Chaska Herald - St. Patrick's Day (or St. Patrick's Day Weekend, if you prefer) - Comments

A St. Patrick’s Day

Mark Olson — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:12:14 -0500

A St. Patrick’s Day Operation NightCAP (nighttime concentrated alcohol patrol) DWI crackdown in the state’s 15 deadliest counties for impaired driving resulted in 89 impaired driving arrests — 51 DWIs were in the Twin Cities.

Officers from 46 agencies participated in the efforts conducted Friday, Saturday and Monday night. Officers stopped more than 1,720 vehicles and cited 557 drivers for traffic- and equipment-related violations, according to a Department of Public Safety press release.

How will you celebrate St.

Mollee Francisco — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:45:26 -0500

How will you celebrate St. Patrick's Day?

Personally, I've already got my green tees and Flogging Molly cds out and at the ready!

(Mollee Francisco is a staff writer for the Chaska Herald. She can be reached at mfrancisco@swpub.com.)

A St. Patrick’s Weekend

Mark Olson — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:56:22 -0500

A St. Patrick’s Weekend also means more DUIs.

According to the Department of Public Safety, Public Safety officials expect the extended celebration will lead to a spike in impaired driving.

St. Patrick’s Day was celebrated on a Saturday in 2007 and 526 motorists were arrested for DWI — nearly twice the DWI count from 2005 when the holiday landed on a Thursday, the release stated.

As a result Minnesota law enforcement will ramp up DWI patrols in the state’s 15 deadliest counties for impaired driving during the St. Patrick’s Day weekend.

“Over the last three years on St. Patrick’s Day in Minnesota, alcohol-related crashes accounted for four of 11 traffic deaths and nine of 25 serious injuries. There were 1,263 impaired drivers arrested for DWI statewide on St. Patrick’s Day 2005–2007,” the release stated.

St. Patrick's Day (or St. Patrick's Day Weekend, if you prefer)

Mark Olson — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:24:46 -0500

St. Patrick’s Day has become like Halloween -- a day so absolutely boisterous that it needs an entire weekend.

So, even though St. Patrick's Day is Monday, most organizations are celebrating it Saturday and Sunday.