LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has set a timeline for razing matching pair of high-rise dormitories that have housed thousands of students since 1963.

The university says in a news release that all 13 stories of Cather Hall and Pound Hall will be knocked down via a controlled implosion on the morning of Dec. 22.

Both dorms have been used for overflow in recent years as the demand for student housing exceeded expectations.

Demolition cleanup and site restoration are anticipated to continue through July 2018.

The university plans to offer a live view of the implosion online. A web address will be announced as the date of the razing nears.

ANGORA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a Wyoming man has been killed in a collision between his vehicle and a semitrailer in western Nebraska.

The crash was reported a little after 7:30 p.m. Saturday, just north of Angora on U.S. Highway 385. The Nebraska State Patrol says 22-year-old Braxton Fuller was headed north when his vehicle struck the southbound semi. Fuller was pronounced dead at the scene. He lived in Casper, Wyoming.

The trucker suffered minor injuries. The patrol identified him as 75-year-old Bernie Wynne, who lives in Scottsbluff.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Many of Nebraska’s neighbors are national leaders in wind energy, and advocates say the state could easily join them.

But as wind energy has grown in Nebraska, so has a fervent resistance from mostly rural landowners and lawmakers who view the turbines as noisy, heavily subsidized eyesores that lead to lower property values.

Sen. Tom Brewer of Gordon says many of his constituents strongly oppose any projects that change the ecologically fragile landscape of the Sandhills.

Wind energy supporters say the fears are understandable but largely unfounded. They say wind energy is likely to spread because technological advances have made it cheaper and less reliant on tax credits. Nebraska legislators have passed laws to promote the industry in recent years.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The University of Nebraska’s governing board has approved a five-year plan to spend $1.4 million annually to recruit students in countries where the school’s brand has little recognition.

The Board of Regents extended its partnership Thursday with EduCo Global to recruit full-time, degree-seeking students that need help applying and obtaining student visas. The partnership also provides those students with support services after enrollment.

Nebraska System President Hank Bounds says the partnership between the university and the education company started as a pilot program in 2015. The Lincoln campus has enrolled about 250 students over the past two years using EduCo Global from countries like India, Brazil and Indonesia. The university consequently netted an additional $2.1 million in tuition revenue.

GERING, Neb. (AP) — A former Scottsbluff High School golf coach accused of sexually assaulting two girls he had coached has pleaded no contest to four counts of first-degree sexual assault.

61-year-old Michael Klein, of Mitchell, entered the plea Friday during a hearing. He had been scheduled for trial later this month.

A no-contest plea is one in which the defendant acknowledges there is enough evidence to convict, but does not admit guilt. The plea is treated by the court as a guilty plea.

Prosecutors say assaults on the first girl occurred between November 2007 and November 2010. The second girl was assaulted between October 2015 and July 2016.

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