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Amount of valuation allowance for financing receivables that are expected to be uncollectible that were individually evaluated for impairment.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The increase (decrease) in the allowance for credit losses related to financing receivables.

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Amount before allowance of loans and leases held in portfolio, including but not limited to, commercial and consumer loans. Includes deferred interest and fees, undisbursed portion of loan balance, unamortized costs and premiums and discounts from face amounts. Excludes loans and leases covered under loss sharing agreements.

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Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues.

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Amount of expense related loan transactions, lease transactions, credit loss from transactions other than loan and lease transactions, and other loss based on assessment of uncollectability from the counterparty to reduce the account to their net realizable value.

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Loans, Part VI (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
Loans, Part VI (Details) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) segment loan	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Number of loan portfolio segment \| segment			11
Number of loans entity experienced losses over past twelve quarters \| loan			12
Summarizes activity in allowance for credit losses by loan category [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	$ 11,290	$ 11,084	$ 10,771	$ 10,988
Provision for credit losses	(2)	(93)	457	(140)
Charge-offs	(191)	(144)	(408)	(287)
Recoveries	455	202	732	488
Net recoveries	264	58	324	201
Ending balance	11,552	11,049	11,552	11,049
Period-end amount allocated to [Abstract]
Loans individually evaluated for impairment					$ 2,322		$ 728
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment					9,230		10,321
Ending balance	11,290	11,084	$ 10,771	10,988	11,552	$ 10,771	11,049
Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment					14,582		14,486
Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment					489,165		408,441
Total Loans					503,747	457,919	422,927
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	2,075	1,628	$ 1,219	2,340
Provision for credit losses	(22)	(201)	812	(1,026)
Charge-offs	(170)	(87)	(385)	(90)
Recoveries	334	56	571	172
Net recoveries	164	(31)	186	82
Ending balance	2,217	1,396	2,217	1,396
Period-end amount allocated to [Abstract]
Loans individually evaluated for impairment					1,002		27
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment					1,215		1,369
Ending balance	2,075	1,628	1,219	2,340	2,217	1,219	1,396
Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment					2,037		1,154
Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment					59,341		65,703
Total Loans					61,378		66,857
Commercial and Business Loans
Period-end amount allocated to [Abstract]
Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment					1,669		615
Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment					57,927		64,121
Total Loans					59,596		64,736
Government Program Loans
Period-end amount allocated to [Abstract]
Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment					368		539
Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment					1,414		1,582
Total Loans					1,782		2,121
Total Real Estate Mortgage
Period-end amount allocated to [Abstract]
Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment					5,217		12,757
Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment					235,089		190,966
Total Loans					240,306		203,723
Commercial Real Estate Loans
Period-end amount allocated to [Abstract]
Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment					1,302		8,113
Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment					162,165		145,589
Total Loans					163,467		153,702
Residential Mortgage Loans
Period-end amount allocated to [Abstract]
Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment					3,915		4,644
Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment					71,930		44,146
Total Loans					75,845		48,790
Home Improvement and Home Equity loans
Period-end amount allocated to [Abstract]
Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment					0		0
Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment					994		1,231
Total Loans					994		1,231
Real Estate Mortgage
Summarizes activity in allowance for credit losses by loan category [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	1,744	1,644	1,653	1,862
Provision for credit losses	(254)	98	(170)	(52)
Charge-offs	0	(56)	0	(131)
Recoveries	119	2	126	9
Net recoveries	119	(54)	126	(122)
Ending balance	1,609	1,688	1,609	1,688
Period-end amount allocated to [Abstract]
Loans individually evaluated for impairment					591		698
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment					1,018		990
Ending balance	1,744	1,644	1,653	1,862	1,609	1,653	1,688
Real Estate Construction and Development Loans
Summarizes activity in allowance for credit losses by loan category [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	6,209	6,645	6,278	5,533
Provision for credit losses	151	(321)	52	758
Charge-offs	0	0	0	(60)
Recoveries	0	129	30	222
Net recoveries	0	129	30	162
Ending balance	6,360	6,453	6,360	6,453
Period-end amount allocated to [Abstract]
Loans individually evaluated for impairment					146		0
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment					6,214		6,453
Ending balance	6,209	6,645	6,278	5,533	6,360	6,278	6,453
Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment					6,200		491
Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment					151,327		111,215
Total Loans					157,527		111,706
Agricultural
Summarizes activity in allowance for credit losses by loan category [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	493	412	481	583
Provision for credit losses	(43)	80	(31)	(92)
Charge-offs	0	0	0	0
Recoveries	0	2	0	3
Net recoveries	0	2	0	3
Ending balance	450	494	450	494
Period-end amount allocated to [Abstract]
Loans individually evaluated for impairment					0		0
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment					450		494
Ending balance	493	412	481	583	450	481	494
Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment					25		38
Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment					33,795		31,439
Total Loans					33,820		31,477
Installment & Other
Summarizes activity in allowance for credit losses by loan category [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	761	310	293	275
Provision for credit losses	69	(40)	535	(23)
Charge-offs	(17)	5	(17)	0
Recoveries	2	13	4	36
Net recoveries	(15)	18	(13)	36
Ending balance	815	288	815	288
Period-end amount allocated to [Abstract]
Loans individually evaluated for impairment					583		3
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment					232		285
Ending balance	761	310	293	275	815	293	288
Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment					1,103		46
Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment					9,613		9,118
Total Loans					10,716		9,164
Commercial Lease Financing
Summarizes activity in allowance for credit losses by loan category [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	0	0	0	0
Provision for credit losses	0	0	0	(46)
Charge-offs	0	0	0	0
Recoveries	0	0	0	46
Net recoveries	0	0	0	46
Ending balance	0	0	0	0
Period-end amount allocated to [Abstract]
Loans individually evaluated for impairment					0		0
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment					0		0
Ending balance	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Unallocated
Summarizes activity in allowance for credit losses by loan category [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	8	445	847	395
Provision for credit losses	97	291	(741)	341
Charge-offs	(4)	(6)	(6)	(6)
Recoveries	0	0	1	0
Net recoveries	(4)	(6)	(5)	(6)
Ending balance	101	730	101	730
Period-end amount allocated to [Abstract]
Loans individually evaluated for impairment					0		0
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment					101		730
Ending balance	$ 8	$ 445	$ 847	$ 395	$ 101	$ 847	$ 730