BELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) — Substandard diving boards are being removed from an Omaha suburb’s municipal pools.

The dive envelopes — the size and depth of the diving areas — at the Bellevue pools don’t meet state Department of Health and Human Services standards. Public works director Jeff Roberts says the problem surfaced during surveying of the swimming pools for future modifications.

Roberts says the pools are 8 to 12 inches shallower than they should be and the shape of Bellevue’s pools also is an issue.

Bellevue’s five pools were built in the 1960s and 1970s. The city has been looking at ways to improve its pools since a 2013 report found that the pools were leaking and didn’t comply with federal disability laws.

FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — Fremont will pay for a study of water and sewer services at a proposed chicken plant site despite opponents’ arguments that doing so violates state law.

The City Council voted Tuesday night to spend nearly $200,000 for the study, which city officials say will focus on extending services to the site selected by Costco Wholesale. City utilities manager Brian Newton said if the payment violates a law, the city will just bill Costco.

But Jane Kleeb, founder of the activist group Bold Nebraska, says governments can’t spend taxpayer money and plan on getting reimbursed. She says the company should pay up front.

Opponents have raised concerns about the plant’s potential impact on schools and housing. Backers have said the plant would create 1,100 new jobs.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Police say a taxi driver was assaulted by a passenger in Lincoln.

Lincoln police Officer Katie Flood says that the 27-year-old driver was trying to drop off a passenger early Monday when the passenger began to argue over the $15 fare. According to Flood, the driver told police that the passenger punched him in the back of the head and the two struggled outside of the car.

Witnesses called police. Flood says the driver was taken to a hospital with injuries, including a gash to the head.

Police say the passenger has not been cited.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A new gun club in the Omaha area is focusing on an atypical group of people: women.

The Well Armed Woman was started in Arizona as a shooting business and organization for females several years ago. It now boasts 280 clubs and 40,000 members across the U.S.

Papillion resident Patricia Harrold worked to open a chapter in the Omaha metro area. She says an informational meeting in April drew about 80 prospective members.

The club serves as a resource providing products and information for women interested in the firearms industry, which is typically male-dominated.

Harrold says she was drawn to the club because she wanted to learn how to defend herself after her husband’s death in 2012.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — What’s being called Nebraska’s first commercial solar energy project is expected to begin tracking the sun and delivering some of its power by June 20.

The Enerparc project will be able to output about 3.6 megawatts, enough to power around 900 Lincoln homes. It sits on a 46-acre parcel on the west side of the capital city.

Lincoln Electric System has a 20-year contract to buy the power, with a five-year extension option.

The utility has declined to say how much it will pay for the electricity or how the rate will compare to the cost of fossil fuel-produced electricity or other renewable sources such as wind. Enerparc has said the project is costing $8.9 million.