Polygamous sect leader ordered to stop building near Grand Marais

[TexasTowelie]

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)

[WhiskeyGrinder]

1. Grand Marais, the town where older men routinely assault young women? That Grand Marais?

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2012/02/27/grand-marais-older-men-pursuing-teen-girls

[TexasTowelie]

2. In that case why would Seth Jeffs' group matter?

It sounds like a great place to meet someone.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

3. Exactly! I've heard a lot of people say "Why Grand Marais?" when they hear about Jeffs moving in

and I'm like...