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.

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

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

Contractors blew up the remnants of a damaged southern Minnesota bridge that nearly collapsed during heavy rains last summer.

A subcontractor of the company hired to remove the County Road 9 bridge over the Blue Earth River used explosive charges to ...

MANKATO, Minn — Contractors on Wednesday ... County commissioners last year voted to replace the bridge and remove the nearby Rapidan Dam, both of which were at risk of crumbling after last ...

MANKATO, Minn. (AP ... County commissioners last year voted to replace the bridge and remove the nearby Rapidan Dam, both of which were at risk of crumbling after last year's deluge.

MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC/Gray News ... Heavy rain last June caused severe flooding that breached the Rapidan Dam on the western side of the bridge. Erosion around the supports of the bridge led ...

County commissioners last year voted to replace the bridge and remove the nearby Rapidan Dam, both of which were ... the removal of a beloved store. Mankato is about 80 miles (130 kilometers ...