Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Late winter flooding has forced residents in parts of southwestern Iowa out of their homes. Heavy rainfall and snowmelt have led to dangerously high water in creeks and rivers across several Midwestern states, with the Missouri River hitting record-high levels in many areas. At least two deaths were blamed on flooding, and two other men have been missing for days.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Specially-trained dogs from Montana are coming to Iowa to help round up a rare and threatened turtle species. The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports that the Bur Oak Land Trust is coordinating the project this spring to help gather the ornate box turtle, Iowa’s only native terrestrial turtle. The turtles are listed as “threatened” in Iowa, and the trust wants to preserve a small population in Johnson County.

CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a 33-year-old University of Iowa graduate student found dead at Canyonlands National Park in southern Utah apparently fell 500 feet from an overlook. The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office said Jonathan Hogue’s body was found Friday at the base over the Green River Overlook following a search that began Tuesday.

UNDATED (AP) — One of the Democratic presidential hopefuls, New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, says she would make public service the cornerstone of her presidency if she were to run and win the White House. Gillibrand hosted a civic service round table in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Saturday. Also in New Hampshire was New York’s mayor, Bill de Blasio, who is flirting with a presidential run. The mayor says the U.S. needs to be a country that rewards working people.