Allen County Board of Commissioners

Republican District 2 Allen County Commissioner Therese Brown will not seek re-election when her fourth term ends at the end of 2026.

Using dollars from the American Rescue Plan Act, Lakeland Internet is offering wifi to more than 61,000 addresses.

Allen County Sheriff Troy Hershberger and Fort Wayne Mayor Sharon Tucker held a press conference Wednesday to address recent violence within the community.

The budget was requested by the Allen County Comissioners last fall, but County Council has continued to delay voting to approve it.

Construction deadline for the $320 million project is November 2027.

Commissioners promise no breaks in emergency services, but TRAA will no longer serve areas outside of Fort Wayne.

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.

Two days after a weekend full of legal movements involving the new Allen County Jail, the Allen County Commissioners formally responded to the Tax Court ruling upholding the financing proposal.