bluffs, due to higher ice accmulation expected in these areas. the satellite and radar shows that drizzle is beginning to fall where you see the green shading. the planner shows drizzle at 2 am and 35, a wintry mix at 6 am and 33, and sleet at 10 am with 28 degrees. i'll be back in a few minutes with a detailed look at thanksgiving travel concerns. it's time for local news that matters! "ohh yes very enjoyable" siouxlanders with big hearts... dish out a helping of giving just in time for thanksgiving. "it's challengngg to know who to sign up with when the e neneorks don't exist." concerns surfice as iowa prepares to re-vamp of the state's medicaid system. "they told us he wasn't going to make it." an elk point family looks for support... to finally bring their miracle baby back home. tim: good evening and

thank you for joining us tonight im tim seaman jenna: and im jenna rehnstrom most of us will gather with our family tomorrow. the turkey is carved and the potatoes passed around the table ... but there are also those less fortunate tim: for them ... the holidays may feel just like any other day. something some local businesses and volunteer groups want to change. our lukas voss has more ... thanks tim and jenna, it was a humbling experience going around the city today and finding people that are trying to make the holidays more enjyoable for those in need. sot: "we are serving our turkey, grilled potatoes, dressing." vo: and much more ... sioux city's soup kitchen opened their doors at 4:30 today for people in need of a warm holiday meal. evelyn marsh has been managing the soup kitchen for the past 20 years and around the holiday's it always seems a bit

more crowded. sot: "i am expecting over 200 hundred tonight hopefully." the soup kitchen runs on dodotions. people v vunteer to spent ththr time so that others may a h he a warm meal l a day typically spent with the family. it's something marsh enjoys for a simple reason." sot: "the thing i get out of it is beeing needed. it's a good feeling to be needed. it's a statisfaction because you never know when one of your loved ones or your family could be in that position. and just to finish the list. sot: "cranbarry sweet potatoes pumpkin pie with whip cream and rolls and butter, green bean casserole ... i think that's enough don't you?" lukas whwhe the soup kitchen won't be open on thanksgiving day. there are several other locations providing those in need with holiday spirit and a warm meal. rebos restaurant downtoto will s sve dinner from 11 to 2 pm ... they expect

around 2 to 3 hundred people.. the gospel mission on bluff street will also serve their traditional thanksgiving meal and offer a place to warm up. and while the siouxland soup kitchen got plenty of donations for their holiday meal they also want to remind people that they are in need of donations throughout the year. and if you want to donate ... simply give them a call at 712-258- 0027 reporting live in studio ... lukas voss ... abc9 news ... jenna: with thanksgiving just within reach, the folks down at hy-vee are working hard, roasting turkeys around the clock the catering orders they have for thanksgiving. ask him about deliveries and they make every year. should be abo get good making sides and turkeys. al metz sasa, "we will go non stop and cocoing me, some of the turkeys will go out cold most of them will be full. carving the turkeys will be a fulltime job." its a task that keeps them busy

tim: thanksgiving is just a day away and with recently thanksgiving is just a day away and with recently lowered gas prices, a lot of people have alalady hit the roadadnorthwest iowa has received winter weather advisoriri for tomorrow s s according to iowa state trooper john farley, it's in the best interest of drivers to take extra procaution when trying to get to their destination. thanksgiving is known as the day for turkey as well as traffic. iowa state trooper john farley says that there is usually a spike in accidents during the holiday season and so far there have been over 275 fatalities in the state of iowa for this year..a number that he says the state dodon't want to increase. "we never want to see that fatality count go up and it takes everybody. obviously it takes law enforcement through education and enforcement actions, but it takes drivers too to make sure that they're really concentrating on those defensive driving skills," said farley. iowa state troopers will

troopers present and active on the roads beginning this evening to ensure that traffic is under control and safe driving practices are taking place. jenna on cam about 2 years ago o frontier airlinene ended it's short lived service from sioux city to denver. now the company is pulling flights from sioux falls as well... temporarily, beginning january 3rd. the company says flights will resume in april. frontier airlines first began flying out of sioux falls in 2011. nat/walking tim: today advocates from across the midwest toto part in the 13th annual memorial marchcho honor native american children lost while in foster care. it's part of a larger program that has been held all week long. around 50 people showed to participate in the walk to the woodbury county courthouse "things are getting better but thee's still disproportnate

numbers of native children in the child welfare system, disproportionate number of ou children being adopted. four r directions, , o sponsors this, is about t king ourselves s ll and pulling our families back together." says frank lamere, director of four directions cent tim: the event started at the war eagle monument and made several stops along the way to say prayers for native american children, so they're not forgotten. jenna: the orange city woman sentenced to prison time for the death of a 3- year-old in her care... is getting a break. and now, word that the sioux county attorney will not chalalnge the decision. sapp is serving two 50 year sentences for the death of 3-year old autumn elgersma, who she admitted to throwing on the ground while at her in-home daycare. last year, she made a plea deal... and then last month, judge edward jacobson, changed her sentence citing good behavior while in prison. now, sapp will serve her sentences at the same time, effectively, cutting them in half. autumn's mother, jen, didn't see that coming. " " jenna:

under iowa law, the judge is allowed to reconsider sentences within a year of the sentencing date, without notifying the county attorney or the victim's family. tim on cam just 5 weeks from when iowa's medicaid program is scheduled to change from state run to privately managed, an administrative law judge is asking the state to make changes. an administrative law judge today asked the state to throw out one of four agreements reached with for-profit companys to run the program. tim: according to the des moines register the judge is asking that the contract awarded to wellcare be thrown out. the company has been accused of mismanagement in other states. governor

branstad's communications director, acknowledge the judges ruling... but did not comment on the request. instead ben hammes said the ruling allows the program to move forward the complete re- vamp of the state's medicaid system has some voicing concerns. ououconcern is we get to january firstand we have a train wreck on our hands that we don't know how to manage," said greg boattenhamer of the iowa hospital association. tim: the federal government has to give its approval before the state can move forward with the change over. so far the feds have not given their okay to do so. jenna: if you're a parent, you know how hard it is to be away from your kids. two elk point haven't had their kids under their roof the entire time they've been a family of four. their 2-year-old, jack, has spent his entire life in the hospital. but, now it looks like, he could come home soon... and while that's exciting, it means they'll need more support than ever. there story is tonight's your health matters. as the miltenbergers go through their normal evening routine, a piece of

thmily is missing. if fact, they've never been quite whole. erin says, "we have two boys. cale is 6 and jack is 2." in & ben's younger son, jack, has never been to the family's elk point home. he was born 16 weeks premature, weighing only a pound and a half. the early delivery meant jack's lungs weren't fully formed and he's struggled with severe breathing problems ever since. at their lowest point, when erin and ben feared they would lose their baby, the decision was made to move him to a special children's hospital in ohio. erin says, "there was a lot of deliberating about whether or not that would be the best choice, but we determined and decided as a family that transferring him would be the best choice." it's a decision that likely saved jack's life, and now it looks like the day his parents have dreamed about may be in reach. jack can come home once his doctors see success with a new home ventilator. if all goes as planned, the miltenbergers could celebrate the new year as a family of four. but with that excitement comes the family's newest challenge. they'll

in elk point, and nurses are in high demand. erin hopes by sharing their story... somone out there will be the answer to their prayers. erin says, "the more people that can share jack's story and let them know that we need nurses. it's something we've been waiting for for over two years now." ben says, "it'll happen, and i really hope it's this time." bringing jack home, and making their family complete. jenna: if you know a nurse who might be interested in caring for jack once he gets home, the miltenbergers are working through universal pediatrics. jack does qualify for care 24/7, so insurance helps them out and the company is able to offer benefits

and even a sign-on bonus. i have the link to their application on this story at siouxland matters dot com. tim: if you need some help getting in the christmas spirit after thanksgiving, you can take your family to downtown sioux city for the festival of trees. you can view and bid on over 70 decorated trees and wreaths in the hochunk centre atrium. then, on december 3rd, the live auction will start with the highest silent bid. proceeds this year will go to the siouxland autism support group. tim: still to come... well take a look at two of the heros that will be honored during the heros game on friday (fred) ice and snow are coming tomorrow, and that will bring travel headaches. cooler weather will follow. your forecast is next!

friday's game and the players -- its called the hyvee heroes game for a

hereos" will be honored at halftime on friday, including two iowans. without an iowa state trooper and a local nurse, an oklahoma man may have lost his life back in april. they're being hailed as hereos. clair powell brings us more "the engine is revving high, it takes off tires squeal" "this is not good something's going on inside this truck" seven months ago, iowa state patrol trooper tracy bohlen spotted a truck with oklahoma plates, stopping and going in the middle of 70 mile per hour interstate traffic. "it was right where the pylons are first time i saw him" pat roark, an out- of-state driver, was having a seizure in the middle of interstate 35 his 15 year old son, eli, grabbed the wheel. took his dads foot off the gas,

bohlen ran over- starting cpr right then and there. "a lot of things played out the correct way" two cars behind bohlen was nurse jane mccurdy. "i worked quite a few days & it was my day to relax" relaxing went out the window & instincts kicked in. "thought that someone needs help and this is what we do" as a nurse, this scene was nothing new. so, as pat fought for his life on the pavement, mccurdy took sobbing eli under her wing and didnt let go. "ill take you to the hospital i wont leave you, ill stay with you" after gettng him a hotel, food and days of waiting... the roarks went home to oklahoma. now months later, in true heroic fashion, neither bohlen nor mccurdy will say they are what everyone is hailing them as... "its humbling and its a big word! i dont look at myself as a hero, just right place right time doing my job" " eli is truly the hero, he's the one that got the truck stopped." they say the highlight of that april day isnt saving pat or eli's lives. or becoming quote on quote hereos... the best part was becoming their friends and in turn, part of their family. "i just thininine lucky people and grateful, it was a huge blessing for me to be in the right place at the right time" (tim) fred, let's get right

2 line super: fred hexom fhexom@kcautv.c om (fred) a winter weather advisory will be in effect for most of siouxland from 4 am to 6 pm. a winter storm warning will be in effect for harrison county south to omaha/council bluffs. all of us will see ice changing to snow, but the ice may be somewhat thicker in the yellow warned area. road conditions are fine, but this map will look different torrow. stay in touch with road

conditions on siouxlandmatters.co m or by downloading our abc9 weather app. the port neal welding company skycam hd shows a still-quiet scene. the high today was 53 and the low 36. here are conditions in storm lake on the king's pointe skycam hd. 39 is our sioux city temperature with a north wind at 12 miles per hour. local temperatures are in the 30s--above freezing for now, so our precipitation will start out as drizzle. relative humidity is as high as 100 percent, and we do see some fog tonight. here's the midwest satellite/radar which is just starting to show drizzle in the green for siouxland, but let's go to the stormcast which shows drizzle early tonight, but with cooling temperatures, ice is expected for a large part of siouxland by sunrise in the form of sleet and freezing rain. that will continue morning, but by late morning, continued cooling will change so, we will have snow on top of ice, which is among the worse conditions for travel. be very slick! we could see over a third of an inch of ice in the widespread show to be seen, with isolated 4". tonight, we'll see fog and drizzle early, then ice late. the low will be 30. tomrow, expect a mix of freezing rain, sleet, and snow in the morning, and snow in the afternoon. an early high of 30 will be seen, but expect slowly falling temperatures during the day. the 7-day shows 20s friday and saturday, chance of light snow monday.

(jenna) thanks, fred. (fred) you bet.

s senior class has seen a little bit of everythingn their time in lincoln. hear from the huskers on their legacy. tim plus sb-l's cole croston has followed his dad's foot steps to iowa city. find out what both of them have to say on the family legacy up

five of those players are in their first year with the program, but the remaining two are a pair of walk-ons who have worked their way onto the depth chart. brandon snyder from west lyon is the backup safety and a special teams standout and sb-l's cole croston has moved up from walk-on to starting right

tackle for the hawkeyes, following in his dad dave's foot steps 30 years ago. cole croston--"he was a fantastic player and i don't think i'm necessarily in his shadow by any means. i'm just trying to be my own player. he was a great player. if i could even be half as good as he was it would be a fantastic career for me." dave croston--"the fact that i played down there, you know, my name's on the wall in the o-line room, i think he maybe caught a little grief from the other guys, but i don't think there was ever really pressure. we don't talk about technique, we don't talk about his kick- step or we don't talk about a whole lot football wise. just a little bit every now and then, but the big thing has just been when you get an opportunityou have to make the most of it and that's what he's done." chris: we'll hear more from cole and dave coming up tomorrow in our heroes game preview special. on the other side of the missouri, it's been a tumultuous four years for the nebraska seniors, but they have a chance to go out on a high note on friday. the senior class

has gone through a coaching change, an athletic director change, and is on the verge of possibly missing out on a bowl game for just the third time since 1968. but they also have a chance to play spoiler on friday, ruining iowa's undefeated season and possibly knocking them out of the college football playoff. they say the challenges they've faced though have made them stronger as a group. jack gangwish--"there isn't a lot of romance in college football, you know? it's results-driven, you know, you've gotta perform. you've gotta go out there and do well, especially at a place like nebraska." andy janovich--"when the last coaching staff was gone, we all just came together and realized that we can only really count on ourselves and i think everybody's got great chemistry because of it." mike riley--"i really appreciate them for who they've been and how they have gone through this year. they're good representatives of this program, of this scho." kick off friday is at 2:30 right here on abc9. and don't forget we'll have much

more heroes game coverage leading up to kickoff. tomorrow at 6:30, alex walker and i will take an indepth look at the rivalry and preview the black friday matchup. then friday i'll be live in lincoln at memorial stadium and alex will be at the pregame party here at the hard rock hotel and casino for a full hour long preview show...that begins at 10 am. congratulations today to andrew van ginkel of south dakota. the former bhrv standout was named the missouri valley football conference freshman of the year today. van ginkel ranked second in the conference with 9 sacks and 18 tackles for loss. he's the first yote to be named freshman of the year since they joined the league in 2012. and finally the musketeers were on the road in des moines tonight. david trinkberger, matt steeves, eeli tolvanen and ian scheid all scored for sioux city in their 4-1 win over the buccaneers. that's the second straight win for the muskies...they're back in action on saturday at sioux

freezing rain, sleet, and snow in the morning, and 1-3" snow in the afternoon. an early high of 30 will be seen, but expect slowly falling temperatures during the day. the 7-day shows 20s friday and saturday, then 30s with a chance of light snow monday. " "