Category: General News

On Thursday, April 18, 275 area pre-school students and their families will join their teachers and school staff, Auburn and Falls City youth mentors, and SENCA employees for the 5^th Annual SENCA Head Start Pre-School Track and Field Day event held at Auburn High School.

On behalf of the Grand Lodge of Nebraska, Robert L. Ferguson was presented the prestigious Bronze Jordan Medal for over 60 years of  “loyal and dedicated service to Masonry” at the April ll meeting of Falls City Lodge No. 9 A.F.& A.M.

Falls City was honored at the State Capitol Tuesday, April 2, as the 2013 winner of the Governor’s Showcase Community Award.  Governor Dave Heineman announced the award while proclaiming March 31-April 6 as Community Development Week in Nebraska.

During their April 1 meeting (no fooling), the Falls City Council heard a quarterly report from Eric Barr, Director of the Falls City Chamber of Commerce and Main Street Falls City.

After reviewing proposals for the possible renovation of the Armory building, the Richardson County Commissioners voted at their April 2 meeting to select the firm of Prochaska & Associates and to approve their proposal.

Kathy Bartek, of Falls City, has been selected as the recipient for UNL East Campus Bull Fry Event April 13.

Six SE Community College students – three originally from Richardson County – will be honored as members of the 2013 Phi Theta Kappa All-Nebraska Academic Team during a ceremony April 10 at the Cornhusker Marriott Hotel in Lincoln.

Falls City’s Spring Community Clean Up event will be held Saturday, April 20, from 8:00 a.m. to noon.

A former Falls City and current Seattle, Washington resident recently received one of two 2012 Volunteer of the Year Awards from the Washington Cornhuskers, a group of Nebraska alumni and fans who gather to support all things Big Red.

Three Falls City men were arraigned in separate cases March 26 in Richardson County District Court.