Mandan bar files lawsuit over mural

The owners of Lonesome Dove have filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Mandan over a mural city officials ordered removed.

The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District of North Dakota on Monday. The suit seeks a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to allow Lonesome Dove to keep artwork on the bar's front wind block.

The business at 3929 Memorial Highway received a citation in October from Mandan's code enforcement office for placing the unpermitted mural depicting a Western scene and the name of the bar.

The bar owners, Brian Berube and August Kersten, previously said they didn't apply for a permit because they weren't aware of the requirements.

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The large mural painted on the door wind block at the entrance to Lonesome Dove on "The Strip" in Mandan, is an unpermitted mural under the Mandan city’s ordinance.
MIKE MCCLEARY, TRIBUNE