MUSCODA, Wis. -- A former Riverdale School District coach resigned in July amid allegations of grooming, police records indicate.

Lucas Phelps, 32, was a history teacher and coached football and basketball at Riverdale High School. In a report, Muscoda Police Chief Bill Schramm said he received work from the district's administrator on July 22 that Phelps was being accused of misconduct and had been suspended.

Through his investigation, Schramm reportedly learned that Phelps sent hundreds of text messages to a student roughly four years ago. None of the messages were sexual in nature, but many of the messages were personal. Schramm said he would classify the text messages from Phelps as "textbook grooming."

The student reported that Phelps would always want hugs after games and that he

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