DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Roman Catholic bishop of the Des Moines Diocese has turned 75 and submitted his required resignation to Pope Francis. Bishop Richard Pates, who took the post in 2008, announced his intended retirement in the diocesan newspaper, The Catholic Mirror. He says “the past 10 years in the Des Moines Diocese have flown by.”
It’s unclear when the Vatican will announce Pates’ successor. The diocese serves people in 23 counties in Iowa’s southwestern quadrant.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a male body was found inside a car after Sioux City firefighters extinguished a fire that blackened it. The fire was reported about 5:45 p.m. Sunday inside a car parked outside a residence. The person’s name hasn’t been released. An autopsy has been scheduled.
Police and fire officials are investigating the blaze and the person’s death.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Jonathan Narcisse, who ran twice for Iowa governor and who fought for social justice, has died at the age of 54. His mother, Gaynelle Narcisse, says he died Saturday evening at a Des Moines hospital after a heart attack. Narcisse was a member of the Des Moines school board, 2007-09, and ran for governor in 2010 and 2014 as the Iowa Party candidate.
He was editor-in-chief of the Iowa Bystander, a Des Moines-based newspaper founded in 1894, and publisher of two statewide Latino publications. He also ran The Communicator, a central Iowa weekly that Narcisse helped reorganize into a publication about good news in Iowa. Narcisse was inducted into the Iowa African American Hall of Fame in 2009.
State Rep. Ako Abdul-Samad says the loss of Narcisse will “create a serious void in Iowa.”
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden officials are looking for Des Moines’ help to protect the garden’s valuable indoor collection of exotic plants. The officials say the facility’s 39-year-old heating and cooling system barely functions and needs replacing. The nonprofit wants the city to cover half the $3 million cost to replace the HVAC system, although the lease agreement says the city is not responsible for maintenance.
Des Moines City Manager Scott Sanders told The Des Moines Register that it might be in the city’s interest to work with the nonprofit. He says that if the nonprofit has to raise contributions for the full $3 million, that could harm the garden’s programming. He says turning the property back over to the city would be worse.
EVELYN CADWELL, 95, of Denison, died Friday, Feb. 16th, at St. Luke’s Nursing Home, in Spencer. Funeral services for EVELYN CADWELL will be held 10:30-a.m. Wed., Feb. 21st, at the Ohde Funeral Home, in Manilla.
Visitation will be held one-hour prior to the service, Wednesday, at the funeral home.
Burial will be in the Nishnabotna Cemetery near Manilla.
EVELYN CADWELL is survived by:
Her daughters – Ann Stevens, of Stuart; Rosemary Steinbeck, of Spirit Lake, and Nancy Stickler, of Spencer.
Numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Spring is still several weeks away, but the National Weather Service has released its first look at potential flooding. Senior hydrologist Jeff Zogg says there appear to be few worries right now. “Most of the state — including the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers — we’re seeing a near-normal risk of flood across Iowa. Nothing really abnormal stands out,” Zogg says. There was very little snow on the ground until just recently, and he says that is one of the things they take into account. “The snowpack is definitely a factor that we consider when we look at the risk of flooding in the spring. And the snowpack that we have, that definitely tended to increase the risk, because across much of the state the snowpack has been above normal,” Zogg explains.
The flood risk is based on areas the normally might flood and does not include the possibility of flash flooding brought on by heavy rains. Zogg says water levels in streams and lakes make a difference in the outlook.”Stream levels going into the winter are definitely one thing that we take into account when we look at the risk of flooding,” according to Zogg. “Those were near normal, in some location a little bit below normal, so those tended to have a negligible impact, maybe even decrease the risk a little bit.” He says there are several other factors that could impact any flooding between now and spring. “Future precipitation trends — if we get a lot of snow or a lot of rain for example — that would tend to increase the risk of flooding. So, we’ll just have to keep an eye on that,” Zogg says.
The speed of the warm-up and snowmelt is also a factor, as a gradual melting gives the streams and lakes more time to absorb the runoff from the melting.
(Radio Iowa)
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a man died after a fire at his Cedar Rapids apartment. A city news release says the fire was reported around 9:40 a.m. Saturday at the Shamrock Apartments. The release says neighbors alerted by smoke alarms saw smoke escaping from the apartment’s front door, so they gained access and used extinguishers to knock down the flames.
Arriving firefighters and medics then took over, and the man was taken to a local hospital before being transferred to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. Officials say the man died there Saturday afternoon. The release says he’s been identified as 57-year-old Thomas Jones. The fire is being investigated.
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