Cottage Grove’s city manager says they’re past pointing fingers in the discovery of a $4.6 million accounting mistake that’s hit the city’s proposed budget with deep cuts.
City Manager Mike Sauerwein said when he started two years ago, the city had a focus on getting up to date on its audits.
In the spring of 2025, the city brought in outside CPAs to tackle those audits naming one of those CPAs interim finance director…