Balancing on 24 wheels, this 65-foot grain elevator looked small when it was pulled across the Blue Earth River bridge at ...

Workers are demolishing a bridge in Blue Earth County that was damaged after the partial failure of the nearby Rapidan Dam last year. The hope is to remove the County Road 9 bridge before “the ...

The homeowners were evacuated before it fell, so no one was injured. The Rapidan Dam, constructed in 1910, at one time supplied half of Mankato's energy. By 2024, the dam was well past its lifespan.

Andrew Brown, a senior geoarchaeologist, inspects the camera on a drone before sending it up for another flight over the Rapidan Dam on Monday. Brown and other researchers are using drone imagery ...

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) ...

In late June last year the Rapidan Dam suffered a catastrophic failure when floodwaters tore around the west end of the dam, eating away the shoreline and sending more than a century’s worth of ...

The failure of the Rapidan Dam in June opened up new research opportunities for local geologists and researchers. Such opportunities are important in light of the increasing dangers presented by ...

The rate of water flow going around the Rapidan Dam had lessened slightly ... The county called a contractor who has worked at the dam before to see if the company could remove the trees from ...

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Debris clogged Rapidan Dam before the failure. Former workers say it could have been avoided.