Dacotah Bank pledged $2,500 to Junior Achievement of South Dakota for the upcoming 2019-2020 school year for the Brookings and Sioux Valley school districts. [Continue]

The Wisconsin Coalition on Student Debt held its inaugural Money Smart Essay Contest for high school seniors in southwest Wisconsin during Money Smart Week. [Continue]

The inaugural “C2C” Award, showcasing exceptional community bank outreach during 2018, was presented to Farmers Bank, Frankfort, Ind. [Continue]

The Nebraska Bankers Association board awarded a grant of $25,000 to the Boyd County Rural Water District #2 to assist with recovery and rebuilding efforts. [Continue]

Renton-based First Financial Northwest has teamed up with the local school district to bring financial literacy to Renton students. [Continue]

Associates from TheBANK of Edwardsville, Ill., hosted a “Colors of Cancer” campaign fundraiser to benefit the American Cancer Society earlier this month. [Continue]

An Ohio community college got a scholarship boost recently from Peoples Bank, which donated $12,000 to the Washington State Community College Foundation. The contribution will allow five $1,000 scholarships to be awarded in 2019, with the remainder of the donation applied toward the scholarship’s endowment at the Marietta, Ohio, college. “At Peoples Bank, we realize … Read more

First National Bank of Omaha has partnered with Nebraska Community Foundation to create the Rebuild the Heartland Community Fund for those impacted by recent flooding. [Continue]

Wausau, Wis.-based Peoples State Bank announced a $100,000 donation to the Woodson YMCA’s expansion and renovation project. [Continue]

Fargo-based Choice Bank, a division of Choice Financial, is adding another partnership with the sponsorship of LPGA Tour Member, Kim Kaufman. [Continue]