IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – Iowa City police have discovered a body believed to be 20-year-old Cristian Martinez. Martinez was reported missing on April 15. He was last seen just after midnight outside an Iowa City bar. The body was found in the Iowa River.

CLEAR LAKE, IA (IRN) – One woman is dead and two others are critically hurt after a crash in northern Iowa on Friday. Troopers say a vehicle crossed the center line near Clear Lake and hit two oncoming vehicles. The driver, 65-year-old Diane Schmidt of Garner, Iowa, died. The two other drivers were taken to the hospital in critical condition.

EASTERN IOWA (IRN) – From Marquette and McGregor, all the way down to Davenport, preparations are in full swing for whatever the Mississippi River brings downstream. The heavy snow melt in Minnesota, coupled with persistent heavy rain events in recent days has swelled the flood forecast in some areas near records not seen in northeast Iowa in nearly 60 years. Current projections put the crest later this week above the level seen in 2001 and just below the all-time record in 1965.

IOWA (IRN) – The northern lights made their latest appearance in Iowa Sunday night. They had a purple and greenish hue in the northern sky. November through to February offer the darkest skies and longer evenings for maximum sky-gazing. The strongest lights tend to appear between 9pm and 2am, though the best sightings often occur between 11pm and midnight.