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.

"Old stores like that, it's hard to replace them," David Hruska said. "Almost makes you cry when you see that," ...

After several days of heavy rain across the region, water began to go around the dam in the early morning hours of June 24, ...

The dam is approximately 475 feet (145 meters) long, and 87 feet (27 meters) high.A 2019 Associated Press investigation into dams across the country found that the Rapidan Dam was in fair ...

The Rapidan Dam is located on the Blue Earth River in Rapidan Township — about 14 miles south of Mankato. The dam is situated just north of the County Road 9 Bridge.

At Rapidan Dam, the people around Barnes saw the disaster unfolding, too. Jeremy Jordan, who lives nearby, says he used to work on the dam’s power plant as a fill-in employee.

This drone photo provided by AW Aerial shows a home as it teeters before partially collapsing into the Blue Earth River at the Rapidan Dam in Rapidan, Minn., Tuesday, June 25, 2024.

Two former workers of the Rapidan Dam with 23 years of combined experience say last month's partial failure was not just an Act of God, insisting instead that the breach could have been prevented.

The Rapidan Dam in Blue Earth County, Minnesota is in "imminent failure condition," according to the county government's official Facebook page.According to the Facebook post, Blue Earth County ...

Flooding at the Rapidan Dam near Mankato led to the destruction of the Hruska family house and the Rapidan Dam Store. County officials Ryan Thilges and Eric Weller, along with MSU professor Phil ...