One of two male students who escaped early Tuesday morning from the Clarinda Academy, has been apprehended. Clarinda Police Chief Keith Brothers said Kenneth “Kenny” Earnest Saunsoci, of Rapid City, South Dakota, was apprehended today (Wednesday), at around 2-a.m. by officers with the Omaha Police Department. Saunsoci is currently being held in the Douglas County, Nebraska Youth Detention Center pending action by juvenile court authorities in South Dakota and the Clarinda Academy administration. A second student, Lukas Trent Barse, from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, remains at large. The boys, both of Native American descent, escaped the facility at around 2-a.m. Tuesday, by jumping out a dormitory window.
Authorities believe they stole a 2007 Toyota Camry from Clarinda. The vehicle was recovered Tuesday morning, in Omaha.

A teenager from Creston was charged Monday afternoon, with Possession of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana. Creston Police say 16-year old Jami Graham was referred to Juvenile authorities, and then released to the custody of her grandmother.

And, the Creston P-D says a resident in Corning reported that someone took a Samsung Galaxy S4 cell phone out of a locker at his place of employment in Creston, at 500 Industrial Parkway (Farley and Sanders Candy Company). The theft, which took place sometime between 3:30-a.m. 7:30-a.m. Tuesday, resulted in a loss estimated at $220.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – The Woodbury County Board of Supervisors in Iowa has borrowed $865,000 to pay for high-tech equipment and building improvements. The Sioux City Journal reports the board approved issuing a capital loan note on Tuesday for money to be spent in the current fiscal year. The money will be used to pay for several projects including a new roof at the Prairie Hills jail annex east of Sioux City.

Funds will also be used to upgrade technology for the county’s Information and Communications Commission and computer equipment for the Climbing Hill building used for emergency services. Officials say the loan will be repaid over five years.