Talk of the Town Podcast for Tuesday, January 14th

On today’s Talk of the Town podcast, our guest is Sheldon historian Millie Vos, talking about the January 1961 failure of the Sheldon National Bank, which was caused by the multi-million dollar embezzlement of funds by bank employee Burnice Geiger. At that time, it was the largest bank embezzlement in United States banking history and garnered nationwide publicity. You can hear today’s Talk of the Town podcast by CLICKING HERE.

Talk of the Town is heard live at 8:30 am Monday through Friday on KIWA-FM 105.3. Talk of the Town is brought to you daily by: Maintainer Corporation; Highway Liquor & Smoke Shop; State Farm Insurance Agent Nicholas Keen; Sanford Sheldon; The Train Station in Alton and Train Station II in Sheldon; Corner Discount; Citizens State Bank in Sheldon and Boyden; and by Northwest Iowa Community College.

Sheldon historian Millie Vos on Talk of the Town (KIWA Staff photo)

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