this is abc9 news this midday.... " " forecast is coming up - your news starts now. "announcer: "now live from kcau-tv in sioux city, iow.. this is abc9 news this midday.... " " lukas good morning and thanks for joining us this midday. i am lukas voss ...federal authorities have arrested a sioux city man after a year long human trafficing investigation in the area. lukas:36 yeaeaold ahmad hasasawas taken into custody yesterday after an investigation that stemmed from a sting back in november of 2014. during that sting a 17 year old girl was arrested for prostitution. that got the attention of federal authorities who worked for the past year to obtain records and conduct survelence. their investigation was able to obtain evidence that

sent across state lines. hasan is currently being charged with distributing child pornography. if convicicd he faces up to 20 years in federal prison. we'll certainly keep and eye on that story and make sure to check siouxlandmatters. com for updates ... lukas iowa is waking up this morning to a final campaign frenzy-the candidates criss- crossing the first state in the nation to vote. donald trump, absent from the debate last night not absent from iowa however .... following the latest developments in des moines is our abc correspondent lana zak ... " with donald trump boycotting the debate?the new candidate at center-stage was under fire. ted cruz, presidential candidate: "i would note that the last four questions had been ted, jeb, please attack ted?[boos] let me just say this. chris wallace it's a debate, sir. cruz if you guys ask one more mean question, i may have to leave the stage. after a strong start for ted cruz- "everyone on this

the night got "rough" ?that's the assesment of cruz by iowa's biggest paper, the des moines register. rand paul, presidential candidate: "i don't think ted can have it both ways. meanwhile, just a few miles away the national front runner held his own event... donald trump, presidential candidate: "i didn't want to be here i h he to be honestst and he isn't here in iowa anymore. the only republican candidate to leave the state today, campaigning now in new hampshire. his absence, a boon for marco rubio last night -- marco rubio, presidential candidate: "i'm not going to leave the stage no matter what you ask me."" lukas: gop candidate

numbers from his rally fundraiser that's going to benefit veterans. (donald trump/(r) presidential candidate) for me personally is it a good thing? a bad thing? will i get more votes or bad? nobody knows. you're going to like it because we raised over $5 million in one day. over $5 million in one day. trump say's he's not sure if skippingnghe debate was a good or bad move for his campaign but was happy with the support he received. lukas: trump hosted his wounded warriors even last night in des moines and while he wasn't on stage ... mike huckabee was ... joining trump after huckabee took part in the undercard meeting. (mike huckabee/ (r) presidential candidate)i'm free at 8 o'clock. i offered, by the way wolf, i would take his podium at the 8 o'clock debate and that was rejected so i said ok, i'll find something else to do at 8 o'clock and that's exactly what i've done." lukas: rick santorum's campaign also joining trump right after he was done with the fox news debate ... lukas: bernie sanders took a shot at donald trump

des moines yesterday. he stopped by a high school there to talk to students and answer questions. sanders spoke up ababt trump's stance on illegaga immigration afafr bebeg asked a queseson from the audienen "what has upset me very much in the last what we're hearing donald trump on not just disagreements on immigration, but and bigoted attacks against a whole group of people." lukas: senator made stops yesterday, including a rally in fairfieie with actress and activistan sarandon. lukas: staying with sanders ... he wants voters to know he's in good health. sanders' campaign released his medical records. the move is mostly custom -- but voters may find it especially important for sanders, who will be 75 years old on inauguration day. if he wins the presidency, he would become the oldest president ever elected. the current titleholder is former president

who o ok office just a few days bebere he turned 70. lukas meanwhile, jeb bush will be making stops across siouxland later today. the gop candidate will be at bev's on the river here in sioux city at 4:15. then, jeb! will be heading to sioux center where he'll be holding a countdown to caucus event at dordt college. the doors will open to that event at 6:45. bush also plans to make stops in okoboji and clear lake on saturday. lukas: a release from the secretary of state's office has revealed an uptick in iowa voters registation in ts past month. between january first and today, more than 53- hundred people have registered to vote. more than 23- hundred of those are democrats. you can still register on caucus day if you get to your precinct early enough and have all the right information. lukas: a car accident in south sioux has claimed the life of one man. the dakota county sheriff's office says the accident occured on the 150000lock of atokadadrive ... when a car hit a a pedestrian. asasolice arrived on the scece they discovered 73 year old

ybarra of south sioux city, dead.. authorities are still inveigating the accident. jessica rae: a budget shortfall has the norfolk publicschool district making some serious adjustments. here's paul hughes with the details. "a shortfall in state funding has caused the norfolk public schools board of education to adjust its plans to add$550,000 in salaries for additional faculty d staff positions. at thursday's meeting of the board, superintendent, dr. jami jo thompson told board members that the nebraska department of education had miscalculated the district's state aide, and that the new projected figure is $1.3-million less than the initial estimate. the board voted to rescind its initial measure, then voted unanimously to pass a revised motion that would add about $107,000. a candidate haha announced plananto run for the wardrd seat on the nonoolk city council being vacated by mayoral moenning. john robertson has been serving as the director of accounting services

for the past seven years. he also is a of directors for northeast, where he for the third time in community college of the nation's top 150 community colleges by the aspen institute college excellence program. those and more on news talk wjag, lite rock 97.5 and 106 kix " iowa residents seem to be getting healthier. the iowa initiative that the state is now considered the 14th healiest in the nation... up from 16th a year ago. that's according to the new gallup- healthways well- being index. the index is based on people's overall well- being, not only fitness, but financial security and quality of life. lukas: caca high hopes is celebrating one of their volunteers for his services last year the 3rd annual camp volunteer recognition celebration was held yesertday at the camp's meadowlark lodge in sioux city. this year recipient of the award is alex castillo ... kristin burbank was awarded the special event

year award. " high hopes could not do it without the volunteers, they are a very critical componentof our program. without all the hours they put in day in n d day out we would not be succccsful in providing the services that we do." says ceo of camp high hopes ali langseth. lukas: over 200 volunteers gave their time to help camp high hopes, helping give a fun summertime camp experience to disabled children teens and adults in the tri state region. lukas: a newly-formed service group is ready to make another big donation to a siouxland non- profit. during its second quarterly meeting at briar iff university, 100+ men who care,picked sisixland cares as the non-profit that they'll be supporting. last fall, the group was able to donate $7,000 to the warming shelter, and they donation will be even bigger as they continue to add members. "it's just been a of support that we ability to have a huge impact for non- profit within the community has just been something really special and something i'm really proud to be part of and look forward to continuing to grow

barondeau. lukas: every man in the to writing a $100 non-profit chosen basis. their next meeting is planned for may. jessica rae: and still to come have a fantastic salad recipe for you ... scott: " "

scott:good morning siouxland. we've got a few clouds working through

working through siouxland this morning. temperatures are in the 30s and 40s onon this b butiful friday. e wind is pretty calm at about 5 to 15 miles per hour from the south. today's high will be in the mid to upper 40s. here's the stormcast hd where we'll have some beautiful conditions today and tomorrow with warm temperatures in the 40s. saturday will be the peak of our great warming trend. sunday morning, we'll have the passage of some rain and snow but accumulations will be light. a storm system will approach on tuesday of next week with the potential of heavy snow. today will be warm with sun & clouds as afternoon highs work up to 46. the overnight low is 25 under partly cloudy skies. the high tomorrow is 47 with increasing clouds

forecast. jessica rae scott: kas: a new barbecue joint in town has morning. temperatures are in this beautiful friday. the wind is pretty miles per hour from the south. today's high will be in the mid to upper 40s. here's the stormcast hd where we'll have some beautiful conditions today and tomorrow with warm temperatures in the e 40s. saturday will be the peak of our great warming trend. sunday morning, we'll have the passage of some rain and snow but accumulations will be light. a storm system will approach on tuesday of next week with the potential of heavy snow. today will be warm with sun & clouds as

overnight low is 25 under partly cloudy skies. the high tomorrow is 47 with increasing clouds and more melting. here's your 7 day forecast. jessica rae siouxland this morning. temperatures are in the 30s and 40s on this beautiful friday. the wind is pretty calm at about 5 to 15 miles per hour from the south. today's high will be in the mid to upper 40s. here's the stormcast hd where we'll have some beautiful conditions today and tomorrow with warm temperatures in the 40s. saturday will be the peak of our great warming trend. sunday morning, we'll have the passage of some rain and snow but accumulations will be light. a storm system will approaoa on tuesday ofofext week with

will be warm with sun & clouds as afternoon highs work up to 46. the overnight low is 25 under partly cloudy skies. the high tomorrow is 47 with increasing clouds and more melting. here's your 7 day forecast. jessica rae scott: lukas: a new barbecue joint in town has taken the place of a fomer sisix city classic c . green gables crazy bob's maxiumum barbecue opened up on wednesday on the corner of pierce and 19th

that they are glad to see the former green gables building stay a restaurant, something owner bob larsen agrees with. " i don't want it to just look like a cookie cutter restaruant and it's got character. the location, green gables, has been a restaruant for a long time and i think it needed to stay restaruant and this part of the town could really use it." say owner bob larsen. lukas: larsen says that the exterior of the building is still being worked on but wants still being worked on but wants customers to come hungry and leave full. jessica rae: and still to come ... mr. food will have a fantastic salad recipe for you ... lukas: if one of your new

was to eat healthier then you're probably getting tired of those boring lettuce salads. well...howard is here in the mister food test kitchen

that is anything but average and doesn't even need ranch. if you like the ununpected then yoyoll love what we are making today. or at least we expect you to. does that even make sense? typically when we think of having a salad for lunch or dinner, we often think that salads a"e more fitting in the warmer months, than they are this time of year. well today we're going to throw that idea out the window as i share a warm "cold weather salad". we start by washing and dryiyi a good amount of mixed greens and placing them on a platter. as for the type, we can use a bagged mixed variety, a cut up head of romaine or even some kale. on top of that, we toss on some cooked chicken breast that we cut up along with a thinly sliced pear and a few canned dark pitted cherries. and if you're thinking, "boy does

sesethe dressing we serve with it. it's simply some bottled italian dressing that we combine in a sauce pan with some honey, maple syrup, peanut oil and chopped walnuts. we heat this on low just long enough for it to warm through. and when we serve this in individual bowls or family- style, you can bet you're going to get all sorts of ooh and aahs. you see, the warm dressing mixed with the pears, chicken and dark pitted cherries is anything but expected. i do hope you'll go online and get the recipe for what we nicknamed, "not your average salad," since it's over-the-top good. i'm howard, with kelly, in the mr. food test kitchen, where today we found an, "unusual way" for you to say . "ooh it's so good!!" " lukas: if you would like a copy of that recipe you can send us a self addressed stamped envelope here to a-b-c 9 news. our address is 625 douglas street. the zip...51101. be sure to write "not your average salad" on your quest. or you c c visit our website...siouxlan d matters dot com. and click on the mr. food logo....

and still up ahead ... we are joined by our friday pets ... stay with us. jessica rae:

today i'm here since july 1st 2014, the sioux city animal adoption & rescue center has spayed or neutered some 288 animals prior to adoption. this figure will continue to grow by around 25+ animals per month. spaying or neutering the pets has huge health benefits for the cats and dogs, as well as preventing unwanted litters, which unfortunately, are not always accepted by the owner of the bred animals and are often dumped.

animal adoption & rescue center is for 100% of the animals that we adopt to be spayed or neutered prior to adoption - and we want to be able to accomplish this without increasing our adoption fees. it is an iowa state law that all animals that get adopted from shelters are spayed or neutered and this financial burden falls on the new owner if they choose an animal that is not already fixed. in addition to the spays and neuters, the shelter regularly receives animals that have been ababed, abandoned, neglected and/or in a poor state of health, where veterinary assistance has to be sought. it is very important for us to find loving, long-term homes for the animals that we adopt - so we do not increase the adoption fees on the animals that we have had

neutered or obtained medical treatment for, as we believe the adoption fee would then be prohibitive to many people who could otherwise offer a fantastic home for the pet. in many cases, we have much more money invested into an animal than we receive in adoption fees for him or her, it is fantastic that we are able to find great homes for the "fixed" animal - but this is obviously only sustainable for so long - we need

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work up to 46. the overnight low is 25 under partly cloudy skies. the high tomorrow is 47 with increasing clouds and more melting. here's your 7 day forecast. today will be warm with sun & clouds as afternoon highs work up to 46. the overnight low is 25 under partly cudy skies. the high tomorrow is 47 with increasing clouds and more melting. here's your 7 day forecast. today will be warm with sun & clouds as afternoon highs work up to 46. the overnight low is 25 under partly cloudy skies. the high tomorrow is 47 with increasing clouds and more melting.

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