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 Public Accountant designation.

Brown joined the bank in 1994 and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing from Iowa State University. She has extensive experience in the bank’s information systems department and previously was Assistant Vice President, Network Administrator.

Iowa State Bank is a $400 million locally-owned community bank with offices in Algona, Corwith, Ruthven and Wesley.