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BaNK Fargo
Roger Erbes has joined the team at Border
Bank. Erbes will serve as SVP ag/business
banker for the Fargo and Moorhead area
markets. Erbes attended Minnesota State
University Moorhead and earned a bachelor
HAPPENINGS of science degree in finance, an MBA from
University of Mary, and completed the
Graduate School of Banking at Colorado. He
Aberdeen brings extensive experience in business banking Roger Erbes
to Border Bank, having spent the last twelve
Dacotah Bank is proud to announce the
promotion of Al Kjenstad to executive vice years serving as an ag officer.
president and chief financial officer. Al is a
graduate of Northern State University and was Minot
a part of the NSU baseball team. He started his First Western Bank & Trust is giving back to the community by
professional career at Eide Bailly in Aberdeen supporting the newest and smallest members of the community.
as a CPA. He then spent 11 years at U.S. Bank Every baby born at Trinity Hospital over the next year will receive
serving in various credit analysis and lending a complimentary onesie as a token of our gratitude for the families
roles, with his last role as vice president of their Al Kjenstad that make up our vibrant community. In addition, all babies in
ag and commercial teams in Aberdeen. Al joined Trinity’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) will be gifted a $25
Dacotah Bank in May 2013 as the director of credit risk management. educational certificate of deposit to support their future learning and
He then served as a director and vice president of credit administration development.
for several years before moving into his current role as vice president
and controller. As part of Al’s commitment to continuous professional This effort is part of First Western Bank’s ongoing commitment
development, he has completed the University of Wisconsin Graduate to support Trinity Hospital and its NICU. In the past, the bank
School of Banking Financial Managers School, the Dacotah Bank donated $50,000 toward the development of the new NICU facility,
Academy Leadership Program, and the Leadership Aberdeen Program. and we are thrilled to find new ways to continue this partnership.

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