If you hear sirens today, know the good folks at the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office are just testing their system. The drills will occur at 1:45 and 6:55 p.m. In all, 238 sirens will sound ...

Several residents across Wisconsin and Minnesota heard tornado sirens going off on Thursday. No, there is not a tornado in the area or any kind of severe weather right now.

But the sound he and his family heard Saturday afternoon wasn't a tornado warning -- or even a weekly test. "I could tell right away that the sirens didn't sound like the normal tornado siren.