Love a Local

03/27/2026

Five years ago a mistake was made and the winner of Love a Local did not receive her gift certificate. We made it right today. Keep supporting those local, small businesses.

03/02/2026

Love a Local 2026 winner Sandy Puterbaugh receiving her $100 gift card from Piece of Cake bakery owner Michelle Bomgaars. Interesting fact - Piece of Cake was Love a Local’s first winner all those years ago!

02/25/2026

Thank you all for participating in the Love a Local drawing. It is wonderful to see so many positive comments about small businesses in Siouxland - they are the backbone of our communities. Remember that we plan to do this next year so remember it starts around Valentine’s Day or follow this page. Keep on showing that love!

02/25/2026

Congratulations Sandy Puterbaugh you won this years love a local gift card to Piece Of Cake in Le Mars!

02/24/2026

Today is the last day to enter the Love a Local drawing and perhaps win a $100 gift certificate to your favorite Siouxland small business. Tonight at around 7 pm we will have the drawing on this page.

02/24/2026

02/13/2026

It's finally here! The 2026 Love a Local event! Do you want to win a $100 gift certificate from your favorite Siouxland local, small business? Well, all's you need to do is go to the Love a Local page and do 3 things.
1. Post the name of your favorite Siouxland small business and tell us why you like that business.
2. Share that post.
3. Like that post.
We will randomly draw a name from the entries that have done all 3 things and that person will receive a $100 gift certificate from the business they posted about.
The winner will be announced on the Love a Local page on Tuesday, February 24. What could be lovelier than that?

01/19/2026

Love a Local is returning for 2026! Beginning on Valentine's Day, make a post about your favorite local, small business, like the post and share it. On Tuesday, February 24, we will randomly draw one of the posts and that person will win a $100 gift card to their favorite business. Go ahead and show local businesses some love!