Michael Braun
Managing editorMike Braun is a formerly with the Fort Myers News-Press and Naples Daily News where he worked for 17 years as a page designer/copy editor and breaking news reporter.
He also worked for 25 years at The Vindicator in Youngstown, Ohio, serving as a general assignment reporter, rewrite editor, copy editor, Sunday edition editor, outdoors columnist, designer and chief of the design desk.
He graduated in 1977 with a degree in media communications from Youngstown State University where he was editor-in-chief of the school newspaper The Jambar.
He lives in Fort Myers and is originally from Peoria, Illinois.
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The death of five black skimmers on a Marco Island beach has prompted an investigation by the Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission and Marco Island police. -
There are now two, live eaglets in the North Fort Myers nest of Harriett and M15. The Southwest Florida Eagle Cam is streaming the nest live 24/7 allowing thousands to keep watch over the eagle family. -
The park closed Monday Jan. 1 after hundreds of Cuban refugees landed there. -
The Homeland Security Task Force - Southeast said they have stopped or removed more than 1,300 refugees at sea or from Dry Tortugas National Park and other areas of the Florida Keys since Dec. 30 and urged family members of Cubans and Haitians thinking of making their way to the U.S. to dissuade such efforts.
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With one eaglet hatched, attention now turns to egg number 2. -
Harriett and M15, the North Fort Myers American bald eagle pair who have been visually entertaining bird lovers and others for years via the internet, have been incubating two eggs at their Bayshore Road nest. One egg commenced hatching Tuesday shortly after 8 am. -
Dry Tortugas National Park closed after 300 refugees arrive; officials warn of 'humanitarian crisis'The closure, which is expected to last several days, is necessary for the safety of visitors and staff because of the resources and space needed to attend to the refugees. A camper on the island witnessed several of the landings. -
The Fort Myers High School Greenwave Marching Band will be one of two South Florida high school bands performing in the 2023 London New Years Day Parade on Sunday, Jan. 1, at noon London time which translates into 7 a.m. Fort Myers time. The parade will be streamed live from 7 to 10:30 a.m. Jan. 1 on WGCU HD. Viewers can catch the WGCU TV stream live on wgcu.org or on the WGCU app, available via an app store. -
Just the sheer amount of debris produced by Hurricane Ian is difficult to imagine let alone collecting it all in a timely fashion. In Lee County, 5 million cubic yards has been gathered so far, enough to Fill Hertz Arena to the ceiling 13 times. -
Recent fatal crashes in Fort Myers and Lehigh Acres put Lee County's road death toll in 2022 at 123 fatalities, the unofficial second-highest year ever for the county.
