LOANS - Average Balance of Impaired Loans and Income Recognized on Impaired Loans (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	$ 11,246	$ 6,756
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	480	302
Residential mortgage
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	2,302	1,754
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	141	103
Residential mortgage \| Real estate loan \| first liens
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	1,853	1,440
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	116	87
Residential mortgage \| Real estate loan \| junior liens
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	392	288
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	22	12
Residential mortgage \| Home Equity Line of Credit [Member]
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	57	26
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	3	4
Commercial
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	8,944	4,999
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	339	199
Commercial \| Real estate loan
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	5,266	1,562
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	258	19
Commercial \| Commercial and industrial
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	2,542	1,186
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	34	25
Commercial \| Construction Loans
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	521	556
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	15	71
Commercial \| Loans secured by farm land
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	319	1,276
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	27	49
Commercial \| Multi-family (5 or more) residential
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	202	0
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	0	0
Commercial \| Agricultural loans
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	76	399
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	4	31
Commercial \| Other commercial loans
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	18	20
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	1	4
Consumer
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	0	3
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	$ 0	$ 0

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Average amount of investment of impaired financing receivables with related allowance for credit losses and without a related allowance for credit losses.

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