Illinois-based First National Bank of Waterloo will open a new banking center in O’Fallon on July 11. The two-story building will include a commercial real estate business and a title company. “We’re excited about the new center and being a part of the retail district,” said First National Bank President and CEO Rick Parks. “Customer … Read more
Denver, Colo.-based Sunflower Bank is expanding its community affairs office as the bank grows following its recent merger with Pioneer Bank, Austin. [Continue]
Midwest BankCentre recently donated a St. Louis office to the Dream Builders 4 Equity nonprofit. [Continue]
Oregon, Wis.-based One Community Bank awarded three students $1,000 scholarships. Scholarship recipients included: Lydia Gold of Madison, Wis., a recent graduate of La Follette High School. She plans to use the scholarship funds toward her education at Rhodes College, Memphis, Tenn., where she will study educational policy. Mason Rake of Grand Marsh, Wis., who graduated … Read more
New Ulm-based Citizens Bank Minnesota awarded eight student scholarships this year as part of the bank’s annual scholarship program. As part of the Community Bankers Scholarship Program, the bank awards the scholarships to senior applicants who plan to enroll in a full-time undergraduate course of study at either a two- or four-year college in the … Read more
Indiana-based First Bank of Berne donated $1,000 to the South Adams Middle and High School Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Club. The STEM Club is involved in competitions and projects and plans to compete in the 2022 National TSA Conference in Dallas. The money First Bank of Berne donated to the STEM Club will … Read more
In 2020, a year pockmarked by racial tensions and hyper-partisanship, 77 U.S. Senators and 300 U.S. Representatives added their names to an initiative to commemorate Negro Leagues Baseball on the centennial of its founding. This rare display of Congressional bi-partisanship resulted in the Negro Leagues Baseball Centennial Commemorative Coin Act, which authorized the minting of commemorative coins, the sale of which will support the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Mo. [Continue]
On June 7, Oregon, Wis.-based One Community Bank President and CEO Steve Peotter, Senior Market President Dan Carey, and Aaron Anderson of treasury management and business development attended the groundbreaking ceremony of the OCB-financed The Legacy Hotel in Green Bay, Wis. The bank is funding both the first mortgage construction loan and Property Assessed … Read more
Merrillville, Ind.-based Centier Bank associates recently gathered with Gary Rotary Club members to build a new playground at the YWCA of Northwest Indiana in Gary and presented a $5,000 check to help fund it. Organizers more than doubled the initial fundraising goal to renovate the existing park and build a new play system, from $25,000 … Read more
Durand, Wis.-based Security Financial Bank awarded 12 area recent high school graduates $500 college scholarships. Every year, Security Financial awards up to two $500 scholarships in each of its markets to graduating high school seniors. Recipients are chosen based on involvement in youth organizations, school and community events, with particular preference given to students pursuing … Read more