Central Iowa fire department offers proactive health care effort

The Des Moines Fire Department is launching a program designed to cut the number of non-emergency calls while connecting frequent 911 users with long-term services. People can now get medical care at a downtown homeless shelter, while paramedics will visit public housing, homeless encampments, and people who often call 911. Assistant Fire Chief Percy Coleman […]

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Char Beekmann, 88, Pocathotas

Char Beekmann, age 88, of Pocahontas, passed away on Thursday, November 5, 2026, at the Pocahontas Community Hospital in Pocahontas, Iowa.

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