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.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Police are still looking for two puppies stolen from Crete earlier this month, but four stolen puppies have been recovered.

The puppies were taken when they were 5-weeks-old from their kennel near Luis Cuevas’ workshop on Dec. 5.

Police found three of the dogs when they arrested a 29-year-old woman on an outstanding warrant.

A fourth puppy was found after a Lincoln man, who paid $200 for the dog, realized it might be one of the stolen dogs.

Cuevas says he had initially planned to keep all the puppies, but now he plans to return the dog to the Lincoln man when its older because of his honesty.

COLUMBUS, Neb. (AP) — The Platte County attorney’s office says nearly every criminal case in the county ends in a plea agreement, and that only a small percentage of the roughly 1,200 criminal cases the office handles each year go to trial.

One percent to two percent of those cases make it to trial. Platte County attorney Carl Hart says that amounts to about two dozen cases combined in county and districts courts.

County public defender Tim Matas says he advises his clients on the nature of their charges, but he doesn’t direct them to a plea agreement.

Matas also says the local court system doesn’t have the time or resources to stage a trial every week.

FREMONT COUNTY, Iowa (AP) — Authorities are investigating after deer hunters discovered a man’s body underneath a highway bridge in southwest Iowa over the weekend.

The hunters found the body under a U.S. Highway 2 bridge in Fremont County’s Waubonsie Access Wildlife Management Area.

The Fremont County Sheriff’s office says the death appears suspicion and an autopsy is planned.

The identity of the dead man wasn’t immediately clear.

ANITA, Iowa (AP) — Authorities believe snow contributed to a crash that killed three people and injured eight in a multiple-vehicle crash on Interstate 80 in western Iowa.

A westbound semitrailer truck crossed into oncoming traffic about three miles west of the Anita, Iowa, exit on Saturday morning in snowy conditions.

Iowa State Patrol Sgt. Nathan Ludwig says the semi crashed into a minivan and continued into the ditch, but the truck’s trailer remained on I-80 and an SUV smashed into it.

The collisions killed 41-year-old Rodney Sanborn of Gretna, Nebraska, and 14-year-old Jameson Steckler and 11-year-old Gavin Steckler. The Stecklers from Audubon, Iowa, were in the minivan. Sanborn was in the SUV.

Ludwig says the 31-year-old driver of the semi was driving too fast. He wasn’t hurt.

YORK, Neb. (AP) — A 53-year-old man has died after being shot during a confrontation with York police officers at that Nebraska city’s hospital.

The incident happened early Sunday at York General Hospital.

York Police Chief Don Klug said police were called because Timothy Case was threatening hospital staff with a knife.

Klug says he doesn’t know why Case was at the hospital.

Klug says the officers that responded ordered Case to drop the knife. Then they tried a stun gun and pepper spray, but Case refused to drop the knife.

Klug says one of the two officers shot Case at that point.

The officers involved in the shooting have been placed on leave while the incident is investigated. A grand jury will review what happened.