Franklin couple's pain lingers year after flood

Milw Journal Sentinel

..."It was horribly unfair," Lazich said. "Lake Delton is getting all this treatment with their homes. That's a question the governor has to answer: Why not help the Pollmans?"

Gov. Jim Doyle announced in September that the state still needed $1.22 billion to cover flood damage for housing, businesses and infrastructure.

As of June, the state had received about $124 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

"Obviously, we're concerned with all the people hit hard with the flooding," said Doyle's spokesman, Lee Sensenbrenner. "The governor has worked hard to get federal and state aid to people affected to the floods."

Not in floodplain
Another possible route for homeowners is to have the city or state buy their damaged homes. Agencies pay to demolish the home and zone the land so future developers can't build there (because the land is deemed a high-risk area).