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Join the festivities at Brenner Airfield on Saturday, June 17th for the annual Hot Air Baloon Festival hosted by the Falls City Chamber & Main Street. Get your tickets now before its too late! Mega kite show, hot air balloons, live music, food/beverage, balloon glow followed by a fireworks show.

April is National Safe Digging Month, a great reminder to always contact 811 before you dig! No matter how small your next home digging project is, remember to keep yourself and your community safe by contacting 811 to have the approximate location of buried utilities marked with paint or flags before breaking ground. Learn more at 811beforeyoudig.com.

The Zone 8 Gas Main Replacement Project will commence on Monday, June 5, 2023. This project includes the replacement of approximately 8000 feet of gas main and 100 customer gas service lines. City staff has coordinated with all customers that are affected by this project and will continue to provide direct coordination to those customers regarding schedule of work and intermittent closures within alley easements.

Mark your calendars!!! The Falls City Aquatic Center will open for the 2023 season on Saturday, May 27 at 1PM. Daily admission: Ages 3 and under – free with paid admission (13 and up) Ages 4-12 – $3.00 Ages 13 and 59 – $4.00 Ages60 and up - $3.00 or $50.00 Season Pass Family Season Passes: $150.00* Individual Season Passes: $70.00 Ten Swim Ticket: $25.00 Twilight swimming - 6:00pm-8:00pm - $2.00 or 10/$20.00 punch card Pool party less than 100 - $200.00 Pool party more than 100 - $275.00...

Happy Lineworker Appreciation Day! Lineman Appreciation Day is observed on April 18 every year.  This day honors the hard work that women and men put in to keep the power on. These people work around the clock to provide light to family households and any other premises. Lineworkers are truly dedicated since they have to climb hundreds of feet above the ground with precarious harnesses. They also handle live wires that, if improperly handled, can easily lead to them losing their lives in massive jolts of electricity while simultaneously blacking out entire sections of the city.  Today...

Crankshaft repair for Engine 5 at the Falls City Power Plant is underway. Engine 5 is a Fairbanks-Morse, duel fuel, 2800 horsepower, 8 cylinder engine installed in 1951. It is capable of generating 1.8 megawatts of electricity which is about 12% of the watts needed to power the entire town. The engine is utilized under emergency operation only limited to 100 hours/year of operation. In 2021, the engine had a catastrophic failure causing warping of the 15-ton crankshaft which required repair. The city contracted with Farabee Mechanical which is based out of Hickman, NE to perform the repairs. The crankshaft...

Ordinance 2022-112 requiring registration of both residential and commercial vacant/abandoned properties was adopted by the City of Falls City on December 5th, 2022. The ordinance places a duty on the owner of vacant/abandoned properties to register the property with the city. Vacant/abandoned properties have been neglected by their owners, leaving it up to the city to keep them from becoming crime magnets, fire hazards, or dumping grounds and overwhelming city resources. Property owners can register a vacant property by submitting a completed Vacant Property Registration Form to City Hall. There is no fee for initial registration. Property owners can find additional information...