Sterling Bank awards $12K in scholarships to local graduates

21 Jun 2021

News, Barron

A dozen 2021 area high school graduates have been awarded a $1,000 scholarship from Sterling Bank. The scholarships are intended to help students pay for their pursuit of a college education. Three students each from Barron, Chetek-Weyerhaeuser, Luck and Rice Lake high schools were chosen by their school’s faculty or scholarship committees to receive the award.

This year’s Sterling Bank Scholarship winners from Barron High School were Tyler Hogan, Marcus Peterson and Aaron Williams. Hogan will attend UW-Madison where he plans to study computer science. Peterson will study mathematics and computer science at UW-Stout and Williams will attend UW-Eau Claire, where he plans to use his education to become a real estate broker.

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