(Update) Minnesota Teen Found Safe After Overnight Disappearance

Update: Grace Brown has been found safe and the alert has been canceled.

North Branch, MN (KROC-AM News)- Authorities have issued a statewide alert in Minnesota for a missing teenage girl. 

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The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) distributed the alert on Thursday afternoon. 

She disappeared in the middle of the night earlier this week. Officials issued the alert on behalf of the North Branch Police Department. 

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15-Year-Old Girl Vanishes in North Branch, MN, Statewide Missing Person Alert Issued by BCA

Grace Brown is identified as the missing person. She is 15 years old. 

The BCA says she was last seen sometime Monday morning in the 3000 block of Clara Ave., which is a residential area.

 Brown is described as 5’02”, 120 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. Officials say she was wearing blue jeans and a white jacket when she was last spotted. 

Details surrounding her disappearance have not been released. No vehicle description is listed in the alert and authorities have not indicated if there is any evidence pointing to her leaving the east-central Minnesota community. 

Anyone who sees the missing teenager or has information regarding her whereabouts is asked to call 911 or to contact the North Branch Police Department at 651-257-4100.

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