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Fort Myers police step in to help man without a family Published: April 29, 2021 5:29 PM EDT Updated: April 30, 2021 9:12 AM EDT Recommended A kind gesture from Fort Myers police officers helped cheer up an older man without a family. Harry is 90 years old, alone in the world, and struggling. Mr. Harry, as he’s known, needed help. “He needed more help than what we were able to provide for him,” said Debbie Bill, an administrative assistant at Pelican Preserve. Bill was a friend and neighbor to Mr. Harry. Now, a group of Fort Myers police officers has also befriended him after hearing hi...

Breezy residents cite negative association in request to rename Rat Lake Pete Boulay of the DNR said it’s not unusual for Minnesotans to seek changes to what some consider undesirable names of geographic features, with more than 100 approved changes in the last 30 years. Among those discarded are several Mud Lakes, 20 features including the word 'squaw,' and a river called Diarrhea. 3:00 am, Apr. 28, 2021 × A map shows the location of Rat Lake in relation to Ossawinnamakee Lake in Breezy Point. Infogram graphic / Chelsey Perkins A small Breezy Point water body known a...

Relax and Enjoy Majestic Yellowstone Elk Swimming Across a Lake If you're having a hard time relaxing today, I have a solution to you thanks to a new video share by some tourists. It's a mellow moment where a majestic group of elk were spotted swimming across a lake. According to the video description, this video was captured last September before the snow arrived. It was 7:51 in the morning when they realized they had visitors. This is what they saw. Here's what the family said about these graceful elk: My husband and I were driving over a bridge and he noticed that the elk were getting read...

Campground hosts needed for upcoming Iowa recreation season The Iowa DNR is seeking people who enjoy the outdoors, camping and meeting new people, to consider becoming volunteer campground hosts for the upcoming recreation season. Volunteer campground hosts live in state parks from one to five months assisting DNR staff with light maintenance duties, checking in campers, and being a resource for visitors enjoying state parks and forests. Campground hosts are provided a free campsite while they are actively hosting during the camping season. Hosts volunteer 20 – 40 hours per week, including ...

IowaWatch Lake Manawa State Park was the most visited state park in 2020. The Council Bluffs park offers beach activities and rentals, boating, fishing and hiking. A record 16.6 million visitors frequented Iowa’s state parks in 2020, according to data from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Iowans turned to the outdoors with indoor activities interrupted or cancelled by the coronavirus pandemic. Over the last decade, the Iowa DNR saw between 13.7 million and 15.5 million visitors to their state parks yearly. The system with 83 parks and forests recorded its 100th anniversary in 2020...