A committee of state Assembly lawmakers are schedule to vote on a group of bills related to drunken driving, including one that would require court appearances for citations issued for driving while intoxicated.
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Speeds reach 115 mph during interstate chase
Authorities say speeds during an interstate chase in Sheboygan County reached 115 miles an hour before the fleeing driver crashed into a squad car, a tree and two parked vehicles.
Read More »US Supreme Court struggles with Wisconsin drunken-driving law
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday grappled with a Wisconsin law that allows law-enforcement officials to draw blood without a warrant from suspected drunken drivers who have become unconscious.
Read More »5 years in prison for fatal drunken driving hit-and-run
A man accused of driving drunk, killing a pedestrian and fleeing from the scene in Waupaca County is sentenced to five years in prison.
Read More »Committee to hear public comments on OWI bills
State Assembly lawmakers are scheduled to hear public testimony on legislation that would both require drunken drivers to appear in court and make a first-time drunken driving offense a crime.
Read More »Bill would force interlocks for first-time drunken drivers
Democratic legislators are proposing a bill that would require all first-time drunken drivers to use ignition interlock devices.
Read More »Man accused in fatal crash due in Dane County court
A Dodgeville man arrested after an off-duty firefighter was killed while assisting a disabled motorist along a Dane County highway won't be charged with homicide by drunken driving.
Read More »Man faces at least his 10th OWI charge
A Wisconsin man is facing at least his 10th drunken driving charge.
Read More »Woman sentenced in drunken driving death in Madison
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Read More »Court OKs unconscious drunken drivers’ blood draws
The state Supreme Court says police can legally draw blood from unconscious drunken drivers.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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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