CRESTON, IA (IRN) – After a Creston family of four was found dead in a condo in Mexico Friday, their cause of death has now been released. The Sharp family died of “asphyxia by inhalation of toxic gases,” according to NBC News. A vigil was held Saturday evening in Creston to remember the Sharps and their impact on the community.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Despite the snow, hundreds of central Iowans descended upon the steps of the Statehouse in Des Moines as part of the nationwide March For Our Lives protest to demand an end to gun violence and call for stricter gun control. Marchers shouted numerous chants, including “Gun Control Now,” “Enough is Enough” and “Vote Them Out,” referring to Iowa’s Republican congressional leaders who take money from the NRA. Marches were held at eleven other Iowa cities as well.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Downtown Des Moines is anticipating an unprecedented wave of hotel construction, including a 330-room Hilton that opened this week. The Des Moines Register reports that the city expects a surge of 951 hotel rooms in the next few years, which is a nearly 50 percent increase from the rooms currently available.

IOWA (IRN) – Yesterday’s winter storm packed a punch, according to WQAD-TV. Snowfall rates were higher than two inches per hour for a time Saturday. The swath of heaviest snow produced more than a foot from northeast of Cedar Rapids to Clinton. In Lowden, 14 inches of snow fell, with 12 inches reported in Maquoketa and Clinton. 9.6 inches fell at the Quad City International Airport making it the second biggest March snow since record keeping began.