The U.S. Supreme Court is expressing doubts about laws in at least a dozen states that make it a crime for people suspected of drunken driving to refuse to take alcohol tests.

Even though a northern Wisconsin woman was arrested 24 years ago for drunken driving, her lawyers will appear before the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday to argue the resulting citation should be voided.

The state Senate wrapped up its last session of the term Tuesday, sending a flurry of bills to Gov. Scott Walker’s desk.

A Beloit man convicted of homicide by driving drunk has been arrested again for operating a vehicle while intoxicated.

Wisconsin judges have ordered tens of thousands of ignition interlock devices installed on the vehicles of convicted drunken drivers over the past several years.

Green Bay police have arrested a man on his suspected 12th OWI offense.

The state Assembly has passed a bill that would strip repeat drunken drivers of their licenses for at least a decade.

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.

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.

A Wisconsin jury has convicted a man who blamed eating beer-battered fish when he was picked up on his 10th drunken driving offense.

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.

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.

The state Senate has passed a bill that would impose tougher penalties on repeat drunken drivers.

"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?"

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.

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.

Driving while drunk is wrong. But it is less wrong in Wisconsin than in most other states.

Police in Janesville have arrested a driver on a possible eighth drunken driving charge.

Two Republican lawmakers are trying again to increase penalties for repeat drunken driving.

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.

A bill that would strip repeat drunken drivers of their licenses for at least a decade is moving forward in the Legislature.

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.

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.

A southeastern Wisconsin legislator has pleaded guilty to first-offense drunken driving.

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.

Repeat drunken drivers would lose their licenses for at least a decade under a bill backed by a rare bipartisan coalition of Wisconsin lawmakers.

Democratic state Rep. Josh Zepnick says he was arrested for drunken driving and he is seeking professional help.

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.

The Wisconsin State Patrol says a New Lisbon man has been arrested on suspicion of his seventh OWI offense.

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.