Residents got an update on the replacement for the County Road 9 bridge that was removed after historic flooding in 2024.

Occurred on June 24, 2024 / Rapidan, Minnesota, USA Info from Licensor: "The Rapidan Dam located in Rapidan, MN experienced a losing battle to water due to the increase of rain in the area within a ...

RAPIDAN TOWNSHIP, Minn. — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday got a first-hand look at the site of disastrous flooding in southern Minnesota, which partially damaged a dam and led to the destruction of ...

A few miles outside Mankato, Minnesota, painted blue and white with a vintage Pepsi sign hanging out front, the Rapidan Dam store stood for more than 50 years. That’s how long Jenny Barnes and her ...

MANKATO — It’s been a long year and a half for the structures left at the Rapidan Dam site.

The second-worst flood in Minnesota's Rapidan Dam's 114-year history didn't destroy it, but it put it "in imminent failure condition." Now, a nearby bridge is at risk of collapsing. Nearly two dozen ...

John Lauritsen is an Emmy award-winning reporter from Montevideo, Minn. He joined WCCO-TV in late-July of 2007. Two days after he started, the Interstate 35W bridge collapsed. Nearly a year ago, ...

RAPIDAN TOWNSHIP, Minn. – County and state officials gathered at the Rapidan Dam near Mankato on Tuesday to assess a still-closed bridge next to the dam that may be at risk of “partial or full failure ...

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 for ...

As we all watched news video of Rapidan Dam being rendered inoperable by recent torrential rains, we were left wondering: “So what should we do now?” Much of the news has focused on the spectacle of ...

Andrew Brown, a senior geoarchaeologist, inspects the camera on a drone before sending it up for another flight over the Rapidan Dam on Monday. Brown and other researchers are using drone imagery to ...

MANKATO, Minn — A beloved southern Minnesota store demolished in June due to flooding has reopened in a new location in downtown Mankato. The Rapidan Dam Store's new home is the old Wagon Wheel Cafe ...