Stacyville Public Library

Stacyville Public Library Stacyville Public Library serves the North Iowa community of Stacyville and the surrounding area. The Roy J. In 2011, there are 650 families/ patrons registered.

Read how this library was established and how it has evolved to become such an important part of our community. The Stacyville Public Library opened on Tuesday, May 14, 1968 in the Stacyville City Hall building. After 52 years of service as a jail area, the wall between two jail cells had been torn down and bookshelves were added to prepare the space for its new service as a community library. A c

ommittee of volunteers had donated time, energy and books since a city council decision in late 1967 approved making the area available for a library. Zola Mullenbach was chosen to be librarian and the hours open were Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 2:00 to 5:30 and Friday evening from 7:00 to 9:00. The original board of trustees was organized December 4, 1967 with five members: Bev Hatten, Barb Thome, Phyllis Schmidt, Ann Theobald and Christine Staudt. By February 4, 1969, Librarian Zola Mullenbach reported 257 patrons registered. The largest daily circulation was 28, with an overall average of 20. In May of 1969, members of the library board presented the problem of shortage of space to the Stacyville City Council. Discussion centered around the Jail Cell and the idea of using the entire City Hall area for library purposes. Planning for expansion of the facilities was approved in November. With the help of a $10,000 grant from the Kinney-Lindstrom Foundation of Mason City, remodeling began. Books and periodicals were kept in the beauty shop area next to Durben Clothing Store and the library operated out of that temporary location until the City Hall interior remodeling,with a project cost of $17,647, was completed in March 1970. The "new" building with 1,050 square feet of space opened in April 1970. In 1984, Sydney Heimer began working as the Director of Stacyville Public Library. In 1995, the Stacyville Public Library board determined that more space was needed and began fundraising efforts for a new library building. The largest fundraiser was the Cows in the Corn Maze which was operated with a large community volunteer workforce in the summer of 1999 and 2000 and a Haunted Corn Maze in the Fall 2000, 2001, and 2002. Carver Charitable Trust FoundationOld Building provided a $60,000 grant and a $25,000 donation in memory of Elizabeth Halvorson provided additional funds for the $285,000 project. The new building with 4,800 square feet of space was completed in 2004 with a large crew of volunteer labor assisting during construction. On December 4, 2004 another crew of volunteers from the community assisted in the move from the old building to the new building one block away using shopping carts to transport the books and materials. Average daily circulation is 100 with the largest daily circulation at over 300. Barb Klapperich began working as the library director with Beth Levan as assistant librarian.

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Detective Michael Bennett and army-sniper-turned-NYPD-officer Rob Trilling travel to Montana to investigate a case that crosses state borders and family lines in this thriller from the world's bestselling author.

In New York City, a series of deadly bombs explodes. Across the river, a military base is burglarized for munitions. In Montana, violence and arson rock a small town outside of Bozeman. Are the incidents related?

Bennett, Trilling, and the ATF investigate. A single-minded group angry with the government keep turning up in unexpected places, insisting that they’re only trying to make the world a better place. To law enforcement, their claims seem delusional.

Will words or gunpowder light the next fuse?

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The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Empire Falls returns with a spellbinding page-turner about a crime in a small town that exposes long-held secrets and betrayals among a group of lifelong friends.

When Tyler Sinclair left Stone Mountain at eighteen, he had no plans of returning. With only a duffel bag full of clothes, a few bucks stolen from his father’s dresser, and a guitar, his most prized possession, Tyler disappeared without so much as a goodbye. Eighteen years later, Tyler, now the frontman of a famous band aptly named Stone Mountain, finds himself returning to his hometown for a one-night-only benefit concert to support his old friend, Doc, who lost feeling in his legs following a childhood accident. As Tyler ascends the mountain, memories of his childhood come rushing back—memories of his abusive father and despondent mother, of the friends he left behind—and he quickly learns that, for many people on Stone Mountain, the past does not feel like so long ago, and not everyone has been eagerly awaiting Tyler’s return.

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History has always celebrated the Founding Fathers—the sly but victorious tactics of Washington, the daring exploits of Lafayette, the grand ideas of Jefferson. Yet we rarely hear of the women who kept the colonies running and liberty alive. Obstinate Daughters finally rewrites the story of America’s birth by revealing the courageous, resourceful women whose actions shaped a nation. From the battlefields to the printing press, from the plantations to the pulpit, these women fought, spied, published, preached, farmed, and organized. From the front lines to the home front, from the colonies to the frontier, these unsung heroines turned the tide.

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From the bestselling author of I Hope This Finds You Well comes a sharply funny, surprisingly tender novel about a woman stuck in place, her nosy neighbors, and the journey to find where she belongs—with all the heart of a grown-up The Breakfast Club.

Mona thought her living situation was bad… but the real mess is just beginning.

One day is all it takes for Mona’s life to implode. After years of climbing at her marketing firm, she was supposed to be getting promoted and finally moving out of her crumbling apartment building. Instead, she’s jobless, aimless, and still stuck in a space barely big enough for a yoga mat.

Then her eccentric landlady takes a tumble and asks Mona to step in as the building’s reluctant super. The deal is simple: help prep the place for sale, and she can secure the upgrade she’s been chasing. But that’s easier said than done when the neighbors treat “boundaries” as optional. There’s the shouting couple, the mysterious shut-in, a possible panty thief in the laundry room—and Sami, the relentlessly cheerful diner owner who keeps showing up with coffee and unsolicited ideas about community. As Mona gets pulled deeper into the building’s chaos—and closer to the people inside it—she’s forced to confront what, and who, she’s really been trying to outrun. Sometimes, the place you’re desperate to leave is the one that finally shows you who you are.

Wise, heartfelt, and laugh-out-loud funny, Natalie Sue’s sophomore novel is a story about burning out, starting over, and finding your people in the most unexpected places—perfect for fans of The Wedding People and Anxious People.

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106 N Broad Street
Stacyville, IA
50476

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 12pm
1pm - 6pm
Tuesday 10am - 12pm
1pm - 6pm
Wednesday 1pm - 6pm
Thursday 1pm - 6pm
Friday 10am - 12pm
1pm - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 1pm

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