Iron canvass supports Tingstad's DA victory

HURLEY — A Friday canvass of the Iron County, Wis., election turned up five fewer votes for District Attorney winner Matt Tingstad, but he’s still in line to take office on Jan. 1.

The canvass vote count at the courthouse was 1,704 for Tingstad, of Bessemer, to 1,696 for Tony Stella, of Kimball.

The canvass board does not count every vote, but compares the call-in totals the county clerk receives to the sheets recorded by each municipality. In one precinct, the town of Anderson, five extra votes had been recorded for Tingstad.

According to deputy county clerk Kathy Brauer and Tingstad, Stella...