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LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES - Summary of Payment Status (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2025 | Sep. 30, 2024
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items] |  |
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty | $ 87,925 | $ 91,955
Current |  |
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items] |  |
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty | 81,885 | 78,179
30-59 Days Past Due |  |
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items] |  |
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty | 351 | 8,680
60-89 Days Past Due |  |
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items] |  |
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty | 647 | 2,177
90 Days or More Past Due |  |
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items] |  |
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty | 5,042 | 2,919
Commercial and industrial loans |  |
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items] |  |
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty | 12,839 | 26,372
Commercial and industrial loans | Current |  |
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items] |  |
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty | 9,561 | 24,445
Commercial and industrial loans | 30-59 Days Past Due |  |
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items] |  |
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty | 0 | 0
Commercial and industrial loans | 60-89 Days Past Due |  |
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items] |  |
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty | 0 | 1,927
Commercial and industrial loans | 90 Days or More Past Due |  |
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items] |  |
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty | 3,278 | 0
Agricultural land, production and other loans to farmers |  |
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items] |  |
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty | 2,177 | 22
Agricultural land, production and other loans to farmers | Current |  |
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items] |  |
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty | 2,177 | 22
Agricultural land, production and other loans to farmers | 30-59 Days Past Due |  |
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items] |  |
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty | 0 | 0
Agricultural land, production and other loans to farmers | 60-89 Days Past Due |  |
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items] |  |
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty | 0 | 0
Agricultural land, production and other loans to farmers | 90 Days or More Past Due |  |
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items] |  |
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty | 0 | 0
Construction |  |
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items] |  |
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty |  | 22,915
Construction | Current |  |
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items] |  |
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty |  | 22,915
Construction | 30-59 Days Past Due |  |
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items] |  |
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty |  | 0
Construction | 60-89 Days Past Due |  |
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items] |  |
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty |  | 0
Construction | 90 Days or More Past Due |  |
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items] |  |
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty |  | 0
Commercial real estate, non-owner occupied |  |
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items] |  |
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty | 65,717 | 31,492
Commercial real estate, non-owner occupied | Current |  |
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items] |  |
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty | 65,717 | 21,082
Commercial real estate, non-owner occupied | 30-59 Days Past Due |  |
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items] |  |
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty | 0 | 8,680
Commercial real estate, non-owner occupied | 60-89 Days Past Due |  |
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items] |  |
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty | 0 | 0
Commercial real estate, non-owner occupied | 90 Days or More Past Due |  |
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items] |  |
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty | 0 | 1,730
Commercial real estate, owner occupied |  |
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items] |  |
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty |  | 7,523
Commercial real estate, owner occupied | Current |  |
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items] |  |
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty |  | 7,523
Commercial real estate, owner occupied | 30-59 Days Past Due |  |
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items] |  |
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty |  | 0
Commercial real estate, owner occupied | 60-89 Days Past Due |  |
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items] |  |
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty |  | 0
Commercial real estate, owner occupied | 90 Days or More Past Due |  |
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items] |  |
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty |  | 0
Residential |  |
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items] |  |
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty | 7,037 | 3,379
Residential | Current |  |
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items] |  |
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty | 4,275 | 1,940
Residential | 30-59 Days Past Due |  |
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items] |  |
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty | 351 | 0
Residential | 60-89 Days Past Due |  |
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items] |  |
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty | 647 | 250
Residential | 90 Days or More Past Due |  |
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items] |  |
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty | 1,764 | 1,189
Home equity |  |
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items] |  |
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty | 155 | 252
Home equity | Current |  |
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items] |  |
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty | 155 | 252
Home equity | 30-59 Days Past Due |  |
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items] |  |
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty | 0 | 0
Home equity | 60-89 Days Past Due |  |
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items] |  |
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty | 0 | 0
Home equity | 90 Days or More Past Due |  |
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items] |  |
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty | $ 0 | $ 0

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