The entities the City of Clinton, DeWitt County, and Farmer City have all transitioned to a new community alert system.

Residents are likely familiar with the former 'Code Red' alert system and according to Clinton City Administrator, Tim Followell, the three entities have transitioned to a new system, Hyper-Reach for their mass notification system.

According to Followell, as the public becomes more familiar with the new system, they are falling behind in letting the public know about things happening, like a recent boil order that they had a hard time making sure people knew about.

The majority of notifications someone on this network would receive is boil orders but Wednesday morning on the WHOW Morning Show, Followell pointed out emergencies such as weather or power plant-related emergencies would be sent out through this system.

Visit clintonillinois.com or dewittcountyill.com to find the Hyper-Reach link and get signed up.