New Glarus Public Library

10/20/2026

New books by Lee Child AND Louise Penny?!?! Jackpot! Come on down soon to see what's new on our shelves this New Release Tuesday!

10/19/2026

We are just one month away from a fascinating talk by New Glarus's own Gregg Jamison! Join us on Thursday, November 19th at 6 PM to learn more about the UW's Missing in Action Recovery and Identification Project.

The University of Wisconsin's MIA RIP works to recover missing U.S. military personnel from past global conflicts and honor their sacrifice. They work to identify and recover deceased missing in action US service members by conducting field excavations and providing research assistance to families of missing service members. The project consists of a team of academic experts and student volunteers in the fields of history, archaeology, forensic anthropology, and biology.

We spend every day trying to find the missing puzzle piece in someone else’s genealogy as if it were our own family. When our nation sends young men and women in uniform to war, we make an implicit promise that we will do everything in our power to bring them home – should they make the ultimate sacrifice. 1,500 of the 82,000 MIA American service members hail from the state of Wisconsin: approximately 1,300 were lost during WWII, over 160 were lost in the Korean War, 26 are missing from the Vietnam War, and one service member is missing as the result of other Cold War-era operations.

Speaker Dr. Gregg Jamison is the Lead Archaeologist of the University of Wisconsin's MIA RIP program. He has conducted fieldwork in India, Pakistan, Oman, France, Belgium, Germany, Papua New Guinea, and throughout the Midwest, particularly Wisconsin. He lives in New Glarus with his wife and three children.

As this is an after-hours event, please enter the library through the east-side door off of Railroad Street. This event is free and open to the public.

10/19/2026

10/16/2026

Thank you to Parrfection Produce for this passel of pumpkins for our pint-sized people! Monday's Storytime theme is pumpkins. Hope to see you here!

10/16/2026

And that's a wrap on another fabulous Girlfriends Craft Night! We whipped up a little practical magic of our own, creating spell bottle charms and some super fun witch hats. 🧙‍♀️ Thanks to our crafters for modeling their creations.

We'll see you in December for Scandi Christmas!

10/15/2026

A huge thank you to the New Glarus Retirement Community for spearheading a fundraiser in honor of Dolly Parton's work with early literacy. The wishlist was posted and our community responded. Fourteen new books, including some award winners, will be hitting our shelves soon. Thank you to everyone who participated!

10/13/2026

Happy New Release Tuesday! There are some great books coming to our shelves today, including Peck & Peck, the highly-anticipated follow-up to Bonnie Garmus' Lessons in Chemistry.

10/12/2026

Voting is now open for our 2027 book club picks! The link to the ballot can be found on the library home page under "Forms and Handouts." Voting ends on Monday, October 26th at 7 PM.

(Why didn't we include the link here? FB is now limiting us to sharing two links per month, and we've already used up our allotted two. 😕)

10/12/2026

This is what you get when your community loves bingo, the library, and Dolly: a huge stack of new books for kids! Almost all of the purchased items are in and hitting the shelves today. Stop on by and check them out!

Thanks again to Bailey's Run Vineyard & Winery for choosing the library for their benefit bingo.