Alright, so you've been nabbed for a MN DWI charge in Minneapolis and you want to know where you will be and what to expect. I'll get the ball rolling here.

What court you end up in depends on where you were arrested. As a general rule of thumb, if you were arrested within the city of Minneapolis you will either be in Division I at the Government Center Courthouse on S. 6th Street, or at the public safety Facility on S. 4th Street.

Hennepin County has a DWI court, which, according the their website;


Hennepin County's DWI Court Program is a treatment-based program of intensive judicial supervision for non-violent repeat DWI offenders - usually two or three DWI convictions within 10 years. The purpose of the program is to increase public safety by decreasing the recurrence of drunk driving and reducing DWI-related accidents and deaths. DWI Court Program is designed for repeat DWI offenders who are striving to maintain sobriety and live crime-free. Adults who plead guilty or are convicted of DWI in Minneapolis may choose to voluntarily participate in the 18-month intervention, which is an alternative to traditional criminal probation.
Since the DWI Court Program was introduced in Hennepin County in January 2007, the success rate of program participants is much greater than offenders who chose not to enter the program.
There are three other courthouses that you might end up in, and I'll address those in separate posts. They are the Southdale Courthouse, the Ridgedale Courthouse and the Brookdale Courthouse.