by Hank Nuwer | Mar 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
Three self-described “Old Guys” who share a passion for snowmachines are nearing the end of a month-plus-long quest to motor from Grand Rapids, Minnesota to visit the Golden City between April 3 and 5. That puts the trio a few days behind the original scheduled April... by Hank Nuwer | Mar 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
Good samaritan Jim Burton saved Gosia Nuwer’s bacon. Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: Hank Nuwer/News-Miner “Hank, we have a problem,” my wife Gosia said from the open window of her Jeep. We were just 10 feet into Alaska after a 3,500-mile drive. The temperature was...
by Hank Nuwer | Mar 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
You probably imagined I’d cry tears of joy, and I did. Eight years from application to citizenship for my bride. We are so proud of being American and no less proud of our roots in Poland. Just take a bow, Gosia. You took the oath today, and America has one...
by Hank Nuwer | Mar 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
Farewell to the best of us journos. By Hank Nuwer John Carlson started as a copyboy in the 70s at Muncie’s evening paper. Years later, gruff World War II veterans like Dick Stodghill asked him to bring over a coffee. But jokes aside, at a newspaper with many good...
by Hank Nuwer | Mar 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
CELINA, OH – A little over a year ago, Sue Markins’ phone rang. The caller said she was calling on behalf of her birth family in Japan. Markins, a Walmart pharmacy technician, was flummoxed by the call from an overseas stranger. “I hung right...