• Today: Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 84. South wind 9 to 13 mph.
• Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 60. South wind 6 to 9 mph.
• Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. South southwest wind 6 to 9 mph.
• Wednesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. Light and variable wind becoming north 12 to 17 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.

North Platte High School Students are teaming up with the University of Nebraska Extension to promote “Get Fit” Day in North Platte.

Extension Educator, Brenda Aufdenkamp, says each student in Anne O’Connor’s Introduction to Education class and a peer will teach as 4-H Healthy Living Ambassadors to promote healthy living.

Aufdenkamp says 15 other Nebraska youth were selected as members of the state-wide team.

The students will receive training on educating young people about nutrition and making healthy choices.

The event will be held in North Platte on September 26th.

• Today: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 78. East northeast wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
• Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. Northeast wind around 6 mph.
• Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 76. East northeast wind 6 to 13 mph.
• Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. East wind 5 to 9 mph.

(AP) — The merger of two Nebraska banks will create a new banking entity: Heartland Bank.

The merger of Geneva State Bank and State Bank of Riverdale will create a bank with more than $350 million in total assets.

The merger is expected to be completed before year’s end, pending regulatory approval.

John Wilkins is chairman and CEO of Geneva State Bank, and he says the merger “makes a lot of sense to both communities we serve.”

New signage reflecting the change to Heartland Bank will be added in the first quarter of 2014.

Geneva has operations in Fairmont, Geneva, Grafton, Hastings, Kearney and Shickley. Riverdale has operations in Kearney, Ord and Riverdale.

(AP) — An 18-year-old Saronville man has been charged with felony criminal mischief, accused of vandalizing an old cemetery in south-central Nebraska.

Robert Kelly Jr. surrendered on Wednesday after an arrest warrant was issued. He has since bonded out of Hamilton County Jail. A public phone listing for him couldn’t be found. Online court records don’t list the name of his attorney.

Kelly is due back in court for arraignment on Tuesday.

A man who lives near Farmers’ Valley Cemetery discovered the damage on Aug. 20. Nearly 50 gravestones had been pushed over and some had been damaged beyond repair.

The cemetery was established in 1876 along the banks of the Big Blue River south-southwest of Henderson.

(AP) — A northeast Oklahoma town is temporarily without a water supply after city workers found worms in the municipal water tower.

The worms showed up in the drinking water supply in Colcord, a town of 815 people about 80 miles east of Tulsa. Vice Mayor Cody Gibby says the worms are a type of earthworm that range from a half-inch to an inch long.

Gibby says the worms are passing through water filters and getting into distribution lines. The town shut off its drinking water Tuesday night with plans to flush the water system out and scrub the water tower clean.

Classes are canceled Wednesday at Colcord schools, and bottled water is available for residents.

• Today: Sunny, with a high near 96. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 9 mph in the afternoon.
• Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 63. South southeast wind 3 to 8 mph.
• Thursday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 100. South wind 5 to 7 mph.
• Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 66. South southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.

(AP) — An 87-year-old Omaha woman says she’s got a gun for the next crook who wants to steal from her and her husband.

Mauricette and Albert Albin were robbed of personal papers on Saturday. It was the second time the Albins have been crime victims in their south-central Omaha home.

Last year someone pretending to deliver newspapers stole Albert’s wallet.

Mauricette Albin says she tried to stop a man who’d gotten in through an open door on Saturday while Albert Albin was working outside. She tried to keep the man from breaking into their safe. He shoved her away.

Mauricette Albin says she is ready if the crook comes back.

She says that she sees him come in, “I don’t care. I got a gun.”

• Today: Sunny and hot, with a high near 101. South wind 3 to 7 mph.
• Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 64. South southeast wind 3 to 7 mph.
• Wednesday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 99. Light south wind increasing to 6 to 11 mph in the morning.
• Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 67. South southeast wind 6 to 10 mph.