Filed by: LaPorte Bancorp, Inc.

                 Pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                                         Subject Company: LaPorte Bancorp, Inc.
                                                Commission File No.: 333-143526


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                            For information contact:
                            Lee A. Brady, President & CEO
                            The LaPorte Savings Bank
                            (219) 362-7511

                            Thomas F. Swirski, President & CEO
                            City Savings Financial Corp.
                            (219) 879-5364

The  LaPorte  Savings  Bank  and City  Savings  Financial  Corporation  Announce
Effectiveness of SEC Registration  Statement for the Acquisition of City Savings
Financial Corporation.

LaPorte and Michigan City,  Indiana (August 20, 2007) - The LaPorte Savings Bank
and City Savings Financial  Corporation  (CSFC.OB),  the holding company of City
Savings  Bank,  announced  today that the  Securities  Exchange  Commission  has
declared effective the registration  statement (333-143526) under the Securities
Act of 1933 of LaPorte Bancorp,  Inc., the to-be-formed  holding company for The
LaPorte Savings Bank, in connection with its pending acquisition of City Savings
Financial Corporation. City Savings Financial Corporation also announced that it
had called a special meeting of the  shareholders for September 27, 2007 at 1:30
p.m. at its principle office in Michigan City,  Indiana to consider the proposed
merger.  A  prospectus/proxy  statement  related to the proposed  merger will be
mailed to City Savings' stockholders on or about August 23, 2007.