Across nw 3 iowa. Little to no accumulation is expected as ground temperatures will still be too warm. For thursday and friday, look for mostly sunny skies but the winds will stay pretty strong, and the temperatures pretty cool. The weekend will be sunny and mild near 60. 3 3 despite the rainy and miserable conditions outside for most of the day. Today is veterans day. Sioux citys Hyvee Grocery stores got the days celebrations started this morning with a free breakfast for veterans and activeduty military members. At the hyvee on hamilton. They expected to serve a free meal to between 6 and 7hundred vets this morning. 3 3 this afternoon. There was rain streaking down the windows during Woodbury Countys annual veterans day ceremony. But as our kayla novak reports. The bad weather didnt dampen the spirits of any of those taking part. 3 today the Woodbury Court house opened its doors to honor veterans and their famililies. The Woodbury County commission of veteran affairs put on their annual veterans day oberservance ceremony. Many local military posts, veterans, city officals, and Community Members help put on the event. Including 3 the 185th air refueling wing. Who presented the county executive director of veteran affairs. Danielle dempster. Who sang the National Anthem natshome of the brave adam and noah winkle of Holy Cross School leading the pledge of allegiance. natsi pledge allegiance even Woodbury County supivisor captain Jeremy Taylor said the invocation. I think it shows the stregnth of our community. That we take the time and do the Due Diligence to honor the sacrfice of these veterans. And also their families that sometimes something thats forgotten is that the light that was kept on at home waiting for veterans to come home and also their sacrifices that they made. Capt. Jeremy taylor Iowa Army National guard there was also a presentation on the korean conflict by Matt Anderson of sioux city public museum. The presentation honored a war that anderson felt was forgotten and also led to tonights dinner honoring korean war veteransns at the American Legion in seregant bluff. This year, we had a video that showed every branch of the armed forces, which was nice and also had a part that it honored those who are no longer with us. Which i thought was appropriate we wanna make sure we recognize both the living and the past veterans. Danielle dempster a flag remembering prisoners of war and those missing in action was also presented during the ceremony. We continue to celebrate and honor and pay respect to everybody that has served this country and particular those who have given the ultimate sacrifice. With their life. Rene lapierre Vice Commander of American Legion 697 siouxland news also puts out a huge thank you to those who have served and are serving for our country. Kayla novak, siouxland news. 3 3 that dinner kayla mentioned to honor veterans who served in the korean war took place earlier this evening at the American Legion post 662 in sergeant bluffthe Woodbury County commission of veteran affairs hosted the dinner. Local boy scouts led the pledge of allegiance. While Woodbury County supervisor Jeremy Taylor said a special prayer for the korean war veterans. 3 i was in the United States navy during the korean war. Its just fantastic really. Being out of the snow, so pretty nice in here. Were with elderly people and elderly people are friendly. 3 after dinner, the veterans got a chance to chat with each other in the legion hall. And share some of their war stories. 3 3 veterans day also being observed on the other side of the Missouri River this morning. TapsAmerican Legion post 307 hosted their annual veterans day ceremony at freedom park in South Sioux City this morning. Korean war veteran and sibley, iowa native Jerry Muilenberg was the speaker at the ceremony. The park also received 79 hundred dollars in donations towards the construction of an Interpretive Center for visitors. 3 3 stililto come tonight on siouxland news at ten. 3 how a South Sioux CityElementary School is turning mcnuggets into library books. Thats after weather. 3 siouxland news at ten on kmeg 14 with larry wentz, diana castillo, siouxlands chief and sports 3 3 3 3 3 chad, diana and larry talk about todays weather and the upcoming forecast. 3 3 3 South Sioux Citys mcdonalds students. Teachers from lewis and clark elementary in south sioux took part t mcteachers night tonight at the mcdonalds on dakota avenue. They took orders and brought them to customers. In exchange for 20 percent the stores sales from tonight. The school plans to use the proceeds to buy more books for their school and classroom libraries. Principal schultz says he hopes to make this a semiannual event. 3 3 coming up after the break tonight on this veterans day. 3 well introduce you to a program working with veterans to train future service dogs. Right here in 3 every year, hundreds of thousands of veterans return home. But many of them, are still fighting their own battles mentally, emotionally and physically. 3 3 thats why partners for patriots trains canines to help these veterans back on their feet again. In this special twopart series, our Jetske Wauran follows the partners for patriots lead trainer and a former marine, fourlegged friends. Jetske . 3 diana, larry, i followed cindy brodie, who founded the Nonprofit Organization in 2009 when she and her husband were living in tennessee. Since then, she has given 21 service dogs comptely free, to veterans. And shes training five service dogs at this time. This is their story. 3 you can call her a dog whisperer. For more t tn 30 years, cindy brodie has been training all kinds of canines. I love what im doing. I love workinwith dogs. Law enforcement canines, obedience, and service dogs as well. I wanted to do something with my expertise, which is training dogs. Thats why she and her husband jim started partners for patriots in 2009. I give them a dog and most these dogs are rescue dogs. Its a Nonprofit Organization based in sioux city, where they Train Service dogs for disabled veterans. The two most important aspects of dog training praise and repitition. Meet jake, a labrador retriever. Cindys been training him for the last year. Teach the dogs to acclamate them to a home environment. How to open doors, help with balance, turn light switches on and off. Accomplishing amazing feats for the veteran on a daily basis. To me youre saving a life to enrich another life and what im doing is a drop in the bucket compared to what these men and women have given. They basically have written a blank check and given their life, serving us to protect our freedom. Every year, hundreds of thousands of veterans return home. Many who have served in missions, faced dozens of combats, and who were exposed to life threatening experiences. And upon their return, many veterans are still fifiting eir own battles, mentally, emotionally and physically. According to the United States department of veterans affairs, about 11 to 20 out of every 100 veterans, has post Traumatic Stress disorder in a given year. Former marine zach arnold knows first hand. Its hard to ask for help. I remember getting out of the marine corp and re all sitting in the room and my buddy, my roommate, my othehe buddy, kind of started talking himself into the fact that he was going to have maybe some ptsd problems. He wasnt going do all that. After his Honorable Discharge in 2014, zach wanted to help his fellow veterans. I needed a mission, i needed something to do something for somebody. I need to make a difference. So he found partners for patriots. Partners for patriots had a dog they wanted to give to a wounded veteran and they needed somebody to foster the dog and kind of get it started on its training and stuff like that, and i heard about it i was like wow, this is a great chance. Now hes raising hero, a German Shepherd and future service dog. I wake up going on in my life. My busy life or whatever im doing, like you have Mission Train this dog. You have a mission to take care of this dog and make him a good dog. All they want, is for these disabled men and women to enjoy and achieve a better quality of life,what we hope to see more dogs that we can train and offer more to veterans. And help them out. If i can succeed in that mission, ill be good. nats 3 be s se to stay tuned for part two of partners for patriots. Youll get to meet purple heart veteran, todd landen. Todd will soon have jake, the black labrador, by his side, sometime in early 2016. That storys tomorrow night at 9 on fox 44 and at 10 right here on kmeg14. 3 3 an overseas deployment n cause lots of problems for r member of the militarar. Including to their credit scores. 3 3 what one member of congress is doing to change that, coming 3 its a problem not often discussed when it comes to members of the military the hardships they face off the battlefield. But on this veterans day, some lawmakers are hoping to honor them with a new law to protect them. as our National Correspondent t Kristine Frazao reports, a single deployment can lead to a lifetime of debt a reality some are now hoping to change. Serve. But for so many there are battles to fight once they return home as well. Trent parker u. S. Army veteran we had everything, the picket fence, two kids, cars, gagage bigghouse. Veteran trent parker was stationed in iraq when life at home began to crumble. Once he returned, he ended his marriage and is still dealing with mountains of debt, which he says ruined his credit and prevented him from getting a federal job. Trent parker u. S. Army veteraa im having a nowin situation with being a veteran, having the skills to move into the right positions but having something on my credit deter me from that. K standupits an issue familiar to so many veterans and one some lawmakers now hope to tackle to provide an extra layer of protection for active duty military who have trouble paying their bills while they are deployed. Senator shshrod brown is a cosponsor of legislation to amend the fair credit reporting act, making. Sen Sherrod Brown dohiowe shouldnt allow them to be penalized by the Financial System when theyre serving our country. According to the Consumer FinancialProtection Bureau more than 650 active Duty Service Members have filed complaints about their credit reports in the last three years. For ebony mccormick, leaving the army meant a tough Transition One that landed her on the streets for months. Ebony mccormickyou get used to a certain level of structure a certain kind of discipline and then when you get out its a whole nother worldmaking that other world a little easier to navigate is something this former paratrooper says could help him and others land easier on their feet. Coming back home, not only are we s srt fromom scratch. H. With learnrng about finances, and how to spend finances. Its tough. We always start from ground zero. Were used to that. Im Kristine Frazao, siouxland news. 3 im Chris Neyenhouse here in cedar rapids at the us cellular center. We had five siouxland teams in action here in the first round of state volleyball action. Including two number one seeds. See who was able to move on to the next round. Sports is next. 3 design plan. Check. Obtain state permit. Check. Consult state engineers. Check. Excavate dirt. Check. Fill with fresh water. Check. Allow state inspections. Check. Hello. Im mark hyman. Wywying farmer andy johnson followed a checklist. Much like that one. When he built a stock pond on his farm. To provide a clean source of fresh water for his livestock. An intermittent. 8inch deep creek exempt from the clean water act provided fresh water. Independent Lab Tests Show water leaving the pond is three times cleaner than water entering it. Improving downststam water quality. Because it created a wetlands where one didnt previously exist, johnson stocked it with fish and waterfowl. A remarkable environmental accomplishment. But the Environmental ProtectionAgency Claimed he violated the clean water act. It didnt matter that stock ponds are exempt from the law and the stream wasnt under the epas jurisdiction. Fill it in, they ordered. When he didnt,. They fined him 37,500. Per day. Johnson currently owes more than 20 million. The epa is out ofcontrol. It doesnt employ farmers. Outdoorsmen. Or people who know the realworld environment. Its full of washington lawyers,. Bureaucratat. And environmental extremists. Who ignore the law. And make it up as they go. They can crush virtually anyone with illegal orders and ruinously expensive fines. Most people are forced to surrender. Andy johnson is fighting back. Hes suing the epa. To comment, go to behind mark hyman. 3 to no accumulation is expepepe captioning sponsored by cbs band playing intro music stephen yeah wooo cheers and applause Stephen StephenStephen StephenStephen Stephen thanks, everybody. How are you . cheers and applause thank you very much. Very, very nice. Thank you very much. Welcome to the late show thank you so much