The Omaha Earned Income Tax Credit Coalition provides free tax preparation through the IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program which certifies all volunteers in tax law and tax preparation.
Sister Cities was started in 1956 by Dwight D Eisenhower with the mission to create “global relationships based on cultural, educational, informational, and trade exchanges.” (sistercities.org) Council Bluffs over the years has had multiple sister cities including El Hajeb, Morocc
Kick off your business ideas in the library! In this first session of the Teen Startup Series, teen entrepreneurs are invited to tour the library's makerspace and explore tools you can use to bring your products and projects to life.
Join us in celebrating Día de los Muertos with a Community Ofrenda created by the Spanish for Spanish Speakers student group from Thomas Jefferson High School.
If you utilize Interlibrary Loan to borrow materials from other libraries, you may notice increased time for items to get here. That is because there are state-wide changes to IA Shares that affect Interlibrary Loan delivery.
Stop by and visit the library at the farmers market this summer!
We will have information on summer reading, library events, and library programs. If you need to update accounts or renew materials, we can do that too.
You may notice some contractors around the library or some areas temporarily blocked off for the next few months. We have some major upgrades going on!
The Potawatomi are a North American tribe of indigenous people that were originally located in the Great Plains, near the Great Lakes region. As white European settlers kept expanding towards the Mississippi River, many Native American tribes were forced out of their homelands.
