Bank First National, Manitowoc, Wis., has received regulatory approval to merge the $176 million First National Bank of Waupaca, Wis., into its organization.
Mike Molepske, president and CEO of the $1.3 billion Bank First National, said the approval’s timing couldn’t be better. “The transition teams have been working diligently,” Molepske said. [Continue]
Scott Wakefield, president of First Minnesota Bank, Mayer, Minn., became chairman of the Independent Community Bankers of Minnesota at the group’s 55th annual convention Aug. 9-12 at the JW Marriott Hotel next to the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn. [Continue]
Spirit Lake, Iowa-based Bank Midwest donated $10,000 to the Lakes Regional Healthcare Foundation to help bring vital state-of-the-art screening equipment to residents of the Iowa Great Lakes area. [Continue]
Mary Stoltman, private banking officer at Winona National Bank, Winona, Minn., has won its second quarter Community PRIDE Award. [Continue]
Merchants Bank, Winona, Minn., will be donating five cents each time a Merchants Bank credit card or debit card was used between Aug. 1 and Aug. 8, up to a total of $10,000, to area food shelves during “Swipe Out Hunger,” the bank’s fifth annual Facebook Giveaway. [Continue]
“We are very lucky to have Megan join our team” said ICBSD Chairman Hugh Bartels, who is also a director of Reliabank Dakota, Watertown. [Continue]
Cattail Bancshares, Inc., the holding company for Harvest Bank, Atwater, Minn., and Citizens State Bank of Waverly, Minn., sponsored a private screening of the movie “Abacus: Small Enough to Jail” at the Aug. 10-12 annual convention of the Independent Community Bankers of Minnesota. The showing took place on Aug. 11. [Continue]
Just more than a year after acquiring Wisconsin-based AnchorBank, Old National Bank, Evansville, Ind., has agreed to purchase Anchor Bank, St. Paul, Minn. The acquisition was announced Aug. 8. [Continue]
Winona National Bank, Winona, Minn., recently held its second fundraising concert of the summer. Sales from the July 14 concert totaled $654.75 which was donated to Ready Set School. [Continue]
Flooding in July destroyed all the cash in the vault of a southeastern Wisconsin bank. [Continue]