The Chief of Police in Clarinda reports two people were arrested this past week, and a stolen vehicle was recovered. Chief Keith Brothers says his officers arrested 23-year old Dakota Jim Smith, of Clarinda, at around 8:30-p.m. Wednesday. Smith was taken into custody on an outstanding Page County District Court warrant for Revocation of Probation. Smith was being held in the Page County Jail on $10,000 bond, pending an initial appearance before the Page County Magistrate Court.

At around 9:30-.am. Thursday, police officers responded to the Hy-Vee Food Store, in Clarinda, with regard to an alleged shoplifter store personnel were detaining. Taken into custody on a Simple Misdemeanor theft charge, was 53-year old Dale Ray Viether, of Clarinda, who allegedly stole from the store a magazine valued at $6.49.Viether was processed and released on his own recognizance pending an initial appearance before the Page County Magistrate Court.

And Monday morning, Dec. 10^th, a Clarinda resident reported that her 2000 Buick Lesabre had been stolen earlier that morning from the woman’s residence on South 12^th Street. The vehicle was found abandoned that same day in the morning in the 500 block of North 8^th Street. The incident remains under investigation.