Sunny High: 20 | Low: -4 | Details, page 2 DAILY GLOBE yourdailyglobe.com Saturday, January 14, 2017 75 cents Two charged in Iron County counterfeiting case By RICHARD JENKINS Candice A. McCampbell, 35, is criminal complaint also includes Franklin LeRoy Raymond identi- by a police officer from Clin- Dec. 12. [email protected] charged with one count of con- a habitual criminality designa- fied Tobias Jameson as his sup- tonville, Wis., in early December According to the complaint, HURLEY — Two Mercer resi- spiracy to possess meth with tion, alleging he has been con- plier of meth. Raymond, 40, of regarding Hangartner. Hangartner and McCampbell dents were charged with forgery intent to deliver, two counts of victed of at least three misde- Ironwood Township, is facing “(The officer) informed Lt. arrived at the store, where the and drug crimes in Iron County being a party to the crime of meanors in the past five years, three counts of delivery/manufac- Samardich that they were work- couple is alleged to have paid Friday. forgery and two counts of being a increasing the potential maxi- turing meth and one count of ing on a counterfeiting case in with the counterfeit money. They are accused of creating party to the crime of conspiracy mum punishments by up to two maintaining a drug house in their jurisdiction and had execut- Based on the evidence gath- as much as $25,000 in counter- to commit forgery. years. Gogebic County. ed a search warrant on a resi- ered, Samardich obtained a feit currency, at least some of Each meth charge carries a Citing circuit court records, Jameson had been determined dence and had interviewed sever- search warrant for a mobile which authorities say has been potential maximum sentence of the complaint lists convictions to be an alias of Hangartner, al suspects. Some of the informa- home at 1912W Maple Ridge used in both Wisconsin and 15 years in prison and/or a fine of for misdemeanor receiving or according to the complaint. tion obtained was that Hangart- Road in Mercer, executing the Michigan. $50,000, while all forgery concealing stolen property, mis- Raymond also alleged that ner was printing the counterfeit warrant Dec. 14. Anthony James Hangartner, charges each carry a potential demeanor bail jumping and Hangartner had offered to sell money in Mercer, Wis., and “Among the items seized ... 29, is charged with one count of maximum sentence of six years domestic abuse disorderly con- him counterfeit money, bringing bringing it to the Clintonville were numerous sheets of printed possession of methamphetamine in prison and/or a fine of $10,000. duct in Waupaca County from some to Raymond’s trailer in area,” the complaint reads. counterfeit currency, uncut, with with intent to deliver, two counts The operating a motor vehicle 2013. November. Samardich was also contacted three bills to a page, two $20s of forgery, two counts of conspir- misdemeanor carries a potential According to Friday’s com- Iron County Sheriff’s Depart- by the Gogebic County Sheriff’s and one $5,” according to the acy to commit forgery and oper- maximum sentence of one year in plaint, the case against the two ment Lt. Paul Samardich, the Department regarding a case of ating a motor vehicle with a jail and/or a $2,500 fine. defendants began to take shape complainant against Hangartner $140 in counterfeit money being revoked license. Each charge in Hangartner’s in early December when and McCampbell, was contacted used at the Ironwood Walmart on COUNTERFEIT — page 5 UP arts BIG POWDERHORN MOUNTAIN alliance planned IRONWOOD — Howard Sandin, Downtown Arts Place board member, has been partici- pating in planning with a core group of art and culture leaders to establish an Upper Peninsula Arts and Culture Alliance. “Our goal is to be able to bet- ter respond to the local and regional needs of the communi- ties in the U.P.,” Sandin said. He said 22 leaders from municipalities, universities and arts organizations across the U.P. met recently at Michigan Technological University’s Great Lakes Research Center to address the merits of working together. He said the group has sought the assistance of the Minneapo- lis-based ArtsLab, a program of Arts Midwest which works to strengthen the impact of arts organizations in urban and rural communities through leadership and strategic development. The project is being support- ed, in part, by the Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultur- al Affairs and the Central U.P. Planning and Regional Develop- ment Commission, Sandin said. More information is available from Sandin at Ironwood’s DAP, Larry Holcombe/Daily Globe [email protected]. SKIERS ENJOY a sunny but cold day at Big Powderhorn Mountain late Friday morning in Ironwood Township. Some were getting a jump on a long Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend. Finns honored Gogebic County Fair with resolution County board approves survey appears today LANSING — It’s Finnish- American Heritage Month in BESSEMER — Near the end of 2016, the Gogebic Michigan. UP panel appointments County Board of Commissioners agreed to survey State Rep. Scott Dianda’s res- area residents about the future of the county fair. olution declaring January as the By RALPH ANSAMI will be Gogebic 15 U.P. counties. The survey appears on page 7 of today’s Daily special month won approval in [email protected] County’s repre- The purpose of the group is to Globe. the House of Representatives BESSEMER — Three appoint- sentative and “establish a regional consensus on With dwindling state funding for the fair, com- Thursday. ments to Upper Peninsula agencies Tom Laabs, of strategies and goals that address missioners said the survey will be important in Michigan is home to the coun- were approved at Wednesday’s Ironwood, will be the existing and future needs of the determining where to focus the money that is avail- try’s highest density of Finnish- reorganizational meeting of the the alternative. U.P.,” according to Jonathan Mead, able. Americans, and more than 30 Gogebic County Board of Commis- The Upward president and CEO of UPCAP. There were complaints from some commissioners percent of the Upper Peninsula’s sioners. Talent board is Also, in an earlier appointment, about the switch in 2016 to scheduling the fair for Copper Country residents claim Joe Bonovetz, of Bessemer, who made up of the 15 Bonovetz replaced retired county the last week in August, rather than earlier in the Finnish ancestry. stepped down as chairman of the U.P. counties — commissioner Leroy Kangas, of month. “Finnish ‘sisu’ — grit and county board earlier in the meeting, Alger, Baraga, Ironwood Township, on the Michi- Another key issue is whether fair board members determination — helped build was named to all three appoint- Joe Chippewa, Delta, gan Counties Workers Compensa- should schedule regional talent, or continue to book Copper Country,” said Dianda, ments. Bonovetz Dickinson, Goge- tion Fund board, effective Jan. 1. “big name” musicians. D-Calumet. On the Upper Peninsula Com- bic, Houghton, “We will certainly miss Leroy The current practice of all entertainment acts “Finnish immigrants went to mission for Area Progress, it was a Iron, Keweenaw, Luce, Mackinac, Kangas on the board. He was an being covered by the cost of the daily ticket at the work in U.P. mines and helped reappointment for Bonovetz. The Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon excellent leader during his years of gate is also questioned in the survey. make Michigan the world’s UPCAP board of directors will meet and Schoolcraft. service, however we are confident The short survey can be completed online or the largest provider of copper for in February to act on the nomina- The third appointment con- Joe will be able to pick up right form on page 7 may be mailed to the courthouse in decades. Their work ethic, their tions from the various counties. firmed for Bonovetz on Wednesday where Leroy left off,” wrote Timo- Bessemer, as indicated. On the Michigan Works Upward is to the Upper Peninsula Energy thy McGuire, executive director of —Ralph Ansami Talent Council Board, Bonovetz Work Group, also representing the MCWCF. FINNS — page 5 C O N T A C T U S WEATHER HOLIDAY INDEX TODAY Business . .15 Daily Globe Inc. Friday Precipitation Subscribers to the High 4 To 7 a.m. Daily Globe will not receive Classifieds . .13-14 Vol. 98, No. 47 118 E. McLeod Ave. Sunny Low -16 Friday none Comics . .12 P.O. Box 548 —Details, page 2 Monday’s edition in the Ironwood, MI 49938 Year ago today Snowfall mail that day because of Community . .3 High 8 To 7 a.m. the Martin Luther King Jr. Obituaries . .7 Low -6 Friday none Day holiday. Monday’s edi- yourdailyglobe.com Today’s records Snow depth 15 in. Opinion . .4 906-932-2211 tion will be mailed along High 49 (1987) Season total 77.0 in. with Tuesday’s paper. 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