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Farmers Savings to buy Elgin State Bank in Iowa

Farmers Savings Bank in Colesburg, Iowa, has agreed to buy Elgin State Bank in Elgin, Iowa.

The $235.5 million-asset Farmers Savings submitted their application with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Nov. 12. The price wasn’t disclosed.

The $28.6 million-asset Elgin State has two branches.

“Even though the [branches] will operate under a new name and ownership, the current staff looks forward to continuing to serve you in the same neighborly manner they always have,” Catherine Britt, Elgin State’s owner, said in a statement. “I again express my heartfelt thanks for the years spent with all of you.”

Britt will retire when the deal closes.

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