Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Township board votes to sue former treasurer

By RICHARD JENKINS

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IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — While most of the overflow crowd had already left the building due to the preceding closed session Thursday, the Ironwood Township Board ended its first meeting since the charges against her were announced by deciding to sue former township treasurer Jyl Olson-DeRosso.

Treasurer Maria Graser’s motion, which passed unanimously, cited “claims resulting from the ongoing investigation” into Olson-DeRosso’s alleged embezzlement while serving as treasurer as the basis for the litigation.

Olson-DeRosso, 47, is facing 10 felonies in co...