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Ecstatic Truth in Games

Ecstatic Truth in Games

Unwinnable — This is an excerpt from the cover story of Unwinnable Monthly #141.

What Happens to Your Pandemic Pet When You Go Back to the Office?

What Happens to Your Pandemic Pet When You Go Back to the Office?

Twin Cities PBS — One in five homes adopted a cat or dog during the pandemic. Separation anxiety could be in the future for these pandemic pets.

Video Games Have Never Been More Accessible

Video Games Have Never Been More Accessible

Twin Cities PBS — Blind gamers can fly, drive as developers push to make video game software and hardware as accessible as possible to people with disabilities.

Twin Cities Apartment Sales Tracker

Twin Cities Apartment Sales Tracker

Finance & Commerce — An interactive map that covers more than a decade worth of data for apartment sales in the Twin Cities.

Twin Cities Apartment Development Tracker

Twin Cities Apartment Development Tracker

Finance & Commerce — An interactive map that covers more than a decade worth of data for apartment property sales in the Twin Cities area.

Hiking through the National Parks in one box with PARKS

Hiking through the National Parks in one box with PARKS

Skewed 'n Reviewed — Adapting snow peaked mountains that embolden the horizon or bringing the rolling grassy plains to life in all of the United States National Parks in an 8 ½ by 8 ½ box may not be the simplest endeavour, but it's one that Keymaster Games is embarking on.

Beaver Dam resident finishes goal of running a marathon on every continent

Beaver Dam resident finishes goal of running a marathon on every continent

Beaver Dam Daily Citizen — It took Gail White, 60, of Beaver Dam, three years to meet her goal of completing a marathon on all seven continents. On March 11, she stepped off a boat with more than 100 other runners on King George Island and ran in her final marathon on Antarctica.

Dodge County Sales Tax Program 1994-2016

Dodge County Sales Tax Program 1994-2016

Beaver Dam Daily Citizen — This chart covers over most of Dodge County's sales tax remittance, capital projects and debt services from 1994 to 2016.

Vacant properties pose safety and business threats

Vacant properties pose safety and business threats

Beaver Dam Daily Citizen — The two-block stretch of Front Street in downtown Beaver Dam makes up a small portion of what is considered Beaver Dam’s Downtown Redevelopment District.

Wake up call: Area is better prepared for disaster

Wake up call: Area is better prepared for disaster

Beaver Dam Daily Citizen — For most of Dodge County, the 2008 flood was a wake up call for flood prevention and emergency response.