Tekoa house to be demolished

An old house is due to be torn down in Tekoa as part of an agreement in which the city will first buy it for $1.

The house, at 519 North Sheridan has been deemed an “attractive nuisance,” by Mayor John Jaeger and the city council, which will sign a deed to purchase the building at their next meeting, July 21.

The partially-burned house, which hasn’t been lived in for the past decade, is owned by Otto Tanner.

Tanner lived in it during the 1960s before selling it and buying it again in several instances. In April of this year, he took repossession of it from previous owners.

The dilapidated hous...