IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – Iowa police announced Monday that the body recovered from the Iowa River on Saturday is that of 20-year-old Cristian Martinez. Martinez was reported missing on April 15. He was last seen around 1:00 a.m. outside an Iowa City bar. His body was found in the Iowa River.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Student organizers, protesters and Democratic lawmakers marched around the Capitol rotunda Monday, chanting: “No more silence, end gun violence,” and “Protect kids, not guns.” Speakers urged Republican lawmakers to reject House File 654, a bill that would allow Iowans to keep guns in their locked cars in the parking lots of schools, city and county buildings, state universities and prisons.

TRURO, IA (IRN) – Some people in the Interstate 35 Community School District are calling for their superintendent to be fired. Parents attended Monday night’s school board meeting to address the board with concerns over how Superintendent Sharon Dentlinger handled a threat of a shooting at the high school that occurred on April 3.

EASTERN IOWA (IRN) – On Monday, Gov. Kim Reynolds issued a disaster proclamation for flooding along the Mississippi River. Currently, the river levels are threatening Iowa communities. The river is expected to reach major flood stage this week. The declaration is for all ten counties along the Mississippi River.