A Wellman resident is now a member of the Iowa Library Commission. Governor Terry Branstad had appointed Sarah Latcham to serve a four year term.

Latcham is the librarian at Van Allen Elementary in North English, part of the Iowa City School District, and is on the Board of Trustees for the Wellman-Scofield Library. She says after learning that there would be a vacancy due to someone from our area leaving the board, she became interested in using her experience to represent this part of the state.

The librarian signed her oath of office last week and will have her first meeting on June 5th.