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Residents in Rock County who during April's weeklong storms and floods may have lost some shingles...or had siding dented by hail or blowing debris ... or had a basement full of water...They all can apply for FEMA relief over the next month, FEMA officials said.

FEMA and the federal Small Business Administration officially open a joint service center in Janesville, launching a set of services for residents and local organizations hit by flooding and storm damage that struck Rock County in mid-April.

Residents in Janesville who've applied for FEMA aid for residential flood damage from the April 17 flash flooding say the process so far appears to be moving briskly, with FEMA signaling that people should expect the agency's damage inspectors to visit them within days of their application.

After a meeting with a grassroots parents group that formed online, the Janesville School District has announced it’s halting all major decisions on whether to permanently close the flood-damaged Washington Elementary School.

It's not clear whether it would include Rock County, but President Donald Trump has announced in social media posts that Wisconsin is being awarded a FEMA disaster declaration that would bring local governments $22.6 million in disaster aid in the wake of severe flooding and other damage from storms that hit in mid-April. 

Janesville parents have created "Save Washington School," an advocacy group and now a 750-member Facebook page of the same name. The group formed last week after Janesville School District officials begun debating whether to permanently close the flood damaged school on the city's west side.