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FEDERAL RESERVE WEEKLY FILINGS

April 2: Fifth Third Bank, Grand Rapids, Mich., authorized to establish branches in Westfield, lnd., and Saginaw, Mich.

First Bank of Medicine Lodge, Kan., authorized to relocate its main office to Overland Park and to establish a branch in Medicine Lodge.

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Bancorporation, Columbia Falls, Mont., authorized to become a bank holding company and to acquire Freedom Bank, a de novo bank.

Independent Alliance Banks, Inc., Fort Wayne, Ind., authorized to become a bank holding company and to acquire Grabill Bancorp, Grabill, and Grabill Bank; and Marbanc Financial Corporation, Markle, and MarkleBank.

Perry County Bancorp, Inc., DuQuoin, Ill., authorized to acquire DQSB Financial Services, Inc., and thereby engage in securities brokerage and advisory services activities.

Sundance State Bank Profit Sharing and ESOP and Trust, Sundance, Wyo., authorized to acquire additional shares up to 26.06 percent of Sundance Bankshares, Inc., parent of Sundance State Bank.

Notice filed by the Hansen family to acquire control of 30.66 percent of the common stock of DeWitt Bancorp, Inc., DeWitt, Iowa, and thereby DeWitt Bank and Trust Company, DeWitt, Iowa.

Edgebrook Bancorp, Inc., Chicago, filed to become a bank holding company by acquiring Edgebrook Bank (in organization), Chicago.

Mainsource Financial Group, Inc., Greensburg, Ind., filed to acquire Madison Bank & Trust Co., Madison, Ind.

First Suburban Bancorp Corp., Maywood, Ill., proposes to acquire Water Street Capital Markets LLC, Glendale Heights, Ill, and thereby to engage in financial and investment advisory activities and securities brokerage activities.

Choice Financial Holdings, Inc., Grafton, N.D., filed to acquire 85 percent of Peoples State Bank of Comfrey, Minn.

Rum River Bancorporation, Inc., Milaca, Minn., filed to become a bank holding company by acquiring First National Bank of Milaca.

Deerwood Bancshares, Inc., Deerwood, Minn., filed to acquire Northome Bancshares, Inc., Northome, Minn., and thereby acquire Northland Community Bank, Northome.

The Citizens-Farmers Bank of Cole Camp, Mo., filed to purchase the Stover, Mo., branch of Concordia Bank, Concordia, Mo.

Notification filed by Robert E. Mickey, Jr., Holden, Mo., to acquire control of F&C Bancorp, Inc., parent of Farmers and Commercial Bank, both in Holden.

Notice filed by Joel H. Wiens, Cheyenne, Wyo., to acquire control of Union Bank Corp., parent of Union State Bank, both of Upton, Wyo.

Notice filed by Stephen Sherlock, Lamar, Colo., to retain control of ColoEast Bankshares, Inc., Lamar, parent of First National Bank of Tribune, Kan., and Colorado East Bank & Trust, Lamar.

March 26: Centrue Financial Corp., Kankakee, Ill., authorized to acquire Illinois Community Bancorp, Inc., Effingham, and Illinois Community Bank.

First Banks, Inc., St. Louis, and The San Francisco Company, San Francisco, authorized to acquire FBA Bancorp, Inc., Chicago, and thereby acquire First Bank of the Americas, SSB, Chicago; and for First Bank, St. Louis, to merge with First Bank of the Americas, SSB.

United Commerce Bancorp, Bloomington, Ind., authorized to become a bank holding company and to acquire United Commerce Bank.

iTeam Companies, Inc., Brookfield, Wis., filed to become a bank holding company by acquiring Bank of Kenney, Ill., and to engage in data processing activities through its subsidiary, iStream Companies, Inc., Brookfield.

QCR Holdings, Inc., Moline, Ill., proposes to engage de now in extending credit and servicing loans through a joint venture by its subsidiary, Cedar Rapids Bank and Trust Co., Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Gold Bank, Leawood, Kan., filed to establish a branch in Brandon, Fla.

March 19: Royal American Bank, Inverness, Ill., authorized to establish a branch in Buffalo Grove.

Progress Bank of Missouri, Sullivan, Mo., authorized to establish a branch in Warrenton.

Bozeman Bancorp, Inc., Manhattan, Mont., authorized to become a bank holding company and to acquire Bank of Bozeman, a de novo bank.

Capitol Bancorp Ltd., Lansing, Mich., authorized to acquire 51 percent of Peoples State Bank, Jeffersonville, Ga.

Bank of Geneva, Ind., authorized to establish a branch in Portland, Ind.

Royal American Bank, Inverness, Ill.,filed to establish a branch in Buffalo Grove, Ill.

Notice filed by Michael J. Rivers, Winona, Minn., to acquire 22.07 percent of Central Wisconsin Financial Services, Inc., Wausau, Wis., and thereby acquire Bank of Wausau.

Notice filed by Jeffrey Dinklage, Wisner, Neb., to increase ownership of D & H Investments Corp., Cherokee, Iowa, to 27.14 percent following the purchase of 160 shares.

Great River Financial Group, Inc., Burlington, Iowa, filed to acquire Two Rivers Bank and Trust (in organization), Johnston, Iowa.

Notice filed by Everett D. Lawrence, Marshall, Ill., acting in concert with Lawrence Gravel, Phyllis Lawrence, and Kim Schmidt, to retain control of Preferred Bancorp, Inc., Casey, Ill., and thereby acquire Preferred Bank, Casey.

BOTS, Inc., Topeka.Kan., filed to become a bank holding company through the acquisition of VisionBank, Topeka (in organization).

March 12: Cole Taylor Bank, Rosemont, Ill., authorized to establish a branch in Orland Park.

Comerica Bank, Detroit, authorized to establish a branch in San Francisco.

Hinsbrook Bank and Trust, Willowbrook, Ill., authorized to establish a branch in Lombard.

LeRoy C. Darby, Inc. ESOP, Monona, Iowa, authorized to acquire an additional 11.33 percent, for an aggregate of up to 36 percent, of the shares of LeRoy C. Darby, Inc. and thereby acquire Peoples State Bank, Elkader, and Union State Bank, Monona.

LeRoy C. Darby, Inc., Monona, Iowa, and LeRoy C. Darby, Inc. ESOP authorized to acquire PSB Bancshares, Ltd., Postville, and thereby acquire Postville State Bank.

Guaranty Bank and Trust Co., Denver authorized to merge with First National Bank of Strasburg, Colo.

Legacy Bank & Trust Company, Plato, Mo., authorized to merge with The Citizens Bank of Sparta, and to retain the acquired facility as a branch.

CNB Community Bancorp, Inc., Hillsdale, Mich., filed to become a bank holding company by acquiring Hillsdale County National Bank.

Pullman Bank and Trust Co., Chicago, earned a rating of outstanding for large bank compliance with CRA.

Exchange National Bancshares, Inc., Jefferson City, Mo., filed to acquire Bank 10, Belton, Mo.

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