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Jodi Huisentruit Billboard Vandalized In Mason City, Iowa

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Police in Mason City, Iowa say a message on a billboard aiming to bring in information about the disappearance of Jodi Huisentruit is not helpful to their investigation.

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Someone spray-painted the words "Frank Steams" and "machine shed" on the sign. Steams was a long-time investigator with Mason City police and worked on her case.

Jodi Huisentruit
Jodi Huisentruit (credit: CBS)

The Mason City Police Department gave this statement to WCCO:

One of our officers on patrol found the vandalism to the billboard at 13th Street and N Federal Avenue just after midnight on January 1, 2020. We would ask that anyone with information about the vandalism to call the Mason City Police Department. Officers did recover a ladder at the scene. The incident remains under investigation.

The group Find Jodi says the sign will be taken down Friday.

Investigators believe someone took Huisentruit 25 years ago as she was on her way to work. No arrests have been made in the case.

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