The Iowa Board of Regents has formed a new committee to oversee the Center for Intellectual Freedom at the University of Iowa as it prepares for a fall without classes. Board members approved the committee’s formation at its Wednesday meeting and approved its membership of Regent Christine ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
