DWI

A St. Cloud man is in Stearns County Jail on charges of felony-level DWI.

Nearly 1,800 people were arrested for driving drunk during a recent statewide enforcement campaign.

A man is in jail after attempting to flee police while driving drunk. A Stearns County Deputy spotted a vehicle swerving yesterday around 11:30 p.m on County Road 9 outside of Avon.

Repeat drunk drivers will be forced to use an ignition interlock device in their vehicle after July First. It's part of new, tougher DWI laws meant to reduce the number of drunk drivers in the state. The device forces the driver to take a breath test before the car will start.

Two St. Cloud men were arrested early this morning after a traffic stop. Police pulled a car over near University Drive and 5th Avenue South at about 2:45 a.m. for expired tabs. Police say the driver, 19-year-old Travis Manske had been drinking and had five pills of a prescription drug on him but no prescription.

A 27-year-old St. Cloud man has been arrested for allegedly driving drunk. A Stearns County Sheriff's Deputy spotted Shawn Murphy's vehicle on 2nd Street North in St. Cloud at about 2:00 a.m. this (Friday) morning.

A Minnesota woman is arrested for drunken driving again - potentially her tenth offense for driving under the influence. The 53-year-old Sandstone woman was pulled over in Burnett County Sunday afternoon.

The Minnesota Department of Public Safety says there will be added officers on the road over Super Bowl weekend, in search of drunken drivers. Authorities say more than 1,400 motorists were arrested for drunken driving during Super Bowl weekends from 2007 through 2009.

Public safety officials say a monthlong DWI crackdown in Minnesota netted nearly 2,400 arrests for drinking and driving in December.

Officers from several area police departments, sheriff's departments and Minnesota State Patrol conducted a special DWI saturation patrol Saturday night on Highway 15.