for the record

Northwestern Financial Review, Sep 1-Sep 14, 2004

FEDERAL RESERVE

WEEKLY FILINGS

July 24: North Shore Community Bank & Trust, Wilmette, III., authorized to establish a branch in Chicago.

Sun Financial Corp., St. Peters, Mo., authorized to acquire shares of Citizens Home Bank, Greenfield, Mo.

Citizens Bank, Flint, Mich., filed to merge with F&M Bank-Wisconsin, Kaukauna, Wis., and thereby to establish 51 branches. F&M Bank-Wisconsin cancelled its charter on July 12.

Farmers & Merchants Savings Bank, Manchester, Iowa, filed to establish a branch in Anamosa.

Iowa State Bank, Hull, filed to purchase the Orange City, Iowa, and Sheldon, Iowa, branches of First Federal Bank, Sioux City, Iowa.

Wintrust Financial Corp., Lake Forest, III., filed to acquire Town Bankshares, Ltd., Delafield, Wis., and Town Bank, Delafield.

UCSB Financial Corp., Fort Wayne, Ind., filed to become a bank holding company through the acquisition of up to 79 percent of Uinta County State Bank, Mountain View, Wyo.

Citizens Bancshares Co., Chillicothe, Mo., filed to acquire up to 12 percent of First Community Bancshares, Inc., Overland Park, Kan., and First Community Bank, Lee's Summit, Mo.

Change in control notification filed by Jerry Wurtele and Susan Wurtele, Nebraska City, Neb., to acquire control of Davenport Community Bancshares, Inc., parent of Jennings State Bank, both of Davenport, Neb.

July 17: Central Wisconsin Financial Services, Inc., Wausau, Wis., authorized to become a bank holding company and to acquire Bank of Wausau.

Parkway Bancorp, Inc., Harwood Heights, III., authorized to acquire United Arizona Bank, N.A., Cave Creek, Arizona.

Wintrust Financial Corp., Lake Forest, III., authorized to acquire Northview Financial Corp., Northfield, and Northview Bank & Trust.

Pioneer Bank, Mapleton, Minn., authorized to purchase the North Mankato branch of 21st Century Bank, Ham Lake, Minn.

Notice filed by the Douglas E. Hazel Revocable Trust, Washington, Mo.; the Cynthia Hazel Gilbertson Revocable Trust, Faribault, Minn.; and Hazel Investments, Limited Partnership, Washington, Mo., to gain control of Cardinal Bancorp, Inc., St. Louis.

Community Banks of Colorado, Greenwood Village, Colo., filed to purchase assets and assume liabilities of the Community Banks of the Rockies, La Jara, Colorado, and to establish 11 branches.

Community Banks of Colorado, Greenwood Village, Colo., filed to purchase the Community Banks of Southern Colorado, Rocky Ford, Colo., and to establish six branches.

July 10: Farmers State Bank, Phillipsburg, Kan., filed to purchase the Phillipsburg branch of the Landmark National Bank, Manhattan, Kan.

Astra Financial Corp., Prairie Village, Kan., filed to acquire up to 16.73 percent of First Missouri Bancshares, Inc., Brookfield, Mo, and acquire First Missouri National Bank, Brookfield.

July 3: Central Bank of Missouri, Sedalia, Mo., authorized to establish a branch in Columbia.

First Bank, St. Louis, authorized to merge with Continental Community Bank and Trust Company, Aurora, III., and retain their Aurora and Villa Park branches.

DeMotte State Bank, DeMotte, Ind., filed to establish a branch in Roselawn, Ind.

Town & Country Bank of Springfield, III., filed to establish a branch in Springfield.

Western Transaction Corp., Duluth, Minn., filed to become a bank holding company by acquiring Western National Bank, Duluth and Cass Lake Company, Duluth; and thereby acquiring The First National Bank of Cass Lake. Applicant also proposes to acquire Premier Credit Corp., Duluth, an industrial loan company.

WestStar Bank, Vail, Colo., filed to establish a branch in Denver.

STATE FILINGS

Illinois

Kimberly Richardson and Mark Richardson authorized to acquire control of Community Bank, Hoopeston.

Franzen Limited Partnership authorized to acquire control of Itasca Bank & Trust Co.

JP Family Limited Partnership authorized to acquire control of Williamsville State Bank & Trust.

State Bank of Eldred has changed its name to Meridian Bank.

Marine Trust Company of Carthage proposes to change its name to Marine Bank & Trust.

First Community Bank of Joliet was issued a charter on June 11.

The White Hall Nat'l. Bank converted to a state charter on June 18 and is now White Hall Bank.

National Bank of St. Anne filed to convert to a state charter and change its name to State Bank of St. Anne.

Brian Parley, Pam Parley, Carlos Montoya, Honorio Padron, John Perkaus, Michael Falbo, Nancy McCort, and Walter Klein filed to organize Aztec America Bank in Berwyn.

Kevin Botma, James Lanting, Terry Van Der Aa, Steven Van Drunen, Eugene Varnado and James VeIt have received a permit to charter Providence Bank, LLC in South Holland.

Iowa

Application was filed August 5 to charter a new state bank to be called First State Bank, Nashua.

Patriot Bank, Brooklyn, filed to establish a branch in Grinnell.

State Bank of Hudson, S.D., was merged into charter held by Premier Bank, Rock Valley, Iowa.

Kingsley State Bank, Kingsley, authorized to establish a branch in Sergeant Bluff.

Pioneer Bank, Sergeant Bluff, authorized to establish a branch in Sioux City.

American State Bank, Sioux Center, authorized to establish a branch in Hull.