APPROACH.

SO YOU USE THESE RECIPES THAT HAVE BEEN AGREED UPON FOR POPULATIONS.

WHAT WE DO IS WE TAKE THOSE AND WE RUN A LOT OF TESTING, BIOMARKERS, GENETICS, R.N.A., D.N.A., IMMUNO THERAPY AND WE DEVELOP THESE PROGRAMS BASED AROUND THE INDIVIDUALATION OF THE PATIENT THEMSELVES.

>> Reporter: SALLY AND THE DOCTOR AGREED, A COMBINATION OF NATURAL AND CONVENTIONAL MEDICINE IS THE BEST WAY TO TREAT THE CANCER.

>> THE MORE MINDS, THE BETTER.

THERE IS A CRITICAL ROLE FOR YOUR EXPERIENCE AS A DOCTOR.

IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO FIND DOCTORS THAT ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH YOU AS A PATIENT.

THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION FROM INTELLIGENT PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING TO SEE YOU, THAT RESEARCHED THEIR CARE, THAT ARE LOOKING FOR OPTIONS, THAT ARE LOOKING AT RESEARCH PAPERS, SEEING THAT FLOW OF INFORMATION THAT A PATIENT CAN EXPERIENCE.

I KNOW I AM NOT ALWAYS 100% RIGHT.

I KNOW THAT.

I AM ALWAYS LEARNING THINGS AND INCORPORATING AND LEARNING THE DATA AND THE RESEARCH.

>> WHEN YOU CAN COMBINE THE BEST OF BOTH NATURAL MEDICINE AND CONVENTIONAL, YOU NEED THE SURGERY, WE NEED THE DOCTORS, WE NEED THEIR EXPERTISE.

YOU CAN'T JUST TRUST ONE THING BECAUSE THAT ONE THING IS LIMITING YOU IN WHAT YOUR OUTCOME COULD BE.

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

>> DR. OERTLE WANTED TO THE STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF CARCINOGENS THAT YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE OF THAT CAN CAUSE CANCER.

CERTAIN BEVERAGES, PROCESSED MEATS, U.V.

RAYS, AND OVER 100 KNOWN CARCINOGENS CAN INCREASE THE RISK OF CANCER.

>>> WE COULD LEARN IN A MATTER OF WEEKS IF FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WILL BE SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR HIS CRIMINAL CONVICTION IN HIS HUSH MONEY CASE.

A NEW YORK JURY FOUND TRUMP GUILTY OF ALL 34 COUNTS OF FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS.

A HISTORIC VERDICT THAT MAKES HIM THE FIRST FORMER PRESIDENT IN U.S. HISTORY TO BE CONVICTED OF A FELONY.

OUR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT JULIA BENBROOK GIVES US A LOOK AT HOW TRUMP IS RESPONDING.

>> Reporter: FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SPEAKING AT TRUMP TOWER, THE DAY AFTER A JURY FOUND HIM GUILTY OF ALL 34 COUNTS OF FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS.

HE IS THE FIRST FORMER PRESIDENT TO BE CONVICTED OF A FELONY.

>> WHEN THEY SAY FALSIFYING BUSINESS -- THAT'S A BAD THING FOR ME.

I NEVER HAD THAT BEFORE.

>> Reporter: AS THE PRESUMPTIVE G.O.P.

NOMINEE, TRUMP IS MAKING IT CLEAR THAT HE IS FOCUSED ON NOVEMBER AS HE SEEKS ANOTHER FOUR YEARS IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

>> NOVEMBER 5TH WILL BE THE MOST IMPORTANT DAY IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY.

>> Reporter: HE IS LIKELY TO APPEAL THE CONVICTION, WHICH COULD SIGNIFICANTLY DELAY HIS SENTENCING, CURRENTLY SET FOR JULY 11TH, JUST A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION.

THE CONVICTION DOES NOT IMPACT HIS ABILITY TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT.

HIS OPPONENT, PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS ALSO ENCOURAGING AMERICANS TO HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD IN NOVEMBER, WRITING "THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY TO KEEP DONALD TRUMP OUT OF THE OVAL OFFICE, AT THE BALLOT BOX".

>> THE AMERICAN PRINCIPAL THAT NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW WAS REAFFIRMED.

>> Reporter: IT'S DIFFICULT TO KNOW HOW OR IF THE GUILTY VERDICT WILL IMPACT VOTER DECISIONS IN NOVEMBER.

POLLING THAT CAME OUT BEFORE THE VERDICT SHOWED 67% OF REGISTERED VOTERS SAID A GUILTY VERDICT WOULD NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR VOTE.

REPORTING FROM MANHATTAN, I'M JULIA BENBROOK.

>> TRUMP REMAINS FREE ON HIS OWN RECOGNIZANCE.

HE WILL HAVE TO BE BACK IN THE MANHATTAN COURTROOM ON JULY 11, WHEN HE IS SET TO BE SENTENCED.

THAT IS JUST DAYS BEFORE THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION IN MILWAUKEE.

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

>> Stacy: WE MAY SEE SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA TONIGHT, BUT A BETTER CHANCE IS GOING TO ARRIVE ON SUNDAY AND THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR STRONG OR SEVERE STORMS LATE THIS WEEKEND.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK IN THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS, THERE IS A NEW EXHIBIT ON DISPLAY AT THE ART CENTER IN AITKIN.

[♪♪♪♪♪] >> THIS PORTION OF LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED BY C.T.C.

; INTERNET, PHONE, AND T.V.

C.T.C; CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY ONLINE AT GOCTC.COM.

>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪♪♪] >>> TWO CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE STUDENTS WERE AWARDED NATIONAL HONORS BY THE AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE HONOR SOCIETY IN ITS LITERATURE COMPETITION.

THIS YEAR'S COMPETITION THEME WAS "NUMBER STORIES" OR THE ART OF TELLING A STORY USING MANUAL A.S.L.

NUMBERS IN ORDER TO TELL A STORY IN SIGN LANGUAGE.

LAUREN ELSON TOOK SECOND PLACE IN THE NOVICE CATEGORY WITH HER STORY "DIRTY DIAPER", WHILE VICKI JOHNSON-SHERBROOKE EARNED SECOND PLACE IN THE NATIVE CATEGORY WITH HER STORY TITLED "BANANA THIEF".

>> I LOVE COMING UP WITH MY OWN IDEAS AND COMING UP WITH WORDS FOR EACH NUMBER, SO THAT IS WHAT THIS NUMBER STORY WAS LIKE.

I LOVE THE FACT THAT SOCIALIZING IN A.S.L.

WITH FACIAL EXPRESSIONS IS SO EXPRESSIVE.

IT'S CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD WHEN YOU ARE SPEAKING WITH OTHER DEAF PEOPLE.

>> THIS COMPETITION PAYS HOMAGE TO A.S.L.

STORYTELLER ERIC MALZKUHN, WHO PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE AS ONE OF THE EARLY PIONEERS OF A.S.L.

STORYTELLING.

>>> WELL, TIME FOR WEATHER, STACY IS HERE AND THE WEEKEND IS HERE AS WELL, AND WE'RE HOPING FOR A NICE WEEKEND.

HOW ARE THINGS LOOKING?

>> Stacy: IT LOOKS GOOD, AT LEAST TO START.

WE SHOULD SEE MAINLY SUNNY WEATHER TOMORROW WITH NICE TEMPERATURES.

THE WEATHER WILL BECOME MORE ACTIVE ON SUNDAY, A GOOD CHANCE OF SEEING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, POSSIBLY SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WITHIN >> 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 ENJOYED SOME SUNSHINE EARLIER TODAY AND MORE CLOUD COVER AND SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT.

THAT WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT, BUT SHOULD EXIT AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW.

A LOT OF SUNSHINE TO START THE WEEKEND, WE WILL SEE NICE TEMPERATURES OUT THERE AS WELL.

AS WE HEAD INTO SUNDAY, CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE BACK, ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING, AND THERE IS AT LEAST A SMALL CHANCE THAT SOME OF THOSE COULD BE STRONG OR SEVERE.

MORE ON THAT IN A SECOND.

HERE ARE THE CURRENT CONDITIONS IN BEMIDJI, 62 AT THE AIRPORT.

AT THE STUDIO, WE HAVE A VARIABLE WIND AT 4 MILES PER HOUR, 44 IS OUR DEW POINT, AND HUMIDITY IS AT 51%.

IN BRAINERD, CLOUDY SKIES, 62 DEGREES, DEW POINT OF 48.

PRESSURE IS HOLDING STEADY AND WINDS ARE CALM.

LOOKING AT THE RADAR, WE DO HAVE SOME SHOWERS, MAYBE A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO POPPING UP IN OUR VIEWING AREA.

MOST OF THE ACTIVITY IS STAYING JUST OUTSIDE OF OUR AREA, HEADING TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LAKELAND COUNTRY OVER INTO THE CROW WING AND AITKIN AREA.

WE COULD SEE A FEW SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT WITHIN LAKELAND COUNTRY.

THOSE SHOULD EXIT, MAYBE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR RAIN SHOWERS IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA IN THE MORNING, BUT OTHERWISE A QUIET DAY TOMORROW.

WE SHOULD SEE SUNNY SKIES TOMORROW, NICE SEASONAL TEMPERATURES AS WELL, BUT THAT WEATHER WILL BECOME MORE ACTIVE AS WE HEAD INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT.

BEAUTIFUL SKIES AND A BIT OF FOG THIS MORNING FROM ARLENE IN MENAHGA.

JOAN SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF A DEER.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, SPOTTING A COUPLE OF LOONS MAKING THEIR WAY TOWARDS THE KIDS THAT WERE ENJOYING SOME TIME IN THE LAKE TODAY.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR PHOTOS WITH US.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORT, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 55 AND CALM THIS MORNING.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, OVERCAST SKIES, HIGH OF 74.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUN WITH CLOUDS TODAY, 0.5-INCH OF RAIN.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, PARTLY SUNNY, INCH OF RAIN OVERNIGHT LAST NIGHT.

JOAN IN LAPORTE REPORTING AN INCH OF OVERNIGHT RAINFALL.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, CLOUDY SKIES, UNDER 0.5-INCH OF RAIN WITH A HIGH OF 70.

BRAINERD HAD A SEASONAL HIGH TEMPERATURE, 59 FOR THE LOW, 9:01 THE SUNSET.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 70, SO RIGHT ON TARGET WITH WHAT WE EXPECT TO SEE THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.

52 IS THE LOW AND 9:09 IS THE SUNSET.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR LINGERING RAIN SHOWERS IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA, OTHERWISE LOOK FOR A LOT OF SUNSHINE WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW 70s.

HEADING INTO THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE, MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, A FEW DEGREES WARMER, HIGHS SHOULD BE IN THE MID-70s.

VARIABLE CLOUDS TONIGHT WITH A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ROAMING THROUGH THE AREA, LOWS NEAR 48.

SUNNY SKY TOMORROW, A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA IN THE MORNING, WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 72.

HERE'S A LOOK AT THE REST OF OUR WEEKEND FORECAST AND THINGS BECOME A BIT MORE ACTIVE AS WE HEAD INTO SUNDAY, WITH A GOOD CHANCE OF SEEING SHOWERS AND THUNDERS, ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

AGAIN, THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE THAT WE COULD SEE SOME STRONGER OR SEVERE STORMS, MAYBE SOME HEAVY RAINFALL, HIGHS NEAR 78.

WE CONTINUE TO HAVE ACTIVE WEATHER THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK.

MORE WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY ON TUESDAY, HIGHS STILL IN THE 70s, DROPPING JUST A LITTLE BIT BY MIDWEEK.

BACK TO YOU DENNIS.

>> Dennis: THANKS STACY.

CHARLIE IS HERE WITH OUR LOCAL SPORTS.

WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR US TONIGHT?

>> Charlie: WELL, WE ALL KNOW IF YOU WATCHED LAST NIGHT THAT NORTHOME-KELLIHER WON THE SECTION TITLE, SO WE HAD A CHANCE TO GO OUT AND TALK WITH THEM ABOUT WINNING THE SECTION TITLE AND WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO NOW AS THEY HEAD INTO THE STATE TOURNAMENT NEXT WEEK, 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.

>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪♪♪] >> Charlie: BEMIDJI STATE WOMEN'S HOCKEY ANNOUNCED THEIR CAPTAINS FOR THE 2024-2025 SEASON.

SENIOR FORWARD HAS SKATED IN 87 GAMES, AMASSING 11 POINTS, PRODUCING ON THE DEFENSIVE END WITH 36 BLOCKS LAST SEASON.

GENO WILL SPORT ONE OF THE ALTERNATE CAPTAIN A'S ON HER CHEST.

SHE IS THE TEAM'S LEADING CENTER IN THE FACE OFF AND WEARING THE OTHER A WILL BE JUNIOR MAYA, THE FIRST JUNIOR TO DO SO FOR THE BEAVERS SINCE KATE DID IT TWO YEARS AGO.

THEY WILL LEAD THE WOMEN'S HOCKEY TEAM WHEN THEY FACE OFF AGAINST WCHA OPPONENT AND DEFENDING NATIONAL CHAMPIONS THE OHIO STATE BUCKEYES.

>>> MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, TWINS ON THE ROAD.

TOP THIRD, FORMER ASTRO FINDS THE GAP, AND THE TWINS ARE UP 1-0.

THEY GET ONE MORE BEFORE THE INNING WAS DONE.

NEXT INNING, ALEX, A BIG FAN OF CHICK-FIL-A IT LOOKS LIKE, HITS THE SIGN OUT THERE, AND IT'S 2-1.

TREVOR RIPS ONE DEEP TO RIGHT FIELD, THAT'S A 2-RUN HOMER, PUTTING THE TWINS UP 4-1.

THEY GO ON TO WIN 6-1 OVER THE HOUSTON ASTROS.

THEY ARE NOW 8 OUT OF THEIR LAST 10.

THE MINNESOTA LYNX ALSO PLAYING TONIGHT, UP ON THE PHOENIX MERCURY.

A COUPLE OF HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL SCORES FOR YOU.

LONG PRAIRIE GREY EAGLE GOT A WIN IN THEIR SECOND ROUND GAME BUT FELL IN THE QUARTER FINALS.

>>> ALSO IN BASEBALL, WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY LOST, THEY WILL GO TO THE ELIMINATION BRACKET.

ROSEAU BEATS WARROAD TO ELIMINATE THE WARRIORS.

RAMS MOVE ON.

IN BOYS GOLF, ALEXANDRIA WON THE SECTION 8-3A TOURNAMENT, BUT BRAINERD CAME IN SECOND PLACE, BEMIDJI FINISHED IN SIXTH.

A COUPLE OF BOYS QUALIFIED FOR THE CLASS 3A STATE TOURNAMENT.

RYAN ON THE RIGHT FOR BEMIDJI.

>>> WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU DID SOMETHING FOR THE FIRST TIME?

FOR NORTHOME-KELLIHER SOFTBALL, THE ANSWER IS EASY BECAUSE YESTERDAY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY, THE MUSTANGS WON A SECTION TITLE IN SOFTBALL AND EARNED A BERTH IN THE CLASS A STATE TOURNAMENT AND IT'S AN EXPERIENCE THEY WON'T SOON FORGET.

>> Reporter: EVERY ATHLETE IMAGINES THAT FINAL MOMENT, RIGHT BEFORE THEY WIN THE BIG GAME.

[CHEERING] >> Reporter: FOR NORTHOME-KELLIHER, THEY GOT TO EXPERIENCE IT.

>> I MEAN HONESTLY, IT FELT LIKE KENT WHEN HE GOT THE FINAL OUT TO WIN THE WORLD SERIES FOR THE TWINS.

I MEAN IT FELT UNREAL.

I THOUGHT PLEASE DON'T MESS THIS UP, THIS IS SUCH AN EASY THROW.

I'M SUPER GLAD THAT I DID AND I WAS SUPER EXCITED TO CELEBRATE WITH THE TEAM AFTER.

[CHEERING] >> Reporter: AND THE TROPHY THEY HELD UP DURING THE CELEBRATION DOUBLED AS AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE HARD WORK AND SACRIFICE THEY PUT IN THROUGH THE SEASON.

>> WE HAD TO MISS A TRIP FROM SCHOOL FOR OUR FIRST PLAYOFF TEAM.

PRACTICE, YOU MAY MISS MORE THINGS.

EVERYONE HAS TO GIVE THEIR ALL AND BE WILLING TO GO ALL IN FOR THIS.

>> Reporter: THE RESULT IS A TRIP TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT IN MANKATO, WHERE THE MUSTANGS KNOW THEY WILL NEED TO BRING THEIR A-GAME.

>> WE WILL BE THE UNDERDOGS.

WE ALL KNOW WE ARE GOING TO BE THE UNDERDOG.

WE'RE A SMALL SCHOOL, A SMALL TOWN.

THE MINDSET IS GO IN, PLAY, HAVE FUN, AND WE HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE.

WE'RE THERE.

>> TAKE IT ONE GAME BY ONE GAME.

KEEP OUR ATTITUDES UP, OUR HUSTLE, AND KEEP BONDING AS A TEAM BECAUSE WE WORK GREAT TOGETHER.

EVERYONE IS SO CLOSE AND IT IS SUCH A FUN ENVIRONMENT.

>> Reporter: IT'S THAT CLOSENESS, THAT BOND, THAT SISTERHOOD THAT IS AMONG THE MANY THINGS THAT THE PLAYERS ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO IN THEIR FINAL WEEK AS A TEAM.

>> OUR TIME AS A TEAM, PROBABLY TEAM BONDING.

I'M A SENIOR, SO I THINK A LOT OF MY ANSWERS IS GOING TO BE TEAM BONDING AND LOVE.

>> I NEVER THOUGHT OF GOING TO STATE BEFORE AND I ONLY PLAYED SOFTBALL.

I'M SUPER EXCITED.

>> Charlie: THEY WILL START THEIR TOURNAMENT ON WEDNESDAY AT 5:30.

THEY DON'T KNOW YET WHO THEY WILL PLAY.

>> Dennis: I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU WHO DO THEY PLAY BUT WE DON'T KNOW YET.

THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> THERE'S A NEW EXHIBIT FREE TO THE PUBLIC IN AITKIN.

THE JAQUES ART CENTER IS DISPLAYING JANICE HASSELIUS AND MARY WHITE'S '70 GOING ON 80' ARTWORK THROUGH JUNE 15TH.

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

>> Reporter: JANICE AND MARY'S INSPIRATION FOR THE 70 GOING ON 80 ART EXHIBIT ORIGINATED FROM AN UNLIKELY SOURCE FROM ONE OF THEIR ART CLASSES.

>> THE FIRST QUESTION FROM A KID IS HOW OLD ARE YOU?

JAN SAID WE'RE CLOSE TO THE SAME AGE, LET'S JUST SAY -- YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO START IN THE 70s WHERE WE ARE, BUT 70 GOING ON 80.

THAT'S WHERE THIS CAME ABOUT.

>> Reporter: WHILE THE LADIES' LOVE FOR ART WAS REIGNITED AFTER RETIRING FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE JOBS, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF THEM.

>> MY LOVE FOR ART HAS ALWAYS BEEN FOREVER.

IN GRADE SCHOOL, I WAS DOING POSTERS, ET CETERA FOR THE SCHOOL, AND I KEPT DOING THAT.

I WANTED TO MAJOR IN ART, BUT THE TIME WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, YOU JUST MADE SURE YOU HAD A JOB.

>> Reporter: MARY AND JOYCE CURATING ARTWORK THAT FOCUSES ON ANIMALS IN NATURE WHILE JANICE, FORMALLY BEING A MASTER GARDNER, SHARED A SIMILAR INTEREST.

HER AFFINITY TOWARDS ART SUBJECTS AS EVOLVED OVERTIME.

>> AT MY AGE, I LOVE TO WORK WITH NATURAL THINGS AS A MASTER GARDNER.

I HAVE A LOT OF PAINTINGS FROM THE NATURAL WORLD, WHETHER THEY'RE FLOWERS OR THE TULIPS FOR INSTANCE, OR EVERGREENS, WHATEVER.

ALSO, AS I GOT OLDER, I STARTED PAINTING PICTURES OF MY KIDS.

>> Reporter: FOR JANICE AND MARY, THE 70 GOING ON 80 ART EXHIBIT HAS GIVEN THEM AN TURNT TO PUSH OUT A SIMPLE AND POWERFUL MESSAGE, IT'S NEVER TOO EARLY NOR TOO LATE TO IMMERSE YOURSELF WITHIN ART.

>> I HOPE THEY GO AWAY WITH AN INSPIRATION THAT IS NEVER TOO LATE.

YOU CAN ALWAYS DO IT.

YOU CAN.

JUST GET OUT THERE AND TRY.

IT'S SIMPLE AND IT'S EASY.

ONE STEP, ONE STEP, ONE STEP.

START WITH SOMETHING SIMPLE, GO FROM THERE, AND PRETTY SOON YOU ARE IN YOUR GLORY, YOU CAN DO IT.

SO COME IN AND GET INSPIRATION.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN AITKIN WITH THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS, MILES WALKER, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> HASSELIUS WILL BE TEACHING PALETTE KNIFE PAINTING USING ACRYLICS TOMORROW AFTERNOON FROM ONE UNTIL 2:00 P.M. FOR ANYONE AGES 13 AND UP.

FEES ARE $10 PER STUDENT AND 20 FOR FAMILIES.

>>> ONE MORE QUICK LOOK AT OUR WEATHER, WE GO BACK TO STACY.

>> Stacy: WE MAY SEE A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ROAMING THE AREA TONIGHT, VARIABLE CLOUDS AND LOWS NEAR 48, SOME LINGERING RAIN SHOWERS IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA TOMORROW MORNING, OTHERWISE MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, HIGHS NEAR 72 WITH WEST WINDS 5 TO 20.

>> Charlie: BASEBALL SECTIONS CONTINUE TOMORROW INCLUDING BEMIDJI AND BRAINERD.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYBODY.

WE'RE BACK ON MONDAY.

WE'LL SEE YOU THEN.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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