AM 1240 WJON » st. cloud public library http://wjon.com Tue, 21 May 2013 23:20:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Mayor Dave Kleis, On Garbage Duty at Library, Calls for Volunteers [AUDIO] http://wjon.com/mayor-dave-kleis-on-garbage-duty-at-library-calls-for-volunteers-audio/ http://wjon.com/mayor-dave-kleis-on-garbage-duty-at-library-calls-for-volunteers-audio/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:57:54 +0000 Abby Faulkner http://wjon.com/?p=93886 We're coming up on Earth Day weekend - and Mayor Dave Kleis and company are honoring it by picking up trash around the St. Cloud Public Library.

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]]> http://wjon.com/mayor-dave-kleis-on-garbage-duty-at-library-calls-for-volunteers-audio/feed/ 0 Abby Faulkner Report Studies Impact of Public Libraries http://wjon.com/report-studies-impact-of-public-libraries/ http://wjon.com/report-studies-impact-of-public-libraries/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:34:22 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=77484 A library in any community is a source of pride. But is there a way to measure the value that library has on the community? The results of a new study on that topic will be released tomorrow (Thursday) at St. Cloud Public Library.

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]]> http://wjon.com/report-studies-impact-of-public-libraries/feed/ 0 Getty Images St. Cloud Authors Join Together to Begin National Novel Writing Month [AUDIO] http://wjon.com/st-cloud-authors-join-together-to-begin-national-novel-writing-month-audio/ http://wjon.com/st-cloud-authors-join-together-to-begin-national-novel-writing-month-audio/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 02:13:15 +0000 Abby Faulkner http://wjon.com/?p=47586 November is National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo (nano-rhymo) and people all around the country will be signing up to complete a 50,000 word novel in the span of one month. A group of about half a dozen aspiring writer met for a group writing session at the St. Cloud Public Library last night to kick off the event.

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]]> http://wjon.com/st-cloud-authors-join-together-to-begin-national-novel-writing-month-audio/feed/ 0 Quite Adept, Flickr Discovering the St. Cloud Public Library: A Look Inside [AUDIO, GALLERY] http://wjon.com/discovering-the-st-cloud-public-library-a-look-inside-audio-gallery/ http://wjon.com/discovering-the-st-cloud-public-library-a-look-inside-audio-gallery/#comments Sun, 25 Sep 2011 21:26:01 +0000 Abby Faulkner http://wjon.com/?p=36646 The weather's cooler, the kids are back in school, and it might be the right time to explore the St. Cloud Public Library. Since the construction of a large new new building in 2008, the St. Cloud library has been been able to offer a lot more than just books.

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]]> http://wjon.com/discovering-the-st-cloud-public-library-a-look-inside-audio-gallery/feed/ 0 Abby Faulkner The St. Cloud Library Got Its Start – On 'This Date In Central Minnesota History' http://wjon.com/the-st-cloud-library-got-its-start-on-this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/ http://wjon.com/the-st-cloud-library-got-its-start-on-this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 12:35:49 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=17512 On this date 146 years ago, eight women met at the house of Mrs. Z.H. Mores house to discuss the allocation of recently donated books to the new town of St. Cloud. With that act, the Library Association was formed on this date in 1865.

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]]> http://wjon.com/the-st-cloud-library-got-its-start-on-this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/feed/ 0 The St. Cloud Carnegie Library built in 1902 (Stearns History Museum) Adult Computer Classes Offered At St. Cloud Library http://wjon.com/adult-computer-classes-offered-at-st-cloud-library/ http://wjon.com/adult-computer-classes-offered-at-st-cloud-library/#comments Fri, 08 Apr 2011 05:38:29 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=12085 Great River Regional Library is offering a series of computer training classes. Topics include: beginning computers and the internet, basic e-mail instruction, learning to use MS word, and using the internet to find employment.

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]]> http://wjon.com/adult-computer-classes-offered-at-st-cloud-library/feed/ 0 DFL, GOP Lawmakers Host Town Halls At Library http://wjon.com/dfl-gop-lawmakers-host-town-halls-at-library/ http://wjon.com/dfl-gop-lawmakers-host-town-halls-at-library/#comments Fri, 18 Mar 2011 05:22:47 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=10064 You'll have a chance to give your input on what's happening at the State Capitol tomorrow (Saturday). Local lawmakers from both major political parties have planned town hall meetings at the St. Cloud Public Library.

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