DPW advising alternate routes to Stevens Point

Dem Party chair Joe Wineke said this morning that DPW is looking for alternate routes to central Wisconsin due to major highway closures in the state.

Wineke said the party will try to reach out to members to advise them of ways to travel to the convention. DPW suggested a possible alternate to avoid I-39 from Madison -- they advocated taking U.S. 151 to WIS 49, followed by taking U.S. 10 into Stevens Point.

Wisconsin Emergency Management is advising motorists traveling between the Twin Cities and Chicago to use I-94 to WIS 29 to I-43 to I-94. Motorists wanting to travel to the Northwoods from Chicago are told to use I-94 to I-43 to WIS 29 to I-39.

See the latest on road closures from the state Dept. of Transportation: http://dot.wi.gov/travel/incident-alerts.htm

See a Wisconsin Emergency Management update on road closures: http://www.wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=128649