Asbury News

U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, answers questions from attendees at his town hall meeting Tuesday at the Dupaco Credit Union in Asbury, Iowa.

Asbury, Ia. - A plan to pay for health care reform by taxing high-end benefits depends on President Obama's support, Iowa Sen.

FARLEY, Iowa -- Where do you store a 32,000-book collection? Dubuque County Librarian Becky Heil now is faced with that question as the Aug.

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, will be holding meetings in Dubuque and other area communities on Tuesday, June 30, while the Senate is on congressional recess.

ASBURY, Iowa -- You can't make a cake without breaking some eggs, and you can't grow a city without blocking some streets, digging some holes and cutting some trees.

Dubuque County saw as much as 80 mile per hour winds Friday morning as a storm passed through.

* Cody A. Richey, 18, 1600 Butterfield Drive, Apt. 114, was arrested on a charge of possession with intent to deliver marijuana after a K-9 unit responded to a traffic stop at the 1400 block of White Street at 10:38 p.m. Wednesday.

Dubuque Community School District Superintendent John Burgart was honored June 7 by friends and family at the Grand River Center.

An artist's rendering of the exterior of the Great Rivers Center, part of an expansion project of the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium.

Cameron Wiley , 11, and his brother, Brennan, 13, play on the public computers at the Dubuque County Library in Farley, Iowa.

An Envision committee was charged with identifying a warehouse district to convert into multi-use structures containing businesses, restaurants, shops and residences.

Tony Wieseler, with Tricon Construction Group in Dubuque, plasters a section of the kids' area on the first floor of the Carnegie-Stout Public Library.

Some of the ideas seemed like pipe dreams when the Envision 2010 community development process kicked off in January 2006.

It's becoming a trend: seeing double when it comes to businesses. Dozens of businesses have opened on Dubuque's west end in recent years, and for many, the west end stores are actually duplicates of existing businesses.

ASBURY, Iowa -- Blame it on a driver. Mary LaMour's computer mystery ended when David Jackman, owner of Tech @ Your Door, correctly diagnosed and treated the problem.

Mary LaMour, of Asbury, Iowa, is stumped. Her laptop works just fine outside, but as soon as she steps into her house, it quits working.

A pedestrian suffered head injuries Saturday afternoon after being struck by a vehicle on Trenton Road in Asbury, the Dubuque County Sheriff's Office reported.

Lorenzo Dominguez, one of the co-owners of Los Aztecas, said the restaurant will open an additional location at the site of the former Hudson's Classic Grill in Asbury Plaza.

Camryn Borchardt , Aubrey Marquardt and Emma Bastian pet a cat. ASBURY, Iowa -- The students walked two by two with their floppy black paper puppy ears flying in the wind.

A string of burglaries around Dubuque Friday night -- all surrounding stolen cigarettes.