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State office building shut down over suspicious package

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September 16th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Part of a state office building was evacuated this (Monday) morning over a concerns about a package. The spokesman for the Iowa State Patrol says they were called to the Lucas State Office Building at 11 this morning about a suspicious package within the Iowa Secretary of State’s Office.

The first floor was evacuated and the Des Moines Fire Department’s Hazmat Team was contacted. The State Patrol spokesman says the package was determined not to be threat.

The origin of the package is being investigated.