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Honewell to Donate Emergency Sirens to Massac County

By David Schmoll

Metropolis, IL – Metropolis' Honeywell Plant will donate new emergency sirens to Massac County. The 170-thousand-dollar donation will go toward the replacement of old sirens damaged during the 2009 ice storm. Honeywell donated the previous sirens in the 1980s. Six of the eight new sirens will be placed throughout Metropolis with the remaining two to be built in Joppa and Brookport.

Matt Markgraf joined the WKMS team as a student in January 2007. He's served in a variety of roles over the years: as News Director March 2016-September 2019 and previously as the New Media & Promotions Coordinator beginning in 2011. Prior to that, he was a graduate and undergraduate assistant. He is currently the host of the international music show Imported on Sunday nights at 10 p.m.