Dearborn County council appropriates cash to repair emergency siren

Dillsboro, Ind. — Dearborn County council members approved an allocation of at least $35,000 to repair an outdoor emergency siren in the Dillsboro area. Installed in 1979, the siren is the oldest in the county.

Sources from the Dearborn County Register tell WRBI the council had considered nixing the sirens and going to a cell phone-based alert system earlier this year. Council members changed direction after hearing concerns from the Hidden Valley lake safety committee.