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Schools lock down after threat
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BRODHEAD - All three Brodhead schools were in lockdown for about an hour Thursday afternoon.

According to District Administrator Chuck Deery, the district received a call from the Brodhead Police Department that there was a threat of an adult male from Beloit coming to Brodhead High School "to cause trouble" with a student.

"It was a boyfriend of a former student and the guy from Beloit didn't take too kindly to something the boyfriend said," Deery said.

Deery said the man was coming from Beloit "potentially with a weapon," so around 1 p.m. he ordered a lockdown of the elementary, middle and high schools as a precaution. Deery said police officers were on site to monitor the situation.

The man was apprehended "nowhere near here," Deery said. At about 2 p.m., Deery ended the lockdown.

No further information about the suspect or the arrest was available.