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, Minn. — A historic store lost when flooding caused part of a southern Minnesota dam to fail will soon have a new home. Monday night, the Mankato City Council signed off on moving the Dam ...

Federal regulators have cleared another step toward the removal of the Rapidan Dam near Mankato. A new environmental review found the county’s plan to remove the dam and powerhouse and restore the ...

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 Rapidan Dam, take pictures, and relive the memories ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In his first public visit to Mankato after his run for vice president, Gov. Tim Walz braved the afternoon cold on Thursday to ...

MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - Two years ago marks the failure of the Rapidan Dam, as historic amounts of water caused flooding around the region, and the Blue Earth River was at all-time highs. That high ...

MANKATO – The battered Rapidan Dam at his back, Gov. Tim Walz proposed a bonding bill of $887 million that could fix impaired dams and other projects across the state on Thursday. The governor’s ...

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 ...