After the storms Marshalltown and Marshall County have endured over the last few years, it’s more important than ever that the tornado sirens are fully functional and able to reach as many residents as possible.
Over the last several months, Marshall County Emergency Management Director Kim Elder has been providing updates to the board of supervisors on the grant application process for a project that would add or replace nine of the sirens in incorporated communities and add 12 more in unincorporated areas of the county along with a controller system to be installed at the county communications center and three digital repeaters, or digipeaters, at a total cost of around $734,000… READ MORE
