The first explosive charge at the bridge rang out like a starting gun, followed by the ratatat drumbeat of smaller explosions ...

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

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

County commissioners last year voted to replace the bridge and remove the nearby Rapidan Dam, both of which were at risk of crumbling after last year's deluge. Residents had used the roughly 40 ...

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.

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

The bridge next to Rapidan Dam in Minnesota was brought down using explosives after suffering severe flood damage in 2024.

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 ...

Heavy rain last June caused severe flooding that breached the Rapidan Dam on the western side of the bridge. Erosion around ...

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

Watershed managers in northwest Minnesota say they're concerned and frustrated with the level of funding Gov. Tim Walz has recommended for flood-control projects in his proposed infrastructure bill.

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