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Vernon County receives $102,420.37 in FEMA reimbursements for 2025 storm damage
Summary
County Treasurer Brent Banes presented three FEMA/SEMA checks dated June 4 and June 12, 2026 totaling $102,420.37 to reimburse Vernon County for tornado and spring 2025 flood damage to Katy Allen Lake, the fairgrounds, culverts, roads and washouts.
County Treasurer/Collector Brent Banes delivered receipts showing three FEMA/SEMA checks dated June 4 and June 12, 2026 that together reimburse Vernon County $102,420.37 for damage tied to 2025 severe weather. The payments were listed by declaration number and amount: "FEMA Declaration 4872 DR-FMD-121, check dated June 4, 2026, in the amount of $42,640.64," "FEMA Declaration 4885 DR-FMD-31, check dated June 4, 2026, in the amount of $12,989.69," and "FEMA Declaration 4885 DR-FMD-34, check dated June 12, 2026, in the amount of $46,790.04."
Banes told the commission the funds reimburse the county for tornado damage to Katy Allen Lake and the Vernon County Fairgrounds from April 2, 2025, and for flood-related damage to culverts, roads, bridge approaches and washouts from spring 2025. The commission accepted the receipts as part of routine financial reporting; no additional spending actions were recorded in the transcript.
