MCPL Board Votes to Leave Wisconsin Valley Library Service By Liz Holbrook Jan 29, 2021 7:59 PM RHINELANDER, WI (WSAU-WXPR) — A local library group is looking to move into a different library system later this year. On Monday the Marathon County Library Board voted 4 to 3 to leave the Wisconsin Valley Library System and join the South Central Library System. A public hearing and a Marathon County Board vote have to be held before the change can officially happen. But some libraries in the Northwoods worry the decision could negatively impact them. Seven Counties currently make up the Wisconsin Valley System with Marathon County being the largest. Dominic Frandup is the Director of the Antigo Public Library. He tells WXPR Radio the other libraries in the W-V-L-S depend on Marathon County. “Disruption of service would be by far biggest thing and then how to rebuild or reform after that would really determine how services played out for our library patrons.”