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Ballard Elementary School in Niles evacuated

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Nile Community Schools has evacuated Ballard Elementary School due to a threat.
The district has released the following:
“ATTENTION NILES FAMILIES: Due to an anonymous threat, Ballard Elementary students are being evacuated to Niles High School. All students are safe and accounted for. No other threats have been made at other schools. Once all students are at Niles High School, a reunification plan will be issued. We will share more details as soon as they are available.”
All schools in the district were locked down late Friday morning due to the threat. The school district issued a robocall to residents in the district stating the following:
 “Michigan State Police recently received a call of a bomb threat directed at Ballard Elementary. All schools have been locked down out of an abundance of caution. All students were safely evacuated from Ballard. We will update you with information as it becomes available to us.”
No further information is currently available.
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