BOONE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say they have found the body believed to be a 15-year-old Iowa girl who was kidnapped by a registered sex offender while walking home from school. Officials said early Saturday that a body believed to be that of Kathlynn Shepard was found by fishermen in an Iowa waterway Friday night. The high school freshman has been missing since May 20th. She and a 12-year-old friend were lured into a truck that police say was driven by Michael Klunder. Police said Klunder took the girls from Dayton, Iowa to a hog confinement where he worked.

The 12-year-old escaped. Klunder later committed suicide. Hundreds of people searched for Kathlynn. Hopes of finding her alive were dampened when testing confirmed that blood found on Klunder’s truck and at the hog building was Kathlynn’s.

State Fire Marshal Ray Reynolds will help present two U.S. flags to the families of fallen firefighters from 2012. The ceremony at the Firefighter Memorial located north of Interstate 80 (exit 242) in Coralville, will take place 10:30-a.m. Sunday, June 9th. It will honor the following two firefighters:

Gilmore City Fire Chief Larry Nielsen, who died while on duty October 9th, 2012. The 66-year old Nielsen was responding to a barn fire when he suffered a heart attack. He was a 41 year member of the Gilmore City Fire Department.

Logan Firefighter Daniel D. Penrod, died on October 9th, 1905, responding to a house fire.  A chimney collapsed during the fire, killing the 36-year old Penrod immediately.  Penrod was buried the following day in the Logan Cemetery.  (No relatives could be located for Mr. Penrod, so his flag will be presented to the Logan Fire Department).

The State Fire Marshal’s Office officially recognizes every firefighter who dies in the line of duty over the previous year by presenting a flag that was flown over our state capitol in their honor.  The flag is carefully protected until the day of the memorial, when it is presented to the surviving family.

WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley will hold constituent meetings in 11 Iowa communities during the first week of July when the Senate is scheduled to break for Independence Day. Grassley will hold town meetings in Bedford, Corning, Red Oak, Clarinda, Sidney, Glenwood, Logan, Harlan, and Audubon. He will speak at the Rotary Club meeting in Atlantic. Grassley also will tour and hold a Q&A session with employees at Griffin Pipe Products Co., Inc. in Council Bluffs.

Grassley has held at least one meeting with Iowans in every one of the state’s 99 counties since 1980, when he was first elected to serve in the U.S. Senate. With the upcoming meetings with constituents in Southwest Iowa, Grassley will have been to 84 Iowa counties so far this year. The nine town meetings on Grassley’s July 1-2 schedule are open to the public.

His schedule is as follows:

Monday, July 1

8-9 a.m. Taylor County Town Meeting: Taylor County Farm Bureau, Board Room 607 Pollock Boulevard in Bedford

9:45-10:45 a.m. Adams County Town Meeting: Corning Nursing and Rehab 1614 Northgate Drive in Corning

12 noon-1:00 p.m. Montgomery County Town Meeting: Montgomery County Family YMCA 101 East Cherry Street in Red Oak

2-3 p.m. Page County Town Meeting: Clarinda Regional Health Center, EMS Garage 220 Essie Davison Drive in Clarinda

4:15-5:15 p.m. Fremont County Town Meeting: The Gathering Place Intersection of Cass Street & Ohio Street in Sidney

6-7 p.m. Mills County Town Meeting: Glenwood Senior Center 20 North Vine in Glenwood

Tuesday, July 2

8-9 a.m. Harrison County Town Meeting: Logan Community Center 108 West 4th Street in Logan

9:45-10:45 a.m. Tour Facility and Q&A with Employees at Griffin Pipe Products Co., Inc. 2601 Ninth Avenue in Council Bluffs

12 noon-1 p.m. Speak with the Rotary Club of Atlantic: Heritage House 1200 Brookridge Circle in Atlantic

2:15-3:15 p.m. Shelby County Town Meeting: Harlan Community Library 718 Court Street in Harlan

4-5 p.m. Audubon County Town Meeting: Audubon County Economic Development Corporation 800 Market Street in Audubon

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports three arrests late this week. 18-year old Jeffri Madison West, of Council Bluffs, was arrested early this (Friday) morning on a charge of trespassing. His bond was set at $300. On Thursday, 47-year old Brian David Konfirst was arrested for Driving While Revoked and for having no high-risk (SR-22) insurance. His bond was set at $2,000. And, on Wednesday, 35-year old Matthew Samuel Demorest, of Pacific Junction, was arrested on a charge of Theft in the 2nd degree. Bond was set at  $5,000.