Gathered in dubuque friday morning to commemorate veterans day, there were some younger than usual faces in the crowd. More than 300 middle School Students getting the chance to learn about veterans in a much more personal way. katie hannan, 7th grade teacher an event like this really helps to bring to life the experience of the veterans in a for them. Events like this a reunion of sorts for the many veterans who gather to honor each Others Service and havent seen in a year. And its kinda neat to see ones from the other rs hat did serve and come back and talk about it. Feeney was the youngest of six brothers to join the military in the 1940s. I guess it was something that everybody thought they should serve. At that time it was different, because we all left now, but events like this help him remember. Yes you do, and what couldve been. They shouldve been here. This year marks 75 years since the attack on pearl harborfeeney actually had two brothers who survived everyone else for your
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 son were home at the time. But were not injured. 3 3 and in western nebraska. Theyve seen their first recorded snowfall of 2015 out of this storm system thats now moving through siouxland. This video is from north platte, nebraska. While they saw some heavy, wet snow. Parts of southwest nebraska, northeast colorado and northwest kansas were included in a blizzard warning today. Thankfully, it doesnt look like were not going to see those conditions in siouxland just yet. 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 celebratio
Good eveveng. Thanks for joining us, totoght. Im matt breen. sheila and, im sheila brummer. Ten years ago, work started on the first of a new breed of naval combat ship. The freedomclass Littoral Combat ship. matt for the last 19months, workers at a shipyard in wisconsin have worked to build the newest lcs, the uss sioux city. Last month, i got rare access to the shipbuilding process. And to see the ship, up close. The sioux city. So, right now, the crew can simulate reallife situations. Theyre not going to let us take the ship underway if were not ready, ralston said. Like navigation and propulsion. Four water jet engigis push the sioux city through the water like a jet ski. One of the most challenging things to learn is the very complicated engineering plant,ralston said. We want to be able to operate that as safely and effectively as we can. The crew can also prepare for worstcase scenarios. Making sure that when we do get the ship, that if something does go wrong like fire or flood
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