Fayette County News

Authorities in Fayette County have filed a felony charge against Robert Conner, 42, in an attack that left another Oelwein resident injured.

Authorities in Fayette County say they have filed felony charges against an Oelwein resident in an attack that left another Oelwein resident injured.

Authorities in Fayette County are investigating a string of break-ins that occurred in Clermont.

A Wisconsin man is in the Fayette County Jail after two law enforcement agencies spent four hours searching for him.

The Vision Iowa Board's Community Attraction and Tourism Board has approved a $225,000 grant for the construction of 4.8 miles of trail along the Turkey River from Clermont to Elgin running along the River Bluffs Scenic Byway.

Journalist Nick Reding's 2009 book "Methland" described the struggles the Oelwein community had with residents who had a methamphetamine habit.

The Fayette County Sheriff's Office is investigating a string of robberies in the towns of Hawkeye and West Union.

Posted on Oct 12, 2009 by Jeff Raasch . A driver searching for a can of pop rear-ended a flatbed truck near West Union Thursday, resulting in about $15,000 in property damage, authorities said today.

On October 7th, the Fayette County Sheriff's Office conducted tobacco compliance checks on retail establishments throughout Fayette County.

Submitted by sfiecke on October 5, 2009 - 1:19pm. A Shakopee man is accused of stabbing a man in the head several times last week in West Union, Iowa.

Family band - Pictured above is the Rankins Family Band. The talented family was popular in the Cherokee County area in the late 1800's. This photograph was taken in 1890.

A West Union man has died after an ATV crash on a trail near Eldorado. Fayette County Sheriff's deputies say 38-year-old Arthur Rios died when the ATV he was driving rolled off a trail and crashed into the river.

Authorities say a man riding an all-terrain-vehicle on a trail in northeast Iowa died after the four-wheeler rolled and landed in a river.

A West Union man is dead after being involved in an ATV crash. Just after four o'clock on Thursday afternoon,The Fayette County Sheriff's office responded to a report of an ATV that had rolled off a trail into a river just south of Eldorado.

Our crew on scene tells us that a body was pulled out of a grain elevator in Aurora around 10:30 p.m. Thats near the Buchanan and Fayette County line.

New Hope Baptist Church will host a full military memorial service at its south campus on Oct.

September 21, 2009 A weekend fire destroys a shop in Northeast Iowa. This picture was sent in by the Fayette County Sheriff's office.

Posted on Sep 21, 2009 by admin . Fire heavily damaged a shop in Clermont early Saturday.

A volunteer cleanup of a stretch of the Turkey River from Clermont to Elgin has yielded more than half a ton of junk and trash.

Small things in nature often are overlooked. Emerging flowers in the spring, bees gathering pollen, the veins of a single leaf, the chrysalis of a Monarch butterfly, dew-covered flowers often unnoticed as we rush to work, to school and even to the garden.