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Court rules Hubbard County sheriff must stop blocking property associated with Winona LaDuke Judge rules deputies can't block access to home used by Enbridge protesters.  July 23, 2021 — 5:46pm Text size Copy shortlink: A Minnesota district judge has slapped the Hubbard County sheriff with a temporary restraining order, ruling that the county must stop obstructing access to a property used by opponents of Enbridge's Line 3 pipeline project. Indigenous activist Winona LaDuke and Tara Houska, two leaders of ...

UPDATE: District Court grants temporary restraining order against Hubbard County sheriff, land commissioner The order bars the Hubbard County Sheriff from "barricading, obstructing or otherwise interfering with access to the disputed property" or threatening to arrest persons for coming to and from the Namewag Camp, near Hinds Lake. 10:49 pm, Jul. 23, 2021 On Friday, July 23, the Ninth District Court in Hubbard County granted a temporary restraining order against Hubbard County Sheriff and Hubbard County Land Commissioner Mark "Chip" Lohmeier. Indigenous environmentalists ...

Line 3 Opponents Allege ‘Blockade’ of Camp in Property Dispute Northern Minnesota sheriffs' offices have blocked a route to a major protest camp, citing a 1928 tax forfeiture. Activists occupy construction equipment at an Enbridge Line 3 pump station near Park Rapids, Minn., on Monday, June 7, 2021. (Evan Frost/Minnesota Public Radio via AP) MENAHGA, Minn. (CN) — A new lawsuit alleges that a rural Minnesota county and its sheriff’s office have escalated a property dispute as a pretext to blockade, harass and incriminate opponents of the controversial Line 3 oil pipeline, which is a ch...

Protesters overflow Line 3 pipeline site near Park Rapids Hubbard County Sheriff Cory Aukes responded to water protectors’ allegations of law enforcement overreach over the July 4 weekend. Written By: Enterprise staff | × Hubbard County Sheriff Cory Aukes (Enterprise file photo) Dozens of protesters flowed over a Line 3 construction site on Thursday, July 1 in the Park Rapids area. According to a media release on behalf of the Giniw Collective, an Indigenous women-led environmental protection group, construction was halted as a Native matriarch locked herself to a piece of he...

Giniw Collective objects as Hubbard County Sheriff's Office barricades Indigenous camp The sheriff's office and the 1855 Treaty Authority also commented on the situation developing Monday morning, June 28 in the Hinds Lake area. Written By: Forum News Service | 2:37 pm, Jun. 30, 2021 × Hubbard County Sheriff Cory Aukes (Enterprise file photo) PARK RAPIDS, Minn. — An Indigenous group is protesting efforts by the Hubbard County Sheriff’s Office to block access to a private parcel adjacent to the Line 3 pipeline replacement project. According to a release from the Gini...