The streets in the village of La Farge aren't filled with heavy traffic.

But, they aren't filled with flood water, either - which village president Steven Donovan says was the case when the Kickapoo River flooded in the spring of 2008.

"It's been very stressful some of the people have family homes have strong ties and they really don't want to leave but their homes are damaged beyond repair, “ says Donovan.

Homes, businesses and even the village hall were damaged in the flood.

For the past year, Donovan says La Farge has worked to get FEMA grants to rebuild.

Fifteen homes are scheduled to be torn down thirteen of the families who lived in those homes will receive buyout money.

The village recently got the buyout money worth close to $900,000.

"We're in hope of getting these families relocated into a back into the community,’ says Donovan.

Although La Farge has recovered, Donovan says a lot of work still needs to be done with the condemned homes on the village’s east side.

"Things are just settling down now and we've had some meetings to discuss how things could be handled better with emergency services and we're working."

Donovan says the only thing tougher than the flood has been watching his friends and neighbors struggle with losing a home.

"When you're waiting for the FEMA funds to go through and you actually don't have a good answer for those people to tell them exactly how much time it will be and I feel good at least we can give them a prognostication of how close they are to having their money."

Donovan says the 13 families scheduled to get buyouts could be in new homes by this fall.