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At 30 years old, one of the last things Nicholas Petralia expected to encounter was a bout with cancer, but when he was diagnosed with stage two testicular cancer back in 2010, that very battle became his reality. “I still considered myself young...

Editor's note: Andrew Grimm is a contributing columnist at GreatNews.Life. I grew up in an underprivileged housing community with my divorced mother fighting to bring herself an education and lift us out of poverty (which she did).  No one paid...

“I never would have thought to help others in this way if I hadn’t gone through it myself,” said Tonya Hill-Rios, a Portage resident and cancer survivor. “It’s been more eye-opening to me than anything else in my life.” When Hill-Rios was...

A recent New York Times editorial — “How Health Insurers Can Be Heroes. Really.” — makes the case that health insurers have an opportunity to distinguish themselves during the COVID-19 crisis. We’re not sure if companies can be heroes, but...

Prestin Butcher’s battle with cancer was sudden and dramatic. Just a fifth grade kid, he started getting severe headaches disrupted his ability to take part in swim practice. His mother took him to the doctor where they did a CT scan that showed a...

Editor's note: Andrew Grimm is a contributing columnist at GreatNews.Life. John Wayne is still alive. I’ve seen him with my own eyes. He rode in one day, high on his saddle, and took out the bad guys one at a time with a six-shooter in each...

Nancy Babich (top, center) with family Nancy Babich just doesn’t have time for the negativity. She never has. Don’t get her wrong – being diagnosed with breast cancer wasn’t easy, and the bad thoughts certainly crept in at times. But she...

Editor's note: Andrew Grimm is a contributing columnist at GreatNews.Life. True north in leadership can be a fuzzy thing at times. You have the organization’s goals, the goals of your staff, your departments, other departments, and a lot of...

For as long as I’ve been a runner, I have been preached to time and time again about “the little things,” the intangibles that play into a runner’s performance yet are too often overlooked. With this in mind, I wanted to give the runners of...

Life is full of ups and downs, and when life hits its hardest points, it’s always good to have people there to support you. This was something Hobart resident Jenny Evanatz Long learned after she was diagnosed with leukemia. On September 1, 2005,...