The Arrowhead Library System is on track to merge with the Lakeshores Library System to become the Prairie Lakes Library System on January 1st.

Walworth recently became the third and final county to approve the merger, behind Rock and Racine Counties.

Arrowhead Library System Public Information Coordinator Tovah Anderson says it’s going to save money on administrative costs.

Anderson says local library boards will maintain local control over their policies and procedures, and because library systems are funded through state appropriations, county budgets need not be altered.