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.