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Dane County is seeing more cases of COVID-19 than the rest of Wisconsin, but it is also testing more and seeing fewer deaths than the rest of the state, according to updated data released by health officials Friday.

The latest data from local public health officials shows drug overdoses are still increasing in Dane County, although the reasons behind the overdoses are changing.

The Dane County Sheriff's Office is warning people of what it's calling an elaborate scam in which scammers claim to represent the sheriff's office.

Despite Dane County increasing to the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention's medium community COVID-19 activity level on Friday, Madison's largest hospitals are not immediately reimplementing stricter visitor rules they previously loosened.

Dane County saved more than $139,000 last year by using compressed natural gas and RNG instead of diesel in its vehicles and could save $350,000 this year if diesel stays at current prices.

A 19-year-old DeForest man accused of planning to kidnap a woman was bound over for trial Tuesday.

A 36-year-old Fitchburg man was arrested Wednesday evening after police said he fled officers while driving recklessly throughout western Dane County.

Dane County health officials say they will be scaling their local COVID-19 updates to twice a month, rather than providing the weekly data "snapshots" they have been releasing throughout the pandemic.

Police in DeForest say they have arrested a 19-year-old after he was found wearing all black and carrying handcuffs while sitting in a car outside a female acquaintance's home.

The Dane County Sheriff's Office says a suspect in Madison's first homicide of the year is back in the jail a day after being sent to the hospital.