Transcripts For KTIV News 4 At Ten 20151016

During balloon days. matt but theres one exhibit honoring fallen soliders that might be unlike any youve seen before. The e emembering our fallele exhibit serves as a stark reminder of soliders duties. It features more than 90 fallen nebraska soliders depicted in personal and military photos. There are similar exhibits in 14 states. This exhibit is housed at the little red hen theatre for the weekend. And while shes watched a video that plays at the exhibit a few times now, it gets the theatres manager choked up talking about it. Some ladies overseas who voted overseas for the first time and theyre holding up their finger full of ink ss proudly, ssid val bard. That wouldnt of happened without the sacrifice of not just the ones behind us but all those who the exhibit opens friday at 5. And the last chance to see it in wakefield will be sunday from 12 to 4. A siouxland man dedicated decades of his life to serving and protecting our country. Ktivs tiffany lane has the story of how that was taken away from him. 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, youre not going to be in the army y ymore. 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 december 2013, where he lives with his wife aprel and daughter brianna today. Todd is an amazingly strong man im very very proud 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 wouou be serving now if he could. It isnt over. I took an oath to protect and defend this country and nobodys relieved me of that yet. A heroic statent from someone whos contributions to the country will not be forgotten. Landen has multiple awards for his service, including a bronze star, an Army Commendation medal for valor in combat, a purple heart and a combat infantry badge. Tiffany lane, ktiv news 4. With landens disability, there were a f f things that needed to be done to accommodate his injuriri. The hohobuilders associatioioof eater siouxland started the landen project. Its part of the project for patriots, a nonprofit helping make housing more accommodating to veterans. As part of the project, there will be 700 square feet added to the landens home. The expansion will include a lift, customized cupboards that provide landen with better access and bigger bathrooms. Well theyre just great people, and its the humility, and theyre so humble and deserving. This vis not something that they asked for, this is just one of those warm, fuzzy stories. There will be a fundraiser for the landen project on november 5th starting at 5 pm at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown sioux city. As part of the fundraiser, there will be a special screening of the hornets nest, an indepth documentary on landens 101st airborne division. President t ama announced today y the us will keep a significant military presence in afghanistan longer than he had planned. The president announced more troops are needed to stay longer in afghanistan to keep that country secure, even though the combat mission is over. By stabilizing afghanistan, the president says americans will be safer. Sot president obama no super 15 23 i believe this mission is vital to our National Security interests preventing terrorist attacks against our citizens and our nation. The president reasasssed his plan to aw down the number of troops bthe end of 2016 because of recent taliban advances. This abrupt turn around keeps our presence at 9800 troops through next year. Then drops to 5500 in 2017. Retired army colonel jack jacobs warns stability will be a balancing act that requires more than the president announced. President obama opened the door to add more troops in the future if the situation continues to slide. Got a rare opporornity. One thats usually meant for seasoned journalists. They got to interview republican president ial candidate Carly Fiorina. Fiorina made a special appearance at Spirit Lake High School in iowa on ursday, after a little persistence by senior jacob voss. Jacob got together with his journalism class to create a set of questions for her. Being a business woman to now being a president ial candidate. Is there something that sparked that interest . Well id say its more of a ocess than a moment. The class even got the republican president ial candidate up on her feet to do a little nd of the show dance with their journalism classmates. 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 toface. Today, a dozoz groups shared more than oneeillion dollars to help better t t community. Missouri riviv Historical Development gave grants to Woodbury County organizations during its special projects afternoon. The mrhd Board Members received applications, and then voted on the most worthwhile projects. That would enable them to do the project, said mark monson, president of the Missouri River historical some didnt get enough to do the whole project, so theyre litt bit. Mrhds has contributed more than 24 Million Dollars to Woodbury County organizations since 1994. Some of the organizations who include the city of sioux city parks and recreation which was given 200 thousand dollars for the cone park project. Camp high hopes received 150thousand dollars for a new cabin. And the city of correctionville, will use the 125thousand dollars it got to improve the communitys swimming pool. Mrhd jointly holds the state gamimi license for the hard r rk hotel and casino in sioux city and papa for the grants through gaming revenue. South dakotas minimum wage will thats because of a costofliving increase built into the law that voters approved in december 2014. The voterapproved law took effect in 2015. It initially raised the minimum hourly wage from 7. 25 to 8. 50. It also increased the hourly tip wage to half the minimum wage, the e st of living. Still to come. A nebraska man gets his hand successfully reattached after an accident. Details on the 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 top out in the upper 50s. Saturday could be another or freezing occurring again. After that, well start warming some as we could reach the low 70s by monday again. A chance of rain finally enters the picture from monday night into tuesday. matt still to come. A plea deal is done following allegations that former House Speaker Dennis Hastert paid a man to conceal a sexual relationship they had. Then lied to the fbi about it. Details, next. Nebraska, tonight. Firefighters responded to a call from Siouxland Ethanol in jackson just before 7. The heat was contained inside a structure designed to withstand degrees. The fire only reached about 700 degrees. The substance that caught fire was not ethanol. Fire departments from dakota city, ponca and South Sioux City were among the responders. Nobody was hurt. Prosecutors have dropped charges against a siouxland woman, whos actions promptededn amber r ert back in july. The state Attorneys Office dismissed charges of felony dnapping that leah lacroix faced in cedar county, nebraska court. Lacroix was originally arrested in omaha under suspicion of kidnapping two of her nieces from hartington, nebraska. At the time police believed she was taking them to florida. Files have been sealed regarding new details in the nowdismissed case. A sioux city woman is being accused of stealing from a patient at the retirement home where she worked. 35yearold olibia navavrette stole a creded card from a patient at sunriseseetirement community while she was his caregiver. Shes charged with 2nd degree theft, dependent adult abuse, forgery and unauthorized use of a credit card over 1,000. She is expected to appear in court on november 19. Attorneys for former House Speaker Dennis Hastert say theyve reached a and he will plead guilty to charges accusing him of lying to the fbi about Bank Withdrawals of threepointfive Million Dollars. Hastert allegedly used that ney to pay a man to keep quiet t out dededesold sex abuse allegations. Hastert is expected to appear in court on october 28th to enter the plea. Thats when details of the plea agreement will be revealed. matt still to come. The miracle of modern medicine. How a norfolk, nebraska surgeon was able to reattach a mans hand after an accident. The doctor, and his patient, hospital was able to save a mans hand after a bizarre accident while waterskiing. matt now, three months later, that patient is talking about the ordeal, and the medical miracle that saved his hand. Ktiv us92s Rachel Urbanski has while his hand may be reattached, benjamin still has about two more years of therapy to go. He doesnt have the sensation back in his fingers or the muscles needed to move his fingers. The next few months he will have to keep his joints subtle and loose as possible. He currently sees dr. Hartzell four times a week. He has a great attitude. He knows its a process. A lot of people give up and arent willing to put in the time or effort. You can imagine two years of your life in therapy and multiple operations. Its a big commitment but benjamin sees the big picture and wants to get as good as possible. At thursdays press conference, benjamin had a great outlook on the progress he wws making in recovery. Lately i have had a little bit of feeling back and tingling without each finger. Its Getting Better and i can tell it will get better along the way. For benjamin, tuesday marked the three month mark since the surgery. He has taken the rehab seriously and hasnt missed a single appointment. Though he may have hundreds hand, he hasnt let that limit his life he even got the ok to go snonooarding from dr. Brads here with a big topranked Norfolk Catholic tested much this season. But pierce was trying to upset the knights. And, the inspiring story of the son of iowa state Athletic Director Jamie Pollard, whose fight with cancer hasnt kept him from competing. In their 7 andcalling, texting and surfing the web. All things you can do with your cell phone. Add saving lives to that list with apps that can help in an emergency. And move over denim. As yoga wear has found its comfortable niche, jeans sales are slouching. Why were ditching our denim tomorrow on news 4 today. Had just one game decided by less than 28 points. The topranked knights were hosting one of the archrivals, pierce, who came in unranked at 5 and 2. The blue jays were ranked as high as fifth this season, after starting 3 and 0. So could the knights get by the jays the first half was dead even. First quarter pierce tyring to capitalize on a knights muffed punt but the field goal is blocked and we remain scoreless. Jays next offensive possession they get things moving or Austin Freeman gets things movinin cuts across back outside foo27 yards gets the jays in the redzonon and on the first play of the Second Quarter Taggart Bailey connects with Brady Starkel and pierce is out in front 70. The knights come right back and pound the ball on the ground dylan kautz outside cuts back in here. David engelhaupt finishes it off two yard score that squares it at seven at the half. The knights pour it on in the second half and stay unbeaten 357. Fifthranked Bishop Heelan ing across the riveveto take on South Sioux City. The crusaders score the firsrs five points of the match after the over pass Samantha Mccabe gets a 2 hand slam dunk for the kill. Heelan wins the first set freshman Nicole Jacobsen comes flying in and puts it deep and down. 2521 crusaders take the set. South sioux kept it close. Savannah chamberlain rises high like Wilt Chamberlain thats a kill. But the cardinals didnt have enough. Heelans Taylor Ferguson with the set to alex hope heelan gets past south sioux, 2zip. A triangular at siouxland chchstian 22 and 10 hinton, oking for their fiftftstraight win taking on 1710 ridge view. The e ptors come out strong. Harlee wagoner with the big smash. Ridge view is up 10 to 3. Hinton scores four of the next five points to get back into it. Bryce klein shows the nice douch and finds the floor. Blackhawks only down 4. Ridge view keeps up the pressure megan wiese hits it off the block and down but the raptors ran out of steam. The point. The blackhawks win the first set, 2519 and beat ridge, 2 to nothing. In his college days, iowa state athletic dirirtor Jamie Pollard was a National Champion distance runner. Running is s ill a big part of his family and the youngest pollard is already inspiring people. Andy fales has the story from ames. On the track and field, the pollards have had so much to cheer good job, james from the National Accolades of oldest son, thomas cowbell to the statequalifying times turned in by daughters annie and maggie. Both my parents are really good runners and then theyre really good at motivating us and pushing us to do our best, too. Running is what the pollards do. If youre born into our family, it means y yre blessed with running desirirbut youre maybe cursed with having to be a runner. But on this windy autumn day, the pollards, for front of the packbut rather, on the back of it. Right on ce, james hay youre right on pace. 13yearold james pollardundersized and a hitch in his gatea reminder to all of the grueling course his life has already run. Five different times hes battled cancerwar s he won, but at considerable cost. He had long stretches where he would be e the hospital and missing a ton of school for years, he could only smile and cheer from the sidelines as his siblings achieved, especially thomas, you know, with him getting good times and getting pr, i was like yeah i wanna do that and here he istwoand ahalf years since his last treatmentpaced by the crowd and by teammate, andrew babcock. You know youve got the you get back in those woods its kind of quiet but when youve got a guy like andrew, youre always being pushed harder. It was andrews decision to become james pace carsacrifici ng his own hopes ofof winning. Hwas kind of in the back of the pack and he was lonely. Good job. Go with andrew. I do not like to be left alone or left out, so having james be left out kind ofi didnt want him to be like that. So, i decided to run with him. Its hard to know which to cheer firstcaring friends, loving familyor the sight of james pollardincl uded at