ST. PAUL. Minn.  — The drought left by five months of hardly any rain has intensified in southeast Minnesota. The U.S Drought Monitor reports the bulk of Mower end Steele counties have gone into the Stage 5 Exceptional Drought category — as bad as it gets. Meanwhile, the Stage 4 category has spread further into Winona County’s southwest townships. Scattered showers predicted for Monday and into Tuesday aren’t expected to bring relie

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Whole state. All of Minnesota is in some stage of drought in latest report.