A school district in Iowa canceled school on Wednesday, Oct. 4 after it was alerted to an unidentified threat to the school system.
“School administration was informed by local law enforcement of a threat against the Algona school system. Since the credibility of the threat could not be determined prior to school starting Wednesday, administration and law enforcement decided to cancel school for Wednesday, October 4th (tomorrow) to ensure the safety of students,” district superintendent, Marty Fonley, said in a statement on Facebook and on the district’s website.
Also closed on Wednesday were schools in the far east of Nebraska in Plattsmouth.
The district said on its website that authorities were investigating threats against the Plattsmouth Middle School posted on social media by a student.
A statement on the district’s website says law enforcement finished its investigation and the student was removed from the school.
“Law enforcement believes there is no longer a threat,” it said.
The closures happened a day after another school district in Iowa was hit with threats that authorities later said couldn’t be substantiated.
Schools in Johnston, Iowa, closed Tuesday after people received threatening text messages.
“Anyone that would receive text messages that are threatening in nature, we want to contact them directly,” said Johnston Police Chief Dennis McDaniel at a news conference.
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