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Authorities say they have found 16 pounds of cocaine hidden in a wooden pallet. Cold Spring Police were contacted by a local business that had discovered the drugs. The employees noticed the narcotics when the pallet was accidentally damaged during handling.

The National Weather Service is upgrading their radar site in Chanhassen. What does that mean in case of severe weather in St. Cloud?

The Twins lost 8-2 in Chicago to the White Sox Wednesday afternoon and were swept in the 3-game series. Chicago scored 2 runs in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th innings and cruised to the win. Denard Span was 2-4 with a run scored for the Twins.

The St. Cloud Blue Sox 11AAA youth baseball team will play in a Global World Series starting at 8:30 Thursday morning in Aurora, Colorado. The Blue Sox qualified to play in a Global World Series earlier this season by finishing 2nd in the St. Cloud Blue Sox invitational. The Blue Sox are guaranteed at least 6 games and will play against teams from 3 different states.

The Timberwolves officially signed 6'6 guard Alexey Shved to a 3-year contract. He is 23 years old and has been playing pro in Russia. The Wolves have also traded guard Wayne Ellington to Memphis for forward Dante Cunningham.

We all know it's important to enjoy what you do for a living, but Coborn's grocery store employees took that to a new level on Tuesday night during the 23rd annual "Best Bagger Competition."

Central Minnesota is fortunate to have a few athletes competing in the London Olympics. So when will we need to be paying attention to how our local athletes are doing?

Meet Sophie and Chata. Two lovely ladies waiting for you at the Tri-County Humane Society.

The Twins won 7-5 at Kansas City Sunday afternoon. Ryan Doumit was 3-4 with 2 homeruns and 4 RBIs to lead the Twins. He hit homeruns from both sides of the plate. He is the 3rd Twin to do that, Roy Smalley and Chili Davis were the others. Jamey Carroll was 2-3 with 2 runs scored and Denard Span returned to the lineup and was 1-5 with 1 RBI. Span left Saturday's game early with dizziness.

The St. Cloud Rox defeated Rochester 7-6 in 10 innings on Adam Martin's walk-0ff RBI double. Erik Kozel was 3-5 with 3 RBIs, Jamie Simpson had 2 hits and 2 runs scored and Elvin Soto was 2-4 with a run scored for the Rox. Adam Maxon threw 2 scoreless innings to get the win in relief.