In Port Huron, orthopedic spine surgeon Dr. Ryan Goodmanson and the McLaren Port Huron surgical team completed Michigan’s first spinal fusion using the Medtronic Stealth AXIS platform last week. The advanced navigation system delivers real-time 3-D visualization and precise guidance for implant placement while limiting disruption to nearby tissue. Local patients dealing with degenerative disc disease or spinal instability can now obtain this high-level care close to home instead of traveling elsewhere. The technology expands safer, more accurate options for the Blue Water Region.

Reporting for WGRT – JP bZet

The St. Clair County Community College men’s soccer team opens the season ranked No. 20 in the NJCAA Division II preseason poll after last season’s first regional title and a national tournament berth in just its second year. The Skippers captured the Region 12 championship with a 1-0 win over Schoolcraft and later claimed the Northeast District crown before facing national competition. Fans can watch the team begin its follow-up campaign Sept. 4th at the College of DuPage.

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Port Huron firefighters at Station 4 are temporarily packing their gear and relocating to Station 1 starting this Monday, while their 24th Street facility receives a major overhaul. A $350,000 dollar renovation running through mid-September will fix damaged driveway concrete and seal bay floors with protective epoxy. Crews will also replace the roof and gutters, repair masonry mortar, fix sidewalks, and install new underground storm water drainage to keep the station functional.

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In an extraordinary twist during a Tuesday night emergency near Bay Port, powerful air from a rescue vessel unexpectedly helped extinguish a dangerous marsh fire. First responders rushed to Brush’s Marina shortly before 8 o’clock after a conservation officer heard a stranded boater crying for help near the spreading blaze. A joint rescue team safely pulled the uninjured boater aboard an airboat, and as they sped back to shore, the craft’s intense engine thrust surprisingly blew out the burning marsh, fully concluding the incident by 9.

Reporting for WGRT – JP bZet