GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — The Grand Island City Council has authorized $236,000 in tax-increment financing to redevelop the former Masonic Temple downtown into a multi-use high-rise.

The authorization was approved Tuesday night.

Regional Planning Director Chad Nabity says the first floor of the building will be used for retail space, including a boutique scheduled to move in next week. The second through sixth floors will be used for office or apartment space. The seventh floor will be reserved for a restaurant.

NORFOLK, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have recorded more than 260 violations during surprise truck inspections in Norfolk.

The Nebraska State Patrol says it conducted 80 inspections Wednesday on commercial vehicles that don’t pass through highway checkpoints as part of its regular route.

Authorities say 30 vehicles were not allowed to continue on the road. Those designations can come from a variety of reasons, including bad brakes or tires. Six drivers were not allowed to continue driving because most of them lacked a commercial driver’s license.

The Nebraska State Patrol worked with the Norfolk Police Department on the inspections.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lincoln police say a man found asleep under a 7-year-old girl’s bed was stalking the girl’s mother.

25-year-old Dangelo Madkins, a transient, was arrested after he was heard snoring under the bed around 3:30 a.m. Sunday. Madkins was charged Tuesday with stalking and making terroristic threats; he has pleaded not guilty.

Police found Madkins under the bed with a stun gun, knife, screwdriver, a key to the apartment and the woman’s work identification. Madkins and the woman know each other, and the woman told police her ID disappeared last week.

Police say Madkins told an officer that the woman gave him the key, but he denied knowing about the stun gun and could not explain why he was under the girl’s bed.

FREEHOLD, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man who tossed his 2-year-old daughter into a creek while she was strapped into her car seat apologized Wednesday — but not for murdering the child.

Just before he was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison, Arthur Morgan III apologized to the child’s mother for the deterioration of their friendship.

Given the chance to explain his actions to Judge Anthony Mellaci Jr., Morgan complained that the media published photos that made him look inappropriately angry or happy. He also says he would not have worn designer clothing to court if he knew he would be criticized for it.

Morgan was convicted of killing Tierra Morgan-Glover by throwing her into a creek, strapped into a car seat and weighed down by a tire jack.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A former state senator who used campaign money to gamble at casinos is fighting to keep her law license, but the decision is now in the hands of the Nebraska Supreme Court.

Attorneys argued Wednesday over whether former state Sen. Brenda Council should have her license suspended, or be disbarred. A court-appointed referee has recommended that Council receive a one-year license suspension plus two years of probation.

Council was sentenced to three years of criminal probation and fined $500 earlier last year after pleading guilty to a federal wire fraud charge. She also was fined $500 after pleading guilty to state misdemeanor charges related to her use of campaign money. She lost her 2012 re-election bid to Sen. Ernie Chambers.

The court heard arguments but did not take immediate action.

WINNEBAGO, Neb. (AP) — The Winnebago Indian Health Services Hospital in northeast Nebraska is set to lose Medicare funding within a week.

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services says the hospital’s Medicare agreement will be terminated June 4. That means the hospital would no longer be reimbursed for treating patients enrolled in the health care program for the elderly and disabled.

An agency notice says the hospital is not in compliance with Medicare regulations. John Blackhawk, chairman of the Winnebago Tribe, says the hospital is working with the federal agency to avert the cutoff.

The hospital was warned earlier this month that it could lose its Medicare funding after an investigation found inadequate care contributed to the April death of a patient.