LOANS - Average Balance of Impaired Loans and Income Recognized on Impaired Loans (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	$ 17,989	$ 6,888
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	262	44
Commercial
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	15,083	5,209
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	220	35
Commercial \| Real estate loan
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	12,203	387
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	143	4
Commercial \| Commercial and industrial
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	1,082	2,872
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	12	1
Commercial \| Construction Loans
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	49	1,308
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	1	12
Commercial \| Loans secured by farm land
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	84	516
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	1	17
Commercial \| Multi-family (5 or more) residential
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	1,596	0
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	61	0
Commercial \| Agricultural loans
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	69	76
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	2	0
Commercial \| Other commercial loans
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	0	50
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	0	1
Residential mortgage
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	2,906	1,679
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	42	9
Residential mortgage \| Real estate loan \| first liens
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	2,451	1,232
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	37	8
Residential mortgage \| Real estate loan \| junior liens
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	437	382
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	5	0
Residential mortgage \| Home Equity Line of Credit [Member]
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	18	65
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	0	1
Consumer
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	0	0
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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