U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar visited the Pipestone Municipal Airport Sunday, June 9 as part of an economic development-themed tour of southwest Minnesota. “We went there because we were able to successfully advocate for a grant for the airport out of this FAA Improvement Program for smaller airports,” Klobuchar said by phone Monday afternoon. The 7,000 grant from the Federal Aviation Administration Airport Improvement Program will be used to replace the Precision Approach Path Indicators (PAPI) and Runway End Identifier Lights (REIL) at the airport and update the airport master plan. The existing PAPIs and REILs have reached the end of...

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