the seat became vacant when supervisor tom hancock died on january 31st. the special committee consists of the county auditor, recorder, and treasurer. they will meet again on monday and approve the application process for hancock's seat. the committee is expected to make an appointment by march eighth. stay with your 24 hour news a partly cloudy sky tonight we are expecting lows in the single digits. after this a series of alberta clippers are set to move through the state. each of these have the potential to bring some light snow. the first arrives with minor accumulation s especially farther west. a second storm zips in on friday and a third on sunday. even though snowfall remains light, scattered slick spots and reduced visibilities will be experienced from time to time. tonight: partly cloudy low: -2-4 late high: 11-17 winds: nw 5-15tomorrow night: chance of light snow low: 2-8 winds: n 5-10thursday: partly cloudy high: 21 - low: 5 friday: chance of light snow high: 23 - low: 11 saturday: partly cloudy high: 14 - low: 1 sunday: chance of snow high: 26

family and friends are county supervisor tom hancock. hancock's close friend, ric jones, tells tv-9 hancock suddenly died saturday night. hancock has been a dubuque county supervisor since he was elected in 2014. before that, h hwas an iowa senator from 2005 to 2013. hancock had also served with the epworth volunteer fire department for 45 years, including as chief for 16 years. he was 67 years old. a woman's poor health almost caused her to miss her daughter's wedding day. but her daughter decided to change the venue to accommodate. kcrg-tv9's forrest saunders has the story. the story of kelsea and shane prather, the bride and groom up there, began at a mall.through friends, the two were encouraged mom, misty people in her you sure he's going to be at the mall? i said, yes, he said he's going to be there. sure enough, he was the first time we met." fast forward about eight ars, kelsea and shane decided to spend the rest of their lives together. they were e anning on getting married. but tragedy struck in august. misty had a heart attack

family and friends are remembering dubuque county supervisor tom hancock. hancock's close friend, ric jones, tells tv-9 hancock suddenly died saturday night. hancock has been a dubuque county supervisor since he was elected in 2014. before that, he was an iowa senator from 2005 to 2013. hancock had also served with the epworth volunteer fire department for 45 years, including as chief for 16 years. he was 67 years old. it takes hundreds of dedicated volunteers just to run one animal shelter. the cedar rapids animal care and control says they couldn't do all that they do without them. cleaning, walking and fundraising. those are just a few examples of the many things the shelter's 197 volunteers take on every day. volunteers do the things that the staff doesn't have the capability to do--- like socializing with the animals. over the past year they put in more than 6,000 hours of volunteer work. "if you take a look at the different responsibility we have, and the number of hours in the day, and then the number of animals in house, there's absolutely no way we

tom hancock died over the weekend. he served with the epworth fire department for 45 years, including 16 years as chief. he was 67-years- old. police are investigating who jewish center in tennessee. someone set the cars on fire just outside a cultural center. investigators believe prejudice may have been the motivation behind the attack. police have notified the f-b-i. officers are also stepping up patrols near other jewish centers and houses of worship. hundreds of plumbers volunteered to replace faucets in homes of people living in flint, michigan this weekend. about 3-hundred plumbers spread out around the city to start replacing faucets and installing water filters. people in the area have been depending on water bottles since the city switched the water system to the flint river - which contaminated the tap water... "it's our community. it's right here. this isn't some other country. this is america. these are all our american brothers and sisters." homeowners say they're thankful for the repairs, and the plumber

tom hancock died suddenly over hancock served in the state senate. he also served as chief of the epworth fire department for 16 years. a quick look now at some of the we could learn the cause of a deadly traiaiderailment tooy. federal investigators are expected to release evidence and reports today about the may derailment in philadelphia which killed eight people and injured more than 200 others. excessive speee has already been cited as a factor but the n-t-s-b has yet to say why the train was going too fast today general motorskicks its efforts to build self-driving cars into high gear. a new team starts today. its goal is to figure out a strategy to make g-m the leader in self-driving technology. and today the world health organization is holding an emergency mmeting to discusus the zika v vus. the group must decide if the outbreak should be considered a public health emergency. to a devastating birth defect, cases have been confirmed in 23 countries. a rural iowa hospital just got a new robot...a robot that all patients kwwl's amanda gilbert jo

but hancock's fellow supervisors say right now they are focused on remembering who tom was. a long time dedicated public servant. hancock has been a dubuque county supervisor since he was elected in 2014. he'd assumed the chairperson role just last month. prior to being a supervisor, he was an iowa senator serving from 2005 to 2 22. hancock was an epworth resident, and served as former chief of the epworth volunteer fire department and past president of the iowa firefighters assssiation. "it's going to be a tremendous loss. we have to figure out where do we go from here. but in the meantime it's going to hurt. and thoughts will always be with him. " demmer says the county will not begin conversation s about how to fill hancock's seat until aftetehis funeral. those arrangememes dubuque katie wiedemann, kcrg tv-9 news. now here's a look at what's coming up at 5:30 on abc's world news. the more we watch thistorm the more complex some oaknoll retirement have a chance to caucus tonight through a remote location. a snowstorm t tat could dump up to 12 inches of snow in parts of east

but hancock's fellow supervisors say right now they are focused on remembering who tom was. a long time dedicated public servant.