Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement

10/15/2026

This Saturday we'll be joined by investigative journalist John McCracken at the Iowa CCI Des Moines office to learn more about Sentient Media's work to map every factory farm in Iowa.

Join us at 9:30 AM for 'Water is Life' t-shirt screen printing. The program starts at 10 AM sharp and will last about 45 minutes! RSVP to join us here: https://iowacci.ourpowerbase.net/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=3685

https://youtube.com/shorts/dDENp17eDfY?si=4Yhp5B7J2DKLBw6g

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10/13/2026

“Keeping this deal with Microsoft quiet is a clear message: they don't care what the people of Woodward think. And barring people from attending also sends a clear message: they don't care what rural residents think, either,” said Danielle Wirth, an Iowa CCI member and rural Woodward resident.

A Woodward meeting on Microsoft's data center plans ended with a man forcibly removed, others barred at the door and hundreds booing the mayor.

09/30/2026

Congratulations to the Johnston and West Fork school districts for being Public School Strong and adopting resolutions calling for fully funded public schools.

Want to bring the resolution to your district? Contact Tim Glaza at [email protected].

09/16/2026

Public Schools Strong believes in fully funding public education. Learn more about bringing a resolution to your school district by emailing [email protected].

09/14/2026

09/10/2026

"Joey volunteered in the 2024 election counting absentee ballots in Montgomery County, a job he took seriously. So, he was surprised to get kicked out of the counting room after voicing concerns over how ballots were being counted. Among other problems, multiple ballots were initially improperly rejected.

Fast forward to this July. A year and a half after the fact, Joey faces a felony charge for first degree election misconduct. After posting bail, he is awaiting his trial scheduled for October."

https://www.bleedingheartland.com/2026/09/09/iowans-deserve-answers-on-the-joey-norris-case/

09/04/2026

Iowans are taking big tech to task over their efforts to flood the state with massive data centers. It's too much, too fast and too soon. We need to put the brakes on them.

Learn more about how data centers are threatening Iowa communities and what you can do about it by attending CCI's monthly data center Zoom meeting from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, September 10.

Register here to protect the people and places we love from data centers: https://iowacci.ourpowerbase.net/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=3644

08/26/2026

“This is never going to stop,” said Hugh Espey. “There’s always going to be some corporate powerhouse coming to us, dressed up real nice and smiling, trying to sell us something. And we have to step back and judge those things based on history and where we want to go.”

Citizen, environmental and economic groups have launched community tool kits, initiatives and outreach to help communities respond to data center proposals, which spark concerns around resource usage, disruption and pollution.

Find out more about Iowa CCI's efforts and sign our petition! https://www.iowacci.org/data-centers

08/24/2026

A KCRG story over the weekend reports that Google and QTS are filling our landfills with waste, including materials such as wood and metal that could instead be recycled. This is just another example of why we need state and local moratoriums on data centers. Sign the petition below.

Iowans already have way more data than we need for our day-to-day lives and it's coming at the cost of our water, tax dollars and rising utility rates. So, why the rush to build so many, so fast and keep it hush hush?

Sign the action network petition here and just say "NO!" to any new data centers. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/no-new-data-centers-in-iowa