Eau Claire County is discontinuing the system it uses to alert residents to emergencies.
Known as RAVE, county officials say they’re shutting down the system after the first of the year because of its cost, which totals almost 36-hundred dollars a year. Plus, they say fewer people have been signing up for RAVE They say they’ll alert residents by working with state emergency management officials to alert residents of any emergencies in an area, such as a train derailment or hazardous materials incident.