The state Assembly has refused to concur with a bill that would stiffen penalties for repeat drunken drivers.

Wisconsin man has been sentenced to six years in prison after being convicted of his 14th drunken driving offense.

The Sheriff’s Office of Door County recently installed two automated breathalyzer kiosks at the Door County Justice Center in Sturgeon Bay and has begun using them to conduct daily alcohol screening of offenders participating in the Huber Work Release program.

Appleton police say they're arrested a man for his 12th drunken driving offense.

The last two drunken-driving cases I have taken to trial had the following fact patterns...

Prosecutors say a Wisconsin man sent to prison for his eighth drunken driving conviction told investigators he had gotten behind the wheel while intoxicated hundreds of times.

A man accused of driving drunk and hitting a utility pole that caused injuries to an 8-year-old boy has reached a plea agreement in Sheboygan County.

The state Senate's public safety committee has approved a bill that would require all first-time drunken driving offenders to appear in court.

In Wisconsin’s war against drunk driving, Sen. Alberta Darling has been a consistent crusader.

Two Republican legislators are gearing up for another try at toughening the notoriously weak drunken driving laws in Wisconsin, where pounding booze is hard-wired into the culture - and drunken driving kills scores every year.

A woman accused of driving drunk and causing a crash that killed her husband will stand trial in Vernon County.

A proposed expansion of ignition interlock devices to include all first-time offense drunken drivers has some legal professionals concerned by a potential loss of court discretion and increased litigation of low-level offenses.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man already charged with drunken driving now faces a second charge after he allegedly drove himself to his court appearance while intoxicated. A Wisconsin State Journal report says 50-year-old Russell Lambert of Windsor appeared in Dane County court Friday. Madison police say a bailiff smelled alcohol on his breath and administered a breath test. ...

The maximum penalty for armed robbery is not just a prison term, but a fine of $100,000.

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LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — Bond has been set at $250,000 in La Crosse County for a driver accused of driving drunk and causing a crash that killed a woman and injured four others. According to police reports, Jesse Herrmann was intoxicated when he slammed his pickup truck into a car that was turning off Highway 35 in Holmen Saturday. ...

WASHBURN, Wis. (AP) — A northwestern Wisconsin man has been arrested for a 10th time on suspicion of driving drunk. Sixty-two-year-old James Knuuttila of Iron River was stopped by a state trooper last Friday and booked into the Bayfield County Jail. He was charged Monday with having an open intoxicant in his vehicle and driving without insurance. Prosecutors say more ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Madison-area teenager has been sentenced to 3-1/2 years in prison for driving drunk in the wrong highway lane and causing a crash that killed a woman and seriously injured her boyfriend. Dane County Judge Maryann Sumi said 18-year-old Nathan Zander made a series of bad decisions that led to the September 2009 crash that killed ...

Otto von Bismarck is frequently attributed with saying that no man should see how laws or sausages are made.