Emily Schock, Loan Origination Team lead at First International Bank & Trust, recently graduated from the Dakota School of Banking sponsored by the North Dakota Bankers Association and endorsed by the South Dakota Bankers Association. In its 49th year, the school trained 65 bank ...

Marisa Andrysiak has been promoted to consumer loan processor at Aspire Credit Union. Andrysiak is replacing Kim Bloms, who will be retiring in July. Andrysiak joined Aspire 2019 and has been a member service representative and leader on the teller line. “Hiring Marisa will make for a ...

In the realm of estate, it's very rare that any property quickly changes hands. Before the time comes to sign the heaps of paper for purchase agreements, promissory notes and mortgage documents, the parties must first establish who actually owns what and ensure there aren’t any additional ...

TIOGA -- Jenny Gaaskjolen has been named assistant vice president of Ag and Business Banking for Bank of Tioga, based in the Tioga location. Gaaskjolen is a native of Spearfish, South Dakota, and resides in Stanley. She graduated from Black Hills State University with a bachelor’s degree ...

Crude blasts up as OPEC cuts The opening excitement of last week’s commodity and financial markets was a $5 per barrel explosion in crude oil prices. The blast came in response to a pledge from the OPEC nations plus Russia to cut production by 70,000 barrels per day. Iraq’s blocking ...

Four years ago, when Olivia Kimberlin and her family moved to Minot, it was in the middle of a brutally cold polar vortex. While they endured the education that only an upper Midwest winter can deliver, Kimberlin knew one way she could while away the hours cooped up indoors. “We moved up ...