WAHOO, Neb. (AP) — A man who attacked a sheriff’s deputy during an escape in eastern Nebraska has been given up to 113 years in prison. Saunders County, NE., District Court records say 38-year-old Eric Scott was sentenced Wednesday. He’d pleaded no contest to charges of escape, assault on an officer, theft and use of a weapon. Officials say Scott was being driven to court in Fremont Sept. 20, 2017, by a Dodge County sheriff’s deputy in an unmarked government car when he slipped his handcuffs and used his leg-iron chain to choke the deputy. Scott gained control of the car in Saunders County, forcing out the deputy.

Scott was arrested the next day after he was found walking near the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

BETTENDORF, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say two people were injured by fire at a home in the eastern Iowa community of Bettendorf. Station KWQC reports that firefighters were sent to the home around 7 p.m. Wednesday. Fire officials say the flames broke out as family members in the home used candles to celebrate a religious holiday. One victim was flown to an Iowa City hospital for treatment. The other was taken to a local hospital. Their names haven’t been released.

FAIRBANK, Iowa (AP) — Developers are taking down three wind turbine towers under court orders in northeast Iowa. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that the first was removed last week. The second is going down this week. The 450-foot-tall towers were erected in 2015 just east of Fairbank in Fayette County. They drew opposition from housing developers and neighboring homeowners who believed the towers would be detrimental to the city.

The city and housing developers filed a lawsuit that said the county issued construction permits for the turbines without following zoning ordinances. A judge sided with the city in 2016, and the Iowa Supreme Court upheld that ruling. The developers are still appealing in the courts.

Atlantic Mayor Dave Jones, Wednesday, addressed some misconceptions about the City’s Infill Housing Program, following an article last week in the local paper. Infill housing is a term used to place new houses on vacant lots among older, existing properties in established neighborhoods. Jones said much of what’s being explored includes quotes for local experts in building a modular home with a full basement.

The only quote he solicited from an out of town company was a Missouri Valley business that constructs poured basements, and on the house itself.

Jones said the target purchase price for the modular home ranges from $100,000 to $130,000. Once the home is listed, the prospective buyer must seek out the loan and obtain a firm commitment from a bank before work on the home can begin.

Infill housing Jones said, is designed to generate new property tax dollars. Jones says this project is different, because he doesn’t like affordable housing.

There are currently seven, City-owned lots available, along with other privately-owned lots scattered throughout the City as well. Creating new housing in certain sections of the City would add to the vitality of the area, according to the Mayor.