After the Rapidan Dam failed last summer and the Blue Earth River carved a new course through Minnesota Valley, researchers ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The visuals were stunning: Water from the Blue Earth River surged around a southern Minnesota dam, carrying a shipping container with it as it toppled utility poles ...

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 ...

A 148-year-old concrete wall sits under the Mississippi River to protect the falls and agencies are studying its condition to ...

upstream from the Rapidan Dam. Lore said the DNR is also tracking fish movements in the Minnesota River to see if they’re finding new habitats and adapting to the new riverscape. It’s possible ...

Severe flooding caused the partial failure of the Rapidan Dam in Minnesota, after days of heavy rainfall across the Midwest forced mass evacuations. Photo: Minnesota Department of Public Safety/AP ...

“We’ve been flying drones repeatedly on swaths upstream and downstream, looking at the changes in the river since the dam ...

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Studies are coming out about local waterways, specifically pollution in the Le Sueur River and the long-term effects of the Blue Earth River's flooding around the Rapidan Dam last summer.