Wayne County Sheriff's Office

08/04/2026

***HIRING for DEPUTY SHERIFF***

Applications due by Friday, August 21st, 2026

Testing takes place on Thursday, September 3rd, 2026

07/17/2026

***Landline 9-11 Outage***

Grand River Mutual is experiencing an outage that is not allowing landline number beginning in “872” in the Corydon area to dial 9-11.

When this service is back up, we will update this post.

Cellular devices and other prefix numbers appear to be working currently.

People in need of assistance can call our administrative line at 641-872-1566.

06/11/2026

Northbound traffic on Highway 65 thru Humeston is being Detoured East on County Highway J22 (Cambria Pavement) to Highway 14.

Southbound traffic on 65 is being Detoured East on County Highway H50 (Derby Pavement) to Highway 14.

Closures in town on parts of Eaton St., 3rd St. , 4th St and 5th St.

Emergency crews are in the process of cleaning up power lines and debris from the roadways.

Multiple reports also on county gravel roads of debris blocking roadways.

Please avoid any unnecessary travel in these areas while emergency crews work to clear the damages.

06/03/2026

05/08/2026

SCAM ALERT

If you receive a text message with this image, it is a scam. Reminder that neither the Iowa Courts or Iowa DOT will send notifications in this manner.

DO NOT click the links.

05/05/2026

****Now HIRING for the position of DEPUTY SHERIFF****

Applications due May 21st, and testing taking place on June 3rd. Come be part of a great team!!!

05/05/2026

One of our favorite days of the year! Thank you to Wayne Community Schools, the Optimist Club and Deb Wardlow for hosting this annual event. What a fun 2nd grade class!!

04/01/2026

***HIRING for full-time DISPATCHER***

03/27/2026

***SCAM***

The below text is making the rounds today purporting to be from the Iowa DOT.

THIS IS A SCAM.

Do not respond, do not click the link, to not pay any money. The Iowa DOT will NEVER reach out to anyone, ever, via text message for unpaid fines or expenses.