PILGER, Neb. (AP) — A groundbreaking ceremony for a new bank doesn't usually attract more than 200 people, but the new Midwest Bank will be play a key role in rebuilding Pilger's downtown.
The small northeast Nebraska town is slowly working to recover from a tornado that damaged more than three-quarters of Pilger and killed two people last June 16.
The Norfolk Daily News reports the bank announced plans for its replacement branch on Friday.
The new bank will be about a block away from the old building where employees rode out last June's devastating storm inside the bank vault.
Pilger bank Market President Gene Willers says the new building will have a traditional facade outside of a modern interior.
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