Snowowthrought the night we will be seeing temperatures cooling off pretty quickly 3 and that could lead to a few snowflakes mixing in with the rains across nw iowa. Little to no accumulation is e eected as ground temperatures will still l too warm. For thursday and f fday, look for mostly sunny skies but the winds will stay pretty strong, and the temperatures pretty cool. The weekend and mild near 60. 3 3 todays weather to blame for a fire call in morningside earlier this afternoon. Lightning struck the chimney of a home in the 49 hundred block of morningside avenue at around 1 30 this afternoon. Fire crews responded after the homeowner reported smoke in her attic. They found damage to the chimney and some minor scorch marks to the top of the home. A woman and her sosowere home at ththtime. T were not injujud. 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 betwtwn 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 the 185th air refueling wing. Who presented the colors natscolors the Woodbury County executute director of veteran affairs. Danielle dempster. Who sang the National Anthem natshomef 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 3 time and do the Due Diligence to honor the sacrfice of these veterans. And also their families that sometimes someing 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 was also a presentation on the korean conflict by Matt Anderson of sioux city public museum. The presenention honored a war that anderson felt was forgotten and also led to tonights dinner honoring korean war veterans 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 w w apprprriate we wanna make sure we e 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 sacrcrice. With ththr life. Rene lapieiee Vice Commander ofofAmerican Legion 69797 siouxland news also putstsout a huge thank you to those who have served and are serving for iur country. Kayla novak, siouxland news. 3 3 that dinner kaa 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 commmmsion of veteran afafairs hohoed 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 prettytyice in here. Were with elderly people and elderly people are friendly. 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. Taps3 American 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 wawa the spspker at the ceremony. The park also received 79 hundred dollars in donations towards the construction of an Interpretive Center for visitors. 3 3 every year, hundreds of thousands of veterans return home. But many of them, are still fighting their owow battles mentally, emotionally and d ysically. 3 thatat why partners for patriots trains canines to help these veterans back on their feet again. In this special twopart seriesour Jetske Wauran follows the partners for patriots lead trainer and a former marine, who are raising their fourlegged friends. Jetske . 3 diana, larry, i followed cindy brodie, who founded the nonprofit organanation in 2009 when she and her husband were living in tennessee. Since then, she has given 21 service dogs completely free, to veterans. And shes training five service dogs at this time. This is their story. 3 take pkg you can call her a dog whisperer. For more than 30 years, cindy brodie has canines. I love what im doing. I love working with 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 of 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 dodotraining 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 their own battles, mentally, emotionally and physically. According to the United States departnt 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 were all sitting in the room and my buddy, my roommate, my other buddy, kind of started talking himself into theact that he was going to have maybe some ptsd problems. He wasnt going to do all that. After his Honorable Discharge in 2014, zach wanted to help his fellow veteransnsi needed a mission,n, 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 gegean shepherd and future service dog. I wake up everyday and no matter whats 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 anan achihie a betttt 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 sure to stay tuned for part two of partners for patriots. Youll get to o et 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 the worlds most famous retailer is pupuing out all the stops this holiday season. Why macys is trying to draw in shoppers, coming up in the fox means business report. 3 3 but first. An overseas deployment can cause a lot of problems for a member of the military. Including to their credit scores. What one member of congress is doing to change at, coming up after the break. 3 siouxland newst nine on fox 44, with larry wentz, Diana Castillo and siouxlands chief meteorologist chad sandwell. 3 3 its a problem not often discussed when it comes to members of the military the hardships they face off the battleleeld. But on this veterans day, some lawmakers are hoping to honor them with a new law to protect them. as our National CorrespondentKristine Frazao reports, a single deployment can lead to a lifetime of debt a reality some are now hoping to change. 3 they answered the call to serve. But for so many there are battles to fight once they return home as well. Trent parker s. Army veteran we had everything, the picket fence, two kids, cars, garage big house. Veteran trent parker was stationed in iraq when life at home began to crumble. Once he returned, he ended his marriage and is still dealininwith mountains of debt, which he says ruined his credit and prevented him from getting a federal job. Trent parker u. S. Army veteran 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 k andupits 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 Sherrod Brown is a cosponsor of legislation to amend the fair credit reporting act, making some exceptions for us troops. Sen sherrod d 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, leleing the army meant a tough Transition One that landed her on the streets for months. Ebony mccormickyou get used to a ctain level of structure a rtain 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 their et. Coming back home, not only are we start from scratch. With learning 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 3 3 heres a look out over norfolk tonight on our square tire skywatch camera. 3 ey got a little wet snow today. Is there more of it on 3 weather and the upcoming forecast. 3 snow. Throught the night we will be seeing temperatures cooling off pretty quickly and that could lead to a few snowflakes mixing in with the rains across nw iowa. Little to no cumulation 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 3 3 still to come tonight on siouxland news at nine. How a South Sioux City ementary school is turning mcnuggets into library books. But first. 3 asman says young men or young women . Which gender just broke a record for still living with their parents . Im david asman with the fox 3 theres some good news for people ooking for hohoday jobs. And a diamond thats breaking records. David asman has tonights fox means business report. Luck a new report naming the industries with the best options for Seasonal Workers during the holidays. Heres the list. Everything from cookingng up the meals. Totoelling and delivering all those gifts. S. And attention holiday shoppers. Macys saying its quote going into overdrive to boost holiday sales. The price cuts to lure in customers coming after the company reporting disappointing earnings last quarter. They say diamonds are forever and for this price. They better be sothebys says the blue moonon diamond selling for a whopping 48. 4 million smackers on wednesday. Thats a record price for gem at auction. Well for many young women theres no place like home. a new report finding nearly 40 of women age 18 to 34 lived with their parents or relatives last year. Thats a record. Some reasons . Pursuing higher ededation. And laying or not getting married at all. And young men dont you laughnearly 43 of you are still living with a family m member. Thats a look at business. Im david asman. 3 3 South Sioux Citys mcdonalds store is giving back to local students. Teachers from lewis and clark elementary in south sioux took part in mcteachers night tonight at the mcdonalds on dakota avenue. They took orders and brought them to customers. In excnge for 20 percent of the stores sales from tonight. 3 we had. We have about thirtyfive Staff Members and i think we had twentyfive sign up. Thats just a great turnout. Theyre working hour shifts, working behind the counter. Drivethru. Greeter. Its been great and theyre having a lot of fun. Tonight was the first ever mcteachers night in South Sioux City. 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. Our forecast after the break. 3 break. After the our forecast after the break. 3 3 3 thats all our time for r r oh, my god we have customers . Whats going on . Why are ththe so many hihiters here . Are we selling stupid hats and telling them theyre more talented than they actually are . No, thats already a store. Its called fedorable. Youve been working so hard to get us customers in, i wanted to contribute by finding a way to get in the neighborhood hipsters. So. Heres our new flyer. You made up a new flyer without talklkg to me about ititirst . I renamed all the cupcakes after people from the 90s maxs homemade cupcakes. Weve got all your flavor flavs. Hipsters love 90s nostalgia more than they love pretending not to love anything. Come in and lick a beavis. Eat a butthead. The pistachio is now called e Dennis Rodman because its sucuc a dumbass flavor. Cute. Wait, whats going on ov there . Why are all those cupcakes smashed