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>> LAKELAND PBS IS PROUD TO PRESENT LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

WE ARE 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.

>>> A 2018 STUDY INDICATES THAT RESIDENTS WITHIN THE WHITE EARTH RESERVATION HAVE FACED SOME OF THE HIGHEST ENERGY BURDENS IN THE U.S.

A NEW SOLAR AND BATTERY INSTALLATION HOPES TO CHANGE THAT.

AT LEAST FOR THE RESIDENTS OF PINE POINT.

OUR REPORTER, MATTHEW FREEMAN, HAS MORE DETAILS.

>> THREE, TWO, ONE.

[CHEERING].

>> Reporter: IN MINNESOTA'S NORTHWOODS, WHERE THE POWER OUTAGES CAN TURN DEADLY AND SOME FAMILIES MAY CHOOSE BETWEEN HEATING THEIR HOMES OR BUYING GROCERIES, A TRIBAL SCHOOL IN THE RESERVATION HAS FLIPPED THE SWITCH ON A SOLAR AND BATTERY SYSTEM FIVE YEARS IN THE MAKING.

>> THIS IS VERY, VERY NEW TERRITORY FOR INDIAN COUNTRY.

TODAY WE AREN'T JUST CUTTING A RIBBON.

WE ARE CAPTURING THE POWER OF THE SUN.

>> Reporter: THE PINE POINT RESILIENCE HUB IS NOW LIVE, BASED AT A K-8 SCHOOL, A SMALL RURAL COMMUNITY WITHIN THE RESERVATION, THIS 500-KILOWATT SOLAR ARRAY, PAIR WITH A BATTERY BRINGS THE POWER OF THE SUN INTO THE PALM OF THIS COMMUNITY'S HANDS.

>> THESE SOLAR PANELS WILL HELP THE SCHOOL OFFSET ENERGY COSTS.

THAT MEANS FEWER DOLLARS SPENT ON ELECTRICITY AND MORE RESOURCES THAT CAN BE FOCUSED WHERE THEY MATTER THE MOST.

>> PASSING DOWN THE KNOWLEDGE AND CREATING THE INNOVATION THAT ACTUALLY SUPPORTS HUMANITY'S ROLE AS STEWARDS WITHIN THE NATURAL SYSTEM THAT SUPPORTS THE EXISTENCE OF LIFE ON EARTH.

WE CALL THIS RE-INDIGENOUSATION AND THAT IS WHAT WE BUILT THIS COLLABORATION ON.

>> Reporter: IT'S PROJECTED TO SAVE THE SCHOOL $825,000 OVER THE NEXT 25 YEARS, THANKS TO MANY PARTNERSHIPS SURROUNDING THIS PROJECT, THE SCHOOL PAID NOTHING OUT OF POCKET AND THE WHITE EARTH TRIBAL OWNED THE SYSTEM LONG-TERM.

>> THE SAVINGS IN THIS PROJECT ALLOWS US TO RE-INVEST VITAL RESOURCES DIRECTLY BACK INTO OUR CLASSROOMS AND INTO OUR CHILDREN, ENSURING OUR SCHOOL REMAINS A STEADY POWERED BEACON FOR THE COMMUNITY FOR DECADES TO COME.

>> Reporter: THIS PROJECT NOT ONLY AIMS TO PROVIDE MORE AFFORDABLE ENERGY BUT IT'S ABOUT PROVIDING A COMMUNITY HUB FOR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.

>> I THINK OF LAST SUMMER, IF YOU RECALL, WE HAD A REALLY BIG STORM THAT BLEW THROUGH OUR RESERVATION AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE WITHOUT POWER.

THIS PRODUCT -- PROJECT WILL FILL THE GAP.

>> Reporter: THEY HOPE THIS WILL NOT JUST POWER THE LIFE OF THE SCHOOL AND THE COMMUNITY CENTER BUT ALSO THE FUTURE OF ITS STUDENTS.

>> LOOK AT THESE PANELS AS A PROMISE.

THEY REPRESENT OUR COMMITMENT TO BEING GOOD STEWARDS TO THE EARTH, BLENDING MODERN INNOVATION WITH THE TIMELESS RESPECT FOR NATURE THAT THE PEOPLE OF WHITE EARTH HAVE HONORED FOR GENERATIONS.

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

>> ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, 14-PERCENT OF HOMES WITHIN NATIVE RESERVATIONS LACK ELECTRICITY ENTIRELY.

THE PINE POINT COMMUNITY SITS IN THE 98TH PERCENTILE NATIONALLY FOR THE SHARE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME SPENT ON ELECTRICITY.

>>> IN OTHER NEWS TONIGHT, THE ITASCA COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPUTY WHO WAS SHOT IN AN OFFICER INVOLVED INCIDENT YESTERDAY HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL AND IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A FULL RECOVERY.

THAT'S THE LATEST UPDATE FROM ITASCA COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE.

THE SHOOTING HAPPENED IN THE UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITY OF MAX, WHICH IS ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEER RIVER.

AUTHORITIES SAY THE SUSPECT INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT IS IN CUSTODY AND THERE IS NO ONGOING THREAT TO THE PUBLIC.

THE MINNESOTA B.C.A.

IS CONDUCTING THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE SHOOTING.

THE NAME OF THE SHOOTER HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED YET.

>>> A 72-YEAR-OLD MERRIFIELD MAN IS FACING ATTEMPTED MURDER AND ASSAULT CHARGES AFTER ALLEGEDLY SHOOTING HIS GRANDSON ON SUNDAY.

JONATHAN BOYD BERG IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE PREMEDITATED MURDER, FIRST DEGREE ASSAULT-GREAT BODILY HARM, SECOND DEGREE ASSAULT-DANGEROUS WEAPON-GREAT BODILY HARM, SECOND DEGREE ASSAULT-DANGEROUS WEAPON, AND THREATS OF VIOLENCE-RECKLESS DISREGARD OF RISK ACCORDING TO THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT IN THE CASE BERG IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING THE VICTIM IN THE BUTTOCKS AND INNER THIGHS WITH A 16-GAUGE SHOT GUN WITH BIRDSHOT TYPE AMMUNITION.

THE COMPLAINT SAYS BERG AND THE VICTIM WERE INVOLVED IN AN ALTERCATION EARLIER IN THE DAY AND THE VICTIM HAS STRUCK BERG IN THE MOUTH.

THE VICTIM AND HIS MOM WHO IS BERGS DAUGHTER BOTH LIVED WITH BERG TO HELP CARE FOR HIM.

THE COMPLAINT SAYS BERG TOLD THE VICTIMS MOM THAT HE PLANNED TO SHOOT THE VICTIM WHEN HE RETURNED HOME AND WHEN THE VICTIM ARRIVED AT THE HOME AROUND 9:00 P.M., BERG SHOT HIM WITH THE SHOTGUN.

BAIL FOR BERG IS SET AT $300,000 WITH CONDITIONS OR $750,000 WITH NO CONDITIONS.

HIS NEXT COURT HEARING IS AN OMNIBUS HEARING SCHEDULED FOR MAY 14TH.

>>> THE U.S.

SECRETARY OF STATE ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT THE COMBAT OPERATION AGAINST IRAN, WHICH BEGAN IN FEBRUARY, HAS ENDED.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS THE U.S.

WILL TEMPORARILY PAUSE THE OPERATION TO GUIDE SHIPS THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ BUT CONTINUE TO ENFORCE THE BLOCKADE OF THE KEY WATERWAY.

MEANTIME, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS NOT RULED OUT RESUMING A BOMBING CAMPAIGN IF NEGOTIATIONS COLLAPSE AND THERE IS STILL NO PERMANENT PEACE DEAL IN PLACE AS IRAN AND THE UNITED STATES TRADE BLOWS.

SHERRELL HUBBARD HAS THE LATEST.

>> Reporter: DESPITE REPORTED MILITARY ACTION INVOLVES U.S.

AND IRANIAN FORCES, DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH SAYS THE TRUCE BETWEEN THE NATIONS IS HOLDING.

>> NO, THE CEASEFIRE IS NOT OVER.

>> Reporter: THE PINT GONE SAYS IRAN HAS ATTACKED U.S.

FORCES MORE THAN 10 TIMES SINCE THE CEASEFIRE TOOK EFFECT BUT IT'S BELOW THE THRESHOLD FOR RESTARTING MAJOR COMBAT OPERATIONS.

THE U.S.

MILITARY SAID MONDAY IT SHOT DOWN 7 IRANIAN SMALL SHIPS IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ BUT TUESDAY U.S.

LEADERS MAINTAINED THAT THE U.S.

POSTURE IS DEFENSIVE.

>> WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR A FIGHT BUT IRAN ALSO CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO BLOCK INNOCENT COUNTRIES AND THEIR GOODS FROM AN INTERNATIONAL WATERWAY.

IRAN IS THE CLEAR AGGRESSOR, HARASSING CIVILIAN VESSELS, THREATENING MARINERS FROM EVERY NATION.

>> Reporter: THE PRICE OF BRENT CRUDE OIL HIT A RECORD HIGH FOR 2026 MONDAY AT MORE THAN $114 A BARREL BEFORE RETREATING ON TUESDAY.

PRESIDENT TRUMP DOWNPLAYED THE COST.

>> THAT'S A VERY SMALL PRICE TO PAY FOR GETTING RID OF A NUCLEAR WEAPON FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY MENTALLY DERANGED.

>> Reporter: I'M SHERRELL HUBBARD REPORTING.

>> IF THE STRAIT REMAINS CLOSED, SOME EXPERTS SAY GAS COULD TOP $5 IN THE COMING WEEKS.

TRIPLE-A SAYS REGULAR UNLEADED GASOLINE IS AVERAGING $4.48 A GALLON AS OF TUESDAY.

>>> A 35-YEAR-OLD PARK RAPIDS MAN IS FACING THREE FELONIES AFTER LEADING AUTHORITIES ON A HIGH SPEED CHASE IN HUBBARD COUNTY ON APRIL 30TH.

THE CHASE STARTED WHEN A DEPUTY ATTEMPTED TO STOP A VEHICLE DAREINE MCCORMICK WAS DRIVING IN PARK RAPIDS.

THE DEPUTY NEW MCCORMICKS DRIVING STATUS HAD BEEN CANCELLED BUT MCCORMICK DID NOT STOP AND ACCELERATED AWAY FROM THE DEPUTY.

A 16-MILE CHASE WITH SPEEDS REACHING MORE THAN 100 MILES PER HOUR ENSUED BEFORE MCCORMICK CRASHED INTO SOME TRES ON PINE LAKE FOREST ROAD ABOUT FOUR MILES NORTH OF EMMAVILLE.

MCCORMICK FLED ON FOOT BUT WAS QUICKLY SUBDUED BY DEPUTIES.

MEANWHILE, MCCORMICKS VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND DEPUTIES USED FIRE EXTINGUISHERS TO PUT THE FIRE OUT.

THEY THEN DISCOVERED SUSPECTED METHAMPHETAMINES IN THE VEHICLE.

MCCORMICK IS CHARGED WITH FLEEING A PEACE OFFICER IN A MOTOR VEHICLE FIFTH DEGREE POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE AND FIRST DEGREE D.W.I.

REFUSAL TO SUBMIT TO A CHEMICAL TEST JUDGE ERIC SCHIEFERDECKER SET BAIL OR BOND FOR MCCORMICK AT $200,000 WITH NO CONDITIONS OR $100,000 WITH CONDITIONS.

MCCORMICKS NEXT COURT HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR MAY 11TH.

>>> CAMP CONFIDENCE AND CAMPS LIONS CLUB PARTNERED WITH LET'S GO FISHING TO HOST A WALLEYE FISH FRY AT THE CONFIDENCE LEARNING CENTER IN EAST GULL LAKE.

THE EVENT'S GOAL WAS TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE ORGANIZATIONS AND BRING IN NEW VOLUNTEERS.

OUR REPORTER XZAYVER HAS THE STORY.

>> Reporter: MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WERE TREATED TO SOME WALLEYE FISH AS AN APPRECIATION TO CELEBRATE VOLUNTEERS AND INTRODUCE NEW PEOPLE TO THE SERVICES AT CAMP CONFIDENCE.

>> WE LIKE TO GET PEOPLE OUT DOORS WITH COGNITIVE AND MENTAL DISABILITIES AND FISHING IS OUR COMMON DENOMINATOR.

THAT IS WHAT BROUGHT US TOGETHER IN HOPES WE CAN GAIN VOLUNTEERS FROM THE EVENT.

THIS IS A WALLEYE FISH FREE, A CHANCE TO HEAR ABOUT DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES TO VOLUNTEER.

>> Reporter: THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THESE ORGANIZATIONS COMBINES CAMP CONFIDENCE'S MISSION OF SERVING INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES AND LET'S GO FISHING'S FOCUS ON PROVIDING THE AREA WITH FISHING AND BOATING EXPERIENCES.

>> WE HOPE TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY MORE ON WHAT WE DO.

WE SPEND THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEND TIME WITH THEM, EXPLAIN HOW WE SERVE THE COMMUNITY, HOW THEY CAN BE INVOLVED, OR IF THEY WANT TO BE A SPONSOR.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER.

CAMP CONFIDENCE IS GIVING US THIS GREAT BEAUTIFUL FACILITY TO USE SO WE SUPPORT EACH OTHER IN THEIR EVENT AND HELP THEM IN THEIR QUEST ON HOW TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: WHILE MOST COME FOR THE WALLEYE, ORGANIZERS HERE SAY CONNECTION IS THE REAL CATCH, BRINGING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND OPENING UP DOORS FOR THE PEOPLE TO EXPERIENCE THE JOY OF GOING OUTSIDE.

>> OUR PROGRAM IS TO GET THE COMMUNITY OUT AND SEE WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT, LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT CAMP, AND LEARN ABOUT OUR MISSION.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN EAST GULL LAKE, XZAYVER CURRY, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> ALL THREE ORGANIZATIONS ARE NON-PROFITS AND SEEK SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE PROVIDING VETERANS, SENIOR ADULTS, AND YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES OUTDOOR EXPERIENCES.

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

>> Stacy: OUR COLD WEATHER CONTINUES AND A PART OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA IS UNDER A FREEZE WARNING LATER TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING.

I'LL HAVE THE DETAILS IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK FOR THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, A VISIT OF WILL MADE HIS [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪] >>> FOUR FINALISTS HAVE BEEN CHOSEN FOR THIS YEARS GREAT AMERICAN THINK-OFF IN NEW YORK MILLS.

NOW IN ITS 33RD YEAR, THE GREAT AMERICAN THINK-OFF IS BILLED AS A ONE-OF-A-KIND PHILOSOPHY CONTEST WHERE ORDINARY PEOPLE TACKLE EXTRAORDINARY QUESTIONS.

THE 2026 TOPIC FOR THE ANNUAL PHILOSOPHY DEBATE IS HAS THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS MADE AMERICANS UNHAPPY?

FOUR INDIVIDUALS EMERGED AS FINALISTS FROM ESSAYS SUBMITTED FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD.

ARGUING YES — THAT THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS HAS MADE AMERICANS UNHAPPY ARE.

SOLAPE ADEYEMI IS FROM LAGOS, NIGERIA, AND IS A RESEARCHER AND CONSULTANT WITH DEGREES IN MICROBIOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND THADDEUS MCCAMANT WHO IS FROM FRAZEE MINNESOTA, AND HOLDS A PHD IN PLANT SCIENCES FROM WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY AND HAS SPENT DECADES WORKING IN AGRICULTURE, EDUCATION, AND CONSULTING.

ARGUING NO, THAT THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS HAS NOT MADE AMERICANS UNHAPPY ARE.

LORIE KOLAK WHO IS FROM RIVERSIDE ILLINOIS AND IS A WRITER WHOSE WORK HAS APPEARED IN WILDFIRE, HEMINGWAY SHORTS, AND BELLEVUE LITERARY REVIEW AND ALLEN TAYLOR WHO IS FROM COLORADO SPRINGS COLORADO.

TAYLOR IS A LIFELONG DEBATER AND 2023 THINK-OFF FINALIST.

DURING THE LIVE DEBATE ON JUNE 13TH EACH FINALIST WILL PRESENT AND DEFEND THEIR ESSAY, WITH THE AUDIENCE VOTING TO DETERMINE AMERICA'S GREATEST THINKER FOR 2026.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, STACY IS HERE.

WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF A COLD SPELL, AREN'T WE?

>> Stacy: TEMPERATURES ARE 20 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE, SO THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA HOW CHILLY IT'S BEEN AND IT'S GOING TO STAY COLD AND TONIGHT WE HAVE PART OF THE VIEWING AREA UNDER A FREEZE [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, IT HAS BEEN A CHILLY DAY AGAIN TODAY WITH HIGHS IN THE 30s AND 40s ACROSS MUCH OF THE VIEWING AREA.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE COLD TEMPERATURES TONIGHT, MOST OF US SEEING THE LOWS IN THE 20s.

WE HAVE A FREEZE WARNING OUT FOR A PART OF OUR VIEWING AREA, CHILLY TOMORROW, AND WE SHOULD START TO SEE MODERATION IN OUR TEMPERATURES LATER THIS WEEK WITH HIGHS IN THE 50s AND A FEW 60s BY THE WEEKEND.

IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 34.

WINDS ARE FROM THE NORTH AT 7 MILES PER HOUR, 21 IS OUR DEW POINT, AND HUMIDITY IS AT 58%.

IN BRAINERD, CLOUDY SKIES, OUR DEW POINT IS 19.

WE HAVE A RISING BAROMETRIC PRESSURE AND WINDS ARE NORTHWEST AT # # 8 MILES PER HOUR.

NOW TODD, MORRISON, AND MILLE LACS COUNTIES ARE UNDER A FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 8:00 A.M.

ON WEDNESDAY, WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING AS LOW AS 28 DEGREES.

AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO BE COLD ACROSS THE AREA WHERE THE FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT.

WE HAVE A LOT OF CLOUDS, CLEAR SKIES IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

WE'LL EXPECT TO SEE VARIABLE CLOUDS TONIGHT, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING SOME SNOWFLAKES TODAY, COULD SEE SOME LIGHT SNOW OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND POSSIBLY RAIN OR SNOW THROUGHOUT THE DAY TOMORROW, BUT AGAIN TEMPERATURES ARE VERY CHILLY WITH EXPECTED HIGHS ABOUT 20 DEGREES BELOW THE AVERAGES.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, ARLENE SPOTTING A NUMBER OF DEER GRAZING IN THE FIELD IN MENAHGA AND QUITE A BIT OF TURKEY ACTIVITY IN LAPORTE WITH JOAN SENDING US THAT PHOTO.

ANGELA SPOTTING AN EAGLE IN THE CLOUDY SKIES OVER CASS LAKE.

STEPHANIE, A SIGN OF SPRING AND IT'S CHILLY.

WE HAVE THE CLOUDS OVER THE LAKE FROM GARY AND COTTON CANDY CLOUDS FROM CHRISSY IN DEERWOOD.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 30 AND BREEZY THIS MORNING.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, SUN AND CLOUDS.

STEPHANIE REPORTING OVERCAST SKIES.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, MOSTLY CLOUDY AND BREEZY.

RALPH IN JENKINS WITH A HIGH OF 43.

JOAN IN LAPORTE WITH THOSE STRAY SNOWFLAKES, WITH A HIGH OF 42.

ON OUR ALMANAC, 42 WAS THE HIGH TODAY IN BRAINERD.

SO WE'RE MORE THAN 20 DEGREES BELOW THAT AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE.

WE SHOULD SEE TEMPERATURES IN THE MID-60s TODAY.

33 WAS OUR LOW, WE HAD SUNSET AT 8:31.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 38.

AND WE HAD THE SUNRISE AT 5:56.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, WE SHOULD BE SEEING VARIABLE CLOUDS THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND WE MAY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN OR SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY, JUST A 20% CHANCE, BUT SOME RAIN DROPS OR A FEW SNOWFLAKES ARE POSSIBLE.

AS WE LOOK AT TEMPERATURES, STILL VERY CHILLY OUT THERE WITH HIGHS ABOUT 40 TO 45 ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA.

AS WE HEAD INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA, A LITTLE BIT WARMER, BUT WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT HIGHS IN THE 40s.

SO OUR FORECAST, VARIABLE CLOUDS FOR TONIGHT WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW, LOWS NEAR 27 AND NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15.

VARIABLE CLOUDS AGAIN TOMORROW, STILL THE SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW.

HIGHS NEAR 44 AND WINDS NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 20.

SUNSHINE IS BACK ON THURSDAY AND WE DO START TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A WARM UP WITH HIGHS IN THE 50s.

THEN AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, WARMEST DAY IS PROBABLY FRIDAY WITH HIGHS NEAR 59, SOME 60s POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF THE AREA, AND TEMPERATURES BACK DOWN IN THE MID-50s BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: OKAY, TIME FOR SPORTS.

CHARLIE IS HERE.

YESTERDAY, WE LEARNED THAT BRIAN IS STEPPING DOWN AS HEAD FOOTBALL COACH FOR BEMIDJI HIGH.

YOU DUG DEEPER INTO THE REASON BEHIND THAT.

>> Charlie: ABSOLUTELY.

I HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO COACH TODAY, JUST TO CLARIFY A COUPLE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN THROWN MY WAY.

HE WAS HAPPY TO DO SO.

WE'LL BRING YOU THE UPDATES FOR THAT STORY COMING UP HERE AFTER THE BREAK.

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

[♪♪♪] >>> LAST NIGHT WE REPORTED THAT BRYAN STOFFEL WOULD BE STEPPING DOWN AS BEMIDJI HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL HEAD COACH, A DECISION HE ANNOUNCED IN A FACEBOOK POST CITING PERSONAL ATTACKS AND LACK OF SUPPORT AS REASONS FOR HIS RESIGNATION.

IT WAS SPECULATED ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND BY SOME MEDIA OUTLETS THAT THE PERSONAL ATTACKS WERE FROM PARENTS OF ATHLETES.

BUT AFTER GATHERING MORE EVIDENCE OVER THE PAST 24-HOURS, AND SPEAKING WITH STOFFEL DIRECTLY, I CAN SAY THIS IS NOT THE CASE, AND THAT THE ATTACKS DID NOT COME FROM PARENTS AND WERE NOT IN RELATION TO HIS COACHING.

STOFFEL SAID THAT WHILE HE AS HAD DISAGREEMENTS ON OCCASION WITH PARENTS, IT'S NEVER BEEN ANYTHING EXTREME, AND THAT THE MAJORITY OF PARENTS ARE GREAT TO INTERACT WITH AND ARE SUPPORTIVE OF HIM AND THE PROGRAM.

DUE TO PROMISES OF CONFIDENTIALITY, I CANNOT SPEAK FURTHER ON WHAT THE SPECIFIC PERSONAL ATTACKS WERE OR THE LACK OF SUPPORT.

I DID REACH OUT TO BEMIDJI AREA SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT DR.

JEREMY OLSON AND HE HAD THIS TO SAY.

WE WANT TO THANK COACH STOFFEL FOR ALL OF HIS WORK AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROGRAM.

HE SET THE BAR EXTREMELY HIGH AND WE ARE SORRY TO SEE HIM RESIGN.

WE ARE NOW LOOKING TO THE FUTURE AND WILL BEGIN THE SEARCH PROCESS FOR A NEW HEAD COACH.

>>> WELL, THE WALL OF SAINT PAUL IS OUT AND THE GUS BUS IS IN.

AFTER SURRENDERING 8-GOALS IN THEIR 9-3 SECOND-ROUND GAME-ONE LOSS TO THE AVALANCHE, THE WILD HAVE DECIDED TO GIVE ROOKIE GOALTENDER JESPER WALLSTEDT A REST, AND START VETERAN FILIP GUSTAVSSON FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS POST-SEASON.

GAME TWO IN COLORADO, MINNESOTA HOPING THEIR CHANGE IN NET PAYS OFF AND THEY CAN EVEN THE SERIES AT ONE.

BRAINERD HOSTING A SECTION AFTER 22 GAMES, GUST MAY BE RUSTY.

GLOVE SIDE, GIVING THEM A 1-0 LEAD.

JUST 6 SECONDS LATER, THE WILD ANSWER BACK, WHEN HE IS ALL ALONE, HE DOESN'T MISS MUCH.

LATER IN THE FIRST, COLORADO ON THE POWER PLAY, TIC TAC TOE, GABRIEL GIVES THEM THE LEAD RIGHT BACK.

AVALANCHE BUILD AS 4-1 LEAD.

TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE AS THEY WIN.

THEY TAKE A LEAD AS THINGS SHIFT TO ST.

PAUL ON SATURDAY FOR GAME THREE.

IN THE PWHL, THE MONTREAL, THEY WIN IN TRIPLE OVERTIME OVER THE FROST.

THEY EVEN THAT SERIES AT 1-1 FOR THE SECOND ROUND OF THEIR PLAYOFFS.

>>> IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, THE TWINS GET A WIN 11-3.

>>> BRAINERD HOSTING A SECTION 8-3A TRUE TEAM MEET THIS AFTERNOON, BEMIDJI IN ATTENDANCE AS WELL.

WE'LL START WITH THE BOYS.

OVER IN SHOT PUT, BRAINERD'S ALBERT KARPEH, SENDS IT 47 FEET 5 INCHES, GOOD FOR THIRD PLACE.

IN THE 100-METER-DASH, BRAINERD'S AUSTIN ASHER SETS THE SCHOOL RECORD WITH A TIME OF 10.84-SECONDS, FINISHED THIRD OVERALL.

AND IN THE 800-METER, BRAINERD'S JONATHAN COWELL AND BEMIDJI'S CALEB KNOTT BATTLING IN THE HOME STRETCH, COWELL EDGES KNOTT OUT IN AT THE TAPE, 2 MINUTES AND 3 SECONDS THE TIME.

THAT HELPS BRAINERD TO A FIRST PLACE FINISH OVERALL ON THE BOY'S SIDE OF THINGS.

>>> ON THE GIRLS' SIDE OF THINGS.

STARTING IN THE 100-METER-HURDLES, NATALIE SMITH FOR THE WARRIORS, MAKING IT LOOK EASY, SNAGS FIRST IN 15.74-SECONDS.

THEN IN THE 1600-METER, BRAINERD'S BRIANA BLASING BLAZING HER WAY TO FIRST PLACE, COMES IN AT 15-MINUTES 13-SECONDS.

AND IN THE HIGH JUMP, WARRIORS CORA CLOUGH, SHOWING HER DOMINANCE, JUMPS FIVE FEET AND TWO INCHES, ANOTHER FIRST PLACE FINISH FOR THE WARRIORS FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR.

IN THE GIRL'S SIDE OF THINGS, BRAINERD FINISHES THIRD, MOORHEAD AT THE TOP, BEMIDJI IN SIXTH THERE AS WELL.

A COUPLE OVER SCORES, PILLAGER FALLS TO PARKERS PRAIRIE.

LITTLE FALLS GETS THE WIN IN BASEBALL.

ROSEAU SWEEPS THIEF RIVER FALLS.

LOOKING AT SOFTBALL, BEMIDJI SWEEPS DULUTH EAST.

THEY HAVE A BIG GAME AGAINST BRAINERD.

NORTHOME-KELLIHER AND ROSEAU COLLECTING WINS AS WELL.

PEQUOT LAKES TOPS TWICE.

AND BOYS LACROSSE, BRAINERD AND GRAND RAPIDS BOTH FELL.

BEMIDJI IN FOUR SETS IN BOYS VOLLEYBALL, IN TENNIS, BRAINERD GETS THE WIN OVER SAUK RAPIDS RICE.

A COUPLE GOLF SCORES, DETROIT LAKES FINISHES AT THE TOP.

BEMIDJI GIRLS GET A WIN AT THE CARDINAL INVITE.

>> Dennis: VERY GOOD, THANKS CHARLIE.

WILL DILG WAS AN ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST IN THE EARLY 1920S WHO FOCUSED ON KEEPING NATURAL WATER RESOURCES CLEAN.

ONE LOCAL ACTOR HAS BEEN DOING PERFORMANCES DRESSED AS WILL DILG TO SPREAD HIS TEACHINGS, AND MADE SEVERAL RECENT STOPS IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK SPOKE TO HIM FOR THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE.

>> Reporter: THE ISAAC WALTON LEAGUE IS RECOGNIZED AS THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL LARGE SCALE GRASSROOTS ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT AND WAS CREATED BY WILL DILG.

HE AND HIS COHORTS PUSHED LEGISLATION TO FORM THE FIRST WILDLIFE AND FISH REFUGE AND IT HAPPENED ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP HIS ACTIVISM ALIVE, MORE THAN A CENTURY LATER.

>> BACK THEN, OUR ISSUES WERE DIRE BECAUSE WE WERE ABOUT TO LOSE ALL OF OUR WETLANDS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

TODAY, WE FACE A LOT OF ISSUES THAT ARE SIMILAR.

THE BACK WATERS THAT WERE PRESERVED ARE FILLING IN.

WE'RE LOOKING AT A LOT OF WETLAND LOSS, NOT JUST ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BUT EVEN UP HERE IN LAKE COUNTRY, AND WATER QUALITY ISSUES.

>> Reporter: BY COMBINING ALL OF THE FACTS AND HISTORY WITH ART, SONG, AND PHOTOS, IT MAKES ALL OF THE INFORMATION MORE DIGESTIBLE FOR PEOPLE AND CAN MAKE IT EASIER TO REMEMBER THE FACTS AS WELL.

>> THE SINGING, THE STORYTELLING, THE VIDEOGRAPHY, THE PHOTOGRAPHY, PUT IT ALL TOGETHER AND HAVE A REAL PURPOSE.

WE NEED TO SAVE THIS ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE WE ARE IN AN UNSUSTAINABLE PATH.

AS HUMANS, I BELIEVE CLEAN WATER SHOULD BE A RIGHT, AN ABSOLUTE BASIC RIGHT.

IF WE'RE MADE OF WATER, 60% OR MORE, SHOULDN'T THIS BE OUR LARGEST ISSUE?

>> Reporter: MARKING AS WILL DILG HAS TRAVELED FOR TWO YEARS, TO TALK ABOUT PAST ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND ALSO TO INSPIRE CHANGE TODAY SO FUTURE GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE AND ANIMALS CAN ENJOY THE GREAT OUTDOORS.

>> TAKE CONTROL.

IF YOU TAKE OWNERSHIP OF PUBLIC LAND AND YOU FEEL THIS IS YOUR LAND, THEN THERE IS A RESPONSIBILITY THAT GOES WITH THAT TO KEEP THAT LAND CLEAN AND TO MAKE IT LIVABLE FOR ALL THESE CREATURES.

>> Reporter: REPORTING FROM PARK RAPIDS, I'M SYDNEY DICK, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: AND FOR MORE ON OUR WEATHER, WE GO BACK TO STACY.

>> Stacy: WE WILL BE SEEING COLD TEMPERATURES TONIGHT, PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNDER A FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 8:00 A.M.

ON WEDNESDAY.

FOR TONIGHT, VARIABLE CLOUDS, A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR LIGHT SNOW, 27 FOR THE LOW, COULD SEE A FEW RAIN OR SNOWFLAKES TOMORROW.

>> Dennis: THAT'S IT FOR TONIGHT.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY.

WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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