Flooding on the Blue Earth River caused an abutment of the Rapidan Dam to partially fail on Monday morning, and it remains in "imminent failure condition ... and businesses near the dam around ...

The County Road 9 bridge near the destroyed Rapidan Dam was demolished with explosives on Wednesday. The Blue Earth County Board of Commissioners voted to remove the dam and replace the bridge ...

Earlier this week, authorities said the Rapidan Dam near Mankato faced an ''imminent threat'' of collapse but later said an abutment had partially failed. The river swelled after an onslaught of ...

The rate of water flow going around the Rapidan Dam had lessened slightly and a bank near the Dam Store seem ... the event at the dam was “a partial failure of the west embankment,” not ...

In 1949, that’s exactly what happened at the Rapidan Dam near Mankato. A 40-ton, 65-foot-tall grain elevator embarked on an improbable, 8-mile journey. A crowd of about 2,000 people gathered in ...

A bridge next to Rapidan Dam in Minnesota was brought down in a controlled explosion after the structure was severely damaged by flooding in Blue Earth County in June 2024. The county announced it ...

The house, occupied by a local family for over 50 years, drew a crowd of onlookers as it plunged into the river amid concerns about the nearby Rapidan Dam's stability due to ongoing erosion and ...