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Ag producers and family business owners attending First National Bank's annual Cultivate Your Future event.

First National Bank’s producer education programs offer opportunities for growth

First on the Farm Newsletter

Cultivate Your Future The First National Ag Team is honored and excited to present our 15th annual Cultivate Your Future event on February 15, 2024! We have an amazing lineup of speakers for this year, including Dr. Joe Santos, director...

A young woman meeting with a personal banker.

‘Ins’ and ‘outs’ for your money in 2024 and beyond

With inflation hitting us all hard these days, it kind of feels like New Year’s resolutions just aren’t cutting it anymore — and lately, a lot of people have been sharing their “ins” and “outs” for 2024 (things you should...

Phil DeGroot named Agribusiness Citizen of the Year

The following article is shared with permission from the Greater Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce. It can also be read on their website or in the January/February 2024 edition of “Chamber News” magazine.  Agribusiness Division of the Greater Sioux Falls...

First National Bank employees present a check from the Community Card program to the Baltic School District.

Giving back in 2023: Community Card program recap

With your help, we donate thousands of dollars to local schools through our Community Card program each year. In fact, we gave a total of $33,811.67 back through the program in 2023, which even included a milestone distribution to one...

Jaime and Curtis Taets, the couple featured on How We Money: Second Marriage and Money.

Minnesota couple shares experience of blending families, finances in a second marriage

How We Money

Opening a joint account, buying a house together, and doing estate planning all before getting married? My friends Jaime and Curtis Taets, a couple from the Twin Cities area, took a unique approach to merging their finances — but that’s...

The First National Bank in Sioux Falls' downtown building on a snowy day.

2023 year in review

2023 certainly wasn’t an easy year for banks across the country, and 2024 is already on track to have its own set of challenges — both new and continuing. But as we’ve said many times before, we truly have the...

Two men looking at a laptop together.

Prior-year contributions to an IRA: Maximizing your savings potential

First National Wealth Management

The new year is upon us, and that may have you considering making some last-minute money moves. Fortunately, one thing you can move down your to-do list is making contributions to your IRA(s) because, each year, the IRS allows you...

Deb Thompson holds a mug of tea while standing in First National Bank's Hall of Presidents.

Tea With Teammates

Deb Thompson

After 37 years, Deb Thompson has some stories to tell. She's spilling the tea about her time at First National Bank ahead of her retirement.

Family photo of Heather and Douglas Boneparth.

Shining light on a common struggle among couples: merging financial lives

Common Cents on the Prairie™

For Heather and Douglas Boneparth, their episode of the Common Cents on the Prairie™ podcast isn’t just a money story. It’s a love story. These college sweethearts, who grew up with vastly different money experiences, overcame all obstacles to merge...

Thornton Flooring's Sioux Falls location off the I-29 Tea exit.

From garage stall to 109,000-square-foot building: The story of family-owned Thornton Flooring

Matt Thornton had never planned on joining his family’s Sioux Falls business; rather than selling flooring with his parents, he was going to become a doctor. But you know what they say about making plans and God laughing. “I had...

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