Small Street Journal: April 20, 2018

​The Northwestern Bank Board of Directors announced the recent promotions of Melissa ‘Missy’ Grill and Cindy Boggess. Both employees were promoted to officers of the bank, with Grill being added to the Senior Management Team and title of vice president and Boggess to assistant vice president. Grill earned degrees in both accounting and business administration from Chippewa Valley Technical College and Lakeland College. Boggess has been employed within a variety of roles within the banking industry for the past 13 years after graduating from UW-River Falls where she studied marketing communications.

Library volunteer Karen Overhulser was recognized for her outstanding service to the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library at the recent Friends of the Library annual meeting on Saturday, April 14. Overhulser received the library’s Distinguished Service Award, which honors generosity of time and spirit and extraordinary contributions to a library-related issue. She has served with distinction as a library volunteer for over five years. She has worked to secure significant grant support for the “Give a Kid a Book” program, which distributes books to children in the community who might not otherwise have books to call their own.