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Delete and report this message as junk if you receive it." title="" loading="lazy" class="skip-lazy" data-skip-lazy="1"></picture></div><div data-color="RGBA(255,255,255,0)" style="background-color: RGBA(255,255,255,0);" class="n2-ss-slide-background-color"></div></div><div class="n2-ss-slide-background" data-public-id="5" data-mode="fit"><div class="n2-ss-slide-background-image" data-blur="0" data-opacity="100" data-x="50" data-y="50" data-alt="All pets without a home deserve one! Such is the case with “Harry” the WJLE/DeKalb Animal Shelter featured “Pet of the Week”" data-title=""><picture class="skip-lazy" data-skip-lazy="1"><img decoding="async" src="//www.wjle.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/85ee57d8f45c5ab3276d9201174b6819.jpg" alt="All pets without a home deserve one! 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" class="n2-ss-slide n2-ow n2-ss-slide-162"><div role="note" class="n2-ss-slide--focus" tabindex="-1">New Health Department</div><div class="n2-ss-layers-container n2-ss-slide-limiter n2-ow"><div class="n2-ss-layer n2-ow n-uc-ETa7Hor25yxi" data-sstype="slide" data-pm="default"></div></div></div><div data-slide-duration="0" data-id="164" data-slide-public-id="2" data-title="Groundbreaking for new Health Department" data-description="A groundbreaking ceremony was held Wednesday morning at the site of a new 9,860 square foot DeKalb County Health Department complex to be built next to the existing site on Tiger Drive. Participating in the ground breaking event were local, regional, and state health department officials and employees, County Mayor Matt Adcock, State Representative Michael Hale and members of the community. 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