WASHINGTON, D.C. (IRN) – Sen. Chuck Grassley returned to his Washington office today after completing a quarantine due to testing positive for COVID-19. Grassley was asymptomatic throughout his quarantine and was cleared to return to the office by his doctors.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Iowa Department of Public Health reports 28 additional COVID-19 deaths Monday as more long-term care facilities report virus outbreaks. Iowa reported 1,200 new positive cases Monday. As of 10 a.m., there have been 2,403 deaths since the start of the pandemic.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Des Moines Police Department on Sunday announced an arrest in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash on Thanksgiving. Des Moines police charged 22-year-old Lim Bol Choul with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death and not having insurance. An anonymous tip led police to the suspect.

CLINTON COUNTY, IA (IRN) – Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks remains atop Iowa’s 2nd District congressional race despite a Saturday recount in Clinton County that eroded her already single-digit lead to just six votes. The vote will go to a state canvassing board Monday to be certified, which would make Miller-Meeks the official winner.

WEST BURLINGTON, IA (IRN) – Eugene Fraise, a former longtime Iowa state senator, has died of complications of COVID-19. Fraise, 88, died Friday at Great River Medical Center in West Burlington. A Democrat from nearby West Point, he served in the Senate from 1986 until his retirement in 2013.

IOWA (IRN) – As it currently stands, Iowa’s ’20-21 high school wrestling season has the green light to proceed, but because of the ongoing pandemic, the season is going to look different. Some changes will be small — socially-distanced benches, broken-up practices, slightly-altered weigh-in procedures. Others will be bigger, the schedule being chief among them. The IHSAA gives schools the autonomy to set their own competitions, but they are recommending against large tournaments.