Two students who escaped from court ordered custody at the Clarinda Academy this (Thursday) morning escaped, but were captured about three hours later. Clarinda Police Chief Keith Brothers reports the students, both from Minnesota, absconded from the Clarinda Academy at around 4-a.m.  They were apprehended at around 7-a.m. in the back yard of a residence in the 400 block of E. Lincoln Street in Clarinda, after a brief foot chase. They have since been returned to the facility for At-Risk and Delinquent youth, where they were ordered held by Ramsey County, Minnesota juvenile court authorities.

Assisting with the search and apprehension of the students were the Clarinda Police Department, Clarinda Academy staff, Clarinda Fire Department firefighters and the Clarinda CRHC/EMS staff.