Banker a County Fair Hall of Fame inductee

ST. CHARLES, Minn. – A retired Altura banker, David Schwantz, will be inducted into the Winona County Fair Hall of Fame at the fairgrounds. Currently he is on the governing board of Peoples State Bank in Plainview. Cindy Timm, Fair president, applauded Schwantz for long service representing business in the county and especially agriculture. Schwantz grew up on a farm north of Altura. He muses that he knew how to drive a tractor before learning to ride a bike. For 40 years he has served as a paramedic on the Altura ambulance team. He has been Altura city treasurer 30 years and a member of the Altura Lions Club.

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