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After a monthslong battle with the insurance company, Jodi and John Philipp were finally able to begin clean up at their 13-acre farm in Benton County that was destroyed in the August 2020 derecho.

( March 15, 2021) – Fans watched the greatest jackpot team roper in history extend his record of wins and break the all-time earnings record at the world’s richest pro roping Sunday night in Oklahoma. Kory Koontz, 49, of Stephenville, Texas, clinched victory at the Wrangler Bob Feist Invitational (BFI) presented by Yeti for the record third time, riding a horse he raised and nursed back to health after a horrific auto accident a year ago. Exactly 25 years after Koontz won back-to-back BFI t...

Sat., January 09, 2021 Local Santa, Mrs. Claus find hope in year of fighting cancer, COVID and a derecho that destroyed their reindeer farm Jodi Philipp points to some of the damage to 2 Jo’s Farm and Western Town from the Aug. 10 derecho on Dec. 31, including most of the farm buildings and the Philipp home in Van Horne. (Liz Martin photos/The Gazette) John and Jodi Philipp, known occasionally as Santa and Mrs. Claus, stand among damaged farm buildings Dec. 31 on their Van Horne property....