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Holmen police want a La Crosse teen and a Holmen teen charged with felonies after the students shared threatening clown-related messages on social media.

A 15-year-old Holmen student sent Facebook messages warning students not to attend the Holmen High School football game on Friday because of clowns who would harm them, according to Holmen police. The student charged his profile to a picture of a clown and invited others with clown profiles on Facebook to visit Holmen to “have some fun,” police stated.

A parent reported the online activity to police, and his Facebook page was deleted.

In the second incident, a 13-year-old La Crosse student on Sunday posted on his Facebook page a link with a photo of the Holmen Middle School with the headline “Student killed by clown from HMS.” The link took users to a cartoon clown and the statement, “You got owned.”

Holmen police recommend the boys face charges of felony terroristic threats.

“Antics like this will not be tolerated,” Police Chief Shane Collins stated.

Nuisance clown activity and hoaxes are rising across the country and region, including an online threat Friday that shut down Central High School in La Crosse and led to the postponement of the homecoming football game. That case remains under investigation.

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