LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. – Details about the life of Joseph Adam Zieler, 54, who is accused of committing one of Cape Coral’s oldest unsolved murders, continue to unravel: They point to family tragedy and a young man whose father had a peculiar past.
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Zotter Chocolates finds bigger Cape Coral warehouse as online sales surge
Barbara Dolleschal said she cracked the digital marketing code for Zotter Chocolates, the Austrian-based business for which she serves as stateside general manager. Dolleschal, who moved to Cape Coral with her husband Andreas “Andy” Dolleschal about a decade ago, had been receiving shipments of chocolate from Austria for about seven years at a 1,400-square-foot warehouse […]

Cape Coral prepares for hurricane season with expo at Mercola Market
The city of Cape Coral hosted a hurricane preparedness expo Wednesday at Mercola Market.

Lightning causes two fires in Cape Coral area
Lightning strikes cause two fires in the Cape Coral area.

Damaged Cape Coral Yacht Club: tear down or rebuild ballroom?
The Cape Coral yacht club has been closed since the storm. The city debates if they should tear down the ballroom or rebuild.
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Everblades begin Kelly Cup Finals Saturday for back-to-back championship bid
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Teen-built airplane takes flight in Naples
One of humanity’s greatest inventions was building an airplane that could soar through the skies. And now you have teens crafting those same wings, by themselves, that has soared in the skies over Naples. In July, it will fly to Wisconsin for a global fly-in convention, which draws more than 650,000 people from 90 countries. […]

DeSantis speaks with WINK News in South Carolina. Here’s what he said.
Governor DeSantis is on the campaign trail all week discussing his vision for the future of America. On Friday his ‘Great American Comeback Tour’ had two stops in South Carolina.