OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — One of the American aid workers who were exposed to Ebola in Africa is being treated in a Nebraska hospital’s isolation unit after developing symptoms.

Nebraska Medical Center spokesman Taylor Wilson says the individual developed symptoms Sunday evening and was hospitalized as a precaution. Wilson declined to describe the symptoms, but said they had been resolved Monday.

The hospitalized individual had not tested positive for Ebola Monday.

Three others continue being monitored, and another aid worker exposed to Ebola in Sierra Leone is expected to join them Monday afternoon.

The aid workers are part of a group that was evacuated after one of their colleagues contracted the deadly virus. They were all working with the Boston-based nonprofit Partners in Health.

FORT CALHOUN, Neb. (AP) — A man, his neighbors and firefighters have stopped flames from reaching the man’s home and others northwest of Fort Calhoun in eastern Nebraska.

Val Goodman says his lawnmower burst into flames on Sunday, touching off the blaze. He called 911 and then used his garden hose to keep the blaze at bay. Neighbors soon joined him, and then firefighters arrived at the scene.

The wind-whipped flames charred an estimated 30 to 40 acres, and a shed containing two classic cars was destroyed.

No injuries have been reported.

WAHOO, Neb. (AP) — A woman and her two children have escaped a fire that destroyed their home in Wahoo.

The fire was reported Sunday afternoon after the woman’s 8-year-old daughter ran to her and reported that the back porch was in flames.

The woman, Sheena Else, says she tried to put out the fire, but her efforts were thwarted by gusting winds. Else, the 8-year-old and a 2-year-old escaped without harm.

Firefighters say the home likely is a total loss.

CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say the 20-year-old man charged in the shooting of two St. Louis area officers had been at the protest earlier that night.

St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch said 20-year-old Jeffrey Williams is charged with two counts of first-degree assault, one count of firing a weapon from a vehicle and three counts of armed criminal action.

The officers were shot early Thursday outside of the Ferguson Police Department during a protest hours after the city’s police chief resigned in the wake of a scathing federal Justice Department report.

McCulloch also said Williams told police he was firing at someone in which he was in a dispute, not at the police officers.

The officers were released later Thursday.

St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said Williams is black.

Williams is being held on $300,000 bond.

 

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Four American aid workers who were exposed to Ebola while working in Sierra Leone are being monitored at a Nebraska hospital.

Nebraska Medical Center spokesman Taylor Wilson says the four individuals arrived in Omaha around 5:30 p.m. Saturday.

Those four are part of a group of 10 clinicians who were evacuated after one of their colleagues contracted the deadly virus. They were all working with the Boston-based nonprofit Partners in Health.

Wilson said Sunday morning that none of the four people being monitored in Omaha were sick. If any of them do develop Ebola, they will be treated in the hospital’s specialized biocontainment unit.

The other clinicians exposed to Ebola will be monitored at U.S. hospitals with experience treating the disease in Atlanta and in Bethesda, Maryland.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police say a 34-year-old motorcyclist has died after driving onto lawns in north-central Omaha and crashing into a garage.

Hector Jimenez Jr. of Omaha was driving the motorcycle westbound on a city street Friday afternoon when it struck the garage door.

Police say Jimenez was speeding when he lost control of bike. Officials say he was wearing a helmet.

DALLAS (AP) — Officials at a Wichita, Kansas, hospital say five people who fell ill with listeriosis after consuming a Blue Bell ice cream product became sick while patients in their hospital. Three of the people died.

A spokeswoman for Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita says five patients became ill with listeriosis during their hospitalizations for unrelated causes between December 2013 and January 2015.

Spokeswoman Maria Loving says hospital officials were unaware that some items produced on one of the 25 production lines at Blue Bell’s Central Texas creamery had been contaminated with listeria bacteria. She said all Blue Bell Creameries products were immediately removed from all Via Christi Health facilities in Kansas and Oklahoma once the potential contamination was discovered.

TREYNOR, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say no injuries were reported when a school bus carrying about 20 children overturned on a rural road in western Iowa.

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office says the rollover occurred around 2:30 p.m. Friday near the intersection of 290th Street and Delta Road northwest of Treynor, Iowa. Officials estimate as many as 20 children were on board at the time of incident, but that no one was hurt and all passengers made it safely off the bus.

No further information has been released.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Supreme Court has revived a paralyzed man’s lawsuit against a northeast Nebraska private lake community association and a family who invited him to the lake, where he was injured.

Cole Hodson was paralyzed from the chest down on July 26, 2010, after diving into Willers Cove lake near Pilger, hitting an unexpected shallow area and breaking his neck. He was 18 at the time.

On Friday, the Nebraska Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of the lawsuit against a couple who formerly owned the lake, saying they could not have reasonably foreseen any injury to Hudson. However, the high court said the lower court was wrong to dismiss the case against Willers Cove Owners Association and the family who invited Hodson to the lake.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — University of Nebraska-Lincoln officials are investigating a hazing allegation against a fraternity.

Sigma Lamda Beta is under temporary suspension while officials look into a report about hazing last semester during an event at the frat’s off-campus chapter house.

A university police report says the complaint did not allege specific acts, individuals involved or physical harm.

Ricardo Cortez is executive director of the Sigma Lambda Beta International Fraternity, and he says the international office also is investigating the allegation.