LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska village known for selling beer on the border of an alcoholism-plagued American Indian reservation is getting a new broadband tower that officials say could eventually help connect residents to health care and distance learning services.

State officials announced Wednesday that Whiteclay now has a cell tower to provide broadband service in the village and parts of South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, where alcohol is banned.

Sen. Patty Pansing Brooks of Lincoln says the tower lays the groundwork for services in the remote area.

Whiteclay’s beer stores sold the equivalent of 3.5 million cans last year despite having a dozen full-time residents. Public drunkenness and violence have plagued the town for years, but recently the town got a nursing home and a local faith ministry is helping Native American artisans sell their work.