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Ex-school superintendent, wife under federal indictment

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A former Santee Community Schools superintendent and his wife are under federal indictment, accused of theft.

A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted both 61-year-old Paul Sellon and his wife, 54-year-old Sue Ann Sellon on suspicion of theft of government money between 2010 and 2014 and making false statements to the U.S. Education Department. Paul Sellon is also accused of receipt of a bribe and 10 counts of wire fraud.

Paul Sellon had already been charged in federal court with theft of $314,000 from a federal program, but a judge allowed him to withdraw his guilty plea earlier this month. The judge expressed concerns about the plea agreement where the government agreed not to file charges against Sellon’s wife if he pleaded guilty.

2 arrested in case of missing pregnant woman; baby found

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Fargo police have arrested two people in connection to a missing pregnant woman and a newborn baby being found in an apartment building where she was last seen.

Police Chief David Todd released a statement early Friday saying a 32-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit kidnapping. Formal charges are pending.

The missing woman, 22-year-old Savanna Greywind, was last seen at her apartment Saturday afternoon. Authorities found a newborn in an apartment in the building Thursday but haven’t said whether Greywind is the baby’s mother.

The two suspects are Greywind’s neighbors. Todd says Greywind had gone to the apartment to help with a sewing project before disappearing.

Mutual of Omaha execs mull move to new downtown office

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Mutual of Omaha executives are considering moving to a new home office in downtown Omaha.

Chief Executive James Blackledge told the Omaha World-Herald Thursday that there’s no definite plan, location or timetable but also said a decision could come “in the not-too-distant future.”

The new headquarters wouldn’t be far from Mutual’s midtown office, which sits 33 blocks west of the Missouri River. The iconic structure was built in phases, and its dark tower is adorned at the top with the company’s Indian head logo.

About three-quarters of the 109-year-old company’s 5,300 employees work in Omaha. Blackledge says Mutual has added 500 jobs in the past 3½ years.

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Seward lifts restrictions on drinking water

SEWARD, Neb. (AP) — Seward has lifted restrictions on drinking water, now that health officials have determined the water is safe.

The city made the announcement Wednesday afternoon.

The water system lost pressure and integrity after a water main broke under an area flooded by the Big Blue River. Officials were concerned about contaminants entering the system, so they posted the warnings.

The system repairs have been made, and state officials say water samples submitted Monday and Tuesday tested out safe to drink.

4-year-old left on school bus at Nebraska district bus barn

HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska school district is reviewing its policies after a 4-year-old girl was left unattended on a bus at the district’s bus garage.

The girl didn’t get off the bus for her preschool Tuesday at Hawthorne Elementary School, in Hastings.

Hastings Public Schools Superintendent Craig Kautz says the girl stayed on the bus and rode back to the facility where buses are housed. She got off the bus after the driver left. A passer-by saw the girl outside the facility and called 911. Authorities eventually took her to the school.

Kautz and police spokesman Brian Hessler said Thursday that they haven’t determined how long the girl was outside the facility before she was seen.

Man returns to Nebraska town that cared for him as orphan

SEWARD, Neb. (AP) — A boy orphaned at 3 by a Nebraska car accident has returned as a man to the town that cared for him and the people who haven’t forgotten him.

Ron Rissel was a child in 1965 when he and his family got into an accident driving home to Pennsylvania. Five people died including Rissel’s parents.

More than 50 years later, Rissel has returned to visit Seward, a town that had taken care of him for about six weeks after the accident until he was healthy enough to return to Pennsylvania.

People such as nurses and community service members who cared for him gathered Sunday at the Seward Civic Center to reminisce about Rissel’s stay. Rissel says the visit helps “close a chapter.”

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La Vista woman sentenced to prison for sex act with boy

PAPILLION, Neb. (AP) — A 33-year-old La Vista woman has been sentenced to prison for sexual abuse of a teenage boy.

Michelle Monasmith was sentenced Wednesday in Sarpy County District Court to 10 to 20 years in prison.

Prosecutors say Monasmith performed a sex act on the 15-year-old boy.

Police learned of the crime when the boy’s father found photos on the boy’s phone of Monasmith in various stages of undress.

Ex-Omaha gymnastics coach has bail set in child porn case

Bryce Fogg

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 27-year-old former gymnastics coach accused of secretly capturing images of girls and women has had his bail set at $500,000.

Prosecutors say Bryce Fogg photographed and videotaped females without their knowledge while he worked at a gym in Omaha. Police reports say he’d recorded images of a 14-year-old girl and 22-year-old woman in “private compromising positions” without their consent.

He was arrested in July in Emporia, Kansas, where he’d moved for another coaching job.

Fogg now faces two counts of visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct of a child.

His preliminary hearing has been set for Sept. 25.

Nebraska woman pleads guilty to stealing from manufacturer

PENDER, Neb. (AP) — A woman has pleaded guilty to stealing from her employer in northeast Nebraska.

Court records say 36-year-old Hollie Koopman is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 4 on one misdemeanor and two felony counts of theft, which occurred from 2009 into 2016.

The records say Koopman’s already agreed to pay $100,000 in restitution to Emerson Manufacturing in Pender. Court records say she used Emerson’s money to pay credit card bills and make personal purchases.

Former tribal leader gets probation for casino theft

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A former council member for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska has been given probation for theft from the tribe’s Iowa casino.

Court records say 70-year-old Louis Houghton was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Omaha to five years of probation. He also was ordered to pay back $36,500 to the tribe.

Houghton is one of nine former council members accused of a conspiracy to siphon more than $327,000 from the WinnaVegas Casino in Sloan, Iowa.

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