Category: General News

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.

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.