OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A former Winnebago Tribal Council member has pleaded guilty to his role in stealing from the tribe’s casino in Iowa.

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

As part of his plea agreement with prosecutors in U.S. District Court in Omaha, Payer admits only to misapplying funds belonging to an Indian gaming establishment. Conspiracy and other charges against him will be dropped if the court accepts the plea agreement.

Prosecutors have recommended that Payer be sentenced to five years of probation and be ordered to repay any money he illegally obtained from the casino.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police say medics broke out a window in a sweltering van to save a 3-year-old child, and the driver has been cited for child neglect.

Police say a woman called 911 Monday morning after hearing the child crying in the van in a northeast Omaha neighborhood. Police say medics first on the scene broke out a window to pull the child out. Police say the temperature inside the van was 115 degrees. The child was taken to a hospital.

Police say the driver of the van had picked up the child and others that morning to drop off at her sister’s Bellevue day care. She says she returned home and locked up the van after looking in her rearview mirror and not seeing any children.

OMAHA, Nebraska (AP) — Voters in Omaha are not just deciding the city’s mayor, but whether a Democrat who opposes abortion rights can give the party some hope in the conservative heartland.

Democrats around the country have focused on their party’s candidate Heath Mello, some looking to the 37-year-old former state senator as an independent future party leader and others shaking their heads at his anti-abortion record.

In that way, the election Tuesday in this mid-sized Midwestern city has become a symbol for the out-of-power party’s struggle for the way forward after crushing defeat across the country last year.

Mello faces incumbent Republican Jean Stothert, a 63-year-old Republican elected in 2013.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — A man has been given three days in jail and three years of probation for a crash death in Hall County.

37-year-old Jeremiah Roberts, of Ravenna (ruh-VEH’-nuh), was sentenced Friday for misdemeanor vehicular homicide.

The accident occurred about 5:30 a.m. Jan. 21, 2016, on Nebraska Highway 2, about 4 miles (7 kilometers) southeast of Cairo (KAY’-roh). The Hall County Sheriff’s Department says Roberts was headed east on Highway 2 when he lost control of his sport utility vehicle on the slippery roadway and struck an oncoming car.

The car driver was pronounced dead at the scene. The department identified him as 43-year-old Leopoldo Martinez.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — The western Iowa sheriff’s deputy who was killed during a jail escape is being remembered for the way he treated everyone with respect.

Hundreds of law enforcement officers filled the floor of an arena Monday in Council Bluffs to honor Pottawattamie County Deputy Mark Burbridge. Burbridge was fatally wounded last Monday when an inmate returning from court grabbed a gun and shot Burbridge and another deputy. He was captured after a police chase in nearby Omaha, Nebraska.

Burbridge’s three children shared memories of him and his regular trips to auto parts stores so he could fix up his beloved classic cars.

Daughter Karley Burbridge says her dad was her hero not just for his work protecting the community but also for protecting her from the monsters under her bed.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — The western Iowa sheriff’s deputy who was fatally wounded in a jail escape last week will be laid to rest on Monday.

The funeral for Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Deputy Mark Burbridge will be 10 a.m. Monday at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa. It will be open to the public.

Afterward, more than 1,000 law enforcement vehicles are expected to escort Burbridge’s body back to the funeral home. Some mourners are expected to line up along the procession route to pay their respects to Burbridge.

Police say Wesley Correa-Carmenaty was being transported to the Council Bluffs jail after sentencing last Monday when he attacked Burbridge and another deputy, grabbed one of their guns and shot them before fleeing in a jail van. He was recaptured in neighboring Omaha, Nebraska.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln woman has been charged with misdemeanor motor vehicle homicide in a fatal December crash in Grand Island.

35-year-old Sheri Jindra was charged on Friday for the Dec. 11 crash that killed 41-year-old Melissa Brown, of Grand Island.

Grand Island police say Brown was driving an SUV east on Husker Highway when she was hit by Jindra’s southbound minivan. Police say Jindra ran a red light.

Rescue crews found Brown unresponsive at the scene, and she was later pronounced dead at a hospital. Brown’s husband, a passenger in the SUV, received minor injuries.

Jindra is scheduled to be arraigned on Wednesday in Hall County Court. If convicted, she faces up to a year in jail.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska State Patrol investigator has been accused of stealing ammunition from the patrol’s facility in Omaha.

44-year-old Christopher Kober, of Bellevue, was arrested Friday and has been charged with felony theft. If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison.

A patrol news release says Kober has been a trooper since 1994 and is on unpaid leave. Court documents say Kober’s wife called police to report the ammunition in their home.

An attorney for Kober, Clarence Mock, tells the newspaper that Kober did take ammunition from the patrol’s facility, but that it was the regular practice of troopers to take ammunition. He says officers would use it “for personal use” and for “improving their skills.”

Kober is free on bond.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A new violence-prevention program in Omaha aims to show youth what happens to gunshot victims inside the emergency room.

Dusk to Dawn is a collaboration between the Omaha Police Department, Boys & Girls Clubs and the anti-violence group YouTurn Omaha. The free program was announced during a press conference Monday.

Dr. Charity Evans, a trauma surgeon with the Nebraska Medical Center, says she hopes teens in the program listen to what happened to other teens involved in violence and learn decisions have consequences and know how to defuse tense situations.

Dusk to Dawn will be held monthly with up to 15 students. The program began with a $100,000 grant from the University of Nebraska Medical Center, but will need more funding to continue.