Suspicious device found at Ankeny polling place confirmed as live pipe bomb msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The suspicious device found near an Ankeny polling place Tuesday has been confirmed to be a live pipe bomb.
Lakeside Center, 400 NW Lakeshore Drive in Ankeny s Hawkeye Park, was evacuated after the pipe bomb was found in the parking lot around 9:30 a.m., according to a news release from Ankeny police. The incident disrupted voting for about 3 hours.
The facility was being used as a polling place for a special election in which Ankeny Community School District asked for voters approval of updated plans for how it will spend its revenues from the state s Secure an Advanced Vision for Education fund, a penny sales tax dedicated to capital improvement projects.
Suspicious device found at Ankeny polling place disrupts special election voting msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.