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Celebrating 25 years of local news for Bemidji, Brainerd, and all of the lakes country. Lakeland PBS is proud to present Lakeland News at ten. Dennis Wyman with the news. Stacy Christensen with the weather and Charlie Yeager with your sports. Hi, everyone. Thanks for watching tonight. On April 7th at the Paul Bunyan Mall in Bemidji, an incident took place involving a teenage Native American boy and a mom play that sent shock waves through the community. Our reporter Matthew Freeman got in contact with the family involved in the incident who decided to take action once they heard what their son went through. I knew nothing was just walking away. I want you out of here. I'm calling the cops. That is what 16-year-old Akey Goodsky and his brother, Miss Quabenez, who's filming the employee at the Paul Bunyan Mall, telling him and his brother that they need to leave the property immediately. We're just walking alone. I don't care. You can't walk around in here. So, we first pulled up. Uh we parked on the Dunham side and we're just walking around the mall shopping and so we got other. The middle part and we seen, he was just setting up and we were just walking around near where Foot Locker used to be and was that dude from the video just started just yelling at us and walked up. We're just all kind of like stunned. We didn't know what to do. We're just looking at him, watching him, walk up on us. Uh we just stood our ground. Just let him yell. It's a mall. No. Visible. It's trespassing a private property. If you're not shopping, if you're not whatever you're not doing and you're not shopping. And the teens say the incident was still ongoing once the cameras were off. He was still yelling at us the whole time. Followed us all the way to Dunham's. That's when he got pretty close to me. I would say it was probably this close for me and my mom. When he started just yelling at me that's when he had to step in. You know and that's when he backed off. He got up in my brother's face. Started yelling at him. Said he will have to throw us out If we didn't leave? I ain't doing nothing but just walking around. I want you out of here. I'm calling the cops. The family wasn't too happy when the kids came home and told them what happened. They came right in the door, came right to me to tell me about it and I was heated. You know, as a mom, I just couldn't believe he they were treated like this. I was in my sweats and my slippers. You know, I was ready to get in my van and go confront him, you know? I'll go buy somewhere now. Very nothing, you know? That statement seems to have hurt the family the most. That part broke my heart. And to have that mentality and to believe that, you know, when there's other shopper the mall, you know, and it's going to happen again. You know, if if he thinks that's okay to think in that way. But since she believed her boys handled the incident in a peaceful manner, that is what inspired the mother to organize what she called a peaceful loitering event at the Paul Bunyan Mall exactly one week after the incident took place. I hope today it brings awareness that hey, we're not going to tolerate that kind of treatment anymore. That's just been going on for too long here in Bemidji. Not only to, you know, show support for these boys and what happened to them but to also, you know, make a statement that we can be here too. The family says they are just left confused about why the incident took place and hopes the event brings awareness to this issue for other families. What his mind was going through, I don't know why he was just targeting us. There was other people walking. It was pretty embarrassing. Having go through that in a mall with a bunch of other people walking around, getting yelled at in front of people. I just don't want that to ever happen again to any other kid. We reached out to Paul Bunyamo representatives for comment who had this to say. At this time, there seems to be more to the incident than was on the recording. Like any business we occasionally get complaints and we look at both sides and we do our best to handle them appropriately. We do have an ongoing training to handle all types of situations. Reporting from Bemidji, I'm Matthew Freeman, Lakeland News. Tara Novak told Lakeland News at around 50 people showed up for the peaceful loitering and if she is thankful to everyone who showed up to participate. Long time crowing county administrator Tim Hoole informed the county board and staff today that he is retiring. Who will spent the last 30 years and county government. He began his career as the Morrison County administrator for 14 years before becoming the Crown County administrator in two thousand eight. When looking back at the work he accomplished over the past 16 years, he was quick to give praise to others. The funny thing is I didn't accomplish anything here at Growing County. We accomplished a great deal and so what I'm most proud of is the work of the staff here who care very deeply about the status of their community. The shared life of our community. And worked tirelessly everyday to try to improve the shared life of our community. What I'm most proud of is their work product. Cool's last day of employment is set for July 12th. The county will begin a recruitment process and hopes to have a replacement by July. A Colorado man suffered serious injuries in a one-vehicle crash near Harding, Minnesota last Friday. The Morrison County Sheriff's Office says fifty-year-old Robert Theiss was driving on Quest Road when his vehicle left the road had a curve went into the ditch and roll. This was airlifted to Saint Cloud Hospital with severe injuries. The crash happened just after 7PM about four miles east of Harding. A federal jury has found a Red Lake woman guilty and a child abuse case. According to a press release from the Department of Justice, forty-six-year-old Bobby Joe Johnson AKA Bobby Joe Kingbird was convicted of one count of child neglect, deprivation of food and health care and one count of child endangerment. She'll be sentenced at a later date. According to evidence presented at trial and court documents between January 1st 2021 and April 20292022, Johnson engaged in, aided, and embedded the endangerment, neglect, and abuse of a child who was in the foster care of her sister and co-defendant, Trina Mae Johnson. The abuse included withholding food from the victim to the point of starvation, forcing the victim to stand uncomfortable positions for long periods of time and assaulting the victim. As a result, the Bobby Joe Johnson's and her co-defendant's abuse, the victim suffered serious and substantial physical, mental, and emotional harm. A construction project is on the horizon in Cross Lake. The Cross Lake City Council gave Crown County consent to build a roundabout at county state aid, highway 66, and three and rebuild the stormwater system there this upcoming summer reporter Miles Walker has the latest. The Crowing County Highway Department plans to break up the roundabout project in Cross Lake into two different phases. Right now, we're focusing on two phases and why that's important to this community is because it is very dependent on the seasonal traffic that comes in between the 90 days or so between Memorial Day and Labor Day and so we've heard that all along and we're doing what we can to minimize that for some of the businesses that we have in this community. Phase one will concern construction between the intersection and Swan Drive. While construction north of Swan Drive where there's no real detour route will follow in phase two. Phase two will be a little bit more difficult and that will start like the beginning of August. And phase two County Road 66 and right in front of my business will be all tore up. But there will be traffic allowed to get through with flaggers. And it's a short distance but there's not any good way that section. However, due to the incomplete pedestrian networks north of the roundabout, it is clear that improvements are needed. We have trails that kind of abruptly stop and dump people onto the shoulders of road and then we have the whole east side that doesn't have a lot of pedestrian network at all. What the reason why it's important is the trail that's on the west side. You couldn't predict where they were coming across. Unpredictable, unauthorized crossings of a very busy road particularly in the summer. Although Crown County is still await final approval. Construction on the roundabouts expected to begin June first. Multiple detour routes will be needed. As construction will go from the intersection all the way past Pat's Lake Country Crafts and Cones Shop to Bald Eagle Trail. But she believes it will all be worth it in the end. Once it's done, we're going to have beautiful sidewalks. We'll hopefully have beautiful landscaping and the traffic will flow smoothly and they will be safe crossing intersections for pedestrians and we're looking forward to that. Reporting in Cross Lake, Miles Walker, Lakeland News. The Cross Lake City Council also decided not to use colored concrete in the medians or the roundabout for the project. That's a decision that will save $35, 000. Construction on Highway 34 in Akeley is set to resume early next month. The Minnesota Department of Transportation says the work will involve resurfacing and sidewalk upgrades. From Hewlett Avenue Hillside Avenue. Motorists will detour using Hubbard County Road 25 and Highway 64. The project is expected to be completed in mid June weather permitting. Mindot says benefits of the project include a safer road, smoother, and longer lasting driving surface as well as intersection and pedestrian improvements to enhance safety for all users. Still to come on Lakeland News at ten. A spring storm will bring rain and strong winds to the area tomorrow and later on this week could even mean a chance of some snow. I'll have your forecast in just a few minutes. And coming up after the break on this week's In Business, a boutique shop in downtown Brainerd that has been open for 14 years. Step by step, Caesar is being corrupted by this power he's got. His power grab is shameless and the tide is turning on Caesar. Beware of the eyes of March. On Lakeland Prime, Tuesday night at eight. On Nova, an epic tale playing out over 4 billion years. Find out what's hiding beneath our feet. Making North America on Nova. On Lakeland Prime, Wednesday night at nine. Now, we see it. 10% talent, 90% practice, and you have to practice a lot. Just to know how to load your brush, you have to sit and do it for a while. Oh, heck is that all that is? That's really fun. I can do that. Coming up on the next episode of Common Ground. This portion of Lakeland News is sponsored by CTC, internet phone and TV. CTC connecting the community online at com. And now, more news with Dennis Wyman. Well, within one hour, last Thursday, 100 plus women donated eleven thousand five hundred to a local non-profit organization in the Bemidji area. That local non profit is Evergreen Youth and Family Services Community which aims to strengthen youth, preserve families, and support successful transitions to adulthood. 20 twenty-four marked the first year 100 plus women who care bemidji area hosted an event and they succeeded in raising 11 of thousand 500 dollars. Now, just talking at it. It's just it's just such a marvelous, simple way to raise money for a nonprofit and this is just so simple that they can use this money for anything that in their operation that they need with no strings attached. Well, this is a huge impact for Evergreen. We're a small nonprofit. We've been in Bemidji since 1977 and $11, 600 is a whole fundraising event for us and to get it in 1 hour. Is amazing. It feels so good We feel so proud to be a part of this community and watch the impact of collective giving and this would been one fundraiser for us. So, that would have been tons of manhour, volunteer hours, and who knows what resources and materials we would have had to buy. 100 plus women who care in Bemidji area will be hosting their next event on September 19th. Time for weather coming off a real nice weekend. Stacy, little windy but we tend to get that in in April but we could use some rain and I understand it us with that. Well, it looks very likely we're going to see rain especially tomorrow is probably the best chance but we are also going to be seeing those winds increase and we do have a wind advisory out for part of the area for most of the day tomorrow. It's pretty large system as it continues to move through and impact the area throughout the week. We do have a chance of snow as temperatures cool later on this week. I'll be forecast in a few minutes. It's powerful. On Finding Your Roots, Alanis Morissette. My family would often say, can you just stay still for 1 minute? And Sierra. Oh, it's beautiful. And a DNA match. Wow. Isn't that amazing? That's crazy. See you Tuesday night at seven on Lakeland Prime. Our lives are collection of stories, stories about who we are, and where we come from. But how do our stories about the past shape our future? What stories will lead us to create better tomorrows for our kids and grandkids? And which ones are holding us back. See it Wednesday night at eight on Lakeland Prime. 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 Sanford Health. org. The weather is sponsored by Woodsath, Architects, Engineers, Land Surveyors, Environmental Scientists, serving Minnesota communities since 1975. And now, the weather with Stacy Christensen. Well, we have been seeing some very mild temperatures over the past few days but things are starting to change now and and they will be very different now as we head through the rest of the week. A large system is moving in our direction. We are going to see areas of rain tomorrow as long as well as some strong winds that will continue into Wednesday and while chances of precipitation are a little bit smaller later on this week. It's going to be colder as well. So, we could be seeing some rain or even some snowfall by Thursday and Friday. Right now, in Bemidji, fifty-3 degrees at the airport at the studio. Winds are east at eight miles per hour. We are seeing gust up to 14 and our dew point is at twenty-five. In Brainerd, mostly cloudy skies in fifty-eight. The dew point is twenty-five. Pressure is holding steady and winds are southeast at six miles per hour. A wind advisory is in effect for the western parts of Lakeland country and this is in effect from 4 AM to 7PM on Tuesday. Southeast winds will be between 25 and 35 miles per hour and we could see gusts up to 50 miles per hour. On the radar, we some precipitation moving across Northern and Central Minnesota this evening For the most part though, it looks like as we head into the overnight, most of it will be confined to the northern tier of of counties here in Minnesota. The rest of us should be seeing partly to mostly cloudy skies. Now, as we head into tomorrow, we will have chances of rainfall across the area. Uh rain is likely in fact across most of the area and there is a small chance with some of the hatched areas here that few thunderstorms could develop in central Minnesota but expect to see some rainfall. Expect some very strong winds. Again, that wind advisory in Western Minnesota with that unsettled weather continuing through much of this week. Weather's nice to share with you tonight. Beautiful skies this morning right around sunrise. Arlene sending us this photo from Monaga. Deborah over Lake Ada and Bill from Upper Red Lake. We had a lot of cloud cover this evening in Cass Lake, Angela sending us this picture and the sun was trying to peek through the clouds in Brainerd. Day with a photo of the sunset in Brainerd today. So, thank you all for sharing those night. For our Eagle Eye reports, Arlena Minaga, 35 and calm this morning. Deborah and Pine River also a calm 35 this morning. Bob and Bluffton, mostly cloudy today, 59 the high. Stephanie and Brainerd overcast and sixty-three. Arlene and Longville, sun and clouds today. We had a high of sixty-six. Paul and Bemidji. Again, that mix of clouds and sun. Even a few raindrops today and Angela Cass Lake reporting cloudy skies and a high of fifty-nine. On our Almanac, 64 was the high today in Brainerd and that is 10 degrees above the average high temperature. We had a low of thirty-four. Bemidji reaching a high of 60 degrees. So again, well above the average. Fifty-1 is our average high temperature and our lowest twenty-six. So, here's a look at our forecast for tomorrow. Cloudy skies, a 50 to 70% chance even 90% chance of seeing rainfall especially as we head into the afternoon in Northern Minnesota along with those strong winds. High temperatures actually will be warmer. The farther north we go. Warren near 60 but a lot of mid to upper 50s in Northern Minnesota and then as we head into Minnesota and even better chance of seeing that rainfall maybe even a few thunderstorms in the mix but again, it's going to be cloudy. It's going to be windy with highs in the upper 40s to mid fifties. So, here's our forecast. For tonight, mostly cloudy skies. We do have that chance of some lights light rain, excuse me, in far northern Minnesota with lows near forty-two. Rain is likely tomorrow across the area even a slight chance of thunderstorms in parts of Central Minnesota. Fifty-5 for the high but those winds will be gusting. East winds anywhere from 15 to 30 miles per hour. Looking at our extended forecast Cast rainfall will continue in the Wednesday starting to slow down a little bit there on Thursday but temperatures will be colder later on this week so there is a chance of some rain or snow especially as we head into Friday quieter weather for the weekend and we will start to warm up with highs near 55 on Sunday. Back to you, Dennis. Okay, Charlie's here now with our local sport. What do you have for us tonight? Well, we have a little, we got a little bit outside before some of the rain hit and had a chance to get a little bit of baseball action but before that, we got another State men's hockey player signing a pro contract. We've got that and more coming up after the break. They try to erase our identity as Ukrainians. Thousands of Ukrainian children taken and held by Russia. Families searching for their loved ones and the investigators following the trail of alleged abductions. They are still our children. Tuesday night at nine on Lakeland Prime. Armed with a fist full of daggers. Raptors have risen to the top. But there's another side to their story. Their resourceful parents and determined survivors. And in a changing world what does the future hold for Raptors. Wednesday night at seven on Lakeland Prime. On the next episode of Backroad. Wish I could clear out of here clear broken changing We cover all the angles. We report the facts. We find clarity. PBS is here, delivering the credible, reliable, thoughtful election coverage you need to make informed decisions. Pbf's your trusted election source. Paul Bunyan Communications announcing the gig is on gaming championship and tech expo Saturday April 20th with special guest Danielle Feinberg from Pixar Animation Studios. More info at Gigazone Gaming. com. And now, your local sports with Charlie Yeager. 5th year defenseman Kyle Loft adds his name to a growing list of BSU men's hockey players signing professional contracts this off season. The two-time senior captain inked an amateur tryout contract with the Texas Stars of the American Hockey League. The minor league affiliate of the Dallas Stars. Loaf led all league defenseman in scoring with 28 points in 32 games. Earning a numerous awards including CCHA defenseman of the year. Best defense of defenseman as well as a four-time defenseman of the week. and two-time defenseman of the month was also named all CCHA first team. The product of Mankato finished his career at Bemidji State with the second most games played in Beaver Men's Hockey history with 169 appearances, second most by a defenseman. Loaf now joins Layton Road and Carter Jones from the 20 twenty-four roster who have signed professional contracts this off season. On Sunday, Bemidji State softball at home against Wayne State. Beavers dropped both games to Augustan on Saturday looking to end the three-game skid. Bottom of the second run on first and second for Avery Amadon. That's an RBI single to get the scoring started. BSU leads one nothing. Bottom of the fifth, same score. Molly Houtz lines one to right. Jackie Larson able to score from first. Beaves up two zip. And Stella Dolan in the circle for BSU had herself a day. Fifteenth complete game this season. And first shout out second of her career gets the double play to end the game there as Bemidji State took game one, two, zero. They would follow Wayne State in game two though splitting on Sunday. BS baseball also at home this weekend. They hosted Minnesota State. Eaves lost both games on Saturday and the Mavericks finished the sweep on Sunday. In high school baseball today, one and two Nevis hosting two in one Lake of the Woods. Both teams coming off losses trying to get back in the win column. Bottom of second, Nevis up three nothing with two on for Christian Moe. Taps one to left, knocks in Marshall calm. The Tigers take a four nothing lead. Next up, Devin, Lindo, Chopper to third, Bears decide they're going to go home with it. Ramsey Fisher beats the tag. Part of a nine-run inning for Nevis and on the bump from Tigers today was calm and he was exactly that calm except he spells it with a K which is what he was doling out. Ten strikeouts for the junior. Nevis rolls nine one against Lake of the Woods. Tigers climb to two and two on the season as the Bears fall to two and two. Some other scores for you Walker. Hackensack equally gets the sweep in their double header today over Cass Lake Vina. Little Falls drops one to Albany. Roso gets a four3 win over Sacred Heart. Parkers Prairie beats Wedina Deer Creek 5 to 1 in softball. Brainerd Moorhead one oh and eight three. Greenway beats Bemidji three to 2. Piquot Lakes gets a mercy run over Osakis. Creek beats Parkers Prairie in softball ten to six. Northland Keller seven nothing over La Porte. Walker Hackensack, Akeley and softball gets a win over Cass Lake being a Pine River Bacchus beats McGregor. The Twins are in Baltimore at Camden Yards taking on the Orioles on Jackie Robinson Dale. The players sport number forty-two in his honor. Top two, Jose Miranda. He hasn't been hitting very well but he hits this one well. Solo shot. It's his first of the season. Cuts the lead in half. Twins trail 2 to In the fourth, Twins trailing three one. It's Miranda again. He went three for four. RBR single here. Scores by Byron Buxton. Cuts lead in half again. Warriors will be too much on offense tonight though. Cedric Mullins with his fourth homer of the season puts the O's up six to two and Baltimore would go on to beat the Twins seven four. Minnesota is six to nine to start the year and fourth in the AL Central. Four and a half back of the Guardians. And in the NHL this game doesn't really mean anything to the Wild. They're beating the Los Angeles Kings who game means a lot to at the end of the second period. So, we'll see what happens there and then, the WNBA Draft was tonight. Caitlin Clark. Everybody knows Caitlin Clark is a household name by now. She was drafted number one by the Indiana Fever. Minnesota Lynx though, Alyssa Peely from Utah, that's who they drafted eighth overall. She's the 2023 Pac twelve player of the year. Alright. Very good. Thanks, Charlie. Well, when old open window opened 14 years ago in downtown Bryant, it was originally a gift shop with antiques decor. For this week's in business, reporter Sammy Holiday visited the store to see how the store has expanded and evolved. When Linda Boyd first opened the Old Open Window, it only took six months for her to expand the store after an opportunity presented itself. Owning a small business requires flexibility and the willingness to adapt to what the market calls for. Just having the vision and seeing what it could be and then just going forward with it I guess. It just kind of evol over the years with different stores in town, big-box stores that would close and then I would see an opportunity and then just increase say the clothing part of my store. For Boyd, she attributes the growth of her store to one of the oldest forms of marketing. Or just word of mouth and then people coming in, customers coming in. Um I've got a huge following now on Facebook and just being here for 14 years. So, they just kind of tell me what they're looking for and what they want and We keep adding. The small business community in the Brainerd Lakes area is a tight-knit one. Something that is very apparent in boutique stores like the old open window with all the businesses in the area trying to stick together and uplift each other. If we weren't sending each other to one another's stores, we wouldn't exist. It's just that word of mouth, the communication, cheering people on to actually you know, succeed in their business. We need to send people back and forth. It's just fun to see the growth that we all and we can share. Being open for 14 years is no small feat for a small business. They are doing something right and that's why the Old Open Window also serves as a guide for other small businesses in the area. I think just by coming in here the past 14 years and people have seen how much growth that we have done here. They just kind of automatically gravitate towards us to ask us questions and even if they're not telling us what they're doing, we're still helping. Brainerd with this week's In Business Semi Holiday Lakeland News. And with that, we're going to call it a night and have a great night everybody. We'll see you tomorrow. Good night. 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