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"Old stores like that, it's hard to replace them," David Hruska said. "Almost makes you cry when you see that," ...
One year ago, the Rapidan Dam partially collapsed near Mankato due to heavy rainfall and flooding from storms.
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.
One year ago the flooded Blue Earth River caused a partial failure of the Rapidan Dam, about 15 minutes south of Mankato.
After several days of heavy rain across the region, water began to go around the dam in the early morning hours of June 24, ...
One year later, a Blue Earth County community is still feeling the impacts following the collapse of the Rapidan Dam.
Researchers are tracking how much sediment has been excavated since the river cut its new path. They hope to share the ...
The Rapidan Dam near Mankato, Minn., is at risk of “imminent failure” after the flooding of the Blue Earth River, officials warned on June 24. (Video: AP) ...
There are more than 2,500 dams in Virginia – many built to mill wheat or wood. One of them is at the center of a controversial plan to restore fish habitat and bring back species that were once ...
Nearly a year ago, flooding at the Rapidan Dam destroyed a family's home and shut down their long-time restaurant. Now, they're starting over in a new location.
There’s an old joke that asks, “What does a fish say when it swims into a wall?” “Dam.” For more than 80 years, the dam spanning the river at the Rapidan Mill has blocked the migration ...