The Minnesota State Patrol was busy keeping the roads safe as we rang in the new year. They made 152 arrests for driving while impaired. The majority of the arrests came after midnight in the early morning hours of New Year's day. Last year 174 people were arrested.

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As we begin this year there is some uncertainty surrounding Minnesota’s DWI law. The Minnesota Court of Appeals says warrant-less blood and urine tests are unconstitutional. The Court's latest opinion was published December 28th.  Read more on that, here.

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