What flows from the headwaters of the Minnesota River starting at the South Dakota border can affect the river through New Ulm, Mankato, St. Peter and on to the Mississippi.

The Blue Earth River flows north through the Rapidan Dam and meets the Minnesota River downstream near Mankato. Early Monday, ...

The Blue Earth River flows north through the Rapidan Dam and meets the Minnesota River downstream near Mankato. Early Monday, the combination of the raging water and debris plugging spillways ...

Water continues to flow from Rapidan Dam near Mankato, Minnesota By Stephen Sorace Fox News Published June 26, 2024 12:32pm EDT | Updated June 26, 2024 12:35pm EDT ...

Driving through the densely wooded Minnesota River Valley as it deepens north of Mankato, I've always kept a keen eye on scenery zipping past — especially pretty ravines sliced into limestone ...

Researchers are tracking how much sediment has been excavated since the river cut its new path. They hope to share the information with other communities with aging, at-risk dams.

The river swelled after an onslaught of rain pummeled the Midwest for days. More than 3 million people live in areas impacted by flooding , from Iowa to Nebraska to Minnesota to South Dakota.

Minnesota flooding: Rapidan Dam near Mankato holds, roads and state parks closed. Water in the Blue Earth River flows around the the Rapidan Dam southwest of Mankato, Minn., ...

And in Minnesota, parts of the Mankato area were evacuated after the Blue Earth River caused a partial failure of the Rapidan Dam. Heavy rains have caused record-setting flooding in the Midwest.

After the 2019 flood, ice jams formed in a narrow bend of the river downstream of the dam from January through March 2020. These jams continued to build and caused water to rise and flood, a 2021 ...