Enbridge Line 3

The appellant successfully argued the state failed to provide sufficient evidence. The state did not file a brief or otherwise participate in the appeal to defend its position.

An Aitkin County jury found Mylene Vialard guilty earlier this year. She attached herself to a self-supporting bamboo structure near an Enbridge pumping station in Swatara.

Plus the Polk County Sheriff's Office discovers a body near an abandoned vehicle, a case against three Line 3 protesters in Aitkin County is dismissed by a judge, a Cass County K-9 suffers injury during a pursuit, and Mission Township terminates its fire chief because of fiscal and financial irregularities.

Plus the firing of a Crow Wing County fire chief, a spike in child poverty and progress on area road construction.

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This Wednesday, artist and cultural organizer Shanai Matteson of Palisade is going to trial in Aitkin County. Matteson has been charged with gross misdemeanor for allegedly conspiring, aiding, and abetting criminal trespass on critical public infrastructure pipeline during the movement to Stop Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 pipeline. She has pled not guilty to these charges.Matteson spoke with Heidi Holtan and John Bauer on the KAXE/KBXE Morning Show to explain the charges, describe her experience, and share what's next for the other 800 people who are facing charges related to the opposition to the Line 3 project. Click the "Listen" player above to hear the full conversation.

update on the news around the Line 3 replacement project from Enbridge Energy

update on the news around the Line 3 replacement project from Enbridge Energy

update on the news around the Line 3 replacement project from Enbridge Energy

Bob Shimek on the centering experience of being with nature, and the complicated aspects of treaties and natural resources