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

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

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

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

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

IONIA — Ionia County officials said the tornado warning system was activated by mistake Saturday afternoon while workers were cleaning up water damage from a burst pipe. The tornado sirens went ...

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.