Let R be a Noetherian local ring and m a positive integer. Let I be the ideal of R generated by the maximal minors of an m × (m + 1) matrix M with entries in R . Assuming that the grade of the ideal generated by the k-minors of M is at least m − k + 2 for 1 ≤ ∀k ≤ m , we will study the associated primes of I n for ∀n > 0 . Moreover, we compute the saturation of I n for 1 ≤ ∀n ≤ m in the case where R is a Cohen-Macaulay ring and the entries of M are powers of elements that form an sop for R .