Stephanie Vernier
December 1, 1976 – February 6, 2024. Our little red haired girl decided that it was time to go on a new journey. She will now SEE all the beauty and experience the joys of her new existence that her earthly limitations denied her. Run, Stephie run! Go as fast as you can. Don’t stop ...
Rose E. Ahola
NEGAUNEE, MI- Rose Elizabeth ‘Bettie’ Ahola, 86, passed away peacefully early Sunday morning, January 28, 2024 at Eastwood Nursing Center in Negaunee. Bettie was born January 9, 1938 in Negaunee to William and Rose ‘Elvi’ (Hanninen) Hyry, and graduated from Negaunee High School. She ...
NMU track and field team sets records, meets NCAA times
By Journal Sports Staff UNIVERSITY CENTER — Personal bests were established, school records were set and NCAA national meet qualifying standards were met by the Northern Michigan University track and field team at the Jet’s Pizza Invitational held at Saginaw Valley State on Friday and Saturday. With most events held Saturday, NMU’s Madi Szymanski hit an NCAA provisional mark in the 3,000-meter run that was better than the provisional mark she hit the week before. This time around, she clocked 9 minutes, 42.81 seconds. Other NCAA provisionals were set by Ellyse Wolfrath in the ...
Special feature
When the United Nations passed a resolution to designate Jan. 27 International Holocaust Remembrance Day, it did not define the Holocaust. The 2005 proclamation merely noted that it “resulted in the murder of one third of the Jewish people, along with countless members of other minorities.” Among those unnamed other minorities are Roma, who deserve to be part of the larger story of the Holocaust commemorated on this day. Their story is closely connected with that of Jews’ suffering and struggle for recognition – a relationship at the center of my 2023 book, “Rain of ...
Joe Biden’s death wish
There’s a lively internal debate in the GOP about the politics of a potential immigration deal with Joe Biden. Should Republicans, as Donald Trump is arguing, steer clear and let President Biden continue to bear the political costs of the border crisis? Or should they move the ball on ...