November Employee Spotlight: Shannon San

Mahaska is excited to welcome Shannon San to our Customer Service team. Shannon started at Mahaska at the beginning of August. Continue reading to learn more about Shannon!  Location: Oskaloosa, IA Title at Mahaska: Customer Sales Representative What was your job before coming to Mahaska?  Fareway Stores for 20 years.  I grew up there.  What […]

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Welcome Isaiah Nieuwsma

Isaiah Nieuwsma

We would like to officially welcome  Isaiah Nieuwsma to the Mahaska team!  Isaiah just started three weeks ago as one of our Administrative Assistants in Salina, KS. He was born in Ottumwa, IA and grew up in Sigourney. Before joining us, Isaiah worked as a Short-Term Disability Claims Examiner. Check out this week’s employee spotlight to get to […]

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Get to know Colby Lemons

Colby Lemons

We are highlighting Colby Lemons in this month’s employee spotlight.  He has worked with us for 8 months as a Coffee Sales Representative. Colby was born and raised in Salina, Kansas, working in coffee sales before coming to Mahaska.  Check out the rest to get to know Colby better: What is a typical day at […]

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Congrats to the Crave the Color Jet Ski Winners

jetski winner

Over the past few months we promoted our very own Crave the Color Sea-Doo jet ski giveaway, inspired by the Klarbrunn Vita Ice giveaway. Participants could enter at their local grocery store for the chance to win. The Sea-Doo jet skis were displayed in several stores throughout Nebraska and Iowa. We held a jet ski giveaway […]

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Have You Met John Van Zante?

John Van Zante

We are shinning our employee spotlight on John Van Zante, our Equipment Sales and Service Manager, this month! John was born in Mahaska County and grew up in Rural Rose Hill Iowa before moving to Fremont, IA.  Before coming to Mahaska, he worked for his dad, who owned his own company doing service station repair, tanks, pumps, […]

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Have you met Annette Steckelberg?

Annette Steckelberg

This month we shine our employee spotlight on Annette Steckelberg. Annette has been with us for two years at our Norfolk location, working as an administrative assistant. Born and raised in Wayne, Nebraska, Annette worked for CHS before coming to Mahaska. Keep reading to get to know a little more about Annette! What is a typical […]

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Meet DEW’s New Pro Snowboarder

snowboarder

Mountain Dew is already preparing for Winter with the addition of their new sponsored athlete, Julia “Jules” Marino. Marino, age 19, is a professional snowboarder from Westport, Connecticut. She caught everyone’s attention during the X Games in Aspen and Norway this past Winter, taking home four medals in Big Air and Slopestyle competitions. This was […]

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Get to Know Holly Paasch

Holly Paasch

Holly Paasch is one of our sales representatives in Omaha.  She has been with Mahaska for four years now, working at Advantage Waypoint Food Service Broker before-hand.  Holly was born in Omaha and grew up in Elkhorn.  Get to know more about Holly in this month’s Employee Spotlight! What is a typical day at Mahaska […]

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Mahaska’s Norfolk Grand Opening

Norfolk Grand Opening

Norfolk received its first look at the new and improved Mahaska facility on Thursday. The opportunity arose during a late-afternoon open house celebration at the Norfolk bottler and distributor, located at 1106 Alaska Ave. “It’s nice,” said Bob Boeckman, general manager of the Norfolk facility. “We were awfully crammed into the old office.” The Norfolk […]

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Get To Know Kevin Ellis, Mahaska Coffee Vending Technician

Kevin Ellis

Kevin Ellis works at Mahaska as a Coffee Vending Technician. Born and raised in Ottuma, Iowa, Kevin has been a hardworking and dedicated Mahaska employee for two years. Read below to find out more about him! What is a typical day at Mahaska look like for you? Service repair calls, preventative maintenance, maintain and service beverage […]

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