DeWitt County Sheriff Mike Walker and DeWitt County Circuit Judge Karl Koritz have made the decisions to close the DeWitt County Building for Wednesday, February 2. 

Sheriff Walker tells Regional Radio this is a safety precaution and hopes residents will stay in unless travel is absolutely necessary. 

An issue local first responders often face is the phone lines to local dispatch offices being bombarded with people asking if the roads are safe enough to travel or asking for an update on their condition. Sheriff Walker implores the public to not do this as it keeps those dispatchers from responding to urgent calls and circumstances.

Sheriff Walker encourages anyone traveling to have their vehicle gassed up and a cell phone charger available. He says let someone know where you will be traveling and when and in the event you get stranded, do not keep your car running. He says to run it enough to warm up and then turn it off and conserve your gas.

Sheriff Walker encourages just using common sense during this time. He says hopes the public will stay home and stay inside unless they absolutely have to be out.