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[ June 4, 2025 ] Worship that’s worth it Community
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[ June 4, 2025 ] Come visit The Garden Patch in our new location – our farm! Community
[ June 4, 2025 ] Home energy conservation tips from Realtor Perry Thessen Community

Fall into fashion at Pappagallo

September 1, 2023 tim@sokyhappenings.com Comments Off

After record-breaking heat, I’m looking forward to crisp fall days ahead. It’s time for pumpkin spice lattes, mums, football and sweaters. Boxes are arriving daily filled with all the newest styles. Here are some trends […]

Essential areas of financial planning for business owners from Ben Smith Investments

June 4, 2025 0

Owning your own business provides you with many great opportunities, but it also comes with its own unique set of circumstances. Growing up with a father and grandparents who owned businesses, I saw firsthand the [...]
Worship that’s worth it

June 4, 2025 0

If you think “worship” is that time in the church service where you sing some songs, you’d be right, but it’s so much more. Online, worship as a noun is explained as “the feeling or [...]
A parents’ summer survival guide

June 4, 2025 0

HELLO SUMMER! We did it, moms and dads… we made it through another school year, and now it’s time to throw caution to the wind and embrace the chaotic season that is summer. Constant towing [...]
Come visit The Garden Patch in our new location – our farm!

June 4, 2025 0

The Garden Patch has made a change in our ongoing story! After many years in our great ole house in downtown Smiths Grove, we have moved back to our farm. Our roots are dug in [...]

The importance of discussing finances before marriage: A step toward a stronger future with Ben Smith, Life Compass Financial

February 6, 2025 Comments Off on The importance of discussing finances before marriage: A step toward a stronger future with Ben Smith, Life Compass Financial

This year I will be getting married to my best friend. With all the excitement that comes with wedding planning, we’re making it a priority to communicate with each other and have open and honest [...]
Serving up local favorites for nine years!

September 5, 2020 Comments Off on Serving up local favorites for nine years!

Time flies when you’re having fun! It really doesn’t feel like it, but Lost River Pizza Co. has been serving up their local, award-winning pizza since September of 2011. Some things have remained constant on [...]
Check out the newest beers at Mellow Mushroom this month

November 4, 2021 Comments Off on Check out the newest beers at Mellow Mushroom this month

I’ve mentioned Founders Breakfast Stout before and the fact that over the course of a few years, they’ve taken a great thing and improved on it with different versions aged in different types of barrels. [...]
Be careful of over hydrating athletes in hot weather: Crouch Family Chiropractic

August 1, 2023 Comments Off on Be careful of over hydrating athletes in hot weather: Crouch Family Chiropractic

The summer heat can be brutal. Warm temperatures and high humidity create miserable conditions for anyone outdoors. The heat is made worse when that individual is an exercising athlete. The first instinct is to keep [...]