Siouxland. At this afternoons public forum on hunger. The food bank pointed out that there are nearly 29thousand people in its service area whwh dont get enough to eat. Nearly a third of them dont qualify for programs like food stamps. Food Bank Director linda scheid says she wants to engage the public to help solve this problem. 3 statistically we know that 1 in 5 children is at risk of hunger, we know that nearly 13 percent of the siouxland area, so were down to the county level in statistics. 13 of our community is at risk for hunger, meaning they dont know where there next meal is going to come from. The food bank serves 11 counties in northwest iowa and northeast nebraska. 3 3 wednesday afternoon into the evening could gust up to 60mph at times. We will continue to see rain i io the early evening, and at thth time we will be seeing temperatures cooling off pretty quickck and that could lead to a few snowflakak mixing in with the rains. Little to no accumulation is expected as grou
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 mornin
Its a day of parades and speeches. And for some, a day of reverence and reflection. sheila brian mooar has the story from washington. Their liveve. And for vets loooong to make their lives bett he called for improved health care, education and job opportunities. Sot obama 4753 our veterans will tell you themselves they may have put away their uniforms, but theyre not finished serving their country. For the greatest generation. There was a tribute at the World War Two memorial. And a much smaller gathering at a diner in davenport, iowow where locals gave their thanknk to john massick whos celebrating his 100th birthday appropriately enough on veterans day. Sot 1 101 12 im very proud of this man. Brian mooar, nbc news. Veterans day was originally known as Armistice Day honoring the end of world war one. It was officially changed by congress, and president eisenhower, in 1954 to honor veterans of all wars. sheila here in northwest iowa, there were several events honoring veterans, as well
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