The Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded a $1 million grant to the village of La Valle to help demolish five flood-prone properties along the Baraboo River.
The COVID-19 vaccination center at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison will be able to increase the number of doses delivered by 2,100 a week thanks to new staffing support from the federal government starting on Wednesday, Gov. Tony Evers announced.
Gov. Tony Evers submitted a federal emergency declaration on Tuesday for three southeastern Wisconsin counties to deal with $10 million in damage caused along the shore of Lake Michigan by winter storms last month.
Gov. Tony Evers is asking the Federal Emergency Management Agency to do a preliminary estimate of damage caused by severe winter storms and lakeshore flooding that struck southeastern Wisconsin earlier this month.
County officials in northern Wisconsin are hoping the Federal Emergency Management Agency will validate their estimates of about $11 million in damages caused by last month's flooding.
Local officials are considering water-rate increases following the federal government’s final rejection of Gov. Scott Walker’s request for $11.3 million to repair winter-related damage inflicted on public property in eight Wisconsin counties.