Douglas County District Court records say 42-year-old Michelle McElligott is charged with felony theft. Her attorney didn’t immediately return a call Tuesday from The Associated Press.

A court document says that, without permission, McElligott wrote more than 60 three-figure checks to herself on an account belonging to the Ralston Chamber of Commerce. The court document says the last check was written on July 12 for $745.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A former Lincoln schoolteacher and Husker football player has made a plea deal in a sex assault case.

41-year-old Sean Applegate pleaded no contest Monday to attempted sexual assault and child abuse. His sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 12.

He was arrested in April last year after a woman reported that she had been molested by him at his Lincoln home between 2013 and 2014, starting when she was 15.

Applegate was a wingback for the Huskers, 1996-1999. He had worked as an industrial arts teacher at Pound Middle School.

The fire Sunday morning left the kitchen and the station’s living areas heavily damaged. A battalion chief caught a whiff of smoke at the station and found the kitchen ablaze. He called for help because most of the firefighters assigned there were out on a call.

Battalion Chief Scott Fitzpatrick said Monday that the firefighters who left for the emergency call thought the stove was turned off. Turns out it wasn’t, and the fire eventually broke out.

The department hopes to have firefighters back living and working in the station within four weeks. The repairs will include addition of a sprinkler and fire-suppression system over the stove.

Police Chief Jeff Bliemeister (BLEYE’-meye-stur) says the intruders entered the home just after 3:30 a.m. Tuesday and officers were called at 3:45 a.m.

The woman was pronounced dead around 5 a.m. Her name hasn’t been released. Bliemeister says four children were among seven people in the home when the woman was shot. No other injuries have been reported.

No arrests have been reported.

Lincoln Public Schools announced a new districtwide rule on Monday that allows students to wear hoodies but prohibits wearing the hood over their head in school. The move comes days after Mickle Middle School removed hoodies from the list of approved attire this fall.

Mickle parents pushed back against banning the sweatshirts, which are a staple of many students’ wardrobes and school sports team apparel.

Matt Larson is the district’s interim associate superintendent for instruction. Larson says district officials considered parent feedback when revising the policy.

He says officials will share the modified hoodie rule with all principals, who will communicate it to parents.

Officials said in a news release that the alerts were issued following water tests.

Alerts continue at Rockford Lake in Gage County and Maple Creek Recreation Area Lake in Colfax County. An alert for Holmes Lake in Lincoln has ended.

Skin exposed to the toxin can develop rashes and blisters, and drinking tainted water could cause headaches, nausea and muscle pain.

When a health alert is issued, signs are posted advising the public to use caution, and designated swimming beaches are closed. Recreational boating and fishing are permitted, but the public is warned to use caution and avoid water exposure.

Woodbury County court records say 43-year-old Larry Johnson II pleaded not guilty Friday to assault on an officer. His trial is set to begin Oct. 2.

The Nebraska State Patrol says the incident occurred July 6 when a Nebraska trooper tried to stop a pickup truck being pursued by South Sioux City police. Officials say the truck rammed the trooper’s car, which had maneuvered in front of it, from behind before crossing into Iowa.

The trooper and a Dakota County sheriff’s cruiser following the truck onto Interstate 29 before it went out of control and became stuck in a median. Officials say the truck then rammed both the trooper’s car and the sheriff’s vehicle before Johnson was arrested.

The two were working with a generator in the semitrailer Monday morning outside Westfall Elementary School in Malcolm when the explosion occurred. Malcolm Fire Chief Jim Densberger says both the men were taken to a Lincoln hospital. Their names haven’t been released.

Authorities say the two are subcontractors working on a school expansion project. The school was not damaged.

No other injuries were reported. School is not in session.

Omaha-based animal health technology startup Corbyt has proposed the 90,000 square-foot private facility named the Nebraska Canine Commons, the Omaha World-Herald reported. The indoor dog park would be run by the new nonprofit Nebraska Canine Commons.

The group’s plans include a play area with dog agility equipment, a micro-clinic and classrooms for dog training and specialized turf that drains liquid waste and manages pet odor. Customers would pay a membership fee of $79 per month and an extra $15 per month for each additional dog.

The idea for the indoor facility came from a vizsla dog breed owner group.

“As we went into the winter months we realized there’s nothing really we can do (for vizslas) and there would be a great demand for an indoor facility for dogs,” said Sarah Dring, who helped run the dog breed group and now serves as co-founder of Nebraska Canine Commons.

Dring and Corbyt CEO Jon Cady collaborated with a design team to envision the indoor dog park, and now they’re working to fund the project.

The nonprofit hasn’t yet chosen a location.

The indoor dog facility could begin construction next year and open in 2020 if the group can complete fundraising.