Southern Wisconsin got soaked with rain last summer, walloped with record snow this winter and now faces widespread flooding and storm damage.
Add in soaring gas prices and the lagging economy — illustrated by the recently announced closure of Janesville ‘s General Motors plant — and life here can seem bleak.
“When you start piling things like this on top of everything else, it becomes more problematic for people to cope, ” said Dr. Jerry Halverson, a UW Health psychiatrist.