(Update 12:50-p.m.) — Clarinda Police Chief Keith Brothers reports a 2018 Chevy pickup was reported stolen this morning from a residence in the 200 block of north 6th Street. Authorities believe the vehicle was taken by two Clarinda Academy students, who have since fled the area.

The vehicle was recovered near Lyman at around 8:40 a.m., but the two white, male students were still missing. Another vehicle, a 2011 Lexus SUV was reported missing from Lyman. License plate EJT 020.

The students escaped from the Clarinda Academy at around 9:20-p.m. Saturday. One is 5-foot-10 and 150 pounds with blonde hair and blue eyes, while the other is 5-foot-10 and 142 pounds with blonde hair and blue eyes. Anyone with information on the missing Clarinda Academy students should contact Clarinda Police at 712-542-2194.

It was less than a week ago two males escaped from the Academy. They allegedly stole a car from Clarinda and caused $5,000 damage to the vehicle, which located last Monday in a rural Grundy County field. In Mid-March, five students escaped from the Clarinda Academy, two on one day, three on another day.

The Clarinda Academy has had a number of incidents where students escaped, or “Absconded” from the center for at-risk youth, this year. On Jan. 20th, two white 16-year old males escaped but were caught after the stolen vehicle they were in crashed, during a high-speed chase. Four male students also absconded from the facility on Feb. 24th. They were apprehended the same day.