Community & Events

Our Dodge City team was recently named 2023 Best Bank in Dodge City from the Dodge City Daily Globe's Annual "Best of Dodge City" selection. Thank you to everyone who voted, and to our employees for earning this honor. 

Western State Bank Vice President & Commercial Loan Officer Brad Herter was recently selected to join the Dodge City Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. Herter was chosen largely due to his many contributions to the betterment of the community, and to his knowledge in business, finance and agriculture. 

Western State Bank employees competed in their annual Costumes for a Cause costume contest on Halloween. Employees in Garden City, Colby, Goodland, St. Francis, and Leoti donned their most creative costumes and allowed the public to vote via Facebook. The winning teams received a chance to donate to a local nonprofit organization of their choice.  Our Goodland banking center won the banking center category, and the Underwriting/Loan Servicing team won the Garden City department contest. The Goodland FFA and Spirit of the Plains CASA each received a donation. 

Garden City employees created an out-of-this world alien-themed treat station at Lee Richardson Zoo's annual Boo at the Zoo event. They enjoyed handing out treats and interacting with thousands of local children and families.

Western State Bank New Accounts Supervisor Cassie Gonzales and Customer Care Representative Lisa Wagner visited Kenneth Henderson Middle School to educate students on personal finance.  Students learned about setting up an account, the importance of tracking deposits and withdrawals, digital money and fraud, and careers in the banking industry.

Our Garden City employees and their families recently competed against other local organizations in the YMCA's Annual Corporate Cup Challenge. The Challenge included nearly 30 events over a span of three weeks, including pickle ball, water volleyball, darts, trivia, rowing, hillbilly golf, basketball and more. At the end of the challenge, WSB claimed the victory with the highest number of points.

Our Colby team enjoyed interacting with new college students at the Colby Community College Block Party. Thanks to the Colby/Thomas County Chamber of Commerce and Colby Community College for organizing the event.

Our Goodland staff had a great time at the 2023 Main Street Crawl, welcoming college students to the community. Our station featured an ax throwing activity and plenty of giveaways. Thank you to everyone at Northwest Kansas Technical College for organizing the event.

Wrapping up a summer of 50^th anniversary celebrations, we drew the name of our anniversary classic car winner: Ana Enfield of St. Francis, Kan. Enfield is now the proud owner of a 1973 Mercury Cougar Convertible.

We received more than 3,500 entries, with just over 6% of entries coming from St. Francis.

Congratulations to Ana!

Popsicles, giveaways and the chance to "dunk a banker" drew a crowd at Garden City's recent anniversary event. Thank you to all who joined us, we enjoyed having the chance to celebrate with our customers and friends.