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State audit flags $143,000 in improper purchases at Midland school district
LOCAL NEWS WIRE • November 04, 2026
Iowa Auditor's report covers 2014 to 2024; former business official not charged, findings sent to Jones County Sheriff
KEY FACTS & RECORD HIGHLIGHTS
- Report released Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026, by the Iowa Auditor's Office (reported by KCRG).
- District: Midland Community School District, Wyoming, Iowa.
- Named: Megan Frankfurt, former School Business Official.
- $143,000 total in potentially improper purchases and payments.
- Breakdown: $8,905.29 in improper disbursements; more than $134,000 in unsupported disbursements.
- Time period: 2014 to 2024.
- Transactions include Amazon, Walmart and other businesses, described as not explainable as reasonable school-district purchases.
- Frankfurt has not been charged with a crime.
- The report has been sent to the Jones County Sheriff's Office.
A former school business official at the Midland Community School District is alleged to have processed $143,000 in potentially improper purchases and payments over a decade, according to a new report released Wednesday by the Iowa Auditor's Office. The audit accuses Megan Frankfurt, a former School Business Official at the district in Wyoming, Iowa, of $8,905.29 in improper disbursements and more than $134,000 in unsupported disbursements between 2014 and 2024, KCRG reports. The findings include transactions from Amazon, Walmart and other businesses that could not be explained as reasonable purchases for a school district. Frankfurt has not been charged with a crime. The Auditor's Office has sent the report to the Jones County Sheriff's Office.
Official Attribution: Official Public Record