A preliminary schedule was presented, but the dates remain subject to circumstances such as funding and regulatory permitting ...

When a dam breaks, it takes more than bulldozers and blueprints to repair the waterway. It demands engineering inventiveness, ...

Earlier this week, authorities said the Rapidan Dam near Mankato faced an "imminent threat" of collapse, but later they said an abutment had partially failed. The river swelled after an onslaught ...

The Rapidan Dam Store which was torn down in June due to rising flood waters on the Blue Earth River is set to reopen at a new location in Mankato. The store could reopen in September, with plans ...

We look at the meteorology behind what caused the flooding, the historic Dam Store and its move to Mankato, the flooding ...

Engineers plan to start removal of the Rapidan Dam in 2027, after it failed during major flooding last year. The process of taking down the dam would continue through 2028, according to a ...

MANKATO, Minn. — A beloved family store lost during the flooding in southern Minnesota this summer is reopening in Mankato. The Rapidan Dam Store was bought in June by Blue Earth County ...

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.

Researchers are tracking how much sediment has been excavated since the river cut its new path. They hope to share the ...

Days later, the Mankato area made national news as the usually calm Blue Earth River gushed around the century-old Rapidan Dam, which partially failed June 24, 2024.

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 ...

Breaking The News One year later, those connected to the Rapidan Dam still hope to rebuild the area The owners of the dam store have reopened in Mankato.