Hay baling

Photo by Leonna Heuring, Staff

Local farmers took advantage of the warm and dry weather before the arrival of Monday afternoon's rain shower. Pictured is a Scott County farmer baling hay into round bales on a farm near New Hamburg. Temperatures are expected to remain in the high 80s this week with a 20 to 30 percent chance of rain forecast every day, according to the National Weather Service in Paducah, Ky.

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