GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — Hall County supervisors are backing efforts to combat what the county attorney says are violations by a Dannebrog cattle feeder who has too many animals at his location.

The board voted 7-0 on Tuesday to back Jack Zitterkopf as he demands that Ken Kohlhof reduce his herd at C & I Cattle Co. and comply with country regulations. Otherwise, Zitterkopf says, Kohlhof could be fined $500 a day and his business could be closed.

Zitterkopf says that under county regulations, Kohlhof has too many cattle too close to neighbors, who have complained about the smell and the growing size of the feedlot.

Kohlhof told the newspaper that he is working toward compliance.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — An 18-year-old high school student in Lincoln has been suspended after a Muslim student told police he called her a terrorist.

Lincoln Police Officer Katie Flood says the 16-year-old girl, who was wearing a headscarf known as a hijab, reportedly heard the Lincoln East High School student say, “Look, there’s a terrorist.” Flood says another witness also heard the comment.

The male student was identified, suspended and referred to student services after school officials contacted police.

East Principal Sue Cassata says this occurrence appears to be an isolated incident and that the school is looking into the issue.

The disturbance is the only anti-Muslim incident reported to Lincoln police so far this year.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Nebraska man convicted in the hit-and-run death of an Iowa man who was trying to help him has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.

Twenty-nine-year-old Dustin Suppi was sentenced Tuesday on a vehicular homicide charge in the August death of Troy Ford, of Sioux City. A plea deal with prosecutors dropped a charge of leaving the scene of a fatal accident.

Troy Ford and his wife, Liz Ford, found Suppi on Aug. 8 slumped over the steering wheel of a pickup. As Liz Ford called for help, Suppi woke up and put the pickup into drive. A trailer attached to the vehicle ran over Troy Ford.

Suppi, of South Sioux City, Nebraska, told Liz Ford during the sentencing hearing he was sorry.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha private investigator has taken a plea deal on allegations that she defrauded a client of more than $856,000.

Federal prosecutors say 69-year-old Patricia Walker-Halstead will be sentenced in February after pleading guilty to one count of wire fraud. Prosecutors dropped 10 other counts in exchange for her plea. Walker-Halstead has agreed to pay $250,000 in restitution.

Prosecutors say Walker-Halstead lied to a client about developing evidence and conducting background checks. Court records say Walker-Halstead told the unnamed client she asked a Nebraska State Patrol investigator named “Scott” to help investigate the client’s security concerns. She asked her client to give Scott money because of his financial problems and medical bills. Authorities say there was no Scott on the case.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Omaha Public Schools superintendent has proposed offering online classes through a district-run virtual school.

Superintendent Mark Evans and Rob Dickson, executive director of Information Management Services, discussed the idea with the school board Monday night.

Evans and Dickson helped launch an online school, which enrolls more than 4,800 students, at their previous district in Andover, Kansas.

State Education Commissioner Matt Blomstedt gave his stamp of approval to the Omaha initiative and told the board that blended learning could help keep students engaged and prepare them for college or the workforce.

Evans says a virtual school could open in the fall 2016 if the district moves quickly. The district would have to receive some portion of state aid based on student membership at the virtual school to create it.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Father Hupp Wildlife Management Area in Thayer County has been temporarily closed due to the presence of six endangered whooping cranes.

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission spokesman Jerry Kane says the closure will be lifted when the cranes leave the area.

He says the closure is standard procedure for the commission when whooping cranes are confirmed on property the agency owns or manages.

The birds’ total wild population of about 300 individuals migrates through Nebraska each fall and spring between wintering sites along the Texas coast and breeding areas in northern Alberta. They are protected by the federal Endangered Species Act and the Nebraska Nongame and Endangered Species Conservation Act.

Penalties for killing, possessing or harassing whooping cranes may include fines of up to $50,000, up to a year in jail, or both.

FULLERTON, Neb. (AP) — A Bellevue man has pleaded not guilty to fraud allegations relating to the sale of cattle owned by his employer.

Records say Alan Ostrander pleaded not guilty to five counts of wire fraud last week in federal court. A trial has not been scheduled.

Prosecutors say Ostrander took at least $100,000 between November 2009 and February 2011, when he was fired by Big Drive Cattle, of Fullerton. Prosecutors say Ostrander sold the company’s cattle but marketed the animals as his own.

ROYAL, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a passenger in a sport utility vehicle driven by his wife has died after the SUV ran into two cows and then a tree in northeast Nebraska.

The accident occurred a little before 11 p.m. Sunday on U.S. Highway 20, about a mile west of Royal. Antelope County Sheriff Bob Moore says the eastbound SUV struck the cows on the roadway and went out of control, running into a roadside ditch and striking the tree.

The passenger died at the scene. Moore identified him as 63-year-old Rodney Zwygart, of rural Norfolk. Zwygart’s wife, 55-year-old Marilyn Zwygart, was taken to a Plainview hospital for treatment. Two other passengers were taken to a Neligh (NEE’-lee) hospital and then transferred to Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Muslim civil rights group wants the FBI and local police to investigate as a possible hate crime vandalism that may be related to the Paris terror attacks.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations said in a news release Monday that it’s the third recent incidence of vandalism at the Omaha Islamic Center. Center officials say someone has spray-painted a rough outline of the Eiffel Tower inside a circle on an outside wall of the mosque.

Omaha police and FBI representatives didn’t immediately return messages from The Associated Press.

On Oct. 29 a security camera recorded an image of a masked man unsuccessfully trying to break the glass in an outside door at the center, and on Aug. 23 a vandal heaved a 40-pound boulder through the glass.