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MADISON (AP) – The city of Madison is fining three University of Wisconsin-Madison students more than $86,000 for a house party.

Twenty-one-year-old Travis Ludy, 20-year-old Mitchell Klatt and 20-year-old Kevin Tracy face 130 citations for things like dispensing alcohol without a permit, procuring alcohol for an underage person and adult encouraging underage alcohol consumption. The students also could face university discipline.

Madison police say the men could have faced a smaller fine if they hadn’t locked doors and turned off the music and lights when officers arrived Sept. 11.

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A local study group compiled a list of recommendations for legislators and municipalities to change the drinking culture in Wisconsin. The list includes introduce sobriety checkpoints, prohibit parents from buying alcohol in bars for their underage children, doubling the fees for alcohol licenses and more. The State Council on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse workgroup plans to show the document to the League of Wisconsin Municipalities.

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A study group wants to change the way alcohol is perceived and consumed in Wisconsin. The group came up with 49 recommendations for state and local governments, communities, employers and educators. Alcohol Culture and Environment Workgroup’s suggestions include adding sobriety checkpoints throughout the community, limiting alcohol advertising in the various municipalities, changing the law that allows parents to buy their children alcohol and adopting ordinances that ban competitions and games as well as the use of beer bongs and similar devices in licensed establishments as these encourage swift consumption of alcohol. The workgroup is comprised of public policy experts, attorneys, elected officials, law enforcement, local leaders, educators and others.

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Drunk driving laws have recently changed in Wisconsin. The changes, which were voted into law in December, have recently gone into effect. Drivers under the influence will now receive stricter penalties, higher fines and more jail time. Four major modifications were made to Wisconsin’s existing DUI laws and penalties. Among them is that repeat offenders have an ignition interlock device placed in their cars and now a fourth DUI offense in five years is a felony rather than the fifth DUI offense.

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