Asbury, Iowa

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  * Cable Car Square Christmas Candlewalk, Fourth and Bluff St., More than 1,000 luminaries lighting your way through Cable Car Square while you shop for your holiday gifts in more than ten unique shops.

• Semi-Open Adoption
  

  Angie White, of Asbury, Iowa, talks about the "semi-open" adoption of her 15-month-old daughter, Addison.

• Keeping in touch with biological families
  

  Doug and Angie White adopted their daughter, Addison, 15 months, and chose to have a semi-open relationship with her birth mother.

• Officials report strong interest in townhomes
  

  ASBURY, Iowa -- Developers of the 25-acre senior living complex awaiting construction along Asbury Road say their projects are moving along nicely despite national economic woes.

• After 2,000 performances, it's still 'fun'
  

  Kevin Reese demonstrates his balancing skills while re-enacting a physical test for astronauts during his one-man performance of "APOLLO: To the Moon" at Roosevelt Middle School in Asbury, Iowa, Monday.

• Voting booths come in all shapes and sizes
  

  Zara Mohammed, 3, of Asbury, Iowa, helps her mother, Salma, who was recently made a citizen, fill out a ballot while voting for the first time at the Asbury, Iowa, fire station Tuesday, Nov.

• City Council tries to digest traffic-flow proposals
  

  Everyone talks about improving traffic between Dubuque's West End and downtown, but few have counted the cost, not just in dollars but in homes lost and families displaced.

• 'Begone Satan!'
  

  It also was 80 years ago when one of the most widely known exorcisms in the United States was performed in a tiny western Iowa town.

• - Asbury looks to annex 10 properties
  

  ASBURY, Iowa - The Asbury City Council will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Nov.

• U.S. military hands over control of Iraqi province
  

  Breaking - 11:58 AM - Breitbach's in Balltown burns down again By Michael Schmidt 3 comments on this article.

• Fire destroys landmark Breitbach restaurant again
  

  UPDATE: Fire has again destroyed a historic restaurant in northeast Iowa, 10 months to the day that it first burned to the ground.

• Family of survivors leading cancer fight
  

  Heather Jungblut, of Asbury, a breast cancer survivor is slated to emcee the annual Images & Information breast cancer awareness fashion show, scheduled for Monday, Oct.

• Program collecting items for children
  

  The Retired & Senior Volunteer Program is collecting new children's socks, hats and mittens for needy Dubuque County children through Oct.

• Images and Information
  

  Breast cancer survivor, Heather Jungblut, of Asbury, Ia., talks about the importance of Images & Information event.

• Police
  

  * Evan W. Rowley, 18, 2730 Carlton Ave., was arrested during a traffic stop Thursday on a charge of carrying a concealed weapon.

• People in Business
  

  He received his bachelor of arts degree in business management and finance from Loras College, Dubuque.

• Asbury speed limit raises concerns
  

  A speed limit change on Asbury Road needed a little more clarification at the Dubuque County Board of Supervisors meeting Monday night.

• Forum focus: Mental health
  

  Incumbents and challengers alike agreed that problems of the mind should be regarded as an illness like any other during a Tuesday night forum that gave Dubuque County voters their first look at most of their ...

• Brothers bring old truck 'Brewtus' back to life
  

  Three brothers have restored this 1957 REO Gold Comet A603 semi-tractor that once delivered Potosi Brewery beer.

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City Description

Asbury is a city in Dubuque County, Iowa, United States, and a suburb of the city of Dubuque. It is part of the Dubuque, Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,450 at the 2000 census, but is now estimated to be 3,754 (2007). Asbury is the third-largest city in Dubuque County, but it will likely soon pass Dyersville, Iowa to become the second-largest. The city is largely a bedroom community, made up of spacious, new subdivisions whose residents work in Dubuque or Peosta, Iowa. Asbury has experienced a 53.3% increase in population from 2000 to 2007, making it the state's 10th-fastest growing city (with 1,000 people or more) during that period. Asbury was settled beginning in the 1830s, at first by Methodists. The city is named after British-born Bishop Francis Asbury, one of the first two bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States. The city was incorporated in 1933, following the passage of the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution, which ended prohibition. The city incorporated to gain the legal standing necessary to sell alcohol, as liquor licenses were still forbidden in rural areas. For most of its history, Asbury was very

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• United States
• Iowa
• Dubuque County

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 6.47497027584 km squared

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