This morning, I stumbled across a site I hadn’t seen before: save.kvec.us. It’s cleanly built, plainly written, and clearly concerned — about the Keokuk Volunteer Emergency Corps (KVEC), how it operates, and who it answers to.
For those just tuning in: KVEC has been the subject of increasing scrutiny in recent weeks, including here in my own reporting. From unanswered questions about its leadership structure to confusion over its relationship with the city, the group has long occupied a strange gray area between community goodwill and operational opacity.
Now, it seems someone — or some group — has had enough.
The website doesn’t list a creator. There’s no contact name, no byline, no organization info. Just a mission: “Dedicated to transparency, accountability, and the safety of our community.” It includes a summary of concerns, links to public records, and a tip form that allows anonymous submissions. One section reads, “We support the idea of community-based emergency response. We do not support secrecy, conflicts of interest, or public trust being used as a shield.”
For contrast, KVEC’s official website is emergencycorps.org. It presents the group in a more traditional light — as a volunteer-first emergency aid organization. That site makes no mention of the criticism, nor of the Save KVEC movement.
So, who’s behind save.kvec.us?
That remains unclear. The domain is registered privately, and the site itself offers no author attribution. Whether this is a former KVEC member, a civic watchdog, or a concerned resident with a tech background — I don’t yet know. But I’ve reached out through the anonymous form, and I’m hoping for a conversation.
What’s certain is this: the KVEC story is evolving. What began as a quiet set of questions is now unfolding into a community-wide reckoning — not just about one group, but about what we expect from anyone who claims to serve the public interest.
More to come.
— Rachel