When considering service to community and the future generations, few citizens work quite as hard as Jessica Pape. Because of this, Pape was given the title of 2019 Woman of the Year at the Women’s Night celebration hosted by the Dyersville Area Chamber of Commerce April 3 at Total Fitness Rec Center in Dyersville.
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