Flood damage won't raise taxes

Janesville Gazette

...The group took the media on a tour through the Charley Bluff area in Milton Township on the “Rock River ferry,” a tractor pulling a wagon with bench seating. Many residents remain in their dry homes, but the road to get into the neighborhood is flooded.

Officials saw a pumping station surrounded by water, a flooded park and closed businesses.

“It confirms the information we received on the road damage, park impact, and then it allowed us to see in detail the economic impact on this community with the marinas, the supper club, the taverns,” said Patrick O’Connor of Wisconsin Emergency Management.

...The damage includes the Rock Koshkonong Lake District and Consolidated Koshkonong Sanitary District, parts of which fall outside Rock County.