Viterbo University student Eliotte Heinz's body was found in the Mississippi River after disappearing in La Crosse, prompting grief and renewed safety concerns in the college town.

Viterbo University student Eliotte Heinz's body was found in the Mississippi River after disappearing in La Crosse, prompting grief and renewed safety concerns in the college town.

Eliotte Heinz, 22, was found dead in the Mississippi River on Wednesday. Facebook / Eliotte Heinz Heinz, a student enrolled in Viterbo University’s mental health counseling program, vanished ...

LAKE CITY, Minn. — The Goodhue County Sheriff’s Office identified the man who drowned in the Mississippi River while trying to save the life of a young girl last weekend.

The graduate student at Viterbo University was last seen in downtown La Crosse around 3:30 a.m. Sunday, according to the La Crosse Police Department.

A fisherman discovered the body of 22-year-old Viterbo University student Eliotte Heinz in the Mississippi River, miles from where she was last seen in La Crosse.

Authorities in Tennessee say they have recovered the bodies of three men who disappeared while fishing and swimming in the Mississippi River.

The bodies of three men were recovered from the Mississippi River near Memphis, Tennessee, on Wednesday after they went missing while fishing and swimming on a sandbar.

A man recently hauled in the catch of a lifetime from the Missouri River, a “monster” 86-pound blue catfish near Washington, Missouri.

A man recently hauled in the catch of a lifetime from the Missouri River, a “monster” 86-pound blue catfish near Washington, Missouri.