Judge orders National Military History Center to be sold at Sheriff's Sale

AUBURN, Ind. (WANE) - A judge in DeKalb County has ordered some of Dean Kruse's property, a popular museum, to be sold at a Sheriff's Sale. Kruse apparently owes more than $2.9 million dollars to a bank.

Kruse spoke to our partners at The Star of Auburn. He said the museum will remain open as it has been since 2003.

The National Military History Center was open to the public. The director said the center has no intentions of going anywhere.

The vacant building also up for Sheriff's sale was supposed to be the Andy Granatelli museum. In 2009, the Kruse foundation borrowed $2.5 million to build it. Kruse told The Star of Auburn once it opened Granatelli decided to move it to Indianapolis.

NewsChannel 15 reached out to Kruse. He never got back with us.

He however told The Star of Auburn "The bank has told us they're going to work with us and try to get the Granatelli building sold and try to pay most of the debt off."

Kruse hopes to sell what was supposed to be the Andy Granatelli Museum and some other items to pay his debt. This isn't the first time his property has been up for a Sheriff's sale. Kruse and his companies also lost 300 acres of land surrounding the National Military History Center in 2010.