Albia News

Activity report: 06/25/09 to 06/29/09. civil papers processed, 20; motorist assist, 6; suspicious person/vehicle, 8; traffic stop, 5; noise complaint, 3; OWI/public intoxication, 4; civil matter, 1; animal complaint, 2; burglary, 1; litter complaint, 1; ambulance requested, 2; criminal mischief, 1; stolen property, 1; harassment, 1; traffic ...

TWO pupils at a St Albans secondary school are suspected of becoming the latest swine flu victims.

A new robo-call dealing with State Sen. Malcolm Smith , who may or may not be the state Senate majority leader, is something of a mystery.

Matt Ryerson/The Hawk Eye Cody Huber of Albia flips a calf over Sunday while competing in the calf roping portion of the Iowa High School Rodeo Finals at C.E. Eddie Richards Arena in Fort Madison.

A ST ALBANS man has been identified as the victim of a serious road crash yesterday.

Francis Bacon School in Drakes Drive, St Albans, learned the news last week just over a year after the government's inspection team Ofsted had put them in special measures.. The decision was taken by Ofsted after the third monitoring visit to the school last week - and head Jacqui Verrall was told that most schools only come out of special measures ...

A DISABLED pensioner who died in a flat fire in St Albans last night has been described as a jolly and cheerful woman.

AN ELDERLY woman died in a flat fire in St Albans last night after it is believed she fell asleep with a lit cigarette in her hand.

Ann Nye of Omaha, Neb., displays her colorful, multi-layered artwork in fused glass and mixed media.

State Senate Republicans insisted Saturday their governing coalition with two Democrats was intact despite signs that Hiram Monserrate would bolt if his party chose a new Senate leader.

Samuel Farrar Gladys Farrar Samuel Farrar died on Feb. 4, 2009 and Gladys Farrar died on March 17, 2009.

The new majority coalition in the State Senate got into the chamber Thursday but nothing was accomplished as a key senator wavered.

Clockwise are Jessica O'Riley, with the Iowa Tourism Office, Sylvia Forbes, free lance writer from Fayette Mo., and a member of the Midwest Travel Writers Association, Nancy Landess, with the Iowa Tourism Office, Teresa Bjork, feature's writer with Iowa Farm Bureau.

A ST ALBANS cyclist will be riding 200 miles from London to Paris tomorrow to raise sponsorship for charity.

A St Albans store could have its licence revoked as police say its staff were caught selling alcohol to underage customers.

The town's library has many supporters, and Friends of the Library, a nonprofit group, wanted to thank them.

In the wake of the shooting death of a black off-duty officer by a white undercover officer, the NYPD will survey undercover officers to look at the "extent of confusion in their dealings with plainclothes officers," Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne, the department's chief spokesman, said Sunday.

Dance Flick PG-13 Damon Wayans Jr., Shoshana Bush, Essence Atkins, Affron Crockett, Marlon Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Craig Wayans The story concerns a boy from the 'hood who partners with a white girl to win a hoofing competition.

A St. Albans man is being held without bail in connection with Thursday's incident at a shopping center.

A crash Thursday evening sent two people to the hospital. The Iowa State Patrol says vehicles driven by James Curtis, 24, of Albia and Angella Cartwright, 40, of Blakesburg, collided at Highway 34 and 215th Avenue.