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AT APPROXIMATELY 10AM ON FRIDAY MORNING OCT 28TH, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN PARK RAPIDS, RECEIVED A PHONE CALL OF AN UNIDENTIFIED SUSPICIOUS PERSON IN THE PRAIRIE AREA OF THE SCHOOL PROPERTY ACROSS FROM THE CENTURY SCHOOL IN PARK RAPIDS. AS A PRECAUTIONARY PROCEDURE, SCHOOL WAS PUT IN A HARD LOCK DOWN, AND THEN AFTER NO IMMEDIATE THREAT WAS FOUND THEY WENT INTO A SOFT LOCK DOWN. ACCORDING TO POLICE CHIEF JEFF APPEL AFTER A THOROUGH SEARCH OF SCHOOL PROPERTY, SCHOOL AND REGULAR ACTIVITIES RESUMED AS NORMAL AT ABOUT 11AM.  SUPERINTENDENT LANCE BAGSTED INFORMED US THAT A MESSAGE WAS SENT TO PARENTS ON THE SCHOOL ALERT SYSTEM AND HE ASSURED PARENTS THAT THE SCHOOL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF STAFF AND STUDENTS.