orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . november 2013 westconsin credit union type credit union industry financial services founded 1939 1939 headquarters menomonie wisconsin united states number of locations 14 2015 key people lora benrud ceo net income nearly 9 million 2014 total assets 920 million 2014 website westconsincu.org westconsin credit union is a not for profit financial cooperative that was founded as menomonie farmer s credit union in 1939 . westconsin is headquartered in menomonie wisconsin . currently they have over 76 000 members and control more than 920 million in assets with offices in the wisconsin communities of amery baldwin barron chippewa falls eau claire ellsworth hudson menomonie new richmond prescott river falls and spring valley . 1 westconsin credit union has also gained notice for their high school offices located in amery hudson menomonie new richmond and river falls . 2 contents 1 history 2 membership 3 high school offices 4 references 5 external links history edit on december 5 1938 chris hovland william millar jr. j.c. martinson stewart l. gevne edward torgerson harold e. martinson and gene long signed articles of incorporation applying for a charter for the menomonie farmers credit union . on january 12 1939 the articles of incorporation of this credit union were approved and filed with the state banking department in madison wisconsin . 3 in 1949 the credit union hired art gilberts as its first full time manager . he managed the credit union from his house until 1953 . by 1953 the credit union had grown to 365 000 in assets and the board of directors decided the credit union should have its own office . office space was rented one half block off main street in downtown menomonie . with menomonie farmers credit union s mfcu continued growth and success other credit unions in the area turned to mfcu to merge for greater strength and to save credit union service in their communities . mfcu merged with smaller credit unions in the area over the next few years . river falls merged in december 1974 ; barron and amery merged in january 1979 ; baldwin merged in august 1979 ; and new richmond merged in september 1984 . also a satellite office was opened on the uw river falls campus in september 1994 . by december 1980 the credit union had assets of 29.9 million . in january 1981 long time president art gilberts retired . robert j. wilson who began his career with the credit union in 1954 succeeded gilberts as president . the 1990s were ushered in with another major change for mfcu when members voted to change the name to westconsin credit union . this change was made to recognize the diversity of the membership and the various communities served throughout western wisconsin . another change in management occurred in 1993 when robert j. wilson retired as president . greg lentz was appointed by the board of directors to succeed wilson as president and still serves in this position today . the new century brought changes and expansion to westconsin . in 2001 a new administrative office center was constructed in menomonie . an office in hudson was opened in 2004 and offices in spring valley and prescott came in 2007 . westconsin realty a full service realty company was created in the spring of 2004 and westconsin title services in the spring of 2012 to service western wisconsin . westconsin opened an office in eau claire in 2012 in ellsworth in 2014 and in chippewa falls in 2015 bringing the current office count to 14 . membership edit membership is open to anyone who lives or works in the wisconsin counties of barron buffalo burnett chippewa clark dunn eau claire jackson pepin pierce polk rusk st. croix sawyer taylor trempealeau or washburn or the minnesota counties of anoka chisago dakota goodhue isanti ramsey wabasha and washington with a 5 deposit in a membership share savings account . 4 high school offices edit presently westconsin credit union has five fully operational high school offices that are located in amery hudson menomonie new richmond and river falls . 5 references edit westconsin credit union branch office locations . creditunionaccess.com . 2007 05 21 . retrieved 2013 11 22 . farrell chris . teaching savings to kids in schools 21 september 2011 . retrieved on 22 april 2013 . about westconsin . westconsincu.org . retrieved 2013 11 22 . join westconsin credit union . westconsincu.org . retrieved 2013 11 22 . wascalus jacob . mini banks provide hands on education in personal finance 1 april 2012 . retrieved on 19 april 2013 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title westconsin credit union & oldid 671426737 categories credit unions based in wisconsinorganizations established in 1939dunn county wisconsinhidden categories orphaned articles from november 2013all orphaned articlesuse mdy dates from december 2011 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 july 2015 at 16 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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