Man gets rocky mountain fever from tick bite

In Kacy Tongate’s hometown of Lebanon Junction, ticks are expected but he says this year it’s worse than usual.“We can walk to the mailbox down the gravel driveway and come back with ticks on us,” said Tongate. “They fall out of the trees, they’re in the grass, they just keep getting worse every year it seems.”A month ago, he was infected with rocky mountain spotted fever — a potentially deadly disease transmitted by a tick bite.“It could lead to