Our library star is fiction selector Leslie Hanseter. She does a phenomenal job at our location. We are grateful for her talents! We had fun at work when she invited us to look at this beautiful new book arrival. Check out the pages! That brings us to our second library star, the author Samantha Sotto […]
Two library stars represented! Read More »
It is exciting to watch Harlan Coben’s career and how he is reaching wider and wider audiences. A patron told me about his true crime show on CBS (THE FINAL TWIST) which I was unaware of. We have patrons who like to read true crime. This might be of interest to them. Read more
American Author Harlan Coben has arrived! Read More »
We are happy to be partnering with the Resch Center (year 2!) as they hold their shows for “Monster Jam” and “Disney on Ice”. Coupons are available at the library for kids who read FIVE books. (They do not have to be library books but that would be nice!) The coupons are for a
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We are excited to support an engineering contest at the Children’s Museum of Green Bay! Sat Jan 31 2-4 Sun Feb 1 10-noon Sat Feb 7 2-4 Sun Feb 8 10-noon 2nd-5th grade individual/partner 6th-8th grade individual/partner Stop by the library counter to sign your child in and receive your pouch of materials. Your child
Pick up your bridge making kit at the library! Read More »
The prints have arrived and been framed for the three photo contest winners, GIVE US YOUR BEST SHOT, 2025, an FMPL activity. It is great to see beautiful summer images as we are headed in that direction after winter solstice. Congratulations again to Stephanie Diermeier, Cathy Krull and Addie Jaykowski. (left to right as arranged
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We just added a brand new book to our library about Dolly Parton and it was a good reminder of all the great work she has done to promote literacy! She started her IMAGINATION LIBRARY in 1995. With leadership from Empowered Tutoring, the 54165 zip code became eligible for Dolly’s program. Children are signed up
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We had the honor of hosting Thomas Nelson on December 6, 2025 to speak about his new book WRECKED: THE EDMUND FITZGERALD AND THE SINKING OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMY. He opened with a poignant story about being a child and seeing a lifeboat from the tragedy at a museum. He immediately had a visceral response
Book by Outagamie County Executive is outstanding Read More »
Introducing Kristin Mielke who is our public health nurse for Outagamie County Health and Human Services. She reached out to me to set up a meeting. I gave her a tour of our library, and she dropped off items that will be distributed here at the library. Among the things that she dropped off were
Libraries and public health work together for the betterment of their community’s health Read More »
We are so blessed to have Shari Liesch lead programming at our library in the spring and in the fall annually. On November 12, 2025, she led a fabulous program about story quilting. She puts her “all” into her presentations with lots of research and creative thought processes. We had hands-on learning at this workshop
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Debby Stellmacher is our library star! Seated on your (perspective) right. Debby took a turn to share at the Budget 2026 hearing on the evening of November 24, 2025. Thank you! Debby Stellmacher spoke about yarn club that meets weekly on Tuesday evening and is led by Cindy Borgen. Debby explained that all abilities and
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