LOANS - Average Balance of Impaired Loans and Income Recognized on Impaired Loans (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	$ 18,652	$ 11,286	$ 18,320	$ 9,087
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	149	90	411	134
Commercial
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	16,505	9,432	15,803	7,320
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	125	41	345	76
Commercial \| Real estate loan
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	12,022	3,771	12,137	2,079
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	85	12	229	16
Commercial \| Commercial and industrial
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	2,754	4,460	1,927	3,666
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	9	19	21	20
Commercial \| Construction Loans
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	0	678	0	993
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	0	1	0	13
Commercial \| Loans secured by farm land
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	84	422	84	469
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	0	7	1	24
Commercial \| Multi-family (5 or more) residential
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	1,578	0	1,587	0
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	30	0	91	0
Commercial \| Agricultural loans
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	67	76	68	76
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	1	2	3	2
Commercial \| Other commercial loans
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	0	25	0	37
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	0	0	0	1
Residential mortgage
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	2,147	1,854	2,517	1,767
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	24	49	66	58
Residential mortgage \| Real estate loan \| first liens
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	1,717	1,398	2,084	1,315
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	20	35	57	43
Residential mortgage \| Real estate loan \| junior liens
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	430	391	433	387
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	4	13	9	13
Residential mortgage \| Home Equity Line of Credit [Member]
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	0	65	0	65
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	$ 0	$ 1	$ 0	$ 2

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