Iowa was one of 13 states bombarded by bomb threats that police in quickly able to determine were fake.  Ames Police Commander Geoff Huff says the robo-emails or calls were mainly received by large shopping centers and businesses – and provided many Iowans with at least a brief scare.

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Ames Police officers responded to early afternoon bomb threats at the city’s airport and a Target store.

Other fake threats were sent to Lincoln Way Energy in Nevada and to the Times-Republican in Marshalltown.