Thom Pertler, 47, was booked into the St. Louis County Jail on suspicion of drunken driving Tuesday afternoon. The Duluth News Tribune reports the Carlton County attorney refused to submit to a chemical test of his blood, breath or urine. Pertler has been the county attorney since 2005.

Same old, same old. Gilbert Ricardo Garcia was stopped by Bloomington police Sunday who found him with a blood-alcohol content twice the legal limit and eleven previous charges for DWI.

Carlton County Attorney Thom Pertler apologized to his family, colleagues and constituents for a drunken driving incident. He's been in an inpatient treatment program at Hazelden Treatment Center in Center City, Minn., for the past month. He's back at work this week. Pertler is scheduled to make his first appearance in St. Louis County Court on the charges against him in early September.

Minneapolis police on Wednesday arrested former Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher's son, Kyle Fletcher, 23, who suspected of driving while intoxicated. Bob Fletcher famously had his son arrested twice when he was struggling with heroin and cocaine addictions.

The Swift County assessor reportedly told sheriff's deputies in Benson he didn't realize he couldn't bring his shotgun to his office in the courthouse.

Annie Stensrud, who some people suspect was drunk on the air following an awkward newscast that went viral on the Internet, has been charged with a DWI following her arrest on suspicion of drunken driving weeks after the news segment. Police say she had a blood-alcohol level of .31 just over an hour after her arrest.

The man accused of drunken driving in the fatal crash that killed infant son of a Minnesota coach had blood-alcohol content more than four times the state's legal limit 0.08 percent, according to charges. The West Central Tribune reported the contents of the criminal complaint, which said Dana Schoen, 38, had a blood alcohol content level of 0.351 percent.