LOANS - Impaired Loans (Details) - USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
LOANS
Unpaid Principal Balance - with no allowance	$ 15,740,000	$ 15,410,000
Recorded Investment - with no allowance	9,913,000	9,194,000
Related Allowance - with no allowance	0	0
Unpaid Principal Balance - with allowance	3,396,000	6,540,000
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Recorded Investment1	3,396,000	6,540,000
Related Allowance - with allowance	427,000	740,000
Unpaid Principal Balance	19,136,000	21,950,000
Recorded Investment	13,309,000	15,734,000
Commercial
LOANS
Recorded Investment	196,000
Commercial \| Real estate loan
LOANS
Unpaid Principal Balance - with no allowance	12,680,000	6,600,000
Recorded Investment - with no allowance	8,684,000	4,458,000
Related Allowance - with no allowance	0	0
Unpaid Principal Balance - with allowance	3,396,000	6,468,000
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Recorded Investment1	3,396,000	6,468,000
Related Allowance - with allowance	427,000	668,000
Commercial \| Commercial and industrial
LOANS
Unpaid Principal Balance - with no allowance	2,135,000	5,213,000
Recorded Investment - with no allowance	369,000	2,431,000
Related Allowance - with no allowance	0	0
Unpaid Principal Balance - with allowance	0	72,000
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Recorded Investment1	0	72,000
Related Allowance - with allowance	0	72,000
Commercial \| Home equity lines of credit
LOANS
Unpaid Principal Balance - with no allowance	68,000	0
Recorded Investment - with no allowance	68,000	0
Related Allowance - with no allowance	0	0
Commercial \| Loans secured by farm land
LOANS
Unpaid Principal Balance - with no allowance	78,000	83,000
Recorded Investment - with no allowance	78,000	83,000
Related Allowance - with no allowance	0	0
Commercial \| Multi-family (5 or more) residential
LOANS
Unpaid Principal Balance - with no allowance	0	2,734,000
Recorded Investment - with no allowance	0	1,578,000
Related Allowance - with no allowance	0	0
Commercial \| Agricultural loans
LOANS
Unpaid Principal Balance - with no allowance	60,000	0
Recorded Investment - with no allowance	60,000	0
Related Allowance - with no allowance	0	0
Commercial \| Construction And Other Land Loans
LOANS
Unpaid Principal Balance - with no allowance	47,000	0
Recorded Investment - with no allowance	47,000	0
Related Allowance - with no allowance	0	0
Residential mortgage \| Real estate loan \| first liens
LOANS
Unpaid Principal Balance - with no allowance	601,000	656,000
Recorded Investment - with no allowance	576,000	630,000
Related Allowance - with no allowance	0	0
Residential mortgage \| Real estate loan \| junior liens
LOANS
Unpaid Principal Balance - with no allowance	71,000	124,000
Recorded Investment - with no allowance	31,000	14,000
Related Allowance - with no allowance	$ 0	$ 0

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