KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) — Hackers broke into the Central Platte Natural Resources District’s computer system, but officials don’t believe anyone’s identity was compromised.

But the irrigation district has hired experts to determine exactly what data was accessed about three weeks ago.

General Manager Lyndon Vogt says it doesn’t look like hackers got into the database with Social Security numbers, names and addresses of people served by the natural resources district.

Vogt says the hackers disabled the computer system’s antivirus software and planted a virus. But no data was lost because of an automated back-up feature that runs every 15 minutes.

A report on the hacking is expected by mid December.

COLUMBUS, Neb. (AP) — Nebraskans should prepare for the winter storms that are certain to come.

The Nebraska Public Power District’s Chris Overman says winter storms can cause damage and knock out power, so it’s good to be prepared.

The utility recommends that homeowners put together an emergency kit with a flashlight, extra batteries, a portable radio, at least one gallon of water and some food.

And if the power does go out, remember to keep your refrigerator and freezer doors closed as much as possible.

Anyone using a portable generator should remember not to run it inside a home or garage because of the exhaust fumes.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska State Patrol will again ramp up roadway enforcement this Thanksgiving holiday, focusing on seat belt use.

The patrol is taking part in a nationwide “Click It or Ticket” campaign for the week of Thanksgiving.

The agency says the effort will begin Monday and continue through Nov. 27. During the effort, troopers and communications specialists will put in overtime hours on Nebraska’s roads and highways.

The patrol says a nearly $22,000 grant from the Nebraska Office of Highway Safety will fund extra officers and overtime.

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) — Some landowners are voicing concerns that a proposed transmission line in central Nebraska that would disrupt wildlife and cultural gems, such as wagon ruts from the Oregon and Mormon trails.

The proposed 345,000-volt transmission line would start near the Gerald Gentleman Station near Sutherland and extend to a new station near Thedford.

The landowners met Thursday with officials from the North Platte Public Power District. Some landowners say it would be less disruptive if the power line went underground or used a different route.

NPPD president Patrick Pope says the exact cost of running the line underground wasn’t available, but that it would be more expensive for customers compared to the current plan.

PLEASANTON, Neb. (AP) — One person is dead and another was injured in a highway crash in central Nebraska.

Authorities say 66-year-old Nancy Jackson of Ravenna was killed in the crash around 6:15 p.m. Thursday north of Pleasanton. James Psota, a 55-year-old man from Ord, was injured.

The crash occurred at the intersection of Highway 10 and 340th Road in Buffalo County. Authorities say Jackson was driving westbound on 340th Road in a 2007 Mazda sports utility vehicle. Psota was driving a 2013 Dodge Ram pickup northbound on Highway 10 when the vehicles collided in the intersection. No passengers were in either vehicle.

Authorities closed the intersection for four hours to investigate the crash. The Buffalo County attorney has ordered an autopsy for Jackson.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska activists are urging state officials to summon back the law enforcement officers who were sent to North Dakota to help respond to anti-pipeline protests.

Bold Nebraska organizers and activist Joseph Hams are planning to deliver 29,000 petition signatures to the governor’s residence on Monday. Protesters have gathered near Cannon Ball, North Dakota, to try to block construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Nebraska State Patrol troopers were sent at North Dakota’s request under a 50-state compact that allows states to support each other in an emergency.

Thirteen Nebraska State Patrol employees returned to the state from North Dakota earlier this month, but more were sent at North Dakota’s request. North Dakota is covering their costs.

The petition is directed at Gov. Pete Ricketts.

LOUP CITY, Neb. (AP) — A former Loup City teacher accused of placing spy cameras in a girls locker room been sentenced to up to 15 years in prison.

The Nebraska Attorney General’s says in a news release that 25-year-old Anthony Rahe was sentenced Friday to seven to 15 years for a series of convictions. Rahe was found guilty in September of felony manufacture of visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct. A month earlier, he pleaded no contest to an identical charge and two intrusion counts.

Prosecutors say Rahe on several occasions placed motion-activated cameras in the high school girl’s locker room. He then took the cameras home and uploaded the images to his stored files on a cloud drive.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A new report says Nebraska’s unemployment rate inched up a tenth of a point to 3.3 percent in October.

The Nebraska Department of Labor said Friday that the preliminary rate was well below the preliminary national rate of 4.9 percent. The national rate dropped one-tenth of a point, to 4.9 percent.

The U.S. Labor Department says New Hampshire and South Dakota had the nation’s lowest unemployment rates, with each at 2.8 percent. North Dakota’s rate unemployment rate was 3 percent, and Hawaii and Utah were tied at 3.2 percent. Nebraska, Massachusetts, and Vermont were tied at 3.3 percent. A year ago, Nebraska’s rate was 3 percent.

Nebraska Labor Commissioner John Albin says his state’s rate appears to be due to people re-entering the labor market to look for work.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Parts of northern and western Nebraska are seeing heavy snow in the season’s first storm.

The National Weather Service in Valley says parts of Knox County in northeast Nebraska had seen 6 to 8 inches of snow as of Friday morning.

Parts of western and central Nebraska saw snowfall totals of 6 inches. Snowfall was particularly heavy in Newport in Rock County and areas of Hooker County southwest of Mullen.

Ed Townsend, a weather service meteorologist in North Platte, says areas north of Valentine reported wind gusts of up to 43 mph, and Broken Bow experienced gusts of 49 mph. Overnight temperatures in northern Nebraska were expected to drop into the teens Friday night before rising into the mid-30s on Saturday.