Brief lockdown at Cd'A schools

Fernan Elementary and Lakes Magnet Middle schools in Coeur d'Alene were briefly locked down at 2 p.m. today while police officers searched for a man reported to be on foot with a knife in the area of 20th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue.

The schools were locked down for 10 minutes and reopened when officers determined a verbal altercation had occurred in the area, but no knife was involved. No one was taken into custody. Officers have cleared the scene.

The incident was not expected to affect school dismissals.