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Doug Benjamin, Regional Bank President of Northwest Bank is pleased to announce Curt Smith has accepted the position as Bank President in Estherville. Curt's responsibilities will include business development and bank leadership, providing career development for our team and coordinating community involvement.

Greg Post, President and CEO of Northwest Financial Corp., Arnolds Park, IA, has been named to serve a two-year term on the Iowa Bankers Association's (IBA) Legislative Committee. The committee, comprised of senior level bank management professionals from across the state, is responsible for developing and guiding the Association's legislative and grassroots efforts.

The Government is proposing a sweeping expansion of tax information reporting aimed at raising revenue to help offset the cost of additional spending programs in the American Families Plan.

Doug Benjamin, Regional Bank President of Northwest Bank in Spencer, IA is pleased to announce Jacob Meyers as Ag/Commercial Banker, AVP. Meyers' responsibilities include developing customer relationships and growing our commercial and agricultural banking in northwest Iowa.

Northwest Bank in the lakes area hosted a pair of football tailgates on Friday, September 17th at the Okoboji football field in Milford and at Hafter football field in Spirit Lake.

Nicole Evans, Bank President of Northwest Bank in Arnolds Park and Milford is pleased to announce Lauren Rosacker as Retail Manager. Lauren has been an asset to Northwest Bank for several years and has expertise in areas of personal banking and wealth management. Lauren will continue to promote bank services and lead our sales and service efforts by building customer relationships. In addition, Lauren will offer investment services through Northwest Wealth Management.

The Iowa Mortgage Association is pleased to announce that several Mortgage Professionals from Northwest Bank were accepted into the IMA's 2020 President's Club and Winner's Circle. The President's Club and Winner's Circle is an ongoing recognition program to recognize outstanding mortgage loan production in Iowa.

Northwest Financial Corp. has been awarded a 2021 Top Workplaces honor by the Des Moines Register. The Top Workplaces are based solely on the results of an employee feedback survey administered by Energage, LLC, a leading research firm that specializes in organizational health and workplace improvement. Several aspects of workplace culture were measured, including alignment, execution, and connection, just to name a few.

HUMBOLDT, IOWA – Kendra Long, a second grader attending Taft Elementary in Humboldt, IA has won 3rd Place in Community Bankers of Iowa's (CBI) Money Smart Week Poster Contest.