Albia, Iowa

• 1,000 plus labour on offer for worthy St Albans project
  

  A ST ALBANS business is looking for a worthwhile local project to help, and is offering A 1,000 with assistance from its workers.

• Dad and uncle duo scale three peaks for little Oliver
  

  A ST ALBANS toddler battling chronic kidney failure has inspired his relatives to raise more than A 6,000 for charity by scaling the three tallest peaks in Britain.

• Monroe Co. fair brings back carnival rides, games
  

  The kids will finally have their carnival. Officials with the Monroe County 4-H and FFA Fair say its been years since the fair has had carnival games and rides.

• 50k for St Albans entrepreneur
  

  A ST ALBANS inventor has won A 50,000 to develop his idea of a fire alarm that sends text messages into a business.

• Big Hollow state funds in jeopardy
  

  Conservation board will make case for grant extension today. Having to document archaeological findings and make up a decline in donations has put a state grant in jeopardy for the Big Hollow Recreation Area.

• All Aboard ... Next Stop Albia
  

  Appanoose County train rides departed from the Wabash Depot in Moravia Saturday and Sunday for an excursion to Albia and back.

• IVF couple: "Our little boy has fulfilled our dreams"
  

  A ST Albans couple who have been trying for a baby for more than a decade have celebrated the birth of their 'miracle' little boy.

• Appanoose County Train Rides begin Saturday morning
  

  The annual Appanoose Country Train Rides will be July 10 and 11 in Moravia. The scenic 70-minute train ride in an open air passenger car pulled by a diesel-electric engine begins at the Wabash Depot Museum and travels north to Albia and return.

• News reports: gay priest rejected for UK bishopric
  

  A Church of England committee has decided against nominating a gay priest to become a bishop, British news reports said Thursday.

• St Albans man to cycle across French mountain range for charity
  

  A ST ALBANS man will pedal across the French Pyreness mountain range in a bid to raise cash for a cause close to this heart.

• Man cleared of mutilating Buckley
  

  ANIMAL experts want new laws to ban cruel people from owning pets. They fear the man charged with maiming pup Buckley last year could mutilate more animals after cruelty charges against him were dropped.

• Albia student wins Invent Iowa 2010 scholarship
  

  The University of Iowa College of Education's Connie Belin and Jacqueline N. Blank International Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development recently announced the names of the meritorious inventors for the innovations they displayed at the 2010 Invent Iowa State Convention.

City Description

Albia is a city in Monroe County, Iowa, United States. The population was 3,706 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Monroe County. Albia is located at 41°1′36″N 92°48′19″W / 41.02667°N 92.80528°W / 41.02667; -92.80528 (41.026600, -92.805262). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.1 square miles (8.1 km²), all of it land. On Feb. 14, 1893, there was a coal mine explosion in Chicago and Iowa mine, about 2.5 miles west of Albia. This room and pillar mine opened around 1877, and by the time of the explosion, mining extended more than 1000 yards from the hoisting shaft and the mine employed 60 miners and 20 other men. One miner was killed outright and seven died later of their injuries, after a "shot" (gunpower charge used to bring down the coal) ignited a dust explosion in the mine. This was one of only two major mine disasters in Iowa between 1888 and 1913. In the early 20 century, the region around Albia was dotted with coal mining camps and company towns. Of these, Buxton, 9 miles north, is the most widely studied. Other former coal camps in the area include Hiteman, Bluff Creek, Lockman, Coalfield, Hocking, and Hynes. As of the

City Contained By:

• Monroe County
• Iowa
• United States of America

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 8.02896314204 km squared

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