Oakwood, Ohio—An arrest warrant was issued for David Abram Ziesel, age 40, from West Palm Beach, Florida, yesterday evening for robbing the Oakwood branch of the State Bank earlier that day. This afternoon, shortly before 3:00 p.m., Ziesel walked into the probation office in West Palm Beach where he had a scheduled appointment. Ziesel was…
Horizon Bank is pleased to announce the recent donation in the amount of $2,500 to the Harlan Christian Youth Center in Harlan Indiana, located in Allen County. The grant, in the amount of $2,500, was presented to Harlan Christian Youth Center Director Debi Knoblauch on November 9th by Larry Kummer, Market President for Northeast Indiana.…
The students of WLS collected canned goods for the Woodburn Food Bank during the second quarter of school. A total of 854 pantry items were donated to the Woodburn Food Bank by our students! WLS is blessed to be able to give to our community.
iAB Financial Bank is pleased to announce the promotions of Bradley D. Martin, Todd A. Martin, Gray R. McEachern and Jenna M. Russell to Mortgage Banking Officer. Brad Martin has been with iAB for over 8 years. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Physical Education & Health from Manchester College. With a background of over…
iAB Financial Bank recently donated over 2,000 items to Kate’s Kart. Over a month-long period, employees collected new books and crayons to aid Kate’s Kart in their mission to provide hospitalized children with books and other materials to encourage literacy and enjoyment of reading. Each location held a contest to award a prize to the…
The Woodlan FFA Chapter donated over 475 food items to the local Food Bank from their community service project. The donated food was brought by participating 2nd graders as their admission price to attend the Woodlan FFA, Wabash-Erie Canal, and Demonstration Field Day. The Wabash-Erie Canal Day Demonstrations are held on the school grounds of…
iAB Financial Bank is pleased to announce the promotions of William H. Thatcher, III to Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer; John F. Blum to Senior Vice President, Business Banking Manager and Andrew W. Yergler to Senior Vice President, Retail Banking Manager. Will Thatcher has been with iAB since April of 2015. He earned his…
The Payne Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a Payne Relief 5K on July 25, 2015 for the local food bank. Run or walk to raise money to stock up the local food bank. Everyone will receive a t-shirt with a pre-registration. Start time is 8:00 a.m. and you can also register that day. First and…
The Independent Community Bankers of America recently announced the appointment of Mickey C. Schwarzbek, President/CEO of The Sherwood State Bank, to the organization’s Tax Committee. Schwarzbek will serve for the 2015-16 year. This was announced at the national convention in Orlando, FL. ICBA serves over 6,500 community banks throughout the country and offers advocacy, education,…
Antwerp, Ohio— At 12:50 p.m. today a call was received in regards to an Armed Robbery occurring at GenFed Financial located on road 424 just east of the Village of Antwerp, Ohio. Responding officers discovered four suspects entered the bank brandishing handguns and demanded cash from the three tellers. The suspects were wearing hooded jackets…
Antwerp opened its branch in Payne several years ago and with the growth it has had, the board decided to build a new structure. Working with the Payne Chamber of Commerce the bank received prime location for the servicing of its customers in the Payne area. The Payne Branch will be closed September 11-13, while…
The Antwerp Exchange Bank is pleased to announce the employment of Michelle L. Kitson as a loan officer in the Antwerp office. Michelle has over 30 years of banking experience, most recently with Farmers and Merchants State Bank in Bryan, Ohio. Ms. Kitson is a native of Antwerp and graduated from Antwerp High School. She…
Recently, First Financial Bank in Paulding held a food drive to benefit the Caring and Sharing Food Pantry and a Bake Sale with proceeds donated to the United Way of Paulding County. The food drive collected 227 pounds of food for the pantry and the bake sale raised $287.00 for UWPC. Shown looking over the…
