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Rapidan Dam to be removed after partial failure 00:36. RAPIDAN TOWNSHIP, Minn. — A southern Minnesota dam and nearby bridge that almost collapsed earlier this summer after a bout of heavy rain ...
Minnesota Gov. and Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz, who visited the dam in July, is among those who used to ride his bike on a nearby trail. The Rapidan Dam is over a century old ...
Rising waters on the Blue Earth River in Minnesota washed out a portion of the Rapidan Dam near the town of Mankato, 50 miles southwest of Minneapolis, as floods inundated parts of the Midwest.
One year later, a Blue Earth County community is still feeling the impacts following the collapse of the Rapidan Dam.
A bridge near a Minnesota dam may collapse. Officials say they can do little to stop it Rushing waters from the Blue Earth River have already left a trail of debris and destruction on the edges of ...
The eyes of the nation were on southern Minnesota on June 24, 2024, when the Blue Earth River burst around the Rapidan Dam. Researchers from Wisconsin and Minnesota have been taking regular drone ...
Of the 13 high-hazard dams in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan listed in poor condition, eight dam owners who responded to questions from Inside Climate News all said their dams posed no ...
The Rapidan Dam and nearby County Road 9 Bridge in Minnesota, which almost collapsed last month after heavy rain, will be torn down, officials said Tuesday. The Rapidan Dam was finished in 1910.
Officials say a southern Minnesota dam and nearby bridge that almost collapsed last month after a bout of heavy rain and prompted a federal emergency declaration will be torn down.