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They walk along the riverbank near the Rapidan Dam, take pictures, and relive the memories of a life abruptly upended when ...
Brown County Historical Society hosted Lunch and a bite of history, Thursday afternoon for Remembering the Rapidan Dam with ...
Two former workers of the Rapidan Dam with 23 years of combined experience say last month’s partial failure was not just an act of God, insisting instead that the breach could have been prevented.
A few miles outside Mankato, Minnesota, painted blue and white with a vintage Pepsi sign hanging out front, the Rapidan Dam store stood for more than 50 years. That’s how long Jenny Barnes and ...
Earlier this week, authorities said the Rapidan Dam near Mankato faced an “imminent threat” of collapse, but later they said an abutment had partially failed. The river swelled after an ...
RAPIDAN TOWNSHIP, Minn. — A southern Minnesota dam and nearby bridge that almost collapsed earlier this summer after a bout of heavy rain and prompted a federal emergency declaration will be ...
MANKATO, Minn. (FOX 9) - Blue Earth County took possession of the Dam Store building on Friday, demolishing the structure from the riverbank at the Rapidan Dam. The store was left standing ...
Rising waters on the Blue Earth River in Minnesota washed out a portion of the Rapidan Dam near the town of Mankato, 50 miles southwest of Minneapolis, as floods inundated parts of the Midwest.
The Rapidan Dam, built in 1910, is located on the Blue Earth River in Minnesota. As southern Minnesota battles an onslaught of rain and severe flooding, the fate of the Rapidan Dam hangs in the ...
RAPIDAN, Minn. — Authorities feared Monday that an aging hydroelectric dam on the Blue Earth River in southern Minnesota, under immense pressure from days of torrential rain and floating debris ...
Especially in the Midwest, climate change presents a growing threat to the nation’s nearly 92,000 dams, many more than 100 years old, as heavy rainfall, flooding and other forms of extreme ...
Earlier this week, authorities said the Rapidan Dam near Mankato faced an “imminent threat” of collapse, but later they said an abutment had partially failed. The river swelled after an ...