sentences:  Auten won election to a full term in 2010.For a complete list of sheriffs, see Rowan County Sheriff's Office
  
  In 2013 the American Civil Liberties Union filed suit on behalf of three Rowan county residents against the county commission's practice of starting their meeting with sectarian prayers by the commissioners instructing attendees to stand and join in.A federal district court issued an injunction forbidding the county commissioners from praying at their meetings.