From Local Sources

HUNTINGBURG — It was found after testing of the Dubois County sirens on Nov. 1 that the siren located next to the Huntingburg Utility Front Office, located at 508 N. Van Buren St., is currently not in service.

Federal Field Services has been notified and they will be inspect the siren and work to repair it.

Huntingburg Mayor Denny Spinner, Huntingburg Volunteer Fire Department Chief Scott Patberg, and Dubois County Emergency Management Director Tammy Humbert encourage all residents of Huntingburg to be aware of the problem and to verify that their SAME weather radios have fresh batteries and are ready to notify them of any severe weather coming to the area.

All schools in the Southwest Dubois County School Corporation have NOAA weather radios in each of their buildings and they are also directly notified of any warning via the Dubois County Emergency Management Agency.

Contact the Dubois County EMA office at 812-482-2202 with any questions.