WAYNE COUNTY, Iowa — A team of University of Iowa archaeologists have made a discovery more than 10,000 years in the making. Researchers unearthed a mastodon skull in Wayne County, university ...

The excavation of the bones — primarily the skull — from the eroding banks of a Wayne County creek took 12 days, according to an Aug. 14 Facebook post from the Office of the State Archaeologist.

What is the snowiest place in Iowa? Allerton, a town in Wayne County Iowa, holds the statewide record for most snowfall in a single winter, according to State Climatologist, Justin Glisan.

An Iowa man was taken into custody Friday night after a high-speed pursuit took place across county lines.

WAYNE COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) - The Animal Rescue League of Iowa said it assisted with the rescue of 27 animals in Wayne County on Wednesday. The ARL’s Animal Welfare and Response Team said it was a ...

Last summer, University of Iowa archaeologists uncovered the first-ever well-preserved mastodon skull scientifically excavated in Wayne County. That was only the beginning of this community-minded ...

In 2022, a resident of Wayne County located on the Iowa-Missouri border was strolling along a local creekbed when they noticed a noticeably large bone half-buried in the ground.

The excavation of the bones — primarily the skull — from the eroding banks of a Wayne County creek took 12 days, according to an Aug. 14 Facebook post from the Office of the State Archaeologist.

Wayne County is about an 80-mile drive south from Des Moines. Mastodons According to the San Diego Natural History Museum, the American mastodon, or Mammut americanum, lived during the Pleistocene ...