SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) - A former township clerk in western Iowa has pleaded not guilty to misspending $60,000 over several years.
The Sioux City Journal reports (https://bit.ly/1hivPub ) 64-year-old Peggy Powell, of Hornick, entered a written plea Wednesday in Woodbury County District Court. She is charged with two counts of first-degree theft.
Powell is accused of mishandling money while she was clerk of Grange Township between 2006 and 2013. A state audit released in March showed improper disbursements from the township’s bank account. There was more than $35,000 in ATM withdrawals and fees, some of which came from casinos in Iowa and one in Nebraska.
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The report also said Powell misappropriated money to a chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, where she was treasurer.
Powell’s trial is scheduled to start on July 22.
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Information from: Sioux City Journal, https://www.siouxcityjournal.com
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