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A Beloit man convicted of homicide by driving drunk has been arrested again for operating a vehicle while intoxicated.
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Report finds noncompliance with ignition interlock devices
Wisconsin judges have ordered tens of thousands of ignition interlock devices installed on the vehicles of convicted drunken drivers over the past several years.
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Read More »Green Bay police arrest man on suspected 12th OWI
Green Bay police have arrested a man on his suspected 12th OWI offense.
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Read More »Assembly passes drunken driving revocation bill
The state Assembly has passed a bill that would strip repeat drunken drivers of their licenses for at least a decade.
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Read More »Assembly passes drunken driving penalties
Wisconsin legislators completed their push to get tougher on drunken drivers, passing a bill early Wednesday morning that would create harsher sentences for repeat offenders through the Assembly and on to Gov. Scott Walker.
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Read More »Assembly to take up drunken driving penalties
Assembly Republicans were set to cap a drive to get tougher on drunken driving Tuesday, setting up a final vote on a bill that would stiffen penalties for repeat offenders despite daunting cost estimates.
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Read More »Jury rejects beer-battered fish defense
A Wisconsin jury has convicted a man who blamed eating beer-battered fish when he was picked up on his 10th drunken driving offense.
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Read More »Deputy: 9-year-old driving intoxicated parents
A Wisconsin couple is facing criminal charges after authorities say they found the two highly intoxicated in their pickup truck and the woman's 9-year-old daughter behind the wheel.
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Read More »Man cited in wagon crash that killed father, son
A Necedah man won't face criminal charges in a crash that killed a father and son riding in a horse-drawn wagon last year.
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Read More »Senate approves tougher drunken driving penalties
The state Senate has passed a bill that would impose tougher penalties on repeat drunken drivers.
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Read More »OWIs are serious business, but let’s not forget privacy rights
"Should police automatically have the right to search the vehicle of someone arrested on suspicion of OWI? Or should they have to show that they have some reason, particular to the driver who was arrested, to believe that OWI-related evidence will be found in the vehicle?"
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Read More »Woman accused of stealing squad, driving drunk
A Baraboo woman is accused of her third drunken driving offense and this time sheriff's officials say she was behind the wheel of a stolen squad car.
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Read More »Republicans move drunken driving bill closer to vote (UPDATE)
Two Republican legislators edged closer Thursday to getting a bill that would increase penalties for repeat drunken drivers passed, winning overwhelming approval for the measure in an Assembly committee and persuading a Senate panel to hold a vote on the proposal as early as next week.
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Read More »View from around the state: Strengthen penalties for drunken driving
Driving while drunk is wrong. But it is less wrong in Wisconsin than in most other states.
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Read More »Driver facing 8th drunken driving charge
Police in Janesville have arrested a driver on a possible eighth drunken driving charge.
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Read More »Lawmakers try again to raise drunken driving penalties
Two Republican lawmakers are trying again to increase penalties for repeat drunken driving.
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Read More »BENCH BLOG: Divided appeals court affirms right of confrontation only at trials
The Court of Appeals has affirmed that it's not only the rules of evidence that do not apply in criminal pretrial proceedings; equally inapplicable is the right of confrontation.
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Read More »Assembly committee approves license revocation bill
A bill that would strip repeat drunken drivers of their licenses for at least a decade is moving forward in the Legislature.
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Read More »Agencies: OWI mandatory minimum has big price tag
A proposal to create a mandatory minimum prison sentence for homicide by intoxicated operation of a motor vehicle would put a heavy financial burden on the state, according to reports filed by three state agencies Wednesday.
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Read More »Will lawmakers find support to make first drunken driving offenses criminal?
Despite plenty of compelling arguments for making first-time drunken driving offenses a crime, Wisconsin won’t be moving in that direction anytime soon, predicts defense attorney Andrew Mishlove.
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Read More »Lawmaker pleads guilty to drunken driving
A southeastern Wisconsin legislator has pleaded guilty to first-offense drunken driving.
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Read More »Assembly committee considers driver license revocation bill
A bill that would strip repeat drunken drivers of their licenses gained traction with an Assembly committee Thursday after members agreed they need to send a message it's time to get tough on impaired driving.
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Read More »Legislators want to revoke drunken drivers’ licenses
Repeat drunken drivers would lose their licenses for at least a decade under a bill backed by a rare bipartisan coalition of Wisconsin lawmakers.
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Read More »State Rep. Josh Zepnick arrested for drunken driving
Democratic state Rep. Josh Zepnick says he was arrested for drunken driving and he is seeking professional help.
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Read More »Alleged drunken driver won’t be charged in bicyclist’s death
Prosecutors say a motorist who struck and killed a bicyclist in Beloit won't be charged in the man's death but will be prosecuted for drunken driving.
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Read More »New Lisbon man arrested for 7th OWI
The Wisconsin State Patrol says a New Lisbon man has been arrested on suspicion of his seventh OWI offense.
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Read More »Woman sentenced for Waupaca County crash that killed teen
A 40-year-old woman accused of driving drunk in a crash that killed a teen in Waupaca County has been sentenced to a year in jail.
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Read More »Little progress made in getting repeat OWI drivers off road (UPDATE)
Wisconsin has made little progress in getting repeat drunken drivers off its roads, with more than half of the counties seeing no change or an increase in convictions for driving drunk five times or more.
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Read More »8-year sentence for driver in crash that killed father, son
An Illinois man who was driving drunk the wrong way on a southern Wisconsin highway is sentenced to eight years for causing a crash that killed a father and son.
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Read More »Sheboygan attorney faces public reprimand for OWIs
A Sheboygan attorney faces a conditional public reprimand for being convicted a fourth time of drunken driving.
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