Category: General News

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.

The Past Exalted Rulers Association of Falls City Elks Lodge #963 sponsored the 8th annual BBQ and Auction for the benefit of the Richardson County Cancer Fund, Saturday, March 23, at the lodge. To say it was a success would be an understatement. The evening netted more than $18,000 for the Cancer Fund.

Community Medical Center will have its Annual Community Meeting at 5 p.m. Thursday, April 4, in the CMC Outpatient Services waiting area at the hospital.

Librarian Hope Schawang has announced that the Falls City Library and Arts Center will receive 24 new computers for public use.

Tanner Merz, 21, of Falls City, passed away Saturday, March 30, 2013 near Harlan, IA, as a result of a motor vehicle accident. The Shelby […]

As many of you know (or knew I should say), the Falls City Journal’s website was down from mid-September of last year until just recently (March 10th to be exact). There are a cornucopia of reasons for the prolonged absence, but I will save you the trouble and get to the nuts and bolts of why. We’ll come back to this.

City Clerk/Treasurer Gary Jorn will seek bids on two major street repair projects, after receiving authorization from the City Council during the Monday, March 18, meeting.

Despite an extreme drought and indicators of weaker agricultural earnings on the horizon, Nebraska’s agricultural land markets remain strong, with an overall increase of 25 percent in the last year, according to preliminary findings from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Dean Stevens and Cory Snethen of Falls City, have been honored as  state winners in the 20l2 National Corn Yield Contest sponsored annually by the National Corn Growers Association.