Wisconsin plan to buy flooded buildings promoted by Gov. Evers in Monroe County

Frequent flooding has often forced western Wisconsin area families to move out of homes located near rivers.

Because of that natural hazard, a Home Buyout Project has been developed by Monroe County.

Thursday, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers promoted flood control efforts at a site along the La Crosse River, that’s now called Brinkman’s Landing.

That land had been the home of Al Brinkman, who took part in a buyout program after the river flooded his house two years in a row.

His property was redeveloped into open space. The Wisconsin state budget, recently signed by Evers, contains $4 million for local flood control grants.

Monroe County had applied for the federal funding to help owners of houses damaged by flooding in 2017 and 2018.