City of Antigo, Langlade County consider possible upgrades to emergency warning systems

LANGLADE COUNTY - Antigo could replace its old tornado sirens with a new 24-hour warning system.

Both the city and Langlade County have been looking for a replacement since the sirens were shut down at the beginning of 2015. Now, city and county leaders are deciding whether to go with a new technology or turn the sirens back on.

"Selfishly, if money was no object, it would be wonderful for us to have another tool in the tool shed, that being the outdoor weather sirens," says Langlade County Emergency Management Director Brad Henricks. "But the community needs to take a look at fiscal considerations. Is that money well spent? Or are there other options on the table for them to take a look at?"

Full story: WJFW

Add new comment

Warning
Please refrain from adding URLs to unrelated or commercial websites. This site is moderated and comments with inappropriate links are rejected. Thank you for your understanding.

No profane language is allowed! Posts that contain profanity will not be published.

Plain text

  • No HTML tags allowed.
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.
Image CAPTCHA
Enter the characters shown in the image.