The Adams County Sheriff’s Office, Friday, reported the arrest at around 4:15-p.m. that day, of 48-year-old Jesse Lee Simmons. He was taken into custody following a traffic stop at Highway 148 and Hunter Trail, in Corning.

Simmons was transported to the Adams County Jail and charged with Driving While Barred — an aggravated misdemeanor. Bond was set at $2,000.

Mills County Public Health officials, Friday afternoon, said an additional, positive case of COVID-19 was confirmed. The case involves a person under the age of 18, who contracted the virus through a known contact. The latest addition of a confirmed case brings the total in Mills County to 47, with 34 of those persons having recovered from the virus.

Authorities say 2,071 Mills County residents have been tested for COVID-19 to date.

MONTEZUMA, Iowa. (AP) — The trial of a man charged in the killing of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts has been delayed. Cristhian Bahena Rivera was supposed to be tried in September, but the first-degree murder case was reset Friday to January because of of the pandemic and changing orders from the Iowa Supreme Court on when jury trials can resume. Investigators say Rivera, 25, stalked Tibbetts while she was out for a run in Brooklyn, Iowa, and stabbed her to death. Tibbetts, 20, disappeared on July 18, 2018. After a massive police and volunteer effort to find her, authorities say, Bahena Rivera led them to her body.

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office, Friday (today), reported three arrests took place Thursday. Authorities say 28-year old Angel Marie Shlee, of Council Bluffs, was arrested at the Pottawattamie County Jail, on a Mills County warrant for Probation Violation. Her bond was set at $2,500.

29-year old Shaka Renee Gordon, of Omaha, was arrested for OWI/1st offense, following a traffic stop at around 6:20-p.m. on Interstate 29. Her bond was set at $1,000. And, 56-year old Michael Jay Scott, of Chippewa Falls, WI., was arrested on 189th Street in Mills County, for Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. His bond was set at $1,300.

MOUNT PLEASANT – The Iowa Dept. of Corrections reports that on Thursday night, the Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility (MPCF) was notified that an inmate has tested positive for COVID-19.

The inmate is an older adult male (ages 55-64), and was placed in medical isolation when he first reported to Health Services that he was not feeling well on Wednesday, July 8 at approximately 12:20 PM. After being assessed, he was immediately taken to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (UIHC) for further medical evaluation and care. While at UIHC he was tested for COVID-19.  On Thursday, July 9, MPCF was informed of his first negative COVID-19 test. UIHC administered a second test, and MPCF was informed that this test was also negative. However later that day, MPCF was contacted by UIHC and informed that in fact the inmate was positive for COVID-19, and will remain at the hospital for care and monitoring supervision. He is currently in stable condition.

Working with the Iowa Dept. of Public Health and State Hygienic Lab, MPCF will be conducting additional testing of staff and inmates at the facility to identify those that might be carrying the virus while asymptomatic.

The department has been preparing for, and responding to incidents of COVID-19 in the prison system for several months. An outline of the steps that have been taken can be found at doc.iowa.gov/department-corrections-steps, and more information related to COVID-19 in the DOC can be found at doc.iowa.gov/COVID19. For members of the public with questions about COVID-19 in the prison system, a hotline is available during business hours Monday-Friday by calling (515) 373-5457.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The University of Iowa is spending $1 million to remove spray-painted messages Black Lives Matter protesters left on campus buildings earlier this summer. But not before documenting and preserving the images for future generations. Hundreds of protesters who gathered and marched across the campus in recent weeks left a slew of social justice messages, including on the 178-year-old Old Capitol and 93-year-old Field House. The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports that the $1 million cleanup will employ five Iowa companies to remove the spray paint from building exteriors.

To preserve the messages, UI Libraries will collect photos in an institutional archive that will grow and expand with additional documents, video clips, sound recordings and first-person narratives.