The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports four recent arrests. Saturday afternoon, 63-year old Norman Duane Lutter, of Bellevue, NE., was arrested for OWI/1st offense, and on a Pottawattamie County warrant for Criminal Mischief in the 4th degree. His total bond amounts to $2,000.

Early Friday morning, 21-year old Gurardo Garcia Gutierrez, of Maryville, MO., was arrested on I-29 in Mills County. He faces charges that include Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Contraband, and Drug Stamp Criminal Penalties. Bond was set at $11,000.

Two people were arrested at the Pottawattamie County Jail, April 28th. 19-year old Brandon Joseph Burghardt, of Carter Lake, was arrested on a Mills County warrant for Probation Violation, with bond set at $,5000. And, 39-year old Bryan James Regenscheild, of Council Bluffs, was arrested on a Mills County warrant for Show Cause: Failed to report for Mittimus. He was being held in the jail without bond.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Des Moines police say a body pulled from a river during the weekend was that of an 18-year-old who has been missing for more than three months. Police say Abdullahi “Abdi” Sharif’s body was recovered Saturday afternoon from the Des Moines River. Sharif was reported missing seen Jan. 17, when he left his job at a Des Moines shopping mall. Police say there were no traumatic injuries and a cause of death has not been determined. Sharif’s disappearance drew media attention and prompted several searches with hundreds of volunteers.

Mills County Public Health has been notified of two additional positive confirmed cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Mills County. This brings the total number of confirmed positive cases in the county to five. The two new cases are both adults, in the age range of 18-40 years, and they each contracted the virus through community spread.

Mills County Public Health is currently conducting contact investigations to identify and follow-up with any people who had close contact with the ill individuals. Close contacts are educated about self-monitoring their health status by our health department nurses. They are required to do daily symptom and temperature checks; as well as quarantine themselves for 14 days as a precaution.

In Mills County, to date, there have been 5 confirmed cases,three of which have recovered. A total of 103 individuals have been tested. There is still a great need for all residents to stay home as much as possible, stay away from groups of people and maintain a 6-foot distance from other individuals as there is substantial spread of COVID-19 throughout Iowa

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa officials are reporting nine Iowa Department of Human Services employees working at five state-run facilities have tested positive for the coronavirus. Officials say six residents at a facility housing residents with intellectual disabilities also have the virus.

Iowa DHS Director Kelly Garcia said Monday that the agency has asked doctors from the University of Iowa for assistance in dealing with the outbreak at the Woodward Resource Center, near Des Moines.

The state has reported 534 additional cases of the coronavirus for a total of 9,703 cases confirmed in Iowa. There were four additional deaths for a total of 188.

Officials with the Iowa Department of Public health (IDPH) and Audubon County Public Health, today (Monday), identified three additional COVID-19 cases in the County, bringing the total Audubon County positive cases to eight.

The first new positive case is a child (0-18 years), the second new positive case is an elderly adult (80+), and the third new case is a middle age adult (41-60).

Audubon County Public Health is conducting a contact tracing investigation for these cases to identify close contacts who should monitor their health symptoms and self-isolate.

The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) and Adair County Public Health, have identified two new cases of COVID-19 in Adair County. Officials say so far, there was one case reported in March. That person has since recovered. There are now two additional confirmed cases. Case counts are expected to increase as close contact investigations continue, along with increased testing across the State.

Additional details concerning the two newest COVID-19 cases, were not provided, and the IDPH dashboard has not been updated to show the latest cases in Adair County.