What Rocks in Rockford Voting 2023 As a local, independent community bank, we are honored to be nominated in FOUR categories in this year’s Rockford Register Star’s “What Rocks” Community’s Choice Awards contest! ✔️ Best Bank ✔️ Best Financial Planning Services ✔️ Best Mortgage Lending Company ✔️ Top Employer (101-500 employees) Please take a moment… Read More
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Back-to-School Supply Drive We are excited to announce that we are once again partnering with Remedies Renewing Lives and hosting a Back-to-School Supply Drive! The drive will run from Wednesday, July 19 through Friday, August 11! 🎒✏️🖍️📒 Remedies Renewing Lives is the only domestic violence shelter in Winnebago and Boone counties. Each year they provide… Read More
Purchase with a Purpose | Summer 2023 This July, with every Stillman Debit Card transaction, a $1.00 donation will be made to 6 local non-profit organizations up to $15,000! The organizations that have been nominated by our local communities to receive up to $2,500 from this promotion are: Focus House Helping Hands Pantry Junior League… Read More
Lindsey Stopa Promoted to Stillman Bank Retail Office Manager Stillman Bank has recently promoted a key member of its successful team in northern Illinois. Lindsey Stopa has been promoted to the position of Retail Office Manager, according to Thomas Hughes, President and CEO. With 7 years of banking experience, she has served in a variety… Read More
Books of Interest Part 9: 2023 Summer Reading Recommendations For the past few years, we have curated a list of our employees’ favorite reads. We are excited to be back again with Part Nine of our “Books of Interest” recommendations list. If you are looking to be captivated by a story or have already binged… Read More
All About the USDA Guaranteed Rural Housing Program (And If It’s Right for You!) USDA stands for the United States Department of Agriculture, the agency best known for working with farmers and food standards. The USDA also promotes decent and affordable homeownership in rural areas. The USDA offers two types of home lending. The first… Read More
Artificial Intelligence: What to Know What is It and Why Should I Care? Artificial Intelligence (AI) describes systems programmed to think and respond like humans. In fact, we asked the AI solution ChatGPT that very question and got this response. What is Artificial Intelligence? Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to the simulation of human intelligence in… Read More
Stillman Bank Awards 2023 Eickman Scholarship to Four Area Students Stillman Trust & Wealth Management is pleased to announce the winners of the Eickman Scholarship, an annual scholarship awarded to four area high school seniors who are interested in pursuing a career in medicine. The 2023 recipients are: Ava Krall, Byron High School; Caelyn Langley,… Read More
Community Shred Day Join us for a FREE Community Shred Day on Saturday, September 16! Anyone is welcome to dispose of their personal papers and unwanted documents in a safe and secure way. Printable PDF
Stillman Bank Announces 2023 Promotions Thomas R. Hughes, President & CEO of Stillman BancCorp N.A., along with the Board of Directors have moved to promote the following bank employees: Melissa S. Morphey, Chief Credit Officer Melissa joined Stillman Bank in 2015 as a Credit Analyst and was promoted to Senior Credit Analyst in 2020. She… Read More