(Woodbury, MN - July 29, 2016) Ideal Credit Union is inviting members and the community to “Crack the Vault” at this year’s Community Appreciation/90th Anniversary event week for a chance to win $1,000 in one of its daily giveaways! Now in its third year, the annual summer celebration will be held August 15-19, 2016. Ideal is celebrating its 90th Anniversary with food, fun and daily give back to local communities.

(Woodbury, MN - July 6, 2016) Ideal Credit Union recently celebrated the groundbreaking of its newest location in Stillwater with a “ceremonial groundbreaking” held onsite on June 22, 2016. In attendance were members of the Ideal CU senior leadership team and board members joined by the Greater Stillwater Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Robin Anthony, MnCUN Vice President of MnIPC Dean Scholl, MnCUN Director of Communications Andrea Molnau, James Steele & Company Senior Field Superintendent Mike Sonnek, Collaborative Design Group Incorporated Principal Bill Hickey and Architect Elizabeth “Bess” McCollough. The new office is scheduled to open in late fall of 2016.

(Woodbury, MN – June 22, 2016) Herbert “Jay” Hall has joined Ideal Credit Union as Director of Branch Operations. Hall has over 27 years of experience in the financial services industry. He started as a teller at Norwest Bank, which later merged with Wells Fargo, and worked his way up to District Manager, where he oversaw the daily operations of seven Branch Managers. Prior to joining Ideal, he worked as Branch Manager for Wings Financial Credit Union and coordinated the opening of the new Wings office in Woodbury.

(Woodbury, MN – June 15, 2016) Scott Zoellner has joined the Wealth Advisors team at Ideal Credit Union. Zoellner has worked in the investment and insurance industry for over 20 years, most recently with Prudential Advisors, where he was a manager recruiting and developing junior Financial Advisors for over 9 years.