AINSWORTH, Neb. (AP) — A March forfeiture hearing has been scheduled to determine whether authorities will keep nearly $41,000 seized during a traffic stop in Brown County.

A trooper stopped a speeding vehicle Jan. 6 on U.S. Highway 183. Brown County Attorney David Streich says the trooper got permission to search the vehicle and then found the cash in a bag.

Streich says both people in the vehicle denied any knowledge of the cash, so the trooper followed state law and seized the money. He says that if no one were to claim the money, half would go schools in Brown County and rest to the county’s fund for drug enforcement and education.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Firefighters and police officers are protesting a pension overhaul bill aimed at Nebraska’s two largest cities.

The bill set for a hearing Tuesday would offer a cash-balance retirement plan to newly hired officers and firefighters in Omaha and Lincoln, rather than a traditional pension. Cash-balance plans are similar to pension plans but also have characteristics of 401(k)-style plans.

Supporters say cash balance plans would help Omaha and Lincoln address their pension liabilities. The cities’ firefighter and police unions say they would endanger public safety by making it harder to recruit new firefighters and police officers. They also argue that employees would be more likely to leave for other cities that offer better benefits.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 47-year-old Douglas County Jail inmate remains hospitalized after a weekend altercation with several guards.

Douglas County Corrections Lt. Daniel Scherer said Monday that Robert Groenjes assaulted several corrections officers Saturday night.

After guards subdued Groenjes he was taken to a hospital for treatment. Details of why he was hospitalized weren’t immediately released.

Douglas County Sheriff’s Sgt. John Pankonin told the Omaha World-Herald that the incident remains under investigation, so some details of what happened are unclear.

Groenjes has been in in the jail since Jan. 29 on suspicion of second-degree assault.

BELDEN, Neb. (AP) — Several rail cars have spilled corn into a field from a train derailment in northeast Nebraska’s Cedar County.

The accident was reported a little after 10 p.m. Saturday, near U.S. Highway 20 about a mile from Belden.

A BNSF spokesman says the train had 114 units but only nine of them derailed. No injuries have been reported.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A group of Omaha high school students will participate in a local chapter of a nationwide mentor program so they can eventually design a new addition for Norris Middle School.

Nearly 80 students from four high schools will meet weekly with professional mentors during the spring semester as part of the Architecture, Construction and Engineering Mentor Program. The mentors come from nearly 30 participating companies in Omaha and will help students work on their design and collaboration skills.

Norris Middle School is scheduled for a $26.5 million renovation and addition. School officials hope the students in charge of designing the addition will gain exposure and connections to future jobs.

The students toured the school last week and will present their designs in May.