Undermines any closure the victims may have h. Jenna the family of autumn elgersma says t ty plan to attend all future parole h hrings so the iowa parole board is aware of the impact sapps crimes had on them and their community in general. Tim the elgersma family is honoring the memory of autumn by helping start a center for children who have been abused. Autumns center, will be the newest addition to the Seasons Center for Behavioral Health located in spencer. Theyve just recently received a grant for just over 3 3thousand dollars from the Iowa Department of Public Health to recruit child and adolescent phychiatrists. Within the next few weeks, Seasons Center plans on beginning renovations for autumns center. If you would like to help donate tim to autumns center or Seasons Center for Behavioral Health just visit siouxland matters dot com and click on this story. Nat walking jenna today advocates from across the midwest took part in the 13th annual memorial march to honor nanave American Children lost while in foster care. Its part of a Larger Program that has been held all week long. Around 50 people showed to participate in the walk to the Woodbury County courthouse. Things are Getting Better but theres still disproportionate numbers of native children in the Child Welfare system, disproportionate number of our children being adopted. Four direions, who sponsors this, is about making ourselves well and pulling our families back together. Says frank lamere, director of four directions center. Jenna the event started at the war eagle monument and made several stops along the way. That used those stops to say prayers for native American Children, so theyre not forgottete jennnn homeowners in morningside avoioid a fire at their house on south rustin street. But, a family dog was lost in the fire. That happened around 8 am in morningside. Sioux city fire firefighters to make a hole in the roof of the home in order to contain the fire. They say the fire started in the kitchen and spread up into the attic. Crews went ahead and made entry, and found a fire in a kitchen that had extended through the ceiling up into the attic of thestructure. jenna other pet, the milys cat, was abab to be rescued. The home is unlivable for the timebeing and the red cross is rescued. The home i unlivable for the timebeing and the red cross is helping the family. Tim lincoln Authorities Say they have concluded their investigation of an alleged rape that took place in the home of three nebraska players, and no charges will be filed. At a aress Conference Today in Lincoln Lancaster county attorney joe kelly said forensic evidence wasnt an issue because authorities knew who was in the house nov 15th when the alleged incident was to have taken place. Three Football Players and 3 others. Authorities say a rape kit was conducted but doubt still remains. We have completed our investigatioin into this matter and no arrests will be made into this, said lincoln polili chief jim m schong of the ncoln police department. Beyond a reasonable doubt. That simply is not there and ethically i can not move forward,said Lancaster County attorney joe kelly. In a written statement the university of Nebraska Athletics department, said there is no change in the status of any studentathletes. We will continue to follow university policies. Jenna a suspect being pursued in omaha opened fire on Law Enforcement. And dramatic dash cam video from nebraska state troopers show bullets smashing through a patrol car windshield. Joe chiodo takes us through the chase. Nats patrol car siren 1st bullet hit, 2nd bullet hits shots fired shots fired are you hit . i dont know. It happened so fast. nats bullet hits car the two troopers inside didnt even know if they were hit. Shattered glass flew right passed trooper Andrew Phillips in the drivers seat as Trooper Steven peck sat beside him nats officers talking holy bleep. I felt some in my hand. Theres nothing in your shirt. The troopers intended to simply pull over Marissa Mccormack the driver for a missing headlight. nats 1st bullet hit, 2nd bullet hits but that stop took a terrifying turn and left behind a lot of damage. This is a look at the bullet riddled car. And this is a look at the man convicted of doing it. Daniel campbell was found guilty on 7 7 unts earlier this month including use of a firearm and discharge of a firearm near a vehicle. nats officers talking i got glass in my mouth and everything. I felt the glass up through here and up through my lip. He fired the gun outside the passengers window. Turns out he was wanted for felony warrant for domestic abuse. After he and mccormack took off an hour long manhunt began. nats police siren, patrol car speeds off be advised weapons going to be a a oks like a sawaw off shotgun. Passengers going to be a aed with a stucucout the window. Both were troopers nats 1st bullet, then second bullet thankfully returned to the streets. Jenna Daniel Campbell faces anywhere from 13 to 2 hundreddollar fines and 50 yearsrsn prison. He h h filed a momoon for a new trial, citing lack of evidence. Tim you may want to add an extra helping of patience if youre planning on traveling away from home this thanksgiving holiday. Jenna airports and Highway Patrol are expecting crowding on roads and airports but, triplea says Airline Tickets are ten percent lower than last year for many of the top routes. Over the holidays. Airlines are expectinin65 thousand more passengers each day than last year nearly 47million americans will travel at least 50 miles. From wednesday through sunday. Thats good news considering gas is the cheapest it has been since 2008. Abc9s bria bell got the chance to take a ride with iowa state troopers and has more on safe and smart holiday travel, bria . Bria tim and jenna, thanksgiving is just a day away and with recently lowered gas prices, a lot of people have already hit the road. Northwest iowa has received Winter Weather advisories for tomorrow so according to iowa state trooper john farley, its in the best interest of drivers to take extra procaution when trying to get to their destination. Thanksgiving is known as the day for turkey as well as traffic. Iowa state trooper john farley says that there is usually a spike in accidents during the Holiday Season and so far there have been over 275 fatalities in the state of iowa for this year. A number that he says the state doesnt want to increase. We never want to see that fatality count go up and it takes everybody. Obviously it takes Law Enforcement through education and enforcemenen actions, but it takes drivers too to make sure that theyre really concentrating on those defensive driving skills, said farley. Iowa state troopers will have more troopers present and active on the roads beginning this evening to ensure that traffic is under control and safe driving practices are taking place. Bria trooper farley wantntto also remindndrivers that no matter how safe you think youre being, it doesnt matter if you dont use the basic rule of thumb by wearing your sealtbelt. Reporting live in sioux city, bria bell abc 9 news. Jenna thanks bria, today the president addressed the nation to quell fears about terror threats on the eve of the anksgiving holiliy. Tim he sayayright now, they know of no specific and credible intelligenen indicating a plot on the us. Our counter terrorm intelligence Homeland Security and Law Enforcement professionals at every level are working overtime. Obama also said top us officials are constantly especially with so Many Americans expected to be traveling over the weekend. Abcs lana z z has more despite recent warnings by the fbi and Homeland Security about the possibilities of copycat terrorismthere is no specific credible threat according to the president and the department of Homeland Security. Sot obama i want the American People to know entering the holidays that the combined resources of our military, our ininlligence, and our Homeland Security agencies e on the case. Eyre vigilant, relentless and effective. But everre there are signs that heightened state of washingtons union guards watching the crowd. We are working overtime to protect the homeland, to evaluate and reevaluate what we see. We also want to encourage the beginning of this Holiday Season to bevigilant yourself f and to be aware. After making these comments, the director of Homeland Security boarded a train himself. The message to americansdont change your plans because of the terror threat. Sot fred steiner, Airline Passenger you really dont even think about those things. I travel every week. If you think about it, you kind of freeze. And at the iconic macys thanksgiving parade, spectators are expected to turn out in record numbersand so will security sot james oneill chief of department this will include extra uniform police officers, traffic agents plus additional mobile cameras, helicopters, k9 and mounted units, lana zak tag today and sunday are the two busiest travel days, so expect plenty of cars on the road and longer security linesat airports and rail stations. Lana zak abc news washington. Jenna still to come. One turkey narrowly escaped the dinner table this thanksgiving. Find out who got the president ial pardon this year when we return. Fred fred ice and snow are coming tomorrow, and that will bring travel headaches. Cooler weather will follow. Your a Winter Weather advisory will be in effect for most of siouxland from 4 am to 6 pm. A winter storm warning willll be in effect for Harrison County south to Omaha Council bluffs. All of us will see ice changing to snow, but the ice may be somewhat thicker in the yellow wawaed area. Road conditions are fine, but this map will look different tomorrow. Stay in touch with Road Conditions on siouxlandmatters. Co m or by downloading our abc9 weather app. The Port Neal Welding Company skycam hd d ows cloudy skiki. The high today was 53 and the low 27. Here are conditions in storm lake on the kings pointe skycam hd. 37 is our sioux city temperature. Local temperatures are in the 30s and 40s. Relative humidity is as high as 100 percent, and we do see some fog in the north, with visibility in spencer less than a mile. Heres the midwest satellite radar which is quiet now, but lets go to the ormcast which ows drizzle early tonight, but with cooling temperatures, ice is expected for a large part of siouxland by sunrise in the form of sleet and freezing rain. That will continue through the morning, but by afternoon, continued cooling will change things over to snow. So, we will have snow on top of ice, which is among the worse conditions for travel. Be awareroads may be very slick we could see over a third of an inch of ice in the southeast, and widespread show to the tune of 15 will be seen. Tonight, well see fog and drizzle early, then ice late. The low will be 30. Tomorrow, expect freezing rain and sleet in the morning, and snow in the afternoon. An early high of 30 will be seen, but expect slowly falling temperatures during the day. The 7day shows 20s friday and saturday, then 30s with a chance of light snow monday. Fred tim jenna fred you bet. Tim dinner table this thanksgiving the National Thanksgiving turkey, named abe, was pardoned by president obama during a white house ceremony today. The prpridents teenage daughters sasha and malia, joined him for the event. Jenna it may not apply to turkeys, but find out why new Research Suggests having a pet may be a good thing. Details when we getting thth puppy for your child new research may give you one more reason to visit that pet shop. With more, heres abc news senior medical contributor dr. Timothy johnson. Kids . And dogs. Sure, its cute. But today, new research . Pointing to what could be a hidden benefit for children. Researchers, writing in the cdc journal preventing chronic disease, sought to explore the Health Effects for Young Children of having a dog. They looked at more than six hundred children between four and 10. Asking their parents to answer a series of questions about their kids physical and mental health. Their findings . Just might perk up your ears. Among the kids with pet dogs, only 12 percent tested positive on a questionnaire for anxiety. Among the kids without dogs . 21 percent registered as anxious. Surprisingly, having a pup didnt seem to make a difference in kids physical activity or weight . And a bigger study will be needed to see if the benefits touted in the study actually hold true. But ask any kid with a dog . And they will likely tell you that a fuzzy new member of the fafaly is a welcomomaddition. With this medical minute . Im dr. Timothy johnson. After the break. A local car dealer isriving home a message about making sure kids dont have to go hungry this season. Well have more, next. Jenna sexton from woodhouse auto in sioux city. One in five kids in the food bank of siouxlands service area is a risk for hunger. The Backpack Program provides food for hungry chidlren at times when other resources are not available, like during evenings and weekends. Each friday the food bank distributed 2,000 packs of food in 6 participating schools in the sioux city area. 132 sponsors one child for the entire school year. One backpack costs 4 for a week. Backpacks consist of 2 shelf stable milks, 2 cereals, 2 entrtrs, 1 juice, 1 iut cup. To donatyou can visit siouxlandfoodban k. Org and click on the yellow donate button on the right hand column on the website. Put in memo woodhouse out a check to the food bank of siouxland and bring it to a woodhouse location or mail to 2101 e 6th. Street, sioux city, ia, 51101 jenna freds back next with a final check of our forecast. Early, then ice late. The low will be 30. Tomorrow, expect freezing rain and sleet in the morning, and 24 snonoin the afternoon. An early high of 30 will be seen, but expect slowly falling during the day. The friday and saturday, then 30s with a chance of light snow monday