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Sparta   -   Nov 02, 2026 The Last Straw is just getting started
The Last Straw is just getting started

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

Sparta   -   Oct 30, 2026 Flowers From the Heart
Flowers From the Heart

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.

More than a store: Jongee’s marks 40 years in Sparta
Sparta   -   Nov 04, 2026 More than a store: Jongee’s marks 40 years in Sparta

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 Auberger
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Sparta   -   Nov 04, 2026 More than a store: Jongee’s marks 40 years in Sparta
More than a store: Jongee’s marks 40 years in Sparta

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 Auberger
Sparta   -   Nov 02, 2026 The Last Straw is just getting started
The Last Straw is just getting started

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
Sparta   -   Oct 30, 2026 Flowers From the Heart
Flowers From the Heart

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
Sparta   -   Oct 30, 2026 Coffee on the Move
Coffee on the Move

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
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