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Sex offender gets jail in Lincoln County

David Eyten

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) – A 26-year-old man has been given 60 days in jail for failing to properly register in Lincoln County as a sex offender. North Platte television station KNOP says David Eyten pleaded guilty on Tuesday. He was given credit for 37 days already served. Eyten had been convicted of sexual assault of a child in Custer County in 2004. Eyten filed late with authorities earlier this year and gave the wrong address when he moved into the Lincoln Connection Homeless Shelter after being released from prison. He’d been serving time for his role in a theft ring in 2010.

Big crowds create parking problem at Nebraska fair

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) – As the second Nebraska State Fair at its Fonner Park location in Grand Island was winding down, officials were looking ahead at solving problems for next year. Atop the list was transportation and parking. With nice weather abounding and a Willie Nelson concert on the schedule, fairgoers soon filled overflow lots on Sunday. State Fair Board chairperson Jana Kruger says the JBS Swift Plant let fairgoers use shuttles from its big parking lot. But fairgoers complained about waiting lines for shuttles and about the lines at the fair entry gates. Kruger says the crush of people was a great problem to have. But Kruger also says the parking and transportation problems will be worked on so they won’t recur next year. The fair run ended on Monday.

A very mild week of weather ahead!

Courtesy National Weather Service

Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. South wind around 10 mph.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. South southeast wind between 5 and 8 mph becoming calm.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Calm wind becoming south southeast between 4 and 7 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 50. East southeast wind between 3 and 5 mph.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 77. East southeast wind between 3 and 8 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 49.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77.

Missing Neb. inmates arrested in Hitchcock County

McCOOK, Neb. (AP) – Two Nebraska inmates assigned to the Work Ethic Camp in McCook have been arrested after leaving the facility without permission. A camp official told KHGI-TV that 20-year-olds Nicholas Fleuren and Daniel Source-Wade were reported missing late Saturday evening and were picked up Sunday morning in Hitchcock County. Fleuren is serving time for a criminal intent charge out of Douglas County. State records don’t list the length of his sentence. Source-Wade is serving one to two years for burglary and escape out of Douglas County.

Colorado woman dies in Nebraska crash on I-80

MAXWELL, Neb. (AP) – Authorities say a 69-year-old Colorado woman has been killed in an accident on Interstate 80 in western Nebraska.  North Platte television station KNOP reports that the woman was driving west when she lost control over her sport utility vehicle, crashing a little before 3 p.m. Monday. The accident occurred about a mile from Maxwell. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene. She was identified as Jane Robertson, of Longmont, Colo. The Nebraska State Patrol says it’s still unclear how many other people were in the SUV, but no other fatalities have been reported.

Hall County accuses man of stealing grave markers

Hall County Sheriff's Office

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) – A 40- year-old man has been arrested in Hall County, accused of stealing grave vases and copper markers from the graves of veterans. The Grand Island Independent reports that Omer Butler faces felony and misdemeanor charges for the thefts last month. Butler has also been charged with obstructing a police officer for an incident in July and two counts of trespassing for incidents in June Court records don’t list a home address for Butler but say he has a Georgia driver’s license. Butler remained in Hall County custody on Monday. His attorney didn’t return a call from The Associated Press. Hall County Sheriff’s Capt. Jim Castleberry told The Independent that deputies can’t determine where the markers came from because the markers list only the wars the veterans served in.

Cause of deadly Seward plane crash being sought (Update)

SEWARD, Neb. (AP) – A federal investigator doesn’t expect a quick answer to the question facing him: What caused the fatal plane crash near Seward airport in southeastern Nebraska? The crash of the Christen Eagle II biplane into a cornfield Sunday morning killed 58-year-old Jeff Clausen, of Lincoln, and 56-year-old Mark Pearson, of Plymouth. At a news conference Monday, National Transportation Safety Board investigator Tim LeBaron said he’d spent much of Labor Day the crash site near Seward Municipal Airport. LeBaron says he expects to have some information available in about a week, but his full investigation could take six months. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that Pearson had just bought the plane and was flying it under the instruction of Clausen, who was director of operations for Lincoln’s Silverhawk Aviation.

Omaha girl treated for S.T.D.’s after finding condom at school

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – A 6-year-old girl has undergone a battery of
tests and precautionary treatment after finding a condom on her
school playground and, thinking it was a balloon, put it in her
mouth.
The incident happened Wednesday outside Lothrop Magnet Center
in northeast Omaha.
Omaha Public Schools spokeswoman Luanne Nelson says several
children found the condom, but only the girl handled it. Nelson
says a school nurse cleaned the girl’s mouth and hands, and then
called the girl’s father.
The girl’s parents took her to a doctor. She spent several hours
undergoing tests and receiving a shot for sexually transmitted
diseases as a precaution.
Nelson says it’s not known whether the condom had been used, but
that it was sent to a hospital for testing.

Pregnant woman sues Nebraska for unborn child aid

DHHS

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – A pregnant woman who was denied medical assistance because of her immigration status is suing the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, claiming that her unborn child is entitled to the benefit even if she isn’t. Sarah Roe, a 33-year-old mother of three, filed the lawsuit late last week in Lancaster County District Court. The lawsuit says Roe has received prenatal care at her own expense sporadically throughout her pregnancy. Roe, who is about 9 months pregnant, filed for benefits under Nebraska’s medical assistance program in April. According to the lawsuit, her application was denied in June. Roe concedes in the lawsuit that she is an “ineligible alien” for purposes of the program. But she says her unborn child is eligible under the Nebraska Medical Assistance Act.

Dozens of rainbow trout die at west Nebraska lake

OGALLALA, Neb. (AP) – Authorities say a lack of oxygen has killed dozens of rainbow trout in western Nebraska’s Lake Ogallala.  Nebraska Game and Parks Commission biologist Darrol Eichner told North Platte television station KNOP there’s a lack of oxygen in water near the lake bottom. Eichner believes the spillway that releases water from Lake McConaughey into Lake Ogallala is the problem. The mechanics of the release mechanism doesn’t allow much air to mix with the water as it is discharged from a gate at the bottom of the outlet chamber. Thus the fish aren’t getting as much oxygen in the water as they need. He says the fish kill has happened four or five times since the early 1980s and usually occurs in in late August and extends into September.

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