Subordinated Debentures	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Long Term Debt Disclosure [Abstract]
Subordinated Debentures	Note 10 – Subordinated Debentures On September 15, 2005, the Company issued $10.3 million of trust preferred securities through Northern States Statutory Trust I, a consolidated wholly-owned grantor trustee, which in turn issued $10.3 million of trust preferred securities. The Company was required to hold $310,000 of the trust preferred securities as Common Securities while the remaining $10 million was issued as Capital Securities. The subordinated debentures mature in September 2035 and at December 31, 2011 carry an interest rate of 2.346%. At December 31, 2010, the subordinated debentures carried a rate of 2.103%. The subordinated debentures currently and until maturity bear interest at a rate equal to the sum of the 3-month London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus 1.80%. From December 2005 until September 15, 2010, the subordinated debentures carried an interest at a rate equal to the sum of the product of 50% times the 3-month London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus 1.80%, plus the product of 50% times 6.186%. The 3-month LIBOR rate used at December 31, 2011 and 2010 was 0.546% and 0.302%, respectively. For the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, interest expense on the subordinated debentures was $234,000, $381,000 and $455,000, respectively. The Company has guaranteed the payment of distributions and payments upon liquidation or redemption of the trust preferred securities, in each case to the extent of funds held by the Trust. The Company and the Trust believe that, taken together, the obligations of the Company under the guarantee, the subordinated debentures, and other related agreements provide, in the aggregate, a full, irrevocable and unconditional guarantee, on a subordinated basis, of all of the obligations of the Trust under the trust preferred securities. Subject to certain limitations, the Company has the right to defer the payment of interest on the junior subordinated debentures at any time, or from time to time, for a period not to exceed 20 consecutive quarters. In November 2009, the Company notified the trustee that holds the Company's junior subordinated debentures relating to its outstanding trust preferred securities that the Company would be deferring its regularly scheduled quarterly interest payments. The Company has continued to defer its regularly scheduled quarterly interest payments through December 31, 2011. At December 31, 2011, the Company had deferred nine quarterly payments and accrued interest payable on the subordinated debentures totaling $743,000. During the deferral period, the Company may not pay any dividends on its common or preferred stock. The trust preferred securities are subject to mandatory redemption, in whole or in part, upon repayment of the subordinated debentures at maturity or their earlier redemption. The subordinated debentures became callable at par beginning on September 15, 2010 at the discretion of the Company if certain conditions are met, and, in any event, only after the Company obtains Federal Reserve Bank approval, if required under applicable guidelines or regulations. Subject to certain exceptions, the Company may not without the consent of the Treasury Department engage in repurchases of the Company's common stock or trust preferred securities until all shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued to the Treasury Department have been redeemed or transferred by the Treasury Department. Regulations allow bank holding companies and banks to include subordinated debentures, subject to some limitations, as a component of capital for the purpose of meeting certain regulatory requirements

Note 10 – Subordinated Debentures

On September 15, 2005, the Company issued $10.3 million of trust preferred securities through Northern States Statutory Trust I, a consolidated wholly-owned grantor trustee, which in turn issued $10.3 million of trust preferred securities. The Company was required to hold $310,000 of the trust preferred securities as Common Securities while the remaining $10 million was issued as Capital Securities. The subordinated debentures mature in September 2035 and at December 31, 2011 carry an interest rate of 2.346%. At December 31, 2010, the subordinated debentures carried a rate of 2.103%. The subordinated debentures currently and until maturity bear interest at a rate equal to the sum of the 3-month London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus 1.80%. From December 2005 until September 15, 2010, the subordinated debentures carried an interest at a rate equal to the sum of the product of 50% times the 3-month London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus 1.80%, plus the product of 50% times 6.186%. The 3-month LIBOR rate used at December 31, 2011 and 2010 was 0.546% and 0.302%, respectively. For the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, interest expense on the subordinated debentures was $234,000, $381,000 and $455,000, respectively.

The Company has guaranteed the payment of distributions and payments upon liquidation or redemption of the trust preferred securities, in each case to the extent of funds held by the Trust. The Company and the Trust believe that, taken together, the obligations of the Company under the guarantee, the subordinated debentures, and other related agreements provide, in the aggregate, a full, irrevocable and unconditional guarantee, on a subordinated basis, of all of the obligations of the Trust under the trust preferred securities. Subject to certain limitations, the Company has the right to defer the payment of interest on the junior subordinated debentures at any time, or from time to time, for a period not to exceed 20 consecutive quarters. In November 2009, the Company notified the trustee that holds the Company's junior subordinated debentures relating to its outstanding trust preferred securities that the Company would be deferring its regularly scheduled quarterly interest payments. The Company has continued to defer its regularly scheduled quarterly interest payments through December 31, 2011. At December 31, 2011, the Company had deferred nine quarterly payments and accrued interest payable on the subordinated debentures totaling $743,000. During the deferral period, the Company may not pay any dividends on its common or preferred stock. The trust preferred securities are subject to mandatory redemption, in whole or in part, upon repayment of the subordinated debentures at maturity or their earlier redemption. The subordinated debentures became callable at par beginning on September 15, 2010 at the discretion of the Company if certain conditions are met, and, in any event, only after the Company obtains Federal Reserve Bank approval, if required under applicable guidelines or regulations. Subject to certain exceptions, the Company may not without the consent of the Treasury Department engage in repurchases of the Company's common stock or trust preferred securities until all shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued to the Treasury Department have been redeemed or transferred by the Treasury Department.

Regulations allow bank holding companies and banks to include subordinated debentures, subject to some limitations, as a component of capital for the purpose of meeting certain regulatory requirements