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together outside of the coors event center in boulder, colorado wednesday night. that's where the third republican debate is being held. groups pushing for more gun control and immigration reform stood outsididholding signs.s. one group even had a large caricature of donald trump. tim:m: for the third time ----he republican candidates for president debated the issues. and attempted to get noticed by voters in the crowded field. the focus of the third republican presidential debate was the economy. the candidates seemed to talk less about finances -- and more about each other.

like jeb bush questioning marco rubio's voting record in the senate. "marco when you signed up for this, this was a six year term. and you should be showing up for work." "we're running for the same position and someone has convinced you that attacking me is going to help you." " candidates also reflected on themselves. " " "i'm too trusting and when they let me down if f ey let me downwni never forgive." : "i was told i didn't smile enough (smile). fixed that." before the main debate -- the lowest ranking gop candidates under pressure to raise poll numbers -- duked it out onstage at the so-called undercard debate. tim on cam during and after the debate, cnbc moderators came under attack. rnc chairman (rainss) reince priebus was oted as saying, "i'm proud of our candidates for standing up to a pretty hostiti enenronment, it's like they tried

to design a rubik's cube for every question to take the worst element." jenna: and here in siouxland... a group weighed in on the republican presidential debate at briar cliff university. a watch party was held on campus. the event was rganized by the briar cliff college republicans. the students also invited local republican officials, who said they expected a heated exchange between candidates who are still fighting to find a place in the race. "one of the bad things with this debate and so many people there's very little time that they get on stage so they have to maximize the impact of what and those people that are polling poorly need to get the attention," said tom mitchell, secretary of woodbury county republican party students we oke to at the watch party said they want to hear more from the candidates on the economy and the job market. tim: a norfolk, nebraska business project is getting a second chance. that's thanks to a new pipeline manufacturer who says it's ready to set up shop in siouxland. the one million square foot o-c-t pipe facility will be located in northeast

norfolk. it's estimated the plant will create around 50 jobs with salaries averaging near 70 thousand. charley havens the ceo of o-c-t pipe says that although they are not one of the largest companies around, they want to be a part of the community and to expapa norfolk's econony. "other than we're ready to go and dig some dirt, i don't have a whole lot more to say except i'm glad to be here and i think we can make this community grow!" said havens. plans for construction begins in early november, charley who works out of texas jokingly made a comment about wanting to get started before it gets cold. he has hopes of operating in july of 2017. jenna: there are some water concerns in rock rapids after a water main break. that happened late yesterday afternoon when opopators noticed no water was coming into o the wastewater treatment t ant. today, the d-n-r traced the leak to a break in a main underneath the rock river and estimated 56 thousand gallons of wastewater

was discharged into the river. the dnr is monitoring cleanup and repairs. tim on cam iowa and nebraska are included in a group of 21 states the u.s. department of agriculture says it plans to install new ethanol fuel pumps in. the usda is spending $100 million to help install nearly 5,000 additional pumps. matching grants bring the total public-private investment to $210 million to increase the availability of the corn-based fuel according to the usda. . iowa, the nation's top corn- prprucing state, pickckup $5 million for 187 pumps, a nebraska gets $2.3 million for 80 additional pumps. jenna: sioux city is being honored for encouraging business growth... through a skilled workforce. governor terry branstad was in sioux city at the convention center to formally announce that the city has earned the 'skilled iowa community' designation. the city completed a checklist of both business commitments and workforce certifications. the skilled iowa

initiative aims to develop local economic benefits by creating more skilled employees. "sioux city is the largest city in iowa to recei this skilled iowa award, and it's a recognition that you have employers encouraging their applicants to get the national career readiness certificate and you have unemployed people that are upgrading their skills by doing this national career readiness certificate," said governor terry branstad . jenna: in order to become a skilled iowa community, sioux city had to have five percent of the local workforce become n-c-r-c certified as well as have 20- percent of the local employers commit to supporting the skilled iowa initiative in their hiring processss tim: the south carolina resource offffer caught on camera violently arresting a female high school student has been fired. richland county sheriff leon lott blamed the student and what he called her "disruptive,

disrespectful behavior" for the encounter that ended with her on the floor and tossed from her algebra class? but he said deputy ben fields did not follow proper procedures.. . : " "" he picked the student up and he threw the student across the room. that is not a proper chnique and that should not be used in law enforcememe. based on that that is a violation of our policy." the teen's attorney todd rutherford told abc news the 16- year old suffered neck and back injuries during the incident.. she has a cast on her arm? and a rug burn on her forehead from being dragged across the classroom floor? tag: the fbi and the justice department are conducting separate investigations of the incident jenna: there's a good chance you know someone with a food allergy. and here's why. according to the cdc, food allergies among chchdren have gone up 50- percent over the last 15 years. food a aergies can be e eecially problematic ound halloween,hen candy is collected door to door and

homemade sweets show up in classrooms. our chief meteorologist fred hexom and his son have peanut allergies. here's how how his family deals with the upcoming holiday. pumpkin carving is a favorite fall activity for the hexom family. far less scary than some of the typical halloween favorites that involve candy and baked goods. you see, fred and his son alex have nut allergies. it's something mom, shelley, keeps a very close eye on. shelley hexom says, "desserts and candies are the two things, anytime you go anywhere and there's candy or brownies, or even some cakes, you know, a loloof people sprinkle those little nuts on top for a tasty littletreat, but for us it causes b b problems. fred remembers feeling his body's aversion to peanuts at a young age. at that time, far less was known and understood about food allergies. fred hexom says, " didn't know what it was at the time, but this terrible feeling, not a pain, but a feeling - an ichy, scratchy, irritation - in my mouth and my throat, and i remember my mom found me spitting and salivating on the carpet and she thougth i didn't like the cookie." now, as five-year-old alex grows up with dietary concerns, so are many other kids. one in 13 kids in the u.s. have a food allergy. that's roughly two in every classroom.

efforts like the teal pumpkin project aim to increase awareness about the problem by encouraging families to offer a low-cost, non-food option in addition to candy for halloween ick-or-treating... and place a teal- painted pumpkin on their doorstep as an indicator. the awareness is exciting for the hexoms work on a daily basis to educate their own child about living with food allergies. shelley says, "we've really tried to make him aware of it,nd he does a really good job with it. i've taught him, anytime anyone gives you anything to eat, ask, 'does this have nuts or peanuts." so this holiday can be fun for all kids, and a little less worrisome for their parents. jenna:

pumpkin teal yourself, using spray paint, or area hy-vee stores have jumped on the awareness campaign and will be selling some teal pumpkins. (fred) snow flurries will be ending early tonight, but breezy, cool weather will continue. . in is (fred) snow flurries will be ending early tonight, b b breezy, cool weather will continue. rain is coming late friday, too. see you afterthe break for the forecast.

showers would be seen north and east of us, but it was a surprise that they moved into siouxland. 2 line super: fred hexom fhexom@kcautv.c om (fred) here's video of snow at the football game tonight in marcus, ia! the port neal welding company skycam hd time lapse shows a quiet night in downtown sioux city. 51 was our high today after a low of 39. the king's pointe skycam hd shows quiet conditions in storm lake. the allergy report shows low overall pollen levels. 41 is ouousioux city temperature. the dew point is only 25. local temperatures are 30s to lower 40s. wind chills are in the 20s and 30s. winds are e rthwest at arouou 15 to 20 mph. we're seeing some slightly lower visibilty around spencer. the satellite and radar shows a big low pressure system to our east. we were on the western edge of the system today, but it is moving east, so our snow is about 95% done. the stormcast hd shows windy conditions taming down only a bit tonight. tomorrow, high pressure will bring chilly sunshine, but winds will stay breezy. rain chances are friday night. many of us will see 0.25" to 0.33". your forecast tonight is for a low of 33. skies will be partly cloudy and winds s ll gust to 30 mph. tomorrow, the high will be 49 with partly cloudy skies and winds gusting to 25 miles

per hour. the 7-day shows a cold night tomorrow night and chance of showers friday late in the day. the halloween weekend looks pretty nice. (jenna) thanks, fred. (fred) you bet. jenna/tim/chris:

jenna/tim/chris: alex in class a's district 2, akron-westfield finished as the runners up, based on their pass- heavy attack. finished as the runners up, based on their pass- heavy attack. chris westerner quarterback cal eskra leads the westerner quarterback cal eskra leads the

state in passing yardage, eskra leads the state in passing yardage, regardless of class. would their offense be enougho handle perennial power council bluffs st. albert tonight on the hill? start of 2nd half. st. albert leads 21-20. luke waters rolls out and finds elijah finn for the first down. st. albert would turn it over. akron quarterback cal for a 24 yard gain and a first down. a few plays later he finds austin allard in the endzone for the 20 yard score. westerners go up 26-21. st. albert would turn it over on downs. this time a-w's cal eskra finds caleb colt on the screen pass. colt takes it 63 yards for the score and puts the westerners up 32-21 final score: aw- 57, st. albert 36 alex over the past few years, mmc has turned into an 8- man power. the eagles won a over the past few years, mmc has turned into an 8- man power. the eagles won a state championship in 2012 and were just 3 points away from playing for another last season. chris and with the schoololet to merge with remsen union next year, mmc was looking for an exclamation poinin this season. tonight they ened their playayf run against 7-3 kingsley pierson...the panthers, quite a turnaround from a 4-5 showing last year. after a kp fumble on their opening drive though...ben specht...runs the quarterback keeper...this is going to be a common theme tonight...he goes 51 yards to the promised land, 8-0. but the panthers buckle down...corey

down and that forces mmc to punt. that would set up jacob harvey on the delay...hetotes it 30 yards to pay dirt...panthers cut t e lead to 8- 6. then the eagles get going in thehe form of this guy...specht...agai n on the quarterback keeper...45 yards out t is time...it wawa14-6 mmc after the first 12 minutes. shortly into the second, specht, looking for the trifect and he'll get it...chunks of yards on the left side yet again...mmc opens up a 2 touchdown advantage. then the snows came and it didn't slow them down...specht on the play fake finds a wide open jacob spieler...26-6 at that point. it was cold, but the cheerleaders don't mind. and this will certainly v.com still to come after the break - a patient lets a unexpected guest into the er well have details coming up.

g into an emergency room suffering from a heart attack he got pushed to the side by a a er who beat himimnside, it was an unsual situation for everyone involved " " it is a sight you don't see everyday. deputies wheeling a gurney carrying an injured deer- out of the e-r.

it was jim deferio - who inadvertenly let him in. " as they were pushing me in- everybody was turned around looking in back of me saying "here it comes" - i'm going what?" jim deferio does not come across as a man who suffered a heart attack - one day ago. his second shock that day - came at 4 o'clock - as he was being wheeled through the automatic doors to strong memorial hospitals emergency department. "i turned and there was a er - i would say about 3 feet high - a small deer and he ran n st me, it ran right by me - in frontnt of me e down the corridid- slipping as it went. a a everybody kindndf moved aside - what are you u ing to do? you see a deer coming down there fast - so everybody moves." it is the first time he has seen the photo of the deer being transported out of the hospital. "i was really surprised. here i'm being pushed in - heart attack - you've got your worst fears going that you could die- then this happens! it lightens up the whole thing." it would be hard not to see the humor. "he was probably looking for a vet! and thought this is the next best thing!" like others - deferio had high hopes theanimal could be sasad. it's left rear leg was broken. after it collapsps twice - medical personnel tried to

concerned about the deer- it was a very unusual situation." jim is recovering. he will return to his home in syracuse with a story to tell about the worst day of his life - and the unusual distraction that helped him through it. (fred) your forecast tonight is for a low of 33. skies will be partly cloudy and

everybody and welcome into this special wednesday night, almost halloween edition of the abc9 sportszone. alongside alex walker, i'm chris palmquist... and any kids watching, don't worry, we already cleared it with your parents--you're allowed to stay y up late on a school night to watch us. alex there's no better reason than to check out the best high school football coverage in siouxland. we have action

from all six classes in iowa tonight, with 9 games featuring 17 siouxland teams. alex and we'll start in class 4a, where sioux city east is in the playoffs for the seventh straight season. chris that's right, in each of bob goodvin's years on the sidelines the black raiders have played in the second season. but as has been the case lately, they faced a big challenge in the first round. for the second straight year the black raiders hihi ththroad to take ononaukee. the warriors beat east by 38 last season and head into the game with a 7-2 record. east comes in at 5-4. we pick this one up in the second half waukee's ben ferkin with a pitch and catch to number 18 jacob winger 1st down warrior's marched to the goal-line and will hand it off to drew lienemann who will plow his way in. touchdown waukee going the other way now souix city's connor kza with the pass s d it is intercepter,r, tough to see but waukee's mark primrose stole it in the air. warroir's mahing again, in the redzone ben ferkin hits michael williams for the td.

time running out, souix city connor koza on 3rd down going to the air looking for dom flemister, he is in double coverage.... incomplete. souix city had to punt waukee would not stop they, they drove their way again to the endzonw this time ben n rkin with the keeper and he will score waukee takes the win 55-24 ananwill move on to the second roundndf the playoffs chris down in class 3a, we have a pair of regular season rematches to kick off the postseason. alex we'll start with the district champs from sergeant bluff- luton. just five days ago, the warriors went on the road to spencer and beat the tigers 20-0 to cap off an 8-1 regular season. tonight, the action shifted to sergeant bluff. opening drive for spencer...dylan ellis finds a seam and makes that warrior defense pay.....he gets all the way down ininde the five...t.ters on ththdoor-step... ananthey punch it in....sean slattery with the qb sneak....they eventuall call it a touchdown...7-0 spencer..

touch for sb- l....they start clicking...jacob shultz to chris kroll....first down warriors.... later that drive...matt george bounces to the outside and hits the "b" button....chris favorite move in madden 10 yard score! game tied at seven... next warrior drive...its that george kid again...this time from 65 yards out...! 336 yards and three scores for george...14-7 sb-l.... and they were getting it done on defense as well....sean kallog....a monster in the backfield....warrio rs advance...33-21 the final. chris elsewhere in class 3a, heelan hosted boyden- hull rock valley for the second time this year, and if this matchup was anytytng like the fifit, fans were in for a treaea alex clinging to a 7- point lead late in e game, e crusaders added some insurance with under four minutes to play for a 49-35 win over the nighthawks. tonight, bhrv was

heelan since 2011. third quarter....hawks up 18-3.....and they start trucking on another drive...myles van maanen....a man possessed...he hits the edge to move the chains...but the drive stallls... next bhrv drive...its brett moser hooking up with van maanen and the ghthawks are in busine... a few plays later....the big fella punches it in and the nighthawks take the 24-6 lead... ensuing heelan possession...they strike back...mekhi bianchini to jackson beaver.....over the top....65-yard score...crusaders within 11... fourth quarter now....moser is picked off by will kar....its even better in slow- motion.... crusaders need a score in a hurry./...but on fourth

holds on down the strtch....the nighthawks are moving on 24-16 the final. " " chris we're going to take a quick timeout here, but don't go anywhere. coming up later in the show we'll award our plays of the night, run through our local scoreboard, and as always we're handing out two free buffets to pizza ranch. stay with us. " " chris palmquist