A reminder that starting tomorrow, some residents in the Raccoon Valley Radio-listening area will have to make a phone call in a different way.

Starting tomorrow, phone calls that use area codes 319 or 515, must dial the full 10-digit number for local calls. However, you do not need to dial “1” before the area code for local calls. After October 24th, if you call a local phone number using only seven-digits, you will get a message that your phone call cannot be completed as dialed.

The change is due to a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adoption of a designation of 988 as a three-digit dialing code for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Iowa, along with 36 other states where the 988 prefix is a working prefix and which now use 7-digit local dialing must switch to 10-digit local dialing. This includes the 319 and 515 area codes in Iowa.