SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb. (AP) — A Sioux City, Iowa, man has pleaded not guilty to assaulting two men with his sport utility vehicle in Nebraska, causing one man to lose part of his left leg.

47-year-old Ruben Vela entered the plea Thursday at his arraignment in Dakota County District Court. He’s been charged with first- and second-degree assault, failure to stop at the scene of an injury accident and two counts of criminal mischief.

Prosecutors say Vela argued with other men on June 6 at a South Sioux City hotel. Authorities say he then drove his SUV into a parked car, forcing it against a hotel wall and pinning two men standing behind the car. One of the men had to have his lower left leg amputated.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A Council Bluffs woman has been arrested after police say she viciously beat her husband with a snow globe.

Officers responded to a report of a disturbance around 5:30 a.m. Thursday. When they arrived, they found 29-year-old Christopher Evens bloodied and bruised.

Police say he and his wife, 35-year-old Jennifer Evens, had been arguing when she picked up as snow globe and began bashing him on the head with it. Police say she didn’t stop, even after breaking the globe on her husband’s face, causing cuts to the left side of his body. He was treated at an Omaha, Nebraska, hospital.

Jennifer Evans was being held at the Pottawattamie County Jail on $5,000 bond on Thursday and could not be reached for comment.

FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — Fremont officials are suggesting that residents boil their tap water or use bottled water until further notice.

City utilities manager Brian Newton said the notice follows a series of thunderstorms and lightning strikes late Wednesday and early Thursday that knocked out power to emergency backup generators to the water treatment facility. The power outage caused a brief loss of pressure, which could have led to contamination.

Newton says water test results are expected Friday, and he’s hoping they’ll show the water to be safe for consumption. The Fremont State Recreation Area is included, as the area uses city water.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lincoln police are investigating the fatal shooting of a convenience store clerk during an early morning robbery.

The robbery was reported around 1:30 a.m. Thursday at a Kwik Shop near 14th and Adams streets in Lincoln.

Officers arrived at the store about two miles north of downtown within a minute of getting the call.

A bystander who arrived at the store just after the robbery was provided first aid to the wounded clerk. Officers took over and started perfoming CPR but the clerk died roughly ten minutes later.

Police searched the area around the store, but no arrests had been made as of Thursday morning.

Lincoln Police Chief Jeff Bliemeister says it has been at least 10 years since someone was killed during a convenience store robbery

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa casino supervisor, dealer and patron are charged with conspiring to cheat at roulette and split thousands of dollars in illicit winnings.

A criminal complaint alleges the trio carried out the scheme on several occasions in February and March at the Horseshoe Casino in Council Bluffs. In all, they allegedly split between $20,000 and $30,000 in earnings.

The conspiracy involved moving and adding additional chips to winning numbers, accepting late bets and placing additional wagers for guests.

But it unraveled after a player noticed the cheating and complained to casino management, which alerted the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation.

The DCI said that roulette supervisor Jonathan Rumery, dealer Jonathan Waugh and player Cody Schroeder have been arrested. All three face felony charges.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A western Iowa bridge over Interstate 80 may soon be renamed to honor a slain Omaha police officer who grew up nearby in Walnut, Iowa.

Pottawattamie County Board voted Tuesday to approve calling the bridge into Walnut as the Officer Kerrie Orozco Memorial Bridge.

The Walnut City Council must approve the move before signs can be installed.

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.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A longtime Lincoln firefighter has died after battling brain cancer that was linked to his job.

Dave Luedtke died Sunday at his home.

Interim Fire Chief Tim Linke says he’ll always remember the 51-year-old Leudtke’s dry sense of humor and dedication.

Leudtke began his firefighting career in 1987 and served at several Lincoln stations.

Luedtke’s cancer is considered linked to his work because he was exposed to known carcinogens as a firefighter.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A federal jury has awarded $28.1 million to six people who were wrongfully convicted in an 1985 rape and slaying in southeast Nebraska.

The jury’s verdict against Gage County and several of the officials who carried out the investigation was announced Wednesday.

The six people who sued — James Dean, Kathleen Gonzalez, Debra Shelden, Ada JoAnn Taylor, Joseph White and Thomas Winslow — were wrongly convicted of killing Helen Wilson in Beatrice and served a combined 77 years in prison before DNA testing cleared them in 2008. They’ve become known as the Beatrice Six.

The first trial last year ended in a mistrial.