It is the first to offer safe deposit boxes. The Hillsboro branch is sold to the Royal Bank of Elroy in February, and the Darlington branch is sold to First Citizen's National Bank. The mortgage loan Refinance Express Center, at the Capitol Square office, becomes permanent. The Boscobel office is expanded in October. The Dodgeville offices move into a new facility with three drive-up lanes.
Service is expanded in Verona and the number of drive-up lanes is increased from one to three.
A new office in Stoughton opens June 5. Anchor purchases American Equity Bank, fsb, in Stevens Point, which expands AnchorBank's network of offices into 13 counties. The purchase closes June 30 and conversion takes place in mid-September. The Meadowood and Nakoma offices are combined and move to a new facility, which opens July 24. A new office is opened in the Econofoods grocery store in Plover on November 27.