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Loans, Part VI (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Loans, Part VI (Details) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($) segment loan	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Number of loan portfolio segment \| segment	10
Number of loans entity experienced losses over past twelve quarters \| loan	3
Special mention reserve amount			$ 132,350	$ 131,563
Summarizes activity in allowance for credit losses by loan category [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	$ 8,395	$ 9,267
Provision (recovery of provision) for credit losses	6	(189)
Charge-offs	(108)	(92)
Recoveries	124	130
Net recoveries (charge-offs)	16	38
Ending balance	8,417	9,116
Period-end amount allocated to [Abstract]
Loans individually evaluated for impairment			1,768		$ 2,339
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment			6,649		6,777
Ending balance	$ 8,395	9,267	8,417	8,395	9,116
Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment			18,455		13,570
Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment			561,445		582,312
Total Loans			579,900	587,933	595,882
Consumer Loan
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Number of segments \| segment	3
Total commercial and industrial
Summarizes activity in allowance for credit losses by loan category [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	$ 1,673	1,408
Provision (recovery of provision) for credit losses	(107)	614
Charge-offs	0	(88)
Recoveries	47	51
Net recoveries (charge-offs)	47	(37)
Ending balance	1,613	1,985
Period-end amount allocated to [Abstract]
Loans individually evaluated for impairment			786		996
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment			827		989
Ending balance	1,673	1,408	1,613	1,673	1,985
Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment			2,384		3,616
Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment			53,308		49,830
Total Loans			55,692		53,446
Commercial and business loans
Period-end amount allocated to [Abstract]
Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment			2,100		3,298
Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment			52,757		49,216
Total Loans			54,857		52,514
Government program loans
Period-end amount allocated to [Abstract]
Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment			284		318
Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment			551		614
Total Loans			835		932
Total real estate mortgage
Period-end amount allocated to [Abstract]
Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment			3,696		4,148
Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment			291,658		288,583
Total Loans			295,354		292,731
Commercial real estate loans
Period-end amount allocated to [Abstract]
Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment			1,834		1,615
Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment			231,951		208,496
Total Loans			233,785		210,111
Residential mortgage loans
Period-end amount allocated to [Abstract]
Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment			1,862		2,533
Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment			59,419		79,642
Total Loans			61,281		82,175
Home improvement and home equity loans
Period-end amount allocated to [Abstract]
Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment			0		0
Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment			288		445
Total Loans			288		445
Real Estate Mortgage
Summarizes activity in allowance for credit losses by loan category [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	1,015	1,182
Provision (recovery of provision) for credit losses	(20)	17
Charge-offs	(5)	0
Recoveries	5	5
Net recoveries (charge-offs)	0	5
Ending balance	995	1,204
Period-end amount allocated to [Abstract]
Loans individually evaluated for impairment			462		558
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment			533		646
Ending balance	1,015	1,182	995	1,015	1,204
Real Estate Construction and Development Loans
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Special mention reserve amount			102,961	108,795
Summarizes activity in allowance for credit losses by loan category [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	2,424	2,903
Provision (recovery of provision) for credit losses	(236)	(41)
Charge-offs	0	0
Recoveries	0	0
Net recoveries (charge-offs)	0	0
Ending balance	2,188	2,862
Period-end amount allocated to [Abstract]
Loans individually evaluated for impairment			0		0
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment			2,188		2,862
Ending balance	2,424	2,903	2,188	2,424	2,862
Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment			11,629		4,606
Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment			91,332		120,740
Total Loans			102,961		125,346
Agricultural
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Special mention reserve amount			55,112	61,149
Summarizes activity in allowance for credit losses by loan category [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	1,131	1,631
Provision (recovery of provision) for credit losses	(162)	(289)
Charge-offs	0	0
Recoveries	0	0
Net recoveries (charge-offs)	0	0
Ending balance	969	1,342
Period-end amount allocated to [Abstract]
Loans individually evaluated for impairment			520		785
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment			449		557
Ending balance	1,131	1,631	969	1,131	1,342
Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment			716		1,116
Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment			54,396		56,499
Total Loans			55,112		57,615
Installment and Student Loans
Summarizes activity in allowance for credit losses by loan category [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	1,559	887
Provision (recovery of provision) for credit losses	308	(140)
Charge-offs	(103)	(4)
Recoveries	72	74
Net recoveries (charge-offs)	(31)	70
Ending balance	1,836	817
Period-end amount allocated to [Abstract]
Loans individually evaluated for impairment			0		0
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment			1,836		817
Ending balance	1,559	887	1,836	1,559	817
Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment			30		84
Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment			70,751		66,660
Total Loans			70,781		66,744
Unallocated
Summarizes activity in allowance for credit losses by loan category [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	593	1,256
Provision (recovery of provision) for credit losses	223	(350)
Charge-offs	0	0
Recoveries	0	0
Net recoveries (charge-offs)	0	0
Ending balance	816	906
Period-end amount allocated to [Abstract]
Loans individually evaluated for impairment			0		0
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment			816		906
Ending balance	$ 593	$ 1,256	816	593	$ 906
Total installment and student loans
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Special mention reserve amount			70,781	71,811
Special mention
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Special mention reserve amount			719	470
Special mention \| Total installment and student loans
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Special mention reserve amount			$ 134	$ 0