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Turning fairly nice later this week.More >> Sun returns Thursday and Friday but it will be cooler than normal. Frost expected Thursday night. Fairly quiet weekend with more cloud cover.More >> STRATFORD (WAOW) - The Marathon County Sheriff's Department says a near head-on crash involving a semi-truck and a pickup truck seriously injured the driver of the pickup on Friday.More >> STRATFORD (WAOW) - The Marathon County Sheriff's Department says a near head-on crash involving a semi-truck and a pickup truck seriously injured the driver of the pickup on Friday.More >> Authorities say there were no fatalities when an Interstate 5 bridge over a river north of Seattle collapsed. The Thursday evening bridge failure dumped vehicles and people into the water.More >> Authorities say there were no fatalities when an Interstate 5 bridge over a river north of Seattle collapsed. The Thursday evening bridge failure dumped vehicles and people into the water.More >> Gov. Scott Walker says he wasn't aware of his former campaign spokeswoman's drunken driving citations.More >> Gov. Scott Walker says he wasn't aware of his former campaign spokeswoman's drunken driving citations.More >>
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Prom was in the air at Mount View Care Center in Wausau Friday.More >> One person was seriously hurt after a crash in Marathon County Friday morning.More >> The UW-Stevens Point baseball team won its first game of the Division 3 College World Series.More >> Highlights and reaction from the Pointers first round win over Manchester in the DIII College World Series.More >> One person died in a crash Thursday night in Clark County.More >> Joseph Reinwand, 53, faces a charge of first degree intentional homicide.More >> Travis Krueger says he loves his job because it offers something different every day, and he's able to help people in the community.More >> An eight-year-old Wisconsin Rapids girl is on a mission to help, and it's all for a little boy she's never met.More >> A teacher's return to the classroom inspired students to do something for the survivors of the Boston Marathon bombing.More >>
APPLETON, Wis. (AP) -
One Milwaukee lawmaker says he wants sobriety checkpoints to be part of Wisconsin's arsenal as the state tries to curb drunken driving.
But the Appleton Post-Crescent reports that many others feel the checkpoints infringe on civil rights.
Sobriety checkpoints are outlawed in Wisconsin, and were not part of a bipartisan set of bills designed to crack down on impaired driving.
Democratic Sen. Tim Carpenter says checkpoints might send a message to that small number of people who drive drunk. He says the state could ease into the checkpoints at first, by allowing police to operate them on days that are associated with drinking, such as St. Patrick's Day or New Year's Eve.
Republican Rep. Dean Kaufert of Neenah says he doesn't believe checkpoints are the answer.
