After six months of requests, it took a state agency’s advisory opinion to force Blue Earth Area School District officials to release payroll information of a former third-grade teacher. Timesheets released by school district attorney Michelle Kenney shows that Steven Wood was not allowed to teach following his arrest last May for domestic assault. But, […]
Continue ReadingA state agency will decide if Blue Earth Area School District is illegally withholding public information. Since last October, Tripleanews.com has been trying to obtain payroll information for former third-grade teacher Steven Wood, who resigned at the start of the school year after working out a separation agreement for $19,731. Last May, Wood was arrested […]
Continue ReadingBlue Earth Area School District officials aren’t making it easy to find out if a former third-grade teacher was allowed to work after being charged with misdemeanor domestic assault. Superintendent Evan Gough and the district attorney’s, Michelle Kenney, have denied requests from Tripleanews.com to obtain time card information or other data the district uses for […]
Continue ReadingA Blue Earth Area elementary teacher prosecuted for misdemeanor domestic assault has resigned and will receive a settlement payment of more than $19,000. On Monday night, School Board members unanimously accepted Steven Wood’s letter of resignation effective Sept. 12 and approved a separation agreement to pay him $19,731. Superintendent Evan Gough in the past has […]
Continue ReadingWill a Blue Earth Area elementary teacher prosecuted for misdemeanor domestic assault be in the classroom when school starts next week? Superintendent Evan Gough is being tight-lipped on the employment status of third-grade teacher Steven Wood. In the past, Gough has said district officials are aware of a complaint involving Wood and that an investigation […]
Continue ReadingA Blue Earth Area elementary teacher charged with misdemeanor domestic assault has accepted a prosecutor’s plea offer, but the status of his license is still unclear. Winnebago City Attorney David Frundt says 31-year-old Steven Wood agreed to a continuance for dismissal during a court hearing held Monday in Faribault County District Court. Frundt says the […]
Continue ReadingA plea bargain has been offered to a Blue Earth Area elementary school teacher charged with misdemeanor domestic assault. Winnebago City Attorney David Frundt says a pre-trial hearing scheduled for Tuesday, July 19, was continued to Aug. 1 at his request and Steven Wood’s attorney, Thomas Hagen. “I have made an offer to settle the […]
Continue ReadingBlue Earth Area (BEA) School District officials aren’t commenting on the employment status of an elementary teacher charged with misdemeanor domestic assault. According to Faribault County court documents, 31-year-old Steven Robert Wood was arrested the night of May 16 at his home in Winnebago. Superintendent Evan Gough in an e-mail on Tuesday says, “The school […]
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