so keeping everything spotless is effortless. dad: spots. culligan man: the problem is your water! anncr: a culligan whole-house water conditioning system gets rid of sediment or impurities. sunshine during the first half of our monday as we look outside on the port neal welding company skycam hd. temperatures right now are extremely cold. it looks like we'll have increasing clouds as we go through the remainder of the day. we'll have a high of 10. your full forecast is coming up - your news starts now. "announcer: "now live from kcau-tv in sioux city, iowa... this is abc9 news this midday.... " "

od morning and thanks for joining us this midday. i'm jessica rae. a memorial service was held this weekend... for air national guardsmen and new york cy police officer joseph lemm ... jessica rae: the beemer, nebraska native was killed in a suicide attack in afghanistan.... just before christmas last year. abc9 news reporter lukas voss attended the ceremony and brings has more. nats: guns nats: trumpe sot: "because it's lifes like joe lemm that inspire all of us ... it's life's like joe lemm that have made this country great. sot: "i am american airman i am a warrior ... i have answered my nations call ... i am an american airman my mission is to fly fight and win .... nats: music playing. sot: "where do we get such man ... such as joseph lemm." sot: "i am not a venor ... i am not a a state senator ... i am not a congressman .. i am not police officer ... i am simply somebody proud enough to call joe my friend." tag: and as part of the ceremony ... govenor of nebraska pete ricketts declared the january 16th joseph lemm day in the state of nebraska. he was a true american hero and beemer will never forget ... reporting in studio

jessica rae: a ooting over the weekend sent one man to the hospital. about 3 am on sunday, norfolk police responded to a report of a shooting at 9-15 logan enue. witnesses say during a gathering at the home an unknown person came in and began shooting. one shot was fired and it ended up hitting a man in the foot. the shotgun that was fired has been recovered, and the matter is still under investigation. jessica rae: three dogs rescued, as flames erupted at a home in sioux city saturday afternoon. fire crews responded to the

34-hundred block of morgan street... just after 5:00 p-m on saturday.. flames could be seen coming from fire officials say no one was home the cause of the investigation. there was no other fire, water or smoke damage to the structure. any sioux city resident who safe home free smoke alarms can contact sioux city fire rescue at 279-6377. the fourth annual, midwest march for life, took place place in des moines this weekend. governor terry branstad joined thousands at the capital building... to speak out against the roe- versus wade decision... which legalized abortion. the event started out as the march for life in washington d- c....... and came through iowa on saturday. jessica rae: a group of native americans gathered for a spirit ride in nebraska saturday morning... the omaha tribe of nebraska hosted the spiritual ride in pender the riders are rallying against... a supreme court case that is questioning the reservation's authority y er nononatives.

jessica rae: many people braved the cold to head to the quad cities farm show. more than 200 companies attented the event. farmers saw a wide range of items from seeds to livestock equipment. the show's director says now is the best time for the show... because farmers are in between harvest and planting seasons. he also says farmers are more high tech than you may think. "you gotta know high technology, how to use it. you better know the price of the crop you're gonna get. you better know what your input costs are, gps systems to plot your ground. it's a very sophisticated business today. " the event continues today from ten to five... and nine to three on tuesday in rock island. jessica rae: and now to the latest on the race for the white house g-o-p contender chris christie stopped by sioux city f f a town hall meeting sunday. the g-o-p candidate got a lot of support when speaking out against president obama's recent state of the union address.... and the iranian

christie said fighting terrorism and adjusting the judicial process... are the core issues he will focus if he becomes president. so i am not ready by a long shot to conceid this race to anyone. and the fact is iowans want people who are willing to do this..who are willing to come to sioux city on a sunday afternoon and spend a couple hours looking you in the eyes, taking your questions, and giving you answers." jessica rae: with just two weeks before the iowa caucus... the new jersey governor continues to poll in the single digits. jessica rae: percent support primary voters nationwide..... according to the street journal poll. to 34-percent for but sanders would do better than clinton.... in a hypothetical match-up against donald trump. based on a separate poll by organizations... beat trump by 15- points, compared to clinton's ten- point advantage. bernie sanders

chelsea clinton. last week she criticized the vermont senator's single- payer health care plan... suggesting it would take down progressive reform without insurance. " chelsea clinton is a very very smart and capable young woman. i'm sure she loves her mother and she's trying to do everything she can to make sure her pretty natural. i've grandchildren - they're rooting for disappointed that was simply not accurate." jessica rae: sanders said his plan... in part would eliminate private health insurance he said that people thousands of dollars a year. jessica rae: thought of going to the gym, or going for a run, especially for wants to doesn't know where to begin... in this week's get going segment... i explore 5 quick and easy ways you can burn calories on a day to day basis... without even knowing you're really getting in a workout... take a look

twyford says "keeping moving is health" easier said then done, especially for those desk all day long... deb has five tips on how you can burncalories, without even deb twyford: "by parking further away, going end to helps, and you can walk at a brisk pace and just every little know, taking the stairs, if there's any steps, try taking the elevator that really calories." rae: there's three all make starting deb: "another good way of getting exercise is walking a a pet and you have getting one the humane society always has pets you can adopt- mainly thinking of a dog here, walking a dog, and that's a great way to get exercise and hopefully you can do that twice a day, at least, the dog will be happy." rae: and if you don't want to permanently adopt, the sioux city animama adoption and rescue is always looking for volunteer dog walkers... this last and final tip goes out to all the house wives, and women who work hard to keep their homes spic and span... deb: "cleaning the house is a great way to get exercise too, you think about all of the different movements when you are cleaning, you're squatting, bending try to tighten your abs as you're bending over to clean and you're burning calories because you know you are moving and your arms are moving hopefully

good exercise as well, cleaning is a great way to ercise and you accomplish a lot!" deb says whatever movements you can make throughout the day will keep your metabolsim going, and those calories burning. jessica rae: a fire in norfolk and kip moore taking the stage at the madon county fair, paul hughes has these stories and more. . taking the stage at the madison county fair, paul hughes has these stories and more. . " " norfolk firefighters responded to a two-story house fire at 2630 west benjamin avenue at just before 11:00 last night . accoring to norfolk fire captain landon grothe, the structure had heavy fire and smoke damage, causing to appear to be a total loss. no civilians or firefighters were injured. outgoing northeast community college

willers of pilger, handed the gavel new the board's new leader shirley petsche of petersburg at the board's monthly meeting thursday. petsche was appointed to her district 1 seat in 2010 and elected in 2012. she previously served as vice chair in 2015 and secretary in 2014. an up and coming country star and a country legend will highlight the madison county fair. kip moore will perform saturday night, july 16th, with hank williams, jr. on the stage sunday night the 17th. tickets go on sale saturday morning, april 30th. those and more stories can be heard on news talk wjag, lite rock 97.5 and 106 kix. jessica rae: still to come... we'll take a look at fun but intense work out competition, stay with us scott: " "

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skycam hd in sioux city. it's a bitterly cold start to the day. we currently have temperatures near or below zero. wind chills are between 10 and 20 degrees below zero throughout most of siouxland. wind chill advisories and warnings cover the eastern half of siouxland. dress in several layers and avoid prolonged periods of time outdoors. we should expect to see increasing clouds today before a good chance of snow tonight. this will last through the afternoon on tuesday. we expect widespread 2-3" snowfall totals with isolated spots hitting 4 inches. after that snow passes, our attention turns to warmer temperatures as the rest of the week appears to be pretty seasonal. today's high is 10 with partly cloudy skies. the low tonight is 6 with snow after midnight.

20 with snow showers. here's the 7 day forecast. jessica rae scott:

jessica rae: after the break... the toughest of the tough got a chance to test their skills this weekend, we'll have more when we come back

nearly 500ossfit circus. the event was held at the state fairgrounds 4-h building.... it's iowa's largest team functional fitness competition. participants were judged on a number of athletic events... including power lifts and box jumps. but it wasn't just about competing.... "when you come out here you compete but sportsmanship is untouchable we all cheer each other on the crowd is great the athletes help each other out everyone kind of comes together through the same sweaty workouts" jessica rae: competitors from six different states took part

jessica rae: if you're in the mood for some southern food tonight... howard has a deep south recipe... in honor of martin luther king junior on this very special holiday. "with today being martin luther king day, i thought i'd share a recipe inspired from the deep south where dr. king was born. plus it's so easy you can throw it together for dinner tonight as a way to celebrate his many accomplishments. we begin crumbling some cornbread and mixing it with some melted butter. once it's mixed, we set a couple of tablespoons aside and press the rest of it into a baking dish, forming a crust, and we bake that off. while that's in the oven, we chunk up some southern fried chicken tenders (from the deli department or frozen ones that we've baked), and toss them with some frozen mixed vegetables, (that we've thawed), along with a jar of chicken gravy. when everything's mixed, we pour this over the crust and top it with more of the cornbread crumbs before baking it some more. and as you can see, this has everything southern, from the crispy fried chicken to the buttery cornbread topping. when this comes out of the oven all bubbly hot, get ready dig into a dish that's not only lip-smacking good, it's super easy. i hope you'll go online and get the repe for our, "all- in-one southern dinner," so the next time you want a taste of the south you can whip up this hot and hearty dinner in no time. i'm howard in the mr. food test

i salute dr. martin luther king jr. for all he's done, and because of that, we can all share in lots of . "ooh it's so good!!" " jessica rae: if you would like a copy of that recipe you can addressed recipe you can addressed here to a-b-c 9 news. our address is 625 douglas street. the zip...51101. "all-in-one southern dinner" on your request.

our website...siouxlan d matters dot com. and click on the mr. food logo.... jessica rae: coming up after the break... a look at how making a film about bullying affected the young filmmakers jessica rae: students from dad: i know. spots. culligan man: the problem is your water! anncr: a culligan whole-house water conditioning system gets rid of sediment or impurits. so keeping everything spotless is effortless. mom: hey. dad: the culligan man.

anncr: a culligan whole-house water conditioning system gets rid of sediment or impurities. so keeping everything spotless is effortless. dad: spots. culligan man: the problem is your water! anncr: a culligan whole-house water conditioning system gets rid of sediment or impurities. stop bullying ... and they're doing it through a very special project. abc9 news reporter lukas voss has more. "nats teaser:" vo: this ... is only part of what a group of students at the newell fonda school have created ... a film, written, directed ... shot ... all together ... trying to raise awareness against the issue of bullying and learning about themselves in the process. sot: "they all had common experiences and that they could work together. it wasn't deviding by cliques ... i know this group so i am going to work with this group. they

vo: they spent their term working on the for two weeks. part of that process was also finding the and while bullying is tough for most people to talk about ... these students wanted a challenge ... and also something that effects them. sot: "the students took that idea and ran with it. a lot of it came back to being judged, diversity awareness that's how they came nats: board explaining vo: i asked the students to write one word on the board that would describe their experience during the film ... and what became clear was that for many of them ... this was not just another school project. sot: "it can show that just one person out of the whatever group you are in ... it can make a difference . and if we spread it around enough it can make a difference around the world" "it made me realize, why would people judge people before they know them ... just get to know them before you judge." vo: and for one student ... the film meant something more ... playing a role ... he would't normally take. sot: "when i was younger i got bullied a few

and in this video i play the part as the bully ... it's a weird twist but it worked out perfect." sot/standup " quite on set ! .... and while the film might be done ... the message is still very much alive ... equality is reality .... reporting in newell, iowa ...(rolling in) .... cut ... (rolling out) ... lukas voss ... abc9 news. jessica rae: the film will premier friday at the school for the entire student body to see. if you are interested in watching the film's trailer... head to siouxlandmatters- dot-com jessica rae: scott's up next with a final check of our forecast. stay with us.

"our journey with charlie sheen continues as he chases a cure. he's come to grips with his hiv diagnosis. but

face the diagnosis he's been avoiding? is charlie sheen bipolar? we'll explore that with him, and if the mania pushing him to bad behaviors is far more dangerous than hiv. and, women whhave been living with hiv for 5, 10, even 25 years offer support, and get to ask him some tough questions in our studio." jessica rae: again that's coming up today on dr. oz at 4 o'clock right here on abc9. jessica rae scott: today's high is 10 with partly cloudy skies. the low tonight is 6 with sn after midnight. tomorrow's high is 20 with snow showers. here's the 7 day forecast.