OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 28-year-old man was fatally shot this weekend after a fight broke out inside a downtown Omaha nightclub near the end of a concert.

Omaha Police said Jamar Fields was wounded after 1:30 a.m. Sunday at the Slowdown on the north edge of downtown.

Shots rang out after officers quieted the fight. Then officers found Fields with wounds in his torso and leg.

He died later at Creighton University Medical Center.

Detectives and forensic experts are investigating the homicide. No arrests had been made Sunday morning.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska utility is getting a $7.9 million loan from the federal government to help pay for upgrades to electric grid in rural parts of the state.

The USDA’s Rural Development office says Midwest Electric will receive the loan.

Most of the money will be used to build or improve 194 miles of transmission or distribution lines across Nebraska.

The rest of the money will be used for smart grid technology that helps utilities better manage the electric grid.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Omaha Tribe of Nebraska is considering getting into the marijuana business.

Tribe members will vote Tuesday on whether the tribe should allow recreational use of marijuana, medicinal use of marijuana, and growing industrial hemp on its northeast Nebraska reservation.

The ultimate decision lies with the Tribal Council. The referendum vote simply will give the council guidance on whether to move forward.

Tribal law expert Lance Morgan, who also is president and CEO of Ho-Chunk Inc., the Winnebago Tribe’s economic development arm, says the Winnebago Tribe has discussed legalizing marijuana but has no plans to yet do so.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 2-year-old California girl and her cat are together again thanks to the dogged work of an Omaha private investigator.

The girl’s mother, Riley McDermid of Vallejo, California, reported the pet missing last month.

McDermid told private investigator Mona Kay that the cat, Sheba, disappeared around the time an Omaha brother and sister arrived in the neighborhood to retrieve their late father’s possessions.

Neighbors said the brother and sister were looking for a black cat named Lucy that fled when they entered the residence. They were later seen loading a pet carrier into their van.

McDermid says she found the cat in Omaha with a woman who conceded that she made a mistake. The cat had an implanted microchip confirming it belonged to McDermid.

WAKEFIELD, Neb. (AP) — The love shared by Karissa Meyer and Mike Krusemark was born in the aftermath of a tornado that devastated the Meyers family farm in northeast Nebraska.

The Meyers’ farm suffered heavy damage in 2013 after an early October tornado tore through. The farm lost several grain bins, buildings and animals, including daughter Karissa’s horse.

Meyer’s parents decided to hire Krusemark from nearby Waterbury to help remove debris.

The pair’s paths crossed many times as they worked to clean up the farm. Three weeks into the job, the 27-year-old construction company owner finally decided to “take a shot” and ask Karissa Meyer to dinner.

A little more than two years later, Meyer and Krusemark will be married.

RED CLOUD, Neb. (AP) — A 31-year-old man has been given six months in jail and three years of probation for holding a woman hostage in a Red Cloud home.

Charles Folkman, of Red Cloud, had pleaded no contest and was convicted of false imprisonment. Prosecutors had lowered the charge and dropped two others in exchange for Folkman’s plea. He was sentenced earlier this month.

Officers responded around 2 a.m. on April 9 to the Red Cloud residence. Authorities say a negotiator arranged the release of an uninvolved 26-year-old man just before 3 a.m. The 46-year-old woman was released 15 minutes later and was treated at a nearby hospital for minor injuries.

Folkman surrendered around 5 a.m.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska attorney general’s office says the Metropolitan Entertainment and Convention Authority in Omaha should follow the state’s open meeting and open records laws, and the opinion is drawing rave reviews from an Omaha legislator.

The opinion released Thursday says the authority should be considered a branch of the Omaha city government and is subject to government transparency laws. Authority officials have resisted calls for complete openness, saying that would hamper its competition with other arenas and convention centers.

Sen. Ernie Chambers said the authority “should now do what it should have been doing all the time.” Chambers had requested the opinion, which is not legally binding.

Authority officials declined to comment about the opinion but said they are discussing it with their lawyer.

NORFOLK, Neb. (AP) — Officials say a new oil and gas pipe manufacturing plant will bring at least 180 jobs to Norfolk.

CEO Charley Havens announced at a news conference Wednesday that OCT Pipe, of Rockwall, Texas, had chosen Norfolk over other locations.

The company expects to break ground soon on its investment of at least $125 million and begin operating in mid-2017. It intends to buy steel from the Nucor plant in Norfolk to make pipe for the oil and gas industry.

The company will be applying for tax incentives available through the Nebraska Advantage Act.