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Employees of Border State Bank, Thief River Falls, raised $3,000 over the past year for Hospice of the Red River Valley. The donation will be used to provide compassionate end-of-life care to those in Thief River Falls and surrounding communities. Border State Bank has contributed $23,100 to Hospice of the Red River Valley since 2009.

Choice Bank, Grand Forks, has promoted Scott LeDuc to its executive leadership team as the chief credit officer. LeDuc has been with Choice Bank since 2010, most recently in the role of deputy chief credit officer. In his new role, he will be charged with overall management of Choice Bank’s credit risk and the risk profile of all commercial and ag loan portfolios.

The Associated General Contractors of North Dakota elected its 2020 association officers to its board of directors during the group’s 70th annual convention held in Fargo recently. Sally Miskagvige of Opp Construction in Grand Forks, was elected president and Eric Johnson of Meinecke-Johnson Company of Grand Forks was elected senior vice president. Matt Halvorson of Harlvorson Company of Fargo was elected secretary/treasurer.