programming, and family support he recovered. now, he's giving back. "helping them helps me i mean i'm not cured or have sunshine and rainbow days all the time either i mean i still struggle and i have my moments, but this helps a lot," said central iowa va peer support specialist in inpatient mental heheth, christopher kingngey. kingsley came to an event tuesday held at the american red cross in sioux city that provided resources to veterans. while there, he met up with the mother of a soldier he toured iraq with who lost his life to ptsd. th soldier's mother began an organization called operation engage america where she's doing her part to end soldier suicide. "we thought we were alone, dillion thought he was alone. you're not alone. there are thousands of organizations out there to help. there are people who care. reach out. your lfie is worth livivi. every y fe is worthing livii. there is hope e and you can learn to cope. you can be a productive member of society,"

iowa director, lisa naslund. kingsley says support is erything, and organinirs agree... "a lot of peoeoe feel like they've been left behind eitr from the vietnam war and a lot of them coming home from iraq and afghanistan and we just need to be there and support them. they've given their time and some of them their lives for us," said support siouxland soldiers community relations director, sam hacker. they say the event helps engage vetetens...eve n if they're relucta...wh en they're ready, organizations are there to help. >> support siouxland soldiers was one of the organizations that came out to the event. they presented an award to students who are helping veterans. the organization presents their "heroes on the homefront" award to organizatioio, schools and businesses who support troops in a major way. today, le mars community high school students received that award for their continued donations. they gathered food, hygiene items and care packages. "it's important for the young students to know how important their work

is in the community and how appreciate we are of their help and supporting o o troops," said support siouxland soldiers founder, sarah petersen. at the event today the students brought a bus load of food, 40 care packages and 13-hundred- dollars to send the packages overseas. the next event like today's wilil held december 15th from 5:30 to 7:30 in the evening at the american red cross in sioux city. matt and sheila? thanks, tommie. although veterans day isn't until tomorrow, one siouxland elementary school just couldn't wait to show their appreciation for ththmen and women in uninirm. "thank you, thananyou, thank you to you." saying thanks to those who protect our freedom. that was the message this afternoon at covington elelentary in south sioux city. but thanks isn't all the students had to give.

the school raised over one thousand dollars in donations for siouxland freedom park in south sioux city. "these youngsters at covington elementary, their teachers, their parents, their friends: you can't believe what this means to us. this was raised with pennies and nickels and dimes and dollar bills and their effortrt and as veterans on this day, is just like a dream come true," said siouxland freedom park, inc. president, mike newhouse. veterans and members of the american legion post 30707ill presest their annual veterans' day observance tomorrow morning. the ceremony will take place at the wall in siouxland freedom park tomorrow at 11:00am. the grant request for a 264-million dollar pork plant project at southbride industrial park in sioux city has been approved by the iowa dot. the council approved applying for a 4-point-6 million dollar grant through the "revitalize iowa's sound economy" program yesterday. a sioux city man faces sexual

abuse charges involving a 13-year-old girl at a local hospital. investigators say on saturday night 20- year-old alex anderson met up with the victim at the icu waiting room at mercy medical center. he then kissed her several times and put his hand in her shorts. authorities charged anderson with 3rd degree sexual abuse. officials at mercy medical center say their security staff was alerted about the situation and they called sioux city police. the iowa department of criminal investigation is looking into the death of a man in calhoun county. around two this rning, the calhoun county sheriff was alerted to a home at 205 2nd street in pomeroy. when they arrived they found a man dead with a gunshot wound. so, far no arrests in the case. but, authorities say they the publicicsn't in any danger. the name of the victim isn't being released yet. we got to enjoy one more nice day before we start to see some changes around siouxland. chief meteorologis t ron demers joins us now with the first look at our forecast. weather ad-lib high wind warning in effect for most of the area wednesday and wednesday night

winter storm watch for holt county on wednesday we got to enjoy one more mild day today before changes move in for tomorrow. clouds will already be on the increase tonight and western siouxland could see some showers as the night goes along. then rain and storms become likely for our day on wednesday with maybe even some snow falling by the afternoon in western siouxland. as a cold front pushes in, the winds are going to become gusty and that's the reason for a high wind warning for wednesday into wednesday night for the ktiv viewing area. winds could gust over 50 miles per hour at times.

continue to protect the community were honored. ktiv's tiffany lane shares how many members of the sioux city fire rescue were recognized. "veterans day allows all of us to pay tribute, and honor, the sacrifice that these men and women make every day for our freedom. many serve their countries in the military... and their communities as firefightts." "we'e' traded in our combat boots for turnout boots and our fatigues for turnout gear," said sarah orwig, a firefighter for the sioux city fire rescue. "and our new mission is to serve the citizens of sioux city." a mission that many people in ththcommunity are thankfkf for. and tuesday, the veterans currently working for the sioux city fire rescue were honored. su "those honored tuesday say there's a similar bond between those serving in the military, au well as those serving in the fire rescue." "nobody really understands the concept of brotherhood quite like firefighters and veterans do," said orwig. "it's an alliance. it's a friendship. it's relying on one another."

the international fire fighters local chapter. it took place at the flight 232 memorial overlooking veterans memorial bridge in the background. "it's about the recognition for the sacrifices and service that other people have made and i just feel like it's a very appropriate location," said d ian malcolm, a firefighter for the sioux city fire rescue. all branches of the military were recognized at the event. "i was kind of amazed by how many veterans that have served, that we actually have in the department," said adam wright, a firefighter paramedic with the sioux city fire rescue. "i knew we had some navy and some marines and the air force. and to see everybody here was kind of humblili to see that we had that much experience." an experience that the group will always be able to share. out of sioux city's current 110 members, 25 percent have served or are serving in the u-s armed forces. collectively, current members have more than 300 years of service. tiffany lane, ktiv news 4." >> vetetens in the sioux citytyire rescue range from serving in the vietnam war to the current war on terror in iraq and afghanistan. still to come... see why men across the country

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> high wind warning in effect for most of the area wednesday and wednesday night winter storm watch for holt county on wednesday we got to enjoy one morereild day today before changes move in for tomorrow. clouds will already be on the increaseonight and western siouxland could see some showers as the night goes along. then rain and storms become

likely for our day on wednesday with maybe even some snow falling by the afternoon in western siouxland. as a cold front pushes in, the winds are going to become gusty and that's the reason for a high wind warning for wednesday into wednesday night for the ktiv viewing area. winds could gust over 50 miles per hour at times and it's going to stay quite breezy even later wednesday night and into the day thururay. if any snow falls in sioux x ty it would likely b b wednesday evening into early wednesday night with only minor accumulations possible. we will at least see the sun reappear on thursday and we'll keep lots of sun in the forecast into the weekend as temperatures will recover a little from the low 50s we see wednesday through

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students at holy cross schools, in sioux city, put aside their school uniforms this afternoon....f o oa pair of sweats! (sheila) that was the reward, for students in 2nd through 8th grade students, for hitting their first-quarter reading goals. the goal was to read 1,700 books. they exceeded that goal. students at blessed sacrament read more than 1,800 books and

second graderrat st. michael's, in leeds, readadearly 950. "we've thought, for this year since the 1700 was no sweat at all for the kids to accomplish, we would do the sweatpants. for them to have an out of uniform day is kind of nice. it's nice for the teachers too. we all feel just a little more relaxed." holy cross sixth grade teacher kim sealey was one of the staff members that started the reading challenge two years ago. she says they have reached the goal each and every year. students say it's important to take up reading at a young age. places," said alainna joly, a sixth-grader at holy cross- blessed sasarament center. just focus on the book, it'll take you to a different universe. and you'll get all the ideas when you read." sealey says the school will raise the reading goal by 100 bring the total to 2,000 by the end of the school year. around town and across america men are putting down their razors and letting their beards

grow. and it's all for a good cause. november is a popular month to sport facial hair. there's two major campaigns going on. one is m mvember, and the othehe is no-shave november. movember raises money for prostate cancer and testicular cancer among other health issues. the goal behind no- shave november is to donate the money you'd spend on shaving related products to the american cancer society. dr. steve joyce with mercy medical center says it's all about awawaness. "most of my patients have nener seen me with even a stubble and they'll say 'gosh, you know, it's been a few days since you've shaved' and it's good conversation starter as far ss raising health care awareness for men's health issues," said dr. steven joyce, mercy medical center. dr. joyce says it's especially likely to check their health compared to women. brad's here -- the hawkeyes have another test on

iowa is undefeated -- but they'll face a minnesota team that beat them by 37 points last season. and, s s. bluff-luton looks s t ready for thursday's semifinal.

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distinct possibilitit iowa is 9 and 0, with three games left against three teams with losing records. the stretch run starts with minnesota on saturday. a win over the 4-5 gophers would give the hawks the first 10-0 start in school history. iowa has won ten of the last 14 meetings with minnesota, but the gophers did beat the h hks last year, 51-1414 wa quarterback c-j b bthard still hasn't lost a game as a starter, deite battling injuries. tackle cole croston of sgt. bluff-luton admires c-j's toughness. "seeing him go out there and play to his ability, even play through a few injuries and stuff like that, it really hits home and it helps us really want to block for him," said junior tackle cole croston. "it's the biggest game of our season because it's the next game and that's some motivation. i want to do whaterver i can do to help this team win," said junior quarterback c.j. beathard. "if that's me having to try and push the limit with me running the ball then i'm going to do that." the hawkeyes are 12-point favorites and are e fth in the new playoff rankings. that's a 7 o'clock game saturday on the big ten network.

the iowa high school football semifinals start thursday in cedar falls. sgt. bluff-luton will play in the class 3a semi's for the first time innchool history. the 8th-ranked warriors take on 7th-ranked norwalk. sgt. bluff-luton has been scoring a lot of points. the warriors scored a 3a playoff record 72 points in round two -- and are averaging 53 points in their three postseason wins. norwalk has given up just 25 total points in the playoffs. sbl is giving up 34 points a game in the playoffs and that has to get better if they want to move into the state championship game. "we're going to have to continue to play well on offensebviously and we're going to have to play better defense," said sbl head coach justin smith. "because now the competition just keeps getting better and we can't keep allowing 30 points per game and hope to come out on top." "we spend a lot of time on it and our offense is really explosive," id senior running back drew girres. "the line creates holes for us. us as running backs, we only have a good day if the lineman have a good day." "i'm really excited. we've been waiting for this for a long time," said senior linebacker sean kellogg. "it's been a dream of all of ours for a long time. every week our goal is to get better and i really think we have done that." sbl and norwalk play at 5-30 on thursday in the uni-dome. sports fource will be in cedar

falls all week for the action. the class d, 8-man quarterfinals are going on today in nebraska. two games kicked off this afternoon. in d1, fourth-ranked creighton is leading high plains, 66-26 early in the third quarter as the bulldogs try to stay unbeaten. we'll have those highlights at ten. i id-2, unranked wynot wins on the road -- beating the defending state champs from exeter- milligan, 62-32. the ue devils move into monday's semifinals with a 10 and 1 record. the class c semifinals are friday. the iowa high school state volleyball tournament tipped off today. the first of six siouxland teams to take the floor in cedar rapids is bishop heelan. the crusaders are taking on waverly-shell rock in class 4a. the match just started -- heelan is tied with the third-ranked go-hawks, 9-9 in the first set. these schools have a history with each other -- meeting in the state finals in '09 and 2-thousand-11. if the crusaders win, they would be in the semifinals on thursday at noon. we'll have highlights of the matctctonight at ten. five more siouxland teams play first round matches on

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