Up on the mountain in Van Buren County, there's a community that looks a lot like the ones you'll find anywhere else. Children play outside while parents visit with neighbors. Families ride bicycles along the roads, and when Christmas comes around, houses light up for the

Opening a tattoo shop in your hometown takes a little nerve, and Aaron Masters will be the first to admit it. But he also knew exactly what he wanted to create — something with personality, something people would feel comfortable walking into and, most importantly, something that felt like it belonged

For years, Rise and Shine Cafe has been the kind of place where familiar faces walk through the door, conversations carry across the room and breakfast comes with a little bit of catching up. Behind the longtime Sparta restaurant is a story about taking a chance, watching a community change

For some people, a clean vehicle is good enough. For others, every reflection in the paint, every spotless wheel and every finished detail matters. One Sparta business owner falls firmly into that second group, and what started as a childhood fascination has grown into a career built around making vehicles