SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb. (AP) — South Sioux City residents forced to leave their homes by a horrible odor say they’re concerned a resident was recently sent back to his home before hydrogen sulfide gas levels were deemed safe by Nebraska standards.

Chris Cornell was displaced from his home Oct. 28 due to the odor from the nearby Big Ox Energy plant. City administrator Lance Hedquist told Cornell he could return to his home last week. Cornell says he was shocked.

Gas levels should be lower than 7.17 parts per billion before residents can safely return to their homes. The first batch of test results hadn’t been processed at the time of Hedquist’s call. Hedquist says he thought the home was safe based on discussion with other people working on the home.

The city has resumed paying for Cornell’s hotel accommodations.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A fire in downtown Omaha injured one person and damaged some equipment involved in providing cell phone service to Sprint customers.

The fire was reported early Tuesday before 5 a.m. in the basement of a building near 7th and Leavenworth streets.

Firefighters extinguished the fire in about 20 minutes and took one person to the hospital.

The building, which houses wirelines for Sprint, was operating on limited power Tuesday because the fire damaged electrical equipment.

Sprint says it is working to restore service to the area.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — Police in Grand Island have identified a woman killed in a two-vehicle crash at an intersection in the southwest corner of the city.

41-year-old Melissa Brown, of Grand Island, died in the Sunday morning crash.

Police say Brown was driving a large SUV on Husker Highway when she was broadsided by another SUV traveling south on Engleman Road. Police Capt. Jim Duering says the driver of the southbound vehicle, 35-year-old Sheri Jindra, of Lincoln, failed to yield at a stop sign, causing the crash. She suffered minor injuries.

Brown was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Her husband and passenger, Roger Brown, received minor injuries.

BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have identified a person who died after collapsing at a Beatrice auto parts manufacturing company as a member of a cleaning crew.

67-year-old Michael Robertson, a Mosaic resident, was cleaning the Neapco facility Monday morning when he and another worker became ill. Workers reported a bad smell in the break room of the facility, and officials are investigating a possible chemical incident.

Mosaic is a faith-based organization that treats people with intellectual disabilities.

Both Robertson and the other worker were taken to hospitals. Officials say Robertson died at the Nebraska Heart Institute in Lincoln.

Police have not identified the other man, but say he was treated and released form Beatrice Community Hospital and Health Center.

BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) — One worker has died after collapsing at an auto parts manufacturing company in southeast Nebraska, and another worker remains hospitalized.

Beatrice firefighters were called to the Neapco Components plant Monday morning, and a suspicious smell was reported. Before firefighters arrived, one worker needed CPR.

Both workers were taken to hospitals, and one man later died at the Nebraska Heart Institute in Lincoln. The workers’ names weren’t immediately released.

Deputy Fire Chief Jake Carrel says a hazardous materials crews investigated the odor into the afternoon and identified the likely source.

But Carrel wouldn’t identify what caused the odor until it is confirmed. He says the smell was only in one room of the Neapco plant and didn’t affect the rest of the facility.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lincoln’s City Council has approved a $16 million expansion project at its zoo.

Construction could begin as soon as next spring at the Lincoln Children’s zoo.

The project will build a new education and conservation center that Lincoln schools will use for classes.

And additional parking will be added in Woods Park.

About $12 million of the project’s cost will be covered by private donations.

Zoo executive director John Chapo says the timing of the project will depend on fundraising.