🏈 Super Bowl champ stars in UW-Madison play

🐕 Dog Day Care Owner Runs for City Council

• The path to City Council has been paved for Ryan Koglin after current District 15 Ald. Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford suspended her reelection campaign last month.
• Koglin, who is the owner of the Dirty Paws Hiking dog day care as well as the president of an east side neighborhood association, received an endorsement from Martinez-Rutherford on social media. [Cap Times]

🏫 UW-Madison Still Working on Conservative Professorship

• A university spokesperson says they continue to “actively work” on establishing an endowment for a professorship on conservative politics or thought, after Rep. Dave Murphy, R-Greensville alleged UW-Madison has “dragged their feet” on the agreement.
• This agreement was made in December 2023 between the Universities of Wisconsin president and Assembly Speaker Rep. Robin Vos, R-Rochester.
• At the state budget address last week, Murphy shot back at a proposed $856 million for the UW system because he said UW-Madison had neglected to meet the deal.
• While the original provision didn’t specify a timeframe, UW-Madison says they agreed to fundraise for the position within two years of the December 2023 deal. [🔒Wisconsin State Journal]

❤️ Southside Elementary Has a New Name

• Madison’s Southside Elementary School will now be named after Lori Mann Carey, who grew up on the south side and was an advocate for education and students of color.
• Mann Carey founded the Mission 4.0 after-school program that offered tutoring for West High School’s Black students. She also helped establish the Mann Scholars program for students of color. Mann Carey passed away five years ago.
• An 11-member committee sorted through recommendations and options over seven months. The committee recommended four finalists, and the Madison School Board finalized the name change on Monday. [Cap Times]

🔼 Last week’s photo

This plane can be found (not surprisingly) suspended from the ceiling at Dane County Regional Airport!

🎉 Congratulations to Katy H., Matt D., and Lynet U. for being the first ones to guess correctly!

🔽 This week’s photo

Do you know where this sculpture is located? A few clues:

• It’s located on Madison’s east side
• The sculpture is called “Tree Limb Faces” by beloved Madison folk artist Sid Boyum.
• If the faces they could see, they could see a beloved music venue, a beloved retro diner and a beloved bar & grill nearby.