Mason City gymnastics club owner found guilty of sexual abuse

MASON CITY — A jury has found the owner of a Mason City gymnastics club guilty of child sexual abuse.

54-year-old Douglas Hagenow, who is listed as the owner of Active Kids Gymnastics, was charged last November with one count of second-degree sexual abuse and two counts of third-degree sexual abuse against a child victim.

Criminal complaints filed in Cerro Gordo County District Court stated that between 2009 and 2014, Hagenow committed sexual acts, with the second-degree sexual abuse charge stating with a female under the age of 12 on at least two separate occasions, and on the third-degree sexual abuse charges with a female under the age of 14.

A jury returned guilty verdicts on all three charges on Thursday afternoon. Hagenow is scheduled to be sentenced on November 28th. He faces up to 45 years in prison.