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 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 (http://bit.ly/1BbJOlj) 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.