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13 minutes ago  Drowning ranks fifth among the leading causes of unintentional deaths in the United States

Thursday, June 13, 2013  A beach in Escanaba has officially opened for the season

Wednesday, May 29, 2013  A Marquette beach opened for the first time to the public in 10 years on Wednesday

Tuesday, April 16, 2013  A self-defense course at Northern Michigan University is teaching women how to protect themselves

Wednesday, March 27, 2013  Students lock arms with Japanese opponents from Tokyo

Friday, February 22, 2013  Starting in 2020, the sport of wrestling will be officially tossed out of the Olympics

Saturday, February 09, 2013  Eighth graders engage in a variety of science experiments, concocting everything from manmade snow to ice cream

Sunday, January 20, 2013  Four teams of sixth graders played against each other at Marquette Senior High School

Tuesday, January 15, 2013  The program is six weeks long and teaches people with Type 2 diabetes about ways to manage the disease

Tuesday, September 04, 2012  Marquette city officials announced the end of beach season officially beginning on Tuesday

Thursday, August 30, 2012  High E. coli levels leave people high and dry at Marquette's South Beach

Friday, August 24, 2012  The Houghton City Council members approved a ban on tobacco use at all parks and beaches in the city

Tuesday, August 14, 2012  Throughout this summer, Marquette Police received complaints for the area at Founder's Landing

Monday, August 13, 2012  E. coli levels monitored heavily after beach closure, but officials are looking at what is causing the issue and how to fix it

Saturday, August 11, 2012  This is the second incident of closing at South Beach