OXFORD JUNCTION, Iowa (KCRG) - Oxford Junction says a whistle that goes off every day as part of a what some consider a town tradition is now silent. And for Sherrie Benhart, who said she has lived in ...

BOERNE — After a brief hiatus and a checkup, an old friend will soon be returning downtown to signal the arrival of noon and provide a comforting sense of nostalgia during these hectic times. It's the ...

WEST FARGO – The city of West Fargo is ending its “noon whistle” weekday warning siren tests after Friday, Feb. 16. The change is being made to follow emergency management best practices, which call ...

CARSON CITY — A Douglas County town and regional Native American tribe have announced a “collaborative agreement” that will allow the sounding of the town’s one-time racist municipal siren, a signal ...

In 1917, Douglas County commissioners passed an ordinance requiring all “indians” to “leave and be out of the town limits of the towns of Gardnerville, and ...

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MONTEBELLO - Lila Freund may have one of the loudest neighbors in the county. While standing outside her front door in an age-restricted community on a recent weekday morning, Freund pointed across ...

Several times a month, community columnists weigh in on matters of faith and values. The Faith and Values column appears Mondays, and features retired Methodist minister Paul Graves, of Sandpoint; ...

Call it "the siren," "the whistle" or that "loud noise"; it's staying. Residents of Bangor, Wis., voted Tuesday to keep sounding the village siren four times a day — at 7 a.m., noon, 6 p.m. and 10 p.m ...

Lights and sirens! Bells and whistles! Today, Los Angeles fills your ears and eyes with noise and light, the rush and whoosh of cars and buses and trains, the pinging and ringing of millions of phones ...