A thunderous boom and a large billow of dark-gray smoke rising in the air marked the quick demise of steel beams that had ...

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, Minn.

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.

Faced with the task of replacing a flood-damaged bridge, and removing a breached dam, county officials face the prospect of ...

Heavy rain back in June 2024 caused severe flooding that breached the Rapidan Dam on the western side. Erosion around the ...

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 preliminary ...

A subcontractor of the company hired to remove the County Road 9 bridge over the Blue Earth River used explosive charges to ...