Press Room

(Woodbury, MN – June 25, 2019) – The Ideal Credit Union Board of Directors has elected a new slate of officers following the successful Annual Meeting in April. Peter S. Olsen was named Chairman of the Board, succeeding Keith E. Hauge, who has served in that capacity since 2014. Robert E. Vance Jr., was elected Vice Chair, and Lisa M. Liddell will serve as Secretary. Olsen and Vance, both incumbents, were recently reelected to 3-year terms on the Ideal CU Board. Also elected to her first 3-year board term was Mary G. Westberg, who has served on the Supervisory Committee since 2017 and became committee chair in 2018.

(Woodbury, MN – June 14, 2019) Tracey Larsen has joined the Wealth Advisors team located at Ideal Credit Union. Larsen has worked in the investment industry for over 10 years, most recently with TD Ameritrade, where she served as a Senior Financial Consultant.

(Woodbury, MN – June 11, 2019) Ideal Credit Union has launched a new Community Heroes Mortgage Program that offers eligible heroes a special 1% down payment option on a mortgage as a “thank you” for the good they do for our country and community.

(Woodbury, MN – April 17, 2019) – Ideal Credit Union has been named “Best Credit Union in the East Metro” for the third consecutive year by readers of the Stillwater Gazette newspaper. Ideal became the first credit union to operate in the community in its 165 years of existence when its Stillwater branch opened for business in December of 2016. Ideal has had a strong presence in the east metro for 93 years.