Aitkin fourth-grade teacher, girls coach charged with criminal sexual conduct

A fourth-grade Aitkin teacher, who also helped coach the junior varsity and varsity girls softball and basketball teams, has been charged with criminal sexual conduct with a high school student.

Kristy Lynn Hoge, 24, was removed from her teaching job last week when district officials learned she was charged with four felonies in the complaint filed May 4. Hoge, who played softball for the University of Minnesota-Morris, began teaching in her hometown last fall.

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