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.
Category: General News
CMC annual meeting this Thursday
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.
New public computers at Library
Librarian Hope Schawang has announced that the Falls City Library and Arts Center will receive 24 new computers for public use.
Local man dies in motor vehicle accident in western Iowa
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 […]
FC Journal moves forward with added online services

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 to undertake major street repairs
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.
Survey suggests ag land boom slowing down
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.
Stevens, Snethen winners in National Corn Yield Contest
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.
Local students to state level of National Geographic Bee
Jade Hill, an 8th grader at Falls City Sacred Heart, and Grayson J. Hayes, a Falls City Middle School student, have both qualified for the […]
New vehicle for Sheriff’s Dept.
The Richardson County Commissioners, meeting in regular session Tuesday, March 19, approved the purchase of one Sheriff’s patrol vehicle and the advertisement for sealed bids […]