local native american community. that's why officals from both law enforcement and native american leaders met at a town hall meeting. but first, a look at the numbers. jenna: through september of this year, nearly half of sioux city arrests have been native americans. that's on track with last year and e numbers in 2013. compare that to the fact that native americans make up 2-3 percent of the sioux city population. another tough statistic... many of those arrests are repeat offenders. jenna back on cam: our elisa raffa has more about a new effort hoping to address the trend. elisa we've known that native americans have suffered from alcoholism, often getting into scuffles with law enforcement, but what was eye opening about today's town hall meeting.. was that this problem is more than just substance abuse and homelessness. some native americans have called it a way of dealing with historical trauma. it was a town hall meeting that began with a ceremonial blessing and prayer as officals from both law

community gathered at four directions community center in sioux city on monday. the issue at the forefront... concerns about public intoxication amongst the native american community, as the two entities came together to discuss both problems and solutions, "i'm going to simply say that i believe that those in the public and private trusts who wororon recovery need to nnect with our native community. i do not think they're doing the job that they would wish to do" says frank lamere, director four directions center. frustrations were even expressed by law enforcement. the woodbury county sheriff says that we got punishment down, we need to work on rehabilitation, detox centers instead of 30 days of jail time.. but those kinds of changes cannot be made without state legislature. "i get somewhat frustration... i'm the sheriff and chief young is the chief, we are law enforcement but the ones that make legislative change should be at some of these meetings and when you don't see them it becomes a source of frustration for all of law enforcement because we're the ones dealing with it" says sheriff dave drew, woodbury county. members of the native american community spoke out at the m mting, about their own

brothers in this time of need, and frustration with not being present at the meeting. in me, and that's the only way that i could be standing here somebody believed in sioux city at in that? i could afford to put the file cabinet and try and pretend that it doesn't have a michael o'connor, community advocate. many voiced that alcoholism is not a crime, but a disease.. and for native americans with deep roots in historical suffering and "santee sioux nation had three hundred from starvation the united states you know that? see, knows about the nobody knows about what happened... it's not even taught in our history books, but you know people still live with all that" says jim haallum, nebraska indian community college, tribal extension. elisa we've reached out to the mayor about his lack of attendence, he says he had another meeting, one thth was scheduled before this towowhall meeting.g.f you want to learn more aboututhis issue, briri cliff university will be hosting a a documentary showing featuring the work of local tribes tonight at 7pm. reporting live in studio...elisa raffa... abc9 news. jenna: with the long thanksgiving weekend ahead...

many are trying to get their cars in shape for trips out of town. but this year ... it's not just the typical holiday rush. with friday's snow storm hitting some drivers hard many needed repairs from accidents. body shops... like ron piepers (peep-ers) had to deal with an extra amount of work. and it was not just about getting the cars done. "i have looked at probably 3 times as may cars as what i i usually would on a nday. i have actutuly looked at a couple of carand just made them drivable for the people so that they could have the repairs than after the holidays and not be without their car. " pieper (peep-er) also said he and his crew are working around the clock to try to get customers their cars back just in time for the holiday. jenna: good news if you are hitting the road. gas prices in an around sioux city have fallen below the two dollar mark. just last week drivers were paying as much as 2 dollars and 15 cents for a gallon of regular. jenna: a woman was killed in a bad accident on n 35 in

des moines this momoing. the vehicle ruck a telephone pole, killing the woman in the passenger seat. that man driving was taken to the hospital. following the crash, several transformers blew, starting a fire in the trees. police say the driver may have been speeding... and they're also investigating if he was impaired by drugs or alcohol. investigating if he was impaired by drugs or alcohol. jenna: some help is coming to sioux county after they were hit especially hard by friday's winter storm. governor terry branstad has issued an emergency disaster declaration for sioux county. that allows state resources to be utilized for clean up and recovery. over the weekend, a transformer exploded leading to powererutages in sioux center. the countytylso dealt withth water main b bak. both power and water have since been restored in the community. jenna: the use of social media and technology by isis has been called one of the most alarming capabilities of the terror group. presidential candidate marco rubio told a town

hall gathering in iowa today the u-s should follow their lead. " i want the world to see how these isis leaders cry like babies when they're captured. i want the world to see how these sunni leaders, these isis leaders, once captured, begin to sing like canaries if they survive. i want the world to see that they're not invincible. the senatotofrom florida added the u-s will have to embed special forces alongside local sunni muslim-arab forces to impart tactical jenna: donald trump is riding a new high in the polls following the terrorist attacks in europe. according to today's abc news/washington post poll, terrorism has surged as an election issue since the paris attacks, and donald trump leads with a wide margin as the most trusted to deal with the issue among republican voters. on the campaign trail, trump has been using tough language on terrorism and muslims. this weekend he repeated a widely debunked story about muslim

"i watchch when the world trade center came tumbling down, and i watched in jersey city, new jersey, where thousands and thousands ofeople were cheering as that building was coming down" trump's critics say he's manipulating voters. jersey city's mayor accused him of making up lies. jenna: looking to get your holiday shopping done before black friday? there is no shortage of deals if you want to get a head start. storesescross the county are offering deep discounts on site and online. polo sandoval has your holiday shopping guide. " " forget black friday... some of the nation's biggest retailers are already rolling out their big deals. amazon.com started early... way early. the online retailer launched black friday deals on november second for some products including electronics, toys, and clothing. amazon prime members got access to some of the deals 30 minutes earlier than non-members. wal mart and target are just some of the stores that began offering deep

savings on november first. if you're among the growing number of shoppers going online for deals, you can expect free shipping at some retailers. best buy will send you your products for free this year. no minimum purchase required. if you'd rather stick to tradition and get your door buster savings on black friday, some stores will open their doors starting thursday evenini. ey include toys r us, k-mart, macy's's and target. check your favorite retailer's website for a specific time. expect several of your favorite retailers to push back against this thanksgiving day shopping tradition. a slew of major companies including nordstrom, barnes & noble, and costco won't re-open until friday morning. sporting goods store, rei is announcing it will stay c,osed on black friday, they're asking customers spend the day outside instead. as for their employees, they'll be paid to stay home on that day. jenna: walmart is also getting a jump on

celebrating its cyber monday deals early. the retail giant says it will launch its online holiday shopping sales on sunday, november 29th. walmart typically started its cyber sas on the monday after thanksgiving. but the company says faster internet to more homes and smartphones makes the move to sunday more practical. wal-mart says it will quadruple its number of cyber monday specials this year. about 90 percent of those deals come with free shipping. jenna: still to come toinight with so many americans diagnosed with some form of arthritis we'll take a look at a group that is dedicated to helping them through a fitness class in our g g going segment t (fred) we'll enjoy 40s in the short term, but thanksgiving day travel could have some difficulty. there's also a bit of a cooldown in the 7-day forecast. details next! " " nna/fred

scene. our high today was 45 after low of 22. the storm lake skycam hd shows the scene in storm lake. highs over western iowa were in the 30s and 40s. eastern nebraska and dakota saw highs range from the upper 30s in sioux 50s across the southern part of the map. in sioux city, 40 is our temperature. local temperatures show 20s northeast where the snow cover is deepest. most of us have 30s and 40s, but there are some 50s southwest. visiblity is fine, but patchy fog is possible later tonight with all the moisture around from melting snow. winds are light and disorgananed, so wind chihis aren't too bad. thehe satellite and rarar shows just a f f clouds moving g for the night. thestormcast hd shows quiet weather tonight and tomorrow. wednesday could see drizzle or light rain, but the main concern is thursday. that's when we'll see rain south and east, snow to the west, and ice possible in between. stay tuned if you have travel plans. your forecast for tonight is for a low of 27 and partly cloudy skies.

tomorrow, look for a pleasant high of 44, which will melt some more snow. the 7-day forecast shows drizzle or light rain wednesday, then a mix of rain, freezing rain, sleet, and snow possible thursday with a high of 33. more snow is possible sunday and monday, possibly with some freeeeng rain mixed in monday. again, stay tuned. jenna/tim/fred (fred) we'll enjoy 40s in the short term, but thanksgiving day travel could have some difficulty. there's also a bit of a cooldown in the 7-day forecast. details next! jenna:

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diagnosis of some form of arthritis... between 20-10 and 20-12. that's almost 23 per-cent and that number has likely risen in the last three years. the norm waitt senior y-m-c-a and the siouxland center for active gegerations have partnered togegeer to create "enhance fitness"... a class just for those with arthritis... jessica rae has more. "nats class instructor" kathy schroer: "it has made a tremendous amount of difference to me!" rae: kathy schroer suffers from arthrits. she's been attending a class called hae fitness for about three months now... nat sounds instructor enhance fitness is a joint effort by the norm waitt senior y-m-c-a and the siouxlcenter for active nerations...

to increase strength, balanc and flexibility in arthritis. hilary overby: "this class allows individuals with arthritis to break up inflamation in their joints by doing their range of motion being able to do things throughout their day that you don't normally think of involves range of kathy schroer: when you're driving and you need to see on either side. we do necks, going up and eyes...those don't they make a huge body in life." nats i itructor it starts the top workall the way nat sounds feet tapping something kathy says, is worth waking up for every really good when you get done that is so important i don't but let me tell you it when you get done you feel great." rae: let's get going, abc9 news. "

currently the class is only offered at the ymca and the siouxland center for active generations, but the two are looking totoxpand to other locations.for more information visit this storyryn our website. siouxland matters dot com. coming up in sports...iowa state fired head coach paul rhoads yesterday. today he talked about the cyclones decision. we'll hear from him up ahead. plus...western christian and spirit lake both played for state championships today. we'll have all the action from a wild day at the dome up ahead.

and 1 at the state football championships at the uni-dome. teams, spirit lake, christian, played for titles in dar

the indians, taking on ninth ranked mount vernon in search of their first title since 2012. and this is the off...billy brown wastes no time for spirit lake... and the indians jump out 7-0 very quickly. after m-v tied it ps off the drive, coming lead. still in the first, the indians, getting it done on the ground...logan backhaus...straigh t up the gut on the quarterback keeper, 21-7 late in the quarter. in the second, they keep the pedal down...backhaus finds brown...nearly 1300 yards of total offense in this game...spirit lake wins it 70-56. we'll hear from the indians at 10. earlier in the day, western christian taking on the 5 time defending champs from regina. the pack strikes first...tyson kooima to dustin marra...it was 7-0

after the first. after regina tied it up in the second...kooooa hits taylor miedema he breaks a tackle and tacks on 6...14-7. again, the regals tie it up and then nathan stenger drops a dime to sam lincoln, just out of reach for w-c...69 yard score makes it 21-14 at the break. in the third, western down 2 scores, but on fourth...kooima withhe jump ball to ben gesink...he goes and gets it to cut the lead to 7. to the fourth, the pack not going away...kooima to gesink yet again...that makes it 35-28. under a minute to play now 4 4 and 9...and the pass falls incomplete. western christian falls in the championship, 35- 28. tyson kooima--"we didn't want to be scared playing against a five defending champion team, but we wanted to come out aggressive and play our hearts out." travis

kooima--"there's no negatives out of this season. this team really set the bar pretty high. they set the bar pretty high for the next teams coming through. but i'm just excited and very pleased and just proud of the guys and how hard they worked today and fought til the end." congratulations to western christian on a great season. chris: coming o o a disappointing 38-35 loss to kansas stste on saturday, wa state decided to part wawa with head coaoa paul rhoads. today, he and athletic director jamie pollard met with the media. after leading iowa state to three bowls in his first four seasons, the cyclones have struggled mightily since. since then rhoads and the clones are a combined 8 and 27 and at the end of the day, the product on the field wasn't good enough. jamie pollard--"no one game costs the coach a job. we made the decision to make a change because we simply didn't win enough games and we weren't trending in the right direction." paul rhoads--" i wanted to do what hadn't been done before. it meant a great deal to me to be able to provide thatator the fans at iowa state university y

give it everything i had in the end it wasn't enough." rhoads will coach the cyclones in their season finale this saturday at west virginia here closer to home, the university of south dakota is also looking for a new head coach. joe glenn announced his retirement yesterday after four seasons in vermillion and helping lead the yotes into division one. this year, the coyotes finished 5-6 making it a difficult decision to step away. joe glenn--"this is the decision i came

today's picture comes from... maria watkins from homer. her sons got to enjoy the snow friday... and i'm

sure this weekend, too. if you're like to submit a facebook fan photo, just post it on our abc-9 facebook pagege jenna/tim/chris/fred: (fred) your forecast for tonight is for a low of 27 and paly cloudy skies. tomorrow, look for a pleasant high of 44, which will melt some more snow. the 7-day forecast shows drizzle or light rain wednesday, then a mix of rain, freezing rain, sleet, and snow possible thursday th a high of 33. more snow is possible sunday and monday, possibly with some freezing rain mixed in monday. again, stay tuned.