Events

Learn how to get the interviews you want by preparing a resume that appropriately sells you to prospective employers.

This free, virtual employment workshop held via Zoom is offered by IowaWORKS every 2 weeks on Thursday at 9:00am. Please conta...

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Enjoy 20-25 minutes of short stories, songs and lots of movement, followed by playtime to build early literacy skills. Recommended for 18 mo.-3 year olds and their care-givers. Each session in the same week is a repeat event; participants are aske...

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The Afternoon Book Club meets at 2:30 PM on the first Thursday of every month in the Coal Mine Meeting Room for a discussion of each month’s book. Copies of the discussion book may be picked up at the library’s front desk, while supplies last....

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"Simple Pleasures and Quiet Places" - Robin Fisher

March 3 - 30, 2023

Exhibition Description:

As long as Robin can remember she has been drawing. She wrote and illustrated her first book at age seven about Pigs, but unfortunately it was not a ...

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Join a special guest from Dallas County Conservation for stories and activities to learn more about animals. Recommended for ages 3+ and their caregivers. Registration is required.

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Snacks & Facts

No time to attend an evening or weekend program? Try our Snacks & Facts series! We’ll have a speaker every first Friday of month at the Waukee Community Center (675 Walnut St). Come ready to learn and we’ll provide the snacks! S...

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These activity packs will contain a simple craft or activity for children ages 2-5 years old with adult supervision. There will be a new pack available on Saturday mornings each week on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last.

Ready, set, stretch! Get moving with fun stories and yoga stretches for families. Children and their caregivers should arrive prepared to move in comfortable clothes. Please bring your own yoga mats or towels. Registration is required.

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The Waukee Public Library is excited to offer our Dial-A-Story service!

Simply call the Dial-a-Story phone line (515-981-7800) any time to hear a selection of books pre-recorded by library staff. Listen for as long or as little as you wish.

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Members of the Women’s Army Corps (WACs) were the first women other than nurses to serve overseas in World War II. Presenter Cyndee Schaffer’s mother, Mollie Weinstein Schaffer, was one of them. Drawing upon excerpts from Mollie’s letters written ...

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