OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – A former Omaha middle school teacher has been sentenced to up to two years in prison for sex acts on a 13-year-old child.

26-year-old Amy Nowaczyk was sentenced Friday to one to two years in prison. In a deal with prosecutors, she had earlier pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of attempted sexual assault of a child and enticement by electronic device.

Nowaczyk was a teacher at Morton Middle School when she arrested in April after the boy told investigators the two had had sexual encounters several times inside her classroom.

LA VISTA, Neb. (AP) – Authorities say a construction worker was injured in a fall at a worksite in northern Sarpy County.

First responders were dispatched around 8:40 a.m. Wednesday to the Andover Point Apartments. The Sarpy County Sheriff’s Office says 60-year-old Jerome Charvat was working on an elevated platform before plunging between 20 and 30 feet (6 meters and 9 meters) to the ground.

He was flown to an Omaha hospital.

The sheriff’s office is investigating the incident, and federal safety officials have been notified.

GENEVA, Neb. (AP) — The York County public defender has pleaded not guilty to stealing from two private clients.

Fillmore County District Court records say 59-year-old Nancy Waldron entered written pleas to felony theft. Her next court hearing is scheduled for Jan. 15.

The records say questions were raised in nearby Fillmore County about checks Waldron had written to herself on a bank account that belonged to two sisters living in nursing homes. Authorities say she fraudulently billed the two clients and paid herself nearly $187,000 since 2012.

Waldron’s law license has been suspended.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska Court of Appeals panel has ordered that a man who got some jail time and probation for attempted child sexual assault be resentenced to prison.

A majority of the panel found that a Sarpy County district judge was too lenient when he sentenced 42-year-old Jason Gibson to six months in county jail and five years’ probation.

Prosecutors say Gibson was an Air Force Master Sergeant when he contacted a then-18-year-old DeArch Stubblefield early last year and set up sex with the 15-year-old girl. Stubblefield was a star football player for Bellevue West with no criminal history at the time. He was sentenced last year to 20 to 40 years in prison.

The appeals panel recognized Gibson’s military service and his lack of a prior criminal history, but said “a term of probation depreciates the seriousness of the offense and promotes disrespect of the law.”

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — A federal safety agency has proposed fining a company in connection with the death of an employee who was working in a Hall County cornfield.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing penalties of more than $11,600 for Rivera Agri Inc., a provider of temporary farm labor. OSHA says the company failed to protect employees working in excessive heat. A company representative didn’t immediately return a call Wednesday from The Associated Press.

The body of 52-year-old Cruz Urias-Beltran was found in the field on July 12 . A search had begun the evening before when he didn’t return from his detasseling work. He lived in San Luis, Arizona.

Temperatures in the area reached 94 degrees on July 11, but the heat index would have been in the triple digits.