Winneshiek County deputy uses DNA to solve 1986 cold case

New DNA testing has closed a 40-year-old cold case in northeast Iowa. Investigators have identified the remains of a body that was discovered in 1986 in a hay barn north of Decorah. The initial investigation went cold and the body was buried, but decades later, Winneshiek County Sheriff’s Deputy Cole Tweten says he started looking […]

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Wayne Otto DeWall, 78, Havelock

Wayne Otto DeWall, 78, of Havelock, died Saturday, June 27, 2026, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Visitation will

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