| Rice County | Rice County Economic Development | Birzer Funeral Home |
| Reed Pharmacy | Alice & Royce Mattson | Farmers Coop Union |
| Sterling Bulletin | Bush, Bush, & Shanelec, Attorneys-at-Law | Gambino's |
| Fred Gilmore | Blair & Mary Martin | Alden State Bank |
| Nutri-Tech | Steffen Services, LLC | USD #376 |
| Bolen Office Supply | Rod & Anne Willis | Mary Kendrick |
| Lee & Susan Sankey | Mike & Diane Bender | Kate & Jeff Washmon |
| Black Bull Ranch | Ron & Shirley Baxter | Jim & Susie Unruh |
| Elaine Dill | Margaret Calderwood | Peggy Williford |
| Cynthia Morton | Mac & Clyda Frederick | Brian & Donna Foster |
| Bob & Margaret Gordon | Warren & Shirley Kenyon | Tony Renollet |
| Don & Pat Lawrence | Mishler Accounting | Kraftin' Memories |
| Robert Cundith | Bob & Eloise Campbell | Arn & Carol Froese |
| Paddy's Restaurant | Sterling Cafe | Barbara & Dave Benson |
| Jan Oden | Jon & Heather Oden | Ark Vet Clinic |
| JACAM | KMW Ltd. | Broadway Market |
| Lightning Electric | Mutual Telephone Company | The Beauty Parlour |
| Debra & Andy Zwick | Sterling Services | Sterling Maytag |
| First United Methodist Church | Bill & Darlene Edwards | Farm Bureau, Teresa Boeken |
| Rusty & Sharlyn Thode | Gilmore Solutions | |
| First Group Insurance Agency | Prairie Garden B & B | Pat Laudermilk |
| United Industries | Sterling Presbyterian Manor | Ralph Brock |
| Jim & Debby Oller | Tom & Linda Simpson |
