📰 Current airport updates

✏️ What to know

• TSA | Approximate wait times for security lines can be found at each TSA checkpoint — travelers with TSA PreCheck must enter through the south checkpoint area, inside door one.
• Map it out | If you’re like us and need to completely visualize a place before you step foot inside, these maps will be your saving grace.
• Flight status | While we recommend staying updated via your respective airline, you can check the airport’s dashboard for your flight status in a pinch.
• Food and drink | Grab baked goods from Ancora, pick up locally-sourced bites at Metcalfe’s Local to Go, sit down for a burger at the Mad Town Gastropub, or if it’s one of those travel days — stop at Vinoteca Wine and Tapas for a heavy pour.

🚕 Parking and transportation

• Economy lot | $6/day
• Surface lot | $8/day
• Ramp | $10/day
• Hourly | $2/hour up to 6 hours

• Madison Taxi | 608-255-8294 | Get surge-free pricing 24 hours a day.
• Union Cab | 608-242-2000 | Do you have the jingle stuck in your head now?

• A Little Southern Hospitality Bar Takeover Dinner | Thursday, Feb. 15 | 6-8:45 p.m. | The Deliciouser, 931 E. Main St., Madison | $85 | Join the Deliciouser crew, Wollersheim Winery, and State Line Distillery for a six-course dinner.
• Trivia Night | Thursday, Feb. 15 | 7 p.m. | The Sylvee, 25 S. Livingston St., Madison | $150 | Andy North hosts this fundraiser consisting of trivia, music, and a silent auction to raise money for the UW Health Carbone Cancer Center.

• TheatreSports | Friday, Feb. 16 | 7-8:30 p.m. | Atlas Improv Co., 609 E. Washington Ave., Madison | $11 | Two teams of performers compete through fast-paced improv comedy.
• Goodyear Returns | Friday, Feb. 16 | 7:30 p.m. | Overture Center for the Arts, 201 State St., Madison | $19-$95 | Canadian pianist Stewart Goodyear performs Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat.

• Tree ID with The Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin | Saturday, Feb. 17 | 1-4 p.m. | Elver Park, 1250 McKenna Blvd., Madison | $0-$10 | Learn about local tree identification with the NRF Wayfarers, and warm up with drinks at Vintage Brewing afterward.
• Madison Roller Derby | Saturday, Feb. 17 | 5-9 p.m. | Alliant Energy Center, 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way, Madison | $0-$20 | Enjoy some full-throttled mayhem on the track.

• Femmestival | Sunday, Feb. 18 | 11 a.m.-4 p.m. | Garver Feed Mill, 3241 Garver Green, Madison | Free | A food and art festival to celebrate women, femmes, and nonbinary locals.
• Dowsing Rod 101 | Sunday, Feb. 18 | 1-2 p.m. | Crucible, 3116 Commercial Ave., Madison | $40 | Madtown Paranormal will teach you how to use dowsing rods, and you’ll even get to take a pair home.

• Board Game Cafe | Monday, Feb. 19 | 6-8 p.m. | Lakeview Library, 2845 N. Sherman Ave., Madison | Free | Revisit old favorites or try something new from the library’s collection of board and card games.
• Dart League | Monday, Feb. 19 | 6-8 p.m. | Delta Beer Lab, 167 E. Badger Rd., Madison | $10 | Cash and bar tab prizes will be awarded to first, second, and third place teams.

• Twisted Fisherman’s Ice Camp Snow Globes
• The Lux Domes on the rooftop of Café Benelux
• An authentic Northwoods shanty at Buckatabon^

• $27 million. That’s the City of Madison’s budget shortfall for 2025. City leaders will start public meetings in the coming weeks (dates and times TBD) in hopes of finding solutions. “If there are great creative solutions out there, we want to hear them,” says District 5 Alder Regina Vidaver. (WKOW)

• A new inpatient rehabilitation hospital is coming to Fitchburg. UW Health, UnityPoint Health-Meriter, and Lifepoint Rehabilitation are working together on the project. It will sit on the corner of Lacy Road and Highway 14 and feature 40 private rooms. Construction will start next year. (WKOW)

• It was widely expected that when Maurer’s Urban Market opens in Madison’s new Truman Olson development on Park Street, the Pick ‘n Save nearby would close. However, Pick ‘n Save might not close, which jeopardizes the anticipated opening of Maurer’s. (Isthmus)

• Sheridan Wisconsin, formerly Webcrafters, will permanently close its Madison facility due to decreased business. 116 layoffs will take place Saturday, April 13-Friday, June 28. The company’s history in Madison dates back to 1868, it was renamed Sheridan after its acquisition by CJK Group in 2017. (Channel 3000)

• The owner of My Sister’s Kitchen, the Middleton restaurant that closed in August, has found a new location. Shelly Skinner owned the breakfast and lunch spot and has purchased the building that is currently home to R&J’s Saloon in Mazomanie. She plans to open this May. (In Business)

• Did you know that women only hold 24% of computer jobs and 15% of engineering jobs in the US? Tech Savvy is a one-day conference designed to inspire and encourage girls in grades six to nine to explore STEM fields. The workshop takes place on Saturday, March 9 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at UW-Whitewater. Registration closes Feb. 29. (WMTV)

• Despite that one week of freezing temperatures we had, the National Weather Service reported that January was 8.5 degrees warmer than average. Thanks to this warmer weather, the city’s public ice rinks are all currently closed, and tomorrow’s Groove and Glide is canceled. (Wisconsin State Journal)

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