You may think that students reading for their librarian isn't newsworthy, but for the first two weeks in November, New Glarus 4K-6th grade students are collectively hitting the books in a "Read-A-Thon" to raise money for school librarian Mrs. Hansen, whose husband was diagnosed with cancer.

Mrs. Hansen has been the New Glarus Elementary School librarian for five years. In addition to igniting a passion for reading in her young students, she has also been instrumental in improving the school's technology education, and building and maintaining the school's Battle of the Books competitive st...