Three arrested in anti-pipeline protests

By: News Director Larissa Donovan

PARK RAPIDS– The Hubbard County Sheriff’s Office reports they arrested one man and two women yesterday morning after responding to the site of an anti-pipeline protest.

Deputies responded to private property 15 miles north of Park Rapids to 20 to 30 protesters on site, with some chained to logging equipment, hanging anti-pipeline banners.

According to a release from Sheriff Cory Aukes, the owner of the property advised the protesters to leave but three refused and remained chained to the equipment.

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Larissa Donovan is the News Director for the stations of Paul Bunyan Broadcasting and has been, almost without interruption, since Election Day 2016. She covers all the beats in north-central Minnesota, such as local government, crime, education, environment and social issues. She studied communications at Bemidji State University. You can follow along with Larissa's live tweets of meetings and events on Twitter!

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