Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Iron County, Wisconsin, has about 6,200 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Iron County Sheriff's Office and one city agency. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the District Attorney files charges, a case in the Iron County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Iron County public records, Wisconsin arrest records, Wisconsin inmate search and Wisconsin criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Iron County
The Iron County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Iron County. It reported 48 arrests for 2022, its latest complete year.
One city in Iron County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Hurley, 1,610 residents: 94 arrests reported for 2025.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Iron County
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Hurley: 94 for 2025, 146 for 2023, 152 for 2022 and 164 for 2021; 2024 is missing months.
- Iron County Sheriff's Office: 48 for 2022, 74 for 2021, 65 for 2020 and 91 for 2019.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2022 on file reported 200 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2022 and 2021 complete reported 200 in 2022 against 238 in 2021, down 16 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Iron County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Iron County is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
On an average day in 2025 the jail held about 7 people, down from about 10 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2025 was 36 beds, and it ran at 19 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Iron County Sheriff's Office at co.iron.wi.gov/231/Sheriffs-Office (page title: Sheriff's Office | Iron County, WI), phone 715-561-3800, 300 Taconite St Suite 226 Hurley, WI 54534, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 2, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at appsdoc.wi.gov/lop/welcome.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Iron County
An arrest in Iron County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Iron County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.iron.wi.gov/237/Judicial-Courts, phone 866-480-8552); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.iron.wi.gov/245/District-Attorney, phone 888-868-4631).
Statewide, Wisconsin Circuit Court Access is the free statewide case search of every circuit court.
Wisconsin is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the Wisconsin Online Record Check System lets anyone run a name-based check, through the Wisconsin Department of Justice. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Iron County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Wisconsin Public Records Law the agency must answer as soon as practicable and without delay; the law sets no number of days, and it may charge the actual cost of copying and locating, with no charge for the first $50 of locating.
- An arrest by the Iron County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 715-561-3800.
- An arrest in Hurley: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 888-868-4631, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Iron County Circuit Court, through the court records page at co.iron.wi.gov/237/Judicial-Courts, phone 866-480-8552.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at co.iron.wi.gov/420/Records-Request (page title: Records Request | Iron County, WI).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Iron County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the two cities in Iron County: Hurley. Montreal has no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Iron County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Iron County each year?
Hurley reported 94 arrests to the FBI for 2025. For 2022, the latest year most of the agencies in Iron County sent in full, the two with every month on file reported 200 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Iron County?
Ask the Iron County Sheriff's Office at 715-561-3800; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.iron.wi.gov/231/Sheriffs-Office.
Where are people arrested in Iron County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Iron County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Iron County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Wisconsin Department of Justice: the Wisconsin Online Record Check System lets anyone run a name-based check. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Wisconsin Public Records Law.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Iron County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Iron County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Wisconsin Public Records Law the answer is due as soon as practicable and without delay; the law sets no number of days; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at co.iron.wi.gov/420/Records-Request.
Is this the official Iron County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.