(AP) — The former village clerk of Verdigre who was honored as Nebraska’s clerk of the year in 2011 will be in court next week to face three felony counts of theft.

Alisha Bartling will appear in Knox County Court on Thursday.

Court records say the theft charges are related to three loans Bartling handled from the northeast Nebraska village’s housing rehabilitation program in 2010 and 2011. Each loan involved more than $1,500.

The 36-year-old Bartling, who was named the 2011 Outstanding Clerk of the Year by the Nebraska Municipal Clerks Association, is married to Verdigre Village Board member Tim Bartling.

Alisha Bartling declined to comment when reached at her home Saturday. Her attorney did not immediately return a message left at his office.