WINONA, Minn. – Police stopped a Sparta driver for running a red light and then saw an open carton of Mike’a hard lemonade open in the back seat. Julie Renee Hanson, 18, of  Sparta, got a raft of tickets: Failing to stop for a semaphore, being underage and consuming alcohll, driving and drinking, and having an open alcohol in the car. Hanson’s bad news was all about 1:35 a.m. at Huff and Howard streets.

Stuff OK in car. But only if unopened.

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