April 2019: Bremer Financial receives inquiry from Great Western Bancshares for informal exploration of a merger of equals. Bremer Financial board authorizes further discussions.
June 2019: Trustees of Bremer Trust inform Bremer Financial board they dislike merger-of-equals structure, say outright sale will yield more value for trust. Board votes to end talks with Great Western.
August 2019: Bremer Trust trustees meet executives from two banks, but no offers for Bremer Financial materialize.
October 2019: Bremer Trust trustees publicly announce the trust's shares in Bremer Financial are for sale.
November 2019: Bremer Financial sues the trustees, accusing them of a "disloyal scheme" to seize control of the bank company.
September 2020: Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison sues to remove trustees from leadership of Otto Bremer Trust, announces plan to appoint three new trustees
October 2021: State District Judge Robert Awsumb presides over an evidentiary hearing that lasted 18 days.
January 2022: Attorneys file findings of fact with Awsumb and make closing arguments at one-day hearing.
![Gas was $2.39 at the BP gas station ay 46th Street at Lyndale in South Minneapolis. ] GLEN STUBBE * gstubbe@startribune.com Friday September 4, 2015 Pre-Labor Day gas prices in the U.S. are the lowest in 11 years, and under $2 per gallon in many states, though Minnesota's average is nearly 40 cents higher. Just one station, in Brainerd, was selling at $1.99. Checking on whether that is a promotion. Costco and Sams Clubs, usually the low price leaders, were 15 cents more. With some motorists' tho](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/4U372WPXFGGQGQHPL2CTC4SFUY.jpg?&w=252&ar=3:2&fit=crop)
