In September 2019, the company was acquired by First Merchants Corporation.

[1] In 1950, the bank opened its second location, a branch in Ida, Michigan.

[1] In 2001, the bank expanded into Wayne County, Michigan.

[2] In 2009, the bank declined to receive an investment from the United States Department of the Treasury as part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

[3] On July 12, 2010, the bank entered into a consent order with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as a result of trouble in its loan portfolio.