January 2026

Carraher to serve on NCHA board

3 months ago By News Staff

Boone County Health Center (BCHC) has announced that Keri Carraher, RN, Home Health Director, has been elected as a Director at Large on the Nebraska Home Care Association (NHCA) Board of Directors. Carraher, who earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Nebraska at Kearney (UNK) and her Bachelor of Nursing degree from the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), has dedicated 20 years to BCHC.

Eighth graders author, publish, teach books

3 months ago By News Staff

Eighth graders in Mrs. Dawna Nelson’s language class authored children’s books that they customized and wrote for second graders at Boone Central.

Cardinal grapplers take fourth at Mid-States Conference invite

3 months ago By News Staff

The Boone Central Cardinals traveled to the Norfolk YMCA on Saturday, Jan. 24 for the 2026 Mid-States Conference tournament.

Newman Grove students celebrate 100th day

3 months ago By From Newman Grove Social Media

This week, elementary classes at Newman Grove Public Schools celebrated 100 days of school. The Kindergarten celebrated by building math centers where we built a tower with 100 cups, made a gumball machine with 100 dots, finished a 100 chart puzzle, made a picture with 100 pattern blocks and created art using the number 100..

St. Edward speech team competes at Albion

3 months ago By News Staff

.The St. Edward Schools’ speech team traveled a short run to Boone Central for a speech invite last Saturday, Jan.

Back: Kalvin Sindelar, Noah Ketelsen, and Kaden Albert. Front: Claire Tibor, Josie Sock, and Lakin Prososki with St. Edward’s very own Gordon

Lady Cards push win streak to five

3 months ago By News Staff

Boone Central, riding a two-game win streak from last week, took the show on the road as they visited the Summerland Bobcats (7-7). The Bobcats got the first points of the game but that was the last positive thing you could say for the Bobcats in this one as the Cardinals took control from there taking a 14-6 lead into the second and then dominating the second quarter to amass a 40-10 halftime lead.

Cardinal speech sweeps tourney, Katelyn Curry wins Kohtz award

3 months ago By News Staff

The Cardinal Speech team had a fantastic day winning the varsity sweepstakes over a very tough field at the 2026 Boone Central Speech Invitational. The novice squad was also runners up.

FCCLA Cards compete at St. Edward

3 months ago By News Staff

On Wednesday, Boone Central’s FCCLA members traveled to St. Edward on Wednesday, January 21 to compete in the District Star Competition.

Babbling Brook

3 months ago By Brook Curtiss

This past week saw some just outrageous behavior on both sides of the aidle. State politics jumped the rails, federal politics jumped the rails and all of us sat glued to our televisions and internet browsers to see who was right and what was going to happen.

St. Edward FFA Chapter Celebrates Student Achievements in Competitions

4 months ago By News Staff

Submitted Article The St. Edward FFA Chapter has had an impressive start to the 2025-2026 school year, with members excelling in a variety of competitions at the local, district, and state levels.