Man Faces Seventh OWI Charge
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WCCO) – A 27-year-old man has been charged for the seventh time for drinking and driving. The Wisconsin State Patrol says Jordan Clark, of Eau Claire, Wis. was arrested around 10:41...
View ArticlePolice: Woman Driving Drunk Nearly Hits Squad Car
CHASKA, Minn. (WCCO) — Police say a woman was intoxicated when she was driving north on Pine Street and nearly struck a police squad. The Chaska Police officer was exiting the station garage when and...
View ArticleWis. Man To Be Sentenced In Minn. Students’ Deaths
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Madison man convicted of killing three University of Minnesota students in a drunken-driving crash last year is due to be sentenced. Thirty-two-year-old Bradley R. Erickson...
View ArticlePolice: Drunken Driver Calls 911, Worries Cops Will Catch Him
RIVER FALLS, Wis. (WCCO) — Police in Wisconsin arrested a man after he dialed 911, possibly by accident, and started talking about how he hoped the police didn’t catch him drinking and driving....
View ArticleStatewide: At Least 300 DWIs Over New Year’s
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – At least 300 people were arrested for DWI in Minnesota on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, according to preliminary DWI arrest information from the Minnesota Department of...
View ArticleGood Question: Is The Legal BAC Limit Too High?
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Saying they could save hundreds of lives every year, the nation’s highway safety advocates want states to reduce the legal blood alcohol limit for driving by 35 percent — from...
View ArticleMan Pleads Guilty In Drunken Crash That Killed 3
(credit: CBS) MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Cokato man accused of drunkenly causing a car crash that killed three generations of a family last year pleaded guilty on Monday in Kandiyohi County. County...
View ArticleConcordia Students Fight Against Controversial Loophole
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Students at Concordia University are attempting something not a lot of college students try to do. They’re going to the Minnesota Legislature to get some laws changed, including...
View ArticleSt. Paul Students Create PSAs To Highlight Safe Driving
ARDEN HILLS, Minn. (WCCO) – Eric Zajkowski’s social studies class had a unique assignment on Thursday. The students spent their day outside on a cold parking lot in Arden Hills, which more closely...
View ArticleCharges: Man Was Drinking Prior To Fatal Burnsville Crash
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 25-year-old man has been charged with criminal vehicular homicide in the crash that killed a 34-year-old Richfield woman last weekend. According to Dakota County Attorney James...
View ArticleMetro High School Stages Powerful Mock Car Crash
http://media.minneapolis.cbslocal.com/CBSMIN_20150417182351903AA.mp4 MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — With prom season upon us, high school students are hearing about the effects of drinking and driving. Mock...
View ArticleCoy Kreger In Critical Condition After Snowmobile Crash, Faribault Man...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 23-year-old man was walking on the ice of Cannon Lake Friday evening when he was struck by a snowmobile, according to the Rice County Sheriff’s Office. A press release says that...
View Article60-Year-Old Albany Mail Woman Injured In Hit And Run, Driver Arrested On...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Officials in Stearns County say a US Postal Service carrier’s vehicle was rear ended near Albany last Friday, sending a 60-year-old mailwoman to Melrose Hospital with minor...
View ArticleDrunk Driver Who Killed Woman, Her Grandson In 2012 Charged With DWI Again
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Wisconsin man, who served time in prison after a drunk driving car crash that killed a grandmother and her grandson in 2012, has been charged with drinking and driving again....
View ArticleEagan Mayor Mike Maguire Pleads Guilty To Drunken Driving
EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Eagan’s mayor is talking about his decision to drink and drive. At the end of a virtual City Council meeting Tuesday, Mayor Mike Maguire said he had pleaded guilty to driving while...
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