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Dane County Fair fights wrecked the evening, but there were no arrests. The Dane County Fair is closing early at 7:30 p.m. and will require juveniles to be accompanied by an adult after a Friday night marred by a series of fights among juveniles in which a sheriff's deputy was hit in the face. But no arrests were made, and the decision to combat the violence and disorder by wrecking the fair for law-abiding people isn't sitting well with fairgoers who are venting about the decision on social media. The Alliant Energy Center wrote on Twitter that it "will enforce a new admissions policy today and Sunday for the Dane County Fair. All those under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult to gain entry, and the fair will close at 7 p.m. UPDATE: Admission to the Dane County Fair will now close at 7:30 p.m. The midway will also close at the same time." A woman posted the following video of one of the Dane County Fair fights to Facebook, writing, "Yep, I wa...

The Dane County Sheriff announced that inmates in the Dane County jail will now be referred to as "residents," in an attempt to use language that "reflects our society's values." "We see it as a small step toward humanizing," Dane Co. Sheriff Kalvin Barrett said in a news conference. "I've learned a new perspective," he announced. "We will no longer refer to those in our care of the Dane County Jail as inmates but we will use a more humanizing term like resident or those within our care. This change in language is a way to humanize those incarcerated in our Dane County Jail.” Barrett was appointed Dane County Sheriff by Gov. Tony Evers. The appointment fills a vacancy created by Sheriff David J. Mahoney’s resignation, effective May 8, 2021. Barrett will complete the remainder of the term which ends January 2, 2023. Barrett served as Dane County Deputy Sheriff from 2009 to 2011, and as an officer with the Sun Prairie Police Dep...