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The crowd was treated to quite a spectacular opening ceremony Sunday night for the Can-Am Police Fire Games. The Can-Am Police Fire Games run through this coming Sunday with 48 events being held around the area. Competitors are in town from 27 states, eight Canadian Provinces, and the Ukraine.

Granite City Days wraps-up today (Sunday) with the Civil Air Patrol Fly-in Pancake Breakfast from 8:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. at the St. Cloud Regional Airport.

The Minnesota Wild drafted defenseman Mathew Dumba with the 7th overall pick in the first round Friday night. Dumba is a 5'11 184 pounder from Canada. He played in the WHL for Red Deer. In the 2nd round the Wild picked left wing Raphael Bussires from Canada, 3rd round pick was defenseman John Draeger from Shattack St. Mary's in Faribault, Minnesota, 4th round pick was center Adam Gilmore from the U.S., 5th round defenseman Daniel Gunnarsson from Sweden, 6th round center Christoph Bertschy from Switzerland and 7th round Louis Nanne from Edina, Minnesota.

The Twins lost 6-0 in Cincinnati to the Reds Saturday afternoon. Johnny Cueto threw 7 shutout innings with 3 hits allowed and 9 strikeouts for the win for the Reds. Brian Duensing made the start for the Twins and allowed 4 hits and 4 earned runs in 3 innings to take the loss. The start was the first this season for Duensing. Joe Mauer was in the lineup at first base with Justin Morneau getting the day off. Mauer, Josh Willingham and Ryan Doumit each had 1 hit for the Twins. Mauer had missed 4 games with a bruised quad.

Rapids River Days Food Fest is today (Saturday) in the Sauk Rapids Municipal Park. It runs from 11:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.

The grand parade kicks-off today's (Saturday) events for Granite City Days. The parade begins at 10:00 a.m.

If you plan on packing up the family and bringing a blanket to watch some fireworks this 4th of July, here are some of the Firework displays going on in the St. Cloud, Central Minnesota area.

The Twins lost 9-1 at Pittsburgh Thursday night. James McDonald threw all 9 innings with 6 hits and 1 earned run allowed to get the win and improves to 6-3. Liam Hendriks allowed 8 hits and 3 earned runs to take the loss and drop to 0-4. His ERA is 7.39. Justin Morneau was 2-3 and Ryan Doumit went 1-4 and drove in the lone Twins' run.

The St. Cloud Rox continue to come close but their losing streak has been extended to 12 games after losing 6-5 at Willmar Thursday night. Zach Hirsch threw 6 innings with 6 hits and 5 earned runs allowed to take the loss. Willmar scored 4 runs in the first inning. Carlos Lopez went 2-4 with a run scored and 1 RBI and Boo Vazquez had 2 hits and 1 run scored for the Rox.

The Minnesota Lynx downed New York 102-70 Thursday night to bounce back after a loss Sunday against Seattle. Seimone Augustus led Lynx with 26 points, Devereaux Peters added 18 points and Taj McWilliams-Franklin chipped in 15 points. Minnesota shot 47 percent while New York shot 39 percent.