St. Cloud police investigate explosive device

Police are looking for the person who left an explosive device in St. Cloud that caused an evacuation.

Authorities said Monday the device was an explosive made from a CO2 cartridge, or "cricket bomb" and had a fuse. Police temporarily evacuated the area after the device was found Saturday. No one was hurt.

The Crow Wing County bomb squad safely detonated the device.

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