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First Friday highlights Holiday Card display

Thursday, November 30, 2023

AUBURN, Ind. – Auburn Main Street and the Downtown Auburn Business Association invites DeKalb County residents to Historic Downtown Auburn Friday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. for December’s First Friday event.

Friday...

Salsa Grille opens Auburn location

Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Auburn Mayor Mike Ley and Amber Caccamo, executive director of the DeKalb County Visitors Bureau pose for a picture with representatives from Salsa Grille. The Auburn Salsa Grille, 402 Smaltz Way officially opened Wednesday. Th...

New tress planted along 7th Street

Wednesday, November 29, 2023

AUBURN, Ind. – The east and west gateways to Auburn’s historic downtown will be in bloom with new foliage during the spring and summer of 2024 after the planting of 126 new trees along the corridor.

Forty new...

Eckhart Park decorated for the holidays

Monday, November 27, 2023

AUBURN, Ind. – Christmas is right around the corner and the Auburn Parks & Recreation Department is preparing for the holiday with its annual Christmas Walk at Eckhart Park.

This year’s walk Sentimental Chri...

Trash and recycling contract renewed

Tuesday, November 21, 2023

AUBURN, Ind. – The Auburn Board of Works and Public Safety renewed its contract with Republic Services of Indiana for the collection and disposal of recyclables and solid waste for the City of Auburn during Tuesday&...

New window installed at Auburn Water Department

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

AUBURN, Ind. – Mayor Mike Ley recently put his construction skills to work in an effort to save the Auburn Water Department money on a construction project at its office.

During his four-year tenure Mayor Ley has made ...

City's electric department featured in IMEA publication

Tuesday, November 21, 2023

AUBURN, Ind. -- The City of Auburn Electric Department was featured in the Indiana Municipal Electric Association's (IMEA) November Insider 2023 People and Places. 

The piece features Troy Stahly, operations mana...

Christmas Parade will welcome the holidays to Auburn

Monday, November 20, 2023

AUBURN, Ind. – It’s time to kick off the holiday season in historic downtown Auburn with the lighting of Frosty and the annual Christmas Parade.

Santa and Mrs. Claus will make their first visit to town Tuesday, ...

Address signs help first responders

Friday, November 10, 2023

AUBURN, Ind. – The DeKalb County Fire Chief’s Association sells green address signs for residents living within DeKalb County.

DeKalb County zoning regulations require county residents to have a green address si...

Applications being accepted for Shop With a Cop

Wednesday, November 8, 2023

AUBURN, Ind. – The Auburn Police Department will once again brighten the holiday season for children living within the city limits.

This year’s Shop With a Cop event will take place at 6 p.m. Dec. 14 at the Auburn Walmart. Applic...

Veterans Day parade to be held Saturday

Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023

AUBURN, Ind. -- The Auburn American Legion Post 97 will host a Veterans Day parade on Saturday.

Parade line-up will be at 11:30 a.m. with the parade starting at noon. The parade will stage at Eckhart Park.

The parade route will includ...

City awarded Community Crossings funds for 2024

Tuesday, November 7, 2023

AUBURN, Ind. – Close to $2 million in road improvements will be coming to the City of Auburn in 2024 as part of Governor Eric J. Holcomb’s Next Level Roads program.

Gov. Holcomb and the Indiana Department of Tra...

Protect water meters from frigid temperatures

Chocolate and Wine Trail highlights First Friday

Thursday, November 2, 2023

AUBURN, Ind. – Chocolate and wine will be highlighted during November’s First Friday event in downtown Auburn.

Auburn Main Street and DABA will present its Chocolate and Wine Tour event from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Fr...

City's downtown featured in publication

Friday, October 27, 2023

AUBURN, Ind. -- Historic downtown Auburn and its businesses were recently highlighted in Smart Living Magazine, published in Fort Wayne. 

The article, which can be found at https://smartlivingfortwayne.northwestquarterly.co...

S.R. 8 access management plan unveiled

Friday, October 20, 2023              

 AUBURN, Ind. – The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) unveiled its Traffic Access Management Plan for State Road 8 ...

Leaf collection set to begin Oct. 16

Stahly earns IMEA honor

Friday, October 6, 2023

AUBURN, Ind. – Troy Stahly, distribution supervisor and safety director for Auburn Electric received the Indiana Municipal Electric Association’s (IMEA) Distinguished Service Award on Wednesday during the 2023 IM...

City Hall roof work begins

Friday, October 6, 2023  

AUBURN, Ind. – Roof replacement work on Auburn’s City Hall, 210 E. Ninth Street, will cause minor disruptions along Ninth Street throughout the month of October and possibly into November.

The project h...

Fifth graders learn more about AES

Singer, songwriter to lead fair parade

Monday, September 18, 2023

By Andy BarrandBusiness Development/Marketing DirectorCity of Auburn, Indiana

AUBURN, Ind. – A small town girl with big time aspirations will be the grand marshal of this year’s DeKalb County Free Fall Fair Par...

Community turns out for YMCA cruise-in

Friday, September 8, 2023

AUBURN, Ind. -- The community turned out for Thursday night's cruise-in and touch-a-truck event at the YMCA of DeKalb County. 

The event sponsored by the YMCA included the Auburn Shifters car club and representati...

54th Edsel Owners Club comes to town

After wrapping up yet another successful Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival, which brought thousands of visitors to the City of Auburn, the “Home of the Classics” welcomes Edsel owners and enthusiasts from around the country.

The city long...

ACD Festival 2023: Supercharged cars and supercharged growth

This 67^th Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival, will once again bring thousands of car enthusiasts to Auburn, Indiana the “Home of the Classics.” The festival’s success and its continued growth continues to amaze me each year.

Thi...

67th ACD Festival set for Labor Day weekend

Friday, August 25, 2023  

 AUBURN, Indiana – The City of Auburn welcomes car enthusiasts from around the United States to the 67^th Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival.

The classics will return to the “Home of the Classics&a...

Streetscape work to be finished by end of month

AUBURN, Ind. – After completion of a successful downtown streetscape project in 2022, the city of Auburn embarked on the next streetscape phase this summer.

Working with the Auburn Redevelopment Commission the city leveraged $1 million of Tax Inc...

Gov. Holcomb honors APD Officer Kyle Woods

Thursday, August 10, 2023

INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana Governor Eric J. Holcomb and the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI) recently recognized 83 police officers for their efforts in saving lives while putting a stop to impaired driving.

Officers...

Why you should care about stormwater

The City of Auburn is involved in a Stormwater Pollution Prevention program designed to help keep urban stormwater runoff as clean as possible and protect our creeks, rivers, and other bodies of water. Our goals for this program on stormwater are:

• Educate ...

Cops Cycling for Survivors to pass through Auburn

Monday, July 10, 2023

INDIANAPOLIS – Participants in the 22^nd annual Cops Cycling for Survivors bicycle ride left Indianapolis Monday morning on a 13 day trek around the state.

After a brief ceremony at the Police and Fire Fighters Memorial on the...

Departments prepare for mass disaster

Friday, June 30, 2023

AUBURN – Representatives from the Auburn Fire Department joined representatives from neighboring first responder agencies and support agencies on Thursday to prepare for the worst case scenario.

Area first responders gathered...

Junior Main Street reaches fundraising goal

Monday, June 26, 2023

AUBURN, Ind. – In less than a month a group of dedicated youth reached their goal of raising $17,500 in donations to update the water fountains at several parks within the City of Auburn.

Students with Auburn’s Juni...

NeighborLink here to serve neighbors in need

Friday, June 23, 2023

AUBURN, Ind. – A small, but mighty group of local volunteers are doing their part in the community to help their neighbors with projects they can’t complete.

The ministry, which isn’t affiliated with any local religious organization, w...

Four Auburn firefighters promoted

AUBURN, Ind. -- The Auburn Board of Works and Public Safety approved the promotion of four Auburn firefighters during the Tuesday, June 7 meeting.

Later that evening the four firefighters appeared at the Auburn Common Council meeting for their official swe...

Park joins Auburn Police Department

AUBURN, Ind. -- With family and friends in the audience Tuesday, June 6 Auburn native Brandon J. Park was sworn-in as the city's newest police officer with the Auburn Police Department.

With his parents, Larry and Lori Park by his side h...

Chief Cox takes over for retiring Chief VanZile

Thursday, June 1, 2023

AUBURN, Ind. – It was a structure fire that caught his attention in the early 1990s that led Auburn Deputy Fire Chief Doug Cox to pursue a career as a firefighter.

In 1991 Cox began his career as a volunteer firefighter with...

Great Race Rally in town for the weekend

Friday, May 19, 2023

AUBURN, Ind. – The City of Auburn is welcoming participants of the Great Race Spring Rally to town this weekend.

Over 100 vehicles, spanning all eras and vehicle types left the Hampton Inn Friday morning on their first adventu...

Pink Out DeKalb County events throughout the day

Thursday, May 18, 2023

AUBURN, Ind. – Auburn city employees are showing their support for today’s Pink Out celebration, sponsored by Auburn Tri Kappa.

This is the 9^th year the local philanthropic organization has brought awareness to breast cancer and its e...

A week to remember and honor

Sunday, May 14, 2023

AUBURN, Ind. – They risk their lives each day, leaving family and loved ones at home, as they head into our community to serve and protect the city, county and surrounding area.

Law enforcement personnel from around the county, state an...

Auburn Main Street recognized by Main Street America

Thursday, May 11, 2023

AUBURN, Ind. – Auburn Main Street was recently recognized as an Affiliate Main Street America for meeting rigorous performance standards.

Each year, Main Street America and its partners recognizes those organizations that have made a ...

Roadwork set to begin May 15

Monday, May 8, 2023

AUBURN, Ind. – With temperatures on the rise and summer right around the corner over $2 million in road work around the City of Auburn is set to begin in the coming days. 

With the Union Street sewer and water project ...

World Atlas recognizes the City of Auburn

Friday, May 5, 2023

AUBURN, Ind. – The City of Auburn was recently recognized by World Atlas (worldatlas.com) as one of the 13 Cutest Small Towns in the Northern United States.

The city along with the other 12 communities recognized were highlight...

Poka-Bache Trail Coalition begins discussions

Thursday, May 4, 2023

AUBURN, Ind. – A group of 11 individuals representing towns, cities and counties along the Poka-Bache Trail have recently begun to meet to come up with a plan for completion of the trail running from Pokagan State Park in An...

Mayor declares May Pink Out DeKalb County month

Wednesday, May 3, 2023

AUBURN, Ind. – The Auburn Common Council showed its support for the mission of Pink Out DeKalb County on Tuesday night as they were decked out in this year’s Pink Out shirts.

At the beginning of Tuesday night&r...

Addiction treatment court a success for 3 graduates

Friday, April 28, 2023

AUBURN, Ind. – The first graduation ceremony for participants of the DeKalb County Addiction Treatment Court signified the end of one journey and the beginning of a new life for three DeKalb County residents.

The accomplishm...

City highlighted in national magazine

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

AUBURN, Ind. – The City of Auburn was one of several communities from across the United States to be highlighted in the March edition of Business View Magazine.

Business View Magazine, with over 840,000 subscribers, is the ...

Semi-professional soccer being played in Auburn

On a cold and damp Sunday afternoon Mayor Mike Ley spent a portion of his afternoon taking in a soccer match between Fox United and Lions Sports Club, from Columbus, Ohio.

The semi-professional soccer club, which is part of the United Premiere Soccer Leagu...

Mayor welcomes new businesses to the city

The City of Auburn and the DeKalb Chamber Partnership welcomed two new businesses to the community within the past week with official ribbon cutting ceremonies.

Both new businesses are located within the Kroger Plaza and provide vital services to the commu...

Plans for over 170 new housing units move forward

Monday, April 17, 2023

AUBURN, Ind.  – New development around the city continues to flourish at a rapid rate.

Three developments moved forward after the Tuesday, April 11 Auburn Plan Commission meeting. Those development included two hous...

Workshop brings awareness to child abuse prevention

Mayor Mike Ley welcomed some 220 representatives from social service agencies and non-profits agencies from northeast Indiana at the Abby Room at Kruse Plaza Thursday morning.

The all-day workshop hosted by SCAN of Fort Wayne featured speakers dur...

Mayor travels north to tour Lakeland Correctional Facility

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

AUBURN, Ind. – A visit to the Lakeland Correctional Facility in Coldwater, Michigan was yet another “eye opening” experience for Mayor Mike Ley, as he continues to meet people “where they ar...

Mayors continue monthly meetings

Friday, March 24, 2023

AUBURN, Ind. – DeKalb County mayors continued their monthly job shadowing get-togethers last week traveling to Garrett for a morning filled with discussion.

Auburn Mayor Mike Ley joined Mayor Mike Hartman of Butler and Garre...

City receives $9.8 million for Wayne Street overpass

Friday, March 17, 2023

AUBURN, Ind. – Relief will be coming to motorists after years of traffic delays on the city’s south side of town.

The city was notified today, Friday, March 17, 2023, that it was awarded $9,858,400 in funding &...

Rain barrel workshop scheduled

AUBURN, Ind. – The DeKalb County Soil and Water Conservation District and the City of Auburn Water Pollution Control department will be hosting a rain barrel workshop from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday, April 22.

The free hands-on workshop will be ...

Facade Improvement Program informational meeting set

AUBURN, Ind. – With dedicated funding of $100,000 from the Auburn Redevelopment Commission new life is being fueled into the City of Auburn and Auburn Main Street’s Façade Improvement Program.

With a renewed dedication to the...

Spring lawn and garden maintenance tips

What You Can Do: In Your Yard

  It is March already. It seems like we just celebrated the New Year yesterday. With each passing day, spring gets closer. That means Mother Nature wakes up our surrounding landscape with new leaves, beautiful flowers...

Community honors fallen Trooper James Bailey

Monday, March 13, 2023

AUBURN, Ind. – DeKalb County residents and residents of neighboring counties lined the streets of Auburn and Garrett on Saturday to honor fallen Indiana State Police Master Trooper James Bailey.

Bailey, a 16 year ISP veteran, was kill...

Developer purchases historic Auburn Hotel

Thursday, March 2, 2023

AUBURN, Ind. – After months and years of speculation, an iconic building in downtown Auburn has a new owner.

Kevin Minard and the Auburn Development Group finalized the purchase of the Auburn Hotel from the Eddy fa...

Auburn a top 'Micropolitan Area' again

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

 AUBURN – DeKalb County’s county seat Auburn, Indiana has once again been recognized on a national level as it continues to attract new businesses and promote business expansion. 

For the third ...

Auburn PD help train DeKalb High School students

Thursday, February 23, 2023

AUBURN – Criminal Justice and Psychology students at DeKalb High School recently had the opportunity to train with members of the Auburn Police Department.

Chief Cory Heffelfinger, Lieutenant Martin McCoy and retired of...

Mayor declares Feb. 20-25 Tri Kappa Week

Thursday, February 23, 2023

AUBURN – Mayor Mike Ley declared Feb. 20-25 Tri Kappa Week after the reading and signing of a proclamation during the Feb. 21 Auburn Common Council meeting.

Several members of the Auburn Tri Kappa chapter were on hand Tuesday nig...

Prosser sworn-in

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

AUBURN – Emily Prosser, a lifelong Democrat was sworn-in during Tuesday night’s Auburn Common Council meeting after the passing of 28-year council member Mike Walter.

Prosser will take over were Walter left off represen...

New restaurant bringing gourmet hot dogs to downtown

February 21, 2023

 AUBURN – Downtown Auburn will soon be home to an unique eatery, bringing specialty hot dogs to the city in time for this year’s Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival.

California developer Christopher D’Avi...

Mayors begin collaborative initiative

Friday, February 17, 2023

 AUBURN – The term job shadowing is normally reserved for those individuals who are learning a new position or for young adults and students interested in exploring different career paths.

The phrase however is t...

City joins Cast Iron Century Club

AUBURN, Indiana – The City of Auburn Water Department was inducted into the Cast Iron Pipe Century Club Monday, Jan. 30 during a short ceremony at the city’s water department.

Mayor Mike Ley and Water Superintendent Randy Harve...

District 5 Councilman Walter passes away

From The Office of Auburn Mayor Michael Ley: 

AUBURN, Ind. – It is with a heavy heart that I’m commenting on the recent passing of long-serving Auburn Common Councilman Michael Walter. Mr. Walter was found passed away in his ho...

DeKalb High School launches Baron Advanced Manufacturing

WATERLOO, Ind. – DeKalb Central administration, staff, community members and governmental representatives were on hand Friday to officially launch the new DeKalb Advanced Manufacturing program at DeKalb Central schools.

The program, which will be...

Christmas trees to be recycled

December 29, 2022

AUBURN, Ind. – Republic Services will once again be collecting real Christmas trees within the City of Auburn on January 9 and January 16, 2023.

Curbside pickup for residents living west of Cedar Creek will be Jan. 9. Curbside pi...

Council districts updated ahead of filing date

AUBURN, Ind. – The Auburn Common Council approved the repealing and replacing of Section 31.17 of the Auburn City Code on second reading during the Tuesday, December 20, 2022 common council meeting.

The ordinance defines the city’s five...

Officers bring Christmas joy to area children

AUBURN, Ind. – Officers with the Auburn Police Department brightened the holiday season for a large group of children Thursday night during its annual Shop with a Cop event at the Auburn Walmart.

This year the department was able to assi...

New Website

AUBURN, Ind. – The city’s new and improved website is up and running, with several new features to enhance your experience.

The website’s homepage   https://ci.auburn.in.us/ currently features four scrolling images of...

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