FOREST CITY, Iowa –A former PE teacher at Lake Mills Community School has pleaded not guilty to sexual exploitation of a minor, grooming, and three counts of telephone dissemination of obscene material to a minor.

Skyler William Ahrens, 37 of Forest City, is scheduled to stand trial beginning December 3 in Winnebago County District Court.

Ahrens was charged after he allegedly engaged in online communication with someone he thought was a 15-year-old female, but was actually an investigator for the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office.

According to court documents, the investigator repeatedly told Ahrens he was messaging with a 15-year-old but that Ahrens continued the conversation, asking for nude photos and sending a photo of his genitals to the supposed 15-year-old.

These offenses allege

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