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The DeKalb County sheriff Thursday said he expects the prosecutors office to file at least two felony charges against a Kendallville man in connectio ...

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AUBURN — The DeKalb County Commissioners Monday approved a modified contract with the Elevatus architecture firm to complete construction documents for a new jail. In January, the commissioners hired the Fort Wayne company to design a new county jail for a fee not to exceed $925,000. Last week, two of the three commissioners indicated they do not support building a jail right now. Commissioners Bill Hartman and Todd Sanderson said they want to wait until a spike in construction costs su...

Spin zone: Bill gets usual partisan twist NIKI KELLY | The Journal Gazette Everyone in the legislature agreed on House Bill 1006. But how you describe the new law is an interesting proposition. The legislation received unanimous support and was in response to state and national protests last year over police brutality against minority communities. It was spurred specifically by the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, for which a police officer is now behind bars. But Republicans are using m...

Councilman Mike Walter introduced the resolution: “The Common Council of the City of Auburn, taking note of the KKK event anticipated in our community on April 3 and that did not take place, commends Mayor Michael D. Ley for his statement issued March 31 repudiating the KKK’s ‘ideologies of hatred and intolerance’ and stating firmly that ‘there is no place for intolerance in our community.’ The Common Council joins Mayor Ley in calling for a community of ‘mutu...

Nearly 100 peaceful demonstrators rallied at the DeKalb County Courthouse in Auburn on Saturday with no sign of the Ku Klux Klan, as had been original ...

DeKalb County Sheriff David Cserep II said his department has had no confirmation the Ku Klux Klan will be holding an event Saturday in the county, bu ...

HAMILTON — Police are looking for a Hamilton man who eluded officers in a chase from Hicksville, Ohio, early Friday morning. Skylar Robertson, 28, was last seen four miles southeast of St. Joe in DeKalb County, 1 1/2 miles from the Ohio line, police said. Police are asking anyone who spots Robertson to call their local police agency or the Hicksville Police Department at (419) 542-6661. Police said has a “history of violence and drug use,” and people should not approach him. WANE...

AUBURN — The DeKalb County Commissioners have chosen the Elevatus architecture firm of Fort Wayne to design a new county jail.