KNOX — Two months after the last round of flooding, Starke County still has a lot of standing water. People have been pumping their yards and clearing out ditches, but say nothing is working.

Starke County surveyor Mark Mackillop says the county is in a tough position.

The Kankakee River is still at a flood stage, so there is nowhere to put the water, but many homeowners just want to see dry land again.

"I have joked about putting a boat in for people to come in and visit," said Marlene Stacy, a homeowner.

Water rushed onto her yard and into her home during the January and February floods and just settled in.

"I want to cry. I have cried, but crying doesn't help," said Stacy.

Other Starke County homes are surrounded by water, and high water signs still sit on roads.

Ditches and pumping aren't helping.

"I'm at a point where I don't know where to go. I call FEMA. Can't get any help from them until the water is gone," said Stacy.

Mackillop says they have been cleaning out the ditches, but there's just so much water and nowhere to put it.

"A lot of these places if you put water somewhere else, you are going to create problems," he said. "If the drainage infrastructure hasn't been laid in, you don't have a great outlet to remove pockets of the water."

Under Indiana law, land owners are responsible for paying for drains on their property.

The county can help problems in the Kankakee River. Officials are trying to get funding from DNR to remove logs blocking the river.

"Water will be able to move through the system much more quickly," said Mackillop.

But the DNR hasn't approved funding.

"We are under severe financial restraints, not only with drainage boards -- trying to maintain drains, remove obstructions, repair levies -- our highway department has struggled to keep roads open and have worked over time," said Mackillop.

So many homeowners, like Stacy, are just hoping.

"If more rain comes, yes, it can get worse," said Stacy.

Starke County did not get any FEMA aide after the January and February floods.

Mackillop says the Kankakee River is an inch from flooding the banks.

That has a lot of people in Starke County are hoping for a dry spring.