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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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.
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.
Read More »Man arrested for 4th offense OWI
A Janesville man is under arrest on suspicion of his fourth OWI offense.
Read More »Attorney publicly reprimanded for drunken driving, 11 traffic tickets
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has publicly reprimanded an attorney for racking up 11 traffic tickets and violating his probation for a drunken driving arrest in Minnesota, thus violating the conditions of his admission to practice law in both states.
Read More »Janesville man charged with 10th drunken driving offense
A Janesville man has been charged with his 10th drunken driving offense after authorities say he was found asleep at the wheel while sitting at a traffic light.
Read More »BENCH BLOG: Drunken driving case leads Supreme Court to correct Court of Appeals
The Wisconsin Supreme Court unanimously reversed the Court of Appeals in a decision that would have remanded a case to the circuit court in order to expose a drunken driver to a higher maximum sentence.
Read More »Oshkosh man gets 23 years for driving drunk in deadly crash
An Oshkosh man has been sentenced to 23 years in prison after he was accused of driving drunk and causing a crash that killed a woman in another vehicle.
Read More »Sheldon man gets 16 years in drunken driving death of hunter
A Sheldon man who was convicted in a drunken driving crash that killed an Illinois deer hunter has been sentenced to 16 years in prison.
Read More »Woman faces charge of 9th drunken driving offense
A northwestern Wisconsin woman is being charged with her ninth drunken driving offense after authorities say she was found unresponsive with her foot on the brake of an SUV with two little girls in back.
Read More »Woman accused of 10th drunken driving offense
A Janesville woman is accused of her tenth drunken driving offense after police say she was too intoxicated to perform a field sobriety test.
Read More »Wisconsin Dells man arrested on 10th drunken driving charge
Police in Sturtevant say a man was more than four times over the legal limit when he was arrested for his 10th drunken driving offense.
Read More »Panel approves Walker’s drunken driving spending cut
The Legislature's budget-writing committee has approved cutting $731,000 in grant funding to treat drunken drivers as Gov. Scott Walker proposed.
Read More »State’s high court reinstates drunken driving conviction
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has overturned a lower court ruling and reinstated a fourth drunken driving conviction against a Madison-area man.
Read More »View from around the state: No excuse for ignoring DUI bills
State Rep. Jim Ott keeps fighting the good fight against Wisconsin's drunken driving scourge.
Read More »Supreme Court upholds drunken driving conviction
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has upheld the drunken driving conviction in a case where Justice David Prosser withdrew after he or his staff apparently contacted the state crime lab for information.
Read More »Minn. Supreme Court upholds law on refusing breath test
The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a state law making it illegal for suspected drunken drivers to refuse a breath test.
Read More »Man arrested on 12th drunken driving offense
An Appleton man has been arrested for his 12th drunken driving offense.
Read More »View from around the state: More leaders want to be smart on crime
U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Janesville, is talking about "unreasonably long sentences" that "may actually make people more likely to return to crime."
Read More »View from around the state: Biomarkers show promise in DUI fight
Wisconsin is wise to pursue improving technology — in cars and at treatment clinics — to fight its drunken driving scourge.
Read More »BENCH BLOG: Promise questions and jury nullification
The ferocity of an alcohol addiction is apparent in the case of Frank Zdzieblowski, a 73-year-old Portage County man who was charged with operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited blood alcohol concentration as a sixth offense less than five months after he was charged with fifth offense intoxicated driving.
Read More »State’s judges noncompliant with OWI penalties (UPDATE)
Some chronic drunken drivers in Wisconsin spend little time behind bars on felony charges due to lenient sentencing.
Read More »7-year sentence for drunken driving deaths
A Merrill woman convicted of driving drunk and causing a crash that killed two friends and injured a third has been sentenced to seven years in prison.
Read More »Amherst woman gets 6 years for fatal crash
An Amherst woman has been sentenced to six years in prison for a fatal drunk driving crash.
Read More »Man convicted of 8th drunken driving charge
Prosecutors say a Wisconsin man sent to prison for his eighth drunken driving conviction told investigators he had gotten behind the wheel while intoxicated hundreds of times.
Read More »Appeals court: Motorized bicycle considered a vehicle
A motorized bicycle is considered a motor vehicle, at least for the purposes of a drunken driving charge, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.
Read More »Fatal hit-and-run driver sentenced to 4 years
A drunken driver who struck and killed a man plowing snow in Eau Claire County and fled the scene has been sentenced to four years in prison.
Read More »Outagamie County gets alcohol detection bracelets
Outagamie County will use alcohol detection bracelets to monitor repeat drunken drivers in a special court program.
Read More »Juror, witness confrontation leads to new trial
A 60-year-old Oneida man will get a new trial on a drunken driving charge after a defense witness got into an argument with two jurors.
Read More »Man gets nearly 10 years for 3rd drunken driving offense
A Wisconsin man was sentenced Monday to nearly 10 years in prison for leading police on a drunken driving chase that ended in a near-fatal crash.
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