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Housing secretary files suit against Ontonagon officials, resident

By JAN TUCKER

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ONTONAGON — The secretary of the Ontonagon Housing Commission filed suit in Ontonagon County Circuit Court Monday, against one village councilman, one member of the Village Housing Commission, one resident of the village housing and the Housing Commission itself.

Sue Lockhart, a 23-year employee and secretary of the commission, who has resigned from the position effective Oct. 18, has filed a three-count suit of defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, against village council trustee Tony Smydra, Housing Commission member Richard Ernest and v...