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Trojan trio takes talents to All-State Individual Speech

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TAMA — Everyone who gets involved in individual speech at the high school level takes their own journey, but only a select few end theirs at the All-State Festival on the UNI campus in Cedar Falls. It’s especially rare for a relatively small school district to send three performers to ...

Irish Stampede makes debut in downtown Tama

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On Saturday, March 18, "The Irish Stampede" took place in downtown Tama. The Pump sponsored this new local event. Despite the brutal weather conditions, with wind gusts upwards of 30 miles an hour and temperatures below zero with windchill, the 5k continued as planned. Blake Keller emerged ...

Tama man charged with assault in Meskwaki Settlement stabbing

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A Tama man is in jail and awaiting trial after being accused of stabbing another man multiple times in a fight located on the Meskwaki Settlement in November of last year. Victor Arquis Garcia, 25, was charged with assault causing serious bodily injury in U.S. District Court last month. ...

Iowa’s Safe Haven law: An origin story

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CHELSEA — More than two decades have passed since a heartrending tragedy occurred in Tama County. Twenty-two years ago, in the winter of 2001, a baby was found dead in a snowbank in the town of Chelsea. Similar events have happened all over America, most recently, just under a hundred ...

First Responders Day at Meskwaki Settlement

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Spring break on the Meskwaki Settlement was filled with days of fun and education. In particular, Thursday, March 16, was First Responders Day. Police officers from Meskwaki Nation, Tama, and Toledo, as well as members of the Toledo Fire Department, joined kids at Meskwaki Settlement Schools ...

Fontinel promoted to Colonel in Air Force

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Former 1992 graduate from South Tama County High School, Mathew Fontinel, was promoted to the rank of Colonel in the United States Air Force. From Tama, Colonel Fontinel, joined the Air Force (AF) shortly after completing High School when he entered at the lowest rank, E-1 or Airman Basic, ...

Presbyterians support the Food Pantry

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On Sunday, March 19, the First Presbyterian Church of Toledo's Sunday school students made a special delivery of over 100 pounds of food to the South Tama Food Pantry. Students and congregation members had collected food and canned goods as part of their annual Souper Bowl service ...

From Ragbrai to wastewater programs

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The March 20 Tama City Council meeting started with hearing updates from the Tama Economic Development Commission Executive Director Katherine Ollendieck. Arrangements for RAGBRAI’s arrival are slowly but surely coming together, with the estimated number of visitors to the county climbing. ...

Explore Iowa’s Lost History on the Titanic in Toledo on April 13

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What do an orphan train rider, a kidnapper, a betrayed wife, a church missionary, a wealthy businessman, a land baron’s wife, a maid, a farmer, a college student, an immigrant and a newspaper reporter have in common? They all had ties to Iowa, and their stories would forever become ...