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

Over the weekend the Hruska family announced they’ll be opening the Dam Store at it’s temporary location in downtown Mankato ...

which spans the Blue Earth River west of Mankato. The Blue Earth County Board selected Barr Engineering over one other firm for the contract, which could grow to nearly $2.4 million. The Rapidan ...

County commissioners last year voted to replace the bridge and remove the nearby Rapidan Dam, both of which were ... the removal of a beloved store. Mankato is about 80 miles south of Minneapolis.

(Mankato, MN) -- A bridge near the Rapidan Dam in Blue Earth County is gone after being demolished using explosives Wednesday. Crews successfully blew up the three main sections of the County Road 9 ...

A Twin Cities engineering firm hired to design the demise of the Rapidan Dam expects it to disappear by the end of 2028 — 118 years after the structure was completed southwest of Mankato ...

A thunderous boom and a large billow of dark-gray smoke rising in the air marked the quick demise of steel beams that had held up the Blue Earth County 9 bridge just upstream from the Rapidan Dam.

MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC ... Heavy rain back in June 2024 caused severe flooding that breached the Rapidan Dam on the western side. Erosion around the supports of the bridge led county officials ...

The backstory: The Rapidan Dam, constructed in 1910, at one time supplied half of Mankato's energy. By 2024, the dam was well past its lifespan. Civil engineers say concrete can last 50 to 100 ...

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 ...

Demolition efforts for the bridge near the failed Rapidan Dam are underway in Blue Earth County. On Wednesday, controlled explosives went off, severing the bridge beams of County Road 9 ...

The decking is stripped off the County Road 9 bridge that was damaged in flooding near the Rapidan Dam near Mankato. (JP Lawrence/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...