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April 2018
Ida Grove Comprehensive Plan Presentation
Ida Grove is updating the City's Comprehensive Plan. Please come review the draft comprehensive plan! Topics Include: Housing, Economic Development, Transportation, Parks, Community Facilities and Services. The Comprehensive Plan Review is scheduled for April 23, 2018 at 5:00pm at the Rec Center. All are welcome to attend! For more information contact: Marc Dennison at [email protected] and Nicole Peterson at [email protected]
Find out more »June 2018
Libraries Rock…Books to Movies!
2018 Libraries Rock adult summer library program presents the "Books to Movies" series! Stop by to check out the book, and then come in to watch the film to see how the two compare. This week's movie showing is "Wonder", based on the book "Wonder" by R.J. Palacio.
Find out more »2018 Libraries Rock…Movies
Join us at the library for a fun filled Friday Morning! Each Friday in June and July, we will be hosting a movie morning, showing a great family friendly movie. Make sure to pick up your summer schedule to see what we'll be showing! The Ida Grove Summer Library Program is sponsored in part by generous donations from the following Ida Grove Businesses: North Star Community Credit Union, First State Bank, American Legion McNamara-Moore Post 61, American Legion Auxiliary, GOMACO…
Find out more »Libraries Rock…Books to Movies!
2018 Libraries Rock adult summer library program presents the "Books to Movies" series! Stop by to check out the book, and then come in to watch the film to see how the two compare. This week's movie showing is "In the Heart of the Sea", based on the book "In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whale-ship Essex" by Nathaniel Philbrick.
Find out more »2018 Libraries Rock…Fonziba Drums!
Join Fonsiba to learn about African drumming and culture. In 2003, Fonsiba spent six weeks living with the Dembele family, whose traditional drummers go back thirty generations. She apprenticed with the family elder, Dramane Dembele, and performed with his drum troupe at several African weddings. During the program, Fonsiba invites everyone to play one of her thirty, hand-carved, jembe drums from the Ivory Coast and experience first-hand what it is like to be in a West African drum band.…
Find out more »Libraries Rock…Books to Movies!
2018 Libraries Rock adult summer library program presents the "Books to Movies" series! Stop by to check out the book, and then come in to watch the film to see how the two compare. This week's movie showing is "The Shack", based on the book "The Shack" by William Young.
Find out more »2018 Libraries Rock…Darrin Crow, Storyteller
Darrin Crow, Storyteller & Troubadour will make a special appearance at the Ida Grove Library on Tuesday June 19th. Join Darrin as he shares powerful, imaginative, engaging stories that will keep you on the edge of your seat and stick with you long after the tale ends. The Ida Grove Summer Library Program is sponsored in part by generous donations from the following Ida Grove Businesses: North Star Community Credit Union, First State Bank, American Legion McNamara-Moore Post 61,…
Find out more »Libraries Rock…Books to Movies!
2018 Libraries Rock adult summer library program presents the "Books to Movies" series! Stop by to check out the book, and then come in to watch the film to see how the two compare. This week's movie showing is "13 Hours", based on the book "13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi" by Mitchell Zuckoff.
Find out more »2018 Libraries Rock…The Singing Cowgirls
Join special guests Aspen & Alice Black to learn all about cowboy/girl life! Clap, laugh, sing, dance, and role-play along! Dive right in, clip-clopping along to "Come Ride With Me", learning to yodel with "The Yodeling Mule", traveling to "Cowbuqerque", NM, with Cody, the songwriting steer, 'tooting' along to "That Smell", and everyone likes dancing to the "Cowgirl Shuffle" and the Virginia Reel! The Ida Grove Summer Library Program is sponsored in part by generous donations from the following…
Find out more »July 2018
Libraries Rock…Books to Movies!
2018 Libraries Rock adult summer library program presents the "Books to Movies" series! Stop by to check out the book, and then come in to watch the film to see how the two compare. This week's movie showing is "The Light Between Oceans", based on the book "The Light Between Oceans" by M.L. Stedman.
Find out more »2018 Libraries Rock…Craft & Movie Day
Join library staff to make some great Independence Day crafts and stay to enjoy the movie "Rock Dogs"! The Ida Grove Summer Library Program is sponsored in part by generous donations from the following Ida Grove Businesses: North Star Community Credit Union, First State Bank, American Legion McNamara-Moore Post 61, American Legion Auxiliary, GOMACO Corporation, Midwest Industries, Ida Grove Kiwanis, and the Hoffman Agency. Thank you for your support!
Find out more »Libraries Rock…Books to Movies!
2018 Libraries Rock adult summer library program presents the "Books to Movies" series! Stop by to check out the book, and then come in to watch the film to see how the two compare. This week's movie showing is "Forever My Girl", based on the book "Forever My Girl" by Heidi McLaughlin.
Find out more »2018 Libraries Rock…Pockets Full of Fun
Join library staff and special guest Lisa Laird & Pockets Full of Fun to celebrate the summer library program! Pockets Full of Fun will start at 10:30am and a picnic will follow with hotdogs, chips, juice provided. Today's the day to pick up your special incentives for participating too! Can't wait to see you there and celebrate all of your reading accomplishments! The Ida Grove Summer Library Program is sponsored in part by generous donations from the following Ida Grove…
Find out more »Libraries Rock…Books to Movies!
2018 Libraries Rock adult summer library program presents the "Books to Movies" series! Stop by to check out the book, and then come in to watch the film to see how the two compare. This week's movie showing is "The 33", based on the book "Deep Down Dark" by Hector Tobar.
Find out more »Libraries Rock…Books to Movies!
2018 Libraries Rock adult summer library program presents the "Books to Movies" series! Stop by to check out the book, and then come in to watch the film to see how the two compare. This week's movie showing is "Sully", based on the book "Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters" by Capt. Chelsey "Sully" Sullenberger.
Find out more »Libraries Rock…Books to Movies!
2018 Libraries Rock adult summer library program presents the "Books to Movies" series! Stop by to check out the book, and then come in to watch the film to see how the two compare. This week's movie showing is "A Dog's Purpose", based on the book "A Dog's Purpose" by W. Bruce Cameron.
Find out more »September 2018
University of Iowa Mobile Museum
Stop by to enjoy a special visit from the University of Iowa's Mobile Museum. The Mobile Museum features three physical exhibits: Discover, Develop, Deploy This exhibit highlights work on nutrition, hearing loss, and supporting healthy families. From printing devices that help the hearing-impaired to creating eyeglasses and beyond, this partnership shows that translational science is only limited by your imagination! A Matter of Scales: Pangolins in Peril Pangolins are amazing scale-covered mammals from Africa and Asia. Unfortunately they are critically…
Find out more »October 2018
Story Time
Preschool story time for ages 0-4. Join us for thirty minutes of fun, including stories, songs, and dance.
Find out more »After School Adventures @ Your Library
Looking for something to do when school lets out early? Join after school adventures @ your library to be entertained and educated! Today we'll meet Laura from the ISU Ida County Extension office, she'll have a great program for you to participate in. We hope you can join us!
Find out more »November 2018
Photography of Don Poggensee
Join noted Northwest Iowa photographer Don Poggensee for a special guided exhibit of his work on Thursday, November 15th at 6:30 pm. The exhibit will feature a variety of photographs taken throughout his career, including photographs of the Amish, northern lights, star trails, wildlife, nature and other special images. The exhibit will be held in the Heritage Room of the Ida Grove Library; admission is free, coffee and cookies will be served.
Find out more »December 2018
After School Adventures @ Your Library
Looking for something to do when school lets out early? Join after school adventures @ your library to be entertained and educated! Today we'll be sharing a special holiday movie and snacks. We hope you can join us!
Find out more »June 2019
Iowa’s Hidden Treasures with Dan Kaercher
The Ida Grove Library will be hosting a special event during Heritage Days weekend with Dan Kaercher, retired founding editor-in-chief of Midwest Living magazine and Iowa Public Television host. The event will take place on Sunday, June 30th at the Depot in Moorehead Park with a start time of 2pm. The Ida County Historical Society will be providing tours of the Stagecoach Inn, Barn and School on Sunday afternoon as well. Mr. Kaercher spent years traveling in almost every one…
Find out more »September 2019
After School Adventures @ Your Library
Looking for something to do when school lets out early? Join after school adventures @ your library to be entertained and educated! Today we'll be hosting a Lego Building Challenge, hop on over to the library and show us your building talents. We hope you can join us!
Find out more »Nancy Drew: Iowa’s Heroine to the World
The Ida Grove Library will host special guest speaker, Barbara Lounsberry, for “Nancy Drew: Iowa’s Heroine to the World” on Thursday September 19th at 6:30pm in the Heritage Room of the Ida Grove Library. Join us to learn more about Nancy Drew, the most popular female detective in fiction and her creator, Mildred Augustine of Ladora, Iowa. Augustine’s authorship of the first Nancy Drew mysteries—and single-handed creation of Nancy’s admirable character—were kept secret for more than 50 years. Equally…
Find out more »Preschool Storytime
Storytime is a fun and rich experience that builds a love of books, libraries, and reading that will stay with children for a lifetime. Join us for a half hour of stories, songs, and more that will educate and entertain, as well as build early literacy skills to help children get ready to read, giving them a greater probability of school success.
Find out more »After School Adventures @ Your Library
Looking for something to do when school lets out early? Join after school adventures @ your library to be entertained and educated! Today we'll be learning with Laura from the ISU Extension Office - Ida County. We hope you can join us!
Find out more »October 2019
After School Adventures @ Your Library
Looking for something to do when school lets out early? Join after school adventures @ your library to be entertained and educated! Today we'll be learning about animals and nature with Danielle from the Ida County Conservation Center. We hope you can join us!
Find out more »Paws to Read!
Encourage a love of reading - stop by to check out Paws to Read! Paws to Read is a special after school adventure welcoming Loger Comfort/Therapy Dogs. Children will have an opportunity to strengthen reading and comprehension skills while reading, or listening, to a story. All are welcome to attend and reading times will be divided to accommodate all children. We hope to see you there!
Find out more »POWs in Iowa
The Ida Grove Library will host Iowa author, Linda McCann, for a special program about POWs in Iowa on Wednesday, October 23th at 2 pm. From 1943-1946, Iowa housed approximately 25,000 German, Italian, and Japanese prisoners of war. While Algona and Clarinda were the main camps, and there were about 17 branches or short-term camps throughout Iowa; including a camp in Storm Lake. The POWs worked in farm fields and canning factories, often taking the place of young men off…
Find out more »The Thing in the Cellar
A mini-mystery at the library! Help us solve the mystery of the thing in the cellar, a frightfully scary thing that has gone missing at the Monster's haunted house. We need your help to find it so the Monster's can open their haunted house on Halloween! Sign up required to reserve your time slot, and groups must contain 8 or 16 players. Give us a call at 364-2306 to reserve your time!
Find out more »November 2019
Ida Grove Library to host local author, Douglas Clough
The Ida Grove Library is honored to host guest speaker, Douglas Clough, on Thursday, November 7th at 6:30 pm. Clough, local author, and Ida Grove resident will speak about his newly published books, Colorful Characters from Our Backyard: 2009-2019 and Life, Love, and Laughter from My Backyard: 2009-2019. Clough, a freelance writer since 2009, has been published in multiple local and regional publications, including the Ida County Courier, The Iowan, Farm News, Boating World, and Midwest Living magazine. Colorful Characters…
Find out more »Adventures in Iowa’s Culinary History at the Ida Grove Library
Savor Iowa’s Culinary History in Ida Grove on November 14! What comes to mind when you think of Iowa food? Everyone has an Iowa food story, and Lake City, Iowa, author Darcy Dougherty Maulsby will bring these stories to life on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019, at the Ida Grove Public Library in Ida Grove for a free Adventures in Iowa’s Culinary History program and book signing starting at 6:00 p.m. During her interactive program, Maulsby serves up fascinating tidbits and…
Find out more »March 2020
Canceled — Iowa’s Misbehaving Women
It’s been said that well-behaved women seldom make history. Author Cheryl Mullenbach has uncovered the stories of Iowa’s intriguing women and invites you to meet these heroic, amusing, imaginative, nervy individuals. Learn about Iowa’s female riverboat captain, livery manager/cigar seller, and Cedar Rapids’ “girl in the trenches.” And, of course, there’s Iowa City’s “first woman executive,” who boasted, “I am 52 years old, don’t care who knows it; and I’m going to clean up this town and then run it…
Find out more »June 2021
Iowa PBS STEAM Trailer
Stop by the city park for a FREE, fun, family event with the Iowa PBS STEAM trailer. All ages are invited to join us for exploration and play as we host the STEAM Trailer filled with activities centered around science, technology, engineering, art, and math. The Iowa PBS STEAM trailer will be located in the city park from 12 pm -4 pm on Saturday, June 26th.
Find out more »August 2021
Author Cullen Vane
Stop by the library for an evening with author Cullen Vane. Vane will provide a short presentation on his writings and experience as a missionary in Haiti, followed by a Q&A session and book signing. Books will be available for sale after the presentation.
Find out more »January 2022
Movie Day @ the Library
Drop in for a movie and snack! Movies starts at 1pm! Note: All movies shown are rated PG or G. Please call 364-2306 to see what we are showing.
Find out more »February 2022
Preschool Story Time
Storytime with Mrs. Wunschel is held on the first Thursday of each month and starts at 10:30am. Storytime introduces early literacy skills utilizing books, songs, rhymes, and other literacy activities.
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After School Adventures
Come out and see Laura from the ISU Extension Office, Ida County! Laura always has fun programs to share with us.
Find out more »Preschool Story Time
Storytime with Mrs. Bogue is held on the third Monday of each month and starts at 10:30am. Storytime introduces early literacy skills utilizing books, songs, rhymes, and other literacy activities.
Find out more »March 2022
Storytime STEM
Join us at the library for Storytime STEM, a new program in which we'll share a story and learn STEM concepts through play.
Find out more »Preschool Story Time
Storytime with Mrs. Wunschel is held on the first Thursday of each month and starts at 10:30am. Storytime introduces early literacy skills utilizing books, songs, rhymes, and other literacy activities.
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Spark Joy! Virtual 48 Hour Access Sponsored by the Ida Grove Public Library
Virtual Access to the Spark Joy! program will begin at 5pm on March 10th and run through 5pm on March 12th. To find out more and register for access, please visit: Spark Joy! Program :: Ida Grove Public Library
Find out more »Spark Joy! Program
Get ready to Spark Joy! with Shannon Huneycutt, a certified Gold level KonMari® Consultant trained by tidying expert Marie Kondo, and founder of Spark Joy! Charlotte. She will be bringing the life-changing magic of tidying to you through her Spark Joy® virtual program. Ida Grove Public Library is excited to share Shannon's inspiring presentation on what it means to lead a life that Sparks Joy®. You will learn the KonMari philosophy and guiding principles needed to tidy once and for all…
Find out more »Movie Day @ the Library
Drop in for a movie and snack! Movies starts at 1pm! Note: All movies shown are rated PG or G. Please call 364-2306 to see what we are showing.
Find out more »Preschool Story Time
Storytime with Mrs. Bogue is held on the third Monday of each month and starts at 10:30am. Storytime introduces early literacy skills utilizing books, songs, rhymes, and other literacy activities.
Find out more »Movie Day @ the Library
Drop in for a movie and snack! Movies starts at 1pm! Note: All movies shown are rated PG or G. Please call 364-2306 to see what we are showing.
Find out more »April 2022
After School Adventures
Danielle from the Ida County Conservation Center will be here today! Mark your calendars because Danielle has neat nature themed programs and activities to share.
Find out more »Preschool Story Time
Storytime with Mrs. Wunschel is held on the first Thursday of each month and starts at 10:30am. Storytime introduces early literacy skills utilizing books, songs, rhymes, and other literacy activities.
Find out more »Preschool Story Time
Storytime with Mrs. Bogue is held on the third Monday of each month and starts at 10:30am. Storytime introduces early literacy skills utilizing books, songs, rhymes, and other literacy activities.
Find out more »Movie Day @ the Library
Drop in for a movie and snack! Movies starts at 1pm! Note: All movies shown are rated PG or G. Please call 364-2306 to see what we are showing.
Find out more »
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