Ninety-four percent of about 200 member credit unions in Kansas and Missouri voted in favor Monday to merge in their state associations into the Heartland Credit Union Association effective Jan. 1, 2016.

The consolidation of the Kansas Credit Union Association and the Missouri Credit Union Association will mark the ninth league consolidation since 2007.

Don Cohenour, president/CEO of the Missouri league and Marla Marsh, president/CEO of the Kansas league, announced they will retire in 2016. They will remain in their positions, however, until their successor is named for the new association that will be based Kansas City, Mo.

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