hazing

Two former high school athletes in central Minnesota are facing charges accusing them of sexual crimes against their teammates.

The Todd County Sheriff has scheduled a news conference next week to talk about an alleged hazing incident involving male athletes at Browerville high school. The news conference will be at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Main Street Government Center in Long Prairie.

Five basketball players from Pierz Healy High School have been suspended from school for three days for an alleged hazing incident. Superintendent George Weber says the Pierz boys' basketball team was on its way home from a game in Maple Lake when one of the players reported that he was inappropriately touched and felt violated. The student was not touched sexually.