Polygamous sect leader ordered to stop building near Grand Marais [View all]
GRAND MARAIS, Minn. (AP) — Officials in northern Minnesota have ordered a temporary halt to construction on land linked to a man who led a secretive polygamous sect's compound in South Dakota.
Cook County officials issued the cease-and-desist order Friday to a company tied to Seth Jeffs. KARE-TV reports the order was issued after officials visited the 40-acre property west of Grand Marais and found apparent wetland violations.
Jeffs is the brother of Warren Jeffs, imprisoned leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Authorities have said Seth Jeffs led the sect's South Dakota Black Hills compound, a site that has raised concerns among nearby residents.
Seth Jeffs applied in August to build a 5,760-square-foot building on the Minnesota land.
Read more: https://www.sctimes.com/story/news/local/2019/05/30/polygamous-sect-leader-ordered-stop-building-near-grand-marais/1284171001/
(St. Cloud Times)
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