The Pipestone County Commissioners, during their June 9 meeting, heard from representatives of ONEOK, Inc, which is the parent company of Magellan Pipeline Company, and expressed support for the company’s plans to reroute a pipeline that runs through the county. It would replace a pipeline that was decommissioned in 2022, that ran under the Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge – Pipestone Creek Unit and Pipestone National Monument. The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) had granted Magellan a permit in 2024 for Route Alternative 1, which would take the pipeline about three miles north and about three miles west of...

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