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Unauthorized Amber Alert sent out Thursday

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June 22nd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Officials with the Iowa Department of Public Safety says they’re trying to figure out why a “test Amber Alert” message that was sent out Thursday afternoon. Cell phones buzzed with the startling announcement. IDPS officials told KCCI that the department didn’t send the alert, and they’re working with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to see what triggered the event.