What’s Happening at Caestecker Public Library

At long last, our microfilm digitization project is complete!  Digital editions of the Green Lake County Reporter from 1919-2005, The Green Lake Spectator from 1860-1866, census records from various Wisconsin counties from 1850 and 1860, and a wide variety of miscellaneous papers dating back to before Wisconsin was a state are now available in fully key word searchable format. Visit - https://archives.winnefox.org directly or find it pinned to the top of our website. It is...

For those eagerly awaiting totals on the Penny War between the five county libraries the finally tally stands as so: Kingston: $3,283.84 Berlin: $3,245.87 Princeton: $2,015.88 Green Lake: $538.00 Markesan: $502.04 Congratulations to the Mill Pond Public Library in Kingston! Thank you to all our communities for showing each library support, donating your pennies and more, and making it a fun competition. Those pennies do add up to great things! The talented Nancy Kirst has...

Week Three of the Penny War between the five Green Lake County libraries brought some big changes to our totals. Berlin Library is now in first place with $1,680.81, Kingston in second with $1,493.89, followed by Princeton at $504.05, Green Lake clocks in fourth with $346.97, and Markesan is in last place at $323.27. What’s on the line here? Bragging rights, of course. And an ice cream social served by the directors of the losing...

We only have a little more than a week left of summer reading fun! Our last big summer performer is Curt Strutz with Dinosaur Dimensions on Monday, July 25 at 10 am. It’s sure to be a dino-mite time when you can meet realistic dinosaurs and learn all about them. Curt will provide a fun experience with animatronic dinosaurs including a pink baby triceratops and an adolescent raptor. All ages are welcome at this free...

It’s been a busy week already (and I’m writing this on Monday!) so this week’s column is going to be short and sweet. We have a new display up for the week that reminds me to “just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming swimming swimming”, and I invite you to come take a look. If you can name the movie that song comes from, I’ll give you a spin on the prize wheel....

The Penny War between the five Green Lake County libraries is heating up! There's a jar at the front desk if you would like to support the Caestecker Library for the win. Helcia our neighbor from Horicon Bank donated a penny BRICK! It's fun to test your muscles on and we are grateful for her fun way of showing support!  Do you like to talk about books? The library’s Constant Reader Book Club next meets...

Did you know your local library is your one stop shop for all your printing, copying, scanning, laminating, and faxing needs? If your computer or printer are giving you trouble as they so often do, or if you’re visiting family or vacationing and need to print, just come on over and we will gladly help you with whatever need you may have. Our printer scans and copies quickly and can handle grouped documents automatically, so...

Our first full week of summer reading programming is almost complete, and it’s been a busy week! We’ve sung and danced, listened to stories, visited with the sweetest little therapy horse named Fancy, gotten swept away with our imagination and pretend play, and met a lot of new people. If you’re new to the area or just haven’t made it to the library yet, please come visit with us. We would love to get you...

With daily activities, awesome prizes for reading, and ways to engage and build lasting memories, the Caestecker Public Library is the place to visit all summer long! Sign up on greenlakelibrary.beanstack.com to Read Beyond the Beaten Path with us this summer starting June 13th through the month of July. Check out greenlakelibrary.org or our Facebook for event details and extras. Below is a teaser of al that’s to come during summer reading this year: Monday...

Congratulations to all our local graduates, from 4K right up through college. School may be ending, but the summer programs are just getting started here at the Caestecker Public Library. There are concerts and movies and story times and craft days to look forward to as we go through the summer. We Hope you will join us for some (or all!) of them. Check our Events Calendar to get all the details. A list of...