| FIRST WISCONSIN < |
| First Wisconsin Corp said it |
| plans to acquire Shelard Bancshares Inc for about 25 mln dlrs |
| in cash, its first acquisition of a Minnesota-based bank. |
| First Wisconsin said Shelard is the holding company for two |
| banks with total assets of 168 mln dlrs. |
| First Wisconsin, which had assets at yearend of 7.1 billion |
| dlrs, said the Shelard purchase price is about 12 times the |
| 1986 earnings of the bank. |
| It said the two Shelard banks have a total of five offices |
| in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. |
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