TWEET PROMPTS SEARCH AT DAKOTA VALLEY

A MESSAGE ON TWITTER REFERENCING A STUDENT BRINGING A GUN TO SCHOOL LED TO A SEARCH AT DAKOTA VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL ON THURSDAY.

SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT AL LEBER SAYS A STUDENT REPORTED THE TWEET WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND AUTHORITIES WERE NOTIFIED AS A PRECAUTION.

LEBER DECLINED A RECORDED INTERVIEW, BUT SAYS AUTHORITES DETERMINED THERE WAS NO THREAT TO STUDENTS.

SINCE THE PROCESS WAS PUT IN PLACE TO CONDUCT A SEARCH, LEBER SAYS THE SCHOOL RAN A SEARCH AS A DRILL THURSDAY MORNING.

STUDENTS COATS, HANDBAGS AND BOOKBAGS WERE INCLUDED IN THE SEARCH. NO WEAPONS WERE FOUND.

UNION COUNTY AND NORTH SIOUX CITY LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT ON THE MATTER.