PINE CITY — Sheriff’s officials in eastern Minnesota say they’re looking for a father who failed to appear at a custody hearing and his two minor children.

A crime alert issued by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said authorities are looking for 12-year-old Joshua Kunze and 16-year-old Sean Emily Hanson.

The Pine County Sheriff’s Department said the father and two juveniles may be traveling with Peter Kunze’s adult children, ages 20 and 22, and three dogs.

Officials said they may be driving in a 1991 Ford Explorer with the license plate 952-MUM.