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Burlington, Ia- After being forced to postpone due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the Burlington Paint a Thon is back on for 2021. At a conference Friday, June 11th, 2021, event organizers made the announcement that the event will take place this year the week of September 6th. Burlington Mayor Jon Billups started off the conference by stating what the return of the Paint A Thon means to Burlington. "As mayor and as a citizen, I was thrilled to hear about it," Billups Said. "The impact that the Paint a Thon has had on our community, it's not just the paint, volunteers seem to help and repair homes and fix the exteriors it makes the whole community feel more pride about their homes" Two Rivers Bank and Trust president Shane Zimmerman expressed the need for volunteers for this year's event. "Over the last 27 years that we've done this, 519 homes have been painted by just countless volunteers, that's no small feat," Zimmerman said. &quo
1/10/21
World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA), a Top 100 Insurance Agency, announced today that it acquired
Two Rivers Insurance Company, Inc. of Burlington, IA on December 31, 2020. TRIC includes Two Rivers Insurance Services (TRIS) and Employee Benefits Systems (EBS). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
TRIC will continue to be headquartered in Burlington, Iowa, and will continue to offer insurance from its offices in Ft. Madison, Earlham, and West Des Moines. Todd Ackerman will continue as President and CEO. Joining WIA’s national network of regional insurance agencies will allow TRIC to offer more products to its customers from a larger network of providers at competitive pricing.
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World Insurance Associates Acquires Two Rivers Insurance Company, Inc.
January 8, 2021 GMT
TINTON FALLS, N.J. (BUSINESS WIRE) Jan 8, 2021
World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA), a Top 100 Insurance Agency, announced today that it acquired Two Rivers Insurance Company, Inc. (“TRIC”) of Burlington, IA on December 31, 2020. TRIC includes Two Rivers Insurance Services (TRIS) and Employee Benefits Systems (EBS). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
TRIC will continue to be headquartered in Burlington, Iowa, and will continue to offer insurance from its offices in Ft. Madison, Earlham, and West Des Moines. Todd Ackerman will continue as President and CEO. Joining WIA’s national network of regional insurance agencies will allow TRIC to offer more products to its customers from a larger network of providers at competitive pricing.
Iowa city urged to cut ties with bank over racist comment
December 24, 2020 GMT
BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) A racial equity group is urging the city of Burlington to sever ties with a local bank because of an official’s racist comment on social media.
The Black Leadership Council is outraged that the city is still doing business with Farmers & Merchants Bank & Trust after one of the bank’s vice presidents, Lisa Walsh, used a racist slur against Vice President-elect Kamala Harris in a November Facebook post, the Hawk Eye reports.
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“Are you going to withdraw the money out of F&M?” the group’s president, the Rev. Rob Brown, asked the City Council this week. “That’s the way you show the Black community ‘We stand with you, and the same way you all are disgusted with the situation, we’re disgusted with it equally.’”