This week, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst announced the recipient of her Small Business of the Week award to be the Mescher family’s clothing businesses in Le Mars: Sugar N Spice, Mescher’s Clothing, and Lily Zita. The announcement was made in a press release on Tuesday.
In the release, Ernst cited the Meschers and their businesses being “woven into the fabric of the Plymouth County community” as the reason for the award, stating that, quote, “there is no shortage of material that makes the Meschers qualified to receive my Small Business of the Week award.” Ernst has recognized small businesses throughout the state, with the goal of highlighting businesses from all 99 counties in Iowa during the current sitting of Congress.
Jill and Chad Mescher told KLEM that they were honored to receive the award.
The group of clothing shops got their start in 2013 when Jill founded Sugar N Spice as a children’s boutique, later opening Lily Zita as a teen boutique in 2021 and launching Mescher’s Clothing with Chad for menswear and dry cleaning in 2024.
