(Orange City, IA) – A woman from northwestern Iowa was sentenced last week on a child endangerment charge. Online court records show 27-year-old Kathryn Elizabeth Pine, of Hull, was facing a felony charge of Child Endangerment causing bodily injury, but she instead accepted a plea agreement on February 16^th to the lesser, aggravated misdemeanor charge. She was sentenced March 2nd in Sioux County District Court to serve one-year in the Sioux County Jail, with all but 90 days suspended in the Sioux County Jail.

Pine was also placed on probation to the Department of Corrections for a period not to exceed two (2) years. She is not allowed to engage in child care or gain employment involving daycare or the care of children that are not her own.

Authorities say on October 15, 2025, when Pine was an employee at a local preschool, she put a child in a headlock and then pushed the child’s head against his cot, leaving a mark on the back of the child’s head. After an investigation, the Sioux Center Police Department charged Pine with Child Endangerment, Causing Bodily Injury, a Class D Felony.