HADAR, Neb. (AP) — A severe thunderstorm caused some damage in rural northeast Nebraska Monday morning, but mostly avoided the area around Pilger that was hit hard by storms earlier this month.

The National Weather Service says the storm destroyed some outbuildings and damaged at least one home in Pierce County just northwest of the town of Hadar.

Emergency management officials reported a tornado as the storm moved across Pierce County.

The storm also generated hail up to 1.75 inches in diameter near Pender and Walthill.

But the storm stayed north of the Stanton County town of Pilger that was heavily damaged by a tornado on June 16.

OAKLAND, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska town of Oakland is getting a $129,541 grant to help businesses grow and expand in rural areas.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development office announced the grant earlier this month.

Oakland plans to use the money to provide technical assistance and training to businesses in rural areas of the state.

More details about the USDA’s rural development programs are available online atwww.rurdev.usda.gov/ne .

GRETNA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska snakes will be displayed and discussed during workshops July 19 and 20 at the Ak-Sar-Ben Aquarium in eastern Nebraska.

The workshops are scheduled to run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day.

Dennis Ferraro is a University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension educator, and he will display 29 species of snakes found in Nebraska and answer questions.

Admission is free. The Ak-Sar-Ben Aquarium sits south of Gretna in Schramm Park State Recreation Area. Call the aquarium at 402-332-3901 for more information.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Omaha police officer who was stabbed by a man at a convenience store last week has been released from the hospital.

The Omaha Police Department says 51-year-old Sophia Jordan is recovering at home. She is a 15-year veteran.

Jordan was injured Thursday while responding to a report that a man who has been banned from the store was trying to get fuel.

Jordan was attacked as she got out of her police car.

Twenty-nine-year-old Gary Jackson, of Omaha, was arrested. He is charged with assaulting an officer with a weapon. Jackson remained in jail Sunday in lieu of $500,000 bond.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska officials are still tallying the cost of the tornadoes that destroyed most of the town of Pilger, but it’s expected to climb into the tens of millions.

The Nebraska Emergency Management Agency will send teams to the northeast Nebraska community this week to assess damage to roads, bridges and public buildings, such as the school and local fire department. Last week, teams started to tally the cost of private property damage not covered by insurance.

The June 16 tornado damaged 75 percent to 80 percent of Pilger, a town with a population of about 350.

The Nebraska National Guard has left town, but a spokeswoman for Gov. Dave Heineman says the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency and five other state agencies are still providing assistance to the area.

BEAVER CROSSING, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska authorities have identified the 34-year-old man found dead near Beaver Crossing last week.

The Nebraska State Patrol says the combination of fingerprint records and tips from the public helped identify Hai Sinh Nguyen of Lincoln.

His body was found on the bank of the Big Blue River in Seward County Wednesday. An autopsy confirmed that Nguyen did not die of natural causes, and his death is being investigated as a homicide.

Authorities are asking anyone with information about Nguyen’s death to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-422-1494.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — An 18-year-old woman is facing life-threatening injuries after falling from a sixth-floor window of a Nebraska hotel.

Lincoln Police Capt. Martin Fehringer said the fall happened early Sunday morning at the Embassy Suites in downtown Lincoln.

The woman landed on a second-floor balcony roughly 40 feet below the window she fell out of.

Fehringer says he doesn’t know what caused the fall. The woman, who is from Texas, remained in critical condition Sunday morning.

It wasn’t immediately clear if the woman had been in Lincoln to attend last week’s Thespian Festival for high school students on the nearby University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Area farmers are dealing with damage to their crops and fences after all the rain that fell in June.

Farmers in northwest Iowa, southeast South Dakota and northeast Nebraska face significant work ahead because of the flooding on the Big Sioux, Rock and other rivers.

The flooding and heavy rains could also have a lasting effect on their crops because fertilizer may have been washed away and standing water in fields could have killed some plants.

Janna Whitlock says her pasture in Union County, S.D., was underwater, and three lawn mowers, a snow blower and some other equipment in a shed was damaged.

Farmer Jack Kruse says he knows he faces weeks of fence repair ahead.