Isolated storms for Wednesday

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There will be a high of 92 degrees with isolated storms for Wednesday, WINK News Meteorologist Zach Maloch said.

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FORT MYERS BEACH

‘Man with a plan’ to rebuild The Cottage on Fort Myers Beach

Beach builder Joe Orlandini and other investors will buy the land necessary to rebuild The Cottage, the popular Fort Myers Beach bar and restaurant lost after Ian.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY

2 people dead, 5 injured after Charlotte County apartment fire

Two people are dead and five were injured following a Tuesday morning fire at a Charlotte County apartment building.

FORT MYERS BEACH

Lee County School Board to discuss fate of Fort Myers Beach Elementary

On Tuesday afternoon, Fort Myers Beach Elementary School’s future is again on the table for the School District of Lee County.

Tuesday features warm weather, a few inland showers

A few showers will form inland after lunchtime. These will be relatively weak but should bring much-needed rain to several communities.

DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS

Brightening downtown Fort Myers with art

Seven teams of artists are painting murals that’ll pop up all over downtown Fort Myers and is for Southwest Florida’s Muralfest. The event will act as a fundraiser to help artists impacted by Hurricane Ian. Like much of Southwest Florida, the art community has been hurting since Hurricane Ian. “The last year, we went through […]

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SANIBEL

Removing dying trees from Sanibel after getting poisoned by Hurricane Ian’s storm

We lost a lot of trees when saltwater rushed ashore during Hurricane Ian. Crews are out on Sanibel Island, marking and removing the dying vegetation. Joel Caouette, a biologist for the City of Sanibel, says that arsenic cyanide saltwater “killed these very large trees, killed a lot of trees.” All of these have something in […]

FORT MYERS BEACH

Sand is added to Fort Myers Beach to protect homes from future storms

Truck after truck filled with sand is headed to Fort Myers Beach as part of a plan to help the beach repair and rebuild a place that means so much to many.

WINK News

Most Wanted Wednesday: Some of SWFL’s most wanted suspects for March 22

This weekly WINK News segment features fugitives from justice right here in Southwest Florida.

Wednesday brings warmer weather under mostly sunny skies

High temperatures will reach the upper 80s under mostly sunny skies. Our dew points will be slightly higher than what we experienced on Tuesday, with a tolerable level of humidity returning in the afternoon.

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Push to ban COVID-19 vaccine mandate in Collier County

A task force is looking to stop all COVID-19 vaccine mandates in Collier County. The idea is to spell out your rights regarding healthcare, and the vote is Tuesday. The state already largely bans the mandates. But several of the people WINK News spoke to on Monday agreed with no mandates; most said they want […]

Moving Modular: The hurricane-fighting homes coming to Florida’s coasts

Much of Key Largo has been built to code to fight that thorn from breaking the glass of the vase, just like how these homes now need to be built to withstand winds of 180 miles per hour.

Family rebuilds, reopens Bonita Bill’s in honor of the man behind the name

Pain and destruction are only the beginning of the comeback story for a waterfront eating institution near Fort Myers Beach.

Nursing home for veterans coming to Collier County

There’s a plan to get more help to wounded warriors in the Southwest Florida community. $30,000,000 has been approved by Collier County. Under the plan, the State Department of Veteran Affairs will put the cash into an escrow account. The goal is to use that money to make a nursing home for veterans since Collier […]

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