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It may be June but snowmobiles will be racing this weekend at Brainerd International Raceway. The International Watercross Association is bringing their wild brand of racing to B.I.R. for the first time ever.

Meet Ellie and Fin. Two adorable, adoptable fur-babies with bubbly personalities waiting for you at the Tri-County Humane Society. Ellie is a 1 year old spayed cat who came to the shelter because her owner developed an allergy to cats...

Twins Pitcher Jeff Manship wasn't feeling the love from his own team last (Wednesday) night, when the jersey he was given had his last name spelled incorrectly. Instead of Manship, it read Mansihp.

The Twins downed Kansas City 4-2 Wednesday night to win the series 2 games to 1. Nick Blackburn came off the disabled list to threw 5 innings with 5 hits and 2 earned runs allowed to get the win and improve to 2-4 on the season. The Twins' bullpen threw 4 shutout innings with 2 hits allowed. Matt Capps threw a scoreless 9th inning to get the save for Minnesota. Justin Morneau was 2-4 with 2 RBIs and Ben Revere went 2-5 with 2 runs scored for the Twins.

The St. Cloud Rox downed Alexandria 15-7 Wednesday night. St. Cloud scored 5 runs in the 2nd inning, 4 more in the 4th and 3 runs in the 6th. Phil Imholte led the Rox going 3-5 with 2 runs scored and 2 RBIs, Ben Morgan went 3-6 with a run scored and 2 RBIs and Chris Paul was 3-6 with 2 runs scored and 1 RBI for St. Cloud. Tadd Johansen threw 5 innings with 3 hits and 6 runs allowed (0 earned runs) to get the win. St. Cloud committed 4 errors. Alexandria also committed 4 errors.

The Minnesota Lynx downed Seattle 79-55 to improve to 8-0. The Lynx are 1 win away from equaling the best start in WNBA history. The L.A. Sparks began the 2001 season with a 9-0 record. Taj McWilliams-Franklin led the Lynx with 17 points and both Maya Moore and Candice Wiggins added 12 points for Minnesota. The Lynx shot 54 percent from the field while Seattle shot 33 percent.

The Apollo baseball team lost 2-1 in the section 83A championship game Wednesday night at Dick Putz Field. Ryan Hirt outdueled Reese Gregory for Bemidji. Hirt threw all 7 innings with just 3 hits allowed to get the win. Apollo scored first on a 1st inning RBI single from Dylan Jaeger. Gregory threw all 7 innings for Apollo and allowed 5 hits, 3 walks and 2 earned runs to take the loss.

The 48th annual Waite Park Family Fun Fest continues today (Thursday).

The Twins saw their 3-game win streak get snapped Tuesday night when they lost 1-0 at Kansas City. Bruce Chen threw 7 shutout innings with 4 hits allowed to get the win. Francisco Liriano pitched well for the Twins allowed just 4 hits, 1 walk and 1 earned run in 6 innings with 8 strikeouts but takes the loss and drops to 1-6. Brian Dozier had 2 hits for the Twins.

The St. Cloud Rox lost 3-2 at Waterloo Tuesday night to fall to 2-5 on the season. Waterloo improves to 7-0. Alex Roberts started the game for the Rox and allowed 3 hits, 5 walks and 3 earned runs in 3 2/3 innings. He takes the loss. Chris Paul was 2-4 with 1 RBI and Jaime Simpson hit a solo homerun for St. Cloud.