father brent lingle tells me leading up to thursday's announcement, he's been praying for peace for the diocese he serves. but, he knows changes are neccessary to navigate the decreasing number of priests and also declining numbers of people they're serving. father lingle, "i look at my brother priests who are facing retirement age and i know they work hard and i know we're spending more time in our cars than we are doing ministry, so i'm actually excited about the process because as we look forward, i think it's going to revitalize our ministries as priests." the hope for a led the sioux city catholic diocese to formulate a proposal they're calling "ministry 2025." in the next nine years, the diocese expects to have 31 available priests... down from the close to 60 today. in an effort to serve the people and not burn out clergy, the diocese is proposing the consolidation of sioux city's 108 parishes to 67. in sioux city, no churches will close. here's a look at the four propsed sioux city parishes: sacred heart, holy cross, which would include blessed sacrament and st. michael, the cat

tim: father brent lingle (ling-gull) this afternoon at the diocese office. theyeye calling it the proposed changes are in response to declining catholic churches in the sioux city diocese and also fewer priest being ordained. by 2025, the diocese expects available full-time from 58 this year. can't perform all the masses currently held as a r rult, 40 siouxland churches in small no longer off sunday mass. father brent lingle, director of says, "we know that's that, but from the same perspective, we have to make decisions based on the health of our priests and our future ministries, so we can actually reacout to those individuals in a more effective way thanan maybe wewere now." jenna:a: father lingle says for people whose church is closing, they will be able to have access to a mass 20 minutes away or less. changes could take affect as early as next summer. jenna: coming up at 10, hear more from father lingle about his parishioners' concerns... and also why he feels these changes could revitalize his congregations.s. tim: the sioux city police department say

father brent lingle, director of pastoral planning, says, "i know it's not going to be easy for everyone to accept everything in that proposal, but i think if we look at it as people of faith and understand that our main priority is our relationship with christ and the church, it puts in perspective." jenna: changes under the proposed plan would take effect as early as summer of 2017. you can see the maps of the rural churches that would be moved to oratory status... on our website. tim: part of the heard... is the priest shortage. only nine priests have been ordained in the sioux city diocese in the last decade. jenna: very simply, more clergy are retiring... than joining the profession. but, the young clergy in the diocese have high hopes for the future. tim: abc 9's bria bell has more tim and jenna, father patrick is inin his thirties. think much of his age doing what he was called to do. "i lovovbeing a priest. i love being a priest. i would not trade one day of thehe priesthood for the father behm. father patrick behm the rule. as we learned with todays announcement,. fewer and fewe

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father brent lingle tells me leading up to thursday's announcement, he's been praying for peace for the diocese he serves. but, he knows changes are neccessary to navigate the decreasing number of prits and also declining numbers of people they're serving. father lingle, "i look at my brother priests who are facing retirement age and i know they work hard and i know we're spending more time in our cars than we are doing ministry, so i'm about the process because as we look forward, i think it's going to revitalize priests." vibrant future has catholic diocese to formulate a proposal they're 2025." in the next nine years, the diocese expects to have 31 available priests... to 60 today. in an effort to serve the people and not burn out clergy, the diocese is proposing the consolidation of sioux city's 108 parishes to 67. in sioux city, no churches will close. here's a look at the four propsed sioux heart, holy cross, which would include blessed sacrament and st. michael, the cathedral, including st. boniface and st. joseph, and mater dei, which would include immaculate nativity. using mat

brent lingle, director of pastoral where we're going at least for the next 10 years. rather than, every year, a parish wondering 'i wonder if we're going to be open next year. i wonder if we'll have a priest?'" now that the draft plan has been introduced, pastors in the 108 lay people of parish. they'll get feedback on the plan from parishioners. that feedback k ll be forwarded to the diocese, which can make adjustments to the plan. again, the plan goes into effect in july of 2017. ktiv's matt breen attended today's news conference, he'll have more details tonight onon "news 4 at six." six states, inclcling nebraska have filed a lawsuit against the obama administration over the affordable care act. the suit takes issue with the fee assessed to insurance providers to pay for federal subsidies. the complaint claims nothing in the affordable care act made it clear the states would have to pay the fee. the states hope to put a stop to ththrules that say they must pay ththfee - and- get reimbursed for what they've already paid. texas, wisconsin, kansas, louisiana and india

brent lingle, director of pastoral planning. "we're going to know where we're going at least for the next 10 years. rather than, every year, a parish wondering 'i wonder if we're going to be open next year. i wonder if we'll have a priestst" lingng says the proposed plan gives stability to the diocese, and the parishes, for the next ten years. >> now that the draft plan has been introduced, each pastor in the 108 existing parishes will form a leadership team including lay people of parish. they'll get feedback on the plan from parishioners. that feedback will be forwrwded the plan. the plan goes into efft in july of 2017. by the way, we have maps of the proposed clusters, and details of the pastoral plant, inside this story on our website, ktiv-dot-com. firefighters battled a blaze in downtown madison, nebraska totoy. firefighters encountered a building fully engulfed in ames when they arrived on scene on main street just before noon. smoke from the fire could be seen as far away as highway 81. humphrey's fire department was cal

brent lingle, director of pastoral planning. "we're going to know where we're going at least for the next 10 years. rather than, every year, a parish wondering 'i wonder if year. i wonder if we'll have a priest?'" lingle says the proposed plan gives stability to the diocese, and the parishes, for the next ten years. >> now that the draft plan has been ininoduced, each pastor in the 108 existing parishes will foror a leadership team including lay people of parish. they'll get feedback on the plan from parishioners. that feedback will be forwarded to the diocese, which can make adjustments to the plan. the plan goes into effect in july of 2017. some siouxland 8th graders got a lesson in over-engineering thursday. "nat pop sound dominos falling and cheering" the students at mater dei nativity in sioux city built "rube goldberg machins" for their science class. a rube goldberg machine is a contraption that is deliberately over-engineered d perform a a mple task in a complicated way. homemade pulleys and other items to accomplish the

lingle at the cathedral of the epiphany in sioux city. that s svice wawaone of six held throughoutut the day at the douglas ststet catheral.. 3 3 students at sioux city north high school are e working to help those less fortunate in our community.they've opened a "caring closet"... stocked with donated clothes, shoes and other necessities.those items are available free of charge to those who need it. 3 "it's honoring, it's definitely a great project and the fact that those girls thought of it when they started it is really cool and i'm really glad to be a part of it with the rest of my team."all the items *in* the "caring closet" were donated staff... with some help from community members. 3 3 still to come tonight... if you're planning a cruise anytime soon, there's one ship you should choose above all the others. we'll l t you know which one it is... coming up in the fox means business report. 3 3 but first... most of the "baby boomer" generation will celebrate their 70th birthday this year. what that milestone means for their finances

today. 3 honoring ash wednesday, nearly 5-hundred people attended a special noon service led by father brent lingle at the cathedral of the epiphany in sioux city.that service one of six services scheduled throughout the day at the douglas street church. 3 "it's really important to me as a priest to have an opportunity for renewal. so if we look at the history of the church, lent is always a period of preparation for easter, in the early days of the church. easter is when all the members join the church baptism."a final service in spanish will take place at 7- 30 tonight. 3 3 3 after just two primary contests... the field of republicans running for the white house is down to seven tonight.mike huckabee, rand paul and rick santorum ended their campaigns after poor showings in iowa last week.now poor performance in new hampshire has claimed two more campaigns.the biggest of those is new jersey governor chris christie... who came in sixth last night after devoting most of his campaign's resources to the granite state. 3 3 christie not the only poorly- performing republican candidate ending thei

brent lingle, director of pastoral planning. "we're going to know the next 10 years. rather than, every year, a parish wondering 'i wonder if we're going to be open next year. i wonder if we'll have a priest?'" the diocese plans to get feedback on the plan from parishioners. again, the plan goes into effect in july of 2017. denison, iowa's police chief has admitted that the controversial memes, and images, that sparked a protest last week, were his. but, john emswiler says the images were from his never meant for public view, and were stolen. former police officer ray ohl, and officer bradley wendt, who's on administrative leave from the department, brought the images to the attention of city leaders. emswiler, who you see here from the previous ktiv story, claims most of the photo-shopped pictures were from 2008, or earlier. he says a majority of the memes were from prior to 2010. emswiler claims a majority of the images were shared with the individuals that were in the pictures, and were intended as "private jokes". emswiler doesn't know when the images were stolen,

lingle at the cathedral of the epiphany in sioux city. that service was one of six held throughout the day at the douglas street cathedral. 3 3 still to come tonight on 3 how a group of north high students is working to provide clothes and other essentials to people in need here in sioux city. 3 "siouxland news at ten on kmeg 14 with larry wentz, diana castillo, siouxland's chief meteorologist chad sandwell and sports director chris 3 3 3 3 3 chad, diana and larry talk about today's weather and the upcoming forecast. increase around the area tonight into early thursday. by thursday afternoon we could be seeing a little bit of light snow. temperatures tomorrow will be in the mid 20s. chances of snow will hang on until early friday morning, but temperatures with mostly cloudy skies will only reach the lower 20s. saturday looks to be our coldest day with morning temps below zero and then snow chances starting late saturday night continuing through sunday afternoon. once the weekend is over, it looks like we will be seeing some pleasant weath

father brent lingle, director of pastoral planning says, "we know that's a loss and it's hard for a community to be able to accept that, but from the same perspective, we have to make decisions based on the health of our priests and our future ministries, so we can actually reach out to those individuals in a more effective way than maybe we are now." father linggull says for people will be able to have access to a mass 20 minutes away or less. changes could take affect as early as next summer. you can see the maps of the rural churcheshat would be moved to oratory status... on our website. that's siouxland matters dot com. lukas: part of the problem is the priest shortage. only nine priests have been ordained in the sioux city diocese in the last decade. very simply... more clergy are retiring than joining the profession. but, the young clergy in the diocese have high hopes for the future. abc9 news reporter bria bell has more "i love being a priest. i love being a priest. i would not trade one day of the priesthood for the whole world," says father behm. father patrick behm is the exception

almost 5 - hundred people were at a special noon service led by father brent lingle at the cathedral of the epiphany in sioux city. that service was one of six held through the day at the douglalastreet cathedral. 3 "it's really important to me as a priest to have an opportunity for renewal. so if we look at the history of the church, lent is always a period of preparation for easter, in the early days of the church. easter is when all the members join through baptism."the final service at the cathedral last night was in spananh. 3 one of siouxland's most famous brands is getting a headquarters in the le mars... wells enterprises was showing off its new blue bunny logo. "blu" the "spokesbunny." it's an updated version of the real bunny that inspired a child to suggest the brand's blue bunny name back in the '30s0s the "new" blu is part of the company's efforts to keep the "fun" and "excitement" in ice cream. 3 "blu is our brand ambassador, so we have released the bunny if you can call it that. blu is... you will see blu in our advertising, that is coming out and he is all about fun.

asked father brent pastoral planning. a years-worth of work yielded "ministry 2025", a plan to strengthen and sustain the of the diocese. but, changes will be madef "we understand that the change is going to be difficult," lingle said. 40 of the 108 parishes in the diocese will be closed in july "simply put, we have too many sunday masses in too many places that are too sparsely populated," lingle said. "the impact on sioux city's eight parishes will be minimal," said matt breen. "they will stay open. but, they will be "clusters". each cluster will have a pastor and an associate to celebrate mass at all of the sites." the clusters look like this: sacred heart becomes itsown cluster. blessed sacrament and st. michael's will form the holy cross cluster. cathedral of the epiphany, st. boniface, and st. joseph will form the cathedral cluster. and, immaculate conception and nivity will form the mater dei cluster. "the same can't be said for 40 other parishes in the diocese, which will close," said matt breen. here's an example