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The library has received six (6) Toshiba laptop computers from the Blandin /SCEIC Broadband Initiative contract. These computers are now ready for use in the library! We hope you find...

I'll start off with a reminder that the library is closed Monday for Labor Day, Sept. 5. In honor of our 125th anniversary celebration this month, we are inviting people...

The closing of Minnesota state agencies gave us a scare. During the time the state was shut down we lost a valuable library worker through the Rural Workforce Center's CEP...

In honor of Prairie Pioneer Days, the library will conduct a fine forgiveness week, July 2-9, with the presentation of a Prairie Pioneer Days button. Fines are forgiven on Morris...

This month to celebrate our 125 year anniversary, we will have a movie matinee Saturday, June 18 at 2 p.m. The film stars Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy and takes...

Happy Birthday Morris Public Library - 1886 - 2011 This year we are celebrating 125 years of service to the Morris area. Watch for celebrations all year long. There was...

Happy Spring, this time for sure! A library is so much more than books. Busy libraries can be found in thriving communities and are the heart of the community. Public...

This time of year is a time when statistics are compiled for the previous year. I thought I would share some of the figures that address our activity. The library...

Do you notice the days getting longer? I can't wait for summer. I just returned from Jamaica where it is summer every day. What a difference 90 degrees makes! New...

Happy New Year! The Morris Public Library is celebrating 125 years of existence in 2011. The first concept of a public library in Morris was being discussed in May 1886...

AUTHOR EVENT AT LIBRARY Milkweed Editions is sponsoring an author event Tuesday, Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. at the library. Minnesota author, John Reimringer will talk about his debut novel,...

The Friends of the Morris Public Library have generously paid for the wiring and installation of a media projector and sound equipment in our meeting room. Thanks also to the...

O.K., so just where in the world is the Morris Public Library? It seems like a simple question, but there is a Morris Library in Illinois, New Jersey and Connecticut...

Summer left abruptly this year and a chill wind is in the air. What better way to spend an afternoon than curled up with a good book. There will be...

Have you noticed a new look to the library building? It has had a face lift! The bricks have been tuck-pointed and the outside walls were sandblasted to give it...