Jessica rae south dakota is celebrating its 126th anniversary of statehood. The rushmore state was admitted as the 40th state on november 2nd 1889 by president benjamin harrison. North dakota is also celebrating their 126th as well. They were admitted to the union on the same day. Jessica rae with christmas just on the horizon, one nebraska retail store is increasing jobs in the norfolk area, heres paul hughes with the details. The announced closure of a norfolk retailer will cost the area shortly after multimedia retailer entertainment announced this week norfolk location. Goingoutof business sale through dec. 26. Nebraska 1st district congressman Jeff Fortenberry defended the two year budget deal as a way to bring stability to financing the federal government. Fortenberry, a member of the house budget committee, is the only republican in the nebraska congressional delegation to vote for the deal. He was joined by democrat brad ashford. The Nebraska Department of education has named norfolks Westside Elementary school a 2016 National Title 1 school. The national annually to two state and recognizes exceptional student achievement. Over the past five years, state assessments show that westside students have increased their reading proficiency from 71 to 90 percent, while math proficiency improved from 54 percent to 84. Those and more stories can be heard on news talk wjag, lite rock 97. 5 and 106 kix. Jessica rae a meat producer based in omaha nebraska is recalling based in omaha nebraska is recalling over 150 thousand pounds of meat, due to e coli concerns. The u. S. Department of agricultures food safety and Inspection Service announced today. All american meats, incorporated of omaha, is recalling approximately 167 thousand pounds of ground beef products that may contain e. Coli , for more information on which beef products may have been affected visit our website at siouxland matters dotcom jessica rae in honor of veterans day, the Long Lines Family Rec Center will allow servicemen and women to climb the rock wall for free. November 11th all current and former military are able to climb for no charge. There will be two sessions for climbing that day. The first is from 4pm to 6 pm and the second is from 6 to 8 pm jessica rae a study was conducted by Mercy Medical center here in sioux city, to determine Community Health needs. The results of that study concluded the city of sioux city and the surrounding areas struggle the most with obesity, especially childhood obesity. In an effort to change that, a new program was started. Heres more on the kid Shape Program rae Mercy Medical center and the Sioux City CommunitySchool District have partnered together to create the kid Shape Program, which is a three Course Program aimed at curbing chilhood obesity here, in the siouxland area. Corey loffswold, not only teaches pe at liberty elementary in sioux city, he is also the kid Shape Program coordinator. Corey loffswold, families come, one night a week for two hours, for eight weeks, and it is a Cyclical Program that ties back to each week as we go through and its a way for them to make better choices for themselves and their families. Rae loffswold says, because the program is geared towards childhood obesity, there are some qualifications needed to join. Kids must be between the ages of 6 and 12, and they have to be percentile of their range. The two hour program is designed not only centered around exercise. Loffswold, the about a 1015 minute family fitness activity that we try to tie back to something they can do at home as a group, when we are done with that, they come back for about a 30 40 minute lesson with a nutritionist. Rae loffswold stresses, this program is not a diet. Instead its about life changing choices being made as a family. Loffswold. Its a way to help families and support them in the decisions that we all make everyday its about a way of shifting their decision making. Jerry hernandez from Mercy Medical center says, the program truly makes a difference jerry hernandez, you see a transformation within the students once they arrive here they are very shy they are very timid and by time corey and the team get done with them theyre more willing to try Different Things and you can see their attitudes changing. Jessica rae we also want to mention the kid Shape Program does have a translator available each week, in order to better reach our diverse community. For more information on how you and your family can get involved in the kid Shape Program just visit this story on our website, thats siouxland matters dot com. And coming up next week on get going. Ill explore the benefits of chocolate milk for a post workout drink. You heard me right, why are collegiate athletes and professional athletes nationwide turning to the sweet childhood favorite after long workouts . Find out why. Next week at 5 and 6 am. Jessica rae still to come. If at first you dont succeed win it on your second try. Details about this years world series champions. The royals after the break. Scott siouxland. Lets get a look outdoors in sioux city and storm lake on the skycams. Temperatures this morning are relatively mild in the 50s and 60s. We have a light wind from the south between 5 and 15 miles per hour. The satellite and radar picture is fairly clean with some clouds passing through our Northern Tier of counties while the remainder of the area is looking at mostly sunny skies. Heres a check of the stormcast hd where were going to be sticking to the warmer side for a while High Temperatures today are anticipated to be in the lower 70s and there through wednesday. Well highlight a strong southerly breeze as well which is expected to begin tomorrow afternoon and stay with us through wednesday. Toward the end of the model, you can see some showers heading our way. A chance of rain is going to develop as we approach the weekend. Today, your High Temperature is 72 with sunshine. Tonight, expect a low of 45. Tomorrow, the High Temperature will be 73 and well expect a forecast where High Temperatures will stay in the 70s through wednesday, then itll start to look more like november as we approach the weekend with rain possible thursday. Jessica rae scott royals are this years world series champions. 12th inning, royals pitcher wade davis struck out Mets Wilmer Flores to clinch the series. Last year the royals made it to the world series but lost to the San Fransisco giants in seven. But this year theyre singing a congratulations to the royals organization. Jessica rae after the break. Howard is mixing two dinnertime favorites, pork chops and casserole. Details on that recipe when we solution to your dinner woes. Hes in the mister food test kitchen with a casserole recipe that will become a weekly staple. When it comes to getting dinner on the table, we often get into a rut. You know we end up making the same few dishes over and over, week after week. Well, starting today, youll have a new casserole to add to your dinner routine thats so simple and tastes amazing. We begin by lightly coating a few pork chops in a bit of flour and browning them in a skillet. You see, this seals in their natural juices and keeps them really moist. While those finish browning, we combine a box of longgrain and wild rice mix, a can of mushroom soup, some beef broth and a touch of water. We give that a quick stir and place our browned pork chops on top. See this is all going to cook dinner on the table couldnt be easier. While its in the oven, youll have time to go through the mail, finish up the laundry or simply catch your breath. Doesnt that sound nice for a change of pace . Come dinner time, you have a casserole brimming with super juicy pork chops and lots of creamy rice that cooked in one dish. Just add a quick salad and a veggie and youre all set. I hope youll go online to get the recipe for our pork chop casserole so you can make any night an extra special night. Im howard in the mr. Food test kitchen, where every day were looking for less stressful ways for you to say. Ooh its so good jessica rae if you would like a copy of that send us a self stamped envelope here to abc 9 news. Our address is 625 douglas street. The zip. 51101. Be sure to write pork chop casserole on your request. Or you can visit our website. Siouxlan d matters dot com. And click on the mr. Food logo. Jessica rae coming up after the break. The Republican Party is up in arms after the last nationally televised debate. Details on what canges they want debate. The candidates about the questions of time they had to answer them. Their representatives met last night to come up with new guidelines abcs tom llamas explains gov. Chris christie republican president ial candidate ben carson republican president ial candidate sen. Ted cruz republican president ial candidate the crowded pool of republican president ial candidates has found something they can all agree on a list of demands for upcoming debate hosts. The candidates calling for change after last weeks highly criticized debate moderated by cnbc. Which prompted responses like this 21 56 03 23 sot christie from debate we have isis and al qaeda attacking us and were talking about fantasy football . cheers question and bite from trump is this a comic book campaugn . No its not,. And i think thats a very rude question. Bite Christie Cnbc debate. Even in nj this is rude. A sunday night meeting of representatives from nearly all of the republican candidates did not include the Republican National committee. But today. Republican party chair Reince Priebus says the candidates have the partys support. What happened at the cnbc debate was a debacle. The ability to sanction or desanction a debate is with the rnc. Some of the candidates have already indicated what they want changed sot carson we should have moderators who are interested in disseminating the information about the candidates as opposed to, you know, gotcha, you did this and defend yourself on that, you know. Ted cruz from wnt pkg if you have never voted in a republican primary in your life. You dont get to moderate a republican primary debate. Standup close changes agreed to last night include largely bypassing the rnc in coordinating with network hosts, mandatory opening and closing statements, an equal number of questions for the candidates. An official list of changes will be outlined in in a letter to debate hosts in the coming days. Jessica rae presdential candidate bernie presdential candidate bernie sanders. Took a little break from the campaign trail to get in the halloween spirit. Sanders went trickortreating with his grandchildren in New Hampshire saturday. Following Campaign Events in the area. The senator from vermont went. As himself. His grandkids were dressed as the abominable snowman, sonic the hedgehog and a good witch. All three children were adopted from china by sanders son levi and daughterin law, raine riggs. Jessica rae count Harrison Ford among the millions of fans who cant wait for the new Star Wars Film. And Sandra Bullock new film is now the lowest opening of her career. Here are your hollywood headlines. Harrison ford cant wait to see the new Star Wars Film thats right even han solo hasnt seen the final cut of [show film trailer] Star Wars Episode vii the force awakens. Harrison ford . I saw a bunch of stuff. But i havent seen the movie, in all its glory and all of the effects in it. Frantic fans are counting the minutes until the force awakens for all of us on december eighteenth. Is hunger games star jennifer was all hugs and kisses with costars Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth as they left impressions of their hands and feet for posterity in the wet cement at las chinese theatre. Liam hemsworth i love you both so much [hugs hutcherson] Reese Witherspoon added to her honors with the american cinematheque award presented for midcareer achievement. The star of legally blonde and wild accepted the prize from previous winner matthew mcconaughey. With fellow stars jennifer garner. And kate hudson looking on. Witherspoon said shes taking the long view. Reese witherspoon well i think its a good time to stop and just look back and reflect on my life. Finally did the halloween spirit spook weekend filmgoers . A couple o Box Office Flops kept the martian flying high at the movies. Sandra bullocks our brand is crisis was brand x at theaters. And bradley coopers burnt wasnt well done enough to fire ticket sales. The martian took in an estimated 11 million dollars. Goosebumps was second. And bridge of spies came in third. And thats whats happening in hollywood. Im jason nathanson, abc news, Los Angeles Jessica rae scotts up next with a final check whats coming up on the show today. Today, were kicking off 30 ideas in 30 days, to fix your biggest body problems. We test nextlevel solutions in our fix or fail lab to see what works and what doesnt. Plus, youre doing all the right things but suddenly you feel wiped out. Is gluten the culprit . We show you how to decode the signals your body is trying to tell you. Jessica rae again thats coming up today on dr. Oz at 4 oclock right here on abc9. Jessica rae scott today, your High Temperature is 72 with sunshine. Tonight, expect a low of 45. Tomorrow, the High Temperature will be 73 and well expect a breezy afternoon. Heres your 7 day forecast where High Temperatures will stay in the 70s through wednesday, then itll start to look more like november as we approach the weekend with rain possible thursday. Announcer get ready, america. Because were saying goodbye to halloween and hello to thanksgiving. Thats right, were trading trick or treating for turkey and scares for savory side dishes. But first, carlas got amazing. Tricks for turning your leftover halloween treats into a mouth watering masterpiece. Then guess whos coming to thanksgiving dinner . Its good morning americas robin roberts. And shes cooking up a cheesy bold favorite. Plus, marios getting the 411 on hard cider. Announcer and hes using it to make a braised dish thatll warm up those cool fall nights in an instant. Were talking turkey. And youre invited, right now, on the chew. [ cheers and applause ] hey everybody, welcome to the chew. You know, they say all good things must come to an end, even halloween. But i think we can all agree that we never want to see that much of Michael Symon legs ever again. Am i right . [ cheers ] my legs look nice. Well, actually youre legs looks delicious. [ laughter ] did i say delicious, i was looking at that turkey. My legs fluster clinton kelly. [ laughter ] today we are saying goodbye, see ya later, and sayonara to halloween. And saying hello to all delicious dishes of our favorite [ cheers and applause ] so were excited about that. If you like to get me flustered. In case you missed fridays show, we chose each others costume with the help of our studio audiences over the course of a week. And our costumes were yeah, there we are. [ cheers and applause ] yomight not now exactly who we were. I was taylor swift. A very old, hairy version of taylor wow. But you cant know at home is that clinton manscaped that little [ laughter ] i cant wait to see him at the beach someday. I have always mesmerized, you are a hairy man. Im hairy. Well, i put my crop top and i was like ew its weird to have a hairy belly. [ laughter ] so i tool a razor right before the show and i started shaving right here. So then i went to the gym and im like taking a shower. You have a racing stripe. Yes, so i had to shave the rest of it kind of down after that