WINONA, Minn. – A Winona driver, Austin Blaise Halbakken, age 29, was charged with drunken driving after a traffic stop on the Near West Side about 1 a.m. Halbakken had been failing to maintain his lane, said the arresting officer. The officer said he then smelled alcohol from the vehicle. Halbakken’s inebriated state was confirmed by his glassy eyes, mumbled speech and roadside sobriety performance, the officer said. This was near Sarnia and Olmsted streets. A jail test found Halbakken’s s blood-alcohol at 0.14%, approaching double the legal limit. Records showed this was his second DWI arrest.
