TOWN OF ALGOMA, WI (WTAQ) – An elementary school near Oshkosh has been cleared by police after an evacuation Monday due to a threatening phone call.
The Winnebago County Sheriff’s Department says just before noon Oakwood Elementary School in the Town of Algoma got the call. Citing the “nature of the call” and “inability to immediately determine the credibility of the threat,” the sheriff’s department made the decision to evacuate students and staff.
School officials say that classes will resume as normal on Tuesday.
Students and staff were taken to the 20th Avenue YMCA in Oshkosh as a precaution. Parents were asked to meet with their children there and not at the school.
Edison Middle School in Green Bay, Janet Berry Elementary School in Appleton, Wilson Junior High School in Manitowoc, Northside Elementary School in Middleton and Pleasant Prairie Elementary School in Kenosha County also received threatening calls. It’s unknown, however, whether the calls are connected.
