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Iowa Newspaperman, Costa Rican Immigrant Give Hispanics La Voz

By Douglas Burns 2/26/08

HUMBOLDT – Humboldt newspaper publisher Jim Gargano sees parallels between Iowa’s burgeoning Hispanic community and his own Italian family.

Coming of age in the 1950s and 1960s in Fort Dodge, Gargano listened to his grandmother, Rosalia Maggio, speak Italian in his hard-working home.

“I learned both languages when I was growing up,” Gargano said. “Fort Dodge had [...]

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