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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: IT IS ELECTION DAY 2024 AND A STRONG TURNOUT AT THE POLLS TODAY LOCALLY AND ACROSS THE STATE.

THIS WAS THE SCENE IN BEMIDJI THIS EVENING AS VOTERS CAST THEIR BALLOTS IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT RACES.

POLLS CLOSED AT 8:00 P.M.

IN MINNESOTA AND SOME RESULTS ARE IN.

>>> HI EVERYONE, I'M DENNIS WEIMANN, THANKS FOR WATCHING TONIGHT.

WE ARE GOING TO CUT AWAY FROM OUR PBS ELECTION COVERAGE RIGHT NOW TO BRING YOU OR LOCAL NEWS BUT WE'LL GET BACK TO THE PBS COVERAGE AT 10:30.

>>> WE'RE TO HEAR FROM SOME LOCAL CANDIDATES AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE RESULTS WE HAVE IN FROM LOCAL AND STATEWIDE RACES BUT FIRST LET'S BRING YOU UP TO SPEED AT WHERE THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE SITS AT THIS HOUR.

IN MINNESOTA, THESE ARE THE LATEST NUMBERS IN.

WE HAVE DONALD TRUMP WINNING MINNESOTA WITH ABOUT 61% AT THIS POINT, BUT THAT'S WITH JUST 13% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING AND CERTAINLY A LONG WAY TO GO IN THAT RACE.

THE ALL IMPORTANT ELECTORAL VOTE COUNT HAS DONALD TRUMP WITH 210.

YOU NEED 270 TO WIN.

RIGHT NOW "THE NEW YORK TIMES" ELECTION FORECAST IS GIVING TRUMP AN 87% CHANCE TO WIN THIS ELECTION TONIGHT, SAYING HE HAS AN ADVANTAGE IN EACH OF PENNSYLVANIA, MICHIGAN, AND WISCONSIN, AND TO WIN HARRIS WOULD NEED TO SWEEP ALL THREE.

THEY SAY THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF VOTES LEFT BUT IN THE VOTING SO FAR, TRUMP IS NARROWLY AHEAD.

>>> ALSO SOME OTHER RACES, CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 8, AGAIN, THESE ARE EARLY RESULTS, BUT REPEAT STAUBER WITH 67% OF THE VOTE THERE.

IN DISTRICT 7, MICHELLE FISH BACK WITH 70% OF THE VOTE THERE.

LET'S LOOK AT THE MINNESOTA SENATE RATE.

AMY KLOBUCHAR IS TRAILING THE REPUBLICAN AT THIS POINT, WITH ABOUT 13% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING.

>>> ALL THE SEATS IN THE MINNESOTA HOUSE ARE BEING CONTESTED THIS ELECTION INCLUDING SEVERAL IN THE LAKELAND VIEWING AREA.

ONE RACE OF NOTE IS IN HOUSE DISTRICT 2A WHICH INCLUDES THE CITY OF BEMIDJI AS WELL AS RED LAKE NATION.

INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN MATT GROSSELL IS NOT SEEKING RE-ELECTION WHICH MEANS THERE WILL BE A NEW REPRESENTATIVE ELECTED THIS YEAR.

AND EARLIER THIS EVENING OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK SPOKE WITH ONE OF THE CANDIDATES SEEKING THAT POSITION AT HIS ELECTION GATHERING.

>> Reporter: THANKS SO MUCH DENNIS.

I AM HERE WITH HOUSE 2A CANDIDATE, HOW IS EVERYTHING GOING TONIGHT?

>> I THINK IT'S GOING WELL.

THE POLLS JUST CLOSED AND NOTHING IS REALLY OUT YET.

WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED.

WE HEARD THAT THERE MAY BE CLOSE TO A RECORD TURNOUT IN RED LAKE OR A RECORD TURNOUT, IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN WE'RE VERY MUCH IN PLACE TONIGHT, AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE HOW THINGS TURN OUT.

>> Reporter: WE'RE EARLY WITH THE NUMBERS AND EVERYTHING.

HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT WHAT YOU SEEN SO FAR?

>> WELL, I THINK WE HAVE PUT IN SO MUCH TIME, YOU KNOW, SO MUCH WORK.

MY VOLUNTEERS AND DOOR KNOCKERS HAVE BEEN GREAT.

WE REALLY HAD A GREAT CAMPAIGN.

I THINK WE REACHED OUT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE SO NOW WE JUST HAVE TO SIT BACK AND WAIT FOR THE PRECINCTS TO REPORT.

I'M SURE WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE NUMBERS WE NEED TO, TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL EVENING.

>> Reporter: AND WHAT DO YOU THINK WAS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL PART OUT OF EVERYTHING YOU DID CAMPAIGN-WISE?

>> I THINK THE POLICIES THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING, THE THINGS WE WANT TO DO WHEN WE GET TO ST. PAUL REALLY RESONATE WITH THE RESIDENTS OF 2A, SO OUR IDEAS ARE POPULAR.

THEY'RE UNIVERSAL.

WE WANT TO BUILD MORE HOUSING.

WE WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTHCARE AND CHILD CARE.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SPEAKS TO EVERYBODY.

IT'S JUST BEING TRUE REPRESENTATIVES OF OUR COMMUNITY AND SHOWING A PATHWAY TO IMPROVE THE MATERIALIZE OF OUR NEIGHBORS.

I'M VERY EXCITED.

>> Reporter: IT SEEMS LIKE YOU HAVE GOOD SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE CAMPAIGN.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU TO HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUPPORTING YOU?

>> IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL.

IT IS REALLY HUMBLING.

IT'S A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY, I THINK, THAT I DO TAKE SERIOUSLY.

IT'S BEEN GREAT.

A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE WORKED REALLY, REALLY HARD TO GET US TO WHERE WE ARE TONIGHT AND I AM JUST SO THANKFUL OF EVERYBODY WHO WAS ABLE TO HELP US AND WORK ON THE CAMPAIGN AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE CAMPAIGN.

THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE TO NAME ALL OF THEM, BUT WE ARE WHERE WE ARE BECAUSE OF THE WORK AND SUPPORT OF A LOT OF THE DISTRICTS.

>> Reporter: AWESOME, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

BEST OF LUCK WITH EVERYTHING.

>> HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

>> Reporter: THANK YOU DENNIS, BACK TO YOU.

>> THANKS SYDNEY.

REPUBLICANS ARE HOPING TO KEEP DISTRICT 2A RED AND OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN TONIGHT SPOKE WITH THE CANDIDATE HOPING TO GET THAT DONE AT REPUBLICAN GATHERING TONIGHT.

>> Reporter: THANK YOU DENNIS.

I AM HERE WITH HOUSE 2A REPRESENTATIVE AND HOW DO YOU THINK TONIGHT IS GOING?

>> REALLY GOOD ACTUALLY, I HAVE A REALLY GOOD FEELING ABOUT EVERYTHING.

>> Reporter: WHAT WAS YOUR KEY MOMENT THAT YOU WANTED TO FOCUS ON WITH THIS CAMPAIGN?

>> WELL, WITH THE CAMPAIGN IT'S OBVIOUSLY JUST GETTING OUT THERE AND SPREADING THE CONSERVATIVE MESSAGE THAT WE NEED TO COME OUT HERE AND MAKE A BIGGER PRESENCE THAN WHAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.

I THINK WE'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH OUR RACE AND RAN A REALLY CLEAN RACE AND I REALLY LIKED HOW WE DID IT.

YOU KNOW WHAT WE HAVE TO DO, WE HAVE TO KEEP GOING.

THE HARD WORK STARTS TOMORROW ONCE WE GET ELECTED.

>> Reporter: WHAT ARE SOME OF THE FIRST THINGS YOU WILL DO IF ELECTED?

>> FIRST, I HAVE TO MEET THE COMMUNITY, YOU MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO SPREAD YOUR MESSAGE OUT THERE, BUT NOT ONLY THAT, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH THEM AND YOU WANT TO BE PART OF THAT TEAM AND YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR DISTRICT IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS MAINLY ON.

OF COURSE, THIS IS A STATE OFFICE, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RESOURCES ARE BROUGHT HERE.

SO WHAT I WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY GETS A GOOD GLIMPSE OF WHAT MY VISION IS FOR 2A HERE AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT I AM WILLING TO WORK FOR THEM AND THAT IT'S GOING TO START TOMORROW, RIGHT AWAY.

>> Reporter: I KNOW A BIG PART OF YOUR CAMPAIGN WAS ALL THE DOOR KNOCKING.

HOW WAS THAT?

>> IT WAS RECEIVED VERY WELL.

SO IT WAS REALLY, REALLY GOOD.

TO GET OUT THERE AND KNOW EXACTLY WHAT PEOPLE WANT AND NOT ONLY THAT, SEE WHAT THE CONCERNS ARE AND HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, TELL PEOPLE HOW YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS BUT ALSO JUST TO BE ABLE TO SPREAD, YOU KNOW, THE GOOD MESSAGE OUT THERE THAT WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO STAND TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I PUSHED.

>> Reporter: AWESOME.

I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING I NEED FOR YOU.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

TAKE CARE.

>> Reporter: THANK YOU SO MUCH DENNIS, BACK TO YOU.

>> THANKS MATTHEW.

HERE ARE THE LATEST NUMBERS WE HAVE IN TONIGHT FOR ALL THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE RACES.

NOTHING YET FROM THE 2A RACE AS WE'RE STILL AWAITING RESULTS FROM THAT.

IN DISTRICT 2B, WE DO HAVE SOME RESULTS.

MICHAEL REYES WITH 65% OF THE VOTES WITH 3% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING, DISTRICT 5A, AGAIN, EARLY RESULTS, 3% IN AND CHRISTA, THE INCUMBENT WITH 86%.

DISTRICT 7A, SPENCER, THE INCUMBENT THERE HAS 65% OF THE VOTE.

APPARENTLY THAT IS COMPLETE WITH 100% -- THAT IS NOT 100 I AM BEING TOLD, SO THAT IS STILL IN PROGRESS.

NOW IN DISTRICT 5B, WE HAVE MIKE WITH 1.54% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING WITH A LEAD EARLY.

DISTRICT 6A, BEN DAVIS HAS 805 VOTES WITH 5% OF THE PRECINCTS REPORTING.

ALSO TONIGHT, THE HIGHLY CONTESTED 6B RACE, NO RESULTS IN YET ON THAT ONE.

WE'LL GET THOSE TO YOU WHEN WE CAN.

IN DISTRICT 10A, THE LAST ONE WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT HERE, RON, THE INCUMBENT, SEEKING HIS 7th TERM IN OFFICE, HE HAS 73% OF THE VOTE WITH ABOUT 7% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING.

>>> ELECTION DAY IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DAYS FOR OUR COUNTRY.

IT EMPOWERS AMERICANS TO UTILIZE THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO VOTE.

OUR NEWEST REPORTER, SKYLER BLAINE, WAS AT SEVERAL POLLING PLACES TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT ELECTION DAY MEANS TO THE CITIZENS OF BRAINERD.

>> Reporter: AMERICANS WERE AT THE POLLS TO MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD.

TALKING ABOUT WANTING TO CHANGE IS ONE THING BUT UTILIZING YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE IS MUCH MORE IMPACTFUL.

THE PEOPLE OF BRAINERD TALKED ABOUT HOW IT'S MORE THAN A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT.

>> IT'S EVERYTHING.

IT'S EVERYTHING ABOUT DEMOCRACY IS VOTING.

IT'S THE ONLY THING I HAVE TO DO AS AN AMERICAN, TO VOTE.

>> I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THE ONLY WAYS WE GET OUR VOICES HEARD PEACEFULLY WITHOUT HAVING TO DO ANYTHING ELSE.

SO, FOR ME, I'M REALLY SAD WHEN PEOPLE HAVE STRONG OPINIONS AND THEY DON'T VOTE.

>> Reporter: EVERY ELECTION, THERE ARE PRESSING ISSUES FOR EVERY VOTER.

THE ECONOMY AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS IS AMONGST THE FOREFRONT.

VOTERS FIND A CANDIDATE THAT BEST ALIGNS WITH THEIR VALUES.

>> WOMEN'S ISSUES, CHOICE, MY CHOICE, MY OWN BODY, MY DAUGHTER'S BODY, MY SON'S BODY.

THAT'S WHAT I'M VOTING FOR.

>> INFLATION IS OBVIOUSLY NOT GOING WELL.

EVERYTHING IS GOING WAY UP IN PRICE.

FOR SOMEONE LIKE ME WITH A WIFE AND SEVEN KIDS, IT WOULD BE NICE FOR THINGS TO BE A LITTLE MORE AFFORDABLE.

>> Reporter: NO MATTER WHO YOU VOTED FOR, VOTERS BELIEVE IT IS IMPORTANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF OTHERS, NO MATTER WHO WINS OR LOSES.

>> MY WISH, WE WOULDN'T DEMONIZE PEOPLE IN THE FIRST PLACE BECAUSE IF SOMEONE DOES WIN THAT IS NOT MY PREFERRED CHOICE, I STILL NEED TO HONOR THEM.

I STILL NEED TO PRAY FOR THEM.

I STILL NEED TO LIFT THEM UP AND SPEAK WELL OF THEM, EVEN IF I DISAGREE WITH THEM.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BRAINERD, I'M SKYLER BLAINE, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> ONE ELECTION JUDGE TOLD LAKELAND NEWS THAT VOTER TURNOUT WAS AMONG THE HIGHEST SHE HAD SEEN FOR ANY ELECTION THAT SHE HAD WORKED.

>>> THERE ARE MANY LOCAL CITY, COUNTY, AND SCHOOL ELECTIONS BEING DECIDED TODAY AS WELL.

ON OUR WEBSITE WE ARE INCLUDING A LINK TO THE MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN FIND ANY RACE YOU ARE INTERESTED IN.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT A FEW THOSE RIGHT NOW STARTING WITH THE BEMIDJI CITY COUNCIL.

WE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

THE MAYOR'S RACE, GEORGE PRINCE, NO RESULTS YET FROM THE MAYOR RACE, HE IS GOING AGAINST THE FORMER CITY COUNCILLOR.

IN WARD 1, RON JOHNSON HAS BEEN ON THE CITY COUNCIL SINCE 2000.

HE IS NO LONGER LIVING IN WARD 3 AS HE IS REDIRECTED OUT SO HE IS SHOOTING FOR WARD 1 AGAINST THE INCUMBENT THERE.

NO RESULTS IN FROM THAT.

NO RESULTS FOR WARD 3 OR 5.

FOR THE BELTRAMI COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S RACE, WE'RE LOOKING AT DISTRICT 2, JOE AND ADAM, AND NOTHING THERE.

FOR DISTRICT 3, WINGER AND HOWE, NOTHING REPORTING THERE YET.

BEMIDJI SCHOOL BOARD, 3 WILL BE -- ACTUALLY, WE HAVE THE BELTRAMI DISTRICT 4 RACE AS WELL, NOT SHOWING ANY RESULTS AT THIS POINT.

THE SCHOOL BOARD RACE, THREE OF THESE CANDIDATES WILL BE ELECTED TO THE BOARD, BUT NO RESULTS ON THAT AT THIS POINT.

SO LET'S SEE IF WE HAVE ANYTHING FROM BRAINERD.

WE DO NOT AS THE BRAINERD AT-LARGE RACE IS GOING ON AND NOTHING THERE, NOTHING FROM WARD 1 AS WELL.

HOW ABOUT WARD 3?

THE INCUMBENT IN WARD 3, NOTHING FROM THAT RACE.

COUNCIL MEMBER FOR BAXTER, THEY ARE ELECTING TWO, NO RESULT THERE IS.

CROW WING COUNTY COMMISSIONERS RACE, NOTHING THERE AND HOW ABOUT THE BRAINERD SCHOOL BOARD RACE?

WELL, I'M SORRY, WE DON'T HAVE ANY RESULTS FOR YOU.

WE CAN ONLY REPORT WHAT THE STATE IS REPORTING.

NO RESULTS FROM THE LOCAL RACES AT THIS TIME.

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

>> Stacy: WELL, WE'LL HAVE A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE TOMORROW, BUT WE SHOULD SEE MORE SUNSHINE AS WE HEAD INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK.

I'LL HAVE MORE ON YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> WE HAVE AN UPDATE TONIGHT ON THE FIVE BROTHERS WHO SUFFERED SERIOUS BURN INJURIES AFTER AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE AT A STORAGE UNIT JUST NORTH OF BAGLEY ON 370TH STREET.

THE CLEARWATER COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE SAYS ONE MAN AND FIVE CHILDREN WERE INVOLVED IN THE EXPLOSION THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

PRELIMINARY INDICATIONS ARE THAT A PROPANE TANK HAD BEEN LEAKING INSIDE THE METAL STORAGE UNIT AND WHEN THE DOORS WERE OPENED THE MAN LIT A CIGARETTE AND AN EXPLOSION ENSUED.

A GOFUNDME PAGE HAS BEEN SET UP FOR THE VICTIMS AND THE MESSAGE ON THAT PAGE SAYS ALL FIVE OF THE BOYS ARE STABLE AT A BURN CENTER AND THEIR VITALS ARE LOOKING GOOD.

THEIR BURNS RANGE FROM 5-PERCENT TO 55-PERCENT BUT THE SURGEON SAYS ALL OF THEM WILL NEED SURGERY AT SOME POINT.

AS OF THIS EVENING ALREADY $35,000 HAS BEEN RAISED ON THAT GOFUNDME SITE.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO HELP OUT YOU CAN FIND A LINK TO THAT ALONG WITH THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

>>> THE PAIR OF RUBY RED SLIPPERS THAT JUDY GARLAND WORE IN THE WIZARD OF OZ AND THEN WERE LATER STOLEN FROM THE JUDY GARLAND MUSEUM IN GRAND RAPIDS ARE NOW GOING UP FOR AUCTION.

HERITAGE AUCTIONS IN DALLAS ANNOUNCED IN A NEWS RELEASE MONDAY THAT ONLINE BIDDING HAS STARTED AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH DECEMBER 7.

THE ICONIC SHOES WERE ON LOAN TO THE JUDY GARLAND MUSEUM IN GRAND RAPIDS, MINNESOTA, WHEN THEY WERE STOLEN IN 2005.

THE SLIPPERS WERE N RECOVERED IN 2018 AND WERE VALUED AT $3.5 MILLION AFTER THEY WERE FOUND.

THE JUDY GARLAND MUSEUM HAS BEEN FUNDRAISING IN AN EFFORT TO PURCHASE THE SLIPPERS AT THE AUCTION.

THE STATE HAS GIVEN THE MUSEUM $100,000 TO GO TOWARDS THE PURCHASE.

ONLINE BIDDING IS UNDERWAY, AND THE AUCTION WILL CONCLUDE WITH IN-PERSON BIDDING ON DECEMBER 7TH AT HERITAGE AUCTIONS IN DALLAS.

THE CURRENT HIGH BID AS OF THIS AFTERNOON WAS A LITTLE OVER $1.1 MILLION.

>>> I DON'T ASSUME THAT WAS YOUR BID STACY.

>> Stacy: IT WAS NOT, NO.

WE HAVE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF CLOUD COVER AND IT'S BEEN CHILLY IN THE AREA.

TEMPERATURES ARE SEASONAL, THEY FELT CHILLY WITH THE CLOUDS.

WE WILL SEE THE CLOUDS BREAKING UP A LITTLE BIT MORE AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW, BUT WE SHOULD SEE SUNSHI >> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS SPONSORED BY THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS OF MINNESOTA AND THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, DEAF, DEAF/BLIND, AND HARD OF HEARING STATE SERVICES DIVISION.

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>> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, WE WILL BE SEEING PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES.

AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW, MORE OF THE CLOUD COVER WILL BREAK UP.

WE WILL HAVE A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE THROUGHOUT THE AREA.

HEADING INTO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, WE WILL SEE MORE SUNSHINE AND CHANCES OF RAIN WILL RETURN FOR THE WEEKEND.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 39 AT THE AIRPORT.

HUMIDITY IS AT 83%.

IN BRAINERD, WE HAVE CLOUDY SKIES AND 42.

35 IS OUR DEW POINT.

PRESSURE IS RISING AND WE HAVE A LIGHT NORTH WIND.

LOOKING AT THE RADAR, IT IS PRETTY QUIET.

WE HAVE HAD SOME AREAS OF DRIZZLE, MAYBE SOME LIGHT RAIN IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING, BUT THAT IS MOVING OUT.

WE SHOULD SEE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

THEN WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN, WE WILL START TO SEE THE CLOUD COVER BREAKING UP A LITTLE BIT MORE TOMORROW, BUT SOME OF US ARE GOING TO HANG ON TO THE CLOUDS.

LOOK FOR THAT MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE ACROSS THE VIEWING AREA TOMORROW WITH MORE SUNSHINE IN STORE AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE WORKWEEK.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT.

A COUPLE OF DUCKS MAKING A STOP ON LITTLE TURTLE LAKE.

ANGELA SAYING CLOUDS, CLOUDS, CLOUDS IN THE CASS LAKE AREA.

ARLENE SEEING THE CLOUDS BREAK UP A BIT IN MENAHGA AND LINDA WITH A GLIMPSE OF THE SUNSET ON THE HORIZON WHERE THE CLOUDS BROKE UP TODAY.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE WITH US.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, BOB IN BLUFFTON, CLOUDY WITH A HIGH OF 43.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, OVERCAST SKIES WITH A HIGH OF 45.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, CLOUDY AND 44.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, CLOUDY WITH SOME OFF AND ON DRIZZLE TODAY AND THE HIGH WAS 44.

ON OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD REACHING A HIGH OF 46 AND THAT IS OUR AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE.

IT'S NOT CHANGING MUCH, OUR LOW IS 42, SO A STEADY TEMPERATURE ALL DAY LONG.

SIMILAR CONDITIONS IN BEMIDJI WITH A HIGH OF 41, AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE.

THIS IS WHERE WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE.

OUR LOW THIS MORNING WAS AT 38, 4:55 WAS THE SUNSET.

HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST.

TOMORROW, WE WILL SEE THE MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE ACROSS THE AREA, SO CLOUDS IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, GRAND RAPIDS LOOKING AT MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE IN THE LOW TO MID, MAYBE A FEW UPPER 40s ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WE ARE LOOKING AT UPPER 40s FOR OUR HIGHS AND A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE IN THIS AREA OF THE STATE AS WELL.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES TONIGHT, LOWS NEAR 29, VARIABLE WINDS UP TO 5.

TOMORROW, VARIABLE CLOUDS, 46 FOR OUR HIGH, AND NOT LOOKING AT MUCH FOR WIND, THEY SHOULD BE OUT OF THE NORTH TO NORTHWEST AT 5 MILES PER HOUR.

LOOKING AT THE EXTENDED FORECAST, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY LOOK TO BE MORE SUNNY.

TEMPERATURES ARE WARMING UP AS WE HEAD INTO FRIDAY WITH HIGHS NEAR 52.

WE WILL SEE HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID-50s THIS WEEKEND, BUT WE HAVE CHANCES FOR RAIN SHOWERS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

BACK TO YOU DENNIS.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THANKS STACY.

CHARLIE IS HERE NOW WITH OUR SPORTS.

>> Charlie: YEAH, EVERYBODY IS OUT VOTING RIGHT NOW, OR THE VOTING IS DONE BUT THEY WERE VOTING ALL DAY.

WE HAD SOME FOOTBALL TEAMS OUT PRACTICING.

STATE TOURNAMENT START THIS WEEKEND WITH THE QUARTER FINALS AND WE STOPPED BY MAHNOMEN HIGH SCHOOL TO CHECK OUT THE MAHNOMEN WAUBUN HIGH SCHOOL TEAM.

WE HAVE THAT AND MORE COMING UP AFTER THE BREA >> SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED IN PART BY PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS, BRINGING NORTHERN MINNESOTA THE GIGAZONE.

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>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

>>> IF YOU PLAY FOOTBALL IN SECTION 8A AND WANT TO MAKE IT TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT, THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH MAHNOMEN-WAUBUN.

SINCE MAHNOMEN AND WAUBUN CO-OP'D FOR FOOTBALL IN 2018, THE TEAM HAS WON A CLASS A STATE TITLE AND FIVE SECTION CHAMPIONSHIPS.

BEFORE THAT, THE TWO SCHOOLS COMBINED FOR 30-STATE APPEARANCES, 6-STATE RUNNER-UPS, AND 7 STATE TITLES.

THIS SENIOR CLASS FOR THE THUNDERBIRDS ARE NO STRANGERS TO THE SUCCESS, HAVING BEEN TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT ALL 4-YEARS OF THEIR HIGH SCHOOL CAREER, AND WHILE IT MIGHT SEEM LIKE A LOT TO LIVE UP TO, THEY'VE HANDLED THE PRESSURE THUS FAR.

>> WELL, THIS IS A SENIOR CLASS THAT DOES IT THE RIGHT WAY.

THEY HAVE BEEN TREMENDOUS LEADERS, NUMBER ONE.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT STANDS OUT FOR ME, JUST THEIR LEADERSHIP IN A POSITIVE MANNER.

CERTAINLY ROLE MODELS FOR OUR YOUNGER PLAYERS TO LOOK UP TO.

THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY HARD WORKERS, TOUGH KIDS, BUT JUST THE WAY THEY GO ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS.

THEY CAN BE LOOSE AT TIMES, BUT THEY KNOW WHEN TO BUCKLE DOWN AND BE ALL BUSINESS, A SPECIAL GROUP.

>> LAST YEAR THE T-BIRDS MADE THEIR DEEPEST RUN IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT SINCE WINNING THE CLASS A STATE TITLE IN 2018, MAKING IT TO THE SEMIFINALS WHERE THEY LOST TO SPRINGFIELD.

TO GET BACK THERE, THEY WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH ANOTHER PERENNIAL CLASS A POWER IN DEER RIVER, WHO KNOCKED OFF MAHNOMEN-WAUBUN IN THE 2022 QUARTERFINALS.

>> I MEAN, IT'S JUST ANOTHER TEAM AND I MEAN THEY'RE NOT JUST ANOTHER TEAM, THEY'RE A GOOD TEAM.

WE HAVE TO BEAT THEM ALL.

OUR DEFENSE HAS TO BE ON POINT AND WE HAVE TO RUN THE BALL HARD.

WE ARE HARD WORKERS AND WE DESERVE THE SECTION CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> I'M EXCITED PLAYING THE TEAMS, IT'S REALLY FUN TO PLAY AGAINST THE GOOD TEAMS.

THEY'RE THERE FOR A REASON, SO IT'S A LOT OF FUN.

I THINK WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR HEADS UP AND BE ON POINT AND DO OUR JOBS.

>> Charlie: THEY WILL PLAY THE WARRIORS ON FRIDAY AT BECKER HIGH SCHOOL.

KICK OFF IS SET FOR 7:00 P.M. WE'LL HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT AND HEAR FROM DEER RIVER THIS WEEK.

>>> OTHER AREA TEAMS PLAYING IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT INCLUDES STAPLES MOTLEY.

THEY WILL FACE OFF AT ST.

CLOUD TECH HIGH SCHOOL ON THURSDAY.

PEQUOT LAKES WILL PLAY ON SATURDAY.

WE'LL HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF BOTH OF THOSE GAMES AS WELL.

>>> BEMIDJI GIRLS VOLLEYBALL SENIOR MOLLY WAS NAMED TO THE STAR TRIBUNE'S 2024 ALL MINNESOTA GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM.

THE MIDDLE OUTSIDE HITTER WAS FRONT AND CENTER FOR THE LUMBERJACKS AS THEY FINISHED WITH THEIR BEST RECORD SINCE 2012.

HER CAREER STATS ARE NOTHING TO SCOFF AT.

WE'LL SHOW YOU OVER 1,000 KILLS, PUTTING HER SECOND ALL TIME AT BEMIDJI, AND DID IT WHILE HITTING JUST UNDER 30%.

SHE HAS PLANS TO PLAY NEXT YEAR AT MINNESOTA DULUTH.

ALSO, THE MINNESOTA WILD WERE PLAYING THE LOS ANGELES KINGS, THEY FALL 5-1.

THAT SNAPS A THREE GAME WIN STREAK.

>> Dennis: NOT PLAYING REAL HARD.

THANKS A LOT CHARLIE.

>>> OVER 400,000 DEER HUNTERS ARE GEARING UP TO HIT THE MINNESOTA TERRAIN AS FIREARMS DEER SEASON IS SET TO OPEN THIS UPCOMING SATURDAY, LOOKING TO ENSURE SAFE AND SUCCESSFUL DEER HUNTING SEASONS FOR ALL THOSE INVOLVED.

REPORTER MILES WALKER HAS THE LATEST IN THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE.

>> Reporter: DEER HUNTING SEASON IS ALREADY IN FULL SWING IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WITH ARCHERY SEASON IN MIDSEASON FORM, FIREARMS SEASON LOOMING, AND THE MINNESOTA D.N.R.

IS DOING ITS BEST TO STRESS PROPER PROTOCOL.

>> THE LAW REQUIRES BLAZE PINK OR BLAZE PINK TO BE WORN DURING THE SEASON.

MOST ACCIDENTS ARE HUNTER FALLS FROM TREE STANDS.

KNOW THEIR CAPABILITIES.

DON'T OVERLOAD YOURSELF, KNOW YOUR LIMITATIONS AND HAVE FUN.

>> Reporter: FROM DEER PROCESSING TO CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE SAMPLING, THERE IS PLENTY THAT HUNTERS NEED TO KEEP IN MIND, WHICH IS WHY THEY ADVISE THEM TO GO ALONGSIDE A PARTNER THAT IS WELL SEASONED.

>> WE CAN LEARN A LOT FROM OTHERS AND HOW THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL.

WE HAVE YOUTH SAFETY PROGRAMS THAT REQUIRE HUNTERS TO BE WITHIN AN ARM'S REACH OF ADULTS.

WE REQUIRE THEM TO HAVE A COMMUNICATION DEVICE LIKE A CELL PHONE.

THEY CAN HELP CLEAN, DRAG, AND RECOVER IT WITH THEM.

>> Reporter: AS MANY ENGAGE IN MALPRACTICE WHEN IT COMES TO DEER HUNTING, AS THE MOST COMMON FORM THAT CONSERVATION OFFICERS SEE, WHEN PEOPLE OPT TO HUNT OVER BAITED AREAS.

>> THEY PICK UP A BAG OF CORN AND THEY DUMP IT BY THEIR DEER STAND.

THEY'RE COMMITTING A MISDEMEANOR VIOLATION THAT COULD RESULT IN THEIR HUNTING PRIVILEGES.

IT WORKS AGAINST OUR CWD GUIDELINES BECAUSE IT PUTS DEER IN SPECIFIC AREAS AND IT COULD COMMUNICATE THAT DISEASE.

>> Reporter: NUMBERS COULD VARY DEPENDING ON THE REGION, MINNESOTA TRADITIONALLY HAS A HEALTHY DEER POPULATION WITH 1 MILLION WHITE TAILED DEER INHABITING MINNESOTA IN 2023, ALL THE MORE REASON THAT CONSERVATION OFFICERS STRESS PROPER PROTOCOL FOR HUNTERS.

>> OUR NUMBER ONE CONTROL METHOD FOR WHITE TAIL DEER POPULATIONS IS HUNTER HARVEST.

THAT WAY WE HAVE LESS ILLNESS.

IF WE DON'T TRUST THE HUNTERS TO FOLLOW THE RULES AND LAWS, IT'S DIFFICULT FOR US TO MONITOR THAT AND CONTINUE A HEALTHY POPULATION.

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

>> Dennis: THANKS MILES.

I'M TOLD WE HAVE SOME LOCAL RESULTS NOW THAT WE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT BEFORE WE SEND YOU BACK TO PBS ELECTION COVER.

BRAINERD CITY COUNCIL WITH A THIRD OF THE PRECINCTS REPORTING AND MICHAEL LEADING THAT ONE AS WE FLIP AHEAD TO BRAINERD WARD 1 AND THAT IS A REALLY CLOSE RACE WITH A THIRD REPORTING, 10 VOTE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ERICKSON AND TERRY.

BAXTER CITY COUNCIL, THERE ARE TWO ELECTED HERE.

THIS IS 100%.

SO YOUR WINNERS ARE PATRICK AND MARK.

DISTRICT 5, THIS IS THE LAST ONE WE GOT, JAMIE LEE WITH 56% IN, LEADING THAT WITH 52% OF THE VOTE.

THAT'S GOING TO DO IT FOR US.

WE'LL GET YOU BACK TO YOUR ELECTION COVERAGE NOW.

THANKS FOR WATCHING.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.