Community Voices: The Postville Oral History Project Recording with Leigh Rekow
Leigh Rekow has spent his whole life in the Postville area, attending Postville High School and making a career as a farmer between Postville and Luana. After his children took over the farm, Leigh spent time in the Peace Corps and traveling overseas using his agricultural experiences to help commun...
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2014
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.uni.edu/postville_oralhistory/4 https://scholarworks.uni.edu/context/postville_oralhistory/article/1003/type/native/viewcontent |
| Summary: | Leigh Rekow has spent his whole life in the Postville area, attending Postville High School and making a career as a farmer between Postville and Luana. After his children took over the farm, Leigh spent time in the Peace Corps and traveling overseas using his agricultural experiences to help communities in Africa and Russia. Leigh has had a long political career. He spent one term as a state representative, fourteen years as a city council member, and at the time of the interview was serving as Mayor of Postville. In the interview, Leigh discusses his experiences with the above mentioned positions as well as the aftermath of the May12th, 2008 ICE raid, how the media has portrayed Postville, and his hopes for the future and the new owners of the processing plant Agristar. https://scholarworks.uni.edu/postville_oralhistory/1003/thumbnail.jpg |
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