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.

Contractors blew up the remnants of a bridge that almost collapsed under heavy rains last summer near Mankato.

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

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

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

The decking is stripped off the County Road 9 bridge that was damaged in flooding near the Rapidan Dam near Mankato. (JP ...

MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - A subcontractor of the company hired to remove the County Road 9 bridge over the Blue Earth River is ...

Multiple explosions demolished the County Road 9 bridge near the Rapidan Dam after last summer's breach that led to the dam's ...

The Free Press won more than 30 awards at the Minnesota Newspaper Association contest this week in the Twin Cities.

Demolition efforts for the bridge near the failed Rapidan Dam are underway in Blue Earth County. On Wednesday, controlled ...

The bridge was damaged from heavy rain in June of 2024 in southern Minnesota. ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... Winds have begun to decrease this evening and will continue to do ...