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Mergers and Acquisitions Bulletin

District 9 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Instructions for commenting on applications

Filings received during the week ending August 29 2020

Filer Filing Type Filing Proposal End of comment period
CATTAIL BANCSHARES, INC. CIC The Ella Elizabeth Meyerson 2008 Irrevocable GST Trust dated December 22, 2008, Atwater, Minnesota; trustees Ella Meyerson and David A. Gutzke, both of Minneapolis, Minnesota; and the Ella E. Meyerson Revocable Trust, u/a/d September 23, 2011 (trustee Ella Meyerson), Minneapolis, Minnesota, to retain and acquire voting shares of Cattail Bancshares, Inc., Atwater, Minnesota ("Cattail"), and thereby join the Meyerson family shareholder group, a group acting in concert, that controls Cattail. Cattail owns Harvest Bank, Kimball, Minnesota, and Citizens State Bank of Waverly (Incorporated), Waverly, Minnesota. Newspaper: Not available
Federal Register: 09/10/2020
FIRST WESTERN BANK AND TRUST * 18C
* Branch
First Western Bank & Trust, Minot, North Dakota, to merge with BlackRidgeBANK, Fargo, North Dakota, and incident thereto, establish branches. Newspaper: Not available
Federal Register: Not applicable
FRANDSEN BANK & TRUST * 18C
* Branch
Frandsen Bank & Trust, Lonsdale, Minnesota, to merge with Peoples Bank Midwest, Hayward, WI, and incident thereto, establish branches. Newspaper: 08/26/2020
Federal Register: Not applicable
GOOSE RIVER HOLDING COMPANY CIC
* Branch
Change in Control notice by The Williams Family Goose River Trust, Casselton, North Dakota (sole trustee, James L. Williams III, Casselton, North Dakota) to acquire 10% or more of the voting shares of Goose River Holding Company, Mayville, North Dakota ("Company"), and thereby join the Williams Family Group, a group acting in concert which controls 25% or more of Company. Company controls The Goose River Bank, Mayville, North Dakota. Newspaper: 09/04/2020
Federal Register: 08/27/2020
LIBERTY BANK MINNESOTA * Branch Liberty Bank Minnesota, Saint Cloud, Minnesota, to establish a branch at 730 Humboldt Drive, Big Lake, Minnesota 55309. Newspaper: Not available
Federal Register: Not applicable

Availability of CRA public evaluations

The Community Reinvestment Act is intended to encourage depository institutions to help meet the credit needs of the communities in which they operate, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods. It was enacted by the Congress in 1977 (12 U.S.C. 2901) and is implemented by Regulation BB (12 CFR 228). The regulation was revised in May 1995.

The CRA requires that each depository institution’s record in helping meet the credit needs of its entire community be evaluated periodically. That record is taken into account in considering an institution’s application for deposit facilities.

A copy of an institution’s CRA evaluation may be obtained directly from the institution or Reserve Bank.

Federal bank regulators use the following performance levels to rate an institution’s performance under CRA:

O = Outstanding
S = Satisfactory
NI = Needs to improve
SN = Substantial noncompliance

The following state member banks have been examined and their CRA public evaluations are now available.

Institution/Location RSSD ID Exam date CRA public date CRA rating Exam method
NONE

CRA Examinations scheduled

Institution Location Quarter
NONE

* Subject to the provisions of the Community Reinvestment Act