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AUBURN — The Jackson Center Hall, once home to elections, Grange Hall meetings, church activities, reunions and 4-H club get-togethers, again will serve the community south of Auburn. The building that once stood at the southwest corner of C.R. 60 and C.R. 35 in Jackson Township was moved to a private property on C.R. 60 just east of the original site about 40 years ago. There it served as a storage building behind the former Mettert property. Efforts to move and renovate the 120-year-old,...

To the editor: I would like to thank the following donors who have made DeKalb Countys next official state historic marker possible: Sandra Arvin, Mayor Todd Fiandt and wife Victoria, City Planner Milton Otero and wife Tracy, Kent and Shelley Johnson. Aaron Smith, Garrett State Bank, Gretel Smith and City of Garrett. This latest endeavor has been delayed for the past year due to the pandemic, but as of last week, the funds needed to send the bronze marker into production were sent to Indianapol...

GARRETT — DeKalb County is poised to receive its fifth official state historic marker approved by the Indiana Historical Bureau — honoring film star John Bowersox, who went by the stage name of John Bowers. DeKalb County Historian John Bry has made it his mission to obtain more historic markers for the county during his tenure by applying to the state agency that reviews and approves topics of significance from Indiana history. The historic marker honoring the life and work of Bowerso...