First National Appoints Board
The board of directors for First National Bank, Le Mars and Sioux City elected its 2003 executive officers and new board members at their annual stock holder meeting at the Sioux City Country Club on Jan. 28. Newly elected board members include Regina Roth, executive vice president of Beef Products and Beef Technology (BPI), Dakota Dunes and David Davenport, borker/owner of Century 21 Davenport & Associates of Sioux City. C.B. (Neal) Conover IV, chairman of Northwest Federal, Spencer, Iowa was relectred chairman to serve over the nine-member board of First National Bank. Board members include:

Dwight Conover, chairman of First National Bank, Creston, Iowa, Gary Wells, CEO of Wells Dairy, Inc., Le Mars, IA; Ron Geiger, president and CEo of Harkers, Inc., Le Mars, IA; Mark Brown, a local farmer and cattle feeder; E W. (Al) Maser, retired CEO of Frist National Bank; and Jack E. Guenther, President and CEO of First National Bank, LeMars and Sioux City.

First National Bank is provately owned full service community bank operating through several locations in Sioux City and Le Mars.