Zach Hilgendorf, assistant professor of geography and anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, said he first found himself at the Rapidan Dam in Mankato, Minn., when he was completing ...

At Rapidan Dam, the people around Barnes saw the disaster unfolding, too. Jeremy Jordan, who lives nearby, says he used to work on the dam’s power plant as a fill-in employee.

Among the areas that were damaged in Blue Earth County was the area around the Rapidan Dam, which suffered a partial failure on June 24, 2024, resulting in a house along the Blue Earth River, near ...

RAPIDAN — Imagine a six-story building, perched precariously, inching its way across a narrow bridge, a churning river below. In 1949, that’s exactly what happened at the Rapidan Dam near ...

The 11-foot high, 12-foot-deep and 200-foot wide concrete Rapidan Mill dam blocks migrating shad, river herring, striped bass, eels and other fish from native spawning and rearing grounds upstream.

MANKATO, Minn. — The bridge in Mankato that spans the Blue Earth River near the Rapidan Dam is starting to come down. Crews began demolition work Tuesday, months after extreme flooding pushed ...

Researchers are tracking how much sediment has been excavated since the river cut its new path. They hope to share the information with other communities with aging, at-risk dams.

The Rapidan Dam Store reopened at its new, temporary location in Mankato Monday after the original building collapsed during flooding earlier this summer. And the National Park Service ranger who ...

Congresswoman Nearly a year ago, flooding at the Rapidan Dam in southern Minnesota destroyed a family’s home and shut down their long-time restaurant. Now, they’re starting over in a new location.

Water in the Blue Earth River flows around the the Rapidan Dam southwest of Mankato, Minn., on June 24 threatening the integrity of the dam, the County Road 9 Bridge as well as a house on the west ...

Regional Demolished after flood, Minnesota's Rapidan Dam Store has new home A beloved southern Minnesota store demolished in June due to flooding has reopened in a new location in downtown Mankato.

MANKATO, Minn. — The bridge in Mankato that spans the Blue Earth River near the Rapidan Dam is starting to come down. Crews began demolition work Tuesday, months after extreme flooding pushed ...