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GARRETT — The Garrett-Keyser-Butler school board Monday approved a compensation package for administrative and non-certified employees for the next year. The measure includes 2% increases for administrative employees including the superintendent, high school and middle school principals and assistant principals, elementary principal and high school athletic director; a 1.5% increase for the elementary assistant principal; and a 6.76% hike for the Career Development Program director. Non-certified employees will see an estimated across-the-board 3% increase. A recommendation to increase d...

AUBURN — The DeKalb Chamber Partnership has added three new board members — Pete Kempf, Chad Sutton and Matt Faber — to fill seats left vacant by terms ending and resignations earlier this year. Kempf serves as a financial adviser for Credent Wealth Management. He previously worked as the head of the Business and Vocational Department, head football coach, Baron Television director and educator at DeKalb High School. Kempf is a Wabash College graduate with degrees in history, education and psychology. He earned an Master of Business Administration degree from Western Governors ...

Shawn Hunter Abbeg is the son of Dennis and Jessi Abbeg.

GARRETT — Keegan McComb and Sadie Best were named Garrett High School’s top two seniors, based on grade point average. Each will present speeches during a graduation ceremony Friday.

GARRETT — ILearn testing at Garrett has been met with little enthusiasm, according to J.E. Ober and middle school administrators. Elementary Principal Kristi Surfus told school board members Monday the new state test is being administered as required, but the results will be stale by the time they are available at the end of the school year. “This test does not honor students’ thinking,” she said, adding teachers currently can pull up-to-the-minute data without the test. Classroom schedules have been interrupted in order to facilitate the testing that has no time restricti...