President on janurary 20th. According to the secretary of states officeof the two point one million iowa voters about oneandahalf million voted in this election. Thats about the same number of iowans who voted in the 2008 election. For the third time since the last election, North Liberty will be looking for new leadership after mayor amy nielsen won her bid for the iowa house. House. Cbs 2 News ReporterMellaney Moore spoke with nielsen about her move and what the city can do now. Joins us live in North Liberty. The auditor tells cbs 2 news Johnson County had record voter turn out yesterday. Here in North Liberty, residents now have more decisions to make about their leadership. Leadership. Amy nielsen has served as North Libertys mayor for almost two years. Amy nielsen, nl mayor19 08 21 its been exciting and exhausting and challenging and rewarding and everything that you would be. Ive absolutely loved it. Ive met so many fantastic people. Now she will have to resign as mayor before taking a new direction, representing district 77 in the state house of representatives. Johnson county auditor Travis Weipert says once that happens, the city council has 40 days to appoint a new mayor. Travis weipert, Johnson County auditor 18 56 09 if they appoint, the citizens of North Liberty can petition to have a vote. If they decide not to petition and go along with the councils that person will be up for election come november of next year. Weipert says right now the office is looking into the specifics of how many voters reporter right now the office is looking into the specifics of how many voters that petition would need if it happens. He said this kind of change is not uncommon for a city like North Liberty. Reporter when you have so many new people coming in all the time with the growth you expect a lot of change. Reporter nielsen says she i hope the next mayor of North Liberty will be somebody new because i think that again there has been so much so much of the same group making the decisions i think having some more new people in is really good for North Liberty. Reporter nielsen will go to des moines in early january to be sworn into the statehouse. In northwood and North LibertyMelanie Morris news. Republicans now control both the house and senate. Lieutenant governor kim reynolds that this will bring the opportunity to debate legislation. Whether it is Water Quality or tax reduction or reducing regulations the debate is healthy so im excited about the opportunity to continue the dialogue to have the discussion the seat of the late democratic senator josie will take place on december 27. The process to heal after a rough president ial election has already started in the united states. Cbs2 political reporter kevin barry shows us how even some Republican Leaders were surprised at last nights results. Reporter that party Unity Movement now starts with someone like john kasich who was firmly on the never fret never trump train. He writing and senator john mccain to the top of his ballot. Early this morning he tweeted out the American People have spoken it is time to come together. Congratulations president donald trump. He had a speech scheduled where he was going to talk about the new direction of the Republican Party after what he assumed was going to be a donald trump loss and he has already been one of the early names in the in 2020. Obviously right now what they presumably incumbent President Trump 2020 will not be the year for john kasich to run. We are also hearing from paul ryan who also backed away from donald trump but said that now that trump is in the white about the laid off coal workers who see relief coming, think about the farmers in wisconsin who are being harrassed by the epa and coworkers who see relief coming. Think about the farmers in wisconsin who are being think about that ranchers in the west who are getting harassed by the interior department. There is relief coming. The next big thing to watch for is who joins President Trumps Transition Team and who follows him to the white house and becomes part of that team. We are seeing some rumors that the Republican NationalCommittee Chair maybe his chief and primary season and even during the general election. It will be really interesting if all the sudden they were long battle for the white house. House. Were working on that right now for cbs 2 news ten at 10. This friday is veterans day and a time to reflect on their service. Cbs 2 News Reporter joe huisinga spoke with a cedar rapids Veterans Group about the needs that go beyond a single day. The Freedom Foundation is not a Big Organization but it does have a big where the debt we all owe to our veterans never goes unpaid. Unpaid. Veterans are a revered class of men and women, we name parks stadiums and memorials in their honor but when it comes to basic needs they are often overlooked. Overlooked. Naturally veterans day is important it is a day that the vets are recognized unfortunately a lot of thats forgotten after the day is are everyday and thats why we think veterans day is our veterans needs are every day. Thats why we think veterans day is every day. Reporter the Freedom Foundation is a cedar rapids nonprofit formats by thats. Our primary clientele is the veteran that is homeless, disabled, unemployed and disadvantaged. Reporter to help with food and clothing and much more to fill the ga agencies. We have been able to find them housing and jobs and they have succeeded and they said that we have changed their lives. Reporter sometimes the needs are more than material. You name it. That can robbery helps each other up. Some of these guys have ptsd really bad. Some of them are not quite as critical but it is important that they have somebody to back them up. Can play face are never forgotten. Being a veteran makes you want to help other veterans. Reporter the foundation depends entirely on donations to help the veterans they serve. The food pantry alone serves about 80 veterans a week but close money and time are all important donations to help give back to those who have done so much for us. Covering the corridor and cedar rapids cbs2 still to come the good news for your corridor commute as the construction ends on one major project. After a dip in temperatures tomorrow on cbs 2 this morning were live at the mistletoe market at Mercy Medical center how you can get a jump on your holiday preparations. Thats tomorrow on the morning frost give way to another nice day. Temperatures were cooler but still about the seasonal norms. I think a lot of us have kind of forgotten what normal is here in eastern iowa. Our normal high should be around 50 to 51 degrees. We were well about that today after the frosty temperatures once again and is not showing any precipitation around eastern iowa or around the midwest. The weather pattern is very benign. All the action is up north of canada are down south to the gulf of mexico. The midwest is high and dry and is destined to stay that way for several more days to come. Here is a look at the satellite tonight. You cant even find a cloud on here as this big expanse of High Pressure continues to move slowly across the High Pressure will be southerly and that will mean a nice uptick in temperatures and we should be about 10 degrees warmer than what we were today. The morning commute tomorrow is looking like a good one in eastern iowa with temperatures around the corridor in the range of 35 to 37 degrees at 7 00 and. Wens will be southwest at 5 to 15 and the skies will be sunny in the morning and at noon and all afternoon. Looks like another gorgeous day for us. Another thing we are expecting you can expect that this time of year as lowes get back into the 30s. It will be breezy and even warmer than today. We will be in the 60s for highs and this quiet weather pattern is going to last right through the weekend at least to the first part of next week. Steady as she goes as far as that is concerned. We have not had any rain and cedar rapids cents and until november 18. We will go 18 consecutive days with no rain. Its no big deal because we have had plenty of rain this year. At this point of the year we are running seven point 68 inches above normal here in cedar rapids. This High Pressure with is raging all through the middle of the country and it just got dry and quiet weather. Tomorrow as this punches a little bit further off to the be out of the southwest all day tomorrow and that will send the temperatures pretty much into the 60s and maybe close to 70 in our southern county. This will come through tomorrow night and will cooler temperatures a little bit as we go into the first part of the weekend. As we mentioned the pattern looks really dry all the way up to next tuesday. Our models are not indicating any precipitation here in eastern iowa so get used to the center and we will see plenty of that in the days ahead. The forecast in the north has low temperatures in the tonight. Southern counties will be in the mid to upper 30s about 36 and cedar rapids and 37 in iowa city. For tomorrow more sunshine and temperatures warmer than today around 64 to 66 up and are northern counties. Down south looks like i should be approaching the mid and upper 60s maybe even 70 down around tipton and iowa city. The longrange forecast is dry for the next seven days. For the next seven days lots of of areas in their commute to work tomorrow morning. Morning. Weather first Team Coverage continues now with cbs 2 meteorologist rebecca the number of crash fatalities is rising in the Hawkeye State and that trend has the iowa dot turning to technology to pave the way for safer driving. Driving. Teaming up with the mapping firm . Here north america . And universities throughout the state the dot is transforming a stretch of i380 into a test zone for selfdriving vehicles. The idea of a car without a driver isnt sitting well with many but experts say we wo over control at least not right away. Its very much a gradual process. This is not an overnight kind of thing where all of a sudden robots will be taking the roadways of iowa. the first generation is going to be where we sit behind the wheel and turn over control to the vehicle. Vehicle. Tonight on the cbs 2 news ten at 10 well tell you how this project will affect you going forward. And still to come. Come. Get settttt for state volleyball sights and installment coming up in sports from the terrorism alert desk in washington, im michelle mar. Marsh. Isiss leader says hes preparing for his own death and is making plans to transfer power to one of his de. Deputies. Abu bakr albaghdadi is in streak from the terrorism alert that isis later says he is preparing for death and is transferring leadership to one of his deputies. Iraqi forces continue to push into the city and the identity of the potential future leader is being kept under wraps. And muzzle iraqi troops are suffering heavy losses as they push into the center of the city. Isis fighters are setting up car bombs and snipers have taken position on rooftops. Arrested five key isis recruiters. The men smuggl the butterburger is made of just so we got the sirloin, the chuck and the plate. No fillers; thats it. All prized cuts, all wellmarbled for richness and flavor. This is where those three wonderful cuts of beef come together. You can just tell that blend is working in there. And we sear them, and that seals in the juices of the burger. It doesnt get any better than that. And thats the culvers butterburger. Weve just about run out of adjectives to describe the iowa offense this season none of them good and now the hawks are gearing up for an undefeated Michigan Team thats not just we have just about run out of adjectives to describe the now they are gearing up to take on a team that its not just good. As they told me earlier today they know the right young receivers are not getting the job done. So at this point for iowa to hang with michigan they have to do something, anything to keep pace. To me it is on the iowa offense to just get first downs. Be even with michigan in time of possession and we wonder why the iowa defense gives up a lot of yards. Still they find a way to punch some polls and opposing secondaries they will have to be able to run the ball when they are outnumbered like that. After missing out on the state tournament for the first time in six seasons the union nights are back at the cell center this weekend. They are the top seed in class iii a. Their fans are feeling gives union a more comfortable three point lead. Still a threepoint game late thats fresh . Man 2420 knights theyre headed to the semis with a sweep. Ricky has a push that is fresh and 2420. The other side of the three a bracket north pope is down one set to none the wolverines came roaring back in the second. Allie alder has a sitdown score 2016 closing in on the when Haley Durning gets up to get dmh would never look back and i headed back to the semi finals. They dont call eastern iowa a hotbed for three a volleyball for nothing. Now they are also in the field. The first set they say stay on your side. 125. The leader will lay one into the Bermuda Triangle this one got tight down the stretch but it will be mount vernon and union in the semis as the mustangs hold on 31. The no strangers to the state tournament having made the trip the last five years. They are also notes that stranger to their firstround opponent as they swept columbus into meetings this year. Early on it showed. They slam it home and jump out for the pointand it didnt stop there Brianne Eighme throw those hands up in the air thats an ace and thats a major upset sailors 3, cougars one. We will be right back. Z24zzz z12fz thanks f after that little dip in temperatures we took today tomorrow we go the other way. It will be all the way up to 67 degrees with clear skies. Maybe that is the new you dont put lighter fluid on a gas grill, do you . hes about to set himself on fire. Freaky fast. Bam. . Cant stop loving you . . . Brad out of hiding. Pitts first public appearance since the split, but is he setting the stage to get the kids back . How hes changing his strategy tonight. Then . . The latest on Michael Bubles 3yearold son battling cancer. Noah. New chemo reports and his prognosis today. Plus there is something that wasnt right. Only we are with figure skating legend Scott Hamilton opening up about his brain tumor. They just keep coming back. Wait for it. 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