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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: HI EVERYONE, THANKS FOR WATCHING TONIGHT.

>>> A MINNESOTA D.N.R.

PILOT CRASHED A FIRE SUPPRESSION PLANE INTO A LAKE NEAR REMER TODAY BUT ESCAPED WITH ONLY MINOR INJURIES.

ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE FROM CASS COUNTY SHERIFF BRYAN WELK THE PILOT WAS COMPLETING A PROFICIENCY FLIGHT WHICH ARE COMPLETED ROUTINELY TO MEET MINIMUM FLIGHT HOURS EACH MONTH WHEN IT CRASHED INTO INGUADONA LAKE.

SEVERAL WITNESSES WERE ABLE TO RESCUE AND RETRIEVE THE PILOT FROM THE WRECKAGE.

THE PILOT WHO IS A 56-YEAR-OLD MAN FROM TEXAS WAS TREATED ON THE SCENE FOR MINOR INJURIES.

HE WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN THE PLANE.

RECOVERY EFFORTS TO RETRIEVE THE AIRCRAFT AND COMPONENTS ARE ONGOING.

>>> WE HAVE MORE DETAILS ON THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEATHS OF TWO PEOPLE WHO WERE FOUND AT A VACATION HOME NEAR BREEZY POINT.

53-YEAR-OLD BRETT SHELSTAD AND 59-YEAR-OLD JODI LYNN LYSNE, BOTH OF MINNEAPOLIS, WERE ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED.

ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE, LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONDED TO A WELFARE CHECK AT THE HOME AROUND 2:40 SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

THEY FOUND LYSNE DEAD IN THE HOME.

SHELSTAD WAS FOUND IN THE HOME AND ESCORTED OUTSIDE BUT SHORTLY AFTERWARDS HE EXPERIENCED A MEDICAL EMERGENCY AND DIED.

THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE BELIEVES THERE IS NO THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND AUTOPSY AND TOXICOLOGY REPORTS ARE PENDING.

>>> A 64-YEAR-OLD RED LAKE WOMAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO 15 MONTHS IN PRISON FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF A CHILD IN HER CARE.

SHARON ROSEBEAR WAS FOUND GUILTY IN APRIL OF FELONY CHILD NEGLECT IN THE DEATH OF 7-YEAR-OLD JEWEL FINEDAY.

JEWEL DIED ON CHRISTMAS DAY OF 2022.

ROSEBEAR WAS SENTENCED IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT ON TUESDAY.

ACCORDING TO FINEDAY'S OBITUARY ROSEBEAR WAS HER GRANDMOTHER.

EVIDENCE ESTABLISHED AT TRIAL SHOWED FINEDAY DIED IN 2022 FROM THE COMBINED EFFECTS OF STARVATION AND INFECTION.

THE INFECTION MAY HAVE COME FROM A SEVERE CASE OF LICE INFESTATION THAT WAS LEFT UNTREATED.

EVIDENCE AT TRIAL ALSO SHOWED THAT THE VICTIM WAS THE SAME WEIGHT AT THE TIME OF HER DEATH AS SHE WEIGHED NEARLY THREE YEARS EARLIER.

EARLIER THIS YEAR ROSEBEAR'S CO-DEFENDANT 42-YEAR-OLD JULIUS FINEDAY SENIOR PLEADED GUILTY TO ONE COUNT OF FELONY NEGLECT CAUSING THE DEATH OF A CHILD AND WAS SENTENCED TO GIVE YEARS IN PRISON.

ACCORDING TO THE VICTIMS OBITUARY, FINEDAY SENIOR IS THE GIRLS FATHER.

>>> THE RELATIONSHIP SAFETY ALLIANCE HOSTED THE ANNUAL CANDLELIGHT VIGIL TO HONOR THOSE AFFECTED BY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT GATHERED AT LYMAN P. WHITE PARK IN BRAINERD TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES.

REPORTER SAMMY HOLLADAY HAS MORE.

>> RICARDO.

>> THESE WERE JUST A FEW OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE HONORED AT THE CANDLELIGHT VIGIL IN BRAINERD.

THE VIGIL SHINES A LIGHT ON THE VICTIMS THAT LOST THEIR LIVES DUE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THE LAST YEAR.

THE NIGHT HOLDS IMPORTANCE BECAUSE IT RAISES AWARENESS OF A PROBLEM THAT CONTINUES TO HARM OUR COMMUNITY.

>> WE'RE GATHERING TOGETHER FOR A COMMON CAUSE.

IT'S NOT A FUNDRAISER.

WE'RE NOT ASKING PEOPLE TO DO ANYTHING.

WE'RE JUST WANTING TO HONOR THE LIVES LOST AND DISCUSS WHAT WE CAN DO SO IT DOESN'T CONTINUE HAPPENING IN OUR STATE AND OUR COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: ONE LIFE LOST DUE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS TOO MUCH, BUT THE NUMBER IN MINNESOTA IN 2023 WAS THE HIGHEST SINCE THE DATA WAS TRACKED.

>> THE HIGHEST YEAR THAT SINCE VIOLENCE-FREE MINNESOTA HAS BEEN COLLECTING THE STATUS FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

>> Reporter: SEEING THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT WAS AN ENCOURAGING POINT FOR THE ALLIANCE AS IT SHOWS PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE COMMITTED TO WORK OUT HOW WE CAN FIND SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM.

>> IT'S EXTREMELY ENCOURAGING.

I'M PROUD OF OUR COMMUNITY.

WE HAD SO MANY DIFFERENT AREAS REPRESENTED THIS EVENING FROM DIFFERENT EDUCATIONAL GROUPS, THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPRESENTATIVES, COMMUNITY SERVICES, ALL OF OUR STAFF, OTHER VICTIM SERVICE PROGRAMS WERE HERE.

FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF THE VICTIMS THAT WERE HONORED TODAY, SO IT TAKES ALL OF US TOGETHER TO COMBAT THIS ISSUE.

>> Reporter: THE MOST VULNERABLE TIME FOR SOMEONE IN AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP IS WHEN THEY THINK OF LEAVING.

THE R.S.A.

OPERATES THE SHELTER, WHICH SERVES AS A SAFE SPACE FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN AND AROUND CROW WING COUNTY.

>> IF THEY DON'T HAVE SOME PLACE TO GO, THEN WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN?

THEY'RE GOING TO STAY.

SO WE'RE HERE, WE'RE AVAILABLE 24/7.

WE WILL ALWAYS HELP NO MATTER WHAT.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BRAINERD, SAMMY HOLLADAY, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> HELP IS AVAILABLE FOR THOSE DEALING WITH ISSUES STEMMING FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

THE NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE OFFERS FREE, CONFIDENTIAL SUPPORT 24/7.

THAT NUMBER IS LISTED ON THE SCREEN.

>>> HURRICANE MILTON'S OUTER BANDS HAVE ARRIVED TO FLORIDA'S GULF COAST.

OFFICIALS SAY THE 11TH HOUR TO EVACUATE HAS NOW PASSED AND THEIR ADVICE TO ANYONE RIDING OUT THIS STORM, STAY ALIVE AND GOOD LUCK.

LEE WALDMAN IS IN TAMPA, WHERE LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED IN THE HOURS AHEAD.

>> THIS IS IT FOCUSES.

>> Reporter: HURRICANE MILTON'S OUTER BANDS ARE LASHING THE FLORIDA GULF COAST AND IT GETS WORSE FROM HERE.

>> IT WILL KEEP PICKING UP, HOUR AFTER HOUR.

YOU WILL BE ON YOUR OWN.

>> Reporter: OTHER STATE OFFICIALS ECHOING THE SAME OMINOUS TONE.

>> WHEN YOU FIGURE IT OUT, HEY I SHOULDN'T BE HERE, HELP IS NOT COMING.

>> IT'S GOING TO TAKE US HOURS, IF NOT DAYS TO COME TO YOU.

>> Reporter: FINAL CALLS FOR PREPARATIONS AND EVACUATIONS HAVE NOW SWITCHED TO SHELTER-IN-PLACE AND TRY TO STAY ALIVE.

>> MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A LIFE PRESERVER HANDY.

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE PLENTY OF SUPPLIES WITH YOU BECAUSE YOU MAY BE STUCK IN YOUR HOME.

>> Reporter: MILTON'S WINDS ARE WHIPPING UP TORNADOS.

FLORIDA HAS EXPERIENCED THE MOST TORNADO WARNINGS IN A DAY ON RECORD.

ONE FAMILY IN FORT MYERS WAS INSIDE THEIR HOUSE WHEN A TORNADO RIPPED THROUGH THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> WE ALL STARTED GOING TO THE HALLWAY.

WE DIDN'T MAKE IT THERE IN TIME.

I HEARD A PIECE OF GLASS BREAK AND THE ROOF FELL OFF.

I GRABBED MY KID AND MY WIFE AND HUNKERED DOWN.

>> Reporter: DESPITE THE CATASTROPHIC FORECAST, SOME STORM VETERANS ARE STAYING PUT ON BARRIER ISLAND.

>> WE CERTAINLY FEAR THE STORMS AND THE HURRICANES.

WE JUST CHOOSE TO RIDE IT OUT.

>> Reporter: AS THE EVENING HOURS APPROACH, THE WAIT BEGINS FOR WHAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE.

>> GOD SPEED TO ALL OF US IN THE PATH OF THE STORM.

>>> AND THE LATEST NOW, HURRICANE MILTON HAS OFFICIALLY MADE LANDFALL NEAR SIESTA KEY FLORIDA AS A CATEGORY THREE STORM.

WHEN IT CAME ASHORE IT HAD MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 120 MILES PER HOUR.

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

>> Stacy: WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME VERY HOT TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA TOMORROW, WITH MANY OF US SEEING THE HIGHS TOPPING 80.

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

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, SANFORD HEALTH IN BEMIDJI PREPARES >> THIS PORTION OF LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED BY C.T.C.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> CAMP RABIDEAU, THE NATION'S MOST INTACT C.C.C.

CAMP HAS FINISHED THEIR SUMMER TOURS.

DURING THE WARM MONTHS OF THE YEAR PEOPLE CAN VISIT.

THE MANY BUILDINGS THAT SIT ON THE PROPERTY IN THE CHIPPEWA NATIONAL FOREST NEAR BLACKDUCK.

>> ORIGINALLY IT WAS BUILT FOR THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORE.

SO 18 TO 24-YEAR-OLDS WOULD COME HERE.

THEY WOULD EARN $25 EVERY TWO WEEKS.

THAT MONEY WOULD GO HOME AND THEY WOULD KEEP $5 FOR THEMSELVES.

BASICALLY, IT GOT THE YOUNG MEN AT THE TIME WORKING DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION.

>> THE WORK RELIEF CAMP HOUSED SINGLE, UNEMPLOYED MEN BACK IN THE 1930S.

THEY WORKED ON NATIONAL FORESTS AND BUILT ROADS, PARKS, FIRE TOWERS, AND MORE.

ALTHOUGH THIS ALL HAPPENED OVER 80 YEARS AGO, CAMP RABIDEAU BELIEVES IN KEEPING HISTORY ALIVE THROUGH THE TOURS.

>> JUST MAKING THAT CONNECTION TO THE PAST.

IF WE FORGET IT, THEN IT'S GOING TO LOSE ITS VALUE.

IT'S IMPORTANT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF IT.

EVERY YEAR, EVERY SUMMER, I HAVE MET FOLKS THAT HAVE A CONNECTION TO THIS PLACE THROUGH FAMILY MEMBERS WHO WERE HERE OR THEY WERE HERE THEMSELVES.

>> THE CAMP HAS DONE ITS LAST TOUR OF THE SUMMER BUT WILL OPEN AGAIN NEXT YEAR, WHERE THERE ARE MESS HALLS, EDUCATION BUILDINGS, AN OLD HOSPITAL, AND MORE.

THE MAJORITY OF THE BUILDINGS HAVE REMAINED UNRENOVATED AND STILL HAVE THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURES.

>>> THE BEMIDJI BLUE OX MARATHON IN AN ANNUAL WEEKEND EVENT, FEATURING A NUMBER OF RACES AROUND THE BEAUTIFUL SIGHTS OF LAKE BEMIDJI.

FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS, SANFORD HEALTH IN BEMIDJI HAS SPONSORED A RUNNER INVOLVED IN THE RACE TO BE A PART OF THEIR RUN PROJECT, WHICH HELPS TRAINS AND PREPARES THEIR SPONSOR FOR THE BLUE OX MARATHON.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN SAT DOWN WITH SANFORD'S SPONSOR FOR THE RUN PROJECT, ALLIE RUDE, TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW THIS PROGRAM PREPARED HER FOR THE RACE.

>> Reporter: ALLIE RUDE, A REGISTERED NURSE IN SANFORD HEALTH IN BEMIDJI LOVES TO RUN IN HER FREE TIME.

>> IT'S A GREAT FOR ME TO HAVE ME TIME.

I HAVE TWO KIDS AND IT WAS A DEMANDING TIME.

IT WAS FUN TO FOCUS ON ME AND TO GET BACK INTO WHAT I WAS USE TO.

>> Reporter: SHE WAS INTERESTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BLUE OX MARATHON, SANFORD KNEW WHO THEY WERE GOING TO SPONSOR.

>> WE WORKED TOGETHER AS A TEAM TO MAKE THAT RUNNER A PROGRAM TO GET READY FOR THE RACE.

SO THEY GET A 12-WEEK TRAINING PROGRAM, A RUNNING ANALYSIS, AND THEN ALSO A RUNNING PROGRAM.

>> Reporter: THE FIRST STEP OF THE PROGRAM IS THE RUNNING ANALYSIS, WHICH TELLS THE TRAINERS WHERE HER RUNNING FORM IS AT AND WHERE SHE CAN IMPROVE.

>> THEY MEASURE THE KNEE, HIP, FOOT, PELVIC BONES, THE ANGLES, THE DIFFERENT VARIATIONS, AND HOW YOUR BODY ALIGNS, LIKE AT THOSE MAJOR JOINTS.

FROM THERE, I CAN SEE WHERE HER WEAKNESSES ARE AND WE CAN WORK ON THOSE.

>> Reporter: THEY ALSO HAVE HER WEIGHT TRAINING, WHICH SHE WAS NOT TOO FAMILIAR WITH BEFOREHAND BUT STARTED TO ENJOY.

>> WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF RANDOM LISTS, THINGS I HAVEN'T DONE SINCE HIGH SCHOOL.

IT'S GREAT TO GET BACK INTO THAT.

I LIKE TO DO FREE WEIGHTS, SO WE USE THE BARBELL A LITTLE BIT, A LOT OF DUMBBELLS.

WHEN YOU ARE RUNNING, YOU DON'T GET THE ASSISTANCE OF A MACHINE.

I LIKE FREE STANDING WEIGHTS.

>> Reporter: ALLIE FEELS AS READY AS SHE HAS EVER BEEN.

>> SHE HAS SHOWED ME THINGS TO IMPROVE ON AND HOW TO LEAN FORWARD MORE, NOT TO CROSS MY FEET MORE, JUST LITTLE THINGS I WOULDN'T HAVE FOCUSED ON WHEN I WAS RUNNING.

I THINK THIS WILL BE MY BEST RACE.

I'M EXCITED.

>> Reporter: IT'S NOT JUST CROSSING THAT FINISH LINE, BUT HOW INVOLVED HER KIDS WANT TO BE WITH IT.

>> MY KIDS ARE AMAZING.

I THEY ALWAYS GIVE US WATER OR RUNS THE LOOP AND MY HUSBAND DRIVES THEM.

THEY ARE PART OF THE RACE AND THEY ARE PART OF MY TRAINING RUN.

THEY ARE LIKE MOM, I HAVEN'T WORKED OUT, I NEED TO DO MY WORK OUT.

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

>> PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR THE BEMIDJI BLUE OX MARATHON, AND THAT CLOSES ON OCTOBER 10TH AT MIDNIGHT.

IF YOU STILL WISH TO REGISTER, YOU CAN VISIT THE WEBSITE ON THE SCREEN, WHICH WE WILL INCLUDE A LINK TO IN THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

>>> STACY IS HERE NOW AND IT'S LOOKING LIKE A WARM DAY TOMORROW, BUT IT WON'T BE THAT WARM FOR THIS WEEKEND FOR THE MARATHON.

>> Stacy: NO, IT'S GOING TO COOL OFF PRETTY QUICKLY.

WE ARE LOOKING AT HOT TEMPERATURES TOMORROW, 70s, A LOT OF US SEEING 80 DEGREE HIGH TEMPERATURES, COOLING OFF A LITTLE BIT, STILL ABOVE AVERAGE ON FRIDAY BUT SATURDAY WE WILL >> 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.

>> 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, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS, LAND SURVEYORS SERVING MINNESOTA COMMUNITIES SINCE 1975.

>> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

>> Stacy: WELL, WE ENJOYED SUNSHINE AND ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES IN THE AREA TODAY, BUT TOMORROW IS LOOKING TO BE EVEN WARMER.

HIGHS IN THE 70s AND 80s ACROSS OUR VIEWING AREA AND AS WE HEAD INTO FRIDAY, IT WILL BE COOLER, BUT STILL ABOVE AVERAGE.

MORE SEASONAL TEMPERATURES ARE ON THE WAY FOR THE WEEKEND AND THAT IS OUR NEXT CHANCE OF SEEING ANY RAINFALL.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 54 DEGREES.

AT THE STUDIO, WE HAVE A SOUTHEAST WIND AT 6 MILES PER HOUR, THE DEW POINT IS 40.

HUMIDITY IS AT 61%.

IN BRAINERD, WE HAVE CLEAR SKIES, 56 DEGREES, A DEW POINT OF 39, A STEADY BAROMETRIC PRESSURE, AND WINDS ARE SOUTHEAST AT 6 MILES PER HOUR.

ALL IS QUIET ON THE RADAR AND IT IS GOING TO BE QUIET TONIGHT.

WE ARE EXPECTING MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES, A LITTLE BIT WARMER THAN WE HAVE BEEN SEEING THE LAST COUPLE OF NIGHTS, LOW TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE IN THE 40s OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

WE ARE SETTING UP FOR SOME VERY HOT TEMPERATURES IN THE AREA TOMORROW, THIS WARM FRONT MOVES THROUGH, HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 70s AND 80s.

MANY OF US WILL TOP 80 DEGREES.

BUT IT IS AGAIN A SHORT LIVED WARM UP, AT LEAST TO THAT LEVEL, HIGHS IN THE 60s AS WE HEAD INTO FRIDAY, AND THEN MANY OF US AGAIN IN THE 50s, MAYBE EVEN SOME 40s THIS WEEKEND.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, ARLENE UP EARLY THIS MORNING TO CATCH THE NORTHERN LIGHTS.

A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE IN WALKER.

CHRIS SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE BLUE SKIES FROM COHASSET TODAY.

LAURIE SPOTTING A COUPLE OF DEER IN HER YARD ON THE SHORES OF LITTLE TURTLE LAKE.

JOAN SPOTTING AN EAGLE SOARING IN THE BLUE SKIES IN LAPORTE.

ANGELA SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE NICE SKIES AT CASS LAKE.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORT, ARLENE REPORTING 45 DEGREES AT 1:00 THIS MORNING IN MENAHGA.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, SUNSHINE WITH A HIGH OF 69.

THE LOW WAS 34.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, REPORTING MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES, HIGH OF 71.

ARLENE WITH A HIGH OF 71 IN LONGVILLE.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE MOSTLY CLEAR, TOPPING OUT AT 68.

LOOKING AT OUR ALMANAC, THE HIGH IN BRAINERD WAS 72.

WE'RE ABOVE OUR AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE, MORE THAN 10 DEGREES ABOVE THAT AVERAGE HIGH.

WE HAD SUNSET AT 6:40.

OUR AVERAGE IS THE MID-50s.

37 WAS OUR LOW, THIS IS THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE FOR THIS STATE AND SUNSET AT 6:42.

HERE'S OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW.

WE WILL BE ENJOYING A LOT OF SUNSHINE AND SOME HOT TEMPERATURES, HIGHS WILL BE IN THE 70s ACROSS FAR NORTHERN INTO NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA, BUT AGAIN LOOKING AT BEMIDJI, PARK RAPIDS, HIGHS TOPPING 80 DEGREES.

UPPER 70s TO LOW AND MID-80s IN WADENA.

A LOT OF SUNSHINE TOMORROW, STILL ABOVE AVERAGE BEFORE WE HEAD INTO FRIDAY BEFORE A BIGGER COOL DOWN ARRIVES.

HERE'S OUR FORECAST, MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES, LOWS IN THE MID-40s, AND LOOKING AT TOMORROW, PLENTY OF SUNSHINE, MOSTLY SUNNY, HIGHS NEAR 81, AND SOUTH WINDS AT 5 TO 15.

LOOKING AT THE REST OF THE WEEKEND FORECAST, VARIABLE CLOUDS ON FRIDAY, SHOULD SEE QUITE A BIT OF SUNSHINE AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON, HIGHS NEAR 61.

THEN WE COOL OFF AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

THERE ARE CHANCES OF RAINFALL SATURDAY AND IN EASTERN MINNESOTA ON SUNDAY.

HIGHS NEAR 52 AND 50 ON MONDAY.

SOME OF US COULD TOP OUT IN THE 40s, BUT WE WILL SEE MORE SUNSHINE ON MONDAY AS WELL.

BACK TO YOU DENNIS.

>> Dennis: CHARLIE IS HERE WITH OUR SPORTS.

WHAT DO YOU HAVE?

>> Charlie: I HAVE A LOT OF SOCCER.

WE HAVE SECTION SOCCER STARTING TONIGHT, 8-3A, 8-2A AS WELL.

SO WE HAVE ALL THE HIGHLIGHTS AND MORE COMING UP AFTER T >> SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED IN PART BY PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS; NORTHERN MINNESOTA'S CERTIFIED APPLE SERVICE CENTER, OFFERING REPAIR SERVICES ON APPLE PRODUCTS AND P.C.S.

PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS IN BEMIDJI AND GRAND RAPIDS, IT'S RIGHT HERE.

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

MORE INFO AT LUEKENS.COM.

>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

>>> WHEN IT COMES TO POST-SEASON PLAY YOU CAN TOSS THE REGULAR SEASON RECORDS OUT THE WINDOW, HOW MANY GOALS DID YOU SCORE?

WHO CARES?

HEAD-TO-HEAD MATCH-UPS?

THAT DON'T MEAN MUCH NOW.

ALL THAT MATTERS IS, YOU WIN OR YOU GO HOME AND TONIGHT HALF THE GIRLS SOCCER TEAMS PLAYING IN THEIR RESPECTIVE SECTION TOURNAMENTS SAW THEIR SEASON COME TO AN END AND WE'VE GOT THE HIGHLIGHTS.

WE START OFF WITH THE 3-SEED BEMIDJI HOSTING 6-SEED SARTELL.

THE LUMBERJACKS BEAT THE SABRES 4-1 IN THEIR SECOND GAME OF THE YEAR.

LUMBER JETS TRYING TO GET AHEAD.

HUGE COLLISION IN THE BOX AND SOMEHOW IT COMES BACK TO MIGHT YEA THOMPSON.

SHE BURIES IT.

SECOND HALF, IT'S STILL 1-0.

IZZY TRIES TO PUT THE JACKS UP BUT THEY'RE ABLE TO GET GLOVES ON IT.

WANING MINUTES, SABERS WITH A CORNER KICK, AND THIS BALL GOES EVERYWHERE.

THE JACKS ARE TRYING TO CLEAR IT AND THEY CAN'T.

IT ENDS UP ON KENNEDY'S HEAD AND SHE GETS A GOOD LOOK BUT CLARA DENIES HER AND THE BEMIDJI FAITHFUL IS ABLE TO BREATHE A HUGE SIGH OF RELIEF.

THEY BEAT SARTELL 1-0.

THE LUMBERJACKS MOVE TO THE SEMIFINALS WHERE THEY WILL BE ON THE ROAD.

>>> NOW BRAINERD HOSTING A FAMILIAR OPPONENT IN THE ELKS.

NOW THAT COULDN'T BE THE CASE TONIGHT.

SOMEONE HAS TO MOVE ON.

WARRIORS ARE TRYING TO BREAK THE ICE BUT MACY OFF AND THEY REMAIN TIED.

NOW PATRICK WAS AN IRON WALL, THIS WILL STAY 0-0 AND END UP IN PENALTY KICKS.

NOW IT'S 2-0.

ELK RIVER WITH THEIR CHANCE AND ELKS STAY WITHIN 1.

AFTER KYLIE MAKES IT 2-1 FOR BRAINERD, PATRICK AGAIN WHEN SHE IS NEEDED THE MOST, BRAINERD IS UP 3-1.

NOW LILY CALLS THE GAME, LADIES STORM THE FIELD BECAUSE THEY'RE MOVING ON.

BRAINERD ADVANCES IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE SECTION TOURNAMENT.

WOW, WHAT AN ENDING TO THAT.

THEY FINISH ELK RIVER'S SEASON.

THEY MOVE FOR FACE OFF WITH BUFFALO ON SATURDAY.

>>> IN THE SECTION 7-2A QUARTERFINALS, ANOTHER TWO FAMILIAR OPPONENTS, 3-SEED LITTLE FALLS AT HOME AGAINST 6-SEED FERGUS FALLS.

FLYERS ALSO PLAYED THE OTTERS IN THE FINAL GAME OF THE REGULAR SEASON WINNING 6-1.

FIRST HALF, REESE GOES DOWN FOR THE SNIPE.

NOW THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION.

IT WAS A GOAL.

LATER IN THE HALF, THEY ARE TRYING TO SEARCH FOR MORE CUSHION, BUT THE GAME REMAINS 1-0- LITTLE FALLS BEATS FERGUS FALLS.

THEY ADVANCE TO THE SEMIS.

>>> BEMIDJI STATE WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY WAS AT THE BOB WAXLAX INVITE TODAY IN SAINT CLOUD AND JUNIOR MAGGIE MCCARTHY FINISHED FIRST OVERALL IN THE 4,000 METER RACE WHILE SETTING A NEW PERSONAL RECORD IN THE PROCESS, BEATING HER OLD RECORD SET IN 2022 BY OVER ONE MINUTE.

THE BEAVERS HAD TWO OTHER TOP TEN FINISHERS IN THE 4K, CAROL MILLER FINISHED IN 8TH, WITH NADIA VAUGH FINISHING JUST BEHIND HER IN 9TH.

>>> WELL, BEMIDJI STATE'S WOMEN'S HOCKEY RETURNS HOME WITH A TWO GAME SERIES AGAINST ST.

CLOUD STATE.

THE BEAVERS ARE COMING OFF A ROAD TRIP TO ROBERT MORRIS THAT LEAVES THEM SEARCHING FOR THEIR FIRST ONE OF THE SEASON.

EVEN IN DEFEAT, THEY WERE ABLE TO FIND SOME POSITIVES THEY COULD BUILD ON MOVING FORWARD UNDER FIRST YEAR HEAD COACH.

>> 46 SHOTS ON NET ON FRIDAY.

THAT WAS AN AREA OF FOCUS FOR US.

UNFORTUNATELY WE DIDN'T SCORE ON ANY OF THOSE CHANCES SO SADLY THAT WAS AN AREA OF FOCUS AGAINST.

SATURDAY WE SCORED SOME GOALS, I THOUGHT WE HAD A GOOD COMEBACK AND THAT COMEBACK WAS NEAT TO SEE IN OUR PLAYERS.

WE SCORED A POWER PLAY GOAL.

THAT'S SOMETHING WE THOUGHT WAS A WIN AS WELL.

>> THAT WAS THE MOST SHOTS WE HAD IN A GAME SINCE 2022.

WE NEED THOSE SHOTS TO CREATE MORE OFFENSE.

WE NEED TO EXECUTE THOSE GOALS.

THAT WAS A BIG FOCUS POINT, EXECUTING, BEING MORE DISCIPLINED WITH OUR SHOT SELECTION.

>> Charlie: THEY WILL PLAY AT 2:00 SATURDAY BEFORE THE MEN'S GAME.

THEY WILL PLAY AFTERWARDS.

>> Dennis: THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> ACCORDING TO THE C.D.C., NEARLY 120 MILLION ADULTS HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE IN THE U.S.

IT CAN PUT YOU AT RISK FOR HEART DISEASE, STROKE AND OTHER SIGNIFICANT HEALTH ISSUES.

AND A PERSON WITH HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE OFTEN HAS NO SYMPTOMS THAT'S WHY GETTING IT MEASURED IS IMPORTANT, BUT A NEW STUDY SUGGESTS MANY MAY NOT BE GETTING INACCURATE READINGS.

IN TODAY'S HEALTH MINUTE, MANDY GAITHER EXPLAINS HOW TO PROPERLY BE POSITIONED WHEN MEASURING BLOOD PRESSURE.

>> Reporter: AS A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT, IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS YOU HAVE DONE, KNOWING YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE IS A CRITICAL PART OF HEALTH THAT RESEARCHERS SAY SOME READINGS MAY NOT BE RIGHT.

>> IN ORDER TO DIAGNOSE HYPERTENSION, THE FIRST STEP IS GETTING AN ACCURATE BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT.

WHETHER IN THE CLINIC OR HOME COULD LEAD TO MISDIAGNOSIS OR OVER OR UNDER TREATMENT.

>> Reporter: DR. TAMMY BRADY WITH THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IS SENIOR AUTHOR OF THE STUDY THAT FOUND HAVING YOUR ARM IN THE WRONG POSITION DURING A BLOOD PRESSURE CHECK CAN RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER READING.

>> IT'S NOT JUST PUTTING ON A CUFF AND PUSHING A BUTTON.

>> Reporter: TO GET THE MOST ACCURATE READING, YOUR ARM SHOULD NOT BE ON YOUR LAP.

IT SHOULD NOT BE DANGLING UNSUPPORTED AT YOUR SIDE.

IT SHOULD BE RESTING LIKE THIS AT CHEST HEIGHT BEFORE THE BLOOD PRESSURE IS CHECKED, SHE SAYS TO EMPTY YOUR BLADDER, AVOID EXERCISE, TOBACCO, NICOTINE, AND ALCOHOL FOR 30 MINUTES BEFOREHAND.

SIT WITH YOUR BACK SUPPORTED, FEET ON THE FLOOR, AND BE FREE OF DISTRACTIONS SO THAT YOU CAN RELAX.

>> THEN IDEALLY YOU WOULD TAKE THREE MEASURES AND TAKE THE AVERAGE.

EVERYONE'S BLOOD PRESSURE VARIES MINUTE TO MINUTE AND BEAT TO BEAT.

IN ORDER TO GET CLOSER TO THE TRUTH, YOU WANT AN AVERAGE.

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

>> DR. BRADY SAYS OTHER STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT PROPER POSITIONING STEPS AREN'T ADHERED TO AT MANY DOCTOR'S OFFICES SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PATIENTS TO ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES.

SHE SAYS SHE HOPES HER STUDY RAISES AWARENESS FOR THE NEED FOR TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION, AND RECERTIFICATION OF BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT PRACTICES.

>>> ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE TIME FOR ANOTHER LOOK AT OUR WEATHER.

WE GO BACK TO STACY WITH NEWS OF A WARM DAY TOMORROW.

>> Stacy: WE WILL BE SEEING HOT TEMPERATURES TOMORROW.

TONIGHT, MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES, LOWS DROPPING TO THE LOW 40s.

MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES TOMORROW, HIGH TEMPERATURE NEAR 81 ACROSS THE AREA, AND WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTH AT 5 TO 15.

IT'S STILL ABOVE AVERAGE, BUT A LITTLE BIT COOLER ON FRIDAY, WE COULD SEE SOME RAIN AND COOLER TEMPERATURES AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

>> Charlie: SECTION BOYS GET UNDERWAY TOMORROW.

WE WILL HAVE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT AND WE WILL HEAR FROM BEMIDJI AND BRAINERD BOYS FOOTBALL AHEAD OF THEIR BIG GAME.

>> Dennis: HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

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