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What We're Reading: A Forty Year Kiss
Check out 'A Forty Year Kiss' by Nickolas Butler; it's a great Valentine's read about second chances for a couple forty years after their divorce.Charlie and Vivian, who parted ways after four years o... Join us for Adventures in Bookclubbing for Authors with Red Hair
Join us for our monthly book club where you pick the book! This month we reading books written by authors with red hair. Get creative and have fun with it! We're meeting at two different times; pick t... Kirkwood Community College announces Dean's List honors
Kirkwood Community College has released its Dean's List for the fall 2024 semester. These students have achieved a 3.3 grade point average or higher after completing 12 or more credit hours at t...
What we're Reading: New Boy
My choice for Adventures in Bookclubbing book club was 'New Boy' by Tracy Chevalier. It is a retelling of Shakespeare's classic tragedy 'Othello.' Set in the 1970s, it takes place on an elementary sch... Hawkeye Community College Announces Fall 2024 Dean’s List
Hawkeye Community College announces the Dean's List for the fall 2024 semester. The Dean's List is an official recognition of outstanding academic accomplishment by full-time students. To make the Dea...
What we're Reading: The Rachel Incident
Fans of Sally Rooney will certainly enjoy 'The Rachel Incident' by Caroline O'Donoghue, which is available on the @libby.app. I took the time to read the acknowledgements section at the end and w... ECC Announces Fall Term Dean’s List
One hundred forty-nine students were named to the Fall 2024 (August to December) Dean’s List at Ellsworth Community College. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, students must have earned a minimum...
Upper Iowa University Fall 2024 Dean's List
Upper Iowa University is proud to announce the Dean’s List for 2024 fall sessions.To be honored, a student must have earned a minimum 3.50 grade point average for the semester and be enrolled as a f...
What We're Watching: A Complete Unknown
This weekend I saw the new Bob Dylan biopic 'A Complete Unknown,' and to paraphrase a line in the film, it quite nearly knocked me to the ground. I loved it so much I saw it twice, and also enjoyed th... Vinton Public Library - Then and Now
Today Betty brought us a copy of this article from the April 13, 1989, edition of the Cedar Valley Times. Betty was assistant librarian at the time the article is written and is featured in the photo....