LOANS - Troubled Debt Restructurings (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Troubled Debt Restructurings
Troubled debt restructurings, number of contracts	7	12
Troubled debt restructurings, post-modification recorded investment	$ 7,271	$ 1,811
Residential mortgage \| Real estate loan \| junior liens \| Reduced monthly payments and extended maturity date
Troubled Debt Restructurings
Troubled debt restructurings, number of contracts	0	1
Troubled debt restructurings, post-modification recorded investment	$ 0	$ 18
Residential mortgage \| Real estate loan \| junior liens \| New loan at lower than risk-adjusted market rate to borrower from whom short sale of other collateral was accepted
Troubled Debt Restructurings
Troubled debt restructurings, number of contracts	1	0
Troubled debt restructurings, post-modification recorded investment	$ 30	$ 0
Commercial \| Commercial and industrial \| Principal and interest payment deferral non-Covid related
Troubled Debt Restructurings
Troubled debt restructurings, number of contracts	2	0
Troubled debt restructurings, post-modification recorded investment	$ 4,831	$ 0
Commercial \| Commercial and industrial \| Extended interest only payments and reduced monthly payments with a balloon payment at maturity
Troubled Debt Restructurings
Troubled debt restructurings, number of contracts	0	1
Troubled debt restructurings, post-modification recorded investment	$ 0	$ 1,261
Commercial \| Commercial and industrial \| Reduced monthly payments and extended maturity date
Troubled Debt Restructurings
Troubled debt restructurings, number of contracts	0	9
Troubled debt restructurings, post-modification recorded investment	$ 0	$ 448
Commercial \| Commercial and industrial \| Interest only payments for a nine-month period
Troubled Debt Restructurings
Troubled debt restructurings, number of contracts	1	0
Troubled debt restructurings, post-modification recorded investment	$ 240	$ 0
Commercial \| Multi-family (5 or more) residential \| Principal and interest payment deferral non-Covid related
Troubled Debt Restructurings
Troubled debt restructurings, number of contracts	3	0
Troubled debt restructurings, post-modification recorded investment	$ 2,170	$ 0
Commercial \| Agricultural loans \| Reduced monthly payments and extended maturity date
Troubled Debt Restructurings
Troubled debt restructurings, number of contracts	0	1
Troubled debt restructurings, post-modification recorded investment	$ 0	$ 84

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-Publisher FASB
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