Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Township hires forensic auditor

By RICHARD JENKINS

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IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — The Ironwood Township Board of Trustees hired Plante Moran Wednesday to perform a forensic audit on the township’s finances in an attempt to get to the bottom of the township’s financial irregularities — including determining the potential scope of former treasurer Jyl Olson-DeRosso’s alleged embezzlement.

The lower Michigan-based Plante Moran was one of five companies the board considered.

Each company was assigned a letter during the discussions to allow the board members to speak freely without naming the companies.

During t...