By JASON SCHULTZ

The body of a missing Hutchinson Island resident was found floating in the Intracoastal Waterway near her home, according to the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office.

Delores Whiteman Brink, 85, had been reported missing earlier in the day by family members. A neighbor in the Holiday Out community in the 10000 block of South Ocean Drive where Brink lived found her body floating in the Intracoastal Waterway around 5:30 p.m., according to a sheriff’s report.

Detectives are investigating tonight but there is no evidence of foul play in her death, according to the report.

Treasure Coast drivers should be prepared for a foggy commute, particularly inland.

The National Weather Service has issued a dense fog advisory, warning that visibility in spots could dwindle to less than a quarter mile. The advisory should lift with the fog at about 9 a.m.

The rest of the day is expected to be sunny with a few clouds and high temperatures in the upper 70s from the Treasure Coast to Palm Beach County.

The forecast doesn’t change much until a strong cold front moves across South Florida on Friday.

By EVE SAMPLES

Behind on its bills, boat-maker Twin Vee has been kicked out of its Fort Pierce headquarters, and the company’s ex-owner is mulling a return to the boat-building business.

Roger Dunshee, who founded Twin Vee in the mid-1980s and still owns the building where the company was operating, got a court order Jan. 12 to evict his former company. The firm, which made power catamarans, owed about $150,000 in rent and taxes, Dunshee said.

Dunshee sold most of his stake in Twin Vee five years ago to Stonehenge Capital Company LLC in Tampa. At the time, the boat-maker employed about 100 workers.

Dunshee put the 80,000-square-foot building at U.S. 1 and Edwards Road on the market last week. He wants to lease the building for $4 a square foot, but selling the 7.3-acre property also is an option. He’s asking $4 million.

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By JASON SCHULTZ

A St. Lucie County surf shop owner who went missing Friday morning has been found in a patch of weeds on Hutchinson Island, and authorities are trying to figure out how he got there.

Bruce Strunk, 56, was last seen by family members around 9 a.m. this morning when he left the Spunky’s Surf Shop he owns on 1403 North U.S. 1 in St. Lucie County to make a bank deposit, according to a sheriff’s report. He was driving a blue 2006 Dodge Ram pickup. He made the deposit at the bank but never returned to the surf shop. Family members who searched for him found the truck parked at John Brooks Park on Hutchinson Island.
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