A thunderous boom and a large billow of dark-gray smoke rising in the air marked the quick demise of steel beams that had ...

Multiple explosions demolished the County Road 9 bridge near the Rapidan Dam after last summer's breach that led to the dam's ...

Heavy rain back in June 2024 caused severe flooding that breached the Rapidan Dam on the western side. Erosion around the ...

Extreme erosion is apparent on the west bank of the Blue Earth River at the Rapidan Dam near Mankato on July 2. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

A Twin Cities engineering firm hired to design the demise of the Rapidan Dam expects it to disappear by the end of 2028 — 118 years after the structure was completed southwest of Mankato, Minn.

MANKATO, Minn. — The bridge in Mankato that spans the Blue Earth River near the Rapidan Dam is starting to come down. Crews began demolition work Tuesday, months after extreme flooding pushed ...

State money may soon be on the way to help tear out the Rapidan Dam after it partially failed following severe flooding last summer. Blue Earth County officials have been working to secure funding ...

Gov. Tim Walz talks at a press conference near the defunct Rapidan Dam about a proposed bill that would help Minnesota infrastructure projects, such as repairing the highway that spans over the ...