To some, the concept of brick-and-mortar public libraries is as dusty as an old book. If you need information, you use the search engine on your phone. Need a newspaper or magazine article? Same deal.

When members of the Friends of the Decorah Public Library discovered limited opportunity to learn about what other organizations were doing, they took the initiative. The Decorah group will host a ...

DECORAH — A student at Luther College in Decorah has discovered nine ancient Egyptian documents written on papyrus in a cardboard box in the college library’s archives. The college said sophomore ...