OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Court of Appeals has reversed a drunken driving conviction for a Wisner man who argued his constitutional rights were violated when a police officer stopped him to gather information about someone else’s possible criminal activity.

The reversal comes in the DUI case of Adam Woldt, who was convicted last year of drunken driving. Woldt argued that none of the evidence gathered after he was stopped in September 2013 should have been allowed. Woldt reasoned that because the officer had no suspicion that Woldt had committed a crime when he was stopped, his constitutional right to be free of unreasonable search and seizure had been violated.

The appeals court agreed, saying that the officer’s need to question Woldt and his concern for public safety didn’t outweigh Woldt’s liberty interest.

HUMBOLDT, Neb. (AP) — Residents and leaders in the tiny city of Humboldt hope that renovation work on an old auditorium will transform it back into a center for dances, community and school events and Saturday night roller skating parties.

The building hasn’t been used for the past 15 years or so because its mechanical, heating and plumbing systems are outdated. The city’s auditorium board is working on a plan to upgrade mechanical systems and add air conditioning.

The city received a $375,000 state grant in June. With the city’s match, that will cover the first phase of the restoration project. Officials say renovation work could be underway by winter.

The board’s chairman says additional funds will be needed and estimates the project could cost up to $2.5 million.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Court of Appeals says the five- to 10-year prison sentence of a York man for a fatal crash that killed an Aurora teacher was not too lenient.

The decision came Tuesday in the appeal by York County prosecutors, who argued that Otis Newcomb’s sentence last year was “excessively lenient.”

Newcomb pleaded no contest in July 2014 in a plea deal that lowered a vehicular homicide charge and dismissed another charge.

Authorities say Newcomb had been drinking when the van he was driving on Highway 34 near York in November 2013 collided with a pickup. A passenger in the pickup, 31-year-old Lauren Akerson, was killed. Others in the pickup were injured.

The appeals court says that while the sentence may have been somewhat lenient, “it was not excessively so.”

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Members of a religious minority who say they were forced to flee their homes in Iraq by Islamic extremists want to establish a cemetery in Lincoln.

Many desire a cemetery so they can maintain their sense of community and social identity. Nearly 300 Yazidi families live in the city.

Shekh Hassan, speaking through an interpreter in his apartment, says local Yazidis used to send their dead back to Iraq for burial.

But he says that option has become more difficult and dangerous now that many Yazidi cemeteries have been destroyed or overrun by the Islamic State group.

The executive director of the Good Neighbor Community Center is helping local Yazidis establish a nonprofit to collect donations to purchase land for a cemetery.

NORFOLK, Neb. (AP) — Northeast Nebraska authorities say they’ve found a man wanted on an Illinois warrant that alleges murder.

Norfolk police say 21-year-old Rickey Winfield was taken into custody on Sunday afternoon. Online records say he remained in Madison County Jail on Tuesday, awaiting his return to Illinois.

Police say witnesses at an unrelated disturbance pointed out Winfield, who they say had been talking about a Chicago slaying. He was arrested without incident.

A Chicago police spokesman said he couldn’t provide any information about Winfield or the case.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A man accused of impersonating a police officer and trying to pull over drivers in Lincoln has been arrested.

A 20-year-old man was arrested July 17 and cited on suspicion of three counts of misdemeanor impersonating a peace officer.

Lincoln Police Officer Katie Flood said two women told police a man tried to pull them over early June 21 by using flashing lights and a loudspeaker in an unmarked silver Ford Crown Victoria. Flood said the women pulled into a gas station and called police, refusing to get out of the car.

According to Flood, a man in a similar car tried to pull over a 21-year-old man later that same day. The 21-year-old man refused to get out of his vehicle.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say books have been stolen from six Little Free Libraries around Lincoln in less than a week.

Megan Ockander noticed that more than half the 40 books were taken from the Little Free Library she tends and said Sunday that five other Little Free Libraries also have been hit by a thief or thieves.

Lincoln Police Capt. Danny Reitan says that without more evidence, such as video footage, there is little his department can do.

The Little Free Library organization says a Little Free Library basically is a box of books where anyone may stop and pick up a book or two and bring back another book to share. The books are free to readers.