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.
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There might be some festive snow in the forecast.
It's one of several festive treats available at Revolution Hall until New Year's Eve.
This is the second time a kettle filled with cash has been stolen in the metro this year.
Bad news for the NHL's top goal-scoring defenseman.
It happened just a few miles northwest of St. Cloud.
It's estimated to have caused around $10 million worth of damage.
Most stores and services will be running as normal, though many will close early.
Tori 44 in north Minneapolis was hit by a car on Saturday.
It's going from bad to worse for the Packers QB.
Staff will get up to 10 backup days each year.
It happened Sunday evening in north Minneapolis.
The Wisconsinite is being coached by Blake Shelton.
His lawyer says the Carlton County Attorney has checked into the Hazelden treatment center. His blood alcohol content was three times the legal limit to drive when he was pulled over earlier this month. The County Board of Commissioners is still awaiting word on if and when he plans to return to work.
A Fergus Falls man was sentenced to five years in prison Wednesday for a felony DWI conviction. Richard Papenfuss, 62, has over 20 DWI arrests on his record and has already served prison time for a previous DWI. In the Twin Cities, a Plymouth woman was arrested Thursday morning for probable cause DWI. She had already served prison time for hitting a killing a man in 2010.
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.
Wisconsin State Patrol officials say a 38-year-old man was arrested on his sixth driving-while-intoxicated charge after he struck a tractor pulling a hay wagon that was carrying several passengers, WCCO reports.
Eagan police said an investigation is under way in the death of the 10-week-old boy who was sleeping in the same bed as his drunken grandmother. According to a search warrant, police suspected the woman, 46, had been drinking alcohol. Results of a preliminary breath test also showed the woman had a blood-alcohol level of 0.18 percent, more than twice the legal limit for driving.
I'll give you one guess for what. You got it. Attorney Samuel Surface was arrested early Friday morning after police administered a roadside blood alcohol test and the litigator registered at twice the legal limit.
State officials aren't waiting until Labor Day weekend to encourage people to plan for a sober ride if they are drinking. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety said it will kick off its "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" campaign Friday, which will run through Labor Day. The department said Thursday that 68 percent of fatal accidents last year involved drivers who had blood alcohol levels of at least .16 -- twice the legal limit for driving.
Former KEYC Mankato news anchor Annie Stensrud, who became a brief YouTube sensation after a broadcast in which she appeared drunk, was sentenced to probation in a DWI case. Police stopped Stensrud in December, a few weeks after the broadcast, with a blood alcohol level of .31.