DWI
Laywer: Minnesota dad feels 'overwhelming guilt' 
The attorney for a Minnetrista man says his client feels "overwhelming guilt" after his SUV crashed through thin ice and his baby daughter drowned.
February 08, 2013
Minnesota DFL exec charged with DWI
The executive director of Minnesota's Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party is charged with driving while intoxicated after he hit two parked cars in Minneapolis in December.
By Associated Press , February 08, 2013
Man gets 4 years in crash that killed coach's son
A Starbuck man accused of driving drunk and causing the crash that killed a Minnesota coach's son has been sentenced to four years in prison.
By Associated Press , January 25, 2013
Taxi Squad to remind motorists to choose safe ride
Authorities in Anoka County are rolling out a new campaign to curb drinking and driving.
By Associated Press , December 30, 2012
December enforcement brings 1,300 DWI arrests in Minnesota
State law enforcement agencies are working overtime hours this month as part of a campaign to prevent drunken driving tragedies. That's accompanied by a statewide advertising campaign to notify Minnesotans of the added patrols.
By Associated Press , December 19, 2012
Minnesota sees continued drop in DWI arrests
An annual late-summer enforcement campaign has resulted in fewer drunken-driving arrests. The number of fatal crashes involving alcohol has also continued a five-year decline.
By Associated Press , August 29, 2012
Minnesota man sentenced to 5 years for 11th DWI
A Hastings man who pleaded guilty to 11th-offense driving while intoxicated has been sentenced to five years in prison. Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom noted that Andrist has 10 previous convictions for driving while intoxicated, and said he hopes Andrist gets the help he needs.
By Associated Press , April 07, 2012
OUR OPINION: No more ‘lawmakers’ immunity’ from DWIs
Lawmakers should rescind the “get out of drunk driving free” provision of the legislative immunities they carry.
By Tom Dennis for the Herald , March 19, 2012
Minnesota Zamboni driver charged with driving drunk during peewee hockey game
Parents at an Apple Valley ice arena called police on Jan. 30 to report that Joel Bruss was driving the ice-resurfacing machine erratically. According to the complaint, when police arrived at Hayes Ice Arena, Bruss had gotten the Zamboni stuck half-on and half-off the ice.
By Herald Staff Report , March 01, 2012
Mankato TV anchor arrested on suspicion of DWI
MANKATO, Minn. - A Mankato television anchor who made David Letterman's Top 10 List after many speculated she could have been drunk during a newscast has been arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated.
By West Central (Minn.) Tribune/MCT , December 22, 2011
In no state to drive: Grand Forks, Polk counties barometers for their states' alcohol-related offenses
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When it comes to alcohol-related driving offenses, Grand Forks County and Polk County are ideal barometers for their respective states.
By Chris Bieri , October 15, 2011
Man arrested for DWI after stealing fire truck
A fire truck was stolen from the Greenwood Township Fire Department in northern Minnesota — and the alleged driver was later arrested for driving while impaired.
By Associated Press , July 25, 2011
Escapee from Traill County jail arrested in Minnesota
A man who escaped from the Traill County jail in Hillsboro, N.D., on Wednesday after being arrested for drunk driving was picked up in Maple Grove, Minn., on Saturday morning and arrested again for DWI and fleeing a peace officer, according to a Traill County dispatcher and information from the Hennepin County (Minn.) jail.
By Herald Staff Report , April 09, 2011
Minnesota judge rules breath-test results reliable
A Minnesota judge has ruled that blood-alcohol test results from the Intoxilyzer breath-testing machine are reliable and can be used as evidence against drunken driving suspects.
By Associated Press , March 09, 2011
Man charged in Brooklyn Center crash that killed 2
Charges allege a Minneapolis man had a blood-alcohol level more than twice the legal limit when he slammed into a car in Brooklyn Center, killing both people in the other vehicle.
By Associated Press , March 08, 2011
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