The neutron-rich isotopes 65,67 Fe and 65 Co have been produced at the LISOL facility, Louvain-La-Neuve, in the proton-induced fission of 238 U. Beams of these isotopes have been extracted with high selectivity by means of resonant laser ionization combined with mass separation. Yrast and near-yrast levels of 65 Co have also been populated in the 64 Ni+ 238 U reaction at Argonne National Laboratory. The level structure of 65 Co could be investigated by combining all the information from both the 65 Fe and 65 Co β decay and the deep-inelastic reaction. The 65 Fe, 65 Co, and 67 Fe decay schemes and the 65 Co yrast structure are fully established. The 65,67 Co level structures can be interpreted as resulting from the coexistence of core-coupled states with levels based on a low-energy proton-intruder configuration.