LOANS RECEIVABLE AND THE ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES (Newly Restructured Loans) (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) contract	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) contract
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructurings [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| contract	2	7
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 272	$ 2,555
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 272	$ 1,736
Commerical real estate - owner-occupied [Member]
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructurings [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| contract	1	0
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 194	$ 0
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 194	$ 0
Land and land development - residential [Member]
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructurings [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| contract	0	2
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 1,302
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 483
Agricultural business, including secured by farmland [Member]
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructurings [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| contract	0	3
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 822
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 822
One- to four-family residential [Member]
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructurings [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| contract	1	2
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 78	$ 431
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 78	$ 431

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 33
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66008989&loc=SL6953676-111524

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