SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. (AP) — A golf coach has been accused of sexually assaulting two members of his girls teams at Scottsbluff High School.

Court records say 61-year-old Michael Klein is charged with 15 felony counts of sexual assault and five misdemeanor counts. The records say assaults on the first girl occurred between November 2007 and November 2010 and between October 2015 and July 2016 for the second girl.

Klein didn’t immediately return a message left Friday on a phone listed for him in Mitchell. Online court records don’t list the name of an attorney who could comment for Klein.

Klein was placed on paid administrative leave in September after district officials were notified of an investigation. Scottsbluff Schools Superintendent Rick Myles said Thursday that Klein was dismissed by the district in December.

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection agency has proposed a rule that would combat pollutants’ emissions coming from Nebraska’s largest power plant.

The agency’s rule proposed Wednesday would require the Nebraska Public Power District to cut back emissions coming from its 1,365-megawatt Gerald Gentleman Station west of North Platte. Within a five-year window the plant would have to be outfitted with “scrubbers,” a system of chambers and sprays that spurt chemical mixtures into exhaust fumes. The mixture creates a chemical reaction with a byproduct of the fumes, reducing the amount of sulfur dioxide released into the environment.

NPPD utility spokesman Mark Becker says the plant has already been working to reduce gas emissions.

The installation of sulfur dioxide scrubbers could cost the NPPD tens of millions of dollars.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A new report says Nebraska’s preliminary unemployment rate remained steady at 3.4 percent in December, matching the November figure.

The Nebraska Department of Labor said in a news release Friday that the rate was fourth-tenths of a percentage point higher than the December 2015 rate of 3 percent but well below the preliminary December 2016 national rate of 4.7 percent. The national rate rose a tenth of a point from November’s 4.6 percent.

Nebraska Labor Commissioner John Albin says December was the 10th consecutive month in which the state’s nonfarm employment topped 1 million. The report says nonfarm employment grew by nearly 8,200 over the year.