In the years before cellphones, even before pagers, emergency responders in small towns relied on the town siren to alert volunteers that they needed to get down to the fire hall.

As the 2025 tornado season approaches, Coal County Emergency Management is taking steps to ensure that its warning system is ready for action.

"The siren tone that we heard on Saturday, this week, is what we call the attack mode," said Eric Rasmussen, director of ...

MONTREAL (AP) — Laura Stacey and Marie-Philip Poulin scored in the shootout to lift the Montreal Victoire to a 4-3 win over ...

Here in Sumner County, the Sumner County Emergency Management will have our annual Severe Weather Spotter Presentation on Wednesday, February 26, at 6:30 p.m. in the Wellington High School Auditorium.

The Village of Flanagan Board of Trustees voted 3-2 at an Oct. 15, 2024, meeting to stop sounding sirens daily at noon, effective Jan. 1, 2025. The whistle still sounds off on the first Tuesday of ...

Twice this week, tornado sirens incorrectly went off in Winnebago County. The first false alarm was on Saturday, and the ...

Winnebago County owns and operates its 50 outdoor warning sirens. First installed in the 1950s, they were developed for Cold ...

The victim, who survived, was in a fight with the teen around several others when the accused pulled out a handgun.

Ionia County's tornado sirens were accidentally activated during clean-up efforts after a pipe burst at the dispatch center.

Ionia County officials said a pipe burst Friday night, and workers accidentally set off the warning on Saturday while ...