The Heartbeat of Heart City: Part Two, The Badger Den
Monday, October 19, 2026
By Tyler Dahlgren
The shelf was sparsely stocked, at first. A couple Valentine Badger T-shirts, maybe a hoodie and a stocking cap here and there, but not much more than that.
This was 2020, the dawn of the pandemic, and that bare shelf was the beginning of something special. The beginning of The Badger Den.
Earlier that year, high school teachers Alana Cardinal and …
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