MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) — As the community continues to recover from historic flooding, we are now starting to see the difference in short term needs vs long term needs.
It could take months for the federal relief funding to make its way here. But in the meantime, families are fighting battles just to make it through each day with a place to stay, gas in the car, or a meal to eat.
We met Janine Bellamy as she cleared out her home near 62nd and Villard. The pile of items she has to throw away covered her yard and a neighbor’s. She told us it was “Over 45 years’ worth of memories and keepsakes. Just a lot gone down the drain.”…