>> AND BY SANFORD HEALTH WITH PRIMARY CARE LOCATIONS IN BEMIDJI AND ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST.

SANFORD HEALTH IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING CARE CLOSE TO HOME.

LEARN MORE AT SANFORDHEALTH.ORG.

>> THE WEATHER IS SPONSORED IN PART BY WIDSETH; ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS, LAND SURVEYORS, SERVING MINNESOTA COMMUNITIES SINCE 1975.

>> SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED IN PART BY PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS, PROVIDING ALL FIBEROPTIC INTERNET SPEEDS UP TO 10 GIGS WITH NO DATA CAPS AND NO SPEED THROTTLING.

>> 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.

[♪♪♪] >>> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE IM JOSH PETERSON IN FOR DENNIS WEIMANN, THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

>>> WE HAVE AN UPDATE REGARDING THE SHOOTING THAT TOOK PLACE IN BEMIDJI LAST NIGHT THAT SENT MULTIPLE PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL.

OUR REPORTER, MATTHEW FREEMAN, SPOKE WITH DETECTIVE SEABERG WITH THE BEMIDJI POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND HAS MORE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: THE BEMIDJI POLICE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A 9-1-1 CALL AT AROUND 4:40 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, REPORTING MULTIPLE GUNSHOTS IN THE AREA OF 2500 ITASCA LOOP NORTHWEST.

>> INITIALLY, JUST SHOTS FIRED, MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS WERE HIT.

THEY WERE OUTSIDE A RESIDENCE, JUST OUTSIDE THE PARKING LOT.

THREE INDIVIDUALS, ALL ADULTS, WITH GUNSHOT WOUNDS.

>> Reporter: OFFICERS THEN RENDERED FIRST AID TO THE VICTIMS, WHO WERE TAKEN TO SANFORD HOSPITAL SHORTLY AFTER FOR CRITICAL INJURIES.

>> THEY WERE TREATED ON SCENE AND IMMEDIATELY TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE UP TO THE SANFORD E.R.

>> Reporter: THE SUSPECT, A 16-YEAR-OLD MALE INITIALLY FLED ON FOOT FROM THE SCENE WITH A HANDGUN.

AT 6:40 P.M., THE SHOOTER SURRENDERED HIMSELF AT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER WITHOUT INCIDENT.

>> THE ACTUAL SUSPECT WAS WEARING ALL WHITE WHEN HE LEFT THE SCENE.

HE WAS WEARING SOMETHING DIFFERENT WHEN HE TURNED HIMSELF IN.

HE HAD PUT ON A SWEATSHIRT AND HAD CHANGED HIS PANTS.

SO ONCE HE TURNED HIMSELF IN, WE SAT DOWN AND TOOK A STATEMENT FROM HIM.

HE WAS COOPERATIVE.

HE PROVIDED A STATEMENT OF THE INCIDENT AND WHAT HAD OCCURRED AND THEN HE WAS ULTIMATELY ARRESTED FOR THE ASSAULT OF THE THREE VICTIMS.

>> Reporter: THE BEMIDJI POLICE DEPARTMENT WANTS TO WAIT TO RELEASE A MOTIVE BEHIND THE SHOOTING UNTIL THEY CAN TALK TO THE VICTIMS AGAIN WHEN THEY'RE NOT GOING THROUGH A MEDICAL CRISIS.

THE DETECTIVE CONFIRMED THAT THE VICTIM AND SHOOTER ARE RELATED.

>> I'M NOT GOING TO DETAIL ON WHAT THE RELATIONSHIPS ARE.

JUST DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE INVESTIGATION RIGHT NOW, BUT THERE IS A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO, BETWEEN THE SUSPECT AND THE THREE VICTIMS, AND THIS WAS NOT A RANDOM ACT.

THERE WAS AN ONGOING ISSUE THAT WAS HAPPENING THAT LED TO THE SHOOTING.

>> Reporter: THE SHOOTER DID NOT HAVE THE HANDGUN ON HIS PERSON WHEN HE TURNED HIMSELF IN BUT WAS COOPERATIVE WITH AUTHORITIES AND HELPED OFFICERS FIND THE WEAPON.

>> PEOPLE DON'T NEED TO BE CONCERNED THAT THERE IS A WEAPON OUT THERE.

WE DID RECOVER THE WEAPON THAT WAS UTILIZED.

HE RAN ON FOOT AND DISPOSED OF IT AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO RECOVER IT IN A WOODED AREA SOUTH OF 15th STREET.

>> Reporter: THE BEMIDJI POLICE DEPARTMENT'S K-9 WAS THE ONE THAT FOUND THE HANDGUN IN THE FOREST OFF 15th STREET.

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

>> WE WILL PROVIDE MORE DETAILS ON THE VICTIMS CONDITIONS AND THE TIMELINE OF EVENTS THAT LED TO THE SHOOTING ONCE THEY BECOME AVAILABLE.

NO OTHER PUBLIC INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

>>> THE ITASCA COUNTY DEPUTY WHO WAS INJURED IN ALTERCATION EARLIER THIS WEEK HAS NOW BEEN IDENTIFIED.

ON THE AFTERNOON OF MAY 4TH, ITASCA COUNTY DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO A HOME IN THE COMMUNITY OF MAX, WHICH IS NEAR DEER RIVER IN AN EFFORT TO LOCATE 18 YEAR OLD ELIAS HARPER AND ARREST HIM ON AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT.

THE ITASCA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS THAT WHEN DEPUTIES LOCATED HARPER, HE PHYSICALLY RESISTED ARREST.

DURING THE STRUGGLE, A DEPUTY'S FIREARM DISCHARGED WHILE IN THE HOLSTER, STRIKING DEPUTY MICHAEL COWAN IN THE THIGH.

COWAN WAS TRANSPORTED TO ESSENTIA HEALTH IN DULUTH FOR TREATMENT OF HIS INJURIES AND WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL THE FOLLOWING DAY AND IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A FULL RECOVERY.

DEPUTY COWAN HAS SERVED THE ITASCA COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE SINCE 2017.

>>> SOUTH DAKOTA-BASED SANFORD HEALTH HAS SIGNED A DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT WITH MINNESOTA-BASED NORTH MEMORIAL HEALTH TO MERGE INTO A SINGLE NONPROFIT HEALTH SYSTEM.

THE TWO NON-PROFITS SAY THEY ARE COMING TOGETHER IN PART.

DUE TO RISING COSTS, STAFFING DIFFICULTIES AND FINANCIAL PRESSURES THAT CAN AFFECT WHAT SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE CLOSE TO HOME.

NORTH MEMORIAL HAS TWO HOSPITALS IN MINNESOTA, ONE IN MAPLE GROVE AND THE OTHER IN ROBBINSDALE, WHICH WOULD JOIN SANFORD HEALTH MAKING IT THE LARGEST RURAL HEALTH SYSTEM IN THE COUNTRY.

SANFORD HEALTH AND NORTH MEMORIAL HEALTH WILL REMAIN SEPARATE ORGANIZATIONS UNTIL THE AGREEMENT CLOSES.

>>> THE CROW WING COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT RECENTLY RECEIVED APPROVAL FROM THE COUNTY BOARD FOR ITS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

COUNTY ENGINEER TIM BRAY SAYS THE PLAN SPANS OVER FIVE YEARS AND THE TOTAL INVESTMENT AMOUNTS TO ROUGHLY $79-MILLION.

BRAY OUTLINED THE PLAN TO THE COUNTY BOARD, STATING THE PLAN WILL COVER OVER 130 MILES OF ROADWAY SURFACE IMPROVEMENTS, FOUR ROUNDABOUTS, SIX BRIDGE REPLACEMENTS, AND THREE BRIDGE REHABILITATIONS.

OVER 20 DIFFERENT PROJECTS ARE EXPECTED TO GET UNDERWAY THIS YEAR.

>> IT INCLUDES COUNTY ROADS, ALSO THE FIRST ASSESSMENT DISTRICT AND SOME OF THE OTHER ONES THAT THE COUNTY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR.

SO IT'S A LOT OF WORK.

WE ALREADY STARTED CONSTRUCTION ON A FEW OF THEM.

YOU ARE GOING TO SEE PAVING COMING UP THIS WEEK AND IT'S GOING TO BE A BUSY SUMMER.

>> BRAY SAYS NEARLY 40 MILES WORTH OF ROADWAY WILL BE WORKED ON THIS YEAR.

>>> EARLIER THIS YEAR, SOLAR UNITED NEIGHBORS LAUNCHED THE FIELDS AND FORESTS SOLAR CO-OP, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

SOLAR UNITED HOSTED AN EVENT THIS WEEK IN LITTLE FALLS TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM.

A SOLAR CO-OPERATIVE IS WHEN A GROUP JOINS TOGETHER TO PURCHASE SOLAR PANELS FOR THEIR HOMES OR BUSINESSES, USING THEIR COMBINED BUYING POWER TO SECURE BULK DISCOUNTS.

ATTENDEES OF THE EVENT LEARNED ABOUT TECHNOLOGY, ECONOMICS, AND FINANCING OF SOLAR.

PLUS MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FIELDS AND FORESTS SOLAR CO-OP INITIATIVE.

>> OUR PHILOSOPHY IS THAT WE JUST LIKE TO HELP PEOPLE GO SOLAR.

SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO DO IT BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT WAY TO SAVE MONEY, OTHER PEOPLE THINK THERE IS SOME GOOD ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ON IT BECAUSE IT REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY THEY USE.

THE FIELD AND FOREST SOLAR CO-OP IS FREE TO JOIN, THERE IS NO OBLIGATION, AND IF YOU JOIN IT, YOU WILL GET A VETTED PROPOSAL FROM A FULLY VETTED SOLAR INSTALLER TO HAVE SOLAR INSTALLED FOR YOU.

>> THE SOLAR CO-OP DISCOUNTS ARE NOW OPEN TO HOME AND BUSINESS OWNERS IN CASS, MORRISON, TODD, AND WADENA COUNTIES.

>>> LIGHTHOUSE BEGINNINGS, RESTORE RECOVERY, MINNESOTA PREVENTION AND RECOVERY ALLIANCE, AS WELL AS BROKEN 2 BLESSED CONSULTING ARE COLLABORATING TO PUT TOGETHER A FIRST EVER RECOVERY SUMMIT IN BRAINERD THIS SUMMER.

REPORTER MILES WALKER HAS THE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: THE BREAK IN THE SURFACE SUMMIT'S MISSION IS TO HELP THE PROFESSIONALS, BREAKING DOWN STIGMAS, AND REMINDING THE COMMUNITY THAT PEOPLE DESERVE TO BE SEEN, HEARD, AND GIVEN A CHANCE.

>> WE HAVE A GROWING COMMUNITY.

WHETHER THERE IS PEER SUPPORT, SOCIAL WORKERS, HOW DO WE BRING THIS RECOVERY COMMUNITY TOGETHER BUT ALSO HOW DO WE EDUCATE EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON?

>> Reporter: WHETHER IT'S OFFERING WOMEN TRANSITIONAL HOUSING THROUGH PEER SUPPORT SERVICES AND EMPOWERING JUSTICE INVOLVED INDIVIDUALS, HELPING THOSE FACING THE IMPACTS OF SUBSTANCE USE AND RELATED MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, OR PROVIDING CONTINUOUS SUPPORT FOR THOSE EXPLORING RECOVERY, THE FOUR ORGANIZATIONS EACH SHARE SIMILAR GOALS.

>> WE'RE CREATING INITIATIVES WHERE THEY WEREN'T BEFORE AND FILLING THAT GAP.

IT WILL BE THE FIRST NORTHERN MINNESOTA RECOVERY SUMMIT, SO NOT ONLY THE BRAINERD, CROW WING COUNTY AREA, BUT WE'RE INVITING ALL OF OUR NORTHERN MINNESOTA ORGANIZATIONS AND PEOPLE IN RECOVERY TO COME.

>> Reporter: CROW WING COUNTY AND THE COALITION WILL BE THE PRESENTING SPONSOR FOR THE SUMMIT, WHICH WILL FEATURE KEYNOTE SPEAKERS, EDUCATION, THAT OFFERS CEUs AND A SPACE FOR SOCIAL WORKERS, PEER SUPPORT SPECIALISTS AND MORE.

>> ONE OF MY GOALS IN THIS EVENT IS THAT WE CAN REACH AND FILL THAT GAP IN BETWEEN PROFESSIONALS UNDERSTANDING AND THOSE WORKING WITH THE EARLY RECOVERING ADDICTS.

>> Reporter: ALL THOSE INVOLVED ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO PROVIDING THOSE IN NEED ANOTHER AVENUE TO SEEK KNOWLEDGE, RESOURCES, AND MORE.

>> I THINK THAT BRINGING THIS TO THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA COMMUNITY IS SO IMPORTANT.

IT DOES BREAK STIGMA.

IT DOES SHOW THE RECOVERY COMMUNITY THAT RECOVERY IS POSSIBLE.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BRAINERD, MILES WALKER, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> CROW WING COUNTY COMMISSIONER JON LUBKE WILL ALSO BE IN ATTENDANCE FOR THE RECOVERY SUMMIT TO KICK OFF THE EVENT.

>>> LOCAL BRAINERD ARTIST, JUSTIN WILSON APPLIED TO BE A CONTESTANT IN JOHNNY DEPP'S THE PEOPLES ARTIST COMPETITION.

WITH THE CHANCE TO WIN A MAJOR CASH PRIZE AND AWARD.

THE WINNER OF THE COMPETITION WILL RECEIVE $25,000 AND APPEAR IN ART-FORUM MAGAZINE, IN ADDITION TO GETTING THEIR WORK DISPLAYED IN THE ART OF ELYSIUM SALON.

WILSON SAYS THAT ART HELPED SHAPE HIS LIFE, AND WINNING THIS AWARD WOULD HELP CHANGE IT.

>> Reporter: WELL, I HAVE BEEN PAINTING EVER SINCE I COULD GRAB A PAINT BRUSH.

IT'S A WAY TO EXPRESS MYSELF.

A FEW YEARS AGO, I WAS GOING THROUGH A ROUGH PATCH IN MY LIFE.

I WAS ABOUT 500 POUNDS SINCE I STARTED DOING ART EVERY DAY, I LOST 200 POUNDS, AND IT'S LIKE A GREAT EMOTIONAL OUTLET FOR ME.

25K IS NICE, BUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO KICK START A CAREER, IT'S LIFE-CHANGING.

>> WILSON IS CURRENTLY SECOND IN HIS GROUP FOR VOTING WHICH RUNS THROUGH MAY 14TH.

WE HAVE A LINK FOR VOTING ATTACHED TO THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

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

>> Stacy: RAIN IS LIKELY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT BUT IN THE NORTH, WE'RE GOING TO SEE COLD TEMPERATURES AND A FROST ADVISORY IS OUT FOR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

I'LL HAVE THE DETAILS IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK IN THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS, THE CROSSING ARTS ALLIANCE IN BRAINERD IS SHOWCASING ITS MEMBERS' WORK THIS MONTH.

[ [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

>>> GRADUATES MADE THEIR WAY ACROSS THE SANFORD CENTER STAGE TODAY AS BEMIDJI STATE AND NORTHWEST TECHNICAL COLLEGE HELD THEIR COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES, INCLUDING HONORING THE FIRST-EVER GRADUATING CLASS OF THE SUNDERMAN COLLEGE OF CREATIVITY, ENTERPRISE, AND PLACE.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK ATTENDED THE CEREMONY, AND SPOKE TO GRADUATES ON WHAT THEY WERE FEELING AS THEY WALKED ACROSS THE STAGE.

[♪♪♪] >> FIRST OFF, ALL GLORY TO GOD.

THAT WAS AN INSANE FEELING.

THE CROWD DEAFENS WHEN YOU START WALKING ACROSS.

YOU FOCUS ON 1 FOOT AFTER ANOTHER AND TRYING TO MAKE IT ACROSS THAT STAGE.

IT WAS GREAT.

NOW THAT I'M DONE, IT'S ODD.

I NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD COME TO THIS.

IT'S A SURREAL FEELING BUT I'M EXCITED.

>> Reporter: SIMILAR SENTIMENTS WERE ECHOED BY GRADUATES FROM BSU AND MTC AS THEY LOOK AT THEIR COLLEGE YEARS AND THEY LOOK TOWARDS THEIR FUTURE.

>> WE STRUGGLE SOMETIMES WITH STUDENTS NOT DOING HOMEWORK AND ALL THE OTHER FUN STUFF THEY DON'T DO, BUT EVERY ONE OF THE STUDENTS HERE IS PRECIOUS TO THE FAMILY THAT IS IN THE STANDS AND I THINK SOMETIMES WE FORGET THAT.

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT REMINDER TO COME TO THIS EVERY YEAR SO WE REMIND OURSELVES EVERY STUDENT IS PRECIOUS TO THE FAMILY THAT SENT THEM HERE.

>> Reporter: AND WHETHER MOVING ON TO MORE SCHOOLING, JOBS, OR JUST LIFE TO MANY GRADUATES, THE DEGREE SIGNIFIES SOMETHING BIGGER THAN THEMSELVES.

>> MY DAD WAS A PROFESSOR HERE IN MATH AND I HAD HIS TASSEL ON.

HE PASSED AWAY TWO YEARS AGO SO HE COULDN'T BE HERE BUT I WANTED TO HAVE A PART OF HIM WITH ME.

IT FELT REALLY GOOD.

IT FELT LIKE HE WAS WITH ME, EVEN NOT PHYSICALLY, BUT I COULD FEEL THAT HE WAS THERE AND PROUD OF ME.

>> Reporter: AS PROFESSORS AND UNIVERSITY STAFF CONGRATULATED THE STUDENTS COMPLETING THEIR COLLEGE CAREER, THEY ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE DOORS STAY OPEN FOR THE FUTURE.

>> I KEEP IN TOUCH WITH QUITE A FEW OF THEM.

IT'S HUGE BECAUSE I GET TO SEE SOME OF THE FIRST ONES ARE NOW HAVING THEIR OWN CHILDREN AND THAT IS REALLY FUN TO SEE.

THEY GOTTEN JOBS OR MOVED ON TO WHATEVER THEY'RE GOING TO DO AND NOW THEY HAVE THEIR OWN FAMILIES.

>> IT'S TOUGH TO SAY GOODBYE BUT IN THE END, WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD.

REMEMBER THE PEOPLE YOU IMPROVED WITH, WENT TO SCHOOL WITH.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MAKING THOSE CONNECTIONS LAST THROUGHOUT OUR LIFETIME.

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

>> AND WE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE MACGREGOR SHARPE, A VOLUNTEER CREW MEMBER HERE AT LAKELAND NEWS, ON HIS GRADUATION TODAY.

HE EARNED A DEGREE IN DESIGN FROM BSU.

>>> STACY JOINS US AND THE SUN WAS OUT IN THE VIDEO EARLIER TODAY FOR THE GRADUATION CEREMONY BUT IT DISAPPEARED A LITTLE BIT.

>> Stacy: WE DID HAVE A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE IN THE AREA TODAY.

TEMPERATURES WERE CALMER, BUT WE HAD TO CONTEND WITH A PRETTY STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON.

AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT, RAIN SHOWERS ARE LIKELY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, DRIER TO THE NORTH, BUT WE'LL SEE COOLER TEMPERATURES AND WE HAVE A FROST [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, WE DID GET TO ENJOY SOME SUNSHINE TODAY AND SOME WARMER TEMPERATURES ALTHOUGH THE WIND THIS AFTERNOON CERTAINLY IS MAKING THAT FEEL A LITTLE BIT COOLER THAN THE HIGHS WE HAD.

WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING A COLD FRONT MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT.

IT'S GOING TO TRIGGER SOME SHOWERS, ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

IN THE NORTH, WE'RE GOING TO SEE COLD TEMPERATURES AND WE MAY SEE SOME FROST FORMATION AND WE DO HAVE A FROST ADVISORY OUT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AS WELL.

I'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT IN A SECOND.

HERE ARE THE CURRENT CONDITIONS IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 50 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.

WINDS ARE CALM, AND OUR DEW POINT IS AT 25.

IN BRAINERD, MOSTLY CLOUDY, 56, A DEW POINT OF 22.

PRESSURE IS RISING AND WINDS ARE NORTHWEST AT 6 MILES PER HOUR.

NORTHWEST MINNESOTA IS UNDER THIS FROST ADVISORY, IT BEGINS AT 1:00 A.M.

AND CONTINUES UNTIL 9:00 A.M.

ON SATURDAY.

TEMPERATURES COULD DROP AS LOW AS 32 AND THAT COULD RESULT IN SOME FROST FORMATION.

NOW ON THE SATELLITE AND RADAR, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING AGAIN A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE.

WE HAVE SOME PRECIPITATION MOVING INTO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

AS WE HEAD INTO THE OVERNIGHT, THAT WILL SETTLE INTO MAINLY THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE, SO RAIN IS LIKELY IN THIS AREA.

IT WILL MOVE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST AND MUCH OF NORTH MINNESOTA, JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEEING SOME RAIN OR SPRINKLES.

AGAIN, THOSE COLD TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD FROST AND WE HAVE THE FROST ADVISORY IN THE NORTHWEST.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER TOMORROW, LOOK FOR HIGHS IN THE 50s.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, WE HAVE GORGEOUS PICTURES AROUND SUNRISE THIS MORNING FROM ARLENE IN MENAHGA, DEBRA AT LAKE ADA, AND RALPH IN JENKINS.

WE HAVE THE SUN BREAKING THROUGH THE CLOUDS IN CASS LAKE.

THIS IS THE SUNSHINE AND THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE SKIES IN DEERWOOD AND DUCKS SPOTTED BY GARY.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, DEBRA AT PINE RIVER, 30 THIS MORNING AND RALPH IN JENKINS WITH 28 THIS MORNING.

BOB IN BLUFFTON REPORTING PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES BUT WINDY TODAY.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, PARTLY CLOUDY AND BREEZY, AND ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A HIGH OF 64.

LOOKING AT OUR ALMANAC, WE TOPPED OUT AT 68 IN BRAINERD, SO A LITTLE BIT ABOVE THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE TODAY.

WE STARTED OUT WITH A CHILLY 27 THIS MORNING AND 8:35 WAS OUR SUNSET.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 63, SO ON TARGET WITH OUR AVERAGE HIGH, COOL TEMPERATURES TO START THE DAY, 29 FOR THE LOW, AND SUNRISE AT 5:52.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, OVERALL IT LOOKS LIKE ALL THE RAIN WILL BE MOVING OUT.

WE WILL BE SEEING SUNSHINE IN THE AREA AND THAT WILL BE THE CASE AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY, MAYBE A FEW PASSING CLOUDS NOW AND AGAIN.

AS FAR AS HIGH TEMPERATURES, IT IS GOING TO BE COOLER, UPPER 40s IN THE FAR NORTH BUT MOST OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA SHOULD SEE LOW TO MID-50s AND A LITTLE BIT WARMER IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, BUT AGAIN BELOW THE AVERAGE FOR THIS DATE.

HIGHS SHOULD BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 50s.

SO OUR FORECAST, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT, SHOWERS ARE LIKELY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, AND THERE MAY BE A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN OR SPRINKLES IN THE NORTH BUT WE COULD SEE FROST IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, LOWS NEAR 36, MOSTLY SUNNY TOMORROW, 53 FOR THE HIGH, AND WINDS WILL PICK UP ONCE AGAIN OUT OF THE NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 25.

LOOKING AT THE REST OF OUR WEEKEND FORECAST, WE WILL STILL SEE SOME SUNSHINE AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

AGAIN, SOME FROST FORMATION ON THE OVERNIGHT SUNDAY AND EVEN INTO MONDAY MORNING, PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY.

WE WILL SEE TEMPERATURES START TO WARM UP AS WE HEAD INTO THE WORKWEEK WITH HIGHS IN THE 60s MONDAY AND TUESDAY AND POSSIBLY UP TO 68 ON WEDNESDAY.

BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH STACY.

THINGS ARE WARMING UP IN THE WEATHER AND ALSO IN SPORTS.

WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING GOING ON.

>> Charlie: WE DO, WE HAVE THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES TAKING ON THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS IN AN ALL IMPORTANT GAME.

WE HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT AND MORE COMING UP AFTER [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪] >>> WELL, IT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED THAT THE TIMBERWOLVES DID STEAL GAME ONE OF THE WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS, BECAUSE THE SPURS BEAT EM LIKE THEY STOLE IT IN GAME TWO.

THE 38-POINT DEFEAT WAS THE WORST POST-SEASON LOSS IN MINNESOTA FRANCHISE HISTORY, AND ONLY THEIR SECOND BY 30 OR MORE POINTS.

BUT IT IS A 7-GAME SERIES AND RIGHT NOW IT'S TIED AT A GAME APIECE.

GAME THREE TONIGHT IN MINNEAPOLIS, ANTHONY EDWARDS BACK IN THE STARTING LINEUP AFTER COMING OFF THE BENCH THE FIRST TWO GAMES.

VICTOR IN THE -- AND THE SPURS ARE PICKING UP WHERE THEY LEFT OFF.

THE WOLVES WERE 0-11 AT THIS POINT BUT EDWARDS WOULD SPARK MINNESOTA FOR A 19-5 RUN, SCORING THE FINAL POINTS, INCLUDING THIS AT THE BUZZER.

HE HAD 13 POINTS THROUGH 1.

THEN JAYDEN SAVES IT, RANDALL, OH MY.

AN ALIEN-FREE ZONE, IT WAS 51-51 AT THE HALF.

THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS ARE LEADING IT BY A SLIGHT EDGE RIGHT NOW.

IT'S GOING TO BE A CLOSE ONE HOPEFULLY HEADED DOWN THE STRETCH IN THIS ONE AND A BIG GAME TONIGHT.

WHOEVER WINS IS GOING TO TAKE A 2-1 SERIES LEAD.

>>> SOME OTHER SCORES FOR YOU TONIGHT, MINNESOTA FROST HANG ON.

THEY WIN AND TIE THEIR SERIES 2-2 IN A BEST OF 5.

IT'S ALL GOING TO COME DOWN TO THEIR GAME ON SUNDAY TO SEE WHO MOVES ON TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE CLEVELAND GUARDIANS, THEY BEAT THE TWINS 6-4.

ON THE HIGH SCHOOL SIDE OF THINGS, ALEXANDRIA TOPS BEMIDJI.

LITTLE FALLS GETTING A WIN AND SO DOES PIERZ.

WARROAD BEATING ESKO, BUT NEVIS FALLING TO EAST-CENTRAL.

WALKER AND LAPORTE, BOTH COMING AWAY WITH WINS TODAY.

SEBEKA BEATS PILLAGER.

PEQUOT LAKES WINS.

IN SOFTBALL, SARTELL BEATS BEMIDJI.

BELTRAMI EDGES NORTHOME-KELLIHER AND LAPORTE GETS THEIR WIN.

BLACKDUCK, BIG TIME OVER CROOKSTON.

WARROAD EDGES ESKO, 13-11.

BERTHA-HEWITT TOPS PINE RIVER-BACKUS.

IN LACROSSE, GRAND RAPIDS GREEN WAY GOT THE WIN OVER BRAINERD.

ELK RIVER DEFEATS BEMIDJI IN VOLLEYBALL.

>>> AND BEMIDJI BOY'S SOCCER HAS A NEW HEAD COACH.

ASSISTANT COACH JEFF MITCHELL WILL NOW PACE THE LUMBERJACKS SIDELINE AS THE NEWEST GAFFER, TAKING OVER FOR 31-YEAR HEAD COACH RICK TOWARD, WHO STEPPED DOWN ON APRIL 1ST FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH IN URUGUAY.

MITCHELL HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH BEMIDJI SOCCER AT THE YOUTH LEVEL ALL THE WAY UP TO THE VARSITY SINCE 1999, AND ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR KRISTEN MCCRAE SAID HE WILL BRING A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE TO THE PROGRAM.

>>> WELL, THE WALLEYE FISHING OPENER IS LESS THAN 2-HOURS AWAY FROM START, AND MANY ANGLERS WILL BE BUNDLED UP AND OUT ON THE LAKE WHEN THE CLOCK STRIKES MIDNIGHT.

BUT DUE TO THE COLDER THAN USUAL TEMPERATURES THIS SPRING, THOSE WHO LIKE TO SLEEP IN MIGHT HAVE THE ADVANTAGE THIS YEAR.

>> THE EARLY BIRD GETS THE WORM DEAL MAY NOT BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS YEARS PASS, BUT WE CAME UP WITH A FULL MOON.

THE AFTERNOON BITE SHOULD BE GREAT AND THE EVENING BITE SHOULD BE FANTASTIC.

>> I BELIEVE THE BITE WILL BE A SHALLOW BITE IF YOU'RE IN AN AREA WHERE THERE IS A RIVER SYSTEM COMING INTO THE LAKE.

I REALLY TRY TO KEY IN THOSE SPOTS THERE.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T GET IN THE SHALLOW, JUST MOVE DEEPER, A LITTLE BIT DEEPER, AND YOU WILL FIND THOSE FISH.

THEY MAY NOT BE REAL AGGRESSIVE THIS TIME OF THE YEAR BECAUSE OF THE COLD WATER, BUT YOU'LL CATCH SOME FISH.

>> THE SHALLOW MUDDY BAYS ON THE NORTH ENDS OF LAKES HEAT UP THE FASTEST AND CAN BE A GREAT PLACE TO FIND SOME BITES EARLY IN THE DAY, ESPECIALLY FROM PAN FISH.

OF COURSE IF WALLEYES ARE WHAT YOU'RE REALLY AFTER, SHINER MINNOWS ARE RECOMMENDED AS BAIT, BUT IF THEY AREN'T AVAILABLE FAT HEADS, RAINBOW CHUBS, AND GOLDEN MINNOWS, AS WELL AS PLASTICS AND CRANK BAITS CAN WORK TOO.

>> WALLEYES LIKE TO CHASE MINNOWS, AND THE WARM WATER WILL PULL TO THE SHALLOWS.

THEY WILL BE HUNGRY, SO IT'S A WARMING TREND.

WHEN THE SUN IS OUT FOR MINNESOTANS, WE GET EXCITED.

THE WATER IS CLEAR THIS TIME OF YEAR SO IT MAY BE BETTER IN THE LOW LIGHT PERIOD.

>> BY ALL MEANS, WEAR A LIFE JACKET.

FIRST OFF, IT WILL HELP KEEP YOU WARM BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY IF YOU FALL INTO THE WATER, IT WILL KEEP YOU AFLOAT AND THIS COOL WATER, IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG.

THEN YOU CAN'T HARDLY USE YOUR ARMS, LEGS, HANDS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

WEAR THOSE LIFE JACKETS WHEN THE WATER IS VERY COLD.

>> GREAT TIPS AGAIN FROM SOME OF OUR GUIDING FRIENDS, A FEW OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS I GOT WERE, DON'T FORGET YOUR FISHING LICENSE, AND ALWAYS MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THE RULES OF THE LAKE YOU ARE FISHING ON, BAG SIZE, FISH SIZE, CATCH AND RELEASE, THINGS LIKE THAT.

IT'S ON YOU TO KNOW THINGS LIKE THAT.

>> ABSOLUTELY, I KNOW FOLKS GOING OUT BRIGHT AND EARLY.

NOT TOO MANY HOURS FROM NOW.

THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> THE CROSSING ARTS ALLIANCE IN BRAINERD IS SHOWCASING ITS MEMBERS WORK.

THE MEMBER SALON OF 2026 IS DESIGNED TO DISPLAY A VIBRANT EXHIBITION CELEBRATING THE CREATIVITY AND TALENT OF THOSE AFFILIATED WITH THE ORGANIZATION.

REPORTER MILES WALKER HAS MORE IN THIS WEEKS IN-FOCUS.

>> Reporter: THE CROSSING ARTS ALLIANCE HAS OVER 30 MEMBERS AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WANTED TO FIND A WAY TO HONOR THOSE INVOLVED IN THE ORGANIZATION.

>> WE DO THIS EVERY OTHER YEAR AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE THE TALENT, THE INCREDIBLE TALENT OF OUR MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY AND GIVE MEMBERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXHIBIT AS A BENEFIT OF THEIR MEMBERSHIP AND PARTICIPATION IN THIS ORGANIZATION.

>> Reporter: INSPIRED BY THE HISTORIC TRADITION OF SALON-STYLE DISPLAYS, THE MEMBER SALON SHOWCASE FILLS THE CROSSING ARTS ALLIANCE'S GALLERY WALLS INVITING ATTENDEES INTO A DYNAMIC VIEWING EXPERIENCE.

>> EVERY WALL HAS A DIFFERENT COLLECTION.

WE HAVE WATERCOLORS, DRAWINGS, COLORED PENCILS, CERAMICS, BRONZE STATUES, AND AN INCREDIBLE DISPLAY OF FIBER ART.

THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO GET THIS BESIDES A BIG GROUP SHOW LIKE THIS.

>> Reporter: REFLECTING THE DIVERSITY AND RICHNESS OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION WITHIN THE CROSSING ARTS COMMUNITY.

>> IT INVITES PEOPLE TO VIEW A PLACE THAT THEY JUST MADE AND DIDN'T KNOW WHERE IT WOULD GO.

YOU ARE SEEING WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING BEHIND THE SCENES WHEN NO ONE IS LOOKING AND THEY'RE NOT WORKING TOWARDS A SPECIFIC EXHIBITION.

THIS IS JUST WORK THEY'RE MAKING BECAUSE THEY ARE CREATIVE PEOPLE AND THEY CAN'T STOP MAKING ART.

>> Reporter: BY BRINGING ARTISTS AND AUDIENCES INTO A SHARED SPACE, THE MEMBER SALON FOSTERS DIALOG, SPURS NEW IDEAS, AND INVOKES EMOTIONAL RESPONSES.

>> NOT ONLY IS IT GREAT FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO ARE ART APPRECIATORS, WE GET TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT IT AS THE ARTIST TALKS ABOUT MAKING THAT WORK AND THE ARTIST SHARES IT CAN -- TIPS.

IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT.

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

>> THAT WRAPS IT UP FOR US.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE ANGLERS OUT THERE FOR THE FISHING OPENER.

GOOD NIGHT.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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