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DENNIS WEIMANN WITH THE NEWS, STACY CHRISTENSON WITH THE WEATHER AND CHARLIE YAEGER WITH YOUR SPORTS.

>> Dennis: HI EVERYONE, THANKS FOR WATCHING TONIGHT.

>>> STATE LAWMAKERS LEGALIZED ADULT-USE CANNABIS A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO.

THE PROCESS TO ALLOW IT TO BE SOLD IN THE STATE IS STILL ONGOING AND MANY CITY GOVERNMENTS ARE PREPARING FOR WHEN THAT HAPPENS.

REPORTER SAMMY HOLLADAY SAT DOWN WITH TWO CITY OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF CANNABIS IN BRAINERD.

>> Reporter: FOR THE CITY OF BRAINERD, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR THE FUTURE OF CANNABIS IS WHERE DISPENSARIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO OPERATE.

>> FIGURING OUT WHERE IT GOES AND HOW IT OPERATES AND WHAT THE RESTRICTIONS ARE IN TERMS OF PROXIMITY TO SCHOOLS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART.

>> Reporter: A PROPOSED ORDINANCE REGARDING CANNABIS IS IN THE WORKS.

THE ORDINANCE HAS RESTRICTIONS ON THE PROXIMITY OF A DISPENSARY IN A FEW SENSITIVE AREAS.

>> THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE THAT WILL BE GOING TO COUNCIL DOES RESTRICT THEM WITHIN 100 FEET OF SCHOOLS, RECOVERY FACILITIES, CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUNDS, AND WITHIN 300 FEET OF THAT, THEY REQUIRE A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.

>> Reporter: WITHOUT A MODEL ORDINANCE TO GO OFF OF, THEY REACHED OUT TO SEVERAL CITIES THAT PREVIOUSLY LEGALIZED CANNABIS.

>> I HAVE NOT HAD ANY ISSUES WITH THEM.

SO THAT RESTRICTION OF HOW CLOSE THEY CAN BE TO SENSITIVE AREAS IS IN A LOT OF STATE STATUTES, SO BRAINERD JUST HAD TO DECIDE IN WHAT PROXIMITY DO WE POTENTIALLY WANT ADULT USE CANNABIS RETAIL STORES IN RELATION TO OUR SENSETY -- SENSITIVE AREAS.

>> Reporter: AND GROWING AND MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS, SMELL BEING A MAJOR CONCERN, THOSE WOULD BE RESTRICTED TO ONE ZONE THROUGHOUT CITY LIMITS.

>> THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED THAT THOSE AREAS OF GROWING AND MANUFACTURING BE RESTRICTED TO INDUSTRIAL ONLY, AND IT WOULD BE A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT SO IT CAN BE REVIEWED TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY NEGATIVE IMPACTS FROM IT.

>> Reporter: WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT TO THE CITY IS TO ENSURE THAT THE PEOPLE OF BRAINERD WILL REMAIN SAFE.

>> OUR JOB IS TO SIMPLY MAKE SURE THAT THE CITIZENS OF BRAINERD ARE PROTECTED IN CASE THERE IS SOME KIND OF OUTLANDISH THING THAT WE DON'T FORESEE.

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

>> IN ADDITION TO THE ORDINANCE THAT WILL LAY OUT THE GUIDELINES FOR WHERE BUSINESSES CAN OPERATE, ANOTHER ORDINANCE WILL LAY OUT REGISTER AND LICENSE FEES.

BOTH ORDINANCES ARE EXPECTED TO BE PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE NEXT MEETING ON JUNE 3RD.

>>> THE ITASCA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS ANNOUNCED THE DEATH OF FORMER ITASCA COUNTY SHERIFF BOB SERICH.

SERICH WAS ELECTED SHERIFF IN 1991 AND SERVED IN THAT ROLE UNTIL HE RETIRED IN JANUARY 1995.

IN ALL HE SERVED ITASCA COUNTY FOR 31 YEARS FIRST AS A ROAD DEPUTY THEN LATER AS CHIEF DEPUTY.

SERICH STARTED THE DRUG ABUSE AND RESISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM, KNOWN AS D-A-R-E IN ITASCA COUNTY IN 1992.

ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE, SERICH DIED MONDAY, MAY 27TH AT HOME SURROUNDED BY FAMILY.

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE PENDING.

>>> THE MINNESOTA COURT OF APPEALS HAS THROWN OUT THE MURDER CONVICTION AND ORDERED A NEW TRIAL FOR A MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY SHOT AND KILLED A 15-YEAR-OLD MINNEAPOLIS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT ATHLETE WHO BRUSHED SHOULDERS WITH HIM ON A SIDEWALK.

CODY FOHRENKAM WAS CONVICTED LAST IN THE 2020 DEATH OF DESHAUN HILL JR., AN HONOR STUDENT AND STAR QUARTERBACK AT NORTH HIGH SCHOOL.

PROSECUTORS SAID HILL WAS WALKING TO A BUS STOP AFTER SCHOOL WHEN HE BARELY BRUSHED SHOULDERS WITH FOHRENKAM, WHO WAS LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO HAD STOLEN HIS CELLPHONE EARLIER IN THE DAY.

FOHRENKAM ALLEGEDLY SHOT HILL IN THE BACK SEVERAL TIMES AND FLED.

THE COURT OF APPEALS ON MONDAY RULED THAT THE TRIAL COURT ERRED WHEN IT ADMITTED STATEMENTS THAT FOHRENKAM MADE TO INVESTIGATORS WHILE HE WAS JAILED ON AN UNRELATED MATTER.

THE HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS 30 DAYS TO APPEAL.

FOHRENKAM WILL REMAIN IN CUSTODY IN THE MEANTIME.

>>> THREE PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN AN A.T.V.

CRASH IN MORRISON COUNTY YESTERDAY.

THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS 53-YEAR-OLD DAWN MONSON OF PIERZ WAS DRIVING THE A.T.V.

IN A FIELD ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF BUCKMAN WHEN MONSON HIT A MUD PUDDLE, LOST CONTROL OF THE A.T.V.

AND ROLLED.

MONSON WAS AIRLIFTED TO A TWIN CITIES HOSPITAL.

TWO PASSENGERS 44-YEAR-OLD GENOVEVA HERNANDEZ OF LONG PRAIRIE AND 19-YEAR-OLD KAYLA BARTHEL OF FOLEY WAS TAKEN TO AN AREA HOSPITAL WITH UNKNOWN INJURIES.

THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS NOBODY ON THE A.T.V.

WAS WEARING A HELMET AND THE CASE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

>>> BRAINERD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT-ATHLETES HAVE ENDURED A NEW REGIMEN FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE TRAINING SESSIONS THIS YEAR, AS THERE IS A NEW ATHLETIC TRAINER/STRENGTH CONDITIONING COACH, WORKING WITH ALL ATHLETES GRADES 9 THROUGH 12.

HIRED THROUGH ESSENTIA HEALTH ALEX BRODJESKI HAS SERVED AS A TRAINER AT CONCORDIA-ST.PAUL UNIVERSITY, ELON UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY, AS WELL AS CARLETON COLLEGE, WHILE WORKING WITH KIDS HAS BEEN AN ADJUSTMENT FOR BRODJESKI.

HIS LOVE FOR TRAINING HAS NOT CHANGED.

>> ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT DRIVES ME IS HELPING PASSIONATE PEOPLE.

IF SOMEONE IS FIRED UP, I WANT TO HELP THEM GET TO WHERE THEY WANT TO GO.

HELPING PASSIONATE PEOPLE IS MY FAVORITE PART OF IT.

SOMEONE WITH FIRE IN THEIR EYES THAT WANTS TO GET SOMETHING, I WANT TO HELP THEM GET THAT, WHETHER IT'S BIO CHEMISTRY HOMEWORK OR IF IT'S PUTTING THEM UNDERNEATH BARBELLS.

>> MORE ON BRODJESKI: HE PLAYED COLLEGE FOOTBALL FOR FOUR YEARS AT GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE AND ALSO EARNED HIS MASTERS DEGREE IN HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA.

>>> THE RELATIONSHIP SAFETY ALLIANCE WILL HOST ITS ANNUAL GALA ON THURSDAY, JUNE 20TH AT THE NORTHERN PACIFIC CENTER IN BRAINERD.

THE R.S.A.

PROVIDES DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS AND THEIR CHILDREN WITH A SECURE FACILITY WHERE THEY CAN FEEL SAFE WHILE FINDING HEALTHY ALTERNATIVES TO THE VIOLENT SITUATION THEY WERE ONCE IN.

PROCEEDS FROM THE GALA WILL GO TOWARDS THE R.S.A.

'S THREE SIGNATURE PROGRAMS, THE LOUISE SELISKI SHELTER, THE ALEX AND BRANDON CHILD SAFETY CENTER, AND SUPPORT GROUPS, OUTREACH, AND EDUCATION.

THE R.S.A.

BELIEVES THIS YEAR IS THE MOST IMPORTANT YEAR FOR ITS GALA.

>> THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE CRIME VICTIM SERVICE PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY ARE FACING A 42% CUT IN FEDERAL FUNDING, WHICH MEANS WE NEED ALL OF THE SUPPORT THAT WE CAN GET THROUGH OTHER GRANTS, DONATIONS, FUNDRAISERS, SPONSORSHIPS, ALL OF THAT.

>> GUESTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO DRESS TO IMPRESS.

TICKET SALES FOR THE EVENT ARE LIVE AND WILL END ON JUNE 10TH.

>>> A LONGTIME IRON RANGE LAWMAKER HAS ANNOUNCED HE WILL NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION TO THE MINNESOTA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

DFL'ER DAVE LISLEGARD CALLS IT A HARD DECISION BECAUSE FIGHTING FOR THE RANGE IS AT THE CORE OF WHO HE IS BUT SAID AT THIS POINT IN HIS LIFE HIS PRIORITY NEEDS TO BE HIS FAMILY.

LISLEGARD WHO IS FROM AURORA WAS ELECTED TO THE HOUSE IN 2018 AND THEN RE-ELECTED IN 2020 AND AGAIN IN 2022.

PRIOR TO THAT HE SERVED AS THE MAYOR OF AURORA.

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

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WE'LL SEE SOME CHILLY TEMPERATURES TONIGHT AND A FROST ADVISORY IS OUT FOR A PORTION OF OUR VIEWING AREA.

WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK IN THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, THE FIFTH ANNUAL TI >> THIS PORTION OF LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED BY C.T.C.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> HURRICANE SEASON IN THE ATLANTIC BEGINS ON JUNE FIRST AND ACCORDING TO THE NEW OUTLOOK FROM NOAA.

IT COULD BE A DOOZY.

IVAN RODRIGUEZ BREAKS DOWN JUST WHAT WE CAN EXPECT IN THE MONTHS AHEAD AND HOW TO BE PREPARED.

>> Reporter: PEOPLE WHO LIVE ALONG THE EAST AND GULF COASTS SHOULD BRACE THEMSELVES.

THE 2024 ATLANTIC HURRICANE OUTLOOK RELEASED BY THE NATIONAL OCEAN ANTIC AND ATMOSPHERIC THURSDAY IS ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS.

FORECASTS FOR NAMED STORMS, HURRICANES, AND MAJOR HURRICANES IS THE HIGHEST NOAH HAS ISSUED FOR THE MAY OUTLOOK.

>> Reporter: STORMS ARE FORECASTED TO FORM BETWEEN JUNE 1ST AND NOVEMBER 30th, 8 TO 13 COULD BECOME HURRICANES, 4 TO 7 COULD STRENGTHEN INTO MAJOR HURRICANES, CATEGORY 3 OR GREATER.

>> THERE IS AN 85% CHANCE OF AN ABOVE NORMAL SEASON.

>> Reporter: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE AT RECORD WARM LEVELS AND EXPERTS EXPECT EL NINO CONDITIONS TO TRANSITION TO LA NINA, CREATING A DYNAMIC CONDUCIVE TO TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY AND SETTING THE STAGE FOR STORMS TO INTENSIFY.

>> EVERY CATEGORY 5 STORM THAT MADE LANDFALL IN THE UNITED STATES IN THE LAST 100 YEARS, IS A TROPICAL STORM OR LESS THREE DAYS PRIOR.

THE BIG ONES ARE FAST.

>> Reporter: THE OMINOUS FORECAST COMES AS MUCH OF THE STAFF HAS ALREADY BEEN INUNDATED BY HEAVY RAIN IN RECENT WEEKS, PARTICULARLY ALONG THE GULF COAST.

EXPERTS WARN THAT THE TROPICAL TROUBLE POSES A THREAT OF SEVERE FLOODING, EVEN INLAND.

>> BE AWARE AND PREPARED, NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE.

>> Reporter: AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED.

I AM IVAN RODRIGUEZ REPORTING.

>> THIS HURRICANE SEASON ALSO FEATURES THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ABOVE-NORMAL WEST AFRICAN MONSOON, WHICH CAN PRODUCE AFRICAN EASTERLY WAVES THAT SEED SOME OF THE STRONGEST AND LONGER-LIVED ATLANTIC STORMS.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER AS WE LOOK AT THE LOCAL SCENE NOW.

STACY JOINS US.

WE HAVE SEEN, I MEAN NOT HURRICANE-LIKE RAIN, BUT A GOOD AMOUNT OF RAIN IN THE LAST WEEK.

>> Stacy: WE HAVE.

WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF RAIN THIS SPRING.

WE WILL HAVE A BREAK TOMORROW, LOOKS LIKE SUNNY SKIES ACROSS THE AREA, BUT CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE BACK ON THURSDAY.

IN THE MEANTIME, CHILLY TEMPERATURES TONIGHT AND WE HAVE A FROST ADVISORY FOR PART OF >> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS SPONSORED IN PART BY THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, ACCESS MINNESOTA.

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

>> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY, EVEN A FEW RAIN SHOWERS AND SPRINKLES OUT THERE.

QUIETER WEATHER WILL BE MOVING IN TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH TOMORROW.

EXPECT SOME NICE SUNSHINE TOMORROW, SOME NICE TEMPERATURES TO GO ALONG WITH THE SUNSHINE, BUT MORE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE WEEK.

THAT WILL CONTINUE AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 49 AT THE AIRPORT, A LIGHT NORTH WIND AT THE STUDIO, AND WE HAVE RECEIVED SINCE LAST NIGHT, 0.06-INCH OF RAINFALL.

A FROST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 1:00 A.M. TO 7:00 A.M. FOR NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA, INCLUDING KOOCHICHING AND ITASCA COUNTY, AND THAT WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 7:00 TOMORROW.

WE ARE EXPECTING TEMPERATURES TO DROP TO 35, SO THAT COULD RESULT IN SOME FROST FORMATION, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS PRONE TO FROST.

ON THE RADAR, IT IS QUIET OUT THERE TONIGHT.

CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES TONIGHT, CHILLY TEMPERATURES, ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHEAST, BUT A LOT OF US SHOULD SEE THE LOWS IN THE UPPER 30s TO LOW MID-40s OUT THERE.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW, WE ARE STILL UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF HIGH PRESSURE, SO WE SHOULD BE SEEING SUNNY SKIES.

WE'LL ALSO BE SEEING SOME WARMER TEMPERATURES, SO A NICE WARM TEMPERATURE IN THE 60s TOMORROW.

SO LOOKING TO THE WEST, YOU CAN SEE ACTIVE WEATHER, SO CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE BACK ON THURSDAY.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU, GORGEOUS SKIES THIS MORNING FROM KAREN OVER LONG LAKE AND ARLENE IN MENAHGA.

WE HAVE SUNNY SKIES, SOME BLUE SKIES BETWEEN THE CLOUDS FROM DAVE IN BRAINERD.

JOAN WITH A SLIPPER SPOTTED IN LAPORTE.

A STORM CROWD IS ROLLING OVER TRADERS BAY FROM ANGELA.

SANDY SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF SOME COTTON CANDY CLOUDS OVER RABIDEAU LAKE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORT, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 50 AND CALM THIS MORNING.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, SUNSHINE, BUT SOME CLOUDS THAT LEAKED JUST A LITTLE BIT, THE HIGH TODAY WAS 64.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, CLOUDS AND SUN WITH A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, CLEAR SKIES TONIGHT, THE HIGH WAS 62.

SANDY IN BLACKDUCK, A VERY CALM 58 DEGREES THIS EVENING.

ON OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD WITH A HIGH TODAY OF 67.

50 DEGREES WAS THE LOW, 5:30 WAS THE SUNRISE.

BEMIDJI WAS 8 DEGREES BELOW THE AVERAGE AND OUR LOW WAS 47.

HERE'S OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, PLENTY OF SUNSHINE, SOME NICE WARM TEMPERATURES TO GO WITH THAT, HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60s, COULD BE CLOSE TO 70 AROUND INTERNATIONAL FALLS.

IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WE WILL BE ENJOYING THE SUNNY SKIES, UPPER 60s NEAR 70 FOR OUR HIGH TEMPERATURES TOMORROW AND THEN CHANCES OF RAIN RETURN ON THURSDAY.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST, CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES TONIGHT, COULD SEE SOME PATCHY FROST IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA, WITH LOWS NEAR 41.

TOMORROW, SUNNY SKIES, 69 FOR THE HIGH, SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 5 TO 15.

HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, WE WILL START TO SEE THE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING IN BEGINNING IN WESTERN MINNESOTA ON THURSDAY, THOSE WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA LATE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT AND COULD LINGER ON FRIDAY, AND HIGHS IN THE 70s, AND WE SHOULD HAVE 70s INTO THE WEEKEND.

STILL SOME CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, A LITTLE WARMER ON SUNDAY WITH HIGHS NEAR 76.

>> Dennis: JUNE IS ALMOST HERE AND IT MEANS STATE TOURNAMENTS FOR SPRING HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS, WHICH IS GETTING OUT.

>> Charlie: WE'RE DEEP INTO THE SECTION TOURNAMENTS AND WE HAD A CHANCE TO GET TO THE SEMIFINALS TODAY OVER IN 5A AND ELIMINATION BRACKET GAMES, AND SOME BASEBALL AS WELL.

A LOT OF SPORTS IN GENERAL.

PLUS, THE TIMBERWOLVES >> SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED IN PART BY PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS; BRINGING NORTHERN MINNESOTA THE GIGAZONE.

INTERNET SPEEDS UP TO 10 GIGABITS PER SECONDS, BOTH UPLOAD AND DOWNLOAD.

IT'S THE GIGAZONE FROM PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS AND IT'S RIGHT HERE.

>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪] >>> SEBEKA SOFTBALL CAME INTO THE SECTION 5-A TOURNAMENT AS THE 4-SEED AND AFTER AN UPSET OF TOP-SEEDED BLACKDUCK IN THE QUARTERFINAL ARE NOW A SEMIFINAL GAME FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2021.

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRACKET, 2-SEED KELLIHER-NORTHOME ARE RIDING A 7-GAME WIN STREAK INTO THEIR FIRST SEMIFINAL BERTH SINCE BEFORE ANY OF THE CURRENT PLAYERS WERE BORN.

>>> WE HEAD OUT TO WALKER FOR THE SECTION 5-A SEMIFINAL, WHERE THE MUSTANGS AND THE TROJANS WILL BE MEETING FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON.

TOP OF THE 1ST, NO SCORE.

KIERA ECKMAN DRIVES ONE TO THE WALL.

VIOLET LYSNE COMES ALL THE WAY AROUND FROM FIRST TO SCORE AND SEBEKA HAS AN EARLY 1-0 LEAD.

TOP OF THE 3RD NOW, TIED AT 1-1.

KAYLAH WATSON WITH TWO ON, SLICE DOWN THE RIGHT FIELD LINE, SCORES JAYLIN LILLQUIST AND ECKMAN.

TROJANS BACK ON TOP 3-1.

BOTTOM OF THE 6TH.

SAME SCORE.

RUNNER ON THIRD FOR ELLA THAYER.

KAILEE ASHMAN UNABLE TO MAKE THE PLAY.

MUSTANGS CUT THE LEAD TO ONE BUT IN THE END THEY COULD NOT GET ANYMORE.

THE MUSTANGS MOVED TO THE -- EXCUSE ME, SO IS BEAK CAN BEATS KELLIHER-NORTHOME.

IT WILL BE A REMATCH IN THE SECTION TITLE GAME.

SEBEKA WILL NEED ONE WIN.

WE HEAD OVER TO SECTION 8-4A IN THE ELIMINATION BRACKET.

BRAINERD HOSTING SARTELL.

WARRIORS NEEDING A WIN TO STAY ALIVE.

SECOND INNING, TWO OUTS AND TWO ON FOR MYA TAUTGES, PUMMELS IT TO CENTER, THREE-RUN SHOT MAKES IT 3-0 BRAINERD AND THAT WAS PLENTY FOR TAUTGES.

SHE HELD SARTELL TO THREE HITS, NO RUNS, AND TALLIED 16 STRIKEOUTS, THREE OF WHICH TO END THE GAME.

AS BRAINERD TOOK OUT SARTELL IN A 4-0 VICTORY SETTING THEMSELVES UP FOR A MEETING WITH SAINT CLOUD CRUSH.

JACKS FELL.

SO IN THE SECOND ELIMINATION OF THE GAME, BRAINERD HOSTING SAINT CLOUD.

WINNER GOES ON TO FACE MOORHEAD ON THURSDAY.

FIRST INNING, RUNNERS ON THE CORNERS FOR MAREN CEYNOWA.

FIRST BASE COACH BODYBLOCKS BUT DOUBLE STEAL TRY LEADS TO AN ERRANT THROW.

TAUTGES SCORES.

1-0 BRAINERD.

TOP FIFTH, TIED 1-1, MAN ON THIRD.

BALL GETS AWAY.

IZZY GLIEDEN COMES IN.

2-1 SAINT CLOUD.

NOW 3-1 SAINT CLOUD.

BRAINERD DONE TO THEIR LAST OUT BUT EMILY RADEMACHER KEEPS HOPE ALIVE.

BASE HIT EXTENDS THE INNING BUT THAT'S ALL BRAINERD HAD AS NEXT BATTER ERICAH FOLDEN GROUNDS OUT TO SHORT AND THAT WOULD BE YOUR BALL GAME.

AS SAINT CLOUD KNOCKS BRAINERD OUT OF 8-7A SECTIONS.

THEY END THE WARRIORS SEASON.

TAUTGES STRUCK OUT TEN BATTERS OVER SEVEN INNINGS ALLOWING ONLY ONE EARNED RUN.

SHE IS ONLY A JUNIOR SO MORE TO COME NEXT SEASON.

>>> MORE IN SOFTBALL, LITTLE FALLS'S SEASON ENDS.

GREEN WAY KEEWATIN GOES DOWN.

THEY'RE OUT OF THE TOURNAMENT AS WELL.

PIERZ STAYS ALIVE.

PEQUOT LAKE STAYS AN I -- ALIVE, AND THEY WILL FACE EACH OTHER IN THE ELIMINATION BRACKET.

IN 6A, BROWERVILLE GETS THE WIN OVER WEST CENTRAL, BUT FALLS LATER.

>>> WELL OVER -- OH, EXCUSE ME.

IN 5A IN BASEBALL, WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY AND NEVIS, TOP OF THE THIRD, WOLVES UP 1-0 WHEN GAVIN GOES DEEP TO LEFT, PUTS THEM UP 2-0.

THEY WOULDN'T STOP THERE.

NOW UP 5-0.

SKY POKES ONE TO THE RIGHT, ABLE TO SCORE TWO MORE.

IT'S 7-0.

BOTTOM OF THE 4th, NEVIS TRYING TO RALLY.

A LINE DRIVE TO THE RIGHT, PUSHING A RUN FOR THE TIGERS.

THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO CATCH THE WOLVES.

WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY WINS 10-5 OVER NEVIS.

THEY ADVANCE TO THE QUARTER FINALS WHERE THEY WILL FACE THE MILLS.

SOME MORE SCORES, PINE RIVER-BACKUS WINS.

ST.

CLOUD GETS THE WIN OVER BRAINERD IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE 8-4A SECTION AND BEMIDJI FALLS.

LITTLE FALLS BEATS FERGUS FALLS BY 1.

GRAND RAPIDS GETS THE WIN, WARROAD BEATS PARK RAPIDS IN THE FIRST ROUND.

ROSEAU WITH A WIN OVER CROOKSTON.

7-2A, AITKIN FALLS, AND PEQUOT LAKES DOUBLING THEM UP.

IN 7-2A, GREEN WAY GETS A WIN OVER BARNUM.

PILLAGER FALLS TO ALBANY IN 8A.

KELLIHER-NORTHOME WITH A 7-0 WIN OVER RED LAKE.

FOSSTON TURNS AROUND AND BEATS KELLIHER-NORTHOME IN THEIR FIRST GAME.

BLACKDUCK AND WINNEMAC GETS WINS.

LONG PRAYER GREY EAGLE WIN.

>>> IN THE NBA, GAME NUMBER FOUR, TIMBERWOLVES ON THE BRINK OF ELIMINATION.

STAR POWER SHOWED UP FOR MINNESOTA TONIGHT.

KARL ANTHONY-TOWNS GAVE THE WOLVES A LEAD.

THEY GO TO TOWNS AGAIN AND HE RISES TO THE OCCASION.

HE WENT FOR 9 FOR 13 OVERALL.

WOLVES LEAD BY 3 AND THEY NEED A BUCKET.

ANTHONY EDWARDS STEPS UP, STAR POWER.

HE FINISHES WITH 29.

TIMBERWOLVES BEAT THE MAVERICKS, AND THEY HEAD BACK TO MINNESOTA FOR GAME FIVE ON THURSDAY.

TWINS GOT A WIN TODAY.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, FROM THE WOLVES TO THE WOLF RUN, HOW WAS THAT?

>> Charlie: I LIKE IT.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT.

YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF THE SHOW AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR, WHERE CONTESTANTS FROM ALL ACROSS THE GLOBE COMPETE IN ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS OBSTACLES COURSES IN TV HISTORY.

WELL AT NORTHERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN BEMIDJI, THEY HELD THEIR ANNUAL TIMBERWOLF NINJA RUN FOR THEIR STUDENTS.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN WAS THERE TO CHECK OUT WHAT THE SCHOOL SET UP FOR ITS STUDENTS, FOR THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE.

>> Reporter: STUDENTS AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN BEMIDJI DAWNED THEIR BEST CAMOUFLAGE ATTIRE AS THEY TOOK PART IN THE FIFTH ANNUAL TIMBER WOLF NINJA RUN.

IT WAS FILLED WITH TONS AND TONS OF OBSTACLES FOR THE KIDS TO JUMP, CLIMB, OR JUST SPRINT RIGHT THROUGH.

IT WAS HARD FOR THE KIDS TO PICK A FAVORITE OBSTACLE.

>> WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE PART OF IT?

>> THE ROCK WALL.

>> THE ROCK WALL.

>> I THINK IT WAS REALLY FUN.

>> I THINK IT WAS REALLY FUN TOO.

>> WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE PART?

>> I LIKED WHEN WE GOT TO JUMP OVER THINGS.

>> MINE WAS THE BALANCING THING.

>> IT WAS FUN.

>> WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE PART?

>> THE THING THAT GOES LIKE THAT.

>> Reporter: EVEN THOUGH THE COURSE WAS OVER A HALF MILE LONG, WHEN STUDENTS MADE THEIR WAY ACROSS THE FINISH LINE, MANY TURNED AROUND TO RUN THE COURSE AGAIN, AND AGAIN, AND AGAIN.

>> HOW MANY TIMES DID YOU GO THROUGH?

>> I WENT SIX TIMES.

>> SIX TIMES.

>> WOW, DON'T YOU GET TIRED?

>> YEAH, I GOT A LITTLE TIRED.

I FEEL LIKE I'M SUNBURNED.

>> IT WAS REALLY GOOD AND I'M REALLY TIRED.

>> HOW MANY TIMES DID YOU GO?

>> EIGHT.

>> EIGHT TIMES, WHY DID YOU GO EIGHT TIMES?

>> I DON'T KNOW.

>> THIS IS NOT ONLY A GREAT EVENT FOR PARENTS TO WATCH THEIR KIDS HAVE FUN AND COMPETE AND FOR TEACHERS TO CONNECT TO PARENTS OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM, AND THIS RAISES MONEY FOR THE STUDENTS OF NORTHERN ELEMENTARY.

>> SO THEY CAN GO ON FIELD TRIPS AND WE CAN HAVE PRESENTATIONS COME INTO OUR BUILDING.

IT HELPS PARENTS AND STUDENTS CONNECT AND TEACHERS TO DO SOMETHING OTHER THAN BE IN THE CLASSROOM AND HAVE FUN.

>> Reporter: REPORTING FOR THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> ALL OF THE OBSTACLES FOR THE NINJA RUN ARE PICKED OUT WITH ALL GRADES IN MIND, SO THAT HOPEFULLY EVERY STUDENT FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 5TH GRADE CAN ENJOY THE EVENT.

>>> WELL STACY, LOOKS LIKE A NICE DAY TOMORROW.

>> Stacy: IT DOES.

WE SHOULD BE SEEING NICE SUNSHINE AND WARMER TEMPERATURES.

IT WILL BE CHILLY TONIGHT, WE HAVE A FROST ADVISORY FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA FROM 1:00 TO 7:00 A.M. ON WEDNESDAY, COULD SEE THE TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE MID-30s, SO THAT COULD RESULT IN SOME AREAS OF FROST.

TONIGHT, CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, PATCHY FROST, AND THEN SUNNY SKIES TOMORROW, 69 FOR THE HIGH, SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 5 TO 15, CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RETURN ON THURSDAY, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE STICKING AROUND THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

>> Charlie: BSU SOFTBALL HAD FIVE STUDENT ATHLETES NAMED TO THE CSC ALL ACADEMIC TEAM.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THAT'S IT FOR US.

HAVE A GREAT NIGHT EVERYBODY.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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