PAULA PETERSBURG JOINS THE FIRST CITIZENS TRUST COMPANY IN MASON CITY

Bill Feller, President of First Citizens Trust Company in Mason City, announced that as of June 30, 2003, Paula Petersburg, Vice President & Trust Officer, would be working in the Mason City office of the Trust Company. Petersburg has been running the Decorah office for First Citizens Trust Company for two years.

Petersburg’s new duties will include developing a network of banks to utilize the Trust Company’s operations and administrative services. She is a graduate of Luther College and has a J.D. degree from the University of Iowa College of Law. She brings over 18 years of diverse estate planning and trust experience to the residents of northern Iowa and southern Minnesota. Petersburg and her husband, Fred, reside in Ventura. They have two children, Cole, a junior at Iowa State University, and Lara, who will be a freshman at the University of Colorado in Boulder this fall.

First Citizens Trust Company, headquartered in Mason City, Iowa, is a subsidiary of First Citizens National Bank, a strong, well-capitalized, progressive community bank. Services provided by the Trust Company include investment management, trust and estate administration, and retirement planning.

Petersburg can be reached at the First Citizens Trust Company, conveniently located at the First Citizens National Bank west office, 2601 Fourth Street, SW. To reach her by phone, call (641) 422-1600.