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State’s excessive drinking culture causes alcohol-induced deaths at a rate nearly 25% higher than rest of the country.

By Sarah Eichstadt / Wisconsin Watch and Anupras Mohapatra / Wisconsin Watch, Wisconsin Watch August 3, 2023 Blanketing the wall of an American-style dive

Excessive alcohol use is taking a heavy toll in a state that celebrates its drinking culture.

In the not-so-distant future, one of the best tools for keeping impaired drivers off the road may be their own vehicles, equipped with technology that could save thousands of lives every year. And when that happens, you can thank the efforts of a suburban woman.

Sheila Lockwood carries the insurmountable grief of losing a child to a drunk driver. But she has channeled that grief into a tireless effort to reform DUI...