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Gov. Ron DeSantis made a stop in Milton to personally hand the check for a $2.3 million rural broadband project for Santa Rosa County on Thursday.

Gov. Ron DeSantis made a stop in Milton to personally hand the check for a $2.3 million rural broadband project for Santa Rosa County on Thursday.

Grants funded from federal stimulus money are reimbursing providers for installing cable in areas that lacked high-speed internet service.

Southwest Florida awards went to projects in Lee, Collier, Charlotte, DeSoto, Glades, Hendry and Highlands counties. The projects ranged from $63,311 to add 1.1 miles of fiber optic cable in Bokeelia to $4.75 million to bring high speed internet service to eastern Hendry County. Other communities involved included Lehigh Acres in Lee County, Punta Gorda in Charlotte County and Orangetree and Golden Gate Estates in Collier County.

Gov. Ron DeSantis made a stop in Milton to personally hand the check for a $2.3 million rural broadband project for Santa Rosa County on Thursday.

A detailed look at the toll Ians wind, rain and storm surge took on Florida.

A detailed look at the toll Ians wind, rain and storm surge took on Florida.

A detailed look at the toll Ian's wind, rain and storm surge took on Florida.

After Hurricane Ian, St. Johns County estimates the damage to be about $60 million after damages to over 600 homes, roads and country infrastructure.

Tropical Storm Ian tacked farther east than was forecast, sparing Jacksonville the worst-case weather predictions