Loans - Nonaccrual Loans (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2025	Dec. 31, 2024	Mar. 31, 2024
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual with Allowance for Credit Loss	$ 1,348	$ 1,359	$ 346
Nonaccrual with no Allowance for Credit Loss	4,705	2,889	2,364
Total Nonaccrual	6,053	4,248	2,710
Commercial \| Real estate owner occupied
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual with Allowance for Credit Loss	0	0	0
Nonaccrual with no Allowance for Credit Loss	545	553	0
Total Nonaccrual	545	553	0
Commercial \| Real estate non-owner occupied
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual with Allowance for Credit Loss	0	0	0
Nonaccrual with no Allowance for Credit Loss	61	61	0
Total Nonaccrual	61	61	0
Commercial \| Construction
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual with Allowance for Credit Loss	0	0	0
Nonaccrual with no Allowance for Credit Loss	17	18	20
Total Nonaccrual	17	18	20
Commercial \| C&I
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual with Allowance for Credit Loss	1,348	1,359	346
Nonaccrual with no Allowance for Credit Loss	595	336	48
Total Nonaccrual	1,943	1,695	394
Commercial \| Multifamily
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual with Allowance for Credit Loss	0	0	0
Nonaccrual with no Allowance for Credit Loss	17	0	0
Total Nonaccrual	17	0	0
Commercial \| Agriculture
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual with Allowance for Credit Loss	0	0	0
Nonaccrual with no Allowance for Credit Loss	111	31	33
Total Nonaccrual	111	31	33
Municipal
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual with Allowance for Credit Loss	0	0	0
Nonaccrual with no Allowance for Credit Loss	0	0	0
Total Nonaccrual	0	0	0
Residential \| Construction
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual with Allowance for Credit Loss	0	0	0
Nonaccrual with no Allowance for Credit Loss	0	0	0
Total Nonaccrual	0	0	0
Residential \| Term
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual with Allowance for Credit Loss	0	0	0
Nonaccrual with no Allowance for Credit Loss	2,944	1,599	1,959
Total Nonaccrual	2,944	1,599	1,959
Home Equity
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual with Allowance for Credit Loss	0	0	0
Nonaccrual with no Allowance for Credit Loss	415	291	304
Total Nonaccrual	415	291	304
Consumer
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual with Allowance for Credit Loss	0	0	0
Nonaccrual with no Allowance for Credit Loss	0	0	0
Total Nonaccrual	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0

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