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Herington Faces Bank Closure and Community Response
In rural Kansas, First National Bank of Herington closed as 23 local stores vanished and a factory burned. Community groups including FDIC, KSU Extension, FACTS, FHA and ministerial groups coordinated aid, counseling, loan analysis with FINPACK, and rumor monitoring. The effort aims to ease farm and business transitions and may become a model for other towns.
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Herington
Kansas
First National Bank of
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
FDIC
Kansas State University Cooperative Extension Service
State Facts Hotline
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Kansas Small Business Development Centers
Texas
Oklahoma
Earl Wright
Facts Farm Finance
U.S. Comptroller of the Currency
Kansas City
Wright
First National Bank
Marion
Morris
Dickinson
Dennis Cavinan
Ron Williams
Herington United Methodist Church
Ministerial Association
Pete Brent
Prairie Fire Rural Ministry
Iowa
First National
Williams
Brent
Pretzer
KSU Cooperative Extension Service
Finpack
KSU
Small Business Development Center
Bill Mahaney
Saline County
Tion
Steve Town
Marion County
Tomn
Kansas Farm Management Association
Cavian
State Extension
Pastor Williams