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Book Discussion: Murder in Wisconsin – The Clara Olson Case

A true story of romance and courtship, intrigue, and murder, this book is set among the hills of southwestern Wisconsin in 1926. Stop in to the library to grab your copy. Clara Olson, a pretty, devout Norwegian Lutheran farm girl meets Erdman Olson, a handsome, suave, smooth-talking college lad at a church picnic. They date […]

Car Seat Checks

Independence Public Library 23688 Adams Street, Independence

Trempealeau County Health Department is providing FREE car seat checks to the community. The library will also be giving away free books for children ages 0-4. Installing a car seat may seem simple; however, Safe Kids Worldwide estimates that more than half of car seats are not used or installed correctly. That puts millions of […]

Book Discussion: Elizabeth is Missing

Independence Public Library 23688 Adams Street, Independence

How do you solve a mystery when you can't remember the clues? In this darkly riveting debut novel—a sophisticated psychological mystery that is also an heartbreakingly honest meditation on memory, identity, and aging—an elderly woman descending into dementia embarks on a desperate quest to find the best friend she believes has disappeared, and her search […]