Sheriff must stop blocking property used by Enbridge foes
Winona LaDuke and Tara Houska sued Hubbard County and Sheriff Cory Aukes for repeatedly blocking a driveway
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Winona LaDuke and Tara Houska sued Hubbard County and Sheriff Cory Aukes for repeatedly blocking a driveway
Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota district judge has issued a temporary restraining ordered against the Hubbard County sheriff, ruling that the county must stop obstructing access to a property used by opponents of Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline project.
The Star Tribune reports Winona LaDuke, White Earth Ojibwe, and Tara Houska, Couchiching First Nation, two leaders of protests against the oil pipeline, recently sued Hubbard County and Sheriff Cory Aukes for repeatedly blocking a driveway to a home near Menahga in north-central Minnesota.