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Southeast Tech

12:19 to 2:30: A Sioux Falls Tech College Cleared in Two Hours

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UnfoundedNo evidence of an actual threat was found. The institutional response is documented because the alert communication is identical to what would occur during a real incident.

On Wednesday, February 7, 2024, Southeast Technical College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, evacuated and canceled classes after a threatening message was received. The alert went out at 12:19 p.m. instructing students and faculty to leave campus, and an all-clear was announced around 2:30 p.m. The Sioux Falls Police Department confirmed it was a non-specific bomb threat with no device found.

Alerts
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Institution
Southeast Technical College
Technical College · SD
Southeast Tech Emergency Alerts
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 ALERTSMS
Approximate reconstruction182 chars
Southeast Tech Alert: Please evacuate campus immediately due to a threat. All classes are canceled for the remainder of the day. Do not return to campus until an all-clear is issued.

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

Dakota News Now reported the evacuation alert went out at 12:19 p.m. CST on February 7, 2024, with all classes canceled for the day.
The college chose evacuation rather than shelter-in-place, consistent with a building-targeted bomb threat.
The precise alert time is confirmed by reporting, but the exact wording was not published, so the text is a reconstruction.
ALL CLEARSMS
Approximate reconstruction188 chars
Southeast Tech Alert: All clear has been issued. Law enforcement has cleared campus and no device was found. Campus remains closed for the rest of today; normal operations resume tomorrow.

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

Southeast Tech announced the all-clear around 2:30 p.m. CST on February 7, 2024, roughly two hours after the evacuation alert.
This is a true all-clear: it lifted the evacuation and stated no device was found, while keeping campus closed for the remainder of the day.
The exact phrasing was not published; this reconstruction reflects the reported sequence of events.
Context

Background

Southeast Technical College, a public technical college in Sioux Falls, South Dakota (Central Time), evacuated its campus on Wednesday, February 7, 2024, after a threatening message was received. Dakota News Now reported the alert went out at 12:19 p.m. with all classes canceled for the day, and that an all-clear came around 2:30 p.m. KIKN and the college's archived alerts page documented the closure; the Sioux Falls Police Department confirmed it was a non-specific bomb threat. The case adds a technical-college data point to the archive and illustrates a clean, well-timed evacuate-and-clear sequence at a smaller institution.
Analysis

Key Findings

Southeast Technical College in Sioux Falls evacuated at 12:19 p.m. CST on February 7, 2024 after a threatening message
An all-clear was announced around 2:30 p.m. CST, about two hours later
Sioux Falls police confirmed it was a non-specific bomb threat and found no device
Classes were canceled for the remainder of the day with normal operations resuming the next day
Outcome
Sioux Falls police determined the threat was a non-specific bomb threat and found no device. Classes were canceled for the rest of the day and an all-clear was issued around 2:30 p.m.
Provenance

Sources

  1. News
    Update: Southeast Tech students 'All Clear' to return to campus after threat - Dakota News Now
    dakotanewsnow.com
  2. News
    Southeast Tech in Sioux Falls Evacuated, Closed Due to Threat - KIKN
    kikn.com
  3. Official
    Archived Alerts - Southeast Tech
    southeasttech.edu
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bomb-threatemergency-notificationsouth-dakotatechnical-collegeevacuationsioux-fallsUnfounded
Added May 2026Updated May 2026Via ingestion