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🌱 Near Morris, solar panels offer cows a cooler pasture

Morris, Minnesota Patch AM: a 3 min read

Morning Morris! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Near Morris, solar panels offer cows a cooler pasture
  • Morris playoff win closes out Minnewaska seniors' season
  • Morris hits 63 before a late-week cooldown

Also on today's calendar: Ultra Colorful Portraiture with Acrylics with COMPAS Teaching Artist Moira Villard at the Morris Public Library.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Cooler; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 49 and low of 28 degrees.
  • Thursday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 39, low: 24.
  • Friday: Partly sunny, with a high of 38 and low of 25 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Minnesota projects see promising early results from blending solar, agricultural production (minnpost.com) — Researchers near Morris are finding that solar panels can generate electricity while helping grazing cows stay cooler. At the West Central Research and Outreach Center, cows beneath panels ran half a degree cooler in afternoon heat, and a promising mobile solar shade station has researchers planning a larger version.
   

2. Laker football to lose nine seniors to graduation (pctribune.com) — Morris Area-CA ended Minnewaska's football season with a touchdown in the final 30 seconds, winning their playoff opener 21-20. The Lakers finished 4-5 and will graduate nine seniors, including Miles Wildman, who leaves with school records for career points and touchdowns.
   

3. Highs on Monday were well above average, some locations in the mid 60s (tncontentexchange.com) — Morris reached 63 degrees Monday, joining several west central Minnesota communities in an unusually warm start to the week. The warmth was forecast to last through Veterans Day before cooler air arrives Thursday and Friday, bringing highs down into the 30s.
   

4. Obituary: Carolyn Joy Drange of McCrory (thewynneprogress.com) — Carolyn Joy Drange, a Morris native and 1976 Morris High School graduate, died November 5 at her home in McCrory at age 68. She earned an electrician certification and worked as an electrician and factory worker. No services are planned.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Morris

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