WINNEBAGO, Neb. (AP) — Federal agents are investigating the tobacco businesses run by the economic development arm of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.

Investigators from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives visited the headquarters of Ho-Chunk Inc. on Tuesday.

Ho-Chunk spokesman Sam Burrrish says the company is cooperating with investigators who are looking at records related to tobacco sales.

Ho-Chunk owns dozens of businesses in several different industries, including Rock River Manufacturing that produces cigarettes on the tribe’s reservation in northeast Nebraska.

The Winnebago Tribe also owns the WinnaVegas Casino near Sloan, Iowa.

MELBETA, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is investigating the disposal of dozens of carcasses of game birds in western Nebraska.

The commission says the carcasses of 33 ducks and 52 Canada geese were tossed into a waterway southwest of Melbeta late last week.

None of the meat had been removed. The commission says anyone who abandons an edible portion of game or doesn’t dispose of game carcasses in a sanitary manner commits wanton waste. That’s a misdemeanor violation of Nebraska law punishable by up to three months in jail, a $500 fine or both.

Authorities say the man fell about 80 feet shortly before 4 p.m. Friday. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

He was later identified as 39-year-old Rafael Ayala Orozco. He lived in Grand Island.

Authorities are investigating what happened.

SEWARD, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have arrested a man and seized more than 340 pounds of marijuana in eastern Nebraska.

The Seward County Sheriff’s Office says a deputy pulled over a speeding sport utility vehicle Friday on Interstate 80. The office says the deputy smelled marijuana, and a drug dog taken to the scene alerted officers to the drug’s presence as well.

The office says the pot was found inside the SUV. The driver was arrested on marijuana and related charges. Court records don’t show that he’s been formally charged.

The value of the drugs was estimated at more than $1.5 million.

GRETNA, Neb. (AP) — Work will soon begin to fix an eastern Nebraska road that leads to a religious shrine.

The Sarpy County Board approved a $438,000 construction bid from High Plains Enterprises to rebuild Pflug Road last week. The county engineering office had originally estimated that the project would cost around $900,000. The road is being pulled apart by erosive soil and has been closed since last summer.

“It’s been a long frustration,” said Jim Warren, who represents the area on the County Board.

The rural road leads to the Holy Family Shrine near Gretna. Attendance has dropped about 25 percent since the road’s closure, according to Matt Sakowski, the shrine’s caretaker. The glass-walled shrine had 40,000 visitors in 2016. The attraction relies on contributions from visitors.

“People, they do call to check on road conditions,” Sakowski said. When told the road is still closed, “they tell us ‘We’ll wait until the road is fixed,’ ” Sakowski said.

The shrine is also typically a stop for bus tours from surrounding states, but busses have had a difficult time navigating the detour to the attraction.

“Once Pflug Road gets fixed, the buses will have a much easier road to take to get to the shrine,” Sakowski said.

Work will begin when the weather is warmer. Officials expect the road to reopen in the spring.

“We’re really happy,” Sakowski said. “We know that by springtime things are going to be back to normal.”