The FBI spent Thursday morning conducting several sweeps throughout the city of Dubuque. The FBI isn't saying much about exactly what they are doing or what they've found in Dubuque.

People living along West 3rd Street near the intersection Algona Street saw police and FBI agents searching this house at 1830 West 3rd.

They say officers showed up around 6:00 am and spent several hours looking through the house and in the backyard.

Neighbors living along near the intersection of Roosevelt Street and Peru Road reported seeing the same kind of scene at a house in that area.

It was the same situation in the 1400 hundred block on Central Ave earlier Thursday morning.

According to FBI Spokeswoman Sandy Breault, the FBI says is conducting an operation in Dubuque and officers are executing search warrants.

Breault said the Unites States Attorney's office does plan to hold a press conference sometime next week to explain what FBI officers have been doing in Dubuque all morning.