Missing Minnesota College Student Found in River

RIVER FALLS, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin-River Falls confirms the death of one of its students whose body was found in a local river after leaving a bar.

River Falls Chancellor Dean Van Galen identifies the student as 20-year-old Robert Steven Sontag, of Shafer,Minnesota.

Police say the student was last seen about 2 a.m. Friday when he and a friend were walking home from a bar and they separated. Sontag failed to show up for class Friday and for work during the weekend.

KSTP-TV  reports city administrator Scot Simpson says Sontag's body was recovered from the Kinnickinnic River Monday afternoon.