FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say an eastern Nebraska man shot and killed his daughter’s ex-boyfriend when the 22-year-old tried to visit the woman at her parent’s home.

The Dodge County Sheriff’s office says Tyler Childs, of Fremont, was fatally shot late Friday when he visited a mobile home where his ex-girlfriend was living with her parents.

Sheriff Steven Hespen says Childs was confronted by his ex-girlfiend’s father, 42-year-old Walter Campo, when he went to the home.

Hespen says Campo had a handgun, and during a confrontation, Childs was fatally shot.

Campo is being held on suspicion of manslaughter and a weapons charge.

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — State regulators are considering whether to approve for the second time in just over five years construction through South Dakota of the long-delayed Keystone XL oil pipeline, but it’s unlikely a decision will come immediately.

The Public Utilities Commission hearing process starts Monday. The state authorized TransCanada Corp.’s project in 2010, but permits must be revisited if construction doesn’t start within four years.

Commission Chairman Chris Nelson says it’s unlikely the panel will come to a decision immediately.

He says TransCanada will present its case first, and then opponents will offer their side. Supporters say the pipeline will create jobs and tax revenues, while opponents argue it could contaminate water supplies.

The pipeline would transport oil from Canada to Nebraska, where it would connect with existing pipelines headed to the Gulf Coast.

YORK, Neb. (AP) — Sharp-eyed motorists driving along Interstate 80 in eastern Nebraska might notice a new feature of York’s well-known water tower: workers repainting the balloon-shaped structure.

Workers from the J.R. Stelzer Company in Lincoln are updating the tower’s paint job and taking care of some maintenance and cleaning.

The workers will dangle from the sides of the tower on ropes to complete the job.

York will pay $988,332 for the work at the I-80 tower and a second one near the high school.

SCHUYLER, Neb. (AP) — An 85-year-old Nebraska man credits a mail carrier with saving his life on a recent hot day after he fell in the yard.

Marvin Skarda didn’t let the summer heat keep him from doing his yard work.

But after mowing the back yard on July 17, Skarda fell over while trying to pick weeds because of the pain of a recent rib injury. Skarda says he didn’t have the strength to get up and with his neighbors all at work, he didn’t think he would survive.

Fortunately 24-year-old Aaron Muller heard Skarda’s cries for help from across the street while delivering mail.

Muller helped Skarda up and even returned at the end of his route to make sure he was OK.

BLUE HILL, Neb. (AP) — Pavement repairs are scheduled to begin this coming week on U.S. Highway 281 in south-central Nebraska.

The Nebraska Roads Department says the project will begin at Blue Hill and end 14 miles north.

Traffic will be controlled by flaggers and a pilot vehicle. The work is expected to be finished by the end of September.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lincoln residents are cleaning up from powerful overnight storms that downed trees and power lines and cut power to some segments of the city.

The storms rolled in around midnight Friday, bringing heavy rain, hail, lightning and winds of 60 mph.

By late Saturday morning, the Lincoln Electric System was still working to return service to four areas of the city where at least 100 customers were without power.

Norris Public Power also reported scattered outages Saturday morning in Lancaster and Saline counties.

Weather forecasters predicted more rain for the area Saturday afternoon and evening.

YUTAN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska State Patrol says a man who sped off during a traffic stop crashed into the back of a semitrailer while trying to elude police and died.

Authorities say a Yutan police officer reported that the man’s car was speeding through town when he tried to pull the car over. Authorities say the man briefly stopped, but when the officer told him to shut off his engine, the man sped off.

The patrol says the man was speeding eastbound on Highway 92 toward Omaha when he slammed into the back of a semitrailer.

The driver was taken to an Omaha hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Officials have not yet released his name.

WINNEBAGO, Neb. (AP) — An Indian Health Service spokeswoman says the service’s Winnebago hospital in northeast Nebraska will remain open while officials access its future after losing its Medicare and Medicaid funding.

IHS spokeswoman Theresa Eisenman said the hospital had not filed an appeal as of Friday after the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services notified the hospital of its contract termination.

The hospital was warned earlier this month that funding would be terminated because it “no longer meets the requirements for participation in the Medicare program because of deficiencies that represent an immediate jeopardy to patient health and safety.”

A May federal report said the hospital’s inadequate treatment resulted in one death this year and harm to at least nine other patients.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Lincoln City Council will consider a proposal next week to ban flying lanterns — or what Public Safety Director Tom Casady calls “flying bags of fire.”

Councilman Roy Christensen proposed the ban, and that Bill Moody, the city’s chief fire inspector, supports it.

The fire department has reported numerous fires over the past few years started by the flying lanterns, which are small paper air balloons powered by a flame.

That includes a fire last year started by a flying lantern when it landed on the roof of a townhouse in the Williamsburg neighborhood, causing about $260,000 in damage.

Christensen’s proposal would ban the sale and use of the paper lanterns within city limits.