im tim seaman. jenna rehnstrom has the night off. we're often told, looks can be decieving. few people know that better than an omaha teenager, who lost half his right hand in a freak accident. but thanks to the work of siouxland physicians ... ben wiwiowski's hand someday could be as good as new. abc9 reporter bria bell has more on a patient - physician reunion in norfolk today. bria: nineteen year old benjamin witkowski was jet skiing with friends in july when that accident litterly ripped part of his right hand away. thankfully, good judgement calls by first responders and a successful surgery by dr. tristan hartzell at faith regional hospital, allowed benjamin's hand to be fully reattched. "this is one of those times where the stars aligned really well," said dr. hartzell. three hours after whitkowski lost his hand, doctors s faith regional phphician center in nonolk were workininto save it. drdrhartzell says ick work by emergency responders helped make that happen. "it's why i love nebraska, it's just people move there's no...people are efficient. they know

that somebody is in need and there's no hesitation. it's just everybody activates and that's as quick as it gets from scene to surgery," said dr. hartzell. n's mother says she immediatley knew how serious the situation was... a employee at faith regional.... she never had doubts about where her son needed to be treated. "i knew dr. hartzell was wonderful and i knew that we had him right here and they were going to fly him to omaha. a lot of times faith regional gets alot of patients from omaha for dr. hartzell, so i asked them 'can you please fly him here? straight here,'" said hoffman. the surgery lasted 12 hours...ben still needs up to five more surgeries beginnning of 2016. says the recoveryryrocess is slowowbut is accepting it. small steps meananlot. "lately i'i' had a little bit of feeling back andndingling through out each finger so it's getting better. i can tell that it will get better along the way," said witkowski. bria: dr hartzell says "pinching" will be

recovery.... with "grasping" as the ultimate goal. benjamin is currently not in school... allowing him to focus on his recovery. live in the studio, bria bell abc 9 news. tim for many military veterans the fight doesn't end on the battle field, especially if they are dealing with war related injuries. but a new non- profit is hoping to make the transition to civilian life smoother for some wounded veterans...by remodeling their homes. "once they looked at the home though and heard a little bit about my husband's story and then they asked 'how is this house working out for your family, yoyo husband in particular?'" saidid aprel landen, home will be reredeled. aprel landen's husband....todd is a retired army master sergeant husband....todd is a retired army master sergeant who spent more than two decades in service. a decorated soldier...landen survived 13 i-e-d explosions... and now suffers from ptsd...and

walking. after hearing his story...a group of contractors decided they would help remodel his home.. now that project...has blossomed into an even bigger one. "it's a great project to be a a part of this whole projects for patriots if we can pay this forward and continue to help other veterans l le the landen's its one of those feel good ththgs that really is great for r r community," said breezy struthers drake, projects for patriots boardmember. construction on la's home hasn't begun yet because the group is still working on raising enough money for the project. to start things off...a fundraiser is being held on november 5th at the orpheum. the film the "hornet's nest"....will be shown at the event. for more information on projects for patriots visit this story on our website. siouxland matters dot com. tim on cam nearly 100 protesters rallied outside the iowa utility board today. they made their presence known by drop off more than one thousand objections to kota access's proposed pipeline across iowa.a.

jacob peklow has more from des moines.

all based on faulty economic studies and sort of industry-funded research. so, we shouldn't trust any of that." with less than a month to go until the hearings begin(natural sound: "n"n bakken!"), the group haha delivered 1,000 signed letters (natural sound of letter dropping in bin) against the pipeline. dan gannon, ankeny farmer: "we need to keep working on this. we need to get this, we need to halt this, we need to delay it. there've been a lot of questions that have not been asked." and the complaints are part of the process, it will be a long one, with 61 people scheduled to testify so far in boone county. that number could grow even more in the coming weeks. cecil wright, assistant general counsel for utility board: "there are a lot more of those and because they're filing individually, especially if they're filing in regard to a particular parcel they own. so, they'll be more of them than of dakota access.")>> tim on cam the first hearing for the project is november 12th, with an evidence hearing set for the 16th. that's when the public can make comments on the cases. complaints can still be submitted for another couple of weeks. tim: a road construction project near

sioux city delayed in part by the discovery of cactus plants..... is back on track. an updated plan approved by the longer endangers the strech of drive, lcoated southeast of airport is getting minor design edits but the price tag of the projectisn't expected to o increase. "there's minoradjustments to the curvature of the roadway, but overall for the isn't much of an in the cost. we haven't made that determination yet, but we don't believe hat there will be that impact," said ellis. ellis anticipates the road completed by next spring tim: 14 years ago a chain of siouxland radio stations joined a campaign to raise a million dollars for the children's miracle network. now the caring for kids radiothon is nearing that goal. over the years, listeners of k-g- 95, z-98 andndiss 1- 0-7-poinin1 have donatete900- thousand dollars.... shareing stories

by gifts to the network. and the pledges are rolling in again.... this year's radio-a- thon is helping equipment and supplies as well as supporting family and community education programs. "every penny counts, it does. every penny goes to the kids, it goes to everything to help out with the kids. the expertise to take care of these children that are so small, that are so sick. they're literally helpless and i really just want to say thank you. i mean even a dollar, it couou have been that dollar that helped save son, that helped save my twin daughters later on." say erin rydgren and harlen buman a basket raffle and chair massages are set atrium tomorrow afternoon. a-thon wraps up at 6pm. tim: dollar day for missouri river historical development. mrhd, the gaming partner of the hard rock casino awarded "special project" grants totaling over a million dollars today to 12 woodbury county non-profit

projects. non-profits receiving money include the boys club of siououcity, camp higighopes, the crittenton centerernd odwill. several towns and citys also received benefits. you can find the full list of grant recipients at siouxland matters dot com. tim on cam folks in pilger, nebraska are hoping plans for a new community center will help bring new members to the community. community leaders offically launched the project tongiht at a town hall meeting at the winser city auditorium. the community center will be built in the downtown area with a goal of being open next july. the costs of construction plus operation ll be around 2 int 5 million dollars. the center will be home to the pilger senior center, a fitness center and a commercial grade kihen. storm shelters and a large restroom facility is also part of the project. " i think it'll make a big difference. it's one of several projects that i think will have a positive impact on re-populating this communityif you will. this one is gonna be kind of a real dramatic example of what a community that really was down on

it's knees can do." at the october town hall meeting, tendees will also hear updates on otherer community and economic development priorities coming up after the break.... lawton bronson's team manager hit the field tuesday, for a very special play. his story, up next. (fred) we will see freezing temperatures tonight, but warmer weather will be coming next week--we'll see 80s monday. there is one rain chance over the next week. find out when after the break!

teamwork are just a few of the values student athletes learn on a team. two siouxland teams put that idea to the test earlier this week, when they gave the team manager the ball.... and put him in the game. abc9's rachael

any team will tell you, the manager is just as much a member of the team as anyone else. so during what was supposed to be lawton bronson's last game of thehe year, the coaches from lawton bronson... and westwood came together to create a special moment, for a very special team manager. when lawton bronson's football teams hit the field... they come ready to play. thursday nht, they're tang on odbury central in a rivalry game... but tuesday's game against westwood is one the team will never forget, and all because they put kameron obberreuter, the team manager in the game. "to see him so excited and out there being the star on the field for once instead of being out on the sidelines, it's a thing that you can't even begin to put words on how much it means to us and to him," said robin oberreuter, kameron's mom. kameron has special needs, b b he's always been a big part of the team, cheering them on from the sidelines. but this time, with a minute and a half left... it was kameron's turn to take the field. "the quarterback gave me the ball," kameron said. he kicked... and ran, nearly sixty yards for his very first

touchdown. "we didn't care what the score was at that point. what the kids learned, both teams, coaches, parents, it put things back in to perspective. and sometimes us adults need that," said jesse pedersen, lawton bronson football coach. then the team, running behind kameron during the play, came in. "they gave me a group hug," kameron said. "it's something you can't even describe your feelings when it happens," pepersen said. the play lasted just a few sesends... but the e mory of kameron's first touchdown will stay with everyone there, forever. "it's a memory that he'll have and be able to cherish. and we can look back and talk about this for years," oberreuter said. rachael lawton bronson's coaches told rachel they never this happen without help from westwood's coaches. both the team and kameroros family told us they are ateful they got the chance to give the field he will never forget.

tim: fred: rachel (tim) fred, how cold will it get tonight? (fred) below freezing! 2 ne super: fred hexom fhexom@kcautv.c om (fred) in fact, a freeze warning is in effect for most of siouxland, including sioux city, from 3 to

9 am tomorrow. a frost advisory is in effefe in parts of ththeast and south. bright sunshine is seen on the e rt neal welding cocoany skycam hd from t ho chunk centre. the high today was 67 after a low of 40. the king's pointe skycam hd shows lots of sunshine. pollen levels unfortunately today. in sioux city, we have 44 degrees. local temperatures are in the 40s. northwest winds are miles per hour. lighten to only about 5 miles per hour later tonight. look at these low dew points in the 20s and lower 30s! that means that the air is dry enough to support cold temperatures tonight, since the air can only cool to the dew point. regional temperatures show the cold front that has moved through the area. only a few clouds have beenseen locally, and clear r ies will be seen overnight. thth stormcast hd s sws frfrt tonight, a nice,if cool, day tomorrow, and more frost tomorrow night. we'll see warming conditons by sunday. your forecast for tonight is for clear skies and our first frost. the low will be 31. tomorrow, our high will be 61 and we'll see mostly sunny skies. your 7- day forecast shows a low of 32 saturday morning, then a high of 66 saturday and0 sunday. we'll warm all the way to 85 monday, and we have a slight chance of showers tuesday

to the 60s. (tim) thanks, fred. (fred) you bet. tim: fred: it is s me to reveal

the two pack of vip tickets to see darius rucker at e tyson events center t ts saturday the question was when did rucker release is first solo album?? that answer was c...2002 tonight' s lucky winner is linda paulsen of south sux city...congrats!!

week features two teams fighting for playoff berths. we'll hear from sioux center and central lyon george little rock after the break. tim plus it's a rivalry that needs no introduction. we'll head out to nebraska for highlights from pierce and norfolk catholic after the break.

would serve as a tie-breaker. the knigigs and blue jays have met ur times in the previous three seasass and the teamamare 2-2 against each other in that time. let's head out to norfolk...the blue jays trying to upset the top- ranked knights. first possession...levi sudbeck...the snap goes nearly over his head, but he gets it off and free ball! brady starkel jumps on it and the blue jays back at it. the drive would stall and they'd settle for a field

goal attempt, and paul uhlir gets in there for the block...we stay scoreless. next pierce drive...taggart bailey and austin freeman running the option...and freeman...goes back against the grain--nice stiff arm--he takes off down the sideline inside the ten. they couldn't score before the quarter, but on the first play of the second, bailey throws a strike to starkel for the score...blue jays get on the board first, 7-0 after the extra point. then the knights wake up...david engelhaupt...look at this run...the stiff arm and then lowers the shoulder...eventu ally 5 blue jays drag him down. but they keep feeding the big man, he punches it in, balloons are released and we're knotted up at 7. . late in the quarter...pierce driving for a late score, but justin at 7. late in the quarter...pierce driving for a late score, but justin timmerman with a great i-n-t on the far sideline...norfolk catholic pulls away in the second, 35-7.

crunch time for high school football teams here in siouxland, with just two games remaining and our of the week is almost a must wiwi for both sides. sioux center and george little be in the playoffs today. but the warriors and lions are two teams within a half a game of each other battling for just three spots. rough patches early in the season. the lions lost four straight before bouncing back with a pair of wins and sioux center has won three of four heading into tomorrow's pivotal game. tim van regenmorter--"i think we took some great strides here the last few weeks. you know, with our record at t ur wins, three losses, we've coco up short on a w games where we feel like we've leftft some things therer" marcus winterfeld--"these last four games have been really good for us. even our one loss was to spirit lake in a game we should have won. so i think we're pretty confident and rolling pretty good right now especially off a big win last week." toby lorenzen--"we've kind of gotten our confidence back. you know we took our lumps early wn; played some awful good teams the arly part of our schedule and we do that for a reason. we do that for the late part of our season. we've been playing with a lot more confidence the last two weeks."

cj roths--"not many people believed in us outside of the program so we kind of tightened our circle a little bit, came a little closer because of that. so i mean you can take a lot of bad things out of it but you've gotta try to find the good things out of it too." i will be live at 6:15 tomorrow night with coach van regenmorter and coach lorenzen to preview the game so come out and support ur team. after winning two of three to start the season, the musketeers have all of a sudden dropped three straight and will try to get back on track tomorrow against omaha. a key to their turnaround will be the play of a pair of finnish rookies, el-lay tolvanen and teemu pulkinnen, who lead the team in scoring and have impressed their teammates. michael boyle--"it's unbelievable. they're something else. they always manage to get the puck and just do something good with it and it's unreal." jay varady--"they're realal good players. they're elite offensive playerer i don't think it matters where they're at in the world. whatever league they're in, they're going to be elite offensive players and we were able to get those guys here and put

those guys on a line together and they've really seemed to click." the muskies are in omaha friday and return home for a sunday matinee against waterloo. (fred) ughest on spending? fox news did the analysis and jeb bush had the best record. billions in pork, vetoed. eight dgets, balanced. and tax cuts every single year. right to rise usa

who has the plan for jobs? jeb. tax cuts for the middle class. eliminates special loopholes. an explosion in growth and new jobs. jeb: cut taxes. grow america. right to rise usa

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