Ron Kranz pulled an old sheet of paper out of his desk drawer Friday. It was a note he wrote in 1979, and it listed two career goals: to become the No. 2 man at a bank within the next three years ...

OCONTO — Ronald Eugene Kranz, 41, of Oconto died Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013, near Oconto.

Ron Kranz was a little late for his interview with Jim Moore. Actually, he was about a week late. Kranz was applying for a job at First State Bank and through a miscommunication thought he was ...

First State Bank & Trust Company in Fremont, NE, is battling a typical scenario of the Plains states: a small-town environment with an aging population and a dwindling pool of potential customers. The ...