 Well twice a year, Crow and County auctions off tax forfeited land. The auctions have become an important part of the Crow and County economy, adding thousands of dollars each year. Our Logan Gaye has more on their last auction of this year. When it comes to auctioning off tax forfeited land, Crow and County has it down to a science. It's those tracks of land that are, you know, individual residential tracks or small isolated tracks that are, you know, really don't have good access and would really seem to be better suited to be in the, in private ownership, in public ownership. Those are the ones that we really try to focus on and try to sell those. The County auctioned off 34 properties at their latest auction from all over Cromin County. It was a little bit, be a little more intentional about selecting the tracks that we think that the public is going to be more interested in instead of just kind of blank, just not this huge number. The money that is raised through these auctions go to beautifying the County and to help local cities and school districts. The excess revenues that come from, like the sale of this land does go back and it helps out local cities and townships, school districts, and a portion does go to the County too to help do work around the County. So that's all money that's not, you know, tax-based. That's all people from wanting to purchase this land and wanting to put it back into, you know, back into private ownership. Gary Hendrickson was the highest bidder of the day. It was his first time attending the auction, but he said he had an enjoyable time. It was fun. It was actually fun. It was, it's what we expected, but Cromin County is always, it's run and managed so well. We knew it would be smooth, low-key, easy to understand, easy to work. Altogether, the auction made over $145,000 for the County and brainered Logan Gay, Lakeland News. And all the land that was not sold at the auction is still available for sale at any time over the counter in the Land Services Building in Cromin County. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.