MANKATO, Minn. — A beloved family store lost during the flooding in southern Minnesota this summer is reopening in Mankato. The Rapidan Dam Store was bought in June by Blue Earth County officials. It ...

MANKATO – The Rapidan Dam Store, a restaurant southwest of Mankato that was demolished after flooding in June overran the nearby dam, has a new home. Generations of regulars gathered in downtown ...

Work is progressing in finalizing a plan to remove the Rapidan Dam, which failed during historic flooding nearly two years ...

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 ...

Engineers plan to start removal of the Rapidan Dam in 2027, after it failed during major flooding last year. The process of taking down the dam would continue through 2028, according to a preliminary ...

The Blue Earth County Board held a work session Tuesday to discuss updates surrounding the dam removal project. The project, led by County Engineer Ryan Thilges and Barr Project Manager Joe Hjerpe, is ...

Jp Lawrence Star Tribune May 20, 2025 May 20, 2025 MANKATO – Every few weeks, David Hruska and his family return to their old home beside the Blue Earth River. They walk along the riverbank near the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The bank of the Blue Earth River next to the Rapidan Dam southwest of Mankato, Minnesota, June 26, 2024. A few miles outside ...

MINNEAPOLIS — A southern Minnesota dam and nearby bridge that almost collapsed last month after a bout of heavy rain and prompted a federal emergency declaration will be torn down, officials said ...

The eyes of the nation were on southern Minnesota on June 24, 2024, when the Blue Earth River burst around the Rapidan Dam. Researchers from Wisconsin and Minnesota have been taking regular drone ...

MANKATO, Minn. — The bridge in Mankato that spans the Blue Earth River near the Rapidan Dam is starting to come down. Crews began demolition work Tuesday, months after extreme flooding pushed the ...