Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Trial to be set in credit union case

By RALPH ANSAMI

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HURLEY - A 47-year-old Ironwood woman waived her right to a preliminary hearing and was bound over for trial Tuesday morning in Iron County Court on 26 counts of identity theft.

Wendy Wuorinen is alleged to have withdrawn around $7,613 from the Iron County Community Credit Union in Kimball from a customer's account without authorization.

The withdrawals occurred from November 2014 to December 2015 while she was employed there, according to the criminal complaint.

Hurley Police Chief Chris Colassaco investigated the matter.

Wuorinen was charged on...