PILGER, Neb. (AP) — Officials say damaged vehicles are hindering tornado cleanup efforts in Pilger, so the town is offering to remove them at no cost to owners.

Officials say the village clerk has a “consent, release and waiver” form that vehicle owners must complete before their vehicle can be removed. Forms are available at the town’s check-in location and food pavilion.

The form will allow owners to transfer ownership of their vehicle to the village so it can be removed for free. Owners will not receive payment for their vehicle.

Documents showing the car’s title must be attached to the form.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police are investigating a shooting in a north Omaha neighborhood that left one man dead.

Omaha police say 51-year-old Eugene Coleman Jr. was killed late Saturday.

Officers were called to a report of shots fired just before midnight. Coleman was taken by ambulance to Creighton University Medical Center, where he died.

Officers were canvassing the neighborhood looking for witnesses. Anyone with information was asked to call the Omaha Police Homicide unit at 402-444-5656.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for parts of Nebraska and Iowa along the Missouri River, and storms that dumped nearly 7 inches of rain on parts of Omaha haven’t helped.

The National Weather Service says 6.83 inches of rain fell at the Millard Airport in Omaha from Friday night to about 7 a.m. Saturday — and more could be on the way.

The storms flooded low-lying Omaha streets and forced a College World Series game between Mississippi and Virginia to be postponed.

The weather service says there is a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms for the area on Sunday and a 50 percent chance on Monday.

BELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say they have recovered the body of a 29-year-old Bellevue man swept away by floodwaters after he drove into a rain-swollen ditch during a storm.

Authorities say the body of David Farr was found about 9:30 a.m. Saturday near a drainage ditch just south of Highway 370.

Police were called to the area Friday night as heavy rain fell by witnesses who said Farr drove into the ditch. The witnesses said Farr was able to get out of the car, but was pulled underwater and didn’t resurface.

Firefighters were unable to enter the water because the current was too strong.

HUMBOLDT, Neb. (AP) — Investigators looking into the shooting earlier this month of a Richardson County Sheriff’s deputy have determined that the deputy staged the shooting and lied about being ambushed by an unknown assailant.

Richardson County Deputy Sheriff Joshua Nincehelser was fired and arrested Friday. He is charged with felony criminal mischief, false reporting and several other counts.

On June 9, Nebraska law enforcement agencies launched a frantic search after Nincehelser reported he had been shot in the arm by a driver he had pulled over. Nincehelser said the driver fired several shots, hitting Nincehelser’s patrol car, too.

Now, investigators say Nincehelser has acknowledged he shot himself, then fired several shots into his patrol car.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A new garbage-collecting business in Lincoln says it’s being hurt by underhanded tactics of other long-established garbage companies that resent the new competition.

The new company, Trash Taxi, is crying foul over some of the tactics. Owner Dana Houser says they include cards and notices sent to customers accusing Trash Taxi of providing lousy service and implying that customers have complaints with the Better Business Bureau, even though the bureau lists zero complaints.

Houser says a few competitors have refused to sign for certified letters canceling service after customers signed up with Trash Taxi.

Donna Garden, assistant director for Lincoln’s Public Works and Utilities Department, says the city has no power to intervene.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A northeastern Nebraska man has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison for causing the death of his girlfriend’s 14-month-old son.

The U.S. Attorney for Nebraska says 22-year-old Mark Grant, of Winnebago, was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Omaha after being convicted of one count of child abuse causing death.

Court documents say Grant was caring for Julius Harlan on Sept. 10 when the boy suffered severe brain injuries and died the next day at an Omaha hospital.

Investigators say Grant was the only person with the child when the boy received the injuries and that Grant told different stories about the circumstance behind the boy’s injuries.

NORFOLK, Neb. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of a man found in the Elkhorn River in northeast Nebraska.

Norfolk police and fire personnel responded Friday morning to a report about a body in the river. Authorities retrieved the body and identified it as belonging to 52-year-old Jeffrey L. Planer, also of Norfolk.

Authorities say they have identified the area where Planer entered the water. The circumstances surrounding his death are still under investigation.

The Madison County Coroner has ordered an autopsy to be conducted Saturday.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lincoln’s fire chief says he’s denied a union challenge on the use of a pickup truck for medical calls.

The Lincoln Firefighters Association filed a grievance last month against Lincoln Fire and Rescue Chief John Huff’s order that medical calls to the city’s busiest station be answered in a pickup truck instead of a fire engine. The group says the order endangers firefighters and violates the collective bargaining agreement.

Huff says the May 12 order for crews at Station 1 was more efficient and saves money. He also says his order doesn’t overstep his contractual bounds.

Union leaders have until June 26 to decide whether to proceed to arbitration.