OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Midland University has signed a decade-long lease in west Omaha for its MBA program and other offerings.

Midland’s vice president for strategy, Raymond Sass, says the university agreed this month to the “multimillion dollar” lease for more than 10,000 square feet on the ground floor of the building.

The university will pay more than $1 million to renovate the space, which it expects to move into next spring. Sass says the university is working with architects on the space’s design.

Midland President Jody Horner says acquiring the new space doesn’t represent a reduction of the university’s main campus in Fremont.

The university had planned to take over the defunct Dana College campus in Blair, but this year decided to focus on its Fremont campus and Omaha programs.

AUBURN, Neb. (AP) — The city of Auburn has realized its civic dream of a paved runway at its airport.

Nebraska City radio station KNCY reports (http://bit.ly/2bRr0hu) that the paving has been completed, so construction crews are working on surface ramps and skirting. The nearly $3 million project is expected to be finished by Oct. 1.

Auburn Mayor Scott Kudrna says the city has desperately needed to pave a runway, saying Auburn has been the only Nebraska community with more than 3,000 residents that didn’t have one.

Auburn has been serving pilots and planes with a grass runway. But that’s been a problem for some airplane owners, because their insurance companies wouldn’t allow the planes to be landed on grass.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha school has been drying its gym floor after rain poured through a damaged roof.

Roncalli Catholic High School President Ann O’Connor says that between 600 and 800 gallons of water accumulated on the floor after the damage occurred Tuesday night to the roof, chimney and two skylights. Two ceiling lights also were broken.

It’s unclear whether the hardwood floor can be saved. O’Connor says insurance should cover much of the damage.

The storms killed power to thousands of people and knocked down trees and limbs. A 95 mph wind gust was recorded at Eppley Airfield. The airport was closed to aircraft traffic for about 90 minutes after a cargo container was blown onto a runway.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — The Grand Island City Council has rezoned 100 acres of land at two highways and has authorized $28.7 million of tax-increment financing for a new development that includes the construction of a second hospital in the city.

Prataria Ventures, a subsidiary of Chief Industries, proposed the Prairie Commons project’s first phase, which would cost $126 million for a 64-bed hospital, a three-story medical office building and 110-bed hotel and conference center. The structures would all be connected with walkways.

Councilman Mark Stelk says having additional health care options and development in the community is vital.

But Councilman Roger Steele says he thinks Chief Industries is relying too much on public support and that public funds should only be used for essential costs.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Police are searching for a suspect after a 21-year-old Lincoln woman reported being beaten and sexually assaulted by an intruder who broke into her home.

The attack occurred in northeast Lincoln just after 5 a.m. Wednesday. The woman told police she was asleep in the living room of her apartment when she awoke to a man armed with a knife.

She says he initially demanded her belongings before attacking her. She was taken to a hospital with visible bruising and swelling to her face.

Police say the only description they have of the suspect is that he was wearing dark clothing.

Investigators believe the man may have entered the apartment through an unlocked window.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Three people are facing charges after Douglas County Sheriff’s deputies found 22 pounds of marijuana and 1 pound of methamphetamine in two different traffic stops this week.

The sheriff’s office says both stops occurred within several hours of each other on Interstate 80.

In the first incident Tuesday night, a driver was stopped on I-80 near 96th Street for a traffic violation. A sheriff’s deputy smelled marijuana and found the drug bundled in three bags in the trunk.

A 51-year-old California man was arrested in that stop.

Then early Wednesday, a police dog detected the odor of drugs coming from a vehicle another deputy had stopped on I-80. A search found the methamphetamine in the vehicle.

A 54-year-old woman and her 33-year-old passenger were arrested. Both are from New Hampshire.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) âThe caretaker for an Omaha 4-year-old whose frigid, plastic-wrapped body was hidden under basement stairs has been sentenced to prison.

On Wednesday Douglas County District Judge Greg Schatz gave Chelsey Cook 20 to 25 years. She’d been found guilty in June of intentional child abuse resulting in the death of Alicia Morrow.

Prosecutors have said Cook knew Alicia needed medical attention but did not call 911 because there was a warrant out for her arrest. An autopsy showed the girl died of hypothermia at Cook’s home, where her body was found Jan. 5. Cook didn’t put more clothes on Alicia to warm her in the house, which officials have said was frigid.

Alicia’s mother, Lakisha Morrow, has said Cook offered to care for Alicia when Morrow was homeless.

EMERSON, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a Pender man has died in a highway accident involving three vehicles.

The Dakota County Sheriff’s Office says the accident occurred a little before 12:30 p.m. Tuesday on Nebraska Highway 35 about a mile northeast of Emerson. The Sheriff’s Office says an eastbound vehicle sideswiped a westbound van and then spun out of control when it hit water running over the roadway and struck another westbound vehicle.

The eastbound vehicle’s driver was killed. The Sheriff’s Office identified him as 21-year-old Michael Schmidt, who lived in Pender. One of the other drivers was hospitalized and the third driver was not injured.

The collisions are being investigated.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a man and woman have been hospitalized after a fire at an Omaha apartment.

Firetrucks were dispatched around 5 a.m. Wednesday to the Harrisburg Square Apartments in south-central Omaha. Firefighters say they revived the man before he was taken in critical condition to a hospital. The woman was reported in serious condition. Both had suffered smoke inhalation.

Firefighters contained the flames to the apartment. The fire cause is being investigated.