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 ...

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

A thunderous boom and a large billow of dark-gray smoke rising in the air marked the quick demise of steel beams that had ...

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 ...

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

The bridge was set to be replaced after the nearby Rapidam Dam was breached in June 2024. The rushing water destroyed an Xcel Energy substation and caused a home along the bank to fall into the river.

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.

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 ...