Conversation with Ron La Point

 
Listen to Oshkosh author Ron La Point talk about his latest book, "Oshkosh: the Way We Were: Remembering People and Places."  Hear how this book came to be written and what topics will his future books cover.  Ron also shares with us two of his favorite stories from the book.

 

 

Sherlock Holmes & the Mystery of the Oshkosh Jewel Heist


NEW - Video of Lexie Holmes, Sherlock Holmes Canine Companion

Sherlock Holmes & the Mystery of the Oshkosh Jewel Heist - July 6-30
You can help one of the world’s greatest detectives solve a mystery this July in downtown Oshkosh! Inspired by the Oshkosh Public Museum exhibit, “Sherlock Holmes & the Clocktower Mystery,” the Downtown Business Improvement District has created its own “whodunit” with a local flair – “Sherlock Holmes & the Mystery of the Oshkosh Jewel Heist.”  Oshkosh Public Library is part of the games afoot and you can get involved!  Read installments of the locally written “Sherlock Holmes & the Mystery of the Oshkosh Jewel Heist” & join us for a month of amateur sleuthing for prizes!  Checkout our Sherlock Holmes page for all the fun details!


 

New Summer Reads!

The Exile
By:Andrew Britton
Stay
By: Alice Larkin
Death echo
By: Elizabeth Lowell
Self-Sufficiency in the Oshkosh Area

Self-Sufficiency: the point where families and individuals have enough income to meet their basic needs without public or private assistance.  Everyday thousands of low-income children and families are struggling to become self-sufficient. They're faced with the hard realities of low-wage work, child care problems, insufficient access to health care, food insecurity, and homelessness.  These pages provide a glimpse of the issues that impact an individual or family from being self-sufficient.

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