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A Coordinated Phone Bomb-Threat Wave Hit Lake Region State College and Three Other North Dakota Campuses on the Same Morning

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On July 1, 2022, Lake Region State College in Devils Lake, North Dakota received a phone bomb threat as part of a coordinated wave targeting at least four North Dakota campuses within minutes of one another. All four campuses were evacuated and received the all-clear by 2:00 PM CDT. No explosive devices were found on any campus.

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Lake Region State College
Community College · ND
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Confirmed Timeline

Alert Sequence

2 messages in sequence

Some alert texts below are approximate reconstructions from news coverage, not confirmed verbatim transcripts. Reconstructed texts are shown in italic with a dashed border. Verified verbatim texts have a solid border and are marked accordingly.

INITIAL ALERTmulti-channel
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LRSC Alert: A bomb threat has been received on campus. All students, faculty, and staff must evacuate all campus buildings immediately. Do not re-enter until further notice. Law enforcement is on scene.

This text has been reconstructed from news coverage and may not reflect the exact original wording.

Reconstructed: The Bismarck Tribune confirmed Lake Region State College in Devils Lake was among the four North Dakota campuses that received bomb threats and evacuated on the morning of July 1, 2022.
Devils Lake is in the Central Time zone (CDT, UTC-5 during summer), distinguishing LRSC from the Mountain Time campuses at BSC and DSU.
ALL CLEARmulti-channel
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LRSC Alert: Law enforcement has cleared campus. No threat was found. The campus is safe to reenter. Normal operations will resume.

This text has been reconstructed from news coverage and may not reflect the exact original wording.

Reconstructed: The Bismarck Tribune reported all four threatened North Dakota campuses had received all-clears by 2:00 PM CDT, indicating LRSC's sweep was completed in that window.
Context

Background

Lake Region State College in Devils Lake was among four North Dakota campuses that received near-simultaneous bomb-threat phone calls on the morning of July 1, 2022. According to the Bismarck Tribune, the wave of calls also targeted Bismarck State College, Dickinson State University, and Dakota College at Bottineau within minutes of one another. The two southern North Dakota campuses, BSC and DSU, received threats within two minutes of each other around midday, and LRSC and Bottineau received similar calls the same morning. All four campuses evacuated and received all-clears by approximately 2:00 PM that day after law enforcement found no explosive devices. Inside Higher Ed documented this as part of a broader national pattern of coordinated hoax bomb-threat waves hitting college campuses in the summer of 2022, following similar incidents across the country on Thursday and Friday of that week.
Outcome
Law enforcement swept all buildings and found no explosive devices. All four North Dakota campuses had received all-clears by approximately 2:00 PM CDT on July 1, 2022. The threats were investigated as part of a national pattern of coordinated hoax bomb calls targeting college campuses.
Provenance

Sources

  1. News
    BSC, DSU evacuated for bomb threats; Bismarck police give all-clear - Bismarck Tribune
    bismarcktribune.com
  2. news media
    Bomb threats disrupt campuses across the country - Inside Higher Ed
    insidehighered.com
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bomb-threatfalse-alarmnorth-dakotacommunity-collegecoordinated-threatsummerevacuation2022
Added May 2026Updated May 2026Via ingestion