OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Time to bring those plants in.

The National Weather Service has issued a freeze warning for much of the eastern half of Nebraska starting Wednesday night and southwestern to northeastern Iowa starting early Thursday morning.

The service says temperatures will fall into the upper 20s to lower 30s across the region, with mid 20s across portions of central Nebraska and central Iowa.

The service says the freeze — the first this fall — will mark the end of the growing season for crops and other cold-sensitive plants.

Temperatures are expected to climb back into the upper 50s and 60s on Thursday.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s prison system is struggling to deliver mental health services to inmates who need it.

Corrections officials told a legislative committee Wednesday that they’re still trying to fill nursing, psychology and psychiatry positions and face the same turnover problems that have plagued other parts of the department.

Assistant State Ombudsman Jerall Moreland says inmates are having difficulty getting access to treatment they need before completing their sentences.

Former state Sen. Steve Lathrop, an attorney for the committee, says roughly 1,100 of the 5,300 prisoners in Nebraska suffer from a serious mental illness, and many also have developmental disabilities. State law requires the corrections department to provide the same standard of care available outside of prison.

A new study questions the value of mammograms for breast cancer screening. It concludes that a woman is more likely to be diagnosed with a small tumor that is not destined to grow than she is to have a true problem spotted early.

Mammograms do catch deadly cancers and save lives. But they also find many early cancers that will never threaten health. Treatment has improved so much over the years that finding cancer early has become less important.

The study tracked tumor sizes before and after mammograms came into wide use, and what effect screening had on death rates. They conclude that two-thirds of the drop in mortality was due to better treatments, not early detection.

The study was published Wednesday by the New England Journal of Medicine.

SIDNEY, Neb. (AP) — Bass Pro Shops’ CEO has told Cabela’s employees that he won’t plant false hopes about their jobs after his company completes its purchase of Cabela’s but repeated earlier statements that some operations will stay in Sidney.

Last week’s $4.5 billion deal to sell Cabela’s has raised questions about the roughly 2,000 people the company employs at its Sidney headquarters. The combined headquarters will be in Springfield, Missouri.

Bass Pro CEO Johnny Morris told about Cabela’s 250 employees at a Sidney meeting Tuesday that there will be some “slimming down” but also said “important, significant jobs” will remain there. He didn’t provide details. A company spokesman said Wednesday that he couldn’t provide any either.

The company has committed to keeping open Cabela’s call centers in Grand Island, Kearney and North Platte.

DETROIT (AP) — The federal government is accusing an air bag parts maker of stonewalling an investigation into a fatal car crash, and is threatening a large fine over the lack of cooperation.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says in documents made public this week that ARC Automotive Inc. of Knoxville, Tennessee, has missed deadlines and failed to report crash information and test results as required by law.

Email and telephone messages left for ARC were not immediately returned.

The agency began seeking information in August after an ARC air bag inflator ruptured and killed a woman in Newfoundland, Canada. As many as 8 million ARC inflators are under scrutiny.

The investigation is separate from one that resulted in the recall of 69 million inflators in the U.S. made by Takata Corp.

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is launching a paid streaming music service, the latest entry in an increasingly crowded field.

Amazon Music Unlimited is being positioned to compete against existing services such as Spotify and Apple Music. It will cost $8 per month, or $80 a year, for members of Amazon’s $99-a-year Prime loyalty program. Non-Prime members will pay $10 a month, the same monthly fee charged by Spotify and Apple Music.

Owners of Amazon’s Echo smart speaker, meanwhile, will be able to get the unlimited music service on one device for $4 per month.

The steaming service is one more perk — like two-day free shipping and Amazon Video — that the Seattle-based company hopes will attract people to its Prime program and thus encourage them to spend more on its flagship site.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska think tank is launching a new campaign to highlight what it considers burdensome licensing requirements in a variety of professions.

The Platte Institute for Economic Research emphasized the issue Tuesday during a policy forum with entrepreneurs, state lawmakers and Gov. Pete Ricketts.

The group successfully lobbied last year to lift licensing restrictions on natural hair braiders, a proposal that won bipartisan support. On Tuesday, it pointed to massage therapy and nurse practitioners as examples of professions that have struggled because of state licensing rules.

Jim Vokal, the Platte Institute’s CEO, says the requirements create barriers to adding more jobs.

The group has also advocated for more contentious policies, such as income tax reforms and charter schools.

NEW YORK (AP) — McDonald’s says Ronald McDonald is keeping a low profile with reports of creepy clown sightings on the rise.

McDonald’s Corp. said Tuesday that it is being “thoughtful in respect to Ronald McDonald’s participation in community events” as a result of the “current climate around clown sightings in communities.” The company did not provide any other details about how often its red-haired mascot makes appearances, and how that will change.

The burger chain’s decision comes after a rash of pranks around the country that have involved eerie clown sightings. The reports have forced police in some areas to respond.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Activists and Nebraska lawmakers are once again at odds over whether the state should stop beer sales on the border of a South Dakota Indian reservation where alcohol is banned.

Activists implored state senators Tuesday to close the four beer stores in Whiteclay, a town with a dozen residents that sold the equivalent of 3.5 million cans of beer last year near the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

Lawmakers convened a hearing at the request of Sen. Patty Pansing Brooks of Lincoln, who is looking for ways to reduce alcohol-related problems in Whiteclay. Pansing Brooks says she supports closing the stores but wants to find other solutions in case that doesn’t happen.

Some senators say closing the stores isn’t a realistic option because the stores could challenge the action in court.