John A. Smietanka OBITUARY John A. Smietanka, 84, of Stevensville, MI, formerly of Chicago & Grand Rapids, passed away, Tuesday, October 28, 2025. Funeral Mass 10:00 A.M. EDT Wednesday, November 5, ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – John Smietanka, who served as U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan before starting a private practice that included representing defendants in high-profile cases, ...

The murders took place in a vacant house on Detroit’s east side—a drug spot. Two women shot dead with a .380 gun. It was January 1994. As America approached the height of the modern era of mass ...

This article was written by Mark Hemmingway. When political handicappers start laying odds on a presidential election, the conversation inevitably turns to Iowa and New Hampshire. Their status as the ...

CLANCY — On the evening of Oct. 19, Joe left the earth unexpectedly. The first child and only son, Joe was born to Paul and Mary Ann (Wellbank) Smietanka in Oak Park, Ill., on Dec. 14, 1982. Joe ...

Allan J. Smietanka, Attorney, a fourth generation Chicagoan, died on Friday, Nov. 2, 2001. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 12 at St. Joseph Catholic Church of St.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The growing number of breadwinner mothers and stay-at-home fathers has exposed an inequality at the heart of the government’s paid ...