Iowa’s Coronavirus dashboard today Monday) shows 35 additional deaths attributed to COVID-19 (Since 10-a.m. Sunday), for a total of 2,717. The was one more death in each of Adair, Audubon, Harrison, Pottawattamie and Shelby Counties.

Long-Term Care (LTC) facilities report 1,125 deaths, while deaths attributed in-part to preexisting conditions number 1,363. There are 913 new Positive cases of COVID-19 statewide, for a total of 244,844. Long-Term Care facility outbreaks remain at 137. There are 5,356 positive cases and 2,365 recoveries reported within those facilities. Cass County currently has 161 positive cases among two facilities, with 92 recovered.

Hospitalizations statewide have fallen from 918 Sunday, to 898 today, with 200 COVID patients in an ICU (Compared to 195 Sunday); 94 were admitted (there were 141 admissions reported Sunday), and 120 patients are on a ventilator. Hospitals in southwest/western Iowa (RMCC Region 4) report: 52 hospitalized; 19 are in an ICU (compared to 20, previously); 3 were admitted (there were 4 on Sunday), and 9 COVID patients remain on a ventilator (up from 7 on Sunday).

Iowans who have recovered from the virus number 160,835, while 1,251,391 have been tested, to-date. The State’s positivity rate is down to 16.4%. Cass County’s positivity rate has fallen to 14.9%.

In the KJAN listening area, here are the current number positive cases in each county, along with the 24-hour change in case numbers {+#}; the number of persons recovered, and the total number of [deaths] (if any), since the pandemic began,

• Cass, 875 cases {+3}; 573 recovered; 26 deaths
• Adair, 484 {+5}; 286; 11
• Adams, 195 {+2}; 107; 2
• Audubon, 313 {+1}; 229; 3
• Guthrie, 808 {+6); 519; 15
• Harrison County, 1,164 {+3}; 810; 33
• Madison County, 774 {+6}; 479; 5
• Mills County, 1,132 {+4}; 689; 10
• Montgomery, 543 [+2}; 283; 11
• Pottawattamie County, 7,045 {+12]; 4,262; 82
• Shelby County, 820 {+1}; 544; 15
• Union County,  892 {+7}; 388; 8

A traffic stop in Creston at around 10:40-p.m., Saturday, resulted in the arrest of a woman from Adair County. The Creston Police Department reports 22-year-old Shawna Abell, of Greenfield, was arrested for OWI/1st offense. She was later released on a $1,000 bond. And, 43-year old Lindsey Woolums, of Creston, was arrested a little before 11-p.m. Saturday at the Union County Law Enforcement Center. She was charged with Disorderly Conduct and later released on $300 bond.

INDIANOLA, Iowa — One person is dead and four others were injured during a collision in Warren County, Sunday afternoon. The Iowa State Patrol reports a passenger in 2017 Nissan Rogue (SUV), 41-year-old Amanda Kay Core, of Newton, died at the scene at the crash at 180th Avenue and Fulton Street, northeast of Indianola.

The accident happened at around 3:40-p.m., when a pickup driven by a 17-year-old, failed to stop at the intersection and struck the passenger side of an SUV. Both vehicles entered the northeast ditch, where the 1998 Dodge pickup rolled onto its roof.

The injured included the driver of the SUV, 41-year old Aaron Christopher Core, of Indianola, a 5-year old, one 15-year old and the driver of the pickup, all of whom are from Indianola. The injured were transported by Hartford Ambulance to the hospital in Indianola.

The names of the juveniles were not immediately released.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:45 a.m. CST

INDIANOLA, Iowa — One person is dead and four others were injured during a collision in Warren County, Sunday afternoon. The Iowa State Patrol reports a passenger in an SUV, 41-year-old Amanda Kay Core, of Newton, died at the scene at the crash at 180th Avenue and Fulton Street, northeast of Indianola. The accident happened when a pickup driven by a 17-year-old, failed to stop at the intersection and struck the passenger side of an SUV. The injured included the driver of the SUV, 41-year old Aaron Christopher Core, of Indianola, a 5-year old, one 15-year old and the driver of the pickup, all of whom are from Indianola. The names of the juveniles were not immediately released. The accident occurred at around 3:40-p.m.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A woman was shot on state property near the Iowa State Capitol. Officials say the injured person was taken to a hospital for treatment of a non-life threatening injury. The injured person was a woman, who was shot in the leg after a traffic incident. Officials didn’t identify the woman. The Iowa State Patrol and Division of Criminal investigation were investigating the shooting.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa reported nearly 2,000 more virus cases and 17 new deaths linked to the coronavirus on Sunday. The state reported 1,869 new COVID-19 cases Sunday to give the state 243,931 cases and 2,682 deaths since the pandemic began. Iowa officials said the number of people hospitalized with the virus declined to 918 on Saturday from the previous day’s 960. The seven-day rolling average of daily new cases in Iowa decreased over the past two weeks, going from 3,034.29 new cases per day on Nov. 21 to 1,744 new cases per day on Saturday.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa prison inmate with COVID-19 and other medical conditions has died at a hospital. The Iowa Department of Corrections said Sunday that Larry Whaley died Saturday morning at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. Whaley had been serving a 50-year sentence for second-degree murder at Anamosa State Penitentiary, which has had a significant coronavirus outbreak this fall. The 64-year-old Whaley had been hospitalized for several days before his death.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Three people, including a 1-year-old, died after their car collided with a semi truck on Interstate 80 early Saturday. The Iowa State Patrol said 28-year-old Gustabo Salcedo entered I-80 going westbound in the eastbound lanes in Polk County. A semitrailer truck collided head-on with Salcedo’s 2002 Volkswagen Golf and all three people inside the car died. The State Patrol said Salcedo, 24-year-old passenger Diana Sanchez-Tello and a 1-year-old whose name was withheld died in the crash. Both Salcedo and Sanchez-Tello were from Des Moines. The crash report did not indicate whether the 59-year-old driver of the truck was injured in the crash.

DES MOINES, IOWA – The Iowa State Patrol and the Division of Criminal Investigation were called to the Iowa State Capitol this afternoon on a report of a shooting. A victim was transported to a local hospital for treatment of a non-life threatening injury. There is no on-going threat to the public.

The Iowa State Patrol and the Division of Criminal Investigation will continue to investigate this matter. More information will be available tomorrow.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports three arrests on Sunday.

At 12:25 p.m. Deputies responded to a call at a residence in Stanton regarding a disagreement over property that had become physical. After investigation 36-year-old Kaleb L. Wagaman was arrested for Child Endangerment and 37-year-old Katie L. Wagaman was arrested for Child Endangerment and Domestic Abuse Assault. Both individuals were taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held in lieu of bond. The arrests took place during the second call of the day to their residence.

Also on Sunday at 2:24 p.m. Deputies arrested 37-year-old Ryan K. Richards of Elliott on a charge of Domestic Abuse Assault Second Offense. The arrest took place as the result of a reported domestic disturbance. Richards was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $1,000 bond.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa prison inmate with COVID-19 and other medical conditions has died at a hospital. The Iowa Department of Corrections said Sunday that Larry Whaley died Saturday morning at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.

Whaley had been serving a 50-year sentence for second-degree murder at Anamosa State Penitentiary, which has had a significant coronavirus outbreak this fall. The 64-year-old Whaley had been hospitalized for several days before his death.

Police in Red Oak arrested two people on separate charges, Saturday. At around 11:47-p.m., Officers arrested 26-year-old Damian Allen Barr, of Omaha, at Highway 34 & 4th Street, on a Pottawattamie County warrant for Violation of Probation. Barr was being held without bond in the Montgomery County Jail. And, at around 3:22-p.m., Red Oak Police arrested 57-year-old Rhonda Joann Sperber, of Red Oak, for Theft in the 5th Degree. She was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $300 bond.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 4:55 a.m. CST

DES MOINES (AP) — Iowa is reporting more than 2,000 new cases of COVID-19. The Des Moines Register reports the state announced another 2,369 confirmed cases Saturday. There have been more than 242,000 confirmed cases of the virus since the pandemic first hit Iowa. At least 2,665 people have died, including 62 more deaths reported by the state Saturday. One Sioux City, Iowa church has been hit particularly hard. The Sioux City Journal reports that 18 members of Morningside Lutheran Church have died from COVID-19.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A former Iowa newspaper reporter and his wife have left a $3 million estate for local causes. The Quad-City Times on Saturday reported the paper’s former reporter John Willard and his wife Carol donated the estate to the Quad-Cities Community Foundation. Interest from the $3 million estate will be divided evenly between nine organizations each year. The foundation’s CEO says that’s about $15,000 per organization based on current interest rates. Money will go to a local public library, animal shelter and other groups. Willard worked for the newspaper for more than three decades.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — After facing a workforce shortage for months, Iowa has awarded an emergency $2.3 million contact-tracing contract to a company owned by a Republican Party insider. The Iowa Department of Public Health selected Iowa City-based MCI for the contract out of 14 companies that applied, saying it submitted the best proposal and that political considerations did not play a role. The company is expected to supply 200 contact tracers to supplement the hundreds of public health workers who have failed to keep up with Iowa’s fast-growing virus caseload. The first 60 graduated training and were beginning state work Friday. MCI is owned by GOP donor Anthony Marlowe, and has done work for President Donald Trump and Gov. Kim Reynolds’ political campaigns.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Deaths from the coronavirus in Iowa have reached their highest level since the beginning of the pandemic. The Iowa Department of Public Health said Friday that 84 more residents were reported dead from the virus, a one-day high for the second straight day after recording 70 deaths Thursday. Before Friday, the state of 3.1 million people has been averaging between 25 and 30 daily virus-related deaths for weeks. Their total since the beginning of the pandemic surged past 2,600 on Friday. The rapid rise in deaths comes after the state’s caseload peaked in mid-November, overwhelming hospitals.