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Kamala Harris' running mate Tim Walz pictured in 1995 Nebraska mugshot after DUI arrest
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz became a national figure this week after Vice President Kamala Harris selected him as her 2024 running mate to challenge former President Trump and Ohio Sen. JD Vance.
His past became an immediate topic of interest — and a booking photo obtained by Fox News Digital shows the new vice presidential candidate pictured shortly after a 1995 arrest in Nebraska after state troopers pulled him over for speeding and suspicion of drunken driving.
The Dawes County Sheriff’s Office said Walz had been arrested on Sept. 23, 1995, after state police pulled him over on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol.
KAMALA HARRIS’ VP PICK TIM WALZ PREVIOUSLY CHARGED WITH DUI IN NEBRASKA
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democrats’ 2024 vice presidential candidate, is pictured in a 1995 booking photo following a DUI arrest in Dawes County, Nebraska. (Dawes County Sheriffs Office)
Court documents allege that Walz, 28 at the time, who was a high school teacher and football coach at the time, was speeding above 80 mph. He failed a breath test with a .128 blood-alcohol level. The limit back then was .1 in many parts of the country, including Nebraska. It is now .08.
He also failed a field sobriety test, but his lawyer blamed the incident on a combination of his client’s bad hearing and that the state trooper didn’t turn his siren on right away.
It was “a little bit bizarre,” the lawyer, Russell Harford, claimed in court. Walz believed “somebody was after him.”
VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS NAMES MINNESOTA GOV TIM WALZ AS HER RUNNING MATE
Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz appear onstage together during a campaign event at Girard College in Philadelphia on Tuesday. Harris ended weeks of speculation about who her running mate would be, selecting the 60-year-old Midwestern governor over other candidates. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Walz was booked into the county jail and later released on bond. The case ended in a plea deal where he admitted to a reduced charge of reckless driving.
Walz, now 60, paid a $200 fine and reportedly no longer drinks alcohol.
IT’S OFFICIAL: VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS FORMALLY WINS THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION
Harris revealed Walz as her running mate on Tuesday. She became the presumptive Democratic Party’s 2024 presidential nominee after President Biden backed out of the race following a disastrous debate performance, disappointing polls and concerns about whether he is capable of continuing to lead the country.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz listens as President Biden speaks at Dutch Creek Farms in Northfield, Minnesota, on Nov. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Walz, a longtime National Guardsman and Nebraska native, was elected to the House of Representatives after a career in education. He took office as Minnesota’s governor in 2019 and won re-election in 2022.
Walz and his Republican vice presidential hopeful counterpart, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, are both Mountain Dew consumers, specifically Diet Mountain Dew.
“Make it a Diet Mountain Dew and I’m sold,” Walz said in a 2023 X post in response to convenience store chain KwikTrip, which wrote, “idk who needs to hear this but 52 oz of diet coke is a perfect way to start the morning.”
Fox News’ Gabriele Regalbuto contributed to this report.
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MILWAUKEE — A motorcyclist was killed in Milwaukee Saturday night after being struck by another vehicle.
According to police, the crash occurred around 10:15 p.m. in the 600 block of East Locust Street when a 31-year-old driver traveling south on Booth Street collided with the motorcycle that was traveling on West Locust Street.
The driver of the motorcycle, a 29-year-old, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The vehicle driver was taken into custody. Charges are pending review by the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office.
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MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – A shooting in Minneapolis left a man dead on Wilson Street, and police have not announced any arrests.
Fatal Minneapolis shooting
What we know:
Minneapolis police say they responded to the 300 block of Wilson Street at about 1 a.m. on Sunday for a report of a person down.
Officers say they then found a man in the street with life-threatening gunshot injuries and rendered aid.
The man was then brought to the hospital, where he died.
Police say they managed a large crowd that was leaving a nearby home where a party was held as they investigated the shooting.
What we don’t know:
No information on the victim or suspect has been shared.
What you can do:
Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to contact Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or email policetips@minneapolismn.gov.
The Source: This story uses information from the Minneapolis Police Department.
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Mortgage expert Tom Hlava joined WISH-TV Sunday morning to talk about today’s market and what it means for home buyers, sellers, and homeowners.
Hlava told News 8’s Stacey Schooler that the Federal Reserve does not change mortgage rates. They change the federal funds rate, which he says is more closely tied to car loans and credit cards.
Hlava says that if we wait until the mortgage rate drops, there will be many more buyers and prices will rise even further.
“Should I wait until the Colts are just about ready to go to the Super Bowl to buy tickets to a game? Probably not, because by then it’s a little bit too late. The market has gone way up. I think it’s pretty much the same way with interest rates”.
The new average home price in Indianapolis for a two- to three-bedroom house is $250,00 to $300,000.
“When I started in the mortgage business many, many years ago, rates were 13% and 14%. But houses were, like you said,
$ 70,000- $ 80,000. We don’t have those houses. Now it’s a half million dollars”.
Hlava added that there is a program for the families of first responders and a duty death program that will erase the loan for that first responder’s family.
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