W. 11th & Bluff

Updated: January 2, 2025 Tax Forms & Printing at Carnegie-Stout Public Library The Iowa Department of Revenue is not distributing paper...

In case you hadn't heard, the United States will be treated to a front row viewing of a Total Solar Eclipse on Monday, August 21. Here i...

Recently the Dubuque Telegraph-Herald posted a "Throwback Thursday" article from March 11, 1951 about the then Dubuque County Att...

Andrew Carnegie is a very, very rarely seen ghost, what with his having over 2,500 libraries to haunt. So, his rotunda appearance is real...

Dubuque Weekly Observer , October 27, 1854 We are happy to learn that our fellow townsman, McKinney, the Daguerreotypist took the fi...

The Dubuque County Fair is happening right now at the Dubuque County Fairgrounds.  Here is the entertainment line-up from 50 years ago: La...

DECEMBER 2020 UPDATE: The map below is no longer maintained. Try the official  Little Free Library World Map for current info. Full-screen...

From the office of the Dubuque County Commissioner of Elections, Denise M. Dolan: Dubuque County Elected Officials 2014 This 48-page p...

The Dubuque League of Women Voters 2014 Political Directory includes the contact information for many city, county, state, and national ele...

Did you miss local historian John Pregler's presentation on Dubuque's Civil War history? You can watch the whole thing on YouTube !...

Quill and Modern Pen by DigitalParadox I have a weakness for epistolary novels, I may not always love them, but I'm more likely to p...

North Fork of the Little Maquoketa (click to enlarge) Image courtesy of Chel H. It may be hard to believe, but last year at this time ...

During the recent library haiku contest , I tried to write a poem about how Carnegie-Stout Public Library was here before any of us were bo...

Here's a list of some Dubuque, Iowa newspapers, approximately in reverse chronological order, which can still be accessed via Googl...

I was sort of excited when I first heard about Joe Blair's By the Iowa Sea , a memoir written by a middle-aged, working-class Iowa ...

A few years ago I ran across an article in the March 2002 issue of American Libraries magazine by library historian Wayne A. Wiegand. In th...

"I would like to go back to school so that I can become economically independent, support myself, and if need be, support those depend...

"Our History is Our Strength" is the 2011 theme of Women's History Month. March is an opportunity for us to focus on the achie...

Join us on Sunday, October 10 at 2 p.m. in the Aigler Auditorium for an informational session about the importance of making a will. Alterna...

Monday, November 2, 2009, is a good day for library folks being mentioned in the Telegraph Herald . Adult Services Librarian Mike May made t...