COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Protesters are slated to gather at Planned Parenthood offices in Iowa and Nebraska as part of a nationwide movement to urge Congress and President Donald Trump to strip the agency of all federal funding.

The website www.ProtestPP.com says it wants the funding reallocated to health centers that help disadvantaged women without destroying human life through abortion.

In Iowa, protests are scheduled Saturday for Planned Parenthood locations in Council Bluffs, Cedar Falls, Des Moines, Iowa City and Sioux City. A rally in Nebraska is slated Saturday for the Planned Parenthood office in Lincoln.

A local cattle producer reported to the Nebraska Brand Committee that 20 black heifers and 3
black bulls were missing from pasture land located in northwest Nebraska near Crawford,
Nebraska.

After an open investigation and an extensive search, no sign of the cattle has been
found, which may indicate that the cattle are stolen. The theft could have occurred any time
during the 2016 grazing season.

The black heifers, weighing approximately 1025 pounds, were branded with a 100 on the right
rib and tagged in the left ear with a turquoise numbered tag. The 2-year-old black Angus bulls
were branded with a 44 on the left rib and were tagged on the left ear with orange numbered tags.

The owner of the missing cattle is offering a $10,000 reward for information that results in the
arrest and conviction of any person or persons responsible for the theft of the missing cattle.

Any information regarding the missing cattle should be reported to the Scotts Bluff Crime
Stoppers at 308-632-7867, the Nebraska Brand Commission at 308-641-8318, or the Nebraska
State Patrol at 308-632-1211.

FRANKLIN, Neb. (AP) — A former Franklin Public Schools teacher accused of sex abuse has taken a plea deal and been convicted of contributing to the delinquency of a child.

Online court records say 29-year-old Eric Rybacki is scheduled to be sentenced March 27. He pleaded no contest to the two counts. In January of last year, he’d been charged with seven counts of sex assault, five of intentional child abuse and nine counts of misdemeanor assault. Those charges later were changed to two charges of child abuse, which were changed later to the counts of contributing to the delinquency of a child.

A court document says several girls reported that between Aug. 13 and Dec. 18, 2015, Rybacki would pick them up or touch them inappropriately. He quit on Jan. 27, 2016.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — The nation’s largest 4-H livestock show is relocating from Omaha to Fonner Park in Grand Island, where the Nebraska State Fair runs.

The Aksarben Foundation sponsors the Aksarben Stock Show, which began its Omaha run in 1928.

The foundation’s Kevin Kock says moving to Grand Island will help the event expand. Last year it drew nearly 1,100 4-H participants from surrounding states. Kock says the Fonner Park facilities offer more room than Omaha’s CenturyLink Center, which has hosted the show since opening in 2003.

This year’s stock show will be held from Sept. 28 through Oct. 1.

A professional rodeo has run with the show since 1947, but Kock says a contract for the 2017 rodeo hasn’t been signed yet.

BEAVER CITY, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska dad accused of attacking a 17-year-old wrestler who defeated his son has been sentenced to four days in jail.

Stacey Micheel, of Ainsworth, also was given 12 months of probation at his sentencing Thursday in Beaver City. Micheel had pleaded no contest as part of a deal with prosecutors. He’d originally been charged with felony child abuse.

Prosecutors say Micheel grabbed an Amherst High School wrestler by the neck and slammed him to the ground on Feb. 13 last year at a tournament in Cambridge. Micheel told investigators that the teen made a disparaging remark about pinning his son.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska officials have started a new search for lethal injection drugs and are backing a proposal that would allow them to conceal a supplier’s identity after voters reinstated capital punishment last year.

Corrections Director Scott Frakes told lawmakers Thursday that he has contacted potential suppliers but has not yet made any purchases.

His comments came during a hearing on a proposed shield law that would allow Nebraska to keep secret the identity of any lethal injection drug suppliers. State Sen. John Kuehn says he introduced the bill to protect companies from harassment by death penalty opponents.

Opponents point to the department’s decision to spend $54,000 in 2015 on lethal injection drugs from Chris Harris, a broker in India with no pharmaceutical background who was unable to deliver the drugs.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A western Nebraska prosecutor says a man who fatally shot his 44-year-old son did so in self-defense.

Keith County Attorney Randy Fair has declined to prosecute Wesley Holland. Fair says Wesley Holland shot Steven Holland to protect himself and Steven’s mother, Marie Holland. The shooting occurred Jan. 19 at the Holland home near Lemoyne.

Fair says Steven Holland had assaulted his mother and threatened to kill her, his father and others.

Fair says Wesley Holland grabbed a rifle and shot his son as the younger man was standing in their basement, brandishing a large knife.

KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) — A development group has bought the University Heights apartment complex from the University of Nebraska at Kearney.

The university said in a news release that Henning Brothers LLC is paying just over $800,000 for the 57-year-old, 108-unit complex and will take ownership June 1. Hennings Brothers plans to renovate the nine buildings for rental housing.

The decision to sell University Heights, which sits northwest of the university’s main campus, came after an analysis of the structure and the cost to renovate. It had been the option for married students and others who wanted to live off-campus. In October the university told the 43 students living there that University Heights will close this spring.