FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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                THE LAPORTE SAVINGS BANK ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF
                SUBSCRIPTION AND COMMUNITY OFFERING WITH CLOSING
                  PRELIMINARILY SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 12, 2007


October 2, 2007:  LaPorte,  Indiana - The LaPorte  Savings Bank announced  today
that LaPorte Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company"), the proposed holding company for The
LaPorte  Savings Bank,  had  completed  its community  offering on September 28,
2007.  As a result,  the Company is not  accepting  any  further  orders for its
stock.  Orders received  to-date will be maintained by the Company with interest
continuing  to accrue until the formal  closing of the  offering  which has been
tentatively scheduled for October 12, 2007.

The  closing  of the  offering  is  subject  to  confirmation  by the  Company's
independent  appraiser of the Company's  existing appraisal and receipt of final
regulatory  approvals  including final approval of the Company's  acquisition of
City Savings  Financial  Corporation and its  subsidiary,  City Savings Bank, as
well as approval of the amount of stock sold in the offering.

The terms and  conditions of the  subscription  and community  offering are more
fully set forth in the Company's prospectus dated August 13, 2007.

This  press  release  contains  certain  forward-looking  statements  about  the
proposed  stock  issuance  by the  Company.  Forward-looking  statements  can be
identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current
facts.  They  often  include  words  like  "believe,"  "expect,"   "anticipate,"
"estimate" and "intend" or future or conditional  verbs such as "will," "would,"
"should,"  "could" or "may." Certain  factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from expected results include delays in the offering,  changes
in the  interest  rate  environment,  changes  in general  economic  conditions,
legislative  and regulatory  changes that  adversely  affect the business of The
LaPorte Savings Bank, and changes in the securities markets.  Except as required
by  law,  the  Company  does  not  undertake   any   obligation  to  update  any
forward-looking statements to reflect changes in belief, expectations or events.

This press release is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to
buy any  securities.  The offer is made only by the  prospectus.  The  shares of
common  stock  offered  by the  Company  are not  savings  accounts  or  savings
deposits,  may lose value and are not insured by the Federal  Deposit  Insurance
Corporation or any other government agency.