ELBA, Minn. — A Plainview man, Jacob Lawrence Donovan, 21, was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving north of Elba. This was about 7:35 p.m. Donovan had run off Highway 74 into a ditch along the Whitewater River swamps at the Beaver crossroads. Deputies said that Donovan’s eyes were watery and bloodshot, that he was unsteady in his balance, and that he slurred his words. He failed sobriety performance tests. His breath showed his blood at 0.09% alcohol — above the threshold for impairment under state law.
