Public commenters urge supervisors to enact data center moratorium

July 30, 2026

The Marshall County Board of Supervisors breezed through a light regular agenda in around 20 minutes on Wednesday morning, but it was an item that wasn’t on the agenda — and seems to have become a ubiquitous flashpoint for debate around the country at the moment — that dominated the public comment period before adjournment. Just over a day after the Marshalltown city council engaged in another lengthy discussion on a proposed four-month data center moratorium to allow the Planning and Zoning Commission time to recommend rules and regulations, some of the same individuals who ...

Council narrowly approves resolution of support for shelter and affordable housing project

July 30, 2026

After yet another marathon discussion on the data center issue, the Marshalltown city council moved on to other business Monday night, including one item that hadn’t come up at previous meetings: support for the Central Iowa Shelter and Services (CISS) brain-injury informed shelter and ...

Marshall County Supervisors, department heads to draft new wind farm ordinance

July 30, 2026

Scouting America does not have a monopoly on the motto “be prepared.” Specifically, the Marshall County Board of Supervisors and department heads are working to be prepared. They want to be prepared should a battery-collection, solar, or wind-turbine facility be proposed in the county. ...

Mediacom, T-Mobile customers experience extended outage Tuesday

July 30, 2026

Customers of both Mediacom and T-Mobile experienced an extended outage throughout the day on Tuesday before most service was restored by the evening hours. “Earlier today, some T-Mobile customers in parts of central Iowa experienced service disruptions due to a third-party transport issue caused by a fiber cut. Our engineers worked to restore service as quickly as possible, and service has been restored for the vast majority of affected customers while repair work continues,” a T-Mobile spokesperson said in an email to the T-R.” We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate ...

Data center deja vu

July 29, 2026

For the third consecutive meeting, the Marshalltown city council discussed a proposed moratorium on data center construction at length on Monday night, and this time, they ultimately voted 5-2 to set a public hearing on a four-month moratorium for the next meeting on Aug. 10. The item was ...

Residents make REAP funding motions, choose delegates

July 29, 2026

Residents of Marshall, Tama, Hardin and Poweshiek counties took the opportunity to make their thoughts known on how the Resource Enhancement and Protection (REAP) program is used. Since its 1998 inception, the REAP program has provided $1.9 million for County Conservation Funding, $866,797 ...