(KLZA)-- A large portion of Falls City including the downtown area will be without power on  Thursday, January 9. 

A news release says the plan is for the power to be shut off Thursday morning at 7:30 a.m. Power will remain off until repairs are made to damaged cables.  The outage will include everyone effected by the December, 9, 2019 electrical outage. 

A contractor with expertise in this type of work will be on hand so the cables can be terminated and replaced.

Repairs are expected to take up eight hours or longer to complete.  

The weather forecast calls for temperatures  in the upper 50's on Thursday.

Falls City Public Schools will be closed on Thursday.  
Falls City  Sacred Heart will be open, but there will be no bus service.

The Richardson County Courthouse will be closed Thursday and the Falls City Senior Center will also be closed.