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Beaches might be the first thing that comes to mind when you think about Florida or California but likely not when contemplating Iowa, Nebraska, or the Dakotas. Yet every state has stellar beaches.

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The extreme heat has passed, for now, but residents are still looking for ways to cool off in Livingston County this summer.

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