LE MARS, Iowa (AP) – Workers have had to move 24,000 items from a library in a small city in western Iowa before beginning a $350,000 renovation on the building.
Le Mars library director, Shirley Taylor, tells the Sioux City Journal that library staff and volunteers from various city departments helped move the items from its downtown building to a temporary home across the street.

The library closed earlier this month to allow staff to prepare to move its inventory to the Eagles Club building across the street. It’ll serve as the temporary library until late fall. The Eagles Club is scheduled to open for business as the town’s library on May 1st. Taylor says the library renovation will include a new entrance and shelves as well as a redesign of the building’s interior.