(Radio Iowa) – The Board of Regents held a short meeting this (Monday) morning, where they heard a proposal for tuition rates. Regents chief business officer, Brad Berg, presented the tuition plan. “All proposed tuition and mandatory fee rates remain flat with the current academic year,” Berg says. It took just a few more minutes for Board president Mike Richards to ask for input and then close the meeting.

“I hear no questions,” Richards says, “is there any other business?” A regent asked “is that it” and Richards said yes, that’s it, and several of the board members laughed as the meeting quickly closed. One of the regents commented that it must have been a record fast meeting. The board will vote on the proposal to freeze tuition rates at their meeting in June.

The base tuition and fees for in-state students at the Univerisity of Iowa are 96-hundred dollars, 93-hundred at Iowa State University, and 89-hundred at the University of Northern Iowa.

Pottawattamie County Public Health, Monday, reported 10 new COVID-19 cases. The total of COVID-19 cases in Pottawattamie County is now 59. Twenty-five individuals have recovered, 31 are self-isolating at home, one is hospitalized, and there have been two deaths.The 10 new cases are all residents of Council Bluffs.

Those individuals were tested for COVID-19 between April 29 and May 2. Four of the cases are 18-40 years old, five are 41-60 years old, and one is 61-80 years old. Five of the individuals have pre-existing conditions. Four of the new cases had contact with an existing COVID-19 case, and six are the result of community spread. All ten of these individuals are self-isolating at home.

The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH), the Iowa Department of Human Services (DHS), and the Iowa National Guard are opening a temporary testing site today to test Pottawattamie County long term care facility staff. Long term care facilities are at a higher risk of COVID-19 outbreaks than other community settings due to the nature of congregate living. In testing long term care facility staff, IDPH is mitigating the spread of COVID-19 by identifying potential infected staff, and anyone who may have been previously exposed and therefore developed antibodies.

The testing site location is the Mid-America Center, 1 Arena Way. Tests at the site will take place on Tuesday May 5 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Wednesday, May 6 from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tests are given by appointment only and are supported by the long-term care testing strike teams initiative the state is standing up to test nursing home staff.

Note: This is not a TestIowa.com site. Pottawattamie County Public Health continues to conduct contact tracing investigations for each COIVD-19 case. A part of contact tracing is assessing risk to the general public. If

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Department reports a man being held in the Pott. County Jail was served with a warrant, Monday afternoon (5/4). 35-year old Christopher Allen Lundgren, of Council Bluffs, was presented with a Douglas County, NE., warrant for being a Fugitive from Justice. His total bond on all the charges amounts to $5,800.

An Avoca man was arrested Monday afternoon (5/4) after he was seen walking on a gravel road after allegedly being kicked out a vehicle by his girlfriend. 32-year old Cory Robert Kyle was taken into custody on a warrant for Absence from Custody. His bond was set at $1,000.

Just before 2-a.m. Saturday, 19-year old Victoria Marie Johanns was arrested in Avoca, following a suspicious vehicle investigation. Johanns was arrested for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Possession of a Controlled Substance – marijuana/1st offense. Earlier that same morning, 26-year old Eric Buster Fallah was arrested after a Pott. County Deputy noticed a vehicle on I-80 westbound at mile marker 26. The vehicle had its hazard lights on. An investigation resulted in Fallah’s arrest for Possession of Marijuana/1st offense.

Thursday night, 22-year old Austin Tyler Gaines, was arrested in Council Bluffs, for Domestic Abuse Assault/1st offense – causing bodily injury. He was taken into custody following an investigation into an altercation that took place between Gaines and his father, Tyler. Earlier that same day, 43-year old Robert William Brokman, of Council Bluffs, an inmate at the jail, was served with a warrant at the Pott. County Jail. The warrant was for Tampering with a Witness/Juror, and Violation of a No Contact/Protective Order. Bond on those and other charges amounts to $4,000. And, 28-year old Matthew Anthony Lundgren was arrested in Council Bluffs Thursday morning, following the pursuit of vehicle from a known narcotics residence. Matthew Lundgren was taken into custody for Interference with official acts and Reckless Driving.

Also arrested last Thursday morning in Council Bluffs, was a man previously booked into the Pottawattamie County Jail. 46-year old Shawn Anthony Shondel was charged with a Sex Offender Registry Violation/2nd offense. On April 29th, 36-year old Craig Richard Rogers was arrested for Violation of Probation, after he turned himself-in to authorities.

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.

Officials with the Council Bluffs Police Department report that at around 10:45-a.m. today (Monday),  officers were called to the Perfect Stay Motel (802 Veterans Memorial Highway), for a suicidal male party with a gun. Upon arrival it was found the subject had fled from the motel on foot.

Council Bluffs Police Negotiators were able to make contact with the man by cell phone, and keep him on the phone while officers searched the area. The subject was found in the parking lot of Edwards Motorsports and RV’s (1010 34thAve, Council Bluffs, IA). Authorities say when he was failed to comply with officers’ orders on scene, and a police K-9 was used to apprehend the man.

No gun was found on the subject at the time of his apprehension. The man was taken to the hospital for a mental evaluation. Criminal charges, if any are pending. During the course of the incident surrounding businesses were contacted to inform them of the situation. They were urged to lock down their facilities for their safety until the suicidal male was located. Due to the nature of the call, the suicidal male’s name is not being released at this time for medical privacy.