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Sheriff is Investigating Several Winter Traffic Accidents The Fayette County Sheriff notes that they responded to several accidents involving vehicles that slid into ditches in rural parts of the county. The first one happened at about 3:30pm Thursday (Feb. 11), when a pickup driven by 43 year old Kyley Bathke of Wadena, went out of control and entered a ditch, in the 16,000 block of Fox Road, west of Wadena. No injuries were reported. About an hour later, deputies were called to the report of a vehicle in the ditch near the area of "N" Avenue and Highway 3, east of Oelwein. A pickup driven b...

Oelwein Driver Leads Officers on a Chase An Oelwein man faces a long list of charges for leading authorities on a high speed chase, before crashing his vehicle into a ditch. The incident happened at about 2am Sunday, January 17th in Buchanan County. A deputy attempted to stop a vehicle for a traffic violation. The driver, 50 year old Shane Bratten of Oelwein, refused to pull over, and led officers on a chase, reaching speeds of nearly 100 miles an hour, on Slater Avenue, northbound from Aurora. The pursuit ended when Bratten lost control of his car and drove into the ditch near 40th Street an...

Fayette Sheriff Reports Recent Accidents and Arrests The Fayette County Sheriff's Office has released information on recent traffic accidents and arrests. On Thursday, Jan. 21, officers arrested 33 year old Michael Walters of Monona for a Probation Violation. Walters was taken to the Fayette County jail where he was held without bond. Postville Police assisted the sheriff. Also last Thursday, two West Union residents were charged with violations of the Sex Offender Registry. 34 year old Cory Hursey and 24 year old James Thorne, were found to have social media accounts, but failed to report th...