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Bar time brawl leads to six arrests

An Iowa man who apparently didn?t want to be arrested during a melee in a block of bars on University Avenue early Saturday morning ended up having himself and five friends who tried to help him in his struggle getting arrested. Daniel Rodgers, 22, Dubuque, was tentatively charged with battery to a police officer, criminal damage to property, disorderly conduct and resisting following his arrest at about 2:23 a.m. Saturday in the 600 block of University Avenue, Madison police said.