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Stephenson County receives clean audit but auditors flag four internal-control weaknesses
Summary
Independent auditors Sikich issued an unmodified (clean) opinion on Stephenson County's 2024 financial statements but identified four material weaknesses — including capital-asset records and nursing-home receivables/payables — and the board voted to accept the audit.
Stephenson County officials received an unmodified (clean) audit opinion for the fiscal year ended Dec. 31, 2024, but auditors highlighted four material weaknesses the county must address.
Lindsay Fish of Sikich told the county board the audit found the financial statements "presented fairly in all material respects" and that the firm issued a clean opinion. Fish said auditors nonetheless identified four material weaknesses tied to material audit…
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