Parched soils are being replenished by heavy rains in parts of southeast Minnesota.

Gary Prescher farms in Faribault County and tells Brownfield storms brought one to two inches of rain to his area Wednesday.

“Folks in my neighborhood were starting to wonder again if it was going to be a repeat of say 2012 (because) we’ve been extremely dry since last spring.”

He says the latest rainfall is soaking in as frost moves down in the soil.

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