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A Waunakee woman has been sentenced to three years in prison for striking a pedestrian while driving drunk in Madison, leading to the person's death.
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Read More »Lawmakers try again on first-offense drunken driving (UPDATE)
Two Republican legislators are continuing their quest to crack down on drunken driving, reintroducing bills Thursday that would make a first offense a crime and impose stiffer penalties on repeat offenders.
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Read More »Man taken into custody for 5th OWI offense
A 40-year-old Wisconsin man has been arrested for fifth offense operating a vehicle while intoxicated.
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Read More »No contest plea in Madison drunken driving death
A Waunakee woman has pleaded no contest to homicide by drunken driving in the death of a University of Wisconsin student.
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Read More »Woman twice arrested for OWI within 1-½ hours
Dane County sheriff's officials say a deputy arrested the same woman twice for drunken driving within an hour and a-half.
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Read More »Accused repeat drunken driver hits sheriff’s SUV
A Neenah man is facing another drunken driving charge after crashing into a Winnebago County sheriff's vehicle.
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Read More »Door County begins using breathalyzer kiosks for sobriety testing
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.
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Read More »Man arrested for 5th OWI offense
A 42-year-old Wisconsin man has been arrested for fifth offense operating a vehicle while intoxicated.
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Read More »Court OKs unconscious drunken drivers’ blood draws
The state Supreme Court says police can legally draw blood from unconscious drunken drivers.
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Read More »Madison woman cited for drunken driving 2 times in 3 hours
A Madison woman was arrested twice in three hours for drunken driving.
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Read More »Homicide charge filed in pedestrian’s death
A man with three drunken-driving convictions is charged with homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle in the death of a pedestrian who was struck and killed in Milwaukee earlier this week.
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Read More »Drunken driver convicted in deaths of mother, daughter
A man accused of driving drunk and killing a mother and daughter walking along a road in Brown County has been convicted.
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Read More »Man facing 14th drunken driving charge
A 64-year-old man is accused of driving drunk for the 14th time since 1994 after crashing his car in Waupaca County.
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Read More »Keshena man indicted in fatal reservation crash
A Keshena man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in a fatal crash on the Menominee Indian Reservation.
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Read More »2 young children fall from van, father arrested for OWI
Two young children were hurt when they fell from a van driven by their father who was arrested for drunken driving in Sheboygan.
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Read More »10 years in prison for driver who killed UW-Madison student
A driver who was drunk and on drugs when he struck and killed a University of Wisconsin-Madison student has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
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Read More »Edgerton man suspected of driving drunk for 7th time
A 52-year-old Edgerton man has been arrested on suspicion of driving drunk for a seventh time.
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Read More »Racine County considers expanding self-serve breath test
Racine County sheriff's officials say a self-serve breath test kiosk is giving some offenders the chance to serve their sentences outside the walls of the jail.
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Read More »Senate committee approves drunken driving sanction
The Senate judiciary committee has signed off on four bills that would impose tougher drunken driving penalties.
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Read More »View from around the state: Better laws needed to curb drunken driving
When the Tavern League of Wisconsin supports a bill to "crack down" on repeat drunken drivers, that's probably a sign the measure doesn't go far enough to address the problem.
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Read More »View from around the state: Permanent license revocation for OWI repeaters
The facts, as laid out in an Associated Press report published Sept. 4 in The Journal Times, are shocking and horrifying.
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Read More »Proposal: Revoke licenses for repeat drunken drivers
Wisconsin lawmakers will soon consider a bill that would strip repeat drunken drivers of their licenses for at least a decade.
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Read More »Man faces 8th drunken driving charge, this 1 on a bike
A Black River Falls man is facing his eighth drunken driving offense — this one while operating on a motorized bike.
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Read More »Driver charged in crash that injured officer
Criminal charges have been filed against a woman accused of striking and critically injuring a Green Bay area police officer while driving drunk.
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Read More »4-½ years in prison for 11th drunken driving conviction
A Fond du Lac man convicted of driving drunk eleven times has been sentenced to 4½ years in prison.
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Read More »Hobart man sentenced for 13th drunken driving conviction
A 63-year-old Hobart man convicted of drunken driving 13 times has been sentenced to serve 7-½ years in prison.
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Read More »Assembly approves stiffer ignition interlock rule (UPDATE)
The state Assembly is set to vote on a bill that would create stiffer ignition interlock rules for drunken drivers.
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Read More »Deputy: Milwaukee woman suspected of DUI had boy steer car
Authorities say a 37-year-old Milwaukee woman arrested on suspicion of her third DUI had an 8-year-old boy on her lap steering the car.
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Read More »Man charged in fatal crash not competent for trial
The case of a Wisconsin man accused of killing four people while driving drunk last year won't proceed because a brain injury he suffered in the crash prevents him from assisting in his defense, a judge has ruled.
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