Category: Community

How to Start a Garden without Splurging

Sunshine, flowering blooms, and the smell of something new, planting season is the perfect time to enjoy the outdoors and begin planting your summer garden. If you’re like most hobbyists, you find your plants each year at area greenhouses and nurseries searching for that perfect pop of color.  This year, Heartland Bank challenges you to

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10 Ways to Shop Local

Supporting our community is one of the most impactful ways we can help it grow. By shopping with local vendors and utilizing area service providers you and your family can help ensure that our community prospers and grows each year. If you want to shop local, but don’t know where to start, our team at

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Community Banking: Why It’s a Wonderful Life

As the seasons begin to change, and the holidays approach, our team at Heartland Bank would like to share all the wonderful reasons we are grateful to be a community bank. Just like Mr. George Bailey, in the classic tale, It’s a Wonderful Life, we have found countless people and experiences that make our bank

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Election Season – Go Vote!

Each year millions of Americans make their ways to their polls to cast their vote! Republican, Democrat, or Third Party, it is through this system that the American people make their voice heard. On November 8, 2016 the United States will elect the next leader of the free world. Don’t you want to have a

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5 Financial Tips for Farmers

Feeding America isn’t the job for everyone, but for the select few, a career in agriculture is the epitome of making a difference in the world. Getting up at dawn, and getting in at dusk, many rural farmers have daily tasks which keep them running 24/7. At Heartland Bank we’d like to help make one

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Spring Into Spring

Shake off colder temps, for spring has sprung! Squeeze the most out of this blooming season with these warmer weather activities to help you unthaw: Declutter your closet. To make it more open and airy, purge your wardrobe of all the clothes you didn’t wear over the winter. Donate the castoffs and make room for

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The Little Things are the Big Things: 11 Random Acts of Kindness

There are so many small and valuable things we can do to impact the life of another. While some of them are financially bound, others can be simple tasks, such as opening the door for someone. This year challenge yourself to more acts of kindness, random or not. Pay for the person’s food or beverage

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