(credit: Blue Earth County)

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities are searching for a woman who they believe has kidnapped two children from a foster home in southern Minnesota.

The Blue Earth County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after Isiaah and Iyanna Gandarilla were taken by their mother, Reina Marie Gandarilla, whose parental rights were taken away from her earlier this year.

Police said  the whereabouts of Reina Marie Gandarilla and the two children are not known at this time.

Isiaah is 2 years old and Iyanna is 4 months old.

Anyone with information about where they might be is asked to call the Blue Earth County Sheriff’s Office at (507) 387-5601.