Mel Kolstad brings history to life with a collection of paper collages and mixed media pieces in her show, My Downtown: A Collection of Collages Celebrating Fond du Lac on display throughout November in the Fond du Lac Public Library gallery.
House to clean. Presents to buy. Packages to mail. Cookies to bake. Finances to juggle. The stress-o-meter flies into the red zone during the holiday mad dash. Sandra Peterson thinks there’s a better way.
Hunting season is upon us, and that means Wisconsin’s beautiful wild areas soon will be teeming with people toting weapons. How can a non-hunter safely enjoy the outdoors this time of year?
The Fond du Lac Public Library will offer Hunting Safety for the Non-hunter at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, November 1. Jackie Scharfenberg, forest naturalist/environmental educator at Kettle Moraine State Forest, and Alan Erickson, conservation warden for the Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources, will talk about how to stay safe while sharing the state’s trails and woods.
She’s lived in Germany, Georgia, Belgium, Kansas, Maine and Virginia, but Sarah Newton has wanted to live in the Midwest for many years. As the new children’s services coordinator at the Fond du Lac Public Library, the 27-year-old former military kid finally has her wish.
Another great story by one of my favorite authors. As with her other books, reading Porch Lights made me long to visit the South Carolina Lowcountry, specifically Sullivan's Island, the setting for most of her books and where the author was born and raised. The way she describes the grasslands, amazing sunsets, and the gentle ocean breezes make it sound like paradise.
Extended until October 31, the Fond du Lac Reads Book Spine Poetry Contest: Talking About Tolerance challenges visitors to the Main Library to "write” a poem about tolerance using the words on the spines of books, movies or CDs at the library.
In 1974, 9-year-old Michelle LeBeau arrives in fictional Deerhorn, Wisc., to live with her father’s parents. She’s the daughter of a white American father and a Japanese mother. The townspeople – especially her classmates – are not accepting.
The world of college finance is pretty complicated, and even parents who’ve been there/done that with older kids can use all the help they can get. The Fond du Lac Public Library is offering Financial Aid for Your College Adventure, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 23, at the Fond du Lac Public Library.
House to clean. Presents to buy. Packages to mail. Cookies to bake. Finances to juggle. The stress-o-meter flies into the red zone during the holiday mad dash. Sandra Peterson thinks there’s a better way.
Some people begin shopping for Christmas in July. Many start sprucing up their homes for holiday parties in August. 
She’s lived in Germany, Georgia, Belgium, Kansas, Maine and Virginia, but 
Extended until October 31, the Fond du Lac Reads Book Spine Poetry Contest: Talking About Tolerance challenges visitors to the Main Library to "write” a poem about tolerance using the words on the spines of books, movies or CDs at the library.
In 1974, 9-year-old Michelle LeBeau arrives in fictional Deerhorn, Wisc., to live with her father’s parents. She’s the daughter of a white American father and a Japanese mother. The townspeople – especially her classmates – are not accepting. 
The annual Wisconsin Regional Art Program show returns to the Fond du Lac Public Library gallery in October.