UPDATE: Iron Mountain Post Office re-opens

UPDATE 5:57 p.m.

The Iron Mountain Post Office and Ludington Street have re-opened after closing for about four hours Tuesday afternoon due to an unattended briefcase.

The Iron Mountain Police Department says they were dispatched to the post office just before 1:30 Tuesday afternoon after a briefcase was left in the lobby.

U.S. Postal Inspectors were called and were at the scene when the owner of the briefcase returned around 4 p.m.  It was determined that the briefcase posed no threat.  As a precaution, the post office and Ludington Street were closed.

The Iron Mountain Department of Works assisted at the scene with barricades for traffic control.

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There’s no word at this hour as to when the Iron Mountain post office – and a road near it – will reopen.

Authorities say the post office was evacuated and Ludington Street closed today after an unattended briefcase was found at the facility.