Allen County

The county brought a close to a year-long celebration of the county's bicentennial by unveiling a new flag to represent it.

After months of delays from legal challenges, the Allen County Council approved the commissioners proposed sale/lease of the Allen County Courthouse to the Allen County Building Corporation as a funding mechanism for building the new jail. The courthouse will operate as normal.

With the dust of the legal proceedings surrounding the plan for the new jail settled, the Allen County Commissioners said they're ready to move forward.

A week after the Indiana Tax Court upheld the Indiana Department of Local Government Finance's approval of the funding plan for building the new jail, the Allen County Residents Against the Jail announced they would not appeal the ruling.

After a months-long lawsuit, the Indiana Tax Court upheld the Indiana Department of Local Government Finance's approval of the Allen County government's funding plan for the new jail.

After the Allen County Council told the West Central Fire District to bring them more information before they vote on helping them fund building a new fire station, the district's governing board voted to set aside $700,000 for possible costs for the process.

A group of artists have been chosen to paint murals on the sculptures which will then be installed in several places throughout the county.

The Allen County Surveyor's Office and Fort Wayne's City Utilities Department are working with the US Army Corps of Engineers to create the county's first new stormwater master plan since 1972.

The Allen County Coroner announced Monday that an inmate who died at the Allen County Jail died of peritonitis.

The Allen County Council said it needs more information before voting on the $9 million the West Central Fire District requested for a new station.