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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.

>>> A RED LAKE WOMAN HAS BEEN CHARGED IN FEDERAL COURT WITH MURDER, ARSON, AND CHILD NEGLECT FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF TWO YOUNG CHILDREN AT A RESIDENCE IN RED LAKE.

COURT DOCUMENTS ALLEGE THAT ON MARCH 15TH, 35-YEAR-OLD JENNIFER MARIE STATELY ATTACKED AND KILLED THE CHILDREN WITH A SHARP OBJECT AND THEN SET FIRE TO THE HOME.

THE FIRST CHILD DIED AFTER BEING STABBED IN THE CHEST.

THE OTHER CHILD SURVIVED THE STAB WOUNDS BUT DIED FROM SMOKE INHALATION DUE TO THE FIRE.

STATELY FLED THE SCENE WITH A THIRD CHILD AND AFTER AN AMBER ALERT WAS ISSUED SHE WAS STOPPED AND ARRESTED IN TODD COUNTY.

THE THIRD CHILD WAS TAKEN TO AN AREA HOSPITAL AND WAS SUFFERING FROM VISIBLE SIGNS OF CHILD NEGLECT.

THE INDICTMENT CHARGES STATELY WITH ONE COUNT OF PREMEDITATED MURDER, ONE COUNT OF MURDER IN THE COURSE OF COMMITTING CHILD ABUSE, ONE COUNT OF MURDER IN THE COURSE OF COMMITTING ARSON ONE COUNT OF ARSON, AND ONE COUNT OF FELONY CHILD NEGLECT.

STATELY APPEARED IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT TODAY WHERE SHE WAS ORDERED TO REMAIN IN CUSTODY PENDING FURTHER PROCEEDINGS.

>>> THREE PEOPLE HAVE DIED AND THREE OTHERS SUFFERED LIFE THREATENING INJURIES IN A HEAD-ON CRASH NEAR PINE RIVER EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING.

THE CRASH WAS REPORTED AROUND 12:30 A.M. SUNDAY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF 24TH STREET SOUTHWEST AND 36TH AVENUE SOUTHWEST IN CASS COUNTY.

32-YEAR-OLD KYLE DANIEL JONES OF BAYPORT WAS DRIVING A PICKUP WEST ON 24TH STREET SOUTH WHEN THE PICKUP COLLIDED HEAD-ON WITH A CAR DRIVEN BY 39-YEAR-OLD ROYAL NOE OF HILLMAN.

NOE DIED FOLLOWING THE CRASH.

TWO PASSENGERS IN NOE'S CAR ALSO DIED.

50-YEAR-OLD HEATHER CEBALLOS OF BRAINERD AND 36-YEAR-OLD COREY PETERSON OF BRAINERD.

A THIRD PASSENGER, 53-YEAR-OLD KELLY KUSCHEL OF PINE RIVER SUFFERED LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.

JONES, THE DRIVER OF THE PICKUP, ALSO SUFFERED LIFE THREATENING INJURIES FOLLOWING THE CRASH AS DID A PASSENGER IN THE PICKUP, 30-YEAR-OLD MANDY TELLINGHUISEN.

THE STATE PATROL SAYS ALCOHOL WAS INVOLVED WITH JONES.

THE PATROL REPORT SAYS IT'S UNKNOWN IF SEATBELTS WERE USED BY ANYONE.

>>> A 43-YEAR-OLD ST.

CLOUD MAN DIED LAST NIGHT WHEN THE MOTORCYCLE HE WAS DRIVING COLLIDED WITH A PICKUP IN MORRISON COUNTY ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF FORT RIPLEY.

THE STATE PATROL SAYS ERIC WHITE WAS DRIVING THE MOTORCYCLE NORTHBOUND ON JEWEL ROAD AND THE PICKUP WAS EASTBOUND ON 213TH STREET WHEN THEY COLLIDED IN THE INTERSECTION.

THE CRASH REPORT DOES NOT SPECIFY WHO HAD THE RIGHT OF WAY.

WHITE WHO WAS NOT WEARING A HELMET DIED FOLLOWING THE CRASH.

THE DRIVER OF THE PICKUP, 41-YEAR-OLD CLARENCE BONANDER OF GRANTSBURG, WAS NOT INJURED.

>>> RUE 21, A POPULAR TEEN CLOTHING STORE, ANNOUNCED ON FRIDAY THAT IT HAD FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY AND THAT IT WAS CLOSING ALL OF ITS STORES, INCLUDING THE ONE AT THE PAUL BUNYAN MALL IN BEMIDJI.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN SPOKE WITH SOME OF THE MANAGERS OVER AT THE RUE 21 IN BEMIDJI, TO GET THEIR THOUGHTS ON THE SHOCKING ANNOUNCEMENT.

>> Reporter: ON FRIDAY, EMPLOYEES OF RUE21 WENT HOME AFTER A LONG DAY OF WORK AND FOUND OUT BY THE END OF MAY, THEY WOULD NO LONGER BE EMPLOYED AT RUE21.

THEY WERE CLOSING ALL THE STORES IN THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING 7 IN MINNESOTA.

>> IT'S HONESTLY HEARTBREAKING, ESPECIALLY FOR US WORKERS, LOSING OUR INCOME, HEALTH INSURANCE, OUR TEAM MEMBERS.

IT REALLY HURTS US.

>> Reporter: THE MANAGERS SAY THE COMPANY WASN'T BEING FORTHCOMING ABOUT THE NEWS THAT WAS GOING TO BE ANNOUNCED.

>> MONDAY WE HAD A CONFERENCE CALL THAT BASICALLY SAID EVERYTHING WAS GOOD, EVERYTHING IS FINE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANY STORES CLOSING.

THE STORE'S INVENTORIES ARE GOING DOWN.

THEY WERE HAVING US TO DO ALL THESE TRANSFERS, LIKE A LOT OF PRODUCT.

THEN THAT THURSDAY MORNING, ALL OF THE DISTRICT MANAGERS WERE FIRED, MOST OF THE CORPORATE OFFICE.

THEY SENT THEM A 3 MINUTE VIDEO AND JUST TOLD THEM THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR JOBS ANYMORE.

FOUR DAYS LATER WE GET A NOTICE THAT WE'RE BANKRUPT.

>> Reporter: AN E-MAIL SENT TO ALL THE STORES INFORMING THE MANAGERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE BANKRUPTCY WAS LESS THAN 100 WORDS IN TOTAL.

>> THURSDAY MORNING WE GOT AN E-MAIL, A COUPLE SENTENCES, MAYBE A PARAGRAPH AT MOST THAT WE WERE GOING INTO BANKRUPTCY AND THAT WAS IT.

WE DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING ELSE FROM THEM.

IT JUST WENT SILENT.

I WISH THEY WOULD HAVE COMMUNICATED BECAUSE IT COULD HAVE BEEN EASIER.

I COULD HAVE BROKEN THE NEWS TO MY TEAM A LOT EASIER BUT HIDING ALL OF THIS INFORMATION, NOT OKAY.

>> Reporter: AND FOR MANY OF WHAT WILL BE FORMER EMPLOYEES OF RUE21, THEY ARE SCARED OF WHAT'S TO COME.

>> I'M SAD.

I'M SUPPOSED TO GET MARRIED IN SEPTEMBER.

I JUST BOUGHT A HOUSE AND NOW MY ENTIRE INCOME AND WORLD CAME CRASHING DOWN IN THE SPAN OF FOUR OR FIVE DAYS.

I NEED TO PROVIDE FOR ME AND MY FUTURE HUSBAND.

WE COULD HAVE BEEN SPENDING THIS TIME SEARCHING FOR NEW EMPLOYMENT, BUT THEY WERE QUIET ABOUT IT AND SECRETIVE.

IT SOUNDS MANIPULATIVE AND TOXIC.

>> Reporter: INSTEAD OF SELLING THE REMAINING STOCK IN THE NEXT FOUR TO SIX WEEKS, EMPLOYEES AND MANAGERS SAY THAT TODAY IS THE LAST DAY FOR RUE21 IN BEMIDJI BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT SURE THEY WILL BE PAID FOR THEIR REMAINING TIME AT THE JOB.

>> WE'RE SURVIVING OUR LAST DAYS HERE.

WE ARE LEAVING, AS WE HEARD OUT THAT CHECKS ARE BOUNCING AND WHAT'S THE POINT IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET PAID.

WHY BE HERE?

>> THEY SENT THE LIQUIDAORS OVER AND SAID WE'RE SO GLAD YOU'RE REPRESENTING THE COMPANY.

WHAT COMPANY?

THEY'RE GONE.

THEY WON'T REPRESENT US SO WE WON'T REPRESENT THEM.

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

>> AND OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, MACY'S HAS CLOSED 150 STORES ACROSS THE U.S. ANOTHER CLOTHING STORE, EXPRESS, FILING FOR BANKRUPTCY AND CLOSED 100 STORES, ALONG WITH BED, BATH, AND BEYOND AND BEST BUY CLOSING SEVERAL STORES IN ORDER TO FOCUS ON ONLINE SALES.

>>> AN INTERNATIONAL TEAM OF RESEARCHERS SAY THEY MAY HAVE SOLVED A COSMIC PUZZLE, WHICH IS WHERE EXACTLY DID AN ASTEROID TRAVELING NEAR EARTH COME FROM?

ASTRONOMERS IN HAWAII DISCOVERED THE ASTEROID IN 2016.

IT COMES WITHIN 9 MILLION MILES OF EARTH DURING ORBIT AND IS ESTIMATED TO BE A FEW MILLION YEARS OLD.

MOST NEAR-EARTH ASTEROIDS ORIGINATE FROM THE MAIN ASTEROID BELT, LOCATED BETWEEN THE ORBITS OF MARS AND JUPITER.

PREVIOUS RESEARCH SUGGESTED THIS ONE CAME FROM THE SURFACE OF THE MOON SINCE THE ASTEROID'S REFLECTIVITY WAS SIMILAR TO LUNAR MATERIALS.

BUT IN THIS RECENT STUDY, RESEARCHERS USED SIMULATIONS TO DETERMINE THE ASTEROID LIKELY CAME FROM THE GIORDANO BRUNO CRATER, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE MOON.

THE CRATER IS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 4 MILLION YEARS OLD.

THE STUDY'S LEAD AUTHOR SAYS IT IS THE FIRST TIME ASTRONOMERS HAVE TRACED A POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS NEAR-EARTH ASTEROID TO A SPECIFIC LUNAR CRATER.

CHINA PLANS ON LAUNCHING A MISSION NEXT YEAR THAT WILL COLLECT SAMPLES FROM THE ASTEROID AND RETURN THEM TO EARTH.

>>> FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS MARIJUANA HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED AS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS DRUGS IN THE UNITED STATES.

IT'S BEEN LISTED ALONGSIDE OTHER SUBSTANCES LIKE HEROIN AND MDMA, THE KEY INGREDIENT IN ECSTASY AND MOLLY.

BUT IN A HISTORIC MOVE, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS RECOMMENDING THAT MARIJUANA BE RECLASSIFIED AS A LOWER RISK DRUG.

THE D.O.J.

RECOMMENDS RECLASSIFYING MARIJUANA FROM A SCHEDULE ONE SUBSTANCE TO SCHEDULE THREE.

THIS CLASSIFICATION IS SHARED BY PRESCRIPTION DRUGS SUCH AS KETAMINE AND TYLENOL WITH CODEINE.

SO FAR THIS HAS BEEN HAILED BY LAWMAKERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE.

IVAN RODRIGUEZ HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: A POTENTIALLY HISTORIC REVERSAL.

>> DECADES OF MESSAGING AND PROPAGANDA, WE PROVIDED A STIGMA AROUND CANNABIS SO IT'S HARD FOR POLITICIANS TO RECOGNIZE THEY WERE WRONG.

>> Reporter: IT COMES WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AGENCY BECAUSE IT MEETS THREE CRITERIA, A LOWER POTENTIAL FOR ABUSE, CURRENT ACCEPTED MEDICAL USE AND TREATMENT, AND LOW TO MODERATE RISK OF PHYSICAL DEPENDENCE OF THOSE WHO USE IT.

>> IT OPERATES LIKE EVERY OTHER BUSINESS.

>> Reporter: CANNABIS DISPENSARIES AND RETAIL SHOPS ARE EXPECTED TO GENERATE $32.1 BILLION IN SALES THIS YEAR, ACCORDING TO ESTIMATES FROM AN INDUSTRY TRADE PUBLICATION.

RESCHEDULING MARIJUANA COULD OPEN UP NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESEARCH.

>> I THINK WE HAVE NOT COME CLOSE TO REALIZING THE MEDICAL POTENTIAL OF CANNABIS.

>> Reporter: THE MANUFACTURER, DISTRIBUTION, AND POSSESSION OF RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA WILL REMAIN ILLEGAL UNDER FEDERAL LAW.

THE REASON FOR THE OPPORTUNITY ACT, RELAUNCHED BY SENATORS THURSDAY.

IF PASSED BY CONGRESS AND SIGNED INTO LAW, IT WILL END CANNABIS PROHIBITION AND EXPUNGE CRIMINAL RECORDS OF THOSE WITH LOW LEVEL OFFENSES.

I'M IVAN RODRIGUEZ REPORTING.

>> IT COULD BE SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE WE SEE AN ACTUAL CHANGE.

THE FORMAL RULEMAKING PROCESS IS LENGTHY AND TYPICALLY INCLUDES A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

IF WE DO SEE THE RULE-MAKING PROCESS PLAY OUT AND THE PROPOSAL BECOMES FINALIZED IN THE COMING MONTHS.

IT WOULD DRASTICALLY CHANGE HOW WE VIEW MARIJUANA.

CURRENTLY, 24 STATES, 2 TERRITORIES, AND D.C. HAVE LEGALIZED MARIJUANA FOR RECREATIONAL USE.

38 STATES ALLOW MEDICAL USE.

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

>> Stacy: RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND IT LOOKS LIKE A RAINY DAY FOR US TOMORROW.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK ON THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, A LOCAL MAN WHO HAS BEEN BUILDING CUSTOM FISHING RODS OUT OF HIS HOUSE FOR OVER 25 YEARS.

[♪♪ >> THIS PORTION OF LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED BY C.T.C.

; INTERNET, PHONE, AND T.V.

C.T.C; CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY ONLINE AT GOCTC.COM.

>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS ASKING THE PUBLIC TO COMPLETE A SURVEY AND PROVIDE INPUT ON THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVES PROPOSED FOR HIGHWAYS 371 AND 34 IN WALKER.

THE PROJECT STUDY HAS BEEN UNDERWAY SINCE AUGUST 2023.

DURING PUBLIC OUTREACH IN THE FALL OF 2023, THE FOLLOWING PRIORITY AREAS WERE IDENTIFIED AS THE GREATEST NEED: MAINLINE AND SIDE STREET TRAFFIC FLOW PARKING/BUSINESS ACCESS SAFETY, PEDESTRIAN/BICYCLE ACCESS COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH IMPROVEMENTS BASED ON THESE PRIORITY AREAS, THE PROJECT TEAM HAS DEVELOPED ROADWAY ALTERNATIVES FOR DIFFERENT SEGMENTS OF THE CORRIDOR.

YOU CAN FIND A LINK TO THOSE ALONG WITH THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

AFTER REVIEWING THE CORRIDOR CONCEPTS YOU ARE ASKED THEN TO RATE YOUR PREFERENCE FOR EACH ONE.

THE PROJECT TEAM WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE FOR INPUT AND COMMENTS AT THE FOLLOWING POP-UP EVENTS ON MAY 10 AND 11 IN WALKER.

MAY 10TH AT PORTAGE BREWING COMPANY FROM 5:00 TO 7:00 P.M AND MAY 11TH FROM 10:30 A.M. TO 1:30 P.M. AT VILLAGE SQUARE PIZZA AND ICE CREAM, AND ALSO ON MAY 11TH FROM 2:00 TO 4:00 P.M AT NORTHERN LIGHTS CASINO.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, WEATHERCASTER STACY CHRISTENSON IS HERE TONIGHT.

WE HAD A NICE WARM DAY YESTERDAY WITH THE SUN OUT TODAY, STILL WARM, BUT NOT AS SUNNY.

>> Stacy: WE HAVE SEEN THE CLOUDS INCREASING AND A FEW RAIN SHOWERS AND AREAS OF DRIZZLE TONIGHT.

TEMPERATURES ARE VERY MILD TODAY, A LITTLE BIT ON THE WINDY SIDE.

RAIN SHOWERS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA >> 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 HAD A MIX OF SUNSHINE AND CLOUDS THROUGHOUT THE AREA TODAY BUT MILD TEMPERATURES, ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THE STRONG WINDS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

WE'LL ALSO SEE RAIN SHOWERS MOVING INTO THE AREA.

IT LOOKS LIKE A GOOD CHANCE FOR RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW.

IT SHOULD START TO COME TO AN END AROUND MIDWEEK, DRY WEATHER ON THURSDAY, BUT MORE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS WEEKEND.

IT'S 65 AT THE AIRPORT, AT THE STUDIO, WE HAVE A SOUTHEAST WIND AT 11 MILES PER HOUR, GUSTS UP TO 25, OUR DEW POINT IS 39.

IN BRAINERD, PARTLY CLOUDY, 66.

THE DEW POINT IS 37.

WINDS ARE EAST AT 9 MILES PER HOUR, BUT THEY ARE GUSTING UP TO 23.

LOOKING AT THE RADAR, IT HAS BEEN QUIET FOR MOST OF THE DAY.

WE HAD THE WINDY CONDITIONS.

THE WINDS ARE STRONG OUT THERE, WE ARE ALSO SEEING SOME AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN MOVING NORTHWARD IN THE AREA.

AS THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES TOWARDS THE VIEWING AREA, WE WILL SEE THE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGHOUT THE AREA FOR MOST OF US OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND SPREAD THROUGH THE REST OF THE VIEWING AREA AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW.

MAINLY IN THE FORM OF RAIN, BUT THERE COULD BE A FEW ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MIX, TEMPERATURE-WISE, HIGHS NEAR 60, SO COOLER THAN TODAY, BUT STILL SEASONAL HIGH TEMPERATURES.

A LOT OF CLOUD COVER, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT ON THE BREEZY SIDE TOMORROW.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, GORGEOUS SKIES THIS MORNING WITH THE SUNSHINE AND THE CLOUDS OUT THERE.

ARLENE IN MENAHGA, DIANE OTHER RED LAKE SENDING US THOSE PHOTOS.

WE ALSO HAD A BEAUTIFUL DAY TO BE OUT ON THE LAKE.

UPPER RED LAKE, SAMROSE SENDING US THAT PHOTO, AND ANGELA WITH A PICTURE OF THE SUN PEEKING THROUGH THE CLOUDS.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR PHOTOS TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORT, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 44 AND CALM THIS MORNING.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUNSHINE AND CLOUDS.

WE HAD A HIGH TODAY OF 72.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, SUN AND CLOUDS, A LITTLE BREEZY, HIGH OF 68.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, CLOUDS LATE AND DRIZZLE DEVELOPING.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, CLEAR SKIES, HIGH OF 70.

ON OUR ALMANAC, 71 WAS THE HIGH TODAY IN BRAINERD, SO WE ARE ABOVE OUR AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE, 43 FOR THE LOW, 8:33 WAS OUR SUNSET.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 70, NEARLY 10 DEGREES ABOVE THE AVERAGE.

41 FOR THE LOW AND 8:39 FOR THE SUNSET.

HERE'S OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, CLOUDY SKIES THROUGHOUT THE AREA, VERY GOOD CHANCE OF SEEING RAIN SHOWERS AND THERE COULD BE A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THEM.

HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE IN THE UPPER 50s TO LOW 60s ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA.

NORTHERN MINNESOTA, PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, EXPECT TO SEE MORE CLOUDS THAN SUNSHINE.

AGAIN, THERE IS THAT GOOD CHANCE OF SEEING SHOWERS WITH A FEW SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL, HIGH TEMPERATURES IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN THE LOW TO MID-60s.

HERE'S OUR FORECAST, RAIN SHOWERS MOVING INTO THE AREA TONIGHT.

BEST CHANCE FOR MOST OF US, AGAIN A SLIGHT CHANCE IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.

WE COULD SEE SOME SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS, STILL BREEZY WITH LOWS NEAR 52.

TOMORROW, RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUE WITH THAT CONTINUED CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS, 60 DEGREES FOR THE HIGH, AND WE'LL SEE EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 10 TO 25.

HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, A SMALLER CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS LINGERING INTO WEDNESDAY, HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 60s, STILL IN THE 60s ON THURSDAY, PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES.

THEN AS WE HEAD TOWARDS THE WEEKEND, WE HAVE AT LEAST A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND EVEN INTO SUNDAY.

MAYBE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON FRIDAY, HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE IN THE 60s THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: THANK YOU STACY.

CHARLIE IS HERE TONIGHT.

BIG NIGHT AT BEMIDJI HIGH SCHOOL.

>> Charlie: YES, THEY HAD THEIR HALL OF FAME BANQUET.

FIVE NEW MEMBERS INDUCTED.

WE ALSO SAW SOME GOLF, A NICE DAY, NO RAIN OUT ON THE COURSE.

I'LL HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT COMING UP NEXT.

[♪♪ >> 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.

>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪] >>> WELL, THE LATE APRIL SHOWERS MAY HAVE PUT A DAMPER ON THINGS A FEW WEEKS AGO BUT ON THE GOLF COURSE IT JUST MADE EVERYTHING A LITTLE BIT GREENER EXCEPT FOR BEMIDJI BOYS GOLF.

THEY ARE STILL BLUE BUT NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE SAD OR PLAYED POORLY.

NO, IN FACT AS A TEAM THEY ARE PLAYING SOME OF THEIR BEST GOLF RIGHT NOW WITH THREE TOP THREE FINISHES AND ONE HEAD-TO-HEAD VICTORY.

>>> LUMBERJACKS HOSTING AN INVITATIONAL AT BEMIDJI TOWN AND COUNTRY CLUB TODAY.

LOTS OF AREA TEAMS PARTICIPATING.

AT THE 7TH, MAVERICK REED FROM WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY NEEDS A CHIP IN TO SAVE PAR AND DOES JUST THAT.

HE SHOT A 79 AND FINISHED TIED FOR 12TH.

AHEAD TO THE 8TH, ROSEAU'S BRADYN THINGVOLD WITH HIS SECOND SHOT, PUTS IT TO WITHIN 10 FEET, DRAINS IT FOR THE BIRDIE.

HE LED THE RAMS WITH A 76, FINISHING 5TH OVERALL.

OVER TO THE 4TH, TULLUF BIRKLAND FROM PEQUOT LAKES CHIPPING FOR EAGLE, DOESN'T GO BUT HE MAKES THE BIRDIE PUTT, FINISHED THE MORNING WITH AN 81.

GOOD ENOUGH FOR 22ND OVERALL.

THE LUMBERJACKS ON THE BACK NINE WERE DOING REALLY WELL.

ELI TOOMUHLUH WITH A BIRDIE PUTT ON 17, DROPS IT.

HE SHOT A 78, FINISHING 11TH OVERALL.

>>> BUT THE MAN OF THE HOUR WAS WESTON SIGHTS.

HE HAD SIX BIRDIES ON THE MORNING INCLUDING THIS ONE ON 16 AFTER KNOCKING IT TO WITHIN 5 FEET.

HE SHOT AN EVEN PAR 72 TO FINISH FIRST OVERALL AND HELPED LEAD BEMIDJI TO VICTORY.

IT'S THEIR SECOND TOURNAMENT WIN THIS SEASON.

ROSEAU FINISHED THIRD WITH FOUR OTHER AREA SCHOOLS ROUNDING OUT THE TOP SIX.

>>> SOME OTHER SCORES, BRAINERD FINISHED SECOND IN THE CLC CONFERENCE MEET.

IN GIRLS GOLF, DETROIT LAKES WINS THE PARK RAPIDS INVITATIONAL.

PEQUOT LAKES SWEEPS IN LAW SCHOOL BASEBALL.

WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY BEATS BAGLEY.

SOFTBALL, BRAINERD FALLS TO BLAIN, 3-0.

PEQUOT LAKES BEATS FOLEY.

BAGLEY BEATS WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY.

ALBANY BEATS LITTLE FALLS.

THEN IN LACROSSE, MOORHEAD BEATS BRAINERD, THEY DOUBLE UP 12-6.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, TWINS AFTER BLOWING THE 12-GAME WIN STREAK, THEY LOST ONE, BUT NOW THEY'RE BACK ON THE 1-GAME WIN STREAK.

THEY BEAT THE MARINERS.

THEN IN THE NBA RIGHT NOW, TIMBERWOLVES ARE LEADING AT THE HALF.

KARL ANTHONY-TOWNS HAS 20, MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES LEADS 1-0.

>>> WELL, TONIGHT WAS THE ANNUAL BEMIDJI HIGH SCHOOL HALL OF FAME BANQUET AND FIVE NEW MEMBERS WERE FOREVER ENSHRINED IN LUMBERJACK LORE.

INDUCTED AT THE CEREMONY WAS FORMER TEACHER AND GOLF COACH BRIAN EGERSDORF.

THREE SPORT ATHLETES REBECCA LARSON, COURTNEY JOSEFSON, AND TOM RITCHIE, AND WRESTLER JIM RITCHIE.

ALSO ANNOUNCED AT THE BANQUET WERE THE MALE AND FEMALE ATHLETES OF THE YEAR.

WILL TERMONT WON THE MALE ATHLETE AWARD.

HE WAS A THREE-SPORT ATHLETE COMPETING IN CROSS COUNTRY, SWIMMING, AND TRACK AND FIELD.

HE WAS A 2-TIME STATE QUALIFIER AND THE 2024 SECTION 8-3A CHAMPION IN CROSS COUNTRY, A STATE QUALIFIER IN TRACK AND FIELD, AND HOLDS THE SCHOOL RECORD IN THE 5K.

MIA HOFFMAN TOOK HOME THE FEMALE ATHLETE AWARD.

SHE WAS ALSO A THREE-SPORT ATHLETE COMPETING IN CROSS-COUNTRY, NORDIC SKI, AND TRACK AND FIELD.

SHE WAS A 9-TIME STATE QUALIFIER ACROSS ALL SPORTS INCLUDING 4-TIMES IN CROSS COUNTRY, FINISHING HER SENIOR SEASON AS SECTION 8-3A CHAMP AND CLASS 3A STATE RUNNER UP.

>> I THINK IT'S A TESTAMENT OF THE HARD WORK OF MY COACHES AND MY FAMILY, WHO IS JUST REALLY HELPING ME ACHIEVE WHAT I HAVE DONE.

IT'S A GROUP THING.

THE BUS RIDES, PRACTICING WITH MY TEAMMATES, AND I WON'T REMEMBER THE AWARDS I GET BUT I WILL REMEMBER THE TIME I HAVE WITH MY TEAM AND COACHES.

>> IT MEANS SO MUCH TO HAVE THE HARD WORK OF BOTH MYSELF AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT SUPPORTED ME TO GET HERE, LIKE CULMINATE INTO THIS.

I WAS NOT THE FASTEST RUNNER IN MY GRADE AS A FRESHMAN, BUT COACHES HAVE SPENT SO MUCH TIME INVESTING IN ME AND TRYING TO HELP ME BE THE BEST I CAN AND DEFINITELY THE MEMORY OF ALL THE EXTRA TIME THEY HAVE SPENT TEACHING ME AND MENTORING ME, THAT IS GOING TO STAY WITH ME THE MOST.

>> Charlie: IT WAS A LOT OF FUN GOING TO THE BANQUET.

>> Dennis: CONGRATS TO BOTH OF THEM.

THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> THIS SATURDAY MAY 11TH MARKS THE OPENING OF THE FISHING SEASON, WHERE HALF A MILLION MINNESOTANS ARE EXPECTED TO TAKE TO THEIR FAVORITE FISHING SPOTS AND WHERE WOULD AN ANGLER BE WITHOUT A FISHING ROD?

FOR THIS WEEK'S IN BUSINESS, REPORTER SAMMY HOLLADAY SPOKE WITH THE OWNER OF LAKELADY CUSTOM FISHING RODS TO LEARN HOW A CUSTOM FISHING ROD CAN ELEVATE THE EXPERIENCE OF ONE OF MINNESOTA'S FAVORITE ACTIVITIES.

>> Reporter: CHRIS'S JOURNEY BEGAN AFTER HE ENTERED RETIREMENT.

ROD BUILDING BECAME A PASSION.

HE WORKS WITH LAKELADY CUSTOM FISHING RODS, CREATING AN EXTENSION OF THE ANGLER'S BODY.

>> WE MEASURE YOUR HANDS AND ARMS SO WE GET DIAMETERS AND LENGTHS CORRECT SO IT FITS PROPERLY.

WE WANT TO BALANCE THE ROD TO THE REEL YOU'RE GOING TO USE, SO IT WILL FEEL WEIGHTLESS IN YOUR HANDS AS YOU'RE FISHING, BUT HAS THE STRENGTH TO ATTACK THE SPECIES WE'RE AFTER.

>> Reporter: HIS PHILOSOPHY IS THAT PEOPLE COME IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES, A MASS PRODUCED EQUIPMENT WILL NOT BE AS COMFORTABLE OR EFFECTIVE AS SOMETHING THAT FITS YOUR BODY.

>> A TRUE CUSTOM SPORTING EQUIPMENT, I DON'T CARE WHAT IT IS, IT COULD BE A GOLF CLUB, A BASEBALL BAT, FISHING ROD, TENNIS RACQUET, WHATEVER.

IF IT'S CUSTOM MADE AND IT'S FITTED TO YOU, IT'S JUST A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE AND YOU ARE GOING TO USE IT MORE EFFICIENTLY.

>> Reporter: OVER THE 25 YEARS, HE HAS BUILT RODS FOR QUITE A FEW PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD.

ONE OF THE MOST NOTABLE IS FORMER GOVERNOR JESSE VENTURA AND A FEW MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY.

>> IT WAS A HOOT.

I GOT ASKED BY THE GOVERNOR'S FISHING OPENER COMMITTEE IF I WOULD LIKE TO BUILD A ROD FOR THE GOVERNOR AND I SAID WITHOUT THINKING SAID OF COURSE.

THEY SAID IT WOULD BE MORE THAN ONE ROD AND IT ENDED UP BEING 7.

>> Reporter: HE ASK AN AVID ANGLER HIMSELF.

NOW BEING ABLE TO CRAFT RODS AND HELP OTHERS FALL IN LOVE WITH FISHING IS SOMETHING HE IS THANKFUL FOR.

>> IT IS VERY GRATIFYING TO BE ABLE TO BUILD SOMETHING FOR SOMEBODY THAT DOESN'T HAVE A CUSTOM FISHING OR SPORTING TOOL AND THEN DO THIS INTERVIEW KIND OF THING AND FIND OUT HOW AND WHAT THEY WANT TO USE THE ROD FOR AND BUILD IT FOR THEM.

WHEN I DELIVER IT, I WATCH THE EXPRESSION ON THEIR FACE.

IT'S EXCEEDINGLY GRATIFYING.

IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.

IT IS REALLY FUN TO WATCH.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BREEZY POINT WITH THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, SAMMY HOLLADAY, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: THAT'S IT FOR US TONIGHT.

HAVE A GREAT