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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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
Walker signs tougher drunken driving penalties
Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bill creating tougher drunken driving penalties.
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.
High court expresses doubts about drunken-driving laws
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.
Supreme Court to hear oral arguments in Eau Claire County drunken driving case
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.
Senate wraps up with changes to criminal, jobless benefits law
The state Senate wrapped up its last session of the term Tuesday, sending a flurry of bills to Gov. Scott Walker’s desk.
Man convicted of drunken driving homicide accused of 4th OWI
A Beloit man convicted of homicide by driving drunk has been arrested again for operating a vehicle while intoxicated.
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