FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — A 43-year-old Fremont man has been given probation and must apologize for stealing his son’s identity.

Scott Ingalls was sentenced on Monday to a year of probation, 60 hours of community service and to pay a total of $4,900 in restitution.

Ingalls had pleaded guilty Oct. 28 to identity theft. He’d been arrested after opening a credit card account in his son’s name.

Judge Geoffrey Hall of Dodge County District Court told Ingalls he must write a letter of apology to the victim.

HICKMAN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say 30 horses have been rescued following an early morning fire at a barn near Hickman.

The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office says the fire at the 13,600-square-foot Still Waters ranch began shortly after midnight Monday. First responders were able to get the horses out of the arena and stables, which did not catch fire.

The front part of the barn and a tack room was fully engulfed in flames when authorities arrived.

Lancaster County Sheriff Jerry Wagner says investigators believe an electrical malfunction caused the fire. Damages are estimated at $300,000.

DENVER (AP) — A Windsor meat company has recalled some 90,000 pounds of various meat and poultry products that were produced under unsanitary conditions.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced the recalls Monday. Yauk’s Specialty Meats of Windsor, Colo., recalled:

— “Colorado Best Beef” brand various fresh, smoked and shelf-stable meat products.

— “James Ranch” brand jerky and summer sausage.

— “Rocky Plains Meats” brand hams, bacon, raw and smoked sausage, jerky and raw poultry.

— “John Long Farms” brand fresh and smoked pork products.

— “Horned Beef” brand jerky.

— “Mile High Hungarian Sausage” brand fresh and smoked bacon and sausage.

The products were produced between April 1, 2013, and Dec. 5, 2013 and can be identified by four-digit Julian dates ranging between 3091 and 3339. The products were sold in Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln man has been accused of severely beating his 6-month-old son.

Lincoln police charged 22-year-old Anthony Joseph Souza on Monday with felony child abuse in connection with an incident on Dec. 1. He was arrested Friday.

The boy’s mother called 911 to her apartment and police found the boy limp and unresponsive.

Souza told police he was carrying the baby and lost his grip and dropped him. Authorities say the boy’s severe injuries were not consistent with that account.

Investigators say they believe Souza threw his son against a door frame and closet.

A message left with the Lancaster County public defender’s office was not immediately returned Monday.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska landowners and operators have until Jan. 17 to sign up for a federal conservation program.

The Conservation Stewardship Program provides financial aid to help farmers and ranchers conserve natural resources, including water and soil. The program is run by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Participants receive annual payments for the environmental benefits they produce on their operations.

Applications are accepted at any time, but for the deadline for the current ranking and funding period is Jan. 17.

Craig Derickson of the Natural Resources Conservation Service says contracts have gone into effect in all 93 counties, and cover about 4.8 million acres in Nebraska. Derickson says the program is popular in Nebraska because it doesn’t require farmers and ranchers to take their land out of production.

ADAMS, Neb. (AP) — A 21-year-old man has died in a pickup crash in southeast Nebraska.

The Gage County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were dispatched to the scene off South 162nd Road southeast of Adams around 8:15 a.m. Saturday.

Deputies found the pickup upside-down and the body of Phillip Schoen nearby. Deputies say Schoen lived outside of Pickrell.

The crash is being investigated.

BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) — A Texas educator has been chosen to lead Southeast Community College in Nebraska.

The college says Dr. Paul Illich is vice president for research, planning and information technology at McLennan Community College in Waco, Texas. Illich was selected on Friday by the Southeast Community College Board of Governors. The board’s decision is tentative, pending a background check, negotiation of a contract and final approval of the contract by the board.

Illich would begin his new work on July 1, 2014, replacing President Jack Huck, who is retiring at the end of June 2014.

The district serves 15 counties in southeast Nebraska and has campuses in Beatrice, Lincoln and Milford.

DENVER (AP) — A man who cut off his forearm to free himself after becoming trapped by a dislodged boulder in a Utah canyon is in jail after being arrested in Denver over allegations of domestic violence.

Aron Ralston was booked Sunday on charges of assault and “wrongs to minors,” which involves exposing a minor to danger. Court records show a woman, Vita Shannon, also was arrested at the same home on the same charges.

Messages left with prosecutors and Ralston’s publisher, Simon & Schuster, weren’t returned.

Ralston was hiking in 2003 when he became trapped and cut off his arm to free himself. He detailed his struggles in a book, which was adapted into the movie “127 Hours.”

Booking documents don’t indicate if Ralston or Shannon has an attorney. Both are scheduled to appear in court Monday.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A member of the University of Nebraska’s Board of Regents has resigned from his job at Bo Pelini Foundation.

Tim Clare resigned as legal counsel for Pelini’s foundation on Friday.

Clare had worked for the foundation Pelini started in 2008 since before he was elected to the Board of Regents, and he had disclosed his relationship with Nebraska’s head football coach.

Clare says he didn’t want his role at the foundation to be a distraction because of his elected office. The foundation raises money for cancer research and juvenile and adult diabetes.

Even though he said he has recused himself from any votes related to University of Nebraska-Lincoln athletics personnel.