LA VISTA, Neb. (AP) — Federal safety regulators are proposing $70,000 in penalties against an Omaha-area builder for safety violations.

The U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration said in a news release Tuesday that it is proposing the penalties against R&M Equipt LLC, of La Vista. The agency says citations were issued last week after inspectors saw four of the company’s employees working on Feb. 5 at heights greater than 10 feet without adequate fall protection.

Company owner Matt Myers said Wednesday that the work violations were immediately rectified and that he and his company are working with OSHA on resolving the complaint.

MADISON, Neb. (AP) — A woman accused of kidnapping her newborn son from a Norfolk hospital has taken a plea deal.

Court records say 34-year-old Lacee Tuttle, of Pierce, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Madison County District Court to felony violation of a child custody order and misdemeanor child abuse or neglect. Prosecutors dropped a kidnapping count in exchange for Tuttle’s pleas. Her sentencing hearing is scheduled for Oct. 24.

Authorities say she took her 2-day-old son from Faith Regional Health Services on July 10, triggering a statewide Amber Alert. The baby and Tuttle were found hours later.

Authorities say Tuttle tested positive for methamphetamine and marijuana while at the hospital, which is why custody was given to a state agency.

WALNUT, Iowa (AP) — A highway bridge in western Iowa has been dedicated as a memorial to a slain Omaha police officer.

The Interstate 80 bridge that carries traffic into Walnut has been named the Kerri Orozco Bridge. A scholarship fund also was announced at the bridge dedication ceremony Tuesday.

Orozco was fatally wounded on May 20, 2015, when Marcus Wheeler opened fire on officers who were trying to arrest him. Wheeler was killed when another officer returned fire. Orozco was one day away from going on maternity leave to care for the daughter she had delivered prematurely three months earlier.

Orozco and her family lived in Council Bluffs, and she was a native of Walnut.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The chairman of the Omaha community college board has stepped down from the position but is still resisting calls for his resignation from the board.

Fred Conley resigned the chairmanship of the Metropolitan Community College Board of Governors at a special meeting Tuesday.

The U.S. Department of Education has threatened to withhold student aid and other federal funding from the college if Conley remains on the board because the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development issued an order prohibiting the federal government from doing business with Conley. HUD officials have said Conley didn’t disclose a potential conflict of interest while serving on the Omaha Housing Authority board.

The college board voted July 26 to ask Conley to leave the board. He’s refused but has said he won’t seek re-election.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Republican majority of the Lincoln City Council has passed an altered version of the mayor’s proposed recycling ordinance.

The ordinance passed Monday eliminates the landfill ban on paper and cardboard that supporters of Mayor Chris Beutler’s (BYTE’-lur) proposal say is imperative to boosting the recycling rate.

The new ordinance retains a requirement that waste haulers offer curbside recycling and give the city data about the number of customers and pounds of material diverted from the landfill.

Councilman Trent Fellers, a Republican and author of the new version of the recycling ordinance, says his proposal moves Lincoln’s recycling forward.

Mayoral aide Jon Carlson says that a landfill ban on paper and cardboard is what drives a higher recycling rate and that without the ban, the ordinance loses effect.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Veterans Affairs Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System is out of the nuclear business after entering the atomic age with its small-scale reactor nearly six decades ago.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission terminated the operating license for the Alan J. Blotcky Reactor Facility, effective Monday. The facility had run in the basement of Omaha’s VA Medical Center for more than 40 years.

VA researchers used the reactor primarily for neutron activation of biological samples from 1959 to 2001. The facility was also used to train operators of the Fort Calhoun nuclear plant.

Soon after 9/11, it was shut down because of security concerns. Last year, the VA spent $1.3 million to dismantle what was left of the reactor, in addition to $5.9 million spent in 2001 and 2002.

WEST POINT, Neb. (AP) — The vacant meat plant in West Point may soon be processing pet products.

United Pet Products is taking over the former Wimmer’s and Land O’Frost plant. United Pet Products will handle treats such as dog bones, jerky and chews.

More than 100 people turned out for a hiring fair Saturday morning. Around 70 workers are being sought.

United Pet co-owner Troy Becker says plant operations should begin Aug. 15.

Land O’Frost bought the Wimmer’s plant in 2012 and closed it May 1, 2015, eliminating jobs for 127 employees.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The board of an Omaha community college is expected to vote Tuesday on stripping the chairmanship from one of its members.

The U.S. Department of Education has threatened to withhold student aid and other federal funding from Metropolitan Community College if Fred Conley remains on the board because the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development issued an order prohibiting the federal government from doing business with Conley. HUD officials have said Conley didn’t disclose a potential conflict of interest while serving on the Omaha Housing Authority board.

The college Board of Governors voted July 26 to ask Conley to leave the board, which he’s refused to do. He did say, however, that he won’t seek re-election this fall. The board has no power to remove him from the board.

LA VISTA, Neb. (AP) — Police say one person is dead and another is seriously injured after being struck by a train while walking on a trestle in Sarpy County.

La Vista police say three men were walking on a train trestle over a creek Monday night when they were hit.

One person fell off and was pronounced dead at the scene. Another was taken to a hospital by helicopter, and a third was apparently uninjured and was being interviewed by police.

The newspaper reports the train was with BNSF Railway and was headed west.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a 24-year-old Iowa man has died in a north-central Omaha crash.

The crash occurred around 2:20 a.m. Sunday. Witnesses say a speeding eastbound vehicle went out of control, crossed the westbound lanes and struck a parked pickup, a fence and a utility pole. The driver was ejected through the windshield.

The driver was pronounced dead at the scene. Police identified him as Bernard Brame, who lived in Council Bluffs, Iowa.