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LIBERTY BANK
LIBERTY BANK. In May of 1998, a group of investors led by W. A. Krause, then president and CEO of Krause Gentle Corporation, acquired the Lakes National Bank in Arnolds Park, Iowa. By 2012 Liberty Bank offered 19 full-service locations across Iowa, Illinois and Florida. Liberty Bank in 2012 had nearly $726 million in total assets.
On May 4, 2012, Heartland Financial USA announced that it would purchase Liberty Bank locations in Dubuque and East Dubuque. Heartland acquired the locations through DUBUQUE BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, Heartland's flagship bank.
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Liberty Bank website
Telegraph Herald, May 5, 2010 p. 1