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Two brazen robberies at same bank decades apart remain unsolved
Both the 1980 and 2016 robberies at the same Sunburg bank remain unsolved despite multiple witnesses and FBI involvement, with typical stolen amounts under $7,500.
- Decades apart, the Sunburg branch building suffered armed robberies on Dec. 5, 1980, at Farmers State Bank and on March 24, 2016, at Lake Region Bank before noon.
- Investigators say the bank's rural location and county borders made it an opportunistic target, with small-branch yields typically under $2,000, about $7,500 in 2025, and staff noting odd $20 bill requests.
- Witnesses and footage show one robbery was a two-person shotgun heist while the later crime was a lone armed stickup; the 1980 robbers used a sawn-off shotgun and the 2016 suspect fled in a dark van.
- Although charging windows have closed, Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Office and FBI continue canvassing witnesses and seeking public tips, Sheriff Kent Bauman said in a Dec. 4, 2025 interview.
- Because cold-case solutions can aid other probes, investigators continue to recheck past leads and alerts, noting the Wisconsin alert and Twin Cities person of interest for cold-case linkage and historical investigative benefits.
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