DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped charges against a teenager accused of sexually abusing a mentally disabled woman in suburban Des Moines whom he met online.

The case against Nicholas Fifield was dismissed Tuesday with prejudice, which means the charges can’t be refiled. A judge rejected an earlier plea deal.

A criminal complaint says Fifield, then a 17-year-old high school student, met the 18-year-old woman online and took her on a date in December 2015. The complaint says they went to his house and had sex, even though the woman said “no” several times.

The motion to dismiss says the woman’s parents asked that the case be dropped. The motion also says the woman can’t help prosecutors because of her “mental health diagnosis and attendant condition.”

FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — A woman who bore a child after having sex with a 13-year-old boy in Dodge County has been sentenced to three years in prison.

21-year-old Brianne McIntosh was sentenced Wednesday in Dodge County District Court in Fremont. She’d pleaded no contest to sexual assault of a child and child abuse.

Authorities say McIntosh was 19 in May 2014 when she and the boy had sex. Under Nebraska law, people 19 and over cannot have sexual contact with people under 16. A DNA test confirmed the boy had fathered the child born to McIntosh in February 2015.

The child, who is a ward of the state, lives with the boy and the boy’s mother.

COLUMBUS, Neb. (AP) — A 25-year-old Columbus woman has been given jail time and probation for the crash death of a St. Edward man.

Mikala Phillips was sentenced Wednesday to 90 days in jail and three years of probation. She’d pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges of vehicular homicide and first-offense driving under the influence. Prosecutors had reduced the homicide charge from a felony in exchange for Phillips’ pleas.

Court records on her plea deal say Phillips agreed to be sentenced to the maximum probation on each charge. The agreement was not binding on the judge, however.

Authorities have said Phillips’ car collided with a pickup truck driven by 33-year-old William Sorensen on June 9 last year. He was pronounced dead at the rural crash site about a mile west of Tarnov.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A former Creighton University student accused of using a pocket knife to cut another student’s throat in her dorm room will stand trial in the case.

Christopher Wheeler waived his preliminary hearing in Douglas County Court on Wednesday. He has been charged with second-degree assault and a weapons count.

Wheeler’s family and attorneys have said he was forced in a fraternity hazing incident to take a hallucinogenic drug before the Feb. 11 attack and has no memory of it. Fraternity representatives have denied that and say any alcohol or drugs consumed by Wheeler appeared to have been voluntary.

The 18-year-old woman who was cut was briefly hospitalized for a 3-inch cut on her neck.

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline have asked a South Dakota judge to reverse state regulators’ decision last year to again authorize the portion of the project that would go through the state.

The decision by the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission’s was appealed to state court, which heard arguments Wednesday in the case. It’s not clear when Judge John Brown will rule.

The commission voted last year to accept the company’s guarantee that it can complete the project while meeting the conditions of the 2010 approval.

The project has prompted opposition from Native American tribes, some landowners and environmental groups concerned the pipeline would contaminate water supplies and contribute to pollution.

Attorneys for TransCanada and the Public Utilities Commission have asked the judge to uphold the order.

HARDY, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say firefighters and farmers have saved two homes from flames in southern Nebraska’s Nuckolls County.

The blaze was ignited by a sparking power line about 4:15 p.m. Monday about two miles east and four miles north of Hardy. Wind gusts of up to 50 mph fanned the flames across fields toward the farmstead houses but didn’t damage either.

Hardy Fire Chief Mark Stenson told the Hastings Tribune (https://bit.ly/2lDYVSe ) that the fire burned around one residence and came within 100 feet of the other.

A dozen or so farmers with tractors and discs helped control the blaze, which was finally put out around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday. It blackened a path estimated at 3½ miles long and a quarter-mile wide.

No injuries have been reported.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a woman who was fatally injured in a west Omaha collision.

Police identified her as 69-year-old Linda DeBolt, who lived in Omaha.

The crash occurred around 5:15 a.m. Wednesday. Police say witnesses reported that an eastbound minivan ran a red light and collided with a southbound pickup truck. Police say DeBolt was driving the van and was pronounced dead later at a hospital.

The pickup driver wasn’t injured. He was identified as 52-year-old Thomas Falcone, of Omaha.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A developer is planning a project in north Lincoln that would combine urban housing and working farms, along with maintaining a wetland area.

The Lincoln City Council approved zoning changes this week for the planned 62.5-acre development near Salt Creek. The area is currently agricultural land with light industry nearby.

Developer Marty Fortney says about two-thirds of the development will be green space and could potentially be used for community gardens, fruit trees and large animals,

He says some housing will be laneway cottages, which are smaller houses but still bigger than tiny homes, and composting would be encouraged. A recreational vehicle park also is planned.

The zoning approval was a first step for the development. Council members praised Fortney on his creativity.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a fire that damaged a Lincoln fast-food restaurant was arson.

The fire was reported just after 7 p.m. Monday at a Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen. Firefighters say the blaze began in a bathroom ceiling and caused a damage estimated at $12,000.

Authorities say none of the employees or customers was injured.

No arrests have been reported.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — An April trial has been scheduled for a Grand Island woman who police say dangerously let children stand on the running boards of her sport utility vehicle while it was moving.

Police say all six children fell off when 41-year-old Stephanie Wedige stopped the SUV in November in a church parking lot. Police say two of the children were hospitalized and that the four others were not injured.

Court records show Wedige pleaded not guilty Tuesday to two felony counts of child abuse, four misdemeanor counts and one count of reckless driving. Her relationship to the six children is unclear.