Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
By RICHARD JENKINS
BESSEMER — Ironwood Township has filed a lawsuit in Gogebic County Circuit Court against former township treasurer Jyl Olson-DeRosso.
The suit, filed June 15, is seeking “in excess of $1.2 million in damages” it says were the result of Olson-DeRosso’s alleged embezzlement while treasurer.
Township treasurer Steve Boyd told the Daily Globe this number could fluctuate up or down as a forensic accountant completes a review of the township’s finances and more information is uncovered.
Boyd also clarified that this value includes other dam...