By Marie Rohde

staff writer

It is you and I who are responsible for the sewage backups that did millions of dollars in damage to homes and businesses in the metro area last month, says the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District.

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — The city of Milwaukee is trying to gather information to appeal the federal government’s decision not to provide flooding aid to residents. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is providing assistance for damage to schools and public property, ...

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By Marie Rohde A Milwaukee alderman wants answers from the sewerage district after a $6.1 million pump station failed to prevent backups in a north side neighborhood after the July 22 storm. James Fratrick, a watershed specialist with the Department ...

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Struggling residential contractors in the Milwaukee area are waiting with homeowners for a Federal Emergency Management Agency ruling on how much relief money is on its way in the wake of the July flooding. Many residential construction firms have been ...

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By Marie Rohde The spokesman for the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District on Thursday acknowledged it might not have been a good idea to cement shut overflow points that once let sewage into waterways during major storms. “Those are relief valves,” ...

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By Joe Lanane The office of Gov. Jim Doyle clarified Thursday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has not yet ruled on whether to offer individual assistance to disaster victims in Milwaukee and Grant counties. FEMA announced Wednesday morning that ...

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By Joe Lanane A Wisconsin Emergency Management spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday afternoon that Gov. Jim Doyle will appeal a decision that denied individuals federal disaster relief. Lori Getter said Doyle will attempt to claim as much assistance money as possible after ...

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — A report to state environmental officials says more than 2 billion gallons of untreated sewage and storm water were dumped into Lake Michigan and Milwaukee area rivers during the recent storms. The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District’s report ...

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By Bill Clements Special to The Daily Reporter Two major rainstorms and thousands of basement floods have prompted a search in Milwaukee for the best ways to protect the city from more damage. Milwaukee Alderman Jim Bohl said, for instance, ...

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LANCASTER, Wis. (AP) — Assessors say flash flooding has caused more than a half million dollars in damage in Grant County. Emergency management officials continued their work Sunday in assessing the damage in various townships caused by heavy rain overnight ...

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