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2024 Library Passport program

The Northern Waters Library Network invites visitors and residents to take a tour of the area's public libraries for a chance to win a prize! What’s not to love about northern Wisconsin? We’re home to the Musky Capital of the World (Boulder Junction), the world’s largest musky and walleye fish hatchery (Spooner), and the birthplace of the wearable Smokey Bear costume (Mercer)! While you’re exploring northern Wisconsin this spring and summer, make sure to include public libraries on your travel itinerary for a chance to win a prize! Launching in early April, the Northern Waters Library Network (NWLN) Library Passport program invites you to stop in at any Northern Waters library and pick up a passport. Bring your passport with you as you travel throughout northern Wisconsin this spring and summer and get a stamp at each library you visit. Collect 10 different stamps and you’ll receive an entry form for a prize drawing, giving you a chance to win one of four Kwik Trip gas cards totaling $500! The passports contain a variety of “fun facts” about each NWLN library, including library and community attractions. Swing by the Winchester Public Library and say “hello” to their library cat, Gus. […]

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2024 Summer Reading Program

Set a goal to keep reading this summer! We invite readers ages 0 to 14 to embark on a journey filled with books, activities, and events designed to inspire a love of reading and exploration. “Adventure Begins at Your Library!” Whether you want to challenge yourself to read more or start a new reading habit, you're in charge of deciding what your goal is! Set your own goal for the number of minutes you’ll read or the number of books you’ll finish between June ​10 and August 16. Log your reading: Stop into the Library to pick up a reading log or download one from our website at mercerpubliclibrary.org. Record the date, the title of the book, and the number of minutes you read if you’re tracking minutes. Turn in your reading log by August 17 to be entered into the grand prize drawing. If you reach your reading goal, you’ll earn a second entry into the drawing! Visit the library to pick up a reading log, or download one here: Reading Log by Books Read | Reading Log by Minutes Read All prizes must be picked up in person. There’s no cost to join our summer reading program, and […]

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Summer Reading Series: Smokey Bear’s 80th Birthday Party!

Adventure Begins at Your Library! Join us at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, August 15 as we celebrate the 80th birthday of Mercer's favorite fire-prevention hero, Smokey Bear! We’ll have Smokey activities, write birthday letters to Smokey, and of course, have birthday cake. We may even get a visit with the Bear himself, if he isn't busy fighting wildfires! All are welcome, and there is no cost to attend. The Mercer Library’s 2024 summer reading series is made possible by sponsorship from the Friends of the Mercer Public Library. Thank you!

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AA Open Meeting

The "Never Had It So Good" group holds twice-weekly AA meetings at the Mercer Library. Thursday night meetings are an Open Meeting and are held at 7:30 p.m. from May through October and at 7:00 p.m. from November through April. Sunday meetings are an Open Big Book Study and are held at 6:00 p.m. year-round.

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