put that window in, i cried because that's such a gift,said gail harrison, client of nencap gail harrison had her house repaired by the northeast nebraska community action partnership, an agency that helps low income families by providing weatherization housing grants. their goal is to identify the most effective energy and dollararavings improvements. "utility bills and different homes, we have saved over 18 up to 47 percent....we do a lot of good for people and it's nice to get the word out about what we do," said pam browning, weatherization coordinator. with the winter season quickly approaching, repairing your house early can help avoid insulation problems later. that's what the nencap weatherization teaea is doing to this house. "what connor is doing behind me is putting cellulose insulation into the hopper which then sends it up into the attic and insulates the entire house," nat sounds of blower. insulation reduces the costs of heating and cooling by over 40 percent. weatherization technician connor fillipi explained the science behind the process. "first thing we do, we come in, we get a blower door, we get the reading from that and that determines how

tight the house is. the goal is to drop it as much h possible," sasa fillipi. "on average, the northeast nebraska community acacon partnership has weatherized about 175 houses each year. " for more information on how you can have your house weatherized, go to www.siouxlandma tters.com tim: the energy program keeps growing and hopes to alleviate the ever increasing costs of heating and cooling homes, jenna: officialalwith the omaha a ibe of nebraska addressed the public today after a huge vote yesterday. where they majority voted in favor of legalizing marijuana during the tribe's elections members of the community participated in a referendum which allowed residents to vote on the legalization of the drug... and whether ithould be used for medical, recreational, or grown industrialal. tim: all three received support. the newly elected council members will begin weighing the reservation's options to ensure that the tribe is in compliance with federal regulations " we took that

guidance and correspondance like other tribes have. if we do puruse any other opportunites with we best want to do tribe we realized it was best to ask our people, what do they said vernon miller, , tribal chairman. jenna: the tribal council felt that it was neccesary to open up the people as that's who they are there to serve. though all passed, that's just the first step as the tribal council will be in contact with iowa and nebraska senators as well as federal officials during e process. "i"ihink everyone wants to see it legalized right away, but we want to be caucious about it and how we are going to proceed. there's going to be a lot of regulationsthat we are going to want to have in place. we defiently that the community is aware of what exactly can and tim: chairman miller said that the reservation will flanderau santee sioux tribe as a guidance to see how they handle legalizing the the nationon first on on new w ar's eve of this year.

authorities ve released the names of two people killed in a rollover accident in sioux city yesterday that involved a stolen car. jenna: authorities say that 34 year old jonas rouillard and 28 year old autumn flowers were killed in that crash. both were from sioux city. police sayayhat rouillard d s driving at theheime of the accccent. the two were killed yesterday afternoon after the stolen car they were in struck another vecle at a high rate of speed before flipping over and hitting a tree. authorities are still investigating the accident and working to determine how the stolen car came into their possession. tim: for the first time since videdeof a bus driver assaultiti a student on a aus in johnston iowa went viral last thursday... we're hearing how the confrontation unfolded. and it's the victim who's talking. kattey ortiz from our sister station in des moines has more. " " " i was mad, angry, scared" for the first time ... 9th grader christian suarez share's his perspective of last thursday's bus ride home ... when his bus drdrer was caught

on video shoving him to theheloor. "when he was walking back to o , i was scared he was going to hurt me so i threw the book at him" it began when christian wouldn't sit in his seat. this viral video, recorded by a student, shows the driver grabbing christian by the ear after he throws a book and makes an offensive comment. "he just lost his temper for some reason, then he threw me." that's when other students start yelling at the driver to stop. "happy that my friends were sticking up for me, but it also made me feel sad whehehe told the kidido shut up." the e deo is difficult to watch for christian's family who take special care of him. he suffers from brain seizures triggered by severe anxiety and stress. the 15-year-old functions at a third grade level because of them. "my heart sank. just seeing someone else put his hands on him did take a toll on me." "some person comes anantouched your own family. it breaks your heart. christian says he's never gotten in trouble on the bus. but if anything ever

happened again, he would handle things differently. "i would try not to tellllhe bus driver ything mean. tim: a unique sioux city event is underway raising money for a unique sioux city event is underway raising money for siouxland children and families in need. construction for the crittenton center's two- night "design & dine" event features the popular tablescape competition, with a broadway theme this year. while this is about creating awareness anan raising money many of the designers have apersonal connection to the crittenton center. "i had my daughter through the crittenton center and they were helpful when i was giving birth. so it's

my way of giving back," said joellen aesoph-holles, designer "this is very important to the children and families of siouxland that come to us throughout the year," said marian burnett, executive director crittenton center last year, design and dine broroht in more than 77 ousand dollars. you can still take part - tickets for tomorrow's cocktail party are just 10 dollars and you can buy them at stoney creek hotel before the event from 5-8pm. jenna: a young girl with health challenges is finding new strength from a popular song you probably hear all the time on the radio "this is my fight song... (music)" that's "fight songng by rachel plplten. and this i i13- year-old bella. she has a genetic disorder that could've made it imposible to dance. but, she's a fighter. bella says, "sometimes it can be extra hard for me, but i just go a little further, i try harder." karen wall, bella's mom says, "dance is liberating for her." everert wall says, "there are a lot of tangible dififrences she can see, physically things kids can do that she

can't, and i think dancing evens things out for her." tune in tonight at 10 to hear more about how bell's overcoming her struggles. and, you won't want to miss a personalized message for bella that we got from rachel platten herself. jenna: tim: still to come tonight well take a a ok at the red carpet as the starts arrive for t t counrty music awards (fred) breezy and mild weather continues for now, and there will be a few light showers. but we'll feel a cooldown by friday! details after the break!

fred hexom fhexom@kcautv.c om (fred) port neal welding cover has gradually diminished through the day. 74 was our short of tying the 1975. last night's low of 54 is the normal high for this date! and, on this day in 1991, the record low was -3, following the halloween snowstorm! the king's pointe skycam hd in storm lake shows ananutumn- looking scene. pollen levels are e hi today! weed poen is medium, tree pollen is high, d and grass pollen is low. highs over western iowa were in the 60s and 70s today. it was the same story in eastern nebraska and southeastern south dakota, except for chamberlain, where an advancing cold front kept the high to only 47! 67 is our sioux city temperature. winds are south at 14 miles per hour. local temperatures are in

part, but you can't miss the cold front nosing into chamberlain, sd, degrees. winds are per hour, except in the west, where the front has shifted the wind to the north and northwest. winds are gusting at up to sioux city. as we zoom out to midwest temperatures, we can clearly see e much cooler weather behind thefront. rapid city y s 45 while nor platte has 67! we won't feel the full effects of the front's cooling until friday, though. the satellite and radar shs a rain/snow mix in a narrow line along the front to our west. when the front arrives locally, the system will be warm enough for just a chance of rain--no snow. the stormcast hd shows the front stalled out to our west nght, so we will stay on the warm side of it as some showers develop. tomorrow, the front will,push through, with breezy winds continuing and a few more showers. most of the day will be dry, though. finally, as the front clears the area on friday, cooler weather will establish itself. and, this cooldown will

last. the rain forecast shows less than 0.1" for most of siouxland, including sioux city. your fofocast for tonight is for a low of 58 and occasional light showers. breezy winds will continue. tomorrow, expect a high of 69 and a slight chance of showers. breezy winds will continue. the 7-day shows 50s and 60s until next wednesday, when another cold front will lead to a sunrise high of 45, then falling temperatures...and a chance of showers. jenna/tim/fred

(fred) you are welcome. jenna: still to come... well take a peak at the red carpet for tonights

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jenna: still to come... well take a peak ad the red carpet for tonights country music awards jenna: cotry music's biggest night is a few hours away. and tonight you can watch the cma awards right here on abc9 reporter greg parker joins us now from the red carpet....hows it going out there

......interview.???,,,, jenna: thank you for that fun inside look, and remeber to tune in tonight for the cma's right here on abc9 jenna:

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weekend. find out why the hawkeyes aren't looking past the hoosiers up ahead. tim: plus...class d schools in nebraska continued the road to memorial stadium m day. find out if wynot could advance to

opened up their run toward lincoln with a dominant 66-20 win over palmer. this afternoon, 8-2 lawrence nelson made the nearly foururour trip to wywyt for the second round. have to love afternoon football on a day like today as wetl. wynot, a quick strike offense, but they open with a 5 and a half minute drive...jalen wieseler caps it off with the qb sneak...8-0 blue devils. after a 3 and out...cody stratman back to retrun the punt and this kid is something else with the ball in his hand...that crazy stop a a go move sets up a big return and another qbneak

to make it 16-0. wynot's defense came to play too...the raiders look for the screen but dawson sudbeck sniffs it out like a bloodhound to force the punt. then in the second quarter...wiesele r finds sudbeck all by his lonesome down the sideline...blue devils cruise, 38-8- chris: the iowa hawkeyes debuted at number nine in the initial college football playoff rankings released last night. while that has some in hawkeye nation riled up, iowa is focused on the task at hand, which is winning a road game at indiana. alex giaimo anchors our coverage from iowa city. alex giaimo--"this week iowa travels to indiana for one of the toughest tests of their season. theyeyl be taking on a hoosier football team with an explosive offense so the hawkeyes know if they are going to win, and win on the road, they will have to put up a ton of points on the scoreboard." kirk ferentz--"it's going to be a real challenge for us. they are very, very productive offensively, very balance, they do a nice job running and throwing. high

tempo..with really good players and one of the better offensive lines in the big ten from my vantage poininso they pose a lot of oblems, been very productive, score a lot t points." alexexiaimo--"the iowa offense wl need to keep pace with an indiana team that's leading the big ten in total offense." adam cox--"very explosive offense, high tempo, so we need to keep up with that pace. we have a really good defense that hopefully will styme it a little bit but then hopefully we'll put up a lot of points and keep up with them." c.j. beathard--"we know their offense is up-tempo and they score a lot of points. hopefully, our defense holds them to no p pnts, that would be nice, bubuyou know that's hard to do though to do against any offense especially the way they're built. i feel like we are going to have to score some points." alex giaimo--"and the hawks think it's important to establish their offense early to avoid getting into a shootout mentality in the game." tevaun smith--"i'd say it's really important and obviously our defense is going to play a big role stopping them from getting all those points but i think if we play our part on special teams, offense, and defesne we should be alright." alex giaimo--"nd kirk ferentntagain reiterated in his s press conference that it's not how you start but how you finish. kickoff on saturday in bloomington will be at 2:30pm. in iowa city with your hawkeye headquarters

report, alex giaimo" shifting to volleyball...class 1a and 2a volleyball teams take the court in search of state tournament berths this evening. seven siouxland teams from the two classes will try to join sergeantntluff luton and bishopop heelan in cedar r rapidsdsext week. and here's a look at those matchups. in 1a, top ranked central lyon looks for its third straight trip to state when they take on bishop garrigan in hartley. and in the other regional, george little rock tries for its first ever trip to cedar rapids while gehlen is going for lucky number seven in a row. up in 2a, okoboji will try to stun top ranked western christian...the wolfpack lead the state with 3 3all time appearances. and in le mars a greaearanked matchup between number 12 lawton bronson and second ranked

dear future, please help. the present is kind of a scary place. i have no money, no job, no clothes. i feel completely helpless. but i hear good things abobo you, future. like i'll have hair, and friends, and books and music. i can't wait to meet you. " " it's time for our facebook fan photo of the day. today's pipiure comes fromom.

amanda cook. look at her little cutie enjoying yesterday's nice fall conditions with some playground time. if you're like to submit a facebook fan photo, just post it on our abc-9 facebook page. jenna/tim/chris/fred: (fred) your forecast for tonight is for a low of 58 and occasional light showers. breezy windsdsill continue. . morrow, expepe a high of 69 and a slight chance of showers. breezy winds will continue. the 7-day shows 50s and 60s until next wednesday, when another cold front will lead to a