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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Read More »Fond du Lac man convicted of drunken driving 11 times
A Fond du Lac man has been convicted of his 11th drunken driving offense.
Read More »Wisconsin led nation in interlock driving stops last year
A new report says Wisconsin led the country last year in drunken drivers blocked from starting vehicles by an ignition interlock.
Read More »Judge rejects plea deal in 9th drunken driving offense
A Wisconsin judge has rejected a plea deal that would've sent a woman to jail for six months for her ninth drunken-driving offense.
Read More »Lawmakers reignite fight against drunken driving (UPDATE)
A Republican lawmaker is renewing his fight against drunken driving as the new legislative session begins with bills calling for stiffer penalties and ignition interlock requirements.
Read More »Divided Wisconsin Supreme Court says blood draw legal
A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court has reinstated a drunken driving conviction against a Sauk County man who argued his blood was illegally drawn.
Read More »Man accused of 11th drunken-driving charge had valid license
A Wisconsin man charged this week with his 11th drunken driving offense had a valid driver's license at the time of his latest arrest.
Read More »Legislators asked to reinstate OWI vehicle seizure law
State lawmakers have been asked to give Wisconsin's circuit court judges the authority to order the seizure of vehicles owned by repeat drunken drivers, a power they had before a push toward ignition-interlock devices.
Read More »Suspect in Green Bay double-fatal crash pleads no contest
A man accused of driving drunk and killing a couple in a Green Bay traffic crash has pleaded no contest to charges including reckless homicide.
Read More »Records: Wrong-way driver had past drunken driving charges
Municipal records show the wrong-way driver who allegedly caused a crash that killed four people near Deerfield has prior drunken driving convictions.
Read More »BENCH BLOG: Implied consent case shows need to update refusal-hearing statute
Under the implied-consent law, is your consent to a blood test for alcohol “coerced” because it is a foregone conclusion that the threatened license revocation for refusing would be vacated at a refusal hearing? The Court of Appeals recently took up this question.
Read More »Police: Suspect cracks open beer in front of officer
Madison police say a suspected drunken driver disobeyed an order to get out of her car and instead cracked open a beer into front of the officer who stopped her.
Read More »9 years in prison for woman in fatal drunken driving crash
A Green Bay woman has been sentenced in federal court to nine years in prison for a drunken driving crash that killed a passenger and injured another.
Read More »Licensing board investigating doctor accused of third OWI
The state's professional licensing board is investigating the conduct of a Milwaukee neurosurgeon who is facing her third drunken driving charge.
Read More »Woman arrested for 8th drunken driving offense
A Darlington woman has been arrested on suspicion of driving drunk for an eighth time.
Read More »Court: Prosecutors can’t amend OWI charges without OK
A state appeals court says prosecutors can't change drunken driving charges once they're filed without a judge's permission.
Read More »Prison ordered in 10th drunken driving conviction
A Wisconsin man who blamed his beer-battered fish fry after he was pulled over the 10th time for drunken driving is going to prison.
Read More »Woman accused of driving drunk, fleeing with 2 children
Authorities say a Rice Lake woman has been arrested on suspicion of her fourth drunken driving charge after leading Barron County sheriff's deputies on a chase with a baby and a 6-year-old in her car.
Read More »View from around the state: State must get tougher on drunken drivers
How many times are we willing to tolerate someone getting caught driving drunk before we charge them with a felony?
Read More »Not guilty plea in fatal drunken driving crash
A man accused of driving drunk and killing a couple in a Green Bay traffic crash has pleaded not guilty in Brown County Circuit Court.
Read More »Walker signs drunken driving sobriety proposal
Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bill allowing judges to place offenders in a sobriety testing program rather than force them to drive with ignition interlock devices.
Read More »Walker signs tougher drunken driving penalties
Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bill creating tougher drunken driving penalties.
Read More »Lawsuit: UW adviser hid link to crash from victim’s daughter
The daughter of a jogger killed in a drunken crash is suing a University of Wisconsin-Madison adviser who counseled her, alleging that he never told her he had texted with the driver who hit her mother before the crash and used their relationship to learn about the case.
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