HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska company is the first in the United States to send beef to Israel in more than a decade.

Nebraska officials gathered in Hastings Thursday to congratulate WR Reserve, which is sending the first shipment of American beef to Israel since a 13-year ban was lifted earlier this year. WR Reserve is the only American kosher beef processing plant approved by the Israeli government.

Reserve manager Fischel Ziegelheim says shipments will start with 200 head of Angus cattle a week. He says that with this production addition, the company is looking to expand operations by adding 100 jobs and acquiring a nearby unused building in Hastings.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Six people from Iowa and one from Nebraska will serve shorter prison sentences after President Barack Obama granted them clemency.

Most of the 72 offenders in Friday’s announcement committed drug crimes considered nonviolent.

Justin Border, of Davenport, will serve 14 of 20 years and ZoAnn Brown, of Rowan, will have served about 11 of her 24-year sentence when she’s released in 2018.

Martin Godbersen, of Sioux City, will serve about 12 years of his nearly 19-year sentence. Mandy Martinson, of Mason City, had about four years knocked off her 15-year sentence.

Michael Lee Roth, of Primghar, and Juan Carlos Munoz, of South Sioux City, Nebraska, will each serve 15 of their 20-year sentences.

Obama has granted 944 people clemency, more than the previous 11 presidents combined.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating a southwestern Nebraska produce company after learning one of the company’s workers was killed on the job last week.

56-year-old Michael Nelson was hospitalized Oct. 24 after being hit in the head by a metal beam while helping move potatoes at his job at Frenchman Valley Produce in Wallace. OSHA says it learned that Nelson died from head injuries on Oct. 27. The agency said Frenchman Valley did not report his death to OSHA as required.

A woman who answered the phone at Frenchman Valley Produce in Imperial said no one was available early Thursday afternoon to comment. She refused to take a message.

BROKEN BOW, Neb. (AP) — A sentencing hearing has been delayed for a woman convicted in the 2013 death of her nephew in Broken Bow.

The attorney for 26-year-old Brittney Pryce sought the delay because Pryce is undergoing a 90-day evaluation. The attorney also is seeking a new trial, based on what he says is new evidence about Pryce’s mental condition.

The judge set a new sentencing date of Dec. 15 and ordered a Nov. 10 hearing on trial motion.

Authorities say 20-month-old Noah Pryce suffered a fatal head injury in November 2013 while in a car with Pryce and Pryce’s mother, Diane Hill. Both women were initially charged with second-degree murder. The case against Hill was dismissed. Pryce later was convicted of child abuse resulting in death.

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is seeking information on vandalism at Lake McConaughy State Recreation Area.

The Martin Bay RV dump station was damaged beyond repair sometime between the night of Oct. 15 and Oct. 16. There are no suspects at this time.

A vehicle had illegally driven off-road up the bank at the back of Martin Bay over the top of the dump station’s septic tanks. The vehicle got stuck and then caused the damage while trying to get unstuck.

The dump station cannot be repaired because of its age and Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality regulations. It will be replaced with a system that meets current standards and regulations. The required design and construction of the replacement could take a year or more to complete.

Anyone with any information about the incident should contact Conservation Officer Scott Eveland at 308-289-0017. For more information, contact Park Superintendent Colby Johnson at 308-289-6955.

MITCHELL, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a driver has been killed in Nebraska Panhandle crash.

The crash was reported around 2:45 a.m. Tuesday on a county road about three miles southeast of Mitchell. The Scotts Bluff County Sheriff’s Office says the man’s vehicle was speeding east and ran off the road when he was unable to handle a 90-degree curve.

He was pronounced dead at the scene. The Sheriff’s Office identified him as 49-year-old Mark Faircloth, who lived in Scottsbluff.