MN Morris Area HS On Lockdown Following Friday Bomb Threat School Evacuated ‘Written On Chalkboard’

MORRIS, MN. (THECOUNT) — Students and staff members have been evacuated from Morris Area High School in Morris Minnesota, after a Friday morning bomb threat.

The Morris Police Department said at 9:30 a.m. there has been an “unknown bomb threat” and that students were being taken out of the school.

They will then be bussed to the University of Minnesota-Morris and will then be transported home, with parents and guardians told not to come and collect them, reports BringMeTheNews.

The threat was left on a whiteboard, with a staff member finding it on Friday morning.

The school is located at 201 S Columbia Ave in Morris, MN.

Superintendent Troy Ferguson said: “Local law enforcement is coordinating a sweep of the building and no one will be allowed back into the building until it is cleared.

“Please walk your students to UMM now. No one is allowed to take a car or backpacks no going to lockers.”

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Geo quick facts: Morris is a city in Stevens County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 5,286 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat. The city is surrounded by some of the richest agricultural lands in the country, and agribusiness is important to the local economy – Wikipedia.