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‘New mayor’ being heard: During nine months on the job, Mike Turner has pushed ‘to get things done’

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Mayor Mike Turner presides during the announcement Aug. 31 at Rockstock that Woodstock had won T-Mobile's nationwide Hometown Techover contest. (Independent file photo by Ken Farver)

For the first time in 16 years, Woodstock Willie awakened on Groundhog Day to a different mayor. Mike Turner, 56, who is still often referred to as the city’s “new […]

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Larry Lough

Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news. He has worked for community newspapers in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa for the past five decades, and was a college journalism instructor for 17 years.
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Larry Lough

Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news. He has worked for community newspapers in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa for the past five decades, and was a college journalism instructor for 17 years.
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