(Radio Iowa) – A northwest Iowa man is accused of illegally getting coronavirus relief money from other states. Sixty-one-year-old Alvin Rex, of Schaller, is charged with one count of mail fraud. The complaint against Rex alleges he received approximately 19-thousand dollars in unemployment claim deposits to his bank in Storm Lake in the names of individuals from Massachusetts and Arizona.

The complaint says Rex then made a series of cash withdrawals from his account and mailed the cash to at least one other person in Maryland. The money included Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation Benefits. Rex appeared in federal court in Sioux City and was released on bond pending further court proceedings.

The Mills County Public Health Department reports four more, positive cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Mills County. One of the newly confirmed cases is a person 18-to 40-years of age, the others are age 41-to 60. One individual contracted the virus through close contact, while the others contracted it through community spread.

The latest cases bring the total to 79 in Mills County, with 38 persons having recovered. Officials say 2,655 residents of the county have been tested. And, “Going forward Mills County Public Health and [the] Mills County Emergency Management Agency will only be sending out weekly reports, following a briefing of the Mills County Board of Supervisors during their regular meetings on Tuesday morning, and NOT for every confirmed case.

Officials continue to encourage residents be safe, practice social distancing and hand washing procedures, along with other measure to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Officials with the Glenwood Police Department, Monday (today), issued an update to their earlier reports with regard to a shooting incident that took place last Thursday. Their latest report says “At approximately 11:12-p.m., the Glenwood Police Department responded to a shooting at 506 S. Locust Street. Upon arrival, a 17-year old male victim was identified and sent to the hospital via medical helicopter.

“The suspect’s vehicle was located by Mill County Deputy’s, north of Glenwood, where the suspects then fled on foot. An extensive search led to the apprehension of two minor aged suspects, a 17-year old male from Omaha, and a 15-year old female from Council Bluffs. Both have unrelated charges of Burglary [in the] 3rd Degree.”

Officials said also, that on Friday, July 31st, at about 11:30-a.m., Glenwood Police arrested a third suspect: a 17-year old male from Glenwood, at an address in Glenwood. He too faces a charge of Burglary in the 3rd Degree. All three of the teenage suspects will have additional charges levied against them as the investigation continues.

The investigation remains on-going, with the Iowa DCI and Mills County Sheriff’s Department assisting. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Glenwood Police at 712-527-4844.

Audubon Mayor Barb Jacobsen has declared a “Water Alert” for the City, through the end of September.  According to the City, “When moderate but limited supplies of water are available, the Mayor shall, through appropriate means, call upon the general population to employ prudent restraint in water usage, and to conserve water voluntarily by whatever methods available.”

Residents should refrain from watering yards and gardens, and use commercial car washes instead of private washes, to conserve water.

One person was arrested this (Monday) morning, following a stabbing in Council Bluffs. Authorities say at around 5:41-a.m., Council Bluffs police and fire personnel were called to the 3500 block of 5th Avenue for a stabbing that had just occurred. Upon their arrival, officers located 37-year old Anthony Carman, of Council Bluffs, bleeding heavily from a deep laceration to his abdomen.

Troy Finley (CB-PD Photo)

Carman was able to tell the officers that he and 55-year old Troy Finley, of Council Bluffs, had been involved in an altercation, and that Finley had stabbed him with a knife. Finley fled from the area prior to the officers getting to the scene. Carman was taken by ambulance to Nebraska Medicine; he is in stable condition and is expected to recover.

At around 9:50-a.m., a Council Bluffs police officer spotted Finley riding a bicycle near 30th Street and West Broadway. Finley refused to stop and attempted to elude the officer, but officer’s K-9 partner was able to apprehend Finley, who was taken to Mercy Hospital to receive treatment for a dog bite. Finley was then booked into the Pottawattamie County Jail on charges of (Felony) Willful Injury, Possession of Methamphetamine, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Eluding, and Interference with Official Acts.