Hurley Woman Charged Tuesday with DHS Thefts
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Isolated thunderstorms High: 79 | Low: 67 | Details, page 2 DAILY GLOBE yourdailyglobe.com Wednesday, August 10, 2016 75 cents Hurley woman charged Tuesday with DHS thefts By RALPH ANSAMI requests and charges from her September 2013 through April 8, company that her husband for- vices, totaling $58,815. After complaint. [email protected] against the DHS total $185,388. 2016, while an employee of the merly operated. obtaining a search warrant, As part of the bond, Tijan is HURLEY — A 52-year-old The complaint was authorized county, Tijan submitted vouchers It’s also alleged she altered investigating officers determined denied use of the Internet and Hurley woman who worked for by acting Iron County District to the county clerk’s office and check requests for mental health all 28 checks were applied to a was required to surrender all the Iron County Department of Attorney Fritz Schellgell. wrote checks that were question- services so the money eventually Juniper credit card owned by county property, including keys Human Services has been Hurley Police Chief Chris able; also using a county credit ended up on her credit cards. Tijan, according to the complaint. to any county facilities. charged with five counts of theft Colassaco, who was first notified card for her personal and family The complaint indicates Tijan According to court records, She also faces a misdemeanor from a business setting. of the alleged financial irregular- use. was one of only two DHS employ- Tijan’s signature bond was set at theft charge and one count of ille- A criminal complaint filed ities, is continuing an investiga- The complaint alleges among ees who were authorized to $100,000 on July 22, with condi- gally modifying data on a com- Tuesday in Iron County Court tion, along with his officers and the money that was obtained ille- request checks for the department. tions that she have no contact puter. against Mary Peterson Tijan, of the Iron County Sheriff’s Depart- gally was tuition for her son at One of the criminal counts with governmental offices, GCC, No initial court appearance 112 Germania St., charges that ment. Gogebic Community College and alleges Tijan requested 28 checks banks and local businesses that date had been scheduled as of unauthorized checks, expense Schellgell alleges from checks written in the name of a made payable to Juniper Ser- are mentioned in the criminal Tuesday. WISCONSIN PRIMARY ELECTION FEMA aid approved Stella wins Iron for northern Wisconsin County district By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] The area of northern Wiscon- attorney primary sin impacted by the July 11 By RICHARD JENKINS storm and subsequent flooding [email protected] will be getting federal funding HURLEY — It will be Antho- after it was announced Tuesday ny Stella facing Republican that President Barack Obama Matthew Tingstad in the Iron issued the necessary federal dis- County District Attorney’s race aster declaration. in November after Stella won “This declaration allows local Tuesday’s Democratic primary. governments affected by the Stella received 483 votes to July floods to apply for assis- Elaine Erickson’s 251 votes in tance, which will help communi- the race to represent the Demo- ties recover some of the costs cratic Party on the November incurred through fighting the ballot. floods and repairing infrastruc- Tingstad, who was the lone ture such as roads and removing Republican running to replace debris,” Gov. Scott Walker said outgoing District Attorney in a press release announcing Marty Lipske, received 230 the declaration. “We continue to votes. work with the communities to The district attorney race was help them quickly recover from the lone contested county race on the flooding.” the ballot. The other county Walker had submitted a races all featured the current request to the federal govern- office holders running unop- ment for a declaration last week, posed. having issued a state declaration Clerk Michael Saari received July 12 — the day after the 655 votes in his re-election bid, storm hit northern Wisconsin. Richard Jenkins/Daily Globe Treasurer Clara Maki received The federal declaration SANDY AND Dale Gottschalk, of Hurley, vote in Tuesday’s Wisconsin primary election at the Hurley City Hall. 645 votes in her bid to be elected names Ashland, Bayfield, Bur- to her first full term as treasurer nett, Douglas, Florence, Iron, — the Iron County Board of Sawyer and Washburn counties; Supervisors appointed Maki to as well as the Bad River Band of replace retiring Mark Beaupre, Feingold to face Johnson for Senate seat the Lake Superior Chippewa in June — and Register of Deeds Tribe. Daniel Soine received 641 votes By RICHARD JENKINS Phillip Anderson received 2 votes in the Feingold’s win clears the way for him to Preliminary damage assess- in his re-election bid. [email protected] county. face Johnson in the Nov. 8 general election. ments determined the storm All three ran as Democrats HURLEY — Russ Feingold defeated According to information on Wisconsin- Johnson ousted Feingold, an 18-year incum- caused more than $25 million in with no Republicans on the bal- Scott Harbach in Tuesday’s Democratic pri- votes.org — a site created by Wisconsin bent, from the Senate in 2010. damage to public infrastructure lot. mary, setting up a rematch against Republi- Public Radio and Wisconsin Public Televi- Their rematch is one of the most closely across the state. Steven Wilkie, who represent- can incumbent Ron Johnson for the seat sion — at deadline, with 92.9 percent of watched races as Democrats look to regain At July’s Iron County Board ed the state’s Green Party in a representing Wisconsin in the U.S. Senate. precincts reporting; Feingold captured control of the chamber heading into 2017. of Supervisors meeting, Iron Feingold captured 570 votes to Harbach’s approximately 90.1 percent of the total vote, 99 in Iron County on his way to win the with 283,427 votes to Harbach’s 31,095 state-wide race. Libertarian candidate statewide. COUNTY — page 5 STATE — page 5 FEMA — page 5 Despite missing storms, Ironwood Glow Run set for Friday July rain total above average By RALPH ANSAMI inches of precipitation, or 15 before Paavo torch lighting [email protected] inches above average. IRONWOOD — The July NWS statistics from the Goge- By TOM STANKARD streets and ends back on Fifth weather recap for Ironwood does- bic-Iron Wastewater Treatment [email protected] Avenue near the Iron Horse n’t capture the magnitude of the Plant cooperative observer site HURLEY — The Hurley High Trailhead and Paavo Nurmi July 11-12 storm that devastated are based on records which School cheerleaders and football Marathon torch. the Gogebic Range. began in July 1901. program will sponsor a 2.62-mile Along the way, DeCarlo said Although Ironwood set a sin- Ironwood ended up with 5.93 Glow Run to the Torch Friday runners will carry glow sticks. gle-day rainfall record for July inches of rain for July, about 150 evening. The run, in anticipation People can find registration 11-12 of 2.61 inches, that total percent of the normal total for of Saturday’s 48th annual Paavo forms at the Hurley Chamber of fell far short of the 10 to 12 inch- the month. Nurmi Marathon and Friday Commerce or at the Iron County es other area communities July’s weather included: evening’s torch lighting, will Health Department. People can received for that 24-hour period. —The highest reported tem- begin at 7 p.m. near downtown. pick up information packets on Had all that rain fallen more perature was 96 at Stonington in Event organizer Melissa Friday at the Hurley K-12 School inland from Lake Superior, pre- Delta County on July 22. DeCarlo said the short course from 3 to 6:30 p.m. during the cipitation totals would have been —The low as 30 near Newber- through the streets of Hurley is marathon’s check-in. much greater and storm dam- ry on July 16. friendly for runners, walkers and For more information, contact ages would have been much —The greatest monthly pre- families. DeCarlo at 715-561-0141 or at more severe. cipitation was 6.28 inches at The route starts at the corner [email protected]. Kevin Crupi, from the Nation- Bergland dam. Precipitation in of Fifth Avenue and Division “Come out, be active and cele- al Weather Service office in Mar- Watersmeet totaled 6.12 inches. Street, winds around residential brate the Paavo,” DeCarlo said. quette, notes July was a warm —The lowest monthly precipi- month in Ironwood. The period tation was 2.32 inches at Iron Tom Stankard/Daily Globe from Sept. 1 through July 31 in Mountain. THE INAUGURAL 2.62 Miles Glow Run takes place Friday at 7 p.m. start- Ironwood ranks as the wettest on —Iron Mountain had its sec- ing at the Paavo Nurmi torch on the corner of 5th Avenue and Silver record for that stretch, with 47 ond warmest July on record. Street in Hurley. C O N T A C T U S WEATHER INSIDE INDEX TODAY GOLDEN BOY Arts & Entertainment .7 Daily Globe Inc. Tuesday Today’s records High 86 High 96 (1947) Classifieds . .12-13 Vol. 97, Ed. 188 118 E. McLeod Ave. Isolated thunderstorms Michael Phelps Low 64 Low 38 (1965) Comics . .11 P.O. 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