Data / Bank failures / 1988 / Watson State Bank
Watson State Bank, Watson, MN: failed September 30, 1988
Watson State Bank in Watson, Minnesota, failed on September 30, 1988. Minnwest Bank Montevideo of Montevideo, MN, took over its deposits. It held $13.7 million in assets and $12.9 million in deposits at its last report. The FDIC estimates the cost to its insurance fund at $5.1 million (37.2% of its assets). By assets it was the 412th largest of 470 banks closed or assisted in 1988.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- September 30, 1988
- Type
- Failure
- How it was resolved
- Purchase and assumption: another bank took over the deposits
- Acquirer
- Minnwest Bank Montevideo, Montevideo, MN
- Total assets
- $13,731,000
- Total deposits
- $12,865,000
- Estimated cost to the FDIC
- $5,104,146 (estimate as of July 31, 2026)
- Charter
- State nonmember bank (FDIC)
- Insurance fund
- FDIC
- FDIC certificate
- 8837
Other bank failures in Minnesota, 1986 to 1990
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| The Lee State Bank | Browerville | November 9, 1989 | $13.4 million | $13.5 million | $2.7 million | First National Bank of Long |
| Midwest Federal Savings | Minneapolis | February 13, 1989 | $3.26 billion | $2.24 billion | $754.8 million | |
| Peoples S&LA (assistance) | Owantonna | August 26, 1988 | $210.8 million | $203.7 million | $35.5 million | Metropolitan Fed BK FSB |
| First FS&LA of Grand Rapids (assistance) | Grand Rapids | August 26, 1988 | $105.9 million | $96.9 million | $44.6 million | First FS&LA of Brainerd |
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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.