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Online petition asks residents to ‘Say no to data centers’

Even though no official plans are known for potential data centers in Marshalltown, discussions about them have dominated meetings during the past month. The subject began in June, when Marshalltown City Council members began talking about placing a moratorium on introducing data centers to the community, and the conversations and number of interested people have grown since. Beyond the flurry of social media data center posts and comments, the online activity now includes a Change.org petition, started by Angie Diaz six days ago. The petition is titled “Say No to Data Centers in ...

Mediacom, T-Mobile customers experience extended outage Tuesday

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

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

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 ...