Overview
- Renee Lee Worke, 67, faces charges in Steele County for driving under the influence and for having a blood alcohol concentration over 0.08.
- A deputy found her vehicle stuck in a snowbank around 9:13 p.m. on Highway 14 at the Interstate 35 overpass in Owatonna.
- Charging documents describe bloodshot, glossy eyes, an odor of alcohol, slurred speech, slow motor function, and unsteady balance requiring assistance.
- A breath test at 10:02 p.m. measured her alcohol concentration at 0.16, about twice Minnesota’s legal limit.
- Worke told deputies she had visited friends in Waseca and had one glass of wine about two hours earlier, and no court appearances have been reported.