DAKOTA CITY, Neb. (AP) — Human remains found over the weekend show a Nebraska man who was pronounced dead after his severed arm and leg were found in a car had been shot in the head.

The additional remains were found Saturday in a creek about four miles from the farm house where the first body parts were found last week.

Authorities have charged 25-year-old Andres Surber and 18-year-old Misael Galvan-Hernandez with first-degree murder in the death of 41-year-old Kraig Kubik.

Authorities say Surber and Galvan-Hernandez went to Kubik’s trailer home Tuesday and demanded that he give them a car that once belonged to Surber. On Wednesday, investigators found a large amount of blood in Kubik’s yard.

Surber and Galvan-Hernandez were being held in lieu of $2.5 million bond.

A traffic stop on Interstate 80 in Seward County over the weekend led to the seizure of 58 lbs. of marijuana and one arrest.

Just before 9:00 a.m., Saturday, November 5, a trooper stopped an eastbound black Chevy Suburban for failing to maintain lane of travel, near the Pleasant Dale interchange.

A probable cause search of the vehicle led to the seizure of 58 lbs. of marijuana. The marijuana was located
in two duffle bags in the cargo area of the SUV.

The driver of the vehicle, Merrie H. Whitaker, (F), 58, Lincoln, was lodged in the Seward
County Jail on a charge of Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Deliver.

WAVERLY, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a head-on collision fatally injured two people just south of Waverly in Lancaster County.

The collision was reported just after 5:30 p.m. Sunday. The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office says northbound and southbound vehicles collided on North 148th Street.

The Sheriff’s Office says one of the drivers, 44-year-old Jeffrey Goettemoeller, was pronounced dead at the scene. He lived in rural Waverly. Three other people in his minivan were hospitalized.

The other driver, Steven Kriesen, was pronounced dead later at a Lincoln hospital.

The collision is being investigated.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 33-year-old man released from prison in March has been fatally wounded in an Omaha shooting.

Police say Markus Walker was shot around 12:30 p.m. Sunday in northeast Omaha. Officer Michael Pecha (PEH’-kuh) says Walker was pronounced dead later at Creighton University Medical Center.

No arrests have been reported.

Nebraska Correctional Services Department say Walker was released in March after being convicted of being a murder accessory in a March 2011 Omaha shooting.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The mayor of Lincoln, an artist, a philosophy student and other residents have come together to discuss how the creation of creative spaces improves health and well-being.

The Placemaking for Wellbeing discussion took place Sunday.

Mayor Chris Beutler says the city is making an effort to collect creative ideas and create spaces where people can come together and be inspired. According to Beutler, the connection between the arts and the well-being of a community is often lost.

The mayor and event organizer Nick Hernandez agree that people contributing their creative ideas has a positive impact on personal health and the health of the city.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Omaha City Council president says he wants the Legislature to disband the Nebraska Tax Equalization and Review Commission or add oversight by elected officials.

The full council is scheduled to vote Tuesday on Council president Ben Gray’s proposal. The proposal is in response to a commission order earlier this year for Douglas County to adjust tax valuation in two areas of the county.

On the council, Gray represents northeast Omaha, where values decreased on about 20,000 properties. Officials have said they are concerned that the decreases will depress home values, discourage renovations by homeowners and cause people to panic sell their homes for less than what they’re worth.

The commission has increased values for about 78,000 residential properties in central and west Omaha.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 19-year-old woman on probation for stabbing a classmate in a Lincoln high school bathroom in 2013 is accused of starting a fire in a Metropolitan Community College bathroom.

Sarah Piccolo was arrested Saturday on suspicion of arson. She hasn’t made an initial court appearance, and online court records don’t list the case yet so it’s not clear if she has a lawyer.

Firefighters determined that the fire in the bathroom Saturday morning was set intentionally.

Piccolo was sentenced to five years of probation for using a hunting knife and a claw hammer to attack a 17-year-old girl at Lincoln Pius X High School in October 2013. The girl was hospitalized.

Piccolo was 16 in 2013 but was being prosecuted as an adult.

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HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) — A home in Hastings has sustained significant fire damage after a man used a butane torch to light a cigarette.

The fire happened Saturday afternoon.

Hastings Fire and Rescue Chief Kent Gilbert says the home was engulfed in flames by the time firefighters arrived. The home was gutted by the blaze.

Gilbert said the man who started the fire escaped the house safely, but then was hurt trying to re-enter the home through a window. He says the injuries were likely caused by broken glass.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police are investigating a north Omaha homicide.

Police say in a brief news release that officers were called to a north Omaha address around 4:30 a.m. Saturday for a report of shots fired. Upon arrival, officers found 34-year-old Terrell Loyd suffering from injuries. Police say Loyd was taken to an Omaha hospital, where he died.

No other details about the death have been released, and no arrests have been reported.