Thursday morning, local volunteers who collect samples from greater Mankato’s lakes, rivers and streams met with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to hear recent updates with the data they ...

MANKATO — The Blue Earth County Board will discuss Tuesday escalating costs of replacing the County Road 9 Rapidan bridge that was damaged in 2024 floods and was removed earlier this year. According ...

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. "It's our legacy. We want to keep it ...

Nearly a year ago, the Rapidan Dam and surrounding area were hit by major flooding. It cost one family their home and damaged infrastructure in the area. But now, help for repairs is on the way in the ...

EAU CLAIRE — Zach Hilgendorf, assistant professor of geography and anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, said he first found himself at the Rapidan Dam in Mankato, Minn., when he was ...

RAPIDAN — Imagine a six-story building, perched precariously, inching its way across a narrow bridge, a churning river below. In 1949, that’s exactly what happened at the Rapidan Dam near Mankato. A ...

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 Rapidan Dam, take pictures, and relive the memories of a life ...

Violins of Hope features instruments rescued from the Holocaust.

One year ago the flooded Blue Earth River caused a partial failure of the Rapidan Dam, about 15 minutes south of Mankato.

Nearly a year ago, flooding at the Rapidan Dam in southern Minnesota destroyed a family’s home and shut down their long-time restaurant. Now, they’re starting over in a new location. WCCO's John ...

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