traveled around the man says he hitch hicked all the way from south dakota to get a warm cooked meal. "we have eaten some of the best food in a warm environment catered by people who care about other people," said dulfek rebos opened their thanksgiving and served a multitude of people in the siouxland area, many of which have witnessed hard times. volunteers the large number of feel welcomed and at home. donations from weeks prior food, but to provide gloves, and toiletry bags. there was lots of conversation and laughter. countless number of people attitude for aditude. "it is a breath of fresh ai you know...that we can races and have a tually being mean to one another. i think th it's a blessing all together," said "i absolutely love this and i actually don't want to leave right now cause i can stay here and get another plate of which i've already been having way too much fun," said dulfek. the thank yous came

volunteers and owner heather rees, appreciation moved outcome was exactly what she anticipated. "i knew that it would but just walalng around and t tking seeing the kids...it's emotional," said rere. bria: great turnout and the way to heather's walked outside in who was waiting in the cold for a nearby shelter to reporting in studio, while rebos was first thanksgiving meal....sioux city's gospel mission was adding another meal to it's long standing thanksgiving tradition. more than 60 people showed up for a thanksgiving dinner dished up by volunteers at the mission. most of today's guests personally thanked the staff members for the meal they might not have otherwise had. tim:

drivers have low gas prices to be thankful for. stations we checked with were selling at a dollar 92 a llon. wiwi prices under bucks a gallon... triplelea" says 2015 could end up being ththfirst year since 2003 that the year started and ended with prices under 2 bucks a gallon. industry experts say drivers can expect the trend of lower prices to continue throgh 2016 tim: thanksgiving day driving in the merto required some added attention and patience this year. early morning sprinkles turned many city streets into a skating rink. snow followed making the drive to grandmothers place or the mall more chahaenging than most had hoped for. abc9 meterologist scott larson says about an inch and a half of snow is being reported in sioux city. he'll update the forecast a little later in the newscast. tim: hundreds of volunteers spent their morning...preparin g meals for families in need here in siouxland and across iowa all togther. but now, one former homeless man in des moines

who have the and he never wants to forget the chanans that he's made. jacob peklo brings us more terry gable remembers hitting rock bottom. terry gable, intake coordinator: "while sitting in eight days of jail, i decided i'd had enough of that old life, and wanted something new." after battling an addiction to drugs and alcohol, he joined the program at h he ministries, designed to help people get their lives back on track. terry gable,ntake coordinator: "after turning my life over, it completely changed. it transformed my whole life for me and my family." now, six years after first volunteering to work here, he's got a full time job. and when he sees more than 200 other people giving their time on this thanksgiving day, he knows firsthand how it can make a big difference. terry gable, intake coordinator: "i came here and ate, myself, when i was running around the street, a lot, when i was living out of my car." bob myers, volunteer: "you get a good enjoyment personally, but there is a need. we see it in our home town, we see it all

around." volunteerst hope ministries woke up early thursday to prepare and box hundreds of meals. so thankful, not only for the warm food, but the company, that people get dressed up and they come in. it's not kitchen, it's more volunteer: "it's kind you go out and help people, and they're you're kind of making their day, and they don't realize how much they're actually making your day." gabel knows it's love that he's back on his feet. coordinator: "a good, good hot encouragement and words, that kind of thing can really perspective and outlook on life." the volunteers at hope ministries delivered more than 2-thousand meals across the des moines area today. they also prepared dinner for more than four hundred. tim on cam: if you're e aded the nebrasas-iowa

football game in lincoln tomorrow, get am early start. nebraska state patrol is recomending folks headed to memorial stadium tomorrow to allow extra time for driving due to the large ammount of people out on the road for football, holiday and black friday shoppers. officals say one of the most congested areas could be the i-80 of the most congested areas could be the i-80 exit 432. tim: the cornhuskers are hoping to play spoiler tomorrow... ending iowa's perfect season. but for those of you headed out to memorial stadium for the hy-vee heroes gam there may be some things you want to keep in mind. the game is scheduled to kick off at 2:30pm tomorrow, but due to an increase in security officials are asking fans to show up to memorial stadium a bit earlier. big bags or backpacks are not being allowed in the stadium and officials are encouraging folks to keep other unecessary items at home or in the car. students planning on attending the

heroes game say the added security efforts at memorial stadium are welcome, especially due to some of the recent threats world. and if you're planning on watching the game, be sure to tune in to abc9 tomorrow we'll have extended coverage of the heroes game between iowa and nebraska. again, kick off will be at 2:30pm tim: despite the cold and wet weather, hundreds of metro area runners kicked off their thanksksving festivitieiewith the annual turkey trot in downtown des moines. it started on court avenue a little after 9 this morning. runners then ran through the ea village near the capitol and back. most runners said they were out in the cold so they could start the holiday on the right foot. "the beauty of a thanksgiving morning event is that it gives people a reason to come out to be healthy before taking on all the calories of the day it also gives people an opportunity to show their town we have 38 states represented to me that says people are coming in to visit family " runners got a free tshirt and

well as a free all you can eat pancake breakfast to start the thanksgiving festivities. tim: governor branstad joined members of the plymouth congregational united church of christ earlier today to deliver a proclamation. branstad was surrounded by the clergy, deacons, and choir members who dressed in authentic pilgrim costumes to celebrat thanksgiving day. "thanksgiving day is a time for us to gather as friends and d mily and express our apperceation for the challenges that we have met and the many blessings that are families communities and state have experinced " stephanie: church members start thanksgiving every year with this annual special congregation. tim: they may not be with family... but u-s troops are still getting a taste of home this thanksgiving... look at this service member....she's in quatar but is celebrating the american holiday with a classic turkey meal...

she is just one of thousands of american troops getting a taste of home this year. the department of defense says this year it shipped out about 52 thousand pounds of turkey to bases around the world. it can take up to three months for the supplies to arrive at some remote locations. the defense logistics agency says along with the turkey...it shipped out over 25-thousand pounds of beef, 17-thousand pounds of ham, 7- hundred gallons of eggnog and d over 3-thousand pounds of marshmallows. tim: the ho chunk centre is fully the ho chunk the holidays! the 23rd annual festival of trees is currently underway in the atrium of the ho- chunk center in down town sioux city. from the silent auction benifit the siouxland group. stop in and admire through december 3rd at center. m: christmas trtrs south dakota state capitol in pierre. the 2015 grand lighting ceremony holiday season at the capitol.

the capitol christmas display includes nearly 100 trees that are decorated by volunteers from communities, schools, churches, nonprofit organizations and state government offices. this year's theme is "christmas around the world." the largest tree in the capitol is a 29-foot colorado blue spruce that had to be trimmed just to fit inthe capitol. tim: still to come tonight... if you feel that your jaw hurts you, it might be a symptom of somethg treatable. " " tim/jenna/fred

and the low is 26. here's the timelapse in sioux city where we began our day with icy rain and drizzle turning over to sleet and snow. in southern and eastern siouxland is where the most icy glaze accumulated as you can see from cindy murphy in wall lake and jeff mcclure in blencoe. let's also get a check of conditions outside on the king's pointe skycam hd. a winter w wther advisory w wl soon be dropped from the area. snow continues to move out. but there is some tricky travel still in the region so be cautious if tral is necessary tonight. visibilities remain somewhat limited in southern and eastern siouxland. temperatur are in the 20s for most of the area and we have a breezy north wind gusting near 30 miles per hour. here's the stormcast hd now where we can expect mostly sunny skies for our saturday as cloud cover falls apart. then we'll watch as temperatures warm through the remainder of the weekend. tonight's low is 16. tomorrow's high is 30. here's the 7 day forecast. fred hexom fhexom@kcautv.c c om

still to come... that pain n your jaw may be tmd, we take a look at the warning signs, and the treatment. the details ahead in health minute

not just while you're eating. treatments patients cope with adad mccoy has today's health minute. clemmons a dental two and half years problem but lead her to notice another. clemmons/patient) it was coming on close to a week i was having consistent pain in my left jaw that was radiating up into the top of my head she found out she had what is commonly referred to as tmj-but is more accurately called tmd (dr. scott de rossi/georgia regents university) it's a groupupf disorders thth encompass pain or dysfunction in either the jaw joints or the chewing muscles of the face and jaw. (dr. scott de rossi/georgia regents university) trauma seems to play a role either big trauma like car accidents or sporting injuries or even what we call micro trauma like clenching the teeth at night, gum chewing, nail biting

or just keeping the teeth clenched during the day because one is stressed out. according to dr. derossi, most people with tmd will get better over time without treatment. if not, there are some lifestyle changes and medications that may help (dr. scott de rossi/georgia regents university) a soft diet, habitawareness, some relaxation and some stretching exercises, maybe some anti inflamatory and muscle relaxant medications even a bite guard or an appliance that you wear in your mouth while sleeping. (dr. scott de rossi/georgia regents university) the only reason to seek treatment is if people are having pain , normal activity such as chewing and swallowing or their jaw gets stuck and doesn't open or move the way it needs to do to do the things that they need to get through the day for health minute, i'm adam mccoy. plus...we preview tomorrow's heroes game showdown plus...we preview tomorrow's heroes game

and all that's riding on it is the fact that it's senior day for nebraska. the husker senior class has had an eventful career to say the least, including a 33-18 record, three bowl appearances and a change in the athletic department as well as on the sidelines. 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." chris palmququt--"that's something these seniors know all too well. last year's 9-3 regular season led to bo pelini's firing and the difficult situation of having a new head coach in mike reilly for just one year. kevin williams--"with the coaching change like this, that's a lot of times, the senior class is the one that handles it the hardest, you know? and i feel like we did a really good job this year with handling the situation and not getting too flustered or angry with the situation and just dealing with it and making the most of it." mike riley--"seniors on this team, that's probably in a transition, that's probably the hardest group, right? they'veveeen here the longest, they've been with the former coaoaes the longest. so i would d say that we haveve been able to function well through some hard times because of the stability of that group." chris palmquist--"that

core of 18 seniors tunnel at memorial stadium for the last time on friday, and adversity they've stronger. kevin williams--"this senior class is special to me, man, not just because i'm a part of it, but because they have so much adversity. that just tells you a lot about our class." andy janovich--"when the last coaching staff was gone, we all just came together and realized that we can ououelves and i think everybody's got great chchistry because e it." like to say i'm really leaders step up. do really well, do some good things and stay focused in a time when it would have been really easy not to. they kept in mind that football, we're here games. we all loved our former coaches, coach bo. but that's not why we're here. we're here for football. i'm really proud of how the guys handled that." chris palmquist--"that resiliency from the seniors didn't go unnoticed from their new coaching staff." 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 school." this game holds

coach kirk ferentz as well. his first game as an assistant coach was against nebraska and his debut as a head coach came against the skers. when he took the job, he knew his was goal was to compete with....and beat nebraska. "our job is to be able to play with those guys go out and compete with them, they recruit well....they have had great teams in the past. and they have a really good football team this year. so our challenge is to be ready for them." "we are taking it as our next game and its a trophy game and its a big game. its an opportunity fo rus to go udnefeated in the regular season and we want to win this one."

and one last reminder that you can get all of your heroes game coverage right here on a-b-c- 9. we will have a pregame show from ten to eleven tomrorow morning. and of course kick off is at two-thirty right here on a-b-c 9. and its time to announce this week's abc9 rising star. our winner is deh-clen monro. its his second year wrestling for the northern storm and he has taken first place at each of his last three seasons. deh-clen wins a t- shirt, a framed photo and two passes to kings point courtesy of

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cloud cover falls apart. then we'll watch as temperatures warm rough the remainder of the weekend. tonight's low is 16. tomorrow's high is 30. here's the 7 day forecast.

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