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>>> COMING UP TONIGHT ON
>>> LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.
>> FIND OUT WHY FOURTH AND FIFTH
>> GRADERS IN BEMIDJI MIGHT BE
>> GOING TO A NEW SCHOOL.
MORE ON THAT STORY COMING UP
NEXT.
>>> ALSO TONIGHT, ONE
>>> ORGANIZATION IS LOOKING TO PLACE
>>> A SATELLITE OFFICE FOR ABSENTEE
>>> VOTERS ON THE RED LAKE
>>> RESERVATION.
>>> AND THE PILLAGER FAMILY
>>> CENTER IS ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO
>>> DONATE DURING JULY'S OPEN YOUR
>>> HEART MONTH WHERE THEIR
>>> DONATIONS WILL BE MATCHED.
MORE ON THAT AND YOUR LOCAL
NEWS, WEATHER AND SPORTS COMING
UP TONIGHT ON LAKELAND NEWS.
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>>> STATION PRESENTS LAKELAND NEWS
>>> AT 10:00, NEWS FOR BEMIDJI,
>>> BRAINERD AND ALL OF THE LAKE'S
>>> COUNTRY.
DENNIS WEIMANN WITH THE NEWS,
STACY CHRISTENSON WITH THE
WEATHER AND LEE BENSON WITH
SPORTS.
>>> HI, EVERYONE.
THANKS FOR WATCHING TONIGHT.
THE BEMIDJI SCHOOL BOARD IS BACK
ON TRACK FOR A NOVEMBER VOTE.
THE BOARD PASSED A MOTION MONDAY
FOR VOTERS TO APPROVE PLANS TO
BUILD A 30 MILLION-DOLLAR SCHOOL
FOR FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADERS.
CATHERINE SILVER HAS THE STORY.
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED.
OUR MOTION DOES CARRY.
>> WITH THAT MOTION, THE BEMIDJI
>> SCHOOL BOARD IS A LITTLE BIT
>> CLOSER TO SOLVING THE ISSUE OF
>> ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM SPACE.
>> I HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE IN
>> OUR STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION TO
>> MAKE THIS A POSITIVE THING.
>> DURING MONDAY'S MEETING, THE
>> BOARD CHOSE A VOTER REFERENDUM
>> THIS FALL THAT WOULD INCLUDE
>> PLANS TO BUILD A NEW SCHOOL OFF
>> OF LINCOLN ELEMENTARY.
>> THIS IS JUST A SHELL.
WE CAN HAVE A LOT OF SAY ABOUT
THE PLACEMENT OF THE WALLS AND
THE WINDOWS AND WHAT GOES ON
INSIDE THERE.
>> BOARD MEMBERS DISCUSSED TWO
>> OPTIONS FOR THE REFERENDUM.
ONE WOULD BUILD A NEW K THROUGH
5 SCHOOL FOR 550 STUDENTS.
THE OTHER WOULD BUILD A NEW
FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE SCHOOL
FOR 900 STUDENTS.
>> YOU'D WANT TO STUDY THE ISSUE
>> VERY CAREFULLY AND MAKE SURE
>> THAT WE DID EVERYTHING THAT WE
>> COULD TO HELP OUR STUDENTS BE
>> VERY SUCCESSFUL IN WHATEVER SIZE
>> FACILITY.
>> MOST BOARD MEMBERS SUPPORTED
>> THE SECOND OPTION.
>> I THINK THE 4-5 IS A BETTER
>> OPTION, BECAUSE IT GIVES US
>> OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH.
>> AND I THINK IT WILL PROBABLY
>> GIVE THEM A LITTLE MORE BOOST TO
>> HELP THEM GET INTO THAT MIDDLE
>> SCHOOL.
SOME PEOPLE ARE SCARED OF MIDDLE
SCHOOL.
BUT IT WILL GIVE THEM THE
CONFIDENCE.
>> BUT BOARD MEMBER JEFF HACK
>> DISAGREED.
>> I FUNDAMENTALLY HAVE AN ISSUE
>> WITH A SCHOOL THAT LARGE, AND I
>> HAVE NO PROBLEMS GOING OUT AND
>> ASKING FOR ANOTHER SCHOOL IN TWO
>> YEARS.
I WOULD RATHER ASK FOR THE RIGHT
SCHOOL TWICE THAN THE WRONG
SCHOOL ONCE.
>> THIS BOARD VOTED FOR THE
>> SECOND OPTION.
THEY WILL NOW SUBMIT THEIR PLANS
TO THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION TO SEE THEY CAN BE
APPROVED FOR THE NOVEMBER
ELECTION.
REPORTING FROM BEMIDJI,
CATHERINE SILVER, LAKELAND NEWS.
>> THE NEW SCHOOL WOULD BE BUILT
>> ON LAND ALREADY OWNED BY THE
>> DISTRICT AT THE BEMIDJI HIGH
>> SCHOOL SITE OR ON A NEWS PIECE
>> OF LAND BY BEMIDJI MIDDLE
>> SCHOOL.
>>> WELL, THE FLOOD FIGHT
>>> CONTINUES IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
PEOPLE ARE STILL PUMPING WATER
OUT OF THEIR HOMES FOLLOWING
RECENT HEAVY RAINS.
THE CITY OF WADENA BUILT A ***
AFTER FLOODWATERS SEEPED INTO
TOWN.
MINNESOTA GOVERNOR MARK DAYTON
MET WITH AREA LEADERS MONDAY TO
TALK ABOUT THE FLOODING.
>> I'VE NEVER SEEN IT THIS
>> WIDESPREAD, ALL OVER THE WHOLE
>> STATE, NOT EVERY PART OF THE
>> STATE, BUT IT'S BEEN A BAD, BAD
>> STRETCH.
>> DAYTON SAYS RECENT STATE
>> LEGISLATION, SIMILAR TO THE
>> FEDERAL DISASTER PROGRAM, SHOULD
>> HELP THOSE TOWNS BATTLING HIGH
>> WATER.
>>> THE MINNESOTA STATE PATROL
>>> IS CAUTIONING DRIVING OF
>>> FLOODING ON HIGHWAY TEN NEAR
>>> VERNDALE.
THE PATROL SAYS ABOUT 8 INCHES
OF RAIN IN THE LAST WEEK IN
WADENA COUNTY HAS CREATED
PARTIAL FLOODING ON HIGHWAY 10.
POLICE HAVE CLOSED THE RIGHT
LANE ON THE EASTBOUND SIDE OF
THE HIGHWAY NEAR MILE MARKER 98
DUE TO FLOODING.
THEY SAY THE EXCESS RAIN HAS
OVERWHELMED THE CULVERTS AND
FILLED THE DITCH ON THE SOUTH
I'D OF THE HIGHWAY.
THEY HOPE THE WATER WILL SUBSIDE
BY TOMORROW MORNING.
DRIVERS CAN CALL 511 OR VISIT
511 MN.ORG FOR AN UPDATE ON THE
FLOODING.
>>> IN LESS THAN A MONTH, WE
>>> WILL KNOW WHO THE REPUBLICAN
>>> CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR WILL BE
>>> IN THE UPCOMING ELECTION.
THE STATE PRIMARY IS SET FOR
AUGUST 12TH AND INCLUDES FOUR
CANDIDATES.
THE ENDORSED CANDIDATE, HENNEPIN
COUNTY COMMISSIONER JEFF
JOHNSON; FORMER STATE REP, MARTY
SEIFERT; FORMER HOUSE SPEAK
HE -- SPEAKER, KURT ZELLERS; AND
BUSINESSMAN SCOTT HONOUR.
TODAY HONOUR'S RUNNING MATE
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR CANDIDATE
CARIN HOUSLEY WAS IN BEMIDJI
CAMPAIGNING.
>> BUSINESS IS TRYING TO GROW,
>> AND GOVERNMENT GETS IN THE WAY.
THERE IS AN IRON OR COMPANY THAT
WANTED TO GROW ITS BUSINESS BY
100 EMPLOYEES AND THE STATE OF
MINNESOTA SAID IT WAS GOING TO
TAKE THREE YEARS FOR THEM TO GET
THOSE PERMITS DONE, SO THEY WENT
OVER TO INDIANA, AND INDIANA
SAID WE CAN GET THAT DONE IN SIX
MONTHS, SO THEY JUST MOVED 100
JOBS FROM MINNESOTA OVER INTO
INDIANA.
SO I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE
FIRST THINGS, FOR GOVERNMENT TO
GET OUT OF THE WAY AND LET OUR
SMALL BUSINESSES GROW AND CREATE
MORE JOBS HERE IN MINNESOTA.
>> HOUSELY IS A STATE SENATOR
>> WHO CURRENTLY REPRESENTS
>> DISTRICT 39 IN THE EASTERN TWIN
>> CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA.
>>> EASIER ACCESS TO VOTE, THAT
>>> IS THE GOAL FOR ONE NONPARTISAN
>>> GROUP, WHICH IS WORKING WITH THE
>>> RED LAKE TRIBAL COUNCIL.
NOW THAT CHANGES TO THE
MINNESOTA ELECTION LAW ALLOW FOR
NO-EXCUSE ABSENTEE VOTE, THE RED
LAKE NATION IS TRYING TO GET ITS
BAND MEMBERS TO VOTE.
WITH THE HELP OF THE RIVER
BLUFFS STRATEGIES GROUP, A PLAN
TO HAVE A SATELLITE OFFICE IS
UNDERWAY.
UNDER THE SURVEILLANCE OF THE
COUNTY AUDITOR, THE OFFICE ON
RED LAKE WOULD GIVE ACCESS TO
THOSE WHO LIVE FAR FROM BEMIDJI.
BELTRAMI COUNTY WILL HAVE
MINIMAL TO NO FINANCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE OPENING
AND TRAINING OF A POLLING PLACE.
>> WELL, THERE ARE ROUGHLY 6 TO
>> $10,000, DONORS THAT HAVE
>> COMMITTED IF WE'RE ABLE TO GET
>> THESE -- THIS OFFICE OPEN, THAT
>> THEY WILL FUND IT, AND
>> THEREFORE, IN A POSITION TO
>> PROVIDE A GIFT OF MONEY TO THE
>> COUNTY SO THAT IT IS NOT A COST
>> TO THE COUNTY COFFER AND BUDGET.
>> ORGANIZERS PLAN TO HAVE THE
>> SATELLITE OFFICE UP AND READY BY
>> SEPTEMBER.
>>> THE BRAINERD HIGH SCHOOL
>>> HOCKEY TEAM WILL CONTINUE TO
>>> PLAY AND PRACTICE AT THE
>>> BRAINERD CIVIC CENTER.
THE BRAINERD SCHOOL BOARD
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A FIVE-YEAR
DEAL TO LEASE ICE FROM THE
BRAINERD AMATEUR HOCKEY
ASSOCIATION LAST NIGHT.
THE DEAL STARTS AT $75,000 FOR
NEXT SEASON AND WILL INCREASE
EVERY YEAR FINISH AT 81 AND A
HALF THOUSAND DOLLARS IN ITS
FINAL YEAR.
THE SCHOOL BOARD SAYS THE DEAL
IS FAIR COMPARED TO SIMILAR
SCHOOLS WITH SIMILAR SIZED
RINKS.
>> WE KNEW THAT.
THEY'RE MAKING A PRETTY
SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT INTO AN
UPGRADE IN THAT FACILITY IN
WHICH WE'RE GOING TO BE A
SIGNIFICANT BENEFACTOR OF.
IT WAS TIME FOR US TO BRING THAT
AGREEMENT UP TO MARKET VALUE,
WHICH IS REFLECTED IN THE
FIVE-YEAR AGREEMENT WHICH YOU'RE
REVIEWING FOR APPROVAL TONIGHT.
>> AS WE'VE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED,
>> THE BRAINERD AMATEUR HOCKEY
>> ASSOCIATION EXPECTS THE FIRST
>> PHASE OF THE BRAINERD CIVIC
>> CENTER'S RENOVATIONS TO BE
>> COMPLETED BEFORE THE START OF
>> THIS HOCKEY SEASON.
>> JULY IS OPEN YOUR HEART TO
>> THE HUNGRY AND HOMELESS MONTH.
MINNESOTA FOOD SHELVES ARE IN
THE MIDDLE OF THEIR FIFTH ANNUAL
FOOD SHELF CHALLENGE GRANT.
AND AS OUR SCOTT SHEAHEN TELLS
US, THE PILLAGER AREA FAMILY
CENTER FOOD SHELF IS LOOKING FOR
DONATIONS TO HELP THOSE IN THEIR
AREA.
>> JUSTICE IS OPEN YOUR HEART TO
>> HUNGER AND HOMELESS MONTH, AND
>> THE PILLAGER AREA FAMILY CENTER
>> IS LOOKING TO RAISE $5,000 THIS
>> MONTH TO KEEP FOOD ON THEIR
>> SHELVES DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS
>> WITH KIDS HOME FROM SCHOOL.
>> TRYING TO FEED FAMILIES
>> DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS.
THE KIDS ARE HOME FROM SCHOOL,
AND THEY NEED MORE HELP WITH
FOOD, WHERE OTHERWISE WHILE
THEY'RE IN SCHOOL THEY COULD
POSSIBLY GET A FREE BREAKFAST
AND FREE LUNCH.
IN THE SUMMER, IF YOU ASK SOME
OF THE KIDS, DO YOU LIKE SUMMER,
THEY MIGHT SAY NO BECAUSE
THEY'RE HUNGRY GOOT FOOD SHELF
SAYS THEY'RE ABLE TO GIVE A
COUPLE HUNDRED PEOPLE IN THE
AREA ABOUT THREE DAYS WORTH OF
FOOD, AND DURING JULY MONETARY
DONATIONS ARE MATCHED.
>> WHATEVER WE GET IS MATCHED,
>> SO WE INCREASED THEIR DONATION
>> BY A PROPORTIONATE AMOUNT.
SO IF THEY GIVE $15, MAYBE WE'LL
GET FIVE DOLLARS BACK FROM THE
PEOPLE AS A MATCH.
>> NOT ONLY DO THESE MONETARY
>> DONATIONS GET MATCHED, BUT THE
>> FOOD SHELF GETS AN EXTRA
>> DISCOUNT WHEN FILLING THEIR
>> PANTRY TO MAKE EVERY DONATION
>> SPREAD FURTHER.
>> FOR EVERY COUPLE DOLLARS WE
>> GET IN, WE CAN BUY ABOUT FIVE TO
>> SIX DOLLARS WORTH OF FOOD FROM
>> SECOND HARVEST, BECAUSE THEY GET
>> IT FROM THE NATIONAL COMPANIES
>> AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
WE GET NAME BRAND FOOD.
IT'S NOT OFF-THE-WALL STUFF.
>> THE PILLAGER AREA FAMILY
>> CENTER IS WORKING TO EXPAND
>> THEIR FOOD SHELF TO SERVE THEIR
>> GROWING COMMUNITY.
>> OUR GOAL IS SO THAT THEY CAN
>> WALK IN AND JUST BE LIKE A
>> SUPERMARKET.
WE CAN TELL THEM, OKAY, YOU CAN
GET TWO POUNDS OF MEAT, THREE
POUNDS OF THIS, WHATEVER.
WE'LL HAVE LIMITS ON IT, BUT
THEY CAN GO IN AND CHOOSE IT, SO
IT EMPOWERS THEM TO HAVE A
CHOICE.
>> LAST YEAR MINNESOTA FOOD
>> SHELVES RAISED OVER A MILLION
>> DOLLARS DURING THE FOOD SHELF
>> CHALLENGE GRANT, AND THIS YEAR
>> THE PILLAGER AREA FAMILY CENTER
>> HOPES TO RAISE $5,000 TO RECEIVE
>> THEIR FULL MATCH.
SCOTT SHEAHEN, LAKELAND NEWS.
>>> IN ADDITION TO THE FOOD
>>> SHELF, THE PILLAGER SCHOOL
>>> OFFERS KIDS WHO QUALIFY A FREE
>>> BREAKFAST AND LUNCH DURING THE
>>> SUMMER MONTHS.
>>> STILL TO COME ON LAKELAND
>>> NEWS AT 10:00, WE HAVE A STRETCH
>>> OF QUIET WEATHER AHEAD OF US,
>>> AND TEMPERATURES WILL BE ON THE
>>> RISE.
HIGHS SHOULD BE BACK IN THE
UPPER 70S AND 80S BY THE
WEEKEND.
I'LL HAVE DETAILS IN A FEW
MINUTES.
>>> AND IN THIS WEEK'S
>>> NORTHWOODS ADVENTURE, RUNNERS
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>>> NEWS IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY CTC,
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>>> WITH HIGH SPEED INTERNET,
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>>> SERVICES.
>>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH
>>> DENNIS WEIMANN.
>>> EXTRA PATROLS ON OUT ON THE
>>> STREETS FROM JULY 10TH TO THE
>>> 27TH.
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AROUND
THE STATE ARE CRACKING DOWN ON
SPEEDING.
IN MINNESOTA, SPEED IS A LEADING
CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IN FATAL AND
SERIOUS CRASHES.
AUTHORITIES SAY WHEN SPEEDING,
DRIVERS HAVE GREATER POTENTIAL
TO LOSE CONTROL, SUSTAIN MORE
DAMAGE AND INJURIES AND LESS
TIME TO AVOID A CRASH.
THE TOWARD'S ZERO DEATH GRANT IS
FUNDING THE ENHANCED
ENFORCEMENT.
THE GOAL IS TO CREATE AWARENESS
ABOUT THE DANGERS OF SPEEDING.
>> STATISTICS PROVE PEOPLE DRIVE
>> FASTER IN THE SUMMERTIME.
WE WANT TO GET OUT THERE AND
CREATE AWARENESS.
WHEN THE SUN IS SHINING, PEOPLE
SEEM TO DRIVE FASTER.
ROADS ARE IN BETTER SHAPE,
BETTER WEATHER CONDITIONS.
SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE PEOPLE
AWARE THAT THE SPEED LIMIT IS
ENFORCED YEAR-ROUND.
>>> COST OF SPEEDING VIOLATIONS
>>> VARY BY COUNTY, BUT TYPICALLY
>>> THEY CAN RAMP UP TO AT LEAST
>>> $120 FOR TRAVELING 10 MILES PER
>>> HOUR OVER THE LIMIT.
>>> TIME NOW TO GET A LOOK AT
>>> TONIGHT'S POTENTIAL QUALIFIER IN
>>> OUR CRUISE WITH THE NEWS
>>> GIVEAWAY.
EVERY WEEKNIGHT THROUGHOUT THE
SUMMER, WE'RE ANNOUNCING FIVE
POTENTIAL QUALIFIERS FOR THE
CRUISE GIVEAWAY, AND THAT GRAND
DRAWING COMES UP LATER ON IN
AUGUST.
HERE ARE TONIGHT'S POTENTIAL
QUALIFIERS.
>>> IF YOU SEE YOUR NAME, CALL
>>> US, (218)333-3041 BEFORE 5 P.M.
>>> ON WEDNESDAY, AND YOU'LL HAVE A
>>> SHOT AT WALKING AWAY AS OUR 2014
>>> CRUISE WITH THE NEWS CRAND --
>>> GRAND PRIZE WINNER.
>>> IT WARMED UP A LITTLE BIT
>>> TODAY.
IT ACTUALLY WASN'T A VERY BAD
DAY AT ALL.
THE SUN WAS OUT A LITTLE BIT.
>> IT WASN'T BAD.
A LITTLE BETTER THAN YESTERDAY.
BY THE END OF THE WEEK, WE
SHOULD BE SEEING TEMPERATURES
BACK NEAR OUR SEASONAL LEVELS,
PROBABLY IN THE UPPER CENTS TO
AROUND 80.
WE'LL HAVE A LOOK AT THAT
FORECAST FOR YOU IN A FEW
MINUTES.
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>>> TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS
>>> MINNESOTA AND BY SANFORD HEALTH,
>>> DEDICATED TO THE WORK OF HEALTH
>>> AND HEALING.
DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT OUR
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>>> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH
>>> STACY CHRISTENSON.
>> IT WAS A LITTLE COOL ONCE
>> AGAIN TODAY, HIGHS WERE IN THE
>> 60S AND LOW 70S IN OUR
>> VIEWING AREA, AND IT LOOKS LIKE
>> AS LONG AS THE QUIET WEATHER
>> STICKS AROUND TEMPERATURES WILL
>> BE WARMING UP.
WE SHOULD SEE A LOT OF SUNSHINE
HEADING THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE
OF DAYS.
TEMPS A LITTLE WARMER TOMORROW.
WARMER YET AS WE HEAD INTO THE
END OF THE WEEK.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOW
80S BY THE WEEKEND.
WE DO HAVE JUST A SMALL CHANCE
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS
WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.
WE'LL HAVE THAT FORECAST FOR YOU
IN A FEW SECONDS.
FIRST, HERE ARE THE CURRENT
CONDITIONS.
IN BRAINERD, WE HAVE CLEAR SKIES
AT 61 DEGREES.
52 IS THE DEW POINT.
72% HUMIDITY AND NORTHWEST WINDS
AT 5 MILES PER HOUR.
60 AND CLEAR IN BEMIDJI.
THE DEW POINT IS AT 49, AND WE
HAVE A LIGHT NORTHWEST WIND.
THE TEMPS AROUND MINNESOTA
TONIGHT, IN THE 60S, AND SOME
OF US HAVE BEEN IN THE 60S
PRETTY MUCH THROUGHOUT MOST OF
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
60 RIGHT NOW IN PARK RAPIDS.
63 IN FOSSTON AND GRAND RAPIDS.
ROSEAU IS IN TONIGHT AT 64.
IT'S BEEN QUIET ON THE RADAR IN
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
WE DID HAVE SOME CLOUDS ROLLING
THROUGH, BUT IN GENERAL, PARTLY
TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES TODAY.
OVERNIGHT, SKIES ARE GOING TO
CLEAR OUT.
WE SHOULD SEE CLEAR SKIES,
ANOTHER CHILLY NIGHT.
LOWS SHOULD DROP INTO THE MID
40S TO ABOUT LOW 50S FOR THE
RANGE ACROSS NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
THIS HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE
BUILDING INTO THE STATES, SO WE
ARE LOOKING AT PARTLY TO MOSTLY
SUNNY SKIES TOMORROW.
TEMPS MAY BE A LITTLE BIT WARMER
THAN WHAT WE HAD TODAY.
WE'RE LOOKING AT HIGHS MAINLY IN
THE MID 70S FOR OUR AREA.
HEADING INTO THURSDAY, HIGH
PRESSURE STILL IN PLACE.
TEMPS WILL BE A LITTLE BIT
WARMER, BUT LATE THURSDAY,
THURSDAY NIGHT, THERE IS JUST A
VERY SLIGHT CHANCE AT SOME
SHOWERS, MAYBE SOME
THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP IN
NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.
VERY SMALL CHANCE.
OVERALL, IT LOOKS PRETTY QUIET
AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE REST OF
THE WEEK, AND AS I MENTIONED,
TEMPERATURES CONTINUING TO WARM,
AND MOST OF US WILL BE SEEING
THOSE HIGHS IN THE 80S THIS
WEEKEND.
CHECKING IN WITH THE EAGLE EYES,
DEWEY IN PARK RAPIDS REPORTING
PARTLY SUNNY SKIES, 69 THE HIGH
TODAY, AND BOB IN BLUFFTON
SEEING PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, A
LITTLE BREEZY, 69 FOR THE HIGH,
61 TONIGHT.
ON OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD TOPPED
OUT AT 69 TODAY.
SO WE ARE SEEING VERY COOL
TEMPERATURES.
THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR
BRAINERD IS 81.
55 FOR THE LOW.
WE HAD SUNRISE AT 5:40.
IN BEMIDJI, WE TOPPED OUT AT 67.
SO AGAIN, VERY COOL
TEMPERATURES.
AVERAGE, 79.
47 WAS THE LOW, AND THAT IS JUST
ONE DEGREE OFF OF THAT RECORD
LOW FOR TODAY.
THE RECORD LOW IS 46.
VERY CLOSE TO THAT.
WE HAD SUNSET AT 9:13.
AND AROUND MINNESOTA, UPPER
60S, INTO THE 70S FOR OUR
HIGHS.
WE HAD 72 IN FOSSTON AND ROSEAU.
70 IN GRAND RAPIDS, AND PARK
RAPIDS TODAY TOPPED OUT AT 69.
TOMORROW'S FORECAST SHOULD
CONTINUE TO BE QUIET, PARTLY TO
MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, VERY CALM
WINDS.
MAYBE ABOUT 5 TO 10 MILES PER
HOUR.
AND TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES
WARMER FOR MOST OF US THAN WHAT
WE HAD TODAY.
WE'RE LOOKING AT HIGHS RIGHT
AROUND 72, 73 FOR MOST OF
NORTHERN MINNESOTA.
PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE
CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE, INTO
THE MIDDLE 70S FOR THE HIGH
TEMP.
AND AS I MENTIONED, TEMPERATURES
WILL CONTINUE TO CREEP UPWARDS
WHERE WE WILL BE SEEING THOSE
TEMPS WARMING.
TONIGHT MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES, 48
FOR THE LOW.
WINDS NORTH UP TO 10 MILES PER
HOUR.
PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY TOMORROW
WITH HIGHS NEAR 73.
NOT MUCH OF A WIND OUT OF THE
WEST AT 5 TO 10.
THE REST OF THE WEEK, PRETTY
QUIET.
WE DO HAVE JUST THAT SLIGHT
CHANCE OF SOME SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING ON
FRIDAY AND MOVING THROUGH THE
AREA THIS WEEKEND.
AGAIN, JUST A VERY SMALL CHANCE.
MOST OF US SHOULD SEE DRY
WEATHER THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY,
BUT TEMPERATURES WARMING, HIGHS
NEAR 80 ON SATURDAY.
83 ON SUNDAY.
>>> TWO MONTHS FROM NOW, A DAY
>>> LIKE TODAY, WE'D BE TALKING
>>> ABOUT HOW BEAUTIFUL IT WAS
>>> OUTSIDE.
RIGHT NOW WE EXPECT IT A LITTLE
WARMER.
>> IT'S ALL PERSPECTIVE AND IN
>> JULY, WE DESERVE SOME WARMTH.
WE PUT UP WITH A LOT OF COLD
THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE YEAR.
>> THANKS, STACY.
LEE BENSON IS BACK TONIGHT.
THE ALL-STAR GAME GOING ON
TONIGHT, RIGHT?
>> YEAH, IT'S A TARGET FIELD, SO
>> IT'S CLOSE TO HOME, BUT YOU KNOW
>> WHAT TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO TALK
>> SOME BEMIDJI STATE FOOTBALL,
>> BECAUSE THE VIKINGS GO TO
>> TRAINING CAMP A WEEK FROM
>> THURSDAY.
BEMIDJI STATE'S FIRST PRACTICE
IS LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY.
MIGHT AS WELL TALK ABOUT SOME
PRESEASON ALL AMERICANS.
THAT'S NEXT.
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>>> WE WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT
>>> HAPPENED TONIGHT IN THE MLB
>>> ALL-STAR GAME AT TARGET FIELD
>>> HERE IN A BIT, BUT FIRST, THREE
>>> BEMIDJI STATE FOOTBALL PLAYERS
>>> WERE HONORED TODAY AS PRESEASON
>>> ALL AMERICANS.
U.S.A. FOOTBALL NETWORK RELEASED
ITS LIST OF PRESEASON ALL
AMERICANS TODAY, AND HARD
HITTING SAFETY SCOTT
CHRISTIANSEN WAS NAMED TO THE
THIRD TEAM DEFENSE.
CHRISTIANSEN EARNED SECOND TEAM
ALL NSIC STATUS IN 2013 AND LED
THE BEAVERS WITH 95 TACKLES.
THE DEFENSIVE LINEMAN DAN
KIEBLER WAS ALSO NAMED THIRD
TEAM PRESEASON ALL AMERICAN.
KIEBLER RECORDED 8 TACKLES FOR
LOSS LAST SEASON AND MADE THE
ALL NSIC SECOND TEAM.
>>> FELLOW D LINEMAN JJ REINKE
>>> WAS NAMED PRESEASON ALL AMERICAN
>>> HONORABLE MENTION.
THE BEAVERS DEFENSE RETURNS FOUR
OF ITS TOP FIVE TACKLERS FROM A
SEASON AGO.
BSU'S FIRST OFFICIAL PRACTICE IS
AUGUST 14TH.
>>> BEMIDJI STATE RIGHT-HANDER
>>> JESSE KATZ IS PITCHING THIS
>>> SUMMER IN THE METROPOLITAN
>>> COLLEGIATE SUMMER BASEBALL
>>> LEAGUE OF ILLINOIS.
HE'S BEEN THE BEST PITCHER
THROUGH 18 GAMES FOR THE
NORTHERN KNIGHTS, AND TONIGHT HE
PLAYED FOR THE EAST TEAM IN THE
LEAGUE'S ALL-STAR GAME.
IN FOUR STARTS WITH THE KNIGHTS,
KATZ HAS A 2 AND 1 RECORD AND
HAS ONLY ALLOWED TWO EARNED
RUNS.
>>> NOT SURPRISINGLY, DEREK
>>> JETER GOT A NICE STANDING
>>> OVATION AT TONIGHT'S MAJOR
>>> LEAGUE BASEBALL ALL-STAR GAME.
AFTER THE OVATION, THE FUTURE
HALL OF FAMER PLAYING IN HIS
FINAL ALL-STAR GAME, THEN
PROCEEDED TO DO WHAT HE HAD DONE
FOR 20 YEARS, HIT THE BASEBALL
HARD THE OTHER WAY FOR EXTRA
BASES.
IT WAS A LEAD-OFF DOUBLE FOR
JETER.
ONE BATTER LATER, WOULD SCORE
THE GAME'S FIRST RUN ON A TRIPLE
BY ANGELS PHENOM MIKE TROUT.
>>> LATER IN THE INNING IT WAS
>>> CABRERA HITTING A TWO-RUN HOME
>>> RUN TO MAKE IT 3 TO NOTHING.
JETER PICKED UP A HIT IN HIS
SECOND AT-BAT.
RIGHT NO IN THE EIGHTH INNING,
THE AL ALL STARS LOOKING TO LOCK
UP HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE IN THE
WORLD SERIES BEATING THEM 5 TO
3.
>>> LAST NIGHT, WE TRIED TO
>>> BRING YOU THE STORY OF
>>> 13-YEAR-OLD TENNIS PLAYER ABBIE
>>> KELM, BUT INSTEAD OF SHOWCASING
>>> THE TALENTED TEEN, WE ENDURED
>>> SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES.
THOSE ISSUES HAVE BEEN TAKEN
CARE OF, SO NOW TONIGHT HERE'S
SHANE LEE WITH MORE ON RISING
TENNIS STAR ABBIE KELM.
>> ABBIE KELM HAS PARTICIPATED
>> IN UNITED STATES TENNIS
>> ASSOCIATION OR USTA CERTIFIED
>> COMPETITIONS FOR LESS THAN TWO
>> YEARS.
DURING THAT TIME SHE HASRIES --
SHE HAS RISEN TO NO. 21 IN THE
REGIONS OF MINNESOTA, DAKOTAS
AND WISCONSIN.
>> IT'S REALLY FUN TO GET TO
>> THAT POINT, BUT IT'S REALLY
>> HELPFUL WITH EVERYONE I'VE HIT
>> WITH AND WHO PLAYS WITH ME.
>> KELM HAS TRAINED WITH
>> INSTRUCTOR PAUL SCHUCHARDTWOOD
>> FOR NEARLY FOUR YEARS.
>> ABBIE IS AN EXCEPTIONAL
>> PLAYER.
SHE HAS A LOT OF STRENGTH.
A GOOD PLAYER, YOU NEED TO BE
COACHABLE, HAVE GOOD ATHLETIC
ABILITY AND A LOT OF DRIVE.
>> JUST GET STRONGER, FASTER BY
>> BEING ON THE COURT AND
>> PRACTICING.
YOU GET YOUR STRENGTHS AND
WEAKNESSES REALLY COME OUT.
>> KELM APPEARS TO OWN A LOT
>> MORE STRENGTHS THAN WEAKNESSES.
ONE MAJOR CHALLENGE IS FINDING
WORTHY OPPONENTS.
SHE SPENDS THE AFTERNOON
TERRORIZING THE MEN'S LEAGUE.
>> SHE ACTUALLY WON A 16 AND
>> UNDER TOURNAMENT RECENTLY.
>> IT'S JUST FUN TO GET BETTER
>> PLAYING BETTER PEOPLE AND
>> GETTING TO THOSE HIGHER
>> TOURNAMENTS TO SEE ALL THOSE
>> GREAT PLAYERS.
>> EVEN WITH HER SUCCESS, KELM
>> STAYS GROUNDED.
NO TALK OF WIMBLEDON, GRAND
SLAMS OR EVEN STATE TITLES.
>> NOT REALLY TRYING TO GET TO A
>> CERTAIN LENGTH.
I JUST WANT TO PRACTICE AND GET
BETTER AS MUCH AS I CAN.
>> AND KELM WILL BE A FRESHMAN
>> THIS FALL AT BEMIDJI HIGH
>> SCHOOL, AND LAST FALL SHE
>> CONTRIBUTED TO THE GIRL TENNIS
>> TEAM AS AN EIGHTH GRADER.
>> I SEE HER WORKING HARD A LOT
>> AT THE VARIOUS COURTS.
SHE PUTS HER TIME IN.
IT LOOKS LIKE SHE IS IMPROVING
VASTLY AS SHE MOVES ON.
>> WITH CLAUDIA BLUE GOING ON,
>> MAYBE ABBIE WILL BE THIS FALL.
>>> THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS
>>> ADVENTURE GETS DRAGGED THROUGH
>>> THE MUD AT THE PAUL BUNYAN
>>> EXTREME 5 K IN NISSWA.
SHANE LEE SPEAKS WITH THE RACE
DIRECTOR AND CONTESTANTS ABOUT
THE DIFFICULT AND MUDDY OBSTACLE
COURSE.
>> FIVE KILOMETERS LIKE YOU'VE
>> NEVER SEEN BEFORE STAND BETWEEN
>> THE START AND THE FINISH OF THE
>> PAUL BUNYAN EXTREME 5 K AT MOUNT
>> SKI GULL.
>> IT'S JUST REALLY FUN.
YOU DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT.
IT YOU JUST KEEP GOING TO THE
NEXT OBSTACLE, GETTING MUDDY.
IT'S A BLAST.
>> THE OBSTACLES BEGIN WITH A
>> MUD PIT WHICH ULTIMATELY END
>> WITH A BALANCE BEAM FOLLOWED BY
>> A FIRST RUN OF THE HIP.
AT THE TOP STANDS A NEW ADDITION
TO THE YEAR, THE JUNGLE.
>> SOME MONKEY BARS, SLINGSHOT
>> OBSTACLE, A LITTLE MUD BACK
>> THERE, HURDLES, BALANCE BEAMS, A
>> LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS WE
>> DIDN'T HAVE LAST YEAR.
>> IF THE RUNNER MISSES WITH THE
>> SLINGSHOT, THEY TAKE A TRIP
>> THROUGH THE SWAMP.
>> THAT WAS INTENSE.
YOU CAN'T SEE THE LOGS THAT ARE
IN THE WATER, SO I'M PRETTY SURE
I'VE GOT SOME MARKS ON MY LEGS.
>> AFTER CLEARING THE JUNGLE,
>> THE RUNNERS HEAD DOWN INTO THE
>> BLACK PIT, CRAWLING IN THE DARK,
>> OBTAINING A FRESH COAT OF MUD
>> AND FURTHER BOGGING DOWN THEIR
>> SHOES.
>> JUST EMPTIED THEM OUT, BUT
>> THEY'RE STILL REALLY HEAVY.
>> AT LEAST THE COURSE GIVES THE
>> RUNNERS A CHANCE TO WASH OFF AT
>> THE GIANT WATER SLIDE AS WELL AS
>> THE ICE BATH.
>> THE WATER THIS YEAR WAS A LOT
>> WARMER, WHICH IS NICE.
>> THE RACERS CLIMB UP THE
>> DOUBLE DIAMOND SKI RUN AND THEN
>> HAVE TO CARRY A SMALL BOLDER
>> AROUND A CIRCLE AT THE PET ROCK
>> OBSTACLE.
>> THE ONLY OBSTACLE I COULD DO
>> WITHOUT GETTING DIRTY IS THE PET
>> ROCK, AND I WOULD NOT WANT TO DO
>> THIS AS PART OF A 5 K.
THESE THINGS ARE HEAVY.
>> THE RUNNERS CROSS THE
>> BARRELS, CLIMB UP PAUL BUNYAN'S
>> BOOT AND DOWN THE SIDE TO A
>> HARD-EARNED FINISH.
>> TO SEE THE HAPPY FACES WHEN
>> PEOPLE GET DONE.
THEY ENJOYED THE RACE.
THAT'S THE BEST PART FOR ME.
>> MORE THAN 1,000 RUNNERS PARTS
>> MATE IN THE -- PARTICIPATE IN
>> THE EVENT COVERING A WIDE
>> SPECTRUM OF AGES.
>> THIS IS NOT A MARATHON WHERE
>> YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'VE GOT TO RACE
>> TO WIN SOMETHING.
IT'S JUST FOR FUN.
>> THE FUNDS RAISED GO TO MOUNT
>> SKI GULL IF IT IS WILLING TO
>> ACCEPT DIRTY MONEY.
SHANE LEE, LAKELAND NEWS.
>> WOW.
I'VE DONE SOME 5 K'S BEFORE, BUT
NOTHING LIKE THAT.
>> IT LOOK LIKE A LOT OF WORK.
>>> CLEAR AND COOL CONDITIONS,
>>> ANOTHER NICE DAY TOMORROW.
HIGHS SHOULD BE BACK IN THE
70S.
>> HAVE A GREAT NIGHT,
>> EVERYBODY.
WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
>> GOOD NIGHT.
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