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Utah State University evacuated Old Main Tuesday due to a suspicious package found before a Turning Point USA event.

A bomb squad detonated the device, which was a wildlife telemetry collar for research.

USU Public Safety emphasized vigilance and praised the community's proactive safety measures.

LOGAN — The "suspicious device" that prompted an evacuation of the Old Main building on the Utah State University campus prior to a Turning Point USA event on Tuesday was found to be an educational tool.

It was a wildlife telemetry collar used for field research, the university stated in a news release issued Wednesday. The collar had been placed near the exterior of Old Main by a USU employee for an undergraduate class to practice telemetry wor

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