VILLAGE OF BAGLEY, Wis. -- Several homes were evacuated due to heavy rain in a Grant County village severely damaged by flooding last summer.

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Emergency managers said that at least four homes were temporarily evacuated early Thursday in the village of Bagley along the Mississippi River in southwestern Wisconsin because water flooded some yards and basements.

Wisconsin Emergency Management spokeswoman Lori Getter said that the agency was sending staff to the area to monitor the situation because more rain is expected.

Residents on Thursday were dealing with flooded yards and some property damage, which is mild compared to the flooding last summer.

But residents said the cause of the flooding is the same -- a buildup of debris underneath a railroad trestle.

"I've seen everything come through, including floods from the river, but this has nothing to do with the river. It is a backup in 2007 from the railroad bridge being plugged," said Ken Irish, a Bagley resident.

The railroad that owns the bridge arrived Thursday afternoon to pick up some of the debris that backs up there, pushing the floodwater into the community.

Emergency management officials said they are concerned about more rain and if the problem will be solved for good.

"To try to get all this cleaned out, the waiting game is getting very scary for some of the residents. And they have every right to be concerned," said Julie Loeffelholz, deputy director of Grant County Emergency Management.

Bagley residents have done their part to clear ditches upstream from the bridge, creating giant piles of twisted trees and brush. But residents said they're concerned that Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad isn't doing enough to keep the trestle cleared.

"I've contacted the (Department of Natural Resources), Federal Railroad Administration, and I can't seem to get anybody with any teeth that will say, 'You've got to maintain it to a certain level. You've got to keep the ditches cleared out so it doesn't happen again,'" Irish said.

But residents said that with more rain on the way, more flooding will occur if the debris doesn't get moved fast enough.

A spokesman for the railroad told WISC-TV on Thursday that the railroad believes the problems are a natural disaster, and that there's nothing that can be done to prevent the debris backup.

In the meantime, Grant County Emergency Management said it plans to monitor the weather over the next few days and assist residents as needed. Grant County Emergency Management director Steve Braun said that an emergency operations center has been set up at Bagley's community building.

Residents there were fighting the railroad before the recent flooding, too. A group filed a class action lawsuit in May. A court date hasn't yet been scheduled.

Storms last July damaged most of the 400 homes in the village of 325 and wrecked railroad tracks.