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DNR weekly fishing report

Ontonagon River: Angling efforts on the river remained extremely low over the past week. Reports suggested that very few fish were being caught. The floating docks in the Ontonagon Marina were removed from the river for the season. Marquette: This past week’s weather was a bit windier, but ...

Outdoors North: In the season of change

“Scarecrow on a wooden cross, blackbird in the barn,” — John Mellencamp The first sound I heard after I slipped outside the back door that morning was the croaking squawk of an old raven. He sounded upset about the cold and the snow. I couldn’t blame him. It wasn’t even ...

Losing a family pet gives parents a chance to teach children about death and grieving

Losing a pet is the first time many children encounter death. The experience can become an opportunity for profound emotional learning and influence how young people understand and process grief when they are adults, according to psychologists and pet bereavement specialists. Parents and guardians therefore have important roles to play when a family pet dies. Along with helping children accept the painful permanence of death, caregivers can guide kids through a healthy and healing mourning process that provides a foundation for coping with an inevitable part of life. "People are so ...