Move to delay an Elston farm auction goes to court Friday

By John Marsh
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A Cole County group that wants to stop the bank from selling off a farm near Elston goes before the judge Friday. Lawrence Renn Junior wanted the county to turn his farm into a park after he died. Chuck Steck says the trust’s administrator, Hawthorn Bank, hasn’t followed through …

Steck and others are asking the judge to delay Saturday’s auction of the nearly 200 – acre property.