Dakota County officials are nearing completion of a $48 million renovation of the Lake Byllesby Dam that replaces hydroelectric turbines first installed more than a century ago. The new hydropower ...

The innards of Byllesby Dam on the Cannon River were manufactured in 1910, when the average worker earned 22 cents an hour and William Taft was president. The dam's bearings and runners have been ...

Repairs to the Lake Byllesby Dam will cost $7.5 million more than Dakota County officials anticipated because of construction and regulatory costs. Replacement of the turbines for the county-owned ...

Appalachian Power, operator of the Byllesby and Buck Hydroelectric Project on the New River in Southwestern Virginia, will lower the level of one of its reservoirs there next week for a ...

Dakota County, which took full ownership this year of the Byllesby Dam, has been lowering the water level in the reservoir to make room for the spring melt. While upgrades to the dam are a year ...

Dakota County officials say upgrades at the Lake Byllesby Dam near Cannon Falls could soon make Dakota the only county in the state to generate more electricity than its buildings and facilities use.

Minnesota, USA-based Boldt Construction, in partnership with Dakota County and Xcel Energy, successfully modernized the 114-year-old Lake Byllesby Dam in Minnesota. Using two Manitowoc crawler ...