Bartholomew County emergency officials say that they are receiving some calls and complaints about what some residents see as an increasing number of alerts sent out over the county’s Everbridge alert system.

The automated system through the county’s dispatch center lets you sign up for weather alerts and other warnings that will be sent to your home or business phone, cell phone, text message and/or e-mail.

Shannan Hinton, the emergency management director for the county, explains that part of the slew of recent alerts has been due to flood warnings on multiple rivers or streams in the area — as we have seen over the past few days.

She said there has also been a problem with different types of alerts coming one after another, as happened last Friday. Officials believe they have that problem fixed.

But it is also possible that people are getting alerts on different devices because they are not acknowledging receipt of the first message.

Emergency management officials will be at the fairgrounds tonight for the Bartholomew County 4-H fair to sign you up for the Everbridge alert system. Or you can go to the county website at bartholomew.in.gov