Suspicious package investigated outside of IDNR building in Springfield

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - A suspicious package was investigated and found to contain no threat early Monday at an Illinois Department of Natural Resources facility. 

The package was discovered before 7 a.m. Monday outside of a door to the IDNR building at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. The employee notified authorities and workers evacuated, IDNR leaders said. 

The response to the situation involved IDNR Conservation Police and the Illinois Secretary of State Bomb Squad. 

The package was found to not be dangerous. Officials reopened the building before 9 a.m. Monday.