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What started as a tent in April 2025 has grown into a mobile specialty drink and cookie business, with owner Hilary Ferguson now working toward opening a brick-and-mortar location in Spencer by the end of 2026. The Last Straw offers specialty sodas, energy drinks, coffee, tea, lemonade, hot
From holiday decorations to funeral arrangements, Flowers by Steph offers Sparta residents a way to add a personal touch to life's special moments through custom artificial floral designs.
Ask longtime customers what keeps bringing them back to the same store year after year, and the answer probably will not fit in a shopping bag. For one downtown Sparta business, years of gifts, Christmas traditions, conversations, and familiar faces have turned a place to shop into something people have
by Dani AubergerAsk longtime customers what keeps bringing them back to the same store year after year, and the answer probably will not fit in a shopping bag. For one downtown Sparta business, years of gifts, Christmas traditions, conversations, and familiar faces have turned a place to shop into something people have
by Dani Auberger
What started as a tent in April 2025 has grown into a mobile specialty drink and cookie business, with owner Hilary Ferguson now working toward opening a brick-and-mortar location in Spencer by the end of 2026. The Last Straw offers specialty sodas, energy drinks, coffee, tea, lemonade, hot
by Jayde Bumbalough
From holiday decorations to funeral arrangements, Flowers by Steph offers Sparta residents a way to add a personal touch to life's special moments through custom artificial floral designs.
by Jayde Bumbalough
Owned by Greer Crain and her husband, Crain & Cup Mobile Coffee is a family-owned mobile coffee shop serving Spencer and surrounding communities. The business opened in March 2026 after the couple transformed a converted horse trailer into a mobile café offering espresso drinks, specialty lattes and more.
by Jayde Bumbalough