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Iowa fourth-grade teacher faces drug charges
Associated Press
Aug. 7, 2012 11:00 am
A fourth-grade teacher in western Iowa faces misdemeanor charges, accused of possessing marijuana, methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.
The Sioux City Journal reports that 43-year-old Karen Bartelson, of Blencoe, is due back in a Monona County courtroom on Aug. 20. Bartelson has pleaded not guilty.
The West Monona Community School District website lists Bartelson as a teacher at Central Elementary School. District Superintendent Lyle Schwartz said Tuesday that Bartelson is on administrative leave. He would not comment further.
A phone listed for Bartelson is no longer in service. Her attorney didn't return a call from The Associated Press.
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