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The Rapidan Dam has been a thorn in the county’s side for years. Long before the partial failure, leaders toyed with whether to fix the deteriorating dam or remove it — costing taxpayers ...
"Old stores like that, it's hard to replace them," David Hruska said. "Almost makes you cry when you see that," ...
One year ago, the Rapidan Dam partially collapsed near Mankato due to heavy rainfall and flooding from storms.
One year later, a Blue Earth County community is still feeling the impacts following the collapse of the Rapidan Dam.
There are more than 2,500 dams in Virginia – many built to mill wheat or wood. One of them is at the center of a controversial plan to restore fish habitat and bring back species that were once ...
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 Rapidan Dam near Mankato, Minn., is at risk of “imminent failure” after the flooding of the Blue Earth River, officials warned on June 24.
But the three years before 2024 had been dry. ... Rapidan Dam remains in place, but the Blue Earth River now rushes around it in the new channel it scoured from the earth.
Previous estimates to remove the dam before the failure put the cost at more than $60 million dollars. Walz said money from FEMA should also help cover the bill.
Barr Engineering says it plans to begin removal of the Rapidan Dam west of Mankato in 2027. The firm was awarded a $1.47 million contract from the Blue Earth County Board on Tuesday.
Rapidan Dam, an earth-and-concrete structure and electrical generating station, built in 1910, had begun to overflow. A crowd watches the Blue Earth River after its bank collapsed at Rapidan Dam ...
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