Leadership of the Peru State College Foundation and its staff was handed over to new Executive Director Jon Firmature. Firmature has been the organization’s Director […]
Category: General News
Early Deadline this week for Journal
The Falls City Journal will have a change to its deadline schedule next week due to Veterans Day on Tuesday, November 11. There will be […]
Downtown underground electric project enters next phase
Falls City’s project to move downtown electric utilities underground is advancing with cutovers now underway, according to a public update released Nov. 3 by the […]
Omaha doc ‘A Time for Burning’ offered an honest look at race in 1960s America. It’s still relevant today.
By Leo Adam Biga Flatwater Free Press When Omaha’s Augustana Lutheran Church agreed to participate in a church-sponsored documentary, no one knew the firestorm it […]
State Transportation Improvement Plan for 2026-2029 Announced/ State Transportation Improvement Plan Amendment Announced
The proposed Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) for fiscal years 2026 through 2029 is available for public review and comment at: ndot.info/stip. according to the […]
Thomas D. Castle Sr
Thomas D. Castle Sr, 82, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, passed away Thursday, October 9, 2025, at West Ridge Care Center. A private service will be […]
AAA Warns: Aggression Behind the Wheel is Contagious
Study finds 96% of drivers admit to driving aggressively Full research report Exposure to aggressive driving fuels more aggression behind the wheel, according to new […]
Detectives Continue Search for Missing Child, Melodee Buzzard
Lompoc, Calif. – Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s detectives continue to seek the public’s help in locating 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard, who remains missing and is considered […]
Falls City cuts the ribbon at two new AED sites
First responders, city employees, members of the public, and the public school system gathered on Sunday, October 12, at Dallas Jones Park/Fiedler Family Ball Complex […]
DEA Hosts 29th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Omaha Field Division in partnership with law enforcement agencies across Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota, will host […]