That somebody is in need and theres no hesitation. Its just everybody activates and thats as quick as it gets from scene to surgery, said dr. Hartzell. Ns mother says she immediatley knew how serious the situation was. A employee at faith regional. She never had doubts about where her son needed to be treated. I knew dr. Hartzell was wonderful and i knew that we had him right here and they were going to fly him to omaha. A lot of times faith regional gets alot of patients from omaha for dr. Hartzell, so i asked them can you please fly him here . Straight here, said hoffman. The surgery lasted 12 hours. Ben still needs up to five more surgeries beginnning of 2016. Says the recoveryryrocess is slowowbut is accepting it. Small steps meananlot. Lately ii had a little bit of feeling back andndingling through out each finger so its getting better. I can tell that it will get better along the way, said witkowski. Bria dr hartzell says pinching will be recovery. With grasping as the ultimate g
For many, we wont see much relief this afternoon as temperatures for some chilly friday night football festivities tonight there is another frost freeze threat late tonight saturday morning for areas east of sioux city where your temperatures will drop to near 30 degrees. Temperatures will rebound a bit better over the weekend with highs in the 60s both saturday and sunday courtesy of steady southerly winds. Eventually the 70s make a brief return next monday and tuesday with shower chances tuesday and wednesday. Wx timer 40 a special tribute to honor our nations Fallen Soldiers is on display for a short time in siouxland. That exhibit might be quite a bit different from others youve seen before. The remembering our fallen exhibit serves as a stark reminder of soldiers duties. It features more than 90 fallen nebraska soldiers depicted in personal and military photos. There are similar exhibits in 14 states. You can see the exhibit at the little red hen theatre during wakefields balloon
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 wa
Syria. Will he seek the democratic president ial nomination . We may learn in the coming days whether Vice President joe biden is in. His family is reportedly completely on board with a white house bid at this point. Cnns jeff zeleny has the latest. Minute he e t into the race, thehe entire narrative would change. And we Start Talking about the first debate in iowa in november. New this mning, a look inside bidens possible 2016 r. A close adviser to biden, former delaware senator ted kaufman, sent an email, obtained by cnn, to his former staffers, asking for their help if the Vice President decides to run. In it, k kfman says it will bebe campaign from the heart. A campaign consistent with his values, our values, and the values of the american people. Kaufman went on to say, if he runs, he will run because of his burning conviction that we need to fundamentall y change the balance in our economy. And the political structure to restore the ababity of the middle clcls to get t ead. Kaufm
A heroic statement from someone whos s contributions to the country will not be forgotten. Withthandens disability, there were a f f things that needed to be done to the Homebuilders Association of greater siouxland started the landen project as 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 remodel 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 e ll be a fundraiser r the landen project on november 5th starting at 5 pm at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown sioux city. Its free and open to donations. As part of the fundraiser, there will be a special screening of the hornets nest, an indepth documentary on landens 101