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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.

[♪♪♪] >>> HEY EVERYONE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING TONIGHT, MY NAME IS MATTHEW FREEMAN, FILLING IN FOR DENNIS WEIMANN WITH YOUR LAKELAND NEWS.

>>> EVEN THOUGH THE 2026 ELECTION IS OVER A YEAR AWAY, TWO D.F.L.

CANDIDATES HAVE PUT THEIR NAMES ON THE BALLOT AND WILL CHALLENGE U.S. REPRESENTATIVE PETE STAUBER FOR THE 8TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT SEAT.

ONE OF THE CANDIDATES, 25-YEAR-OLD, EMANUEL ANASTOS FROM TOWER, HAS LIVED ON THE VERMILION RESERVATION SINCE OCTOBER OF 2022, AND CURRENTLY WORKS FOR THE BOIS FORTE BAND OF CHIPPEWA AS AN INDIAN CHILD WELFARE CASE MANAGER.

IN A FACEBOOK POST ANNOUNCING HIS CANDIDACY.

HE SAYS HE BELIEVES IN FREE PUBLIC COLLEGE EDUCATION, GIVING TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS MORE POWER OFF OF THE RESERVATION, AND RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE TO $17 FOR LARGE CORPORATIONS.

THE OTHER CANDIDATE, 32-YEAR-OLD CYLE CRAMER OF CHISAGO CITY, SERVED IN THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD, AND CURRENTLY WORKS AS AN ATTORNEY FOR NICHOLS KASTER PLLP IN MINNEAPOLIS.

IN A NEWS RELEASE ANNOUNCING HIS CANDIDACY, CRAMER SAYS HE VIEWS REPRESENTATION AS A PUBLIC SERVICE, NOT AN ALLEGIANCE TO ONE PERSON OR ONE PARTY.

CRAMER VOWED TO PRESS FOR MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATION, PROMOTE STRONG MINING AND MANUFACTURING JOBS, AND GET HIGH-SPEED INTERNET TO EVERY CORNER OF THE DISTRICT.

BOTH CRAMER AND ANASTOS WILL CHALLENGE REPUBLICAN PETE STAUBER, WHO HAS HELD THE SEAT SINCE 2019.

STAUBER HAS NOT YET COMMENTED ON EITHER CANDIDATE JOINING THE RACE.

>>> A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF METHAMPHETAMINE AND FIREARMS WERE SEIZED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT IN RURAL LONGVILLE.

ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE FROM THE CASS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ON MONDAY, JUNE 16TH, WHILE PURSUING AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION INTO THE TRAFFICKING, SALES, AND USE OF METHAMPHETAMINE IN THE CASS COUNTY AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

"A SIGNIFICANT QUANTITY OF SUSPECTED METHAMPHETAMINE WAS LOCATED AND SEIZED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT".

A SEARCH WARRANT WAS THEN SERVED AT A RESIDENCE IN KEGO TOWNSHIP IN RURAL LONGVILLE, WHERE NUMEROUS FIREARMS WERE LOCATED AND SEIZED.

THIS IS STILL AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION WITH NO ADDITIONAL DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE FOR RELEASE AT THIS TIME.

CASS COUNTY SHERIFF, BRYAN WELK, ENCOURAGES ANYONE TO REPORT SUSPECTED DRUG OR CRIME-RELATED INFORMATION TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

YOU CAN REQUEST TO SPEAK TO THE INVESTIGATION STAFF AND YOU CAN REMAIN ANONYMOUS.

>>> FIRST NATIONAL BANK BEMIDJI HAS PARTNERED WITH FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF DES MOINES TO AWARD A $20,000 GRANT TO THE UNITED WAY OF THE BEMIDJI AREA FOR THEIR BELTRAMI COUNTY HOUSING TRUST FUND.

THE FUNDS ARE INTENDED TO GO TOWARD SUPPORTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN MINNESOTA.

FIRST NATIONAL BANK HAS HAD A LONGSTANDING PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNITED WAY, AND HAVE SAID THAT THE COMMUNITY IMPACT THAT THE LOCAL NONPROFIT HAS ALIGNS WITH THE BANK'S MISSION.

>> WE'RE AN EMPLOYEE-OWNED BANK, SO IT IS VERY PERSONAL FOR US, AND IT IMPACTS ALL OF US.

SO WHEN WE GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH HOUSING, LIKE THIS PARTICULAR GRANT OR SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESS OR EDUCATION, FINANCIAL LITERACY, IT ALL IMPACTS ALL OF US, NOT JUST THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GETTING AWARDED THE FUNDS, BUT THE PEOPLE -- IT'S ALL CONNECTED.

>> BETWEEN THE BANK, ITS FOUNDATION, AND ITS STAFF, FIRST NATIONAL BANK BEMIDJI GIVES OVER $200,000 A YEAR TO THE COMMUNITY BETWEEN DONATIONS AND SPONSORSHIPS.

THE PARTNERSHIP WITH FHLB DES MOINES IS BRINING THE $20,000 TO THE BEMIDJI UNITED WAY THANKS TO THE MEMBER IMPACT FUND.

>> SO WHAT THEY DID, THEY CREATED THIS FUND AND IT'S A MATCHING GRANT.

SO FOR EVERY $1, THEY GIVE $3.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO REALLY INCREASE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR DONATION BY PARTNERING WITH THEM TO MAKE IT A $20,000 DONATION.

>> FIRST NATIONAL BANK BEMIDJI AND THE UNITED WAY HAVE DONE PARTNERSHIPS IN THE PAST FOR DIFFERENT COMMUNITY EFFORTS BUT THIS ONE IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND.

>>> SENATE LEADERS ARE CALLING FOR MORE PROTECTION FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS AFTER SENATORS WERE TOLD THAT THREATS TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE ON THE RISE.

SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADER, CHUCK SCHUMER, HELD AN EMERGENCY BRIEFING WITH SENATORS IN THE WAKE OF THE KILLING OF REPRESENTATIVE MELISSA HORTMAN AND HER HUSBAND MARK, IN THEIR HOME OVER THE WEEKEND.

THE SUSPECT IN THAT ATTACK HAD DOZENS OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS LISTED IN HIS WRITINGS, IN ADDITION TO THE STATE LAWMAKERS AND OTHERS HE'S ACCUSED OF TARGETING.

AFTER THE MEETING, SCHUMER COMMENTED ON A PROGRAM THAT PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S ADMINISTRATION CUT THAT COULD'VE PREVENTED THIS ATTACK FROM HAPPENING.

>> IN FOUR MONTHS SINCE TRUMP TOOK OFFICE, HIS ADMINISTRATION HAS SHRUNK THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY CENTER FOR PREVENTION PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS, IT'S KNOWN AS CP3.

FROM DOZENS OF ANALYSTS AND SUPERVISORS, NOW THEY HAVE FEWER THAN 10 PEOPLE, LED BY A 22-YEAR-OLD RECENT GRADUATE WITH NO LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE.

HERE WE HAVE MORE VIOLENT ATTACKS AND AT THE SAME TIME THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS CUTTING THE VERY UNIT LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT IS SUPPOSED TO GO AFTER THESE LONE WOLF VIOLENT ATTACKS AND PREVENT THEM.

>> THE BODIES WERE BROUGHT TODAY.

>>> PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP CUT HIS VISIT SHORT TO AN INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT TO RETURN TO WASHINGTON FOR URGENT TALKS WITH HIS NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM.

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SAYS U.S.

FORCES ARE IN A DEFENSIVE POSTURE IN THE MIDEAST FOR NOW.

BUT, THE CONFLICT BETWEEN IRAN AND ISRAEL IS ESCALATING AS AMY KILEY REPORTS.

>> I HAVE TO BE BACK, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

>> Reporter: PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAID HE LEFT THE G7 SUMMIT EARLY TO CONFER WITH NATIONAL SECURITY STAFF ABOUT IRAN.

[SIRENS].

>> Reporter: AND ITS GROWING CONFLICT WITH ISRAEL.

IT'S A REGION THAT CONTAINS A CRUCIAL OIL ROUTE AND U.S. MILITARY BASES.

THE SITUATION ROOM MEETING FOLLOWS TRUMP'S CALL FOR AN EVACUATION OF TEHRAN.

REPORTS INDICATE THAT ISRAELI ATTACKS THERE, THEY SENT U.S. MILITARY CAPABILITY TO THE MIDEAST.

>> I DON'T WANT TO SEE NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN IRAN AND WE'RE ON THE WAY TO MAKING SURE THAT HAPPEN.

>> Reporter: THE IRANIAN ENRICHMENT PROGRAM IS 50 TIMES THE LEVEL IT WAS WHEN TRUMP WITHDREW FROM AN AGREEMENT WITH THAT COUNTRY IN 2018.

>> IRAN HAS MISSILES THAT CAN REACH EASTERN EUROPE.

WAIT A FEW MORE YEARS, THEY CAN REACH THE HEART OF EUROPE.

>> Reporter: TRUMP SAYS HE WANTS A CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT THAT INCLUDES A NUCLEAR DEAL.

SOURCES SAY HE IS DIRECTING HIS TEAM TO DISCUSS THAT WITH IRANIAN OFFICIALS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

THE WHITE HOUSE SAID THE U.S. WOULD DEFEND THEIR REGIONAL INTEREST IF NECESSARY.

ANALYSTS SAY ISRAEL DOESN'T HAVE A WEAPON CAPABLE OF TAKING OUT IRAN'S NUCLEAR SITE.

SOME SAY THE U.S.

DOES.

>> MAYBE TRUMP IS ORCHESTRATING THIS TO MAKE THE IRANIANS AN OFFER THEY HOPE THEY WON'T REFUSE, I SUSPECT THEY WILL REFUSE IT.

>> Reporter: I'M AMY KILEY REPORTING.

>> ISRAEL SAYS IT KILLED IRAN'S WAR TIME CHIEF OF STAFF ALI SHADMANI IN OVERNIGHT STRIKES.

IRAN HAS NOT YET COMMENTED ON THAT CLAIM.

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

>> Stacy: WE'LL SEE PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES THROUGHOUT THE AREA TOMORROW, BUT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD RETURN TO NORTH WEST MINNESOTA IN THE AFTERNOON.

I'LL HAVE THE DETAILS IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK IN THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, THE 27th ANNUAL FAIR WENT UNDERWAY THIS PAST WEEKEND.

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

[♪♪♪] >>> THE PEQUOT LAKES SUMMER READING PROGRAM IS ENTERING ITS 17TH YEAR.

THIS YEAR'S THEME IS FULL STEAM AHEAD, FOCUSING ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ART, AND MATH.

REPORTER DANIEL PURSELL HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: CHILDREN FROM ACROSS PEQUOT LAKES FILLED THE GYM IN BREEZY POINT ON TUESDAY MORNING FOR THE SECOND MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY LIBRARY SUMMER READING PROGRAM.

>> THIS WILL BE OUR 17th SUMMER.

THE LIBRARY HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE A LITTLE OVER 20 YEARS.

IT'S JUST A WAY TO KEEP KIDS READING AND PARTICIPATING IN EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND EACH YEAR WE HAVE A DIFFERENT THEME AND WE DO FUN THINGS FOR THE KIDS.

>> Reporter: THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 2008, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT NICKI HAS BEEN IN CHARGE AND SHE IS UTILIZING HER BACKGROUND IN SCIENCE TO ENHANCE THIS YEAR'S EXPERIENCE.

>> MY BACKGROUND IS AS A SCIENTIST.

SO, THIS IS MY FIRST YEAR RUNNING THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM AND SO THIS YEAR CONSIDERING MY BACKGROUND AND MY FIRST YEAR IN IT, I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING THAT WAS WITHIN MY WHEELHOUSE.

>> Reporter: TODAY THE KIDS LEARNED ABOUT 3D PRINTING AND RED ROSY REVERE ENGINEER, A STORY THAT ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO BE INVENTIVE.

>> WE WANTED TO GET THE KIDS INTERESTED IN INVENTING THINGS.

WITH THE 3D PRINTING AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM, I WANTED KIDS TO GET CREATIVE OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THEY WOULD LIKE TO INVENT.

ONCE YOU CAN DREAM IT, YOU CAN DESIGN IT, STAY ON A COMPUTER, AND THEN YOU CAN PRINT IT.

SO I WANTED THEM TO HAVE THAT FIRST STEP OF REALLY DREAMING ABOUT SOMETHING NEAT.

>> Reporter: THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, CHILDREN WILL LEARN ABOUT A VARIETY OF TOPICS, RANGING FROM PLANT GROWTH WITH THE CROW WING COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS, TO TOURING THE AUDITORIUM TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ARTS, ALL WITH THE AIM OF CONTINUING THEIR EDUCATION THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.

>> SO WE HAVE A WELL DOCUMENTED PHENOMENON, IT'S CALLED THE SUMMER SLIDE.

IT'S WHEN KIDS ARE KICKING BACK A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH.

WE'RE NOT DOING ACTIVE LEARNING, AND THESE KIDS ARE OUT OF THE CLASSROOM.

THE PROGRAM TODAY WAS NOT SUPER TOP HEAVY, THERE IS SOME INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS, SO THEN THEY OPENED IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.

I THINK IN THAT TYPE OF THING, IT REALLY GETS KIDS THINKING.

IF THEY'RE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS, THEY USUALLY ASK REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BREEZY POINT, I'M DANIEL PURSELL, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE PEQUOT LAKES SUMMER READING PROGRAM RUNS EVERY TUESDAY FROM 10:00 TO 11:00 UNTIL JULY 29TH.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO SIGN YOUR CHILD UP FOR THE PROGRAM, GO TO PEQUOTLAKESLIBRARY.COM.

>>> THE LAKELAND PBS VACATION GIVEAWAY IS BACK AGAIN THIS SUMMER.

THIS YEAR ONCE AGAIN, WE ARE GIVING AWAY A THREE-NIGHT STAY AT CRAGUNS RESORT NEAR BRAINERD.

AND HERE ARE TONIGHTS FIVE POTENTIAL QUALIFIERS.

IF YOU SEE YOUR NAME, CALL THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN BEFORE THE END OF THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY AND YOU WILL HAVE A SHOT AT BEING OUR 2025 CRAGUNS VACATION GRAND PRIZE WINNER, WHICH WE WILL BE ANNOUNCING IN A LIVE DRAWING ON THE MONDAY, AUGUST 25TH NEWSCAST.

>>> WELL STACY, THE WARMER WEATHER IS HERE, IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY, AND PLEASE TELL ME IT IS HERE TO STAY.

>> Stacy: THE WARM TEMPERATURES ARE HERE TO STAY.

IN FACT, THEY'RE GOING TO GET WARMER.

WE WILL BE SEEING HIGHS IN THE 80s AND 90s AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

WE HAVE SEVERAL CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON THE WAY THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD, ALONG WITH THOSE WARMER TEMPERATURES.

SO W >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, WE HAD THAT MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE THROUGHOUT THE AREA TODAY AND EVEN SOME PRECIPITATION, ESPECIALLY IN PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

AS WE HEAD INTO THE OVERNIGHT, QUIET WEATHER IS IN STORE, WE WILL HAVE VARIABLE CLOUDS, WE START OUT WITH PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES TOMORROW, HEADING INTO THE AFTERNOON, THE NEXT ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD BEGIN TO MOVE INTO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

WE HAVE SEVERAL CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD, BUT WE WILL SEE WARMING TEMPERATURES WITH HIGHS IN THE 80s AND 90s AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, 67 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT TONIGHT.

WINDS OUT OF THE STUDIO ARE CALM, THE DEW POINT IS 57.

HUMIDITY IS AT 70%.

IN BRAINERD, WE HAVE FAIR SKIES, 68 DEGREES, 62 IS OUR DEW POINT, WE HAVE A STEADY BAROMETRIC PRESSURE WITH A LIGHT SOUTHEAST WIND.

ON OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR PICTURE, WE HAVE SEEN THE MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE ACROSS THE AREA AND WE WILL SEE SOME SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE BEEN MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF THE AREA THIS EVENING.

THOSE ARE MOVING OUT.

WE WILL HAVE VARIABLE CLOUDS THROUGHOUT THE AREA, MORE CLEAR SKIES TO THE NORTH COULD HANG ON TO THE CLOUDS A LITTLE BIT MORE.

TOMORROW WE'RE LOOKING AT PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON.

OUR NEXT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, IT WAS A FOGGY START TO THE DAY FROM ARLENE IN MENAHGA, GARY CAPTURING SOME WILDFLOWERS IN BLOOM AND SONYA SPOTTING SOME WHITE AND PINK LADY SLIPPERS NEAR PENNINGTON TODAY.

WE ALSO HAVE PICTURES OF A CLOUD BANK OR RED LAKE FROM CHRIS.

THE ROW OF CLOUDS MOVING OVER UPPER RED LAKE FROM BILL AND JUDY.

AND THESE ARE EYE LASH CLOUDS OVER THE SUNSET IN CASS LAKE THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU ALL FOR SHARING THOSE WITH US TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 61, CALM, AND FOG THIS MORNING.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A HIGH OF 82.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, THE MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, REPORTING CLOUDY SKIES, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN TODAY.

ON OUR ALMANAC, 78 WAS THE HIGH TODAY IN BRAINERD.

THAT'S OUR AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THIS DATE, THE LOW IS 61, AND WE HAD SUNSET AT 9:12.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 79, THAT BEATS THE AVERAGE BY 4 DEGREES, 60 WAS THE LOW AND SUNRISE THIS MORNING AT 5:22.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, WE START OUT WITH CLOUD COVER IN THE MORNING, BUT THEN WE WILL SEE MORE SUNSHINE, PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, AND THEN AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON, THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

HIGHS TOMORROW, WE ARE GOING TO BE WARMER THAN WE HAD TODAY, HIGHS SHOULD BE AROUND 80 DEGREES ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA, WITH 79 TO 80 PRETTY MUCH ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST, TONIGHT VARIABLE CLOUDS, 55 FOR THE LOW, VARIABLE WINDS UP TO 10 MILES PER HOUR.

THEN TOMORROW, PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, BUT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA BEGINNING IN THE AFTERNOON, HIGH TEMPS RIGHT AROUND 80.

LOOKING AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, SEVERAL CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THAT FORECAST THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, AND TEMPERATURES START TO WARM UP AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE WEEK.

IN FACT AS WE START THE WEEKEND, WE'RE LOOKING AT PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, WE WILL SEE HIGHS NEAR 87, SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY, OTHERWISE PLENTY OF SUNSHINE, HIGHS NEAR 91.

BACK TO YOU.

>>> THANK YOU SO MUCH STACY, WE HAVE CHARLIE YAEGER WITH US.

WHAT'S IN STORE TONIGHT?

>> Charlie: WE CRACKED DOWN SOME OF THE GUYS FROM WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY'S STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, THEY RAN OFF BECAUSE IT'S SUMMER.

I HAD A CHANCE TO CATCH UP WITH THEM.

FINALLY WE WILL GET TO HEAR FROM THEM AND I GOT HIGHLIGHTS FROM AROUND THE AREA COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

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

[♪♪♪] >>> WHEN WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY BOYS' GOLF LIFTED THE CLASS A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY LAST WEDNESDAY.

THEY BECAME THE FIRST TEAM IN SCHOOL HISTORY TO DO SO AFTER THE STATE MEET.

THE BOYS ALL SCATTERED FOR THE SUMMER.

HOWEVER WE DID MANAGED TO TRACK A FEW DOWN AT THE GOLF COURSE, SHOCKING I KNOW, TO HEAR THEIR THOUGHTS ON THE MONUMENTAL VICTORY BUT EVEN AFTER A WEEK, THEY COULD FIND VERY FEW WORDS TO DESCRIBE THE ACHIEVEMENT.

>> I DON'T KNOW, IT FEELS PRETTY COOL.

IT'S KIND OF INSANE TO THINK ABOUT THAT, THAT WE'RE THE FIRST.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I THINK WE EARNED IT.

WE WORKED REALLY HARD THROUGH THE PAST FEW YEARS.

WE WERE OUT HERE FROM SUNRISE TO SUNSET EVERY DAY, PRACTICING, EVERY SUMMER.

TO FINALLY WIN WITH THESE GUYS IS THE PINNACLE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL SPORT.

IT FEELS PRETTY GOOD.

>> WE REALLY WANTED IT THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

PUTTING THE EFFORT WITH THESE GUYS, GOING OUT ON RANDOM DAYS AND PLAYING WITH THEM, IT FELT SO GOOD TO FINALLY TAKE HOME A WIN WITH THEM AND BE ABLE TO SAY THAT IN WALKER'S HISTORY, WE WERE THE FIRST ONES TO DO IT AS A TEAM.

>> THE WOLVES HAD FINISHED AS STATE RUNNERS-UP THE PAST TWO SEASONS BUT THIS GROUP FINALLY FOUND A WAY TO GET OVER THAT HUMP.

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT YOU HAVE ASSISTANT COACH JEREMY MEDINA.

THEN GOLFERS MAVERICK REED, LAKE ELLING, LOGAN FELTON, GUS PEDERSEN HOLDING THE TROPHY, PARKER BROCK, MIKE DASCALOS, AND FINALLY HEAD COACH CARRIE JOHNSON.

CONGRATS ONCE AGAIN TO ALL OF THEM.

>>> BEMIDJI STATE WOMEN'S SOCCER ANNOUNCED THEIR CAPTAINS FOR THE UPCOMING 2025 SEASON, ALL VOTED ON BY THE RETURNING PLAYERS.

KATRINA BARTHELT WAS ELECTED AS CAPTAIN FOR A SECOND CONSECUTIVE SEASON.

THE SENIOR FORWARD RETURNS AS THE REIGNING NSIC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR AND SCORING CHAMPION.

ALSO WEARING AN ARMBAND WILL BE SENIOR FORWARD EMMA HILL-SNITS AND JUNIOR DEFENSEMAN MEGAN KO.

LAST YEAR, HILL-SNITS LED THE TEAM IN MINUTES PLAYED AND KO HAS ANCHORED A DEFENSE THAT'S ALLOWING JUST .79 GOALS PER GAME OVER THE PAST TWO SEASONS.

>>> THE MINNESOTA LYNX ARE HOT, LIKE GHOST PEPPER CHILI HOT, LIKE ONE BITE FRESH OUT OF THE MICROWAVE HOT POCKET HOT.

THE LYNX ARE 10-1 SO FAR IN 2025.

THEIR THIRD BEST START IN FRANCHISE HISTORY AND BEST SINCE OPENING THE SEASON 13-0 IN 2016, GOOD ENOUGH TO CURRENTLY HAVE THEM ATOP THE WNBA STANDINGS.

TONIGHT THEY ARE AT HOME TAKING ON THE LAS VEGAS ACES WHO ARE WITHOUT REIGNING LEAGUE MVP A'JA WILSON.

GOOD NEWS FOR COURTNEY WILLIAMS, BECAUSE THAT MEANS SHE CAN GET HER OWN REBOUND.

BAD NEWS IS THAT THE LYNX NEEDED HER SCORING.

WILLIAMS ANSWERED THE CALL, SHE DROPPED A GAME HIGH 20 POINTS PER ONE OF TWO THREES ON THE EVENING THERE AND SHE GOT IT DONE ON THE DEFENSIVE END AS WELL, AND THAT LEADS TO SOME OFFENSE.

SHE FINISHES FOR TWO OF HER 12, THE LYNX PICK UP THEIR 11th WIN.

LOSING COLLIER, A BIG LOSS FOR THEM.

>>> TWINS ARE ON A FOUR GAME LOSING STREAK THAT INCLUDES A SWEEP BY THE ASTROS.

THEY'RE IN CINCINNATI TONIGHT TAKING ON THE REDS.

THEY GOT A 2-OUT RALLY GOING.

TREVOR WITH THE R.B.I.

SINGLE, CUTS THE LEAD TO 2.

HARRISON TRYING TO GET IN ON THE ACTION, BUT THIS ONE IS GOING TO COME UP A LITTLE SHORT.

OH NO, IT'S NOT.

JAKE PAT IT AND WAFT IT IN THE ABSOLUTE WORSE WAY, OVER THE WALL.

ANDREW, THE PITCHER IS LIKE OH NO.

DIDN'T GET IT.

THE TWINS ARE IN FRONT 5-4.

REDS WITH A 2-OUT MAGIC OF THEIR OWN.

SINCE HE TAKES BACK THE LEAD, THEY WOULD HOLD OFF THE TWINS DOWN THE STRETCH TO WIN 6-5.

MINNESOTA HAS LOST FIVE IN A ROW AND FALLEN OUT OF THE LAST WILDCARD SPOT.

SO THE TWINS ARE GETTING SOME MAGIC TO GO THEIR WAY, THEY STILL CAN'T GET THE W. >> THAT MAY NOT HAVE GOTTEN THEM THE WIN BUT THAT SHOULD BE PLAYER OF THE YEAR.

>> Charlie: MAYBE FOR THE TWINS, I DON'T KNOW.

NOT A GOOD GIFT.

>> THANK YOU CHARLIE.

>>> MINNESOTANS OF ALL AGES HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE NATURAL RESOURCE EDUCATION AT THE 27TH ANNUAL AITKIN COUNTY RIVERS AND LAKES FAIR THIS PAST WEEKEND, ARRANGED THROUGH THE AITKIN SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT AND NUMEROUS OTHER ORGANIZATION.

REPORTER MILES WALKER HAS THE STORY IN THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOOD'S EXPERIENCE.

>> Reporter: MANY SHOWED UP TO SHARE THEIR KNOWLEDGE WITH THE ATTENDEES FOR THE AITKIN COUNTY RIVERS AND LAKES FAIR, INCLUDING THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION, FOREST REGENERATION EDUCATOR POLLUCK.

>> WE HAVE A NEED THAT EXCEEDS WHAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO IN THE NUMBER OF SEEDLINGS IN THE NUMBER OF SPECIES THAT PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN AND WHERE THE SEASON COMES FROM.

>> Reporter: THE U.S.

FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICES.

>> 75% OF BIRDS IN NORTH AMERICA ARE MIGRATORY AND AT THIS TIME, THEY ARE VULNERABLE, RIGHT?

THEY ARE MOVING AND WE KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF HAZARDS OUT THERE FOR THEM.

1 BILLION BIRDS DIE FROM COLLISIONS WITH GLASS EVERY YEAR.

>> Reporter: AS LONG AS KATIE MURPHY.

>> I HEARD STORIES THAT SOME OF THE BEST FISHING IS OVER THESE BIG MUSSEL BEDS BECAUSE THEY CREATE A GOOD HABITAT FOR ALL THE STUFF THAT FISH LIKE TO EAT.

WHO LIKES TO EAT FISH?

US, SO IT WORKS OUT IN THE END.

THESE GUYS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT WATER QUALITY INDICATORS.

>> Reporter: BRINGING INDIVIDUALS TOGETHER CREATING A RESPECT AND CONCERN FOR NATURAL RESOURCES AND PROMOTING STEWARDSHIP THROUGH MANAGEMENT OF FEDERAL RESOURCES IS WHAT THE RIVERS AND LAKES FAIR IS BUILT ON, PROVIDING A STIMULATING AND ENJOYABLE SETTING.

>> WE HAVE TEENAGERS COME, THEY HAVE BEEN COMING SINCE THEY WERE CHILDREN.

THEY SAID IT HAS IMPACTED THEIR LIVES SINCE THEY WERE YOUNG, THEY SPOKEN ABOUT ISSUES THEY FOUND OUT IN COMMUNITY PROJECTS AND SCHOOL PROJECTS AND THEY GROWN UP AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

>> Reporter: IT DOESN'T JUST ADHERE TO THEIR ORIGINAL MISSION ADDRESSING A NEED TO EXPAND UNDERSTANDING ON WATER QUALITY IMPACTS, IT GOES HAND IN HAND WITH THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT'S PURPOSE, WORKING WITH OTHERS TO ACHIEVE SOUND MANAGEMENT OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES.

>> WATER IS SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS US ALL.

IF WE POLLUTE IN ONE AREA, IT WILL POLLUTE EVERYWHERE.

IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE INSTILL STEWARDSHIP TO THE NEXT GENERATION TO CARE FOR WATER AS IT'S A RESOURCE WE WILL ALWAYS NEED.

>> REPORTING FOR THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, MILES WALKER, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE AITKIN SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT WILL NEXT BE IN ATTENDANCE FOR THE AITKIN COUNTY FAIR FROM JULY 9TH THROUGH JULY 12TH.

>>> WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA TIME SO WE WILL GO TO STACY FOR MORE DETAILS ON THE WEATHER.

>> Stacy: WE WILL BE SEEING VARIABLE CLOUDS ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT.

YOU SEE THE LOWS DROPPING TO THE MID-50s #.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW, PARTLY TO MOST WHETHER I -- MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES.

LOOKING AHEAD, SEVERAL MORE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST, BUT OVERALL, WE'RE LOOKING AT PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AND WE WILL SEE WARMER TEMPERATURES AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEK.

WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT 80s THROUGH FRIDAY, BUT WE'LL SEE UPPER 80s TO THE 90s IN SATURDAY AND HIGHS IN THE 90s ON SUNDAY.

>> Charlie: THE FLORIDA PANTHERS BEAT THE OILERS AGAIN THIS TIME IN SIX GAMES IN CANADA, STILL WITHOUT A CUP ALMOST 30 YEARS NOW.

>> FLORIDA DOES IT ONCE AGAIN.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING, WE'LL BE BACK TOMORROW.

BE SURE TO TUNE IN.

GOOD NIGHT.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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