CHETEK -- Sterling Bank is committed to helping customers and our communities now more than ever.  Through our partnership with Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago we are proud to be able to provide support funding for a variety of local organizations during these unprecedented times. Among those receiving FHLB grants include Barron Youth Baseball Boosters, Chetek Chamber of Commerce, Village of Ridgeland, Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Baseball Boosters, City of Chetek, Meadowview Men’s Association, Chetek Food Shelf and the Blackhawk Education Foundation.

The FHLB of Chicago is providing COVID-19 Relief Programs, consisting of zero-rate advances and grants, to support its member institutions and the communities they serve in Illinois and Wisconsin. Using this program, Sterling Bank awarded $20,000 in funding to help these local organizations provide improvements to public docks, golf courses and community centers, pay for summer youth programing, school supplies, food pantry expenses and a special Chamber Bucks program.