Cord Memorial Library, Danbury, Iowa

08/23/2026

The State Capital Library is really pretty, it in Perry Iowa, at Hotel Pattee has a really really beautiful, and quite cozy Library. If I could have it as a home library, I sure would.

What’s the prettiest library you’ve ever been to, (private or public)?

08/22/2026

Congratulations Dave Colbert! Colbert's Market

Today's Iowan of the Day is David Colbert of Danbury!

David has spent decades strengthening his community through service, leadership, and a commitment to small-town Iowa. A former mayor, city council member, ambulance volunteer, and school board member, he has dedicated countless hours to improving Danbury.

As owner of the third-generation Colbert's Market, David continues to support local organizations, schools, and first responders. His humble leadership and dedication make him a deserving Iowan of the Day.

Congratulations, David!

08/12/2026

The book mobile brought more great titles. Come in and ✅ them out!

07/29/2026

We still have some time slots open for the escape room.
Groups must sign up for a one-hour time slot to participate. The first opening is 10:00 a.m. each day, and the last one begins at 3:00 p.m. While we allow an hour to solve the mystery, it may not take that long, depending on your sleuthing skills (and the hints you wish). There is no charge to participate in this escape room. While there is no age restriction, the escape room is intended for people aged upper elementary through older retired. This is a family friendly escape room.
To sign up or if you have questions, please contact Lynn Buth at 712-840-0327

07/20/2026

Something will be amiss at Cord Memorial Library, and they are asking for groups of 2-6 (suggested size) detectives to escape to Cord Memorial and solve the mystery. What happened? Where? Who? What? Well, we won’t tell you all of that. We will tell you that the escape room, created by LyLo, will be held on Friday, July 31st and Saturday, August 1st.
Groups need to sign up for a one-hour time slot to participate. The first opening is 10:00 a.m. each day, and the last one begins at 3:00 p.m. While we allow an hour to solve the mystery, it may not take that long, depending on your sleuthing skills (and the hints you wish). There is no charge to participate in this escape room. While there is no age restriction, the escape room is intended for people aged upper elementary through older retired.
To sign up or if you have questions, please contact Lynn Buth at 712-840-0327

07/17/2026

Have you ever dreamed of learning how to make balloon animals?
Cord Memorial Library can make your dream come true.
Wednesday, July 29th @ 1:30pm
Sara will be in our lovely little library not only making, but teaching children & adults how to make these fun balloon animals. There will also be a musical magical show!
All ages will have SO much FUN!

07/10/2026

The book mobile stopped by, and loaded us up! Books, children’s and juvenile books, large print books, even some DVD’s. While we aren’t open until Tuesday, we do hope you’ll take the time to comment on this post, so it increases our visibility, and patrons see more of us.

We appreciate you!

07/01/2026

A social media, Short Notice series of events!!!

Three Great Events today at Cord Memorial Library! On Wedesday, July 1st @ 1:30pm, we have Megan Holmes, a sweet gal born and raised in the Battle Creek area, coming to read her new book entitled Musical Thunderstorm. She will have copies of her fun & colorful book for sale and will be happy to sign them for you. Right after Megan is done reading, her dad, Dennis Laughlin, will be sharing some very interesting details about his Battle Creek Bottle Dump, and fossils. He will have many fossils for us to see and even some for us to touch. Dennis has some extremely fascinating stories to share with us about some of the unique items he and his wife have found digging in their backyard. All ages are welcome! I have attached the flyer we will be hanging up in our community for more information and some photos.
After this two in one program, our weekly Wednesday Euchre game will commence at 4pm. Euchre is ALWAYS great fun at Cord Memorial.

Cord Memorial Library
215 Main Street
PO Box 334
Danbury, IA 51019
712-883-2207

06/30/2026

06/24/2026

First picture is The Stoppel Brothers enjoying the metal detectors at the Cord Memorial Library program. We had a Full library - every chair was filled!