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In commanding fashion Council Bluffs' Josh Turek vaults into general election for Senate
DES MOINES —
The kid with the wrong-colored lunch ticket had the right message.
Josh Turek, the two-time-gold-medal-winning basketball Paralympian who grew up hardscrabble in Council Bluffs, staring down both medical challenges and econom...
Iowa Relies on Wind— Even as Politics Shift Against It
Photo courtesy of Macy Millones
By AMELIA ALBERS
For The Iowa Mercury
When driving along Iowa’s farm-lined highways, you don’t have to go far to spot a wind turbine. Iowa has the highest concentration of wind energy capacity per s...
Josh Turek's closing-days primary push
Democratic candidate for the U.S senate Josh Turek toured the Seth Watkins farm in Clarinda. Photo By Douglas Burns
CLARINDA, DES MOINES, COUNCIL BLUFFS and WESTSIDE —
Ginny Hamilton traveled from Windsor Heights to the Noethe Brothers Fa...
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I’d always thought my career in journalism would be defined by my own writing, the leads and turns of phrase and reporting under the byline.
That is true, but as it turns out, I have an eye for talent...
Josh Turek, his Vietnam War veteran father, reflect this Memorial Day at The Wall That Heals
Council Bluffs state legislator Josh Turek and his father, John Turek, talk about the Vietnam War at The Wall That Heals experience today. Photos by Douglas Burns
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa —
The words that came to John Turek’s mind weren’t jus...
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Douglas Burns is a fourth-generation Iowa journalist and co-founder of The Western Iowa Journalism Foundation. Burns is the former co-owner of the Carroll (Iowa) Times Herald, which was in his family for 93 years.
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