(Neola, Iowa) – A female teacher in the Tri-Center Community School District is facing a felony charge of sexual exploitation by a school employee, and dissemination and exhibition of obscene material to minors. KETV in Omaha reports officials with the Tri-school district said 26-year-old Josie McMinemee, an agriculture teacher for the Tri-Center Community School District, was arrested this week. The charge took place on Sept. 1, 2021.

The district reported that they were first made aware of the allegations against McMinemee on Dec. 13, 2021 and initiated an investigation with the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office into the allegations. McMinemee, 26, was placed on leave and has had no contact with district students in the school environment since Dec. 13.

An investigation is ongoing.