(Updated 9:38-a.m).

A Red Oak man faces multiple felony Forgery charges following a recent investigation. Officials with the Red Oak Police Department say 39-year old Richard Henry Rapp, Jr., had faced 12 Class-D felony charges of forgery, but a friend of Rapp came forward Tuesday and told authorities she had checks that were forged by him as well. As a result of an investigation, Rapp now faces six additional charges of Class-D Forgery.

The investigation into his alleged activities began after information from a store implicated Rapp, Jr. in the crime. A search of Rapp’s residence resulted in evidence of several items allegedly obtained through the act of forgery.

Rapp had allegedly forged checks at several businesses in Red Oak. He was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $5,000 bond. Red Oak Police were assisted in their investigation by deputies with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Hundreds of Nebraska and Iowa schools and some businesses have been closed or will open late because of the below-zero temperatures and bracing winds. A National Weather Service wind chill warning for northeast Nebraska and nearly all of Iowa says dangerously low wind chills could reach minus 35 on Wednesday morning.

In Mason City, Iowa, the air temperature of minus 6 combined with 30 mph winds to make it feel like 34 below zero. In Des Moines, the wind chill was minus 24. In South Sioux City, Nebraska, the temperature of minus 2 and the winds above 20 mph combined for a wind chill of minus 26.