CRAWFORD, Neb. (AP) — A city council and fire board have decided they need grants to help build a replacement for their dilapidated fire hall in the Nebraska Panhandle.

The Crawford City Council and the Crawford Rural Fire board met Wednesday evening and discussed ways to pay for what could be a $3 million project in the city of about 1,000 people.

One of the firefighters in attendance said the fire hall roof could cave in as early as the next snowstorm.

Council member Skip Chubb says he thinks everyone wants a new fire hall, but “I just don’t think there is a way to fund it.”

City attorney Adam Edmund told the boards that “you can’t do a project of this size without having grant money.”

• Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 60. Northwest wind 6 to 10 mph.
• Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 26. West northwest wind 5 to 9 mph.
• Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 35. North wind 10 to 15 mph becoming east in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph.
• Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 11. Wind chill values as low as zero. Southeast wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
• Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 37. South southeast wind 8 to 16 mph becoming north northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph.
• Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22.
• Washington’s Birthday: A 30 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska has formed a legal team for possible lawsuits that would force the state to address prison crowding.

The lawyer’s panel announced Thursday will advise the organization on ways to address the problem through the courts.

Executive director Danielle Conrad says decades of misguided policies have created a crisis situation that compromises public safety. She says lawmakers need to look at sentencing reforms among other changes, including the state’s use of prisoner segregation.

The Prison Litigation Advisory Panel includes 11 attorneys from around the state.

Nebraska lawmakers have pledged to take steps this year to reduce crowding. The inmate population in December was 59 percent above the total design capacity of the state prisons.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Canadian oil pipeline company is temporarily suspending efforts to seize Nebraska land for the Keystone Pipeline XL amid a legal challenge.

A Holt County District judge issued a temporary injunction Thursday, keeping TransCanada from invoking eminent domain along the proposed Keystone Pipeline route in northern Nebraska.

TransCanada agreed to the order, hoping to get an accelerated trial schedule.

Landowners have sued over the project.

TransCanada filed legal papers in nine Nebraska counties three weeks ago to invoke eminent domain for the land that’s needed to construct, operate and maintain the pipeline. The Keystone Pipeline would carry an estimated 800,000 barrels of crude oil a day to Nebraska, where it would connect with existing pipelines headed for Gulf Coast refineries.