(AP) — The Food and Drug Administration reports at least 89 people have reported getting sick after eating Chobani Greek yogurt manufactured in Twin Falls, Idaho.

FDA spokeswoman Tamara Ward told The Times-News (https://bit.ly/17nnX7P) on Monday that some have described nausea and cramps.

No link has been confirmed between the illnesses and the yogurt. However, Ward says the FDA is working with Chobani to hasten its voluntary recall.

Chobani last week told grocery stores to destroy 35 varieties of yogurt reported to have been contaminated by a mold associated with dairy products. The affected yogurt cups have the code 16-012 and expiration dates between Sept. 11 and Oct. 7.

Health officials have said the yogurt is not a public health threat, but the company said last week the “mold can act as an opportunistic pathogen for those with compromised immune systems.”

(AP) — The Nebraska treasurer’s office is hosting a drawing at Husker Harvest Days to promote its state-sponsored college savings program.

Winners of the drawing at Husker Harvest Days will win a $529 contribution to a Nebraska Education Savings Trust account. State Treasurer Don Stenberg says the drawing will be held for Nebraska residents ages 18 and older. Residents can enter the drawing at his office’s booth Tuesday through Thursday. The winner will be announced on Sept. 19.

The booth will offer information about Nebraska’s state-sponsored program. The Nebraska Educational Savings Trust maintains more than $3 billion in assets for more than 206,000 accounts across the United States. More than 58,000 accounts are in Nebraska.

(AP) — Federal authorities say above-normal temperatures and limited rainfall have added more stress to Nebraska’s dryland corn.

The Department of Agriculture says that for the week ending Sunday, dryland corn conditions rated 35 percent good or excellent, compared with 59 percent on the average. Irrigated corn conditions rated 81 percent good or excellent, compared with 75 percent on average.

Nebraska soybean conditions rated 61 percent good or excellent.

The state’s alfalfa conditions were rated 49 percent good or excellent. The third cutting was 95 percent complete, higher than the average of 93 percent by this date.

The fourth cutting was 13 percent complete, far below the 31 percent average by this date.

Subsoil moisture supplies rated 75 percent short or very short.

Sex with a 15-year-old girl got a North Platte man four to eight years in prison.

Cole Picotte received the sentence for First Degree Sexual Assault of a Child Monday in Lincoln County District Court.

Prosecutors say Picotte had a sexual relationship with a 15-year old girl from December of 2012 to January of 2013.

Picotte was 20-years-old at the time.

Picotte maintained that the sex was consensual.

A prison sentence of 6 to 14 years was handed down to a North Platte man convicted of several burglaries in Lincoln County.

District Court Judge Donald Rolands sentenced Jacob Moser on Monday.

Moser was charged with stealing a safe from a local residence and burglarizing Kohler Trailer Sales in North Platte in May.

Cody Jolliffe, Ryan Walsh, Cara Harder and Terry Houchin are also facing charges in connection with the crimes.

A 20-year-old North Platte man will spend the next 10 to 20 years in prison after he drove through Perkins Family Restaurant in North Platte causing serious injuries to a man.

Tanner Matthies was sentenced yesterday in Lincoln County District Court for First Degree Assault.

Prosecutors say Matthies drove his car through the restaurant in March 2013 after he thought  Blake Strecker had been with his girlfriend.

Matthies struck Strecker and caused serious injuries including a fractured skull.

Serious damage was also done to the restaurant.

 

(AP) — The attorney for a 16-year-old accused of attempted murder in North Platte wants the case moved to juvenile court.

At a hearing Monday, a plea of not guilty was entered for Jordan Baker. Baker’s attorney said he intends to file a motion to move the case to juvenile court.

He is accused in the stabbing of two workers at the Nebraska Youth Center. Authorities say the Baker and an 18-year-old, Keenan Lambert, stabbed the workers on July 9 and then fled in one of the workers’ vehicles.

The two were captured in Dawson County as they traveled down Interstate 80. The two women were hospitalized.

• Today: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. North northeast wind around 11 mph.
• Tonight: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. Northeast wind 6 to 9 mph.
• Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 78. East northeast wind 8 to 10 mph.
• Wednesday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. East northeast wind 5 to 8 mph.

(AP) — The Nebraska governor’s race is quickly taking shape, with a flurry of new candidates launching their 2014 bids and others weighing their options.

Republican businessman Pete Ricketts officially jumped into the race on Sunday, and state Sen. Beau McCoy will embark Tuesday on a multi-city campaign tour. The candidates will join state Sens. Tom Carlson and Charlie Janssen, and State Auditor Mike Foley in the GOP primary.

Republican Matt Williams, the president of Gothenberg State Bank, says he is leaning toward a run for an open legislative seat, but is also looking at the governor’s race. Another potential GOP candidate, Rex Fisher, says he has ruled out a run 2014.

Former University of Nebraska Regent Chuck Hassebrook and Nebraska state Sen. Annette Dubas are running in the Democratic primary.