BELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) — A building that’s now occupied by a defense contractor likely will serve as Bellevue’s new City Hall by late 2016.

BAE Systems told the city last week that it plans to vacate the building by March 31 after deciding not to extend its lease. The building is one of three in an office complex that the city purchased for almost $4 million in 2012.

The city’s finance director, Rich Severson, says that after BAE Systems moves out, it probably will take a few months for renovations and for city government operations to move out of the current City Hall, which was built in the 1970s.

Severson says that around $250,000 has been set aside for the building’s renovation work.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A doctor from the University of Nebraska Medical Center is back in West Africa to help respond to the ongoing Ebola outbreak.

Ali Khan left for Sierra Leone earlier this month to spend a month working with the World Health Organization.

Khan is the dean of public health at UNMC. He also spent six weeks in Sierra Leone beginning in January.

The Ebola outbreak has killed more than 11,200 people since last year, mostly in West Africa.

Over the past year, UNMC and the Nebraska Medical Center treated several patients infected with the Ebola virus and provided training to health care workers.

NEBRASKA CITY, Neb. (AP) — Two men are facing charges after a weekend fight left a 21-year-old man dead in a southeast Nebraska town.

Deputy Otoe County Attorney John Palmtag said Jacob Adams died after being stabbed during the Sunday evening fight in Nebraska City. All three men involved are from Nebraska City.

The victim and two other men were fighting on a backyard deck. Adams suffered deep knife wounds to his chest and throat.

A 20-year-old man pleaded not guilty Monday to second-degree murder and using a weapon. His bond was set at $1 million.

A 22-year-old man pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge. His bond was set at $5,000.

FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — A 22-year-old Omaha man has been given probation for his role in the death of a Fremont teen who was found outside in the bitter cold last fall.

Dakota McDonald was sentenced on Monday to 30 months of probation and must complete 120 hours of community service. He’d pleaded no contest and was convicted of a misdemeanor charge after making a deal with prosecutors, who lowered a felony charge of procuring alcohol for a minor that resulted in death.

Prosecutors say McDonald bought the alcohol that 16-year-old Jaime Valdez consumed before his death. A city worker found Valdez on the morning of Nov. 16, when the wind child was minus 16.

Authorities determined that Valdez died from hypothermia associated with acute ethanol intoxication.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a girl from Lincoln who died at a Grand Island water park appears to have drowned.

A preliminary autopsy released Monday indicates 5-year-old Nubari Koffree drowned Saturday afternoon.

The girl, who was with her mother at the park, was found in the wave pool area.

Grand Island Public Information Officer Wendy Meyer says the wave pool operates in 10-minute intervals and was not running at the time of the incident.

It’s the first drowning to occur in the 21 years the water park has been open.

Grand Island City Administrator Marlan Ferguson said the water park will continue to operate as the investigation continues.

YANKTON, S.D. (AP) — An inmate who went missing from the minimum-security state prison in Yankton is back in custody.

South Dakota Corrections officials say 35-year-old Jack Williams was apprehended in South Sioux City, Nebraska, early Monday.

Williams had been placed on escape status on Sunday after he failed to return from his work-release shift at a local business.

Williams is serving time on forgery- and drug-related convictions in Union County.

DENVER (AP) — Microscopic bugs and mildew can destroy a marijuana operation faster than any police raid. And because the crop has been illegal for so long, neither growers nor scientists have any reliable research to help fight the infestations.

When most marijuana was grown in basements and backwoods, mold and spider mites could ruin only a few plants at a time. But as legal pot moves to warehouses and commercial fields, pests can quickly create costly problems for growers.

Some are turning to chemicals, raising concerns about safety.

Pesticides and herbicides are regulated by the federal government, which still regards almost all marijuana as an illicit crop. So there’s no roadmap to help pot farmers.

Chemists and horticulturalists can’t offer much assistance either. They sometimes disagree about how to combat the problem.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — Authorities are investigating after a 5-year-old Lincoln girl died at a Grand Island water park.

Grand Island Public Information Officer Wendy Meyer-Jerke said the girl was found unresponsive Saturday afternoon by city fire officials in the Island Oasis wave pool. Meyer-Jerke said the wave pool operates in 10-minute intervals and was not running at the time of the incident.

Ferguson said a coroner’s report for the girl is expected to be released Monday.

Grand Island City Administrator Marlan Ferguson said the water park will continue to operate as the investigation continues.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An historic midtown Omaha mansion built more than a century ago and damaged by fire will be demolished.

The owner of the Arthur Metz mansion — built in the early 1900s for a member of the Metz brewery family — plans to redevelop the site for residential use, either as apartments or a house.

The three-story mansion just outside the Gold Coast Historic District sustained heavy damage Jan. 12 in a two-alarm fire. No one was injured, and investigators say it was caused by a space heater used to prevent pipes from freezing.

The mansion is not a designated local landmark, and Assistant City Planning Director Jay Davis told neighborhood leaders on Friday that there were no grounds to stop demolition.