for the record

Northwestern Financial Review, Jan 15-Jan 31, 2005

FEDERAL RESERVE WEEKLY FILINGS

Dec. 11: The Farmers State Bank of Waupaca, Wis., authorized to establish a branch in Fremont.

Adams Bank & Trust, Ogallala, Neb., authorized to establish a branch in Firestone, Colo.

Bank of Choice Holding Company, Evans, Colo., authorized to acquire Palisade Bancshares, Inc., Palisade, and The Palisades National Bank.

Logan Investment Corp., Keokuk, Iowa, authorized to become a bank holding company and to acquire State Central Bank.

Metropolitan Capital Bancorp, Inc., Chicago authorized to become a bank holding company and to acquire Metropolitan Capital Bank, a de novo bank.

Nashua Bancshares, Inc., St. Paul, Minn., authorized to become a bank holding company and to acquire First State Bank, Nashua, Iowa, a de now bank. Also, FNSB Bancorp, Inc., authorized to become a bank holding company and to acquire shares of Nashua Bancshares, Inc. Plus, Readlyn Bancshares, Inc., St. Paul, Britt Bancshares, Inc., Tripoli Bancshares, Inc., and Ashton Bancshares, Inc., authorized to acquire shares of Nashua Bancshares, Inc.

Parkway Bancorp, Inc., Harwood Heights, III., authorized to establish a subsidiary, Parkway Financial, Inc., and to acquire 49.9 percent of Parkway Mortgage & Financial Center, LLC, Des Moines, Iowa, and thereby engage in residential real estate mortgage lending activities.

Wisconsin Bancshares, Inc., Kenosha, Wis., authorized to become a bank holding company and to acquire Bank of Kenosha.

American Central Bancorporation, Inc., Springfield, III., filed to acquire American Central Financial Group, Inc., Springfield, and thereby acquire The Bank, Charleston, III., and Farmers State Bank of Fulton County, Lewistown, III.

Main Street Trust, Inc., Champaign, III., filed to acquire Citizens First Financial Corp., Bloomington, III., and thereby acquire Citizens Savings Bank, Bloomington.

Peoples Bank & Trust Co., Troy, Mo., filed to establish a branch in Elsberry, Mo.

Notice filed by Martin B. Rowe, Harrisburg, III., individually and as a member of the Rowe Family Control Group, to gain control of First Eldorado Bancshares, Inc., Eldorado, III. The control will consist of Martin B. Rowe, the Burt H. Rowe, Jr. Marital Trust and the Anne Rowe Family Trust, all of Harrisburg, III.; Marianna R. Deal, Rachelle L. Rowe, and Caroline C. Rowe, all of St. Louis, and Anne Rowe, Destin, Fla.

Maximum Holding International, Inc., Brooklyn Park, Minn., filed to become a bank holding company by acquiring First security Bank, Sanborn, Minn.

High Plains Bank, Flagler, Colo., filed to establish a branch in Lakewood, Colo.

Notice filed by Charles W. Masner and Ella C. Masner, both of Anthony, Kan., to acquire control of Olathe Bancorporation, Inc., parent of Olathe State Bank, both in Olathe, CoIo.

Dec. 4: Independent Bancshares, Inc., Clarkfield, Minn., authorized to acquire Clarkfield Holding Company and thereby acquire Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Clarkfield.

Vision Bank Holdings, Inc., Fargo, N.D., authorized to become a bank holding company and to acquire VISIONBank, a de novo bank.

Dacotah Bank, Aberdeen, S.D., authorized to merge with Dacotah Bank, RoIIa, N.D., and Dacotah Bank, Valley City, N.D., and thereby establish branches.

Peoples State Bank of Plainview, Minn., authorized to merge with Red Cedar Bank, N.A., Boyceville, Wis., and thereby establish branches in Boyceville and Menomonie.

1st Source Bank, South Bend, Ind., filed to establish a branch in Granger, Ind.

Main Street Trust, Inc., Champaign, III., filed to acquire Citizens First Financial Corp., Bloomington, III., and thereby acquire Citizens Savings Bank, Bloomington.

U.S. Bank, N.A., Cincinnati, Ohio, through NOVA European Holdings Company, Minneapolis, an agreement corporation, filed notice to invest up to an additional $60 million in NOVA EuroConex Holdings, C.V. and its subsidiaries over the next 12 months, commencing December 30,2004, pursuant to section 211.9 (f) of Regulation K.