Local Durbin Announces a Nearly $1.1 Million FEMA Grant for Flood Protection Efforts in Winnebago County by Gary Kopycinski on November 19, 2011 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Local: Park Forest’s Sandra Zoellner Retires After 21 Years of Service June 17, 2026 Save the date for The Prairie Party at theNate June 17, 2026 Governors State Has New Soccer Complex and New Men’s Coach June 17, 2026 WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2011. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced that Winnebago County has been awarded a $1,084,525 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for flood protection efforts.