Posts Tagged ‘Morrison-Talbott Library’
Praise for Gardner’s service
A pillar of the community is soon set to receive the Waterloo Chamber of Commerce Community Service Award, recognizing many years’ worth of work and support for a number of…
Read MoreHouse earns Bronze Award
Clara House, a Junior Girl Scout with Troop 387 in Waterloo, recently earned the Bronze Award for her project at Morrison-Talbott Library in Waterloo. The Bronze Award is the highest…
Read MoreKindness rocks in Waterloo
A young Girl Scout is working toward her Silver Award, putting together a colorful project she hopes will help bring some kindness to Waterloo. Lainey Davis, along with her mother…
Read MorePoshard book signing Aug. 8
Glenn Poshard, a former U.S. Representative and 1998 Democratic candidate for Illinois governor, has scheduled an upcoming book signing in Waterloo along with journalist Carl Walworth. “Son of Southern Illinois:…
Read MoreEvent focuses on banned books
A local activism group known as Waterloo Listens is hoping to highlight the issue of censorship during a banned book event taking place at Morrison-Talbott Library. “Open Books, Open Hearts,…
Read MoreA present for the library
A couple of weeks before the Christmas holiday, Morrison-Talbott Library in Waterloo received an early gift to bolster its genealogy section. Tim Ogle of the O’Fallon Historical Society delivered a…
Read MoreAbe, Lincoln are superstar readers
Two young boys recently completed an early reading program through Morrison-Talbott Library in Waterloo, becoming superstar readers in the process. Abe Beck and Lincoln Richeson are the newest young readers…
Read MorePutting it in perspective(s): WHS students make agamographs
When viewing Waterloo High School student artwork at Morrison-Talbott Library, viewers see one image when standing at the front of the hallway. As they move to the other end, the…
Read MoreWaterloo sets budget schedule
The Waterloo City Council on Monday night set a schedule for the adoption of the city’s annual budget for the upcoming fiscal year that begins May 1. Per the schedule…
Read MoreMonroe County tops 1,000 active COVID cases
Over the weekend, Monroe County’s number of active coronavirus cases, according to the local health department, seemed to have gone down. With Tuesday’s total case count topping 1,000, it is…
Read MoreWaterloo OKs tax levy increase
The Waterloo City Council approved a tax levy for the current fiscal year on Monday night, but the vote to do so was not unanimous. The tax levy request is…
Read MoreHistory digitized at Waterloo library
For patrons of Morrison-Talbott Library in Waterloo, most of the post-Civil War history of Monroe County is now just a click away. The library and Newspapers.com have completed a project…
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