PUBLISH

(February 19, 26,

March 11, 2020)

NOTICE OF

APPLICATIONS

BY

CITIZENS BANK

MINNESOTA

NEW ULM,

MINNESOTA

Notice is hereby given

that Citizens Bank Min-

nesota, 105 North Min-

nesota Street, New

Ulm, Brown County,

Minnesota 56073 has

made application to the

Minnesota Department

of Commerce and the

Federal Deposit In-

surance Corporation

for consent to acquire

through merger Farm-

ers State Bank of Wat-

kins, 170 Meeker Ave-

nue North, Watkins,

Meeker County, Min-

nesota 55389 and to

establish a detached

facility at 170 Meeker

Avenue North, Wat-

kins, Meeker County,

Minnesota 55389 (DF

1436). It is contem-

plated that business lo-

cations of the merged

banks will continue to

be operated. The appli-

cations were made

pursuant to Minn. Stat.

secs. 49.33 to 49.41,

and 47.51 to 47.57

plus sec. 18(c) of the

Federal Deposit In-

surance Act. The

above applications

were filed with the Min-

nesota Department of

Commerce on Febru-

ary 10, 2020.

This notice is being

published in the Eden

Valley Watkins Voice

on February 19, Febru-

ary 26, and March 11,

2020 and in the New

Ulm Journal on Febru-

ary 19, February 26,

and March 11, 2020.

Any person, bank, or

other financial institu-

tion has a right to file

written communication

in favor of or against

the applications

described above. Writ-

ten comments will be-

come a part of the pub-

lic record on the appli-

cations and should be

addressed to:

MaxwellZappia,DeputyCommissioner

Minnesota Department

of Commerce Division

of FinancialInstitutions

85 7th Place East,

Suite 280 St. Paul,

Minnesota55101

James D. LaPierre,

Regional Director

Federal Deposit In-

surance Corporation

1100 Walnut Street,

Suite 2100

Kansas City, Missouri

64106

Written comments to

the Minnesota Depart-

ment of Commerce

must be received

within fifteen (15)

calendar days after the

publication date in

Watkins, Minnesota

pursuant to Minn. Stat.

sec. 47.54. An admin-

istrative hearing in ac-

cordance with the pro-

visions of the Admin-

istrative Procedure Act,

Minn. Stat. Chap. 14,

may be ordered at the

discretion of the Com-

missioner to hear tes-

timony and to take evi-

dence in favor of or

against the applica-

tions. In addition, the

nonconfidential sec-

tions of the applica-

tions are available for

review at the Minneso-

ta Department of Com-

merce in St. Paul. For

an appointment for

public review or for in-

formation on copies

and related charges,

please telephone (651)

539-1714 during nor-

mal business hours of

8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Any person wishing to

comment on this appli-

cation may file his or

her comments in writ-

ing with the Regional

Director of the Federal

Deposit Insurance Cor-

poration at its regional

office located at 1100

Walnut Street, Suite

2100, Kansas City,

Missouri 64106 not

later than March 20,

2020. The

non-confidential por-

tions of the application

are on file in the re-

gional office and are

available for public in-

spection during regular

business hours. Pho-

tocopies of the

non-confidential portion

of the application file

will be made available

upon request.

Citizens Bank Min-

nesota

105 North Minnesota

Street New Ulm, Min-

nesota 56073

Brown County

Minnesota Bank Char-

ter 787

FDIC Certificate No.

08200

PUBLISH

(February 19, 2020)

PUBLIC ACCURACY

TEST OF ELECTION

EQUIPMENT

ON FRIDAY, FEBRU-

ARY 21, 2020, AT 2

P,M. A PUBLIC AC-

CURACY TEST OF

THE ELECTRONIC

VOTING EQUIPMENT

WILL BE HELD FOR

THE PRECINCTS

LISTED BELOW, THE

PUBLIC ACCURACY

TEST WILL BE HELD

IN THE BROWN

COUNTY LAW EN-

FORCEMENT

CENTER TRAINING

ROOM,

IF YOU WOULD LIKE

TO WITNESS THIS

DEMONSTRATION,

YOU ARE WELCOME

TO DO SO AT THE

ABOVE MENTIONED

LOCATION.

THE DS2OO WILL BE

TESTED FOR NEW

ULM, SLEEPY EYE,

SPRINGFIELD, AND

MILFORD

THE DS450 WILL BE

TESTED FOR OUR

MAIL BALLOT PRE-

CINCTS OF: ALBIN,

COTTONWOOD,

HOME, LAKE HANS-

KA, LINDEN, MULLI-

GAN, PRAIRIEVILLE,

SIGEL, STARK,

STATELY, COBDEN,

EVAN AND HANSKA,