Josh Turek of Council Bluffs joins Charity Nebbe to discuss his professional wheelchair basketball career and his path to becoming a two-time gold medalist as a Paralympic athlete. Later, Damani ...

State Rep. Josh Turek speaks during the Council Bluffs Area Chamber of Commerce’s Legislative Coffee public forum at Wilson Middle School in Council Bluffs on April 26.

Josh Turek has played on the U.S. national team in 2004, 2012 and 2016. Josh Turek’s dream was to win a gold medal with the U.S. wheelchair basketball team. He did that nearly three years ago in ...

Josh Turek, a Council Bluffs native, has had a truly incredible career & tells me he is so excited for what’s next. (I held back from trying on the medals) ...

State Representative Josh Turek, a Council Bluffs Democrat who is in his second term, said that he thinks that Iowans would benefit from a self-described “moderate” to represent their futures.

State Rep. Josh Turek speaks during the Council Bluffs Area Chamber of Commerce’s Legislative Coffee public forum at Wilson Middle School in Council Bluffs on April 26.

Josh Turek represents portions of Council Bluffs and Carter Lake in the Iowa House. As the sole permanently disabled representative in the Iowa Legislature, I feel an enormous responsibility to be ...

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — Outside the gym at Abraham Lincoln High School hangs a jersey featuring "USA" and the number 7. It belongs to Joshua Turek, class of 1997, who will soon head to Rio for ...

State Rep. Josh Turek of Council Bluffs has in recent months cited many reasons Iowa is not a good place to have a disability: long waiting lists for in-home and community-based care, severe ...

State Rep. Josh Turek of Council Bluffs has in recent months cited many reasons Iowa is not a good place to have a disability: long waiting lists for in-home and community-based care, severe ...

Turek said he could go into public service or grass-roots-level politics. He plans to return to Council Bluffs, where he attended Abraham Lincoln before playing for Southwest Minnesota State.