SUN PRAIRIE — The Compeer Financial Fund for Rural America, the corporate giving program of Compeer Financial, has awarded 120 graduating high school seniors with a $1,500 educational scholarship, including Lindsey Pence of Monticello. Recipients were chosen from across Compeer Financial’s three-state territory of Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Scholarship recipients were chosen based on their academic achievement, essay writing and involvement in agricultural and community organizations. 

This is the second year for the scholarship program from the Compeer Financial Fund for Rural America, which has now awarded 225 students with a total of $337,500 in scholarships.