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The Library will open to indoor browsing visits on Monday, May 3rd.  Indoor visits will be Monday-Thursday, 12:30-5:30 pm and Friday & Saturday, 9:30-11:30 am. We ask, with great respect for all, that when visiting the library: A mask is worn Browsing and checkouts are prompt Six-foot distancing practiced Returns are placed in the outdoor Book…

The Catalog has been upgraded!  Check it out:  https://mellen.northernwaters.org/ or access from the library’s website at: legionmemoriallibrary.org, under the tab ‘Find Books’. Easily browse and search items Place holds Find the next book in your favorite series Record your reading history Rate books, movies, and more Get suggestions for great reads Plans are underway to open the…

It’s National Library Week! We join with communities and their libraries across our nation to celebrate. It is a good time to announce that our Library Board met last week and made the decision to open our doors to visits beginning Monday, May 3rd in addition to our continued Curbside Pickup. Stay tuned for more…

The Library’s Spring Coloring Drawing is accepting entries through Monday, April 12th D.E.A.R. Day, Drop Everything And Read Day. Five winners of $10 will be drawn for. Three entries per person. All ages are welcome to participate. Use your own coloring pages or request pages from Curbside Pickup, 715-274-8331. Online activities:  “Read Across Wisconsin” and “Shelter-at-Home…

Legion Memorial Library, as part of the Northern Waters Library Network (NWLN), invites you to participate in the first Read Across Wisconsin (March 1 – April 10, 2021), in honor of Read Across America. We’re inviting patrons from all 29 NWLN libraries to submit photos of all the creative and different ways you may read.  Submit photos of…

Our Curbside Pickup service continues.  Monday – Thursday, Noon-6 pm and Friday & Saturday, 9 am-Noon.  We continue to add new materials to our collections of books, DVDs, and magazines.  You may borrow using your library card from our website, legionmemoriallibrary.org or call 715-274-8331 and we’ll read you the titles from our new books on…

Entries for our “Help Decorate the Library for Spring” project are arriving! Each entry, up to three times per person, will be placed in a drawing.  We have five different age catagories:  Adults; Grades 9-12; Grades 6-8; Grades 2-5; Grades 1 and under (all preschool ages included).  Names will be entered into a drawing, one name selected from each age category.  A…

We would like to encourage everyone to participate in our “Help Decorate for Spring” project!  We have a variety of spring pictures to take and color and/or decorate.  All pictures will be placed in the windows at the library to help us decorate for spring.  This project and library promotion is for kids and adults alike. …

Curbside Pickup continues at the Library Monday-Thursday, Noon-6 PM and Friday & Saturday, 9 AM-Noon.  Call ahead to pick up Book Bundles, Take & Make Bags, or items on the hold shelf.  You may also ask for a selection of books, DVDs, or magazines to be pulled from our shelves for you to pick up.  Let…

There are still Take & Make craft bags available.  Stop by the library to pick one up.  We’re doing Curbside Pickups Monday-Thursday, Noon-6 PM and Friday & Saturday 9 AM-Noon. Book Bundles for grownups:  Books about Rural Living and the Self-Sufficient Life – “The Rural Diaries” by Hilarie Burton Morgan, The Joy of Keeping Chickens”…