WINONA, Minn. – The trial of a former Winona High School coach for sexual misconduct with students has been postponed four months, maybe longer. Two of the girls that Eric Birth is accused of enticing into sex are either traveling or temporarily relocated and unavailable to testify for several weeks. Birth, now 30, has pleaded not guilty. The trial had been scheduled to start this coming Tuesday.
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