GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — A 49-year-old Iowa woman has been given nine years of probation in Nebraska because she violated terms of an earlier probation sentence by living with dogs.

Denise Withee, of Mapleton, Iowa, was sentenced on Thursday. Her new sentence also includes a provision that bars her from owning or living with any animals.

Withee had been on probation for dumping 23 dead or dying dogs in a Nebraska cornfield in 2008. She has admitted that she violated probation by living with 13 dogs at the Iowa home she shares with her mother. Iowa authorities discovered the dogs in January.

Withee’s attorney, Vicki Kenney, says Withee fits the description of an animal hoarder and described her as “an addict of animals.”

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lincoln’s mayor is again calling on residents to voluntarily conserve water for the rest of the summer.

Mayor Chris Beutler said Thursday that the city needs to reduce water consumption by about 20 percent. Earlier this week, Lincoln used 80 million gallons of water on Tuesday and 76 million gallons on Wednesday.

Beutler says he is trying to avoid issuing mandatory water restrictions. So he hopes residents will adhere to outdoor water use limits.

The city wants residents with street addresses ending in even numbers to limit outdoor water use — including watering lawns and washing vehicles — to Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Those with addresses ending in odd numbers are asked to limit their outdoor water use to Tuesday, Thursdays and Saturdays.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha man has been sentenced to more than 17 years in prison for producing child pornography.

Federal prosecutors say 50-year-old Douglas Suing was sentenced in federal court in Omaha.

After he leaves prison he will be on supervised release for life and must register as a sex offender.

U.S. Attorney Deborah Gilg (gihlj) says Suing was arrested in Navajo County, Ariz., on Jan. 12, 2011, as he was driving back to Nebraska. The search of a hard drive found in his vehicle revealed more than 9,000 videos of child pornography, some including a 12-year-old child living in Omaha.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A poll suggests that people who live in small Nebraska towns are less likely to attend church than people who live in bigger cities.

The Nebraska Rural Poll says 75 percent of poll respondents said they belong to a church, with 39 percent saying they attend services weekly or more often. But people who live in or near towns of fewer than 500 were least likely to attend weekly church services; thirty-five percent reported doing so.

The poll was sent to 6,350 households in Nebraska’s 84 nonmetropolitan counties in March and April. Results are based on more than 2,300 responses. The margin of error is plus or minus 2 percent.