Latest News

At the Namakagon Town Board meeting on Monday, April 13th, our newest board member was approved by the town board. Marilyn Hemsey will begin her term in June when our longstanding Namakagon board member JoAnn Schultz completes her second 3-year term. We are very thankful to JoAnn for her dedication,

Along with the arrival of early March came a nice week of warm weather!  The crew has been busy the first week of March starting with the siding of the new library building. Tarp was put on Monday, and Tuesday they are working on the lower portion of the building

The Forest Lodge Library Board of Trustees toured the building on Wednesday, February 11th, before the monthly board meeting.  This gave the board members a chance to see the inside space of the library, as to help guide discussions during the meeting. It was exciting to see all of the

What’s been going on inside the new building?  Much progress!   Inside our new library building, crews have been very busy.  At this point in time, all paint has been completed, the circulation desk is in, cupboards and cabinets are in the staff room and community meeting room, lighting is in,

Here’s a link to the video of Director Westlund taking a walk through the new library building in January 2026: Jan. 2026 New Library Building Walk Through

At the Forest Lodge Library Board of Trustees meeting held on October 8, 2025, the library board discussed at length and came to a unanimous, but yet very difficult decision. The FLL Board of Trustees made a motion and approved to suspend further negotiations with the Cable Natural History Museum

In late September, the Forest Lodge Library received a wonderful special delivery!  I was working the circulation desk Monday afternoon, September 29th.  When I had arrived to the library earlier that day, the trusses had not yet arrived.  But, as I left the library, I discovered that sometime in the

August and early September saw much progress at the Forest Lodge Library New Building site. In August, work was done to prepare the floor space of the building.  After necessary materials were set down to prepare for the concrete, and weather cleared up to cooperate, concrete was poured for the

The Forest Lodge Library has finally reached the moment it’s been working toward for so many years — it’s time to start building the new library facility! At the end of June 2025, Jerome Excavating started us off.  It was great to see and be able to walk around the

The Groundbreaking Ceremony was held at the site of the New Library Building Facility, located right next door to the current Forest Lodge Library, on Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11 AM.  Over one hundred people attended.  The weather cooperated and afterwards all were welcome to enjoy cupcakes and celebrate.