The county said that explosive charges were used both to make that process quicker and to ensure the safety of workers, as it ...

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 ...

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.

Contractors blew up the remnants of a damaged southern Minnesota bridge that nearly collapsed during heavy rains last summer ...

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.

In his first public visit to Mankato after his run for vice president, Gov. Tim Walz braved the afternoon cold on Thursday to return to Rapidan Dam and outline his 2025 bonding proposals.

In his first public visit to Mankato after his run for vice president, Gov. Tim Walz braved the afternoon cold on Thursday to return to Rapidan Dam and outline his 2025 bonding proposals.

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 ...

MANKATO, Minnesota: This week, workers used explosives to destroy the remains of a damaged bridge in southern Minnesota. The ...