The first explosive charge at the bridge rang out like a starting gun, followed by the ratatat drumbeat of smaller explosions. The smoke cleared, revealing the concrete and steel beams of County Road ...

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

Demolition efforts for the bridge near the failed Rapidan Dam are underway in Blue Earth County. On Wednesday, controlled explosives went off, severing the bridge beams of County Road 9, just a short ...

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 at risk of crumbling after last year's deluge. Residents had used the roughly 40 ...

State money may soon be on the way to help tear out the Rapidan Dam after it partially failed following severe flooding last summer. Blue Earth County officials have been working to secure funding ...

Last summer’s severe flooding on the Blue Earth River breached around the Rapidan Dam and damaged the structure. Blue Earth County is working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA ...

Tim Walz braved the afternoon cold on Thursday to return to Rapidan Dam and ... includes $10 million for dam recovery efforts after last summer’s catastrophic flooding that resulted in the ...

Heavy rain last June caused severe flooding that breached the Rapidan Dam on the western side of the bridge. Erosion around the supports of the bridge led county officials to decide to remove and ...

Tim Walz braved the afternoon cold on Thursday to return to Rapidan Dam and outline his 2025 bonding proposals. His $887 million pitch includes $10 million for dam recovery efforts after last summer’s ...