In 1961, seven pioneers submitted an application to the Minnesota Department of Commerce for a credit union charter. Fifty-five potential members attended the first organizational meeting, including the patrons of Lac Qui Parle Co-op Oil and Farmers Co-op Elevator, as well as their employees. In 1968, the patrons and employees of Tri-County Cooperative Soybean Association were added to the field of membership. The application increased in 2003 to include the counties of Lac Qui Parle, Yellow Medicine, Swift, Chippewa, and Big Stone. A second office in Boyd was opened in 2004 to provide the community financial service. Finally, in 2009, our Renville branch opened after TruStone Financial (formerly Teacher Federal Credit Union) entered into a formal agreement to sell the building and agricultural loan portfolio to Dawson Co-op Credit Union. The County of Renville was also added to the field of membership.