MEDINA, Minn. — Some Medina residents were evacuated from their homes late Wednesday morning after someone discovered a container filled with 50 sticks of what officials believed to be dynamite inside an old garage.

The Medina Police Department said in a press release that a resident on the 4600 block of Mohawk Drive contacted them shortly after 11:30 a.m. after they came across the container while cleaning out the garage.

As a precaution, authorities evacuated residents in the immediate area until they could determine the condition of the suspected dynamite.

The Minneapolis Bomb Squad removed the items, and as of about 3 p.m., police said residents were allowed back into their homes.

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