Awards:

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• 1985 Sports Reporting, Minnesota Newspaper Association.

• 1986 Human Interest, Associated Press of Minnesota.

• 1988 Best Sports Story, Iowa Newspaper Association.

• 1989 (2) Best Sports Story, Iowa Newspaper Association.

• 1990 Newswriting, Iowa Associated Press Managing Editors

• 1991 Best Feature Story, Iowa Newspaper Association

• 1992 Genevieve Mauck Stoufer Award for Outstanding Young Iowa Journalist, Iowa Newspaper Assoc.

• 1992 Best News Feature Story, Iowa Newspaper Association.

• 1993 General Features, American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors.

• 1993 Newswriting, Iowa Associated Press Managing Editors

• 1994 Best News Feature Story, Iowa Newspaper Association

• 1995 Excellence in Feature Writing, American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors.

• 1995 Best Personality Feature Story, Iowa Newspaper Association.

• 1996-Best Personality Feature Story Iowa Newspaper Association.

• 1997 Feature writing, Best of Gannett in 1997, selection of work.

• 1998 Feature writing, Best of Gannett in 1998.

• 2000 Human Interest Iowa Associated Press Managing Editors.

• 2000 Best Feature Story of year, DM Register

• 2001  Best Feature Story of year, DM Register

• 2001 Human Interest Reporting, Iowa Associated Press Managing Editors

• 2001 Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Awards, Paul L. Myhre Series/Special Section

• 2002 Capaldo Award, Des Moines Register (annual award for year's best writing).

• 2002 Best Personality Feature Story, Iowa Newspaper Association

• 2003 Best series, Iowa Newspaper Association

• 2005 General feature, Iowa Associated Press Managing Editors

• 2008 Capaldo Award, DM Register, (annual award for year's best writing).

• 2009 Excellence in Feature Writing, (narrative), American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors

• 2009 Capaldo Award, Des Moines Register, (annual award for year's best writing).

• 2010 Best News Feature Story, Iowa Newspaper Association

• 2011 Best Personality Feature Story, Iowa Newspaper Association

• 2012 General Features, Iowa Associated Press Managing Editors

• 2013 Best News Feature Story, Iowa Newspaper Association.

• 2013 Capaldo Award, Des Moines Register, (annual award for year's best writing).

• 2013 General Features, Iowa Associated Press Managing Editors

• 2014 Best Personality Feature Story, Iowa Newspaper Association

• 2015 Best Projects, Associated Press Sports Editors.

• 2015 General features, Iowa Associated Press Managing Editors.

• 2016 Great Plains Journalism Awards, finalist, feature writing.

• 2016 Best Personality Feature Story, Iowa Newspaper Association.

• 2016 Interpretive Story or Series, Iowa Associated Press Media Editors.

• 2017 Best Personality Feature Story, Iowa Newspaper Association.

• 2017 Best Sports Feature Story, Iowa Newspaper Association.

• 2017 Best News Feature Story, Iowa Newspaper Association.

• 2017 General Feature, Iowa Associated Press Media Editors.

• 2018 Spot News Reporting, Iowa Associated Press Media Editors

• 2019 Best Personality Feature Story, Iowa Newspaper Association

• Others: Salvation Army Media Award; Iowa Health Care Media Awards, 1994 and 1996.

• Gannett Quarterly Awards: 1997 (2), 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005

• Gannett Annual Awards: 1997, Excellence in writing

• Best of Register: Feb., March, July (Risser Award), Aug, Dec 2000 Risser Award; Apr., June, Nov 2001; May, Sept 2002; first quarter and second quarter 2005; Annual feature writing, 2005; Jan., Oct. 2007; Nov., Dec 2009; April, July, Oct 2010, Jan., Feb 2011, Diversity 2011.