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Just over a year since the partial failure of the Rapidan Dam saw the change of the Blue Earth River and its surrounding ...
The state has yet to make good on a promise to help fix the Rapidan Dam, which partially failed one year ago this summer.
A preliminary schedule was presented, but the dates remain subject to circumstances such as funding and regulatory permitting ...
For more than 80 years, the dam spanning the Rapidan River at Rapidan Mill has blocked fish from migrating upstream. The Rapidan Fish Passage Project is a study that could yield dam modifications ...
Rising waters on the Blue Earth River in Minnesota washed out a portion of the Rapidan Dam near the town of Mankato, 50 miles southwest of Minneapolis, as floods inundated parts of the Midwest.
The Rapidan Dam failure gives scientists an unusual opportunity to study how rivers erode through land, Larson said, something that nature typically takes thousands or even millions of years to do.
Barr Engineering says it plans to begin removal of the Rapidan Dam west of Mankato in 2027. The firm was awarded a $1.47 million contract from the Blue Earth County Board on Tuesday.
Local News Bridge near Rapidan Dam coming down months after major floods After extreme flooding this summer, the bridge that crosses the Blue Earth River is being demolished.
The former Dam Store next to the Rapidan Dam south of Mankato was demolished after high Blue Earth River levels swept around the dam and tore away the streambank leading to the store.