LOANS - Average Balance of Impaired Loans and Income Recognized on Impaired Loans (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2022	Mar. 31, 2021
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	$ 13,945	$ 17,989
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	145	262
Commercial
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	13,343	15,083
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	136	220
Commercial \| Real estate loan
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	10,735	12,203
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	129	143
Commercial \| Commercial and industrial
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	1,626	1,082
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	4	12
Commercial \| Commercial Construction And Land
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	48	49
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	1	1
Commercial \| Loans secured by farm land
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	82	84
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	0	1
Commercial \| Multi-family (5 or more) residential.
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	789	1,596
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	0	61
Commercial \| Agricultural loans
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	63	69
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	2	2
Residential mortgage
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	602	2,906
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	9	42
Residential mortgage \| Real estate loan \| first liens
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	565	2,451
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	7	37
Residential mortgage \| Real estate loan \| junior liens
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	37	437
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	1	5
Residential mortgage \| Home Equity Line of Credit [Member]
LOANS
Average Investment in Impaired Loans	0	18
Interest Income Recognized on Impaired Loans on a Cash Basis	$ 1	$ 0

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