![County Road 1450N, south of St. Joseph, in late December 2015.](https://will.illinois.edu/images/uploads/39582/pritchard_st._joseph__medium.jpg)
FEMA Denies Request For Federal Assistance After Winter Floods
The state of Illinois was told Thurday that its requests for both individual assistance and public assistance were denied - after flooding impacted 21 counties in late December and January. State IEMA Director James Joseph blames the federal government's population-based threshold for determining assistance.