SAGINAW, MI —

Sen. Carl Levin's Saginaw office has been evacuated after a "suspicious package" was received there, according a member of Levin's staff.

It's the third such suspicious substance report relating to a government official in two days, with previous items found addressed to President Barack Obama and Sen. Roger Wicker.

A staff member flagged the letter at Levin's office at 515 N. Washington, inside the Wickes Building, and contacted authorities immediately, according to Levin's office.

Saginaw Future President JoAnn Crary said she and the rest of her staff were asked to leave the building shortly before noon Wednesday.

"They said it's just a precaution," Crary said. "Apparently Sen. Levin's office had a package or envelope that matched the description of the other ones."

She said staff was told to expect to clear the building for an hour or two and, in the meantime, have set up shop at Jake's Old City Grill in Old Town.

Firefighters and police responded to Sen. Carl Levin's office in Saginaw for a report of a suspicious envelope.

Levin, D-Michigan, is in Washington, D.C., according to his staff.

on April 16 in his Washington office. An offsite mail facility reported April 16 that

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The substance found inside both letters tested positive as ricin. Officials have not confirmed the contents of the letter addressed to Levin.

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, of which Levin is the chairman.

Saginaw County Central Dispatch confirmed that a hazardous materials team responded to the office before noon on April 17.

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