LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities are holding someone suspected of starting a fire at a hotel near the Lincoln airport.

The Lincoln Police Department says 33-year-old Joshua Berney, of Thornton, Colorado, reported the blaze from his room at the Holiday Inn Express just before 4 a.m. Monday. He was taken to a hospital to be checked for smoke inhalation and was later jailed on suspicion of committing first-degree arson.

Fire sprinklers helped contain the flames to just one hotel room on the second floor, but smoke escaped into hallways. Thirty-five hotel guests were evacuated during the fire.

Investigator Chuck Schweitzer says bedding, a pillow and some of Berney’s personal belongings were ignited.

Police Capt. Bob Farber says investigators have concluded that the fire was intentionally set. The blaze caused at least $150,000 in damage.

BRUNSVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say two young boys died Sunday from injuries sustained when two vehicles collided north of Brunsville.

The Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office says one vehicle was heading east and the other was traveling north when they collided at an intersection about 8 p.m. Sunday and rolled onto their roofs. Nine-year-old Adan Perez-Antonio, of Sioux City, died at the scene of the crash.

Authorities say 8-year-old Shawn Perez-Antonio was airlifted to Mercy Medical Center-Sioux City and transferred to the Children’s Hospital and Medical Center in Omaha, where he was later pronounced dead.

Six others were transported to Floyd Valley Hospital in Le Mars. Their names and conditions haven’t been released.

The collision remains under investigation.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a body was found submerged in a creek behind a Lincoln university’s science research center over the weekend.

Police have identified the man as 45-year-old James C. Lawrence. Authorities say they don’t believe Lawrence had any affiliation to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Police were notified Saturday about the body by a faculty member who had been walking through the wooded and marshy area with his son. Investigators say they aren’t sure how long Lawrence was in the creek before he was found.

UNL Police Assistant Chief Charlotte Evans says autopsy results didn’t reveal any evidence of violence, but that police are waiting for toxicology results to determine how Lawrence died.

University police and the Lincoln Police Department’s crime scene unit are conducting a joint investigation.

MANLEY, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a drowning that occurred in a pond on an eastern Nebraska farm was likely accidental.

The Cass County Sheriff’s Department says the body of Michael F. Sanford, of Omaha, was removed from the pond Friday, about a mile and a half west of Manley. Sanford’s family and friends called the sheriff’s office after the man didn’t return from an overnight fishing trip.

Lt. Larry Burke says Sanford appeared to have been fishing from the edge of the pond when he may have slipped and entered the water. He was believed to be alone at the time of his drowning.

Burke says the incident appears to be an accident, but that authorities are waiting on a toxicology report before drawing any conclusions.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 16-year-old boy has been arrested after he shot and wounded his younger brother with a homemade weapon.

Emergency crews arrived around 5 p.m. Friday at an Omaha home to find a projectile had struck a 13-year-old boy. He was transported to Nebraska Medicine, where he underwent surgery and is expected to remain for observation until at least Tuesday.

The older brother was taken to the Douglas County Youth Center on counts of second-degree assault and use of a weapon to commit a felony.

The boys’ mother said a makeshift bullet that discharged from a homemade musket sliced through a plastic sled the young boy was using as a shield. She says the incident was accidental.

The 16-year-old has since been released from the youth facility.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police say a 64-year-old man has been critically injured in a shooting in Omaha.

Arthur Henderson was listed in critical but stable condition following the shooting around 6:20 a.m. Monday.

Officers reported to Creighton University Medical Center to learn that Henderson had been taken into surgery for a life-threatening gunshot wound. Further information wasn’t immediately available.

Police say the case remains under investigation. No arrests have been made.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police say five men broke into an Omaha school and robbed a teacher who was working in her classroom.

The Omaha Police Department says the men entered the Integrated Learning Center about 5:30 p.m. Sunday. The group took several items in the school before two men broke off and entered a classroom where the 65-year-old teacher was working.

The teacher tells police that one man threatened her with a hammer. Police say the pair then took her purse, cellphone, car keys and her Honda Fit.

Police say the men likely broke a window on the north side of the building to get inside. No arrests have been made. The case remains under investigation.

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VALLEY, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say the death toll has risen to four in an eastern Nebraska collision.

The accident involved three vehicles and happened around 8:30 p.m. Sunday, about three miles northeast of Valley, at the intersection of Nebraska Highway 36 and 252nd Street.

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said Monday that a northbound pickup ran a stop sign and hit an eastbound sport utility vehicle, knocking the SUV into the path of a westbound vehicle.

Three of the people in those vehicles were pronounced dead at the scene, and a fourth died later at an Omaha hospital.

The four were identified as 40-year-old Amber Wood, of Kennard, 49-year-old Jason Miller, of Valley; and 57-year-old John Prusa and 55-year-old Dorine Prusa, both of Howells.

The two teenagers in the pickup survived the collision.