BigIron Realty has announced the winner of it’s 6th annual “First Responder & Medical Professional Appreciation Contest,” choosing Boone County Sheriff Denny Johnson as the winning finalist this year.

The Boone Central National Honor Society chapter held it’s “tapping ceremony” on Monday, April 13, with 11 new scholars joining the group. The National Honor Society inductees included: Makenna Devine Leah Erickson Lucas Frey Ella Gompert Brynna Hagemann Addysen Hedlund Kasey Krohn Kaden Miller Ashlynn Naber Dorothy Smith Kenzie Wies During the event, the Senior NHS members were also given their honor cords to wear at graduation..

Members of the locally-known Werner family have been included in this year’s Minnesota Wrestling Coaches Association’s hall of fame nomination. The family members, listed below, were inducted into the David Bartelma Wrestling Hall of Fame at a special induction dinner on Saturday, April 11.

Four Boone Central wrestlers went on the road to theAAU Midwest High School National Duals tournament in Des Moines, Iowa on Friday and Saturday, April 3-4. “Four of our wrestlers had success at National team duals,” said Coach Josh Majerus, “Nebraska Division one won the National Title.