Clayton County News

A new early warning system designed to better track storms moving through the area is being installed in several Clayton County fire stations.

Iowa Department of Natural Resources officials are investigating a fish kill at Buck Creek in Clayton County.

An eastern Iowa man has been arrested on multiple charges after a 16-year-old girl told police he kidnapped and sexually abused her.

ELKADER, Iowa -- A firing range used by Clayton County law enforcement officers and other state departments has been repaired.

An Iowa D-N-R officer's discovery of Emerald Ash Borer larva has Clayton County taking action.

Efforts to scout portions of northeast Iowa for the presence of emerald ash borer have intensified following the submission of an EAB larva to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.

A black bear rests in a tree south of Castalia Monday. The bear has since made his way south into Delaware County.

Former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka signs autographs and answers questions Thursday during a news conference at the Grand River Center.

The emerald ash borer is an invasive beetle that is native to Asia. A destructive force could be heading for one of northeast Iowa's most treasured shade trees.

Iowa officials were scouting northeast Iowa after an emerald ash borer larva was found.

Abbe Stensland, an attorney with Simmons Perrine Moyer Bergman PLC in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, talks on behalf of her client, George Morteo, who was terminated as the Guttenberg, Iowa, police chief on March 24.

A one-car crash left one person dead around 4:00pm Thursday. The Clayton County Sheriff's Office identified the victim as Edna Fitzsimmons, 85, of Colesburg, IA.

One person died Thursday when their car left the road near Edgewood in Clayton County, the sheriff's office said.

Crawford County sheriff's authorities have reopened another suspicious death investigation.

ELKADER, Iowa -- The city of Elkader owes its name to the 19th-century Algerian hero Emir Abdelkader.

The Clayton County Board of Supervisors held a public auction for 5.3 acres next to Elkader's County Office Building.

A fatal crash in Clayton County Monday morning. The Iowa State Patrol says 61-year-old Orrin Troester of Guttenberg collided with a semi near Clayton Center.

A Guttenberg man is dead after his vehicle crossed the center line Monday morning and ran into a semi.

County recorder offices are hustling to get ready for Monday, when they will start issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

The Clayton County Board of Supervisors has set 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 29, as the time for an auction for 5.3 acres of land located behind the County Office Building in Elkader.