division, n owas the "no slack battalion," and led 150 people. in 2005 he left for iraq and was part of the raid to capture and kill saddam hussein's sons. in 2008, he was diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury which led to chest, back and stomach injuries to name a few. "we were getting ready to redeploy to afghanistan and they were like hey with the extent of your brain injuries, not only are you not going to be a senior leader, you're not going to be in the army anymore." landen eventually had to medically retire and spent a few years going from hospital to hospital around the country. eventually he made his way to sioux city in decembmb 2013, where he lives with his s fe aprel l d daughter brianna today. "todd is an amazingly y rong man im very veryroud of him." landen has had more than 20 surgeries and counting after being struck by 12 roadside bombs. and even with all the injuries, landen says he would be serving now if he could. "it isn't over. i took an oath to protect and defend this country and

a heroic statement from someone who's s contributions to the country will not be forgotten. >> withthanden's disability, there were a f f things that needed to be done to the homebuilder's association of greater siouxland started the "landen project" as part of the project for patriots, a non-profit helping make housing more accommodating to veterans. as part of the project, there will be 700 square feet added to the landen's home. the remodel will include a lift, customized cupboards that provide landen with better access and bigger bathrooms. "well they're just great people, and it's the humility, and they're so humble and deserving. this vis not something that they asked for, this is just one of those warm, fuzzy stories." there e ll be a fundraiser r the landen project on november 5th starting at 5 p-m at the orpheum theatre in downtown

sioux city. it's free and open to donations. as part of the fundraiser, there will be a special screening of "the hornet's nest," an in-depth documentary on landen's 101st airborne division, also known as the "no slack afghanistan n 2009. sheiei? (sheila) thanks tiffany. we have a freeze warning in effects for how long will it last? for that, we'll toss it over to chief meteorologis t ron demers with the first look at our weather ad-lib most of our weather talk lately has been about how mild it has been. that is quickly changing. the strong north wind that we were feeling today is bringing in a cooler air mass. that paves the way for the chance of our first widespread frost or freeze across siouxland by friday morning. low by tomorrow morning will in the upper 20s to lower 30s and a freeze warning is in effect for central and western siouxland while eastern siouxland is under a frost advisory. after our cool start, highs on friday will struggle a bit as we

some siouxland high schoolers got a rare opportunity... one that's usually meant for seasoned jonalists. ktiv's brianna clark takes us to spirit lak iowa where some presidential candidate carly fiorina. presidential candidates are spending these next crucial months campaigning across the country. they're being interviewed by both national and local journalists. but thanks to one siouxland teen, a couple of high school journalists are getting a chance to interview one of the republican candidates. nat: thanks so much for being here day.... thanks for r ving me! carly fiorina made e special apaparance at spirit lala high school in iowa on thursday, after a littleleersistence by senior jacob voss.

"i actually sent an email to one of their staffers, who referred me to another person, who referred me to another person," says jacob. who got him in contact with the right person. "i actually wasn't sure that it was going to happen, then when it did, i was pretty excited," says jacob. jacob, along with newsbreak anchor merabeth heinitz, got together with their journalism class and created a set of quesesons. nat being a business woman to now being a presidential candidate. is there something that spaaked thatat intetest. well'd say it's more of a process an a moment. jacob and merabeth have interviewed a number of people for journalism class, but different than the rest. who's racking," says merabeth heinitz, junior at spirit lake high school. but once the cameras started rolling, these two journalists felt right at home... "for just a group of high school journalists they asked really good questions. these kids are enjoyed it. they did a terrific job," said gop candidate carly fiorina.

presidential candidate up on her feet to do a little 'end of the show'ance with their journalism lassmates. in spirit lake, iowa. brianna clark. ktiv news 4. >> after her interview, carly fiorina made her way to the clay county fair grounds in spencer, iowa. there she spoke to a crowd of about 100 people... sharing why she would be the best candidate for president. she says town hall meetings, like this one, are a great way for her to get out and meet people face- to-face. "i want to talk to people about their frustrations," says carly fiorina. "because, you know, the majority of ameririn's think our polilical system and our government is completely broke, and i agree with thehe i'm running for president because i think we need a different kind of leadership in the oval office." after her visit to siouxland, fiorina was set to continue her campaigning in the des moines area. the population of zebra mussels in some of the iowa great lakes continues to grow. steve schwaller from kuoo radio joins us now to tell us what's being done about it. steve?

sheila, there's growing concern as the population of zezea mussels in at least some of the ioio great lakes is quickly growing. it's especially noticeable on boat hoists that have been remed this fall from east lake okoboji. the matter was a topic of discussion at this week's spirit lake city council meeting. councilman kevin bice told fellow council members he's seen numerous hoists that were completely covered anywhere they were below the water line. the concern for the city is protecting the intakes for the water treatment plant, which are located in big spirit lake. city attorney/admi nistrator greg owens told the council a project to do that continues t t move forward as quickly as ssible. owens added the city will be applying for a grant through the iowa department of natural resources revolving fund to help pay for the project... "the goal on that project as well is to, if everything goes smoothly and gets approved, to get that project out for bid early in the first part of next year."

undedeay either next sprininor summerer steve,e, are other r tities that pump their drinking water from the iowa great lakes looking at similar projects? e cities of milford and wahpeton, along with central water which supplies drinking water to the cities of arnolds park and okoboji, have already installed zebra mussel mitigation systems on their intake structures, which are located in west lake okoboji. tomomoow, siouxland women n ll "go red" in the fight against heart disease and stroke. the "go red for women luncheon" will be taking place at the marina inn conference center in south sioux city. almost 800 people are expected to attend the event sponsored by the american heart association. this is video from last year's luncheon. theheart disease is the number one killer of women in siouxland. the "go red luncheon" kicks off tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. still to come...

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>> most of our weather talk lately has been about how mild it has been. that is quickly changing. the strong north wind that we were feeling today is bringing in a

air mass. that paves the way

widespread frost or freeze across siouxland by friday morning. low by tomorrow morning will in the upper 20s to lower 30s and a freeze warning is in effect for central and western siouxland while eastern siouxland is under a frostt advisooy. after ouucool start, , highs n friday will struggle a bit as e top out in tte upper 50s. saturday could be another morning where we see some frost or freezing occurring again. after that, we'll start warming some as we could reach the low 70s by monday ygain. a chance of rain finally enters the picture from monday night into tuesday. the u.s. department of agriculture report says the state's corn harvest was 26 percent finished, ahead of the 18 percent this time last year. the report also says the soybean harvest was 57 percent finished.

and the sorghum harvest was 17 still to come... an update on the renovations at memorial field.

a surgeon from norfolk, nebraska was able to save the hand of an injured man this summer. and, three months later his patient talklk about the procedede. benjamin witkowski was a passenger on a jet ski when a rope cut off his hand. dr. tristan hartzell performed the surgery at faith regional health services. the doctor says it went perfectly. while his hand may be reattached, benjamin still has about two more years of therapy to go. tonight at ten, we'll bring you more on the successful surgery. renovations to a piece of sioux city sports

history have finally reached the nish line. ththtrack at sioux city's memorial field was in such bad shape, i iwas condemned last spring. six months later, bishop heflan's newly resurfaced track just needs the lanes painted, and will be ready for the upcoming track season. with the newly renovated facility only a few blocks from the school, getting to practice will be much more convenient for heelan track athletes. "it's going to be big from a standpoint of last year, our kids weren't able to practice at our field," said bishop heelan athletic director, jason platt. "we had to drive to either east high or morningside or any off-site. so for us to just be able to walk or drive two or three blocks from school, come right after school anan practice on our wn facility s going to be big." bishop heelan's first track meetet at memmrial field is scheduled for may 9th. brad's here -- with thursday night football. top-ranked norfolk catholic will face one of their arch-rivals. ktiv's sam curtiss is live with more the knights are 7 and 0 -- with

town with a 5-2 record. we'll hear from blue jays head coach mark brahmer -- in just a minute. and, despite being a top ten preseason team, iowa state is not the favorite in the big 12. sports fource is next. a lot of football teams would who's toughest on spending? fox news did the analysis and jeb bush had the best record. billions in pork, vetoed. eight budgets, balanced. and tax cuts every single year. right to rise usa

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and things won't get easier tonight - they're on the road facing noroflk catholic - nebraska's top ranked team in c1. sports fource is 'on the road." in norfolk. ktiv's same curtiss joins us live with more. the jays are 5-2 this season. the team they play tonight - norfolk catholic they know all too well. ththknights have the jayaynumber ov the last 10 games t ting eight of those matchups. one stat in favor the jays this season - perfect record on the road and this is a road game. pierce averages almost 44-points a game and are coming off a 62- point outburst last week. sportsfource is on the road with pierce bluejays head coach mark brahmer coach, what would you agree with some that this team is having a down- year or are they playing just as

the knights are pretty balanced on offense - defensively, do you try and take away the run or pass and hope the other holds up? this is a big rivalry, do the players talk a lot about it

day?. that's pierce head coach mark brahmer. kick off between the jays and knightht is at 7 o-clock. wewel have the highlights tonight at 10. at the nebraska state softball tournament, wayne lost early today to cozad, 2- nothing. the blue devils then stayed alive with a 13- nothing win over raymond central. wayne will play bishop neumann tonight at 7 in another elimination game. guardian angels was elminated,

8-2 by neumann this afternoon. every preseason basketball poll has iowa stata in the top ten. but the cyclones arenen the preseason pick to win the big 12. iowa state is picked to finish third in the big 12 coaches poll, behind kansas and oklahoma. the cyclones did get one first place vote, while the jayhawks got the other nine. iowa state has finished above their big 12 prediction the last four years, finishing tied for second last year. isu has four starters back from the team that was upset in round one of the ncaa tournament. "when you start thinking about all the distractions and listening to all the detractors, then you start getting away from what's important," said head coach steve prohm. "and what's important right now is just developing this team." "what happened last year wasn't supposed to happen," said senior georges niang. "i think why this year is really going to be a redemption year for us." isu is 7th in the usa today/coaches poll out today. the cyclones open the season

tonight on k-t-i-v and n-b-c, a new episode of heroes reborn starts at 7 followed by the blacklist at 8 and the player at 9. thanks for joining us tonight... et is up next... don't forget to go to ktiv-dot- com for all of your news, weather, and sports... see you back here at ten. i was surprised to hear all of this.