Our Story
120 years of neighbors protecting neighbors
Roberts County Farm Mutual has been a fixture of South Dakota since 1905 — still member-owned, still headquartered in Sisseton, still built on the idea that people do better when they look out for one another.
From 102 signatures to a statewide mutual
The idea began in 1897, when 102 neighbors in the northern and northeastern part of Roberts County put their names to the founding of a farm mutual. A county-seat dispute delayed the charter, but in 1905 the company was formally organized at the Kaiser schoolhouse near Rosholt.
Its first officers — S.J. Wallstrom, Peter Kaiser, O.E. Lien, and John Loken — wrote $25,000 of insurance that first year. More than a century later, we protect roughly 1,900 policyholders through about 60 agents, and we’re still owned by the members we serve.
Milestones
Our timeline
Leadership
The people behind Roberts Mutual
Julie Stapleton
Manager — leading the office since 2012.
Office Staff
Sue Fischer, Tammy Chase, and Adrienne Schmid — the voices you reach in Sisseton.
Board of Directors
Jeff Long, Karen Gangle, Lori Finnesand, Herb Heesch, Larry Lekness, Julie Stapleton, Marcia Peterson, Dianne Larson.
Annual meeting: Members gather the third Wednesday of April at 2:00 pm in Sisseton. As a policyholder, you’re an owner — and you’re invited.