Fayette County News

The Fayette County Sheriff's Office has arrested five teenagers for a string of burglaries.

West Union Police discovered a mobile meth lab during a traffic stop Saturday night.

It's 36-months in jail for the Creighton, Nebraska, man, who took off with his wife and kids after domestic abuse questions by police.

Saturday around noon, the Fayette County Sheriffa s Office took a report from the Buchanan County Sheriffa s Office of a sexual assault victim at a residence in Lamont, Iowa who was assaulted in Fayette County.

A Fort Atkinson man has been arrested by Winneshiek County Sheriff's Deputies on drug charges.

Eric Paxton of Harlan and a worker with Sta-Bilt Construction smooths imperfections in the layer of Slurry Seal being applied Monday along Highway D-22 in Buchanan County, east of Independence.

Police have arrested an Independence man accused of pushing his girlfriend out of a car traveling about 40 mph in northeast Iowa.

Joshua Martin, 33, of Cedar Rapids, remains hospitalized with injuries he suffered when he lost control of his motorcycle along a Fayette County road Sunday night.

Three people were taken to the hospital after a crash at the entrance to the Corner Market on Hwy 150 and Hwy 3 just north of Oelwein Thursday.

A black bear was sighted near Castalia around 5:00 p.m. Monday, June 8th. The Winneshiek County Sheriff's Department sent a deputy to investigate two separate reports--and the black bear sighting was confirmed by the deputy.

Two Winneshiek County residents reported spotting a bear Monday afternoon, the Sheriff's Office said.

One man was hurt after a crash in Fayette County. It happened Saturday morning at the intersection of 60th St and W Ave.

Authorities have filed a child endangerment charge against a northeast Iowa couple accused of letting a registered sex offender live in their home with their three children.

About 250 people attended a meeting last night to express fears that changes at Mercy Hospital will lead to fewer services or the closing of the hospital.

Traffic accidents kept the Fayette County Sheriff's Office busy Friday morning. Deputies responded to a one vehicle accident around 6 a.m. Friday on U.S. 62 in Concord Township .

Fayette County's public school system is involved in the first Build America Bond issue in Kentucky, according to its financial adviser Hilliard Lyons.

Narcotics officers with the Fayette County Sheriffs Department acted on an anonymous tip today which led to the discovery of an indoor marijuana growing operation in the Pine Lakes Subdivision in Arlington.

A suspicious fire destroyed a vacant house in rural Arlington late Saturday night.

Authorities say a man who ran away after being arrested has been found with a self inflicted injury.

The Arlington man reported missing Tuesday is in an Iowa City hospital after stabbing himself in the stomach.