FDL buildings evacuated

The local tribal reservation experienced evacuations of two buildings Sept. 7, when the Mino-Aya-Win human services building and Tagwii Recovery Center were locked and staff “safely evacuated,” a Facebook post said.

The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa also closed community centers in Cloquet, Brookston and Sawyer “out of an abundance of caution and for the safety of our community’s children and staff.”

The Band did not respond to inquiries from the Pine Knot News about the nature of the disturbances, or why the Band was able to say it believed “there is NO direct threat to the community and to other Fond du Lac programs and/or enterprises.”

A day later, the Band announced a return to normal operations.