Dave Pilon, PE, WisDOT Project Manager (608) 245-2622; david.pilon@dot.wi.gov Southbound US 151 at Sun Prairie will be reduced to a single lane of traffic, between County VV and Main Street, starting Wednesday afternoon (April 5). Delays are expected during peak travel times. Motorists are encouraged to use alternate routes and allow additional travel time. The entrance ramps to southbound US 151 at County N (Bristol Street) and WIS 19 (Windsor Street) will be closed during the current stage of construction, scheduled until mid-July. The posted detour will use the ramps at Main Street and County C/Grand Avenue. Work has begun

Contact: Rep. Joan Ballweg, (888) 534-0041 Chosen as Part of Youth Art Month  Madison… State Representative Joan Ballweg (R-Markesan) congratulates students from the 41st Assembly District who were selected as part of March’s Youth Art Month. Student art work is displayed in the Capitol rotunda from March 18th through March 31st. Rep. Ballweg would like to congratulate the following students and their teachers: Connor Casper, Halle Hiller, & Blace Dornacker –  Teacher Laura Duvall – Adams-Friendship Middle School Marina Segura, Amanda Gimenez, Halie Schmid, Allison Brasch, Lydia Eberhardy & Megan Janzen – Teachers Angela Breunig and Lori Rademann – Berlin High School Jordan Medina,

Contact:  Chris Schrimpf, 614-440-8589 chris@redtackstrategy.com Newly Formed Group Raises $2 Million in First Five Days Solutions for Wisconsin, a newly formed super PAC that will focus on the 2018 U.S. Senate race is Wisconsin, is announcing its endorsement of potential candidate Kevin Nicholson. The Wisconsin native, who is a combat veteran, successful business leader and Delafield, WI family man, is widely expected to challenge incumbent Democrat Tammy Baldwin. To encourage Nicholson to enter the race and support his candidacy, Solutions for Wisconsin raised $2 million within its first five days of formation. Solutions for Wisconsin supporter Richard Uihlein, founder of the

Contact: A.J. Nino Amato, 608-514-3317 namato@cwag.org MADISON: Gov. Walker did not fund in his 2017-19 Biennial  State Budget sixteen full-time Dementia Care Specialists (DCS) for the ADRCs. The original DCS positions were temporary. As a result, CWAG is working with the Alzheimer’s & Dementia Alliance of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Business Alliance to address this issue. Since these important positions were not included in the Governor’s Budget and state government has never conducted a statewide “Alzheimer’s & Dementia Needs Assessment” to determine the most cost-effective way to assist families who are caring for those with dementia or Alzheimer’s, CWAG and its

Contact: Sen. Mark Miller, 608-266-9170 Sen. Janet Bewley, 608-266-3510 Rep. Nick Milroy, 608-266-0640 Rep. Gary Hebl, 608-266-7678 New data from the Legislative Fiscal Bureau shows that — in addition to draining resources directly out of public schools and costing property taxpayers — unaccountable voucher schools would take up more of the state’s general fund than all environmental resource funding in total under the proposed state budget. “The Governor shirks his responsibility when he increases taxpayer subsidies for private voucher schools at the expense of our public resources. His priorities are upside down,” Sen. Mark Miller (D-Monona) said. On the heels of state budgets that

Contact: AUSA assigned to case, (608) 264-5158, TTY: (608) 264-5006 MADISON, WIS. — A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments yesterday.  You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty. The maximum statutory sentence is prescribed by Congress and is provided here for informational purposes.  If convicted, the sentencing of a defendant will be determined by the court based on the advisory Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors. Sauk City Man Charged in Fraud Scheme James Kolf, 64, Sauk City,

Contact: Alec Zimmerman, (608) 257-4765   [Madison, WI] — When Senator Tammy Baldwin announced that she would oppose the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to serve as the newest justice on the Supreme Court, she flip flopped and broke her word to Wisconsin.  Immediately following the judge’s nomination, Senator Baldwin said that she would “fully review” his record and meet with him before taking a position.  Less than 48 hours later, Senator Baldwin decided that she was opposed to Judge Gorsuch before even meeting him in person. Check out what they said when Senator Baldwin broke her word to Wisconsinites: From the Milwaukee