• Participants paid $10 each and competed in holiday costume contests with categories including brightest person, ugliest sweater, and best Santa • All proceeds from the event benefit the Boys and ...

SPARTA, Mo. – Downtown areas, once vibrant and full of life, continue to diminish in numerous small towns across the Ozarks. City leaders in Sparta are hoping to see that change in their community.

Sparta is one of 6 communities benefitting this year from a Wisconsin downtown revitalization program. The state’s Economic Development Corporation accepted Sparta into the Connect Communities Program ...

"Doe Days" runs from Thursday through Saturday in downtown Sparta, featuring special sales at local boutiques, seasonal cocktails at restaurants, and numerous shopping opportunities. The annual "widow ...

Seven years after they started Ginny's Cupboard, Deb and Kevin Moore have opened the Maiden Wisconsin gift shop across the street, at 124 N. Water St. in downtown Sparta.