PAPILLION, Neb. (AP) — Facebook has announced plans to build a data center near the Omaha suburb of Papillion (puh-PIHL’-yuhn).

The company said Tuesday at a news conference the center will be located on 144 acres at a Nebraska Highway 50 intersection just north of Springfield. It will include two 450,000 square foot (41,806-sq. meter) buildings and another 70,000 square foot (6503 sq. meter) building connecting them that will serve as administrative office space. The company says it could add up to two more buildings on the land if needed.

Officials say between 100 and 150 employees will work in the data center.

The county already has data centers for Yahoo, Fidelity Investments, Travelers Insurance and Cabela’s. Facebook also built a $300 million data center in Altoona, Iowa, in 2015.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The University of Nebraska Medical Center is creating a facility that will give those in the medical field high-tech visualization and virtual reality tools to teach and learn.

University officials announced the nearly $119 million project Monday.

The four-story building will feature replicas of hospital settings where people can practice on lifelike, computer-driven mannequins. They will also be able to virtually map a brain tumor or see how a protein folds.

The facility’s name, which awaits approval by the university Board of Regents, will be the Davis Global Center.

The Davis Global Center will house two programs. One will allow all medical professionals to practice their skills. The other program will be a training, simulation and quarantine center focused on infectious diseases.

The facility is expected to open in fall 2018.

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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A replica of the Statue of Liberty currently in storage is awaiting installation at a new Lincoln location after already being moved twice.

The refurbished, 290-pound copper statue will be installed at Antelope Park’s Veterans Memorial Garden.

The Boy Scouts of America Cornhusker Council purchased Lady Liberty and donated it to Lincoln in the summer of 1951. It was located on the corner of a busy intersection before being moved to Liberty Plaza in 1986.

Now, that location is being torn down as part of the Folsom Children’s Zoo’s expansion plans.

The Boy Scouts plan to be a part of the next dedication as they were in previous moves.

The city hopes to complete the move later this spring or early summer.

DENVER (AP) — Governors from the first four states to legalize recreational marijuana are asking the Trump administration to let the pot experiments continue.

The governors of Alaska, Colorado, Oregon and Washington say that marijuana legalization has expanded their economies.

The governors also say in Monday’s letter that legal weed can be regulated to protect public safety and that legalization reduces “inequitable incarceration,” or people of color being disproportionately jailed for pot crimes.

The letter was addressed to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin. The governors say they opposed legalization at first, but warn that a federal pot crackdown now “would divert existing marijuana product into the black market.”

The governors also ask for the Treasury Department not to change instructions to banks for handling marijuana money.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Civil rights groups, media advocates and some lawmakers are opposing an Iowa bill that would end public access to many 911 calls.

The bill would declare that 911 calls involving emergencies in which people are injured are confidential “medical records” and exempt from Iowa’s open records law.

The measure says the secrecy would not be limited to 911 call recordings themselves — a clause that critics fear could apply to videos documenting the aftermath of officer-involved shootings. All calls made by minors or about minors would also become secret.

The bill passed the Iowa House with little debate, with backers saying it would protect medical privacy and the privacy of children. But a chorus of opposition has emerged as the Republican-controlled Senate considers whether to schedule it for a vote.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska football player interrupted burglars who police say got away with around $3,150 in goods from the north Lincoln residence.

A police report says De’Mornay Pierson-El saw two women leave his garage as he returned to the house early Sunday morning. He confronted two men inside who were carrying a television outside. They dropped it and fled. Police say Pierson-El then found two more men in the house, and they fled.

No injuries and no arrests have been reported.

Police say Pierson-El, Mick Stoltenberg, Jerald Foster and Alex Boryca reported the loss of men’s watches, a laptop and a video game console.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police are investigating what they say is the suspicious death of a 20-year-old man in north Omaha.

Officers sent to a home around 6 a.m. Sunday on a report about a shooting found the body of Scott Evans. Police have not released any other details about his death.

No arrests have been reported.

FORT CALHOUN, Neb. (AP) — A Bacon and Beer Feed has been scheduled at Fort Atkinson State Historical Park in eastern Nebraska.

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission says tickets for the April 29 event will cost $30 for people 13 and older and $18 for children 12 and under. Registration is required. Go online at CureCooking.com/baconbeerfeed to learn more and buy tickets.

The tickets will cover an appetizer and three courses of bacon dishes. Local beers will be available to purchase with each course.

Fort Atkinson sits on the east side of Fort Calhoun, which is situated 15 miles north of Omaha. A park entry permit is required for all vehicles and can be purchased at the park.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 22-year-old western Iowa woman has been arrested following a crash in Omaha that left her young son critically injured.

The crash happened late Thursday night on Interstate 80 in Omaha. Police say the woman told officers she was driving when she and another woman in the car began arguing. She says the other woman grabbed the wheel, sending the car into a light pole.

When officers arrived, no one was there. Officers later found the women and boy at an Omaha hospital, where the boy was being treated for critical head injuries.

Police say the women had been drinking, and that the boy’s mother had a blood alcohol content of .198 — more than twice the legal limit to drive.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — The railroad in Grand Island’s Stolley Park is opening for the season.

The Stolley Park Railroad will open Sunday. The opening was pushed back a day because of rainy weather expected Saturday.

Riders enjoy two trips around Stolley Park on the miniature, 24-passenger train.

Senior engineer and conductor Ken Scholl has worked at the railroad for 21 years. He says weeks before the annual opening, he walks the track “to see what Mother Nature has done in the last three or four months.” He also inspects the cars and the locomotive.

The train is open on weekends only through May 29. Summer hours begin May 31 and run Aug. 13, when the train runs every day but Mondays and Tuesdays.