Demolition of the County Road 9 bridge next to the Rapidan Dam is virtually completeBack on February 5, demolition crews used ...

The bridge in Mankato that spans the Blue Earth River near the Rapidan Dam is starting to come down. Crews began demolition work Tuesday, months after extreme flooding pushed the river from its ...

Mankato staff continue to patrol the levee and flood control system on a 24-hour basis. The levee system is built to handle a river level of 39.5 feet. When an electric substation at the dam ...

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 Mankato. A 40-ton, ...