News Photo by Julie Riddle A student enters Rogers City High School on Wednesday morning.

ROGERS CITY — Police say rumors of an alleged threat of a school shooting made by a Rogers City Middle/High School student on Tuesday are not credible.

Students on Tuesday told their parents and reported via social media that a student threatened to bring a gun to the school on Wednesday.

Rogers City Police Department officers investigated the alleged threat for 12 hours on Tuesday following a scuffle between students at the school Tuesday morning, said Jamie Meyer, Rogers City police chief.

No threat of a school shooting was ever made, Meyer said.

“It’s all just a rumor,” Meyer said. “There is no source of threat at the school.”

Steve Kowalski, Rogers City Elementary School principal standing in for Rogers City Middle/High School Principal Nick Hein during Hein’s absence for medical reasons, said on Wednesday morning that school was in session but would not offer further comment.

Around noon on Wednesday, the school district notified parents via a text alert system that school remained in session and evening activities would continue.

“There was never any threat of a school shooting,” said the alert, the school’s first contact to parents after the alleged threat. “If there was an emergency situation, the district would close via news media and the alert system.”

According to Administrative Assistant Vicki Paull, 88% of the student body at the high school and junior high, which share one building, was present Tuesday. That number slid drastically Wednesday, when only 50% of the students were counted when attendance was taken, according to Paull.

A student reported the alleged threat to School Resource Officer Matt Bisson following a fight at the school around 10 a.m. Tuesday, Meyer said.

Bisson investigated the rumored threat throughout the school day. Other Rogers City Police Department officers continued the investigation into the evening, after members of the public contacted police with concerns about the alleged threat, Meyer said.

Police followed every lead and interviewed every witness and are confident the student accused never made the alleged threat involving a gun, Meyer said. He did not say if the student made a threat involving any other kind of violence.

Meyer would not share details about the fight or say whether the school had disciplined any student as a result.

Police closed their investigation on Tuesday evening and cleared school officials to keep school in session on Wednesday, according to Meyer.

The Rogers City Police Department and Presque Isle County Sheriff’s Department have investigated and will continue to investigate all alleged threats of violence in local schools, Meyer said.

“Law Enforcement and school officials will continue to work together to provide the safest school systems possible and provide the most up-to-date information to the parents,” he said. “School and community safety is our top priority.”

Threats involving guns made by students at Thunder Bay Junior High School and Alpena High School caused officials to close those schools on Thursday and Friday of last week.

Police have investigated those threats and anticipate forwarding reports to the Alpena County Prosecutor for charges this week.