Zach Hilgendorf, assistant professor of geography and anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, said he first ...

RAPIDAN, Minn. (KEYC) - Nearly six months after historic flooding caused a partial failure of the Rapidan Dam and caused damage to the nearby bridge over the Blue Earth River, work is being ...

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.

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 ...

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.

After the Rapidan Dam failed last summer and the Blue Earth River carved a new course through Minnesota Valley, researchers are using drones to survey the area and monitor changes that affect the ...

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 ...

A contractor is moving along with tearing the deck off the Blue Earth County 9 bridge, just upriver of the Rapidan Dam. “The planning for the demolition took a little longer so they were a ...

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 ...

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.

David Hruska, who with his sister Jenny Barnes, operate the The Dam Store, said they plan to open the doors to their new location at 11 a.m. Monday, provided all the equipment has been installed.

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 ...