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Iowa State Bank’s Christmas tradition of the Sharing Tree returns to the lobby of Iowa State Bank in Ruthven beginning November 26. Area residents are invited to make Christmas special through this gift program for residents at the Ruthven Community Care Center, Assisted Living Center and RCCC Villa.

The Sharing Tree, located in the Ruthven office lobby, features a gift tag for each of the residents of the Ruthven Community... Read More

Thanks to Iowa State University (ISU) Extension and Outreach in Kossuth County, Iowa State Bank is proud to be one of the sponsors to host “Your Farm, Your Future”, a farm succession planning workshop, on Thursday, December 2, 2021. The workshop is being held in the Tietz Entrepreneurial Center portion of Iowa Lakes Community College in Algona. Doors will open at 8:30 a.m., with the workshop beginning at 9 a.m. A complimentary meal will be provided following... Read More

Stacy Bohl of Iowa State Bank, Ruthven, successfully completed the 2021 Iowa Bankers Association’s Commercial Lending School held October 4-8 in Ankeny, Iowa.

 The school is an intense one-week program sponsored by the Iowa Bankers Association. The purpose of the IBA Commercial Lending School is to prepare commercial lenders who have not been exposed to formal commercial lending education or lenders who want to broaden their commercial lending knowledge to serve effectively... Read More

Iowa State Bank of Algona is pleased to announce that Shannon Goche has joined the bank as Assistant Vice President, Retail Banking Officer. She will lead the bank’s customer service team and will work with both consumers and business customers. Shannon is a graduate of Waldorf College with a B.A. in business and brings over 15 years of banking experience to Iowa State Bank.

“Shannon is a familiar face to many of our customers and we are pleased to have her join Iowa State... Read More

At Iowa State Bank we take the responsibility of safe-guarding your money very seriously. That’s why we’re sharing information about how to prevent fraud and how to avoid common scams. We’re calling these Scam-O-Grams! Remember, if you have questions or concerns about fraud, call us first.

Every grandparent wants to hear from their grandchild, and scammers know this. If you get a call from someone pretending to be your grandchild, beware! Scammers trick... Read More

The board of directors of Iowa State Bank is pleased to announce two employee promotions with Sara Metzger now serving as Chief Financial Officer and Tara Brown serving as Assistant Vice President, Network Administrator and Information Systems Security Officer.

Metzger joined the bank in August 2002 and most recently was Vice President, Accounting Officer. She is an Algona native and a graduate of the University of Northern Iowa as well as Briar Cliff University. She holds the Certified... Read More

The board of directors of Iowa State Bank named Laurie Vitzthum as President & CEO of Iowa State Bank, effective August 2, 2021. Vitzthum will lead the $400 million community bank and its 51 employees in the Algona, Corwith, Ruthven and Wesley markets.

Vitzthum has served as Chief Financial Officer since 2002 and has been with the bank since 1990. While serving as CFO, Vitzthum has also served as Executive Vice President of the bank,... Read More

A gift from Iowa State Bank will help mark the spot of the original Camp Algona Prisoner of War Camp at the Algona Municipal Airport.

Bank executives Jason Wartick, Kristie Brown and Laurie Vitzthum presented a check for $10,000 to the Camp Algona POW Museum’s directors Jerry Yocum, Brian Connick and Don Hansen.

The donation will help the museum with its latest project at the airport location that includes an outdoor exhibit, shelter and additional information for visitors... Read More

As the Bishop Garrigan Girls’ Basketball team celebrated their achievement as Class 1A state runner up in the 2021 Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union State Basketball Tournament, Iowa State Bank proudly presented their donation of $5,022 to the seniors of the BGHS Bears team following the sale of tournament t-shirts. The bank helps sponsor state tournament t-shirts in support of student athletes.

Pictured are BGHS seniors Kelly Baade, Gracie Rosenmeyer, Gracie Elsbecker and... Read More

While 2020 proved to be unusual in so many ways, the Iowa State Bank Community Crusaders continued their usual generosity by donating a total of $5,200 to six local organizations. Since 2018, the employees of Iowa State Bank have expanded their fundraising efforts through the Iowa State Bank Community Crusaders. This group supports local charities and provides volunteer service. The 2020 chairpersons were Brianna Marso and Amber Traub. The Crusaders focused on the following areas in 2020:

Focus:... Read More