Police in River Falls, Wisconsin, have arrested a person who they say smashed out windows at several buildings along Main Street early Thursday morning.           

St. Bridget Catholic School is one of the hardest hit spots, and even had to cancel classes on Thursday.

“It’s kind of scary when you first hear about it,” said Michael Leary, principal of St. Bridget Catholic Schools.

Thursday morning, volunteers across River Falls rushed to help clean up the mess.

“Obviously, we need to make the classroom safe. There was broken glass on the inside of the school that we need to make sure absolutely is gone,” Leary said.

All down Main Street, it was a similar scene.

“It makes me sad that somebody does this,” said Lisa Aurandt, who works downtown.

Repair crews were in high demand, making a stop at a Domino’s where the front window was smashed.

“If they don’t have enough to cover the damages, the community will step up. Definitely,” Aurandt said.

River Falls police say that string of vandalism happened between 1 and 4 a.m. Thursday. 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS found similar damage at a BP gas station and Juniors restaurant.

“We don’t have this kind of thing happen in town very often at all,” Aurandt said.

Within hours of word spreading that this happened, Leary said people stepped in to help.

“Here at St. Bridget, we’re used to this. We need something, we ask our parents, we ask the community. It’s always been there,” Leary said.

School is set to resume at St. Bridget on Friday.