No Explosive Found at Retzer Nature Center

A device that resembled a pipe bomb found in an outdoor garbage can at the Retzer Nature Center had no explosive materials, according to Waukesha County Sheriff’s Detective Steve Pederson.

Bomb technicians from the Milwaukee Police Department were called to the nature center Tuesday after an employee saw the device. People on a field trip and employees at the nature center were evacuated from the area as authorities handled the situation, according to Pederson.

It is unknown where the pipe came from or why it was placed in the garbage, Pederson said.

“These types of things, we err on the side of caution,” Pederson explained.

The Retzer Nature Center is re-opened and employees have returned to the center after the eventful morning and afternoon.