OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The first class of seniors from an eastern Nebraska school will graduate this month.

Six students of Cornerstone Christian School in Bellevue will graduate May 24.

The school, which was started in 1984, isn’t tied to a specific church — its staff and students represent more than 65 churches in the area. The school expanded from its K-8 roots by adding a freshman class in 2011.

The senior class compares their experience with being the oldest child in the family. One of the graduates, Marcus Hilding, joked that their class is the “guinea pig” and the ones who set examples for students in lower grades.

Last weekend, the school held its first prom.

NORFOLK, Neb. (AP) — Officials say Nebraska Livestock Sales of Norfolk has suspended its summer schedule.

Jim Barta owns the operation, and he said Monday that, “due to the declining number of cattle in the area, we are going to go with seasonal sales at the livestock market.”

Sales recently were cut to two days a week from three.

In March 2006 the market was sold by the Emrich family and Don Balfany of Norfolk to the Barta family, of Fremont. The Bartas own other livestock markets, including Nebraska Livestock Sales operations in Alma, Blue Hill, Ericson, O’Neill and Tecumseh.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A gay teacher whose Omaha Catholic school contract is not being renewed has found a new job.

According to local media reports, Matthew Eledge, an English teacher and speech coach, will join the Millard North High School faculty next school year. An online petition in support of Eledge says officials at Skutt Catholic High School decided to not renew his contract after learning he was engaged to his same-sex partner. The school’s decision prompted the petition by school alumni to end what they saw as discriminatory employment practice.

Deacon Tim McNeil with the Archdiocese of Omaha said the teacher’s contract was not renewed because he was in breach of the code of conduct and morality clause all teachers are required to agree to.

YANKTON, S.D. (AP) — Two 23-year-old Nebraska residents who became stranded on a South Dakota lake for nearly four hours are expected to make a full recovery from hypothermia.

Daniel Deanda and Dulce Vite of South Sioux City, Nebraska, were in Yankton for a family gathering Sunday and trying out a new personal watercraft on Lewis and Clark Lake. They said water conditions quickly deteriorated when the wind picked up.

The watercraft flipped in the water and they were unable to get it restarted. They tried swimming for shore but were swamped by waves. They eventually were found by rescuers alerted by their family members.

Vite was released from the hospital Monday. Deanda was still being treated with antibiotics to stave off bacterial infection.

O’NEILL, Neb. (AP) — A 26-year-old Atkinson convicted of killing his infant son has been given 20 to 40 years in prison.

Michael Schroeder was sentenced on Monday in Holt County District Court. In March he’d pleaded no contest to intentional child abuse resulting in death. Prosecutors dropped a second charge in return for Schroeder’s plea.

A court affidavit filed by an Atkinson police officer said Schroeder’s son, Kalium Ebsens, was taken to West Holt Memorial Hospital on Oct. 26 after he was found unresponsive. The almost 9-month-old boy was then flown to an Omaha hospital, where he died a few days later.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say initial search efforts didn’t turn up the body of a missing University of Nebraska-Lincoln student believed to have fallen into a creek and been swept away in strong currents.

Lincoln officials say a nine-hour search Wednesday that spanned from Lincoln to the Platte River east of Ashland turned up nothing but debris. Crews began combing the area after a local business released security footage of a woman believed to be 30-year-old Anwesha Dey falling into Antelope Creek and being carried away.

Dey was last seen leaving a friend’s house May 3.

Lincoln Fire and Rescue Battalion Chief Eric Jones said recent flooding “increased the area that needed to be looked at tenfold.” The search was suspended at 5 p.m. Wednesday.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Officials say an inmate at the Nebraska State Penitentiary died last month.

52-year-old John Loeffler died April 22 at a Lincoln hospital.

A news release posted on the Department of Correctional Services’ website five days after his death says he was taken to the hospital after being found unresponsive in his cell on April 20.

Loeffler had been in prison since 1992 after being convicted of robbery and use of a firearm to commit a felony in Douglas County. He had a tentative release date of Dec. 15, 2016.

A grand jury will investigate the death, as is required when someone dies in custody.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Organizers of a struggling Lincoln motocross park hope that a possible $222,000 grant and increasing daily ridership will put it on track to generate profits.

The Abbott Motocross Park reported a $29,400 deficit last year.

It had gross revenues of $95,000 in 2014, nearly $27,000 more than it had the year before. But its expenses also increased, from $89,500 in 2013 to $124,400 in 2014.

Motocross director Craig Fritz said the track saw increased daily ridership and usage but also had increased maintenance costs. He has applied for a grant from a Lancaster County fund in hopes of making improvements at the track.

The motocross park is a joint venture between private Abbott Sports Complex and several government groups, including the Lancaster County Board.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A 39-year-old man is recovering from stab wounds that police say he received when he broke into a Council Bluffs home and attacked his estranged wife.

Council Bluffs police say the man was taken to an Omaha, Nebraska, hospital for treatment after a traffic stop. Officers had responded to a call around 5:45 p.m. Sunday by a woman reporting threats against her and another woman.

The officers say the man had left by the time they arrived at the home. The women reported that he’d broken in and tried to choke one of them, but she grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed him. Officers say her injuries were minor and that the other woman wasn’t hurt.

Police say charges are likely against the man, but he’s not yet been arrested.