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Residents of North Bend and Coos Bay should prepare for an important public safety test this Saturday, June 28.
The collaboration between Sedgwick County Emergency Management and the Wichita Amateur Radio Club started on accident -- they ...
Sedgwick County eyes Envision's downtown building for new HQ, approving $11.95M contract. ... Google Maps. By Audrey Jensen – Reporter, Wichita Business Journal. May 14, 2025.
Sedgwick County operates 153 sirens across the county. Here’s what to know about the tones, when to take shelter and more. Getty Images Mahoning Matters Tornado season officially began this ...
APPLETON, Wis. (WBAY) - Outagamie County will resume testing its outdoor warning sirens this Saturday, March 29. Outagamie County Emergency Management is asking people to “share this information ...
SEDGWICK COUNTY, Kan. (KSNW) — The National Weather Service’s Severe Weather Preparedness week is from March 4-8. As a part of the week, Sedgwick County Emergency Management will be ...
Sedgwick County has $40 million – $15 million from Kansas’ budget and $25 million from the state’s COVID relief funds – to build the new hospital.
During severe weather, Sedgwick County explained how the National Weather Service issues polygons (shapes colored in red you can see on a weather map) that automatically trigger multiple means to ...
SEDGWICK COUNTY, Kan. (KAKE) - A line of strong thunderstorms passed through Sedgwick County around 11 p.m. on Saturday, and a tornado warning was issued for the town of Derby. The county's ...
That EF-3 twister injured three people while damaging more than 1,000 homes in Sedgwick and Butler counties Shawnee County's last fatality came May 6, 1983, when an EF-3 tornado struck a southeast ...
Four out of five Sedgwick County homeowners will see higher tax appraisals when notices are mailed out March 1. “In a very hot market, demand exceeded supply for homes, and prices, they went up ...
Sedgwick County has 152 sirens to cover about 1009 square miles, with most of them in cities. The county budgets about $110,000 annually for siren maintenance, and each new siren costs about $32,000.