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UPDATE: Two High Schools Evacuated In SE Wisconsin

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Updated: Tue 11:39 AM, Oct 02, 2012

UPDATED Tuesday, October 2, 2012 --- 11:40 a.m.

GRAFTON, Wis. (AP) -- Two high schools in southeastern Wisconsin were evacuated, one because of a bomb threat and the other because of a suspicious device.

Grafton police say someone wrote a bomb threat in a bathroom at the high school. Students were sent to a local church Tuesday morning while authorities searched the building, but found nothing. Students are back in class.

WISN-TV (http://tinyurl.com/9vyjmxj ) reports Racine Park High School students were temporarily evacuated to the field house after a suspicious device was found in the school. Authorities checked the building and allowed students to return about a-half hour later.

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Information from: WISN-TV, http://www.wisn.com

Copyright 2012 . The Associated Press.

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Posted Tuesday, October 2, 2012 --- 10:00 a.m.

GRAFTON, Wis. (AP) -- Two high schools in southeastern Wisconsin have been evacuated, one because of a bomb threat and the other because of a suspicious device or substance.

The Grafton School District says high students were sent to a local church while the school was searched. The Milwaukee County bomb squad was called.

WISN-TV (http://tinyurl.com/9vyjmxj ) reports Racine Park High School students were temporarily evacuated to the field house after a suspicious device or substance was found in the school. Authorities checked the building and allowed students to return about a-half hour later.

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Information from: WISN-TV, http://www.wisn.com

Copyright 2012 . The Associated Press.


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