The consequences for a DWI include loss of a driver’s license for up to a year, higher insurance rates and possible jail time. According to the Department of Public Safety Office of Traffic Safety, one in seven drivers in the state has a DWI on record.

Labor Day is here, signaling the end of the Minnesota State Fair, outdoor parties, the last day of summer vacation for many state school kids and a day of play instead of a rallying point for workers.

The annual late-summer enforcement campaign is yielding fewer drunken-driving arrests this year and the number of fatal crashes involving alcohol is continuing a five-year decline, state officials say. Over the past two weekends, 605 drunken drivers were arrested as part of a statewide DWI enforcement campaign. During a similar summer's-end crackdown last year, there were 1,787 arrests over three weekends culminating on Labor Day.

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.

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.