A contractor, Hosier Worldwide, began removing the deck of the bridge on Dec. 27, Thilges said. The Deer River-based ...

A thunderous boom and a large billow of dark-gray smoke rising in the air marked the quick demise of steel beams that had ...

A Twin Cities engineering firm hired to design the demise of the Rapidan Dam expects it to disappear by the end of 2028 — 118 years after the structure was completed southwest of Mankato, Minn.

Contractors blew up the remnants of a damaged southern Minnesota bridge that nearly collapsed during heavy rains last summer.

Heavy rain back in June 2024 caused severe flooding that breached the Rapidan Dam on the western side. Erosion around the ...

A subcontractor of the company hired to remove the County Road 9 bridge over the Blue Earth River used explosive charges to ...

Faced with the task of replacing a flood-damaged bridge, and removing a breached dam, county officials face the prospect of ...

MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - A subcontractor of the company hired to remove the County Road 9 bridge over the Blue Earth River is ...

Multiple explosions demolished the County Road 9 bridge near the Rapidan Dam after last summer's breach that led to the dam's ...

The Free Press won more than 30 awards at the Minnesota Newspaper Association contest this week in the Twin Cities.

Extreme erosion is apparent on the west bank of the Blue Earth River at the Rapidan Dam near Mankato on July 2. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

Blue Earth County officials shared footage of the County Road 9 bridge demolition on Wednesday. The bridge was set to be ...