NORTH BEND, Neb. (AP) — A nonprofit organization is helping small northeast Nebraska towns deal with nuisance properties fairly.

North Bend and Scribner both participate in the program offered by the Northeast Nebraska Economic Development District.

The nonprofit surveys properties in the towns and identifies any issues such as tall weeds, inoperable vehicles or broken gutters. Then city officials approve any nuisance properties and owners are given time to fix the problem.

North Bend city clerk Theresa Busse says this system eliminates property owner concerns about being targeted, and it identifies problems systematically. Previously, the city was just responding to complaints.

The Norfolk-based nonprofit offers the program to offer communities in its 17-county area.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — Authorities are investigating a rollover crash that killed a 15-year-old Grand Island teen and injured two others.

The one-vehicle crash happened in a rural area near Grand Island shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday.

The Hall County Sheriff’s Department says two of the three boys in the car were thrown out when it rolled onto its roof.

Nicholas J Galvan of Grand Island was killed in the crash.

The other two people in the car were taken to a Grand Island hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

COLUMBUS, Neb. (AP) — A 21-year-old Columbus mother convicted of child abuse has been sentenced to 60 days in jail.

A Platte County judge sentenced Jodie Shelly on Friday.

Shelly pleaded no contest earlier this summer to two counts of misdemeanor negligent child abuse. Prosecutors had lowered the charges from felonies in exchange for her pleas.

Shelly’s boyfriend, 24-year-old Ryan Roberts, was sentenced in May to five years on two counts of child abuse. Roberts acknowledged backhanding Shelly’s 1-year-old son after the boy bit him in January.

A court document says Shelly acknowledged having an anger problem and that she had handled her 3-year-old daughter too roughly at times.

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park is known for its wildlife, including bears and wolves. But for six weeks, one animal that roamed the park didn’t belong.

An Australian shepherd named Jade was found in the Canyon area by her owner Friday, 42 days after she went missing.

David Sowers of Denver says Jade ran off July 23 after an auto wreck on July 23 while he and his girlfriend were driving through the park with the dog.

Over the last several weeks, there were reports of Jade being seen roaming the park. Sowers and his girlfriend had returned to Yellowstone several times to look for the dog before finding her Friday.

Sowers says other than a small cut on her lip and being a bit thinner, Jade is OK.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police say a man who displayed bizarre, erratic behavior before his arrest is now in a hospital in critical condition.

Police say officers were called to a south Omaha address Friday afternoon by witnesses who reported an intoxicated man with self-inflicted injuries overturning patio furniture and possibly suffering from a medical condition.

Officers who arrived found 50-year-old Patrick Ennis standing over a stair railing, clinching his fists. Police say he first obeyed commands to put his hands behind his back to be handcuffed, but then resisted and struggled with officers.

Once handcuffed, officers said Ennis began having trouble breathing. Police say officers removed the handcuffs and began CPR until paramedics arrived.

Police say an internal police investigation is being conducted.