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The dispute over access to four roads on the Lac du Flambeau Reservation in northern Wisconsin has entered its third year.

A roadblock is seen along Center Sugarbush Lane on Wednesday, February 8, 2023, at Lac du Flambeau town hall in Lac du Flambeau, Wis. A special town board meeting was held to receive public ...

It continues to say leaders have made good-faith efforts to negotiate with the Town of Lac du Flambeau, but progress has been limited, and the Tribe says it has been left with no choice but to ...

The Lac du Flambeau had threatened to barricade the roads again as of Thursday, because the town had not made ongoing payments to the band for use of them. It all stems from long standing and ...

As reported last week, the Tribe said the Town of Lac du Flambeau had paid just over $500,000 as of July 2024 to avoid the barricades, but in August it could no longer sustain making monthly payments.

Tribal officials said the non-tribal Town of Lac du Flambeau, located within reservation land, has not paid fees to keep the road open from Sept. 12 through Oct. 12 last year — a one-month gap.

Tribal officials said the non-tribal Town of Lac du Flambeau, located within reservation land, has not paid fees to keep the road open from Sept. 12 through Oct. 12 last year — a one-month gap. As a ...