Data / Bank failures / 1989 / The Lee State Bank
The Lee State Bank, Browerville, MN: failed November 9, 1989
The Lee State Bank in Browerville, Minnesota, failed on November 9, 1989. First National Bank of Long of Long Prairie, MN, took over its deposits. It held $13.4 million in assets and $13.5 million in deposits at its last report. The FDIC estimates the cost to its insurance fund at $2.7 million (19.8% of its assets). By assets it was the 479th largest of 534 banks closed or assisted in 1989.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- November 9, 1989
- Type
- Failure
- How it was resolved
- Purchase and assumption: another bank took over the deposits
- Acquirer
- First National Bank of Long, Long Prairie, MN
- Total assets
- $13,405,000
- Total deposits
- $13,473,000
- Estimated cost to the FDIC
- $2,655,880 (estimate as of July 31, 2026)
- Charter
- State nonmember bank (FDIC)
- Insurance fund
- BIF
- FDIC certificate
- 15080
Other bank failures in Minnesota, 1987 to 1991
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First FS & La of Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | August 9, 1991 | $54.6 million | $55.5 million | $2.6 million | No. State BK of Thief Riv. |
| Boundary Waters State Bank | Ely | November 30, 1990 | $13.4 million | $13.4 million | $1.5 million | Stearns County National Ban |
| United Savings Bank, FSB | Windom | May 11, 1990 | $161.5 million | $133.2 million | $43.8 million | |
| Lakeland Savings Bank FSB | Detroit Lakes | March 16, 1990 | $79.6 million | $80.6 million | $24.8 million | First Security State Bank |
| Fairmont Federal Savings Assoc. | Fairmont | February 9, 1990 | $46 million | $46.4 million | $1.3 million | First Farmers & Merchant NB |
| Midwest Federal Savings | Minneapolis | February 13, 1989 | $3.26 billion | $2.24 billion | $754.8 million | |
| Watson State Bank | Watson | September 30, 1988 | $13.7 million | $12.9 million | $5.1 million | Minnwest Bank Montevideo |
| Peoples S&LA (assistance) | Owantonna | August 26, 1988 | $210.8 million | $203.7 million | $35.5 million | Metropolitan Fed BK FSB |
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Read from the FDIC's failures data (BankFind), last updated 2026-10-23. Assets and deposits are as of the last report before failure; the estimated cost is the FDIC's latest estimate of the loss to its insurance fund and changes as the receivership winds down. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0.