NATURE OF BUSINESS AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Detail textuals) - USD ($)
shares in Millions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Dec. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2008
Dec. 31, 2004
Nature Of Business And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Material loans criteria for ALLL adequacy calculation $ 250,000      
Weighted average repo rate 0.08%      
Average balance of Repo $ 6,100,000      
Antidilutive options excluded from calculation of diluted earnings per common share   0.2    
Stock Options        
Nature Of Business And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Method used to estimate the fair value of stock options Black-Scholes model      
Goodwill        
Nature Of Business And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Carrying amount of goodwill $ 66,700,000 $ 800,000    
Core deposits        
Nature Of Business And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Net book value core deposit intangible $ 17,101,000 3,031,000    
Amortized period of core deposit intangible 10 years      
Customer list intangibles        
Nature Of Business And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Net book value core deposit intangible $ 4,094,000    
Amortized period of core deposit intangible 12 years      
Brookfield investment partners LLC        
Nature Of Business And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Ownership percentage purchased by company     100.00%  
Carrying amount of goodwill     $ 800,000  
Baylake Corp | Goodwill        
Nature Of Business And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Goodwill related to the Baylake merger $ 65,500,000      
Financial Advisor | Goodwill        
Nature Of Business And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Additions to carrying amount related to acquisition $ 400,000      
Nicolet Joint Ventures, LLC (the "JV")        
Nature Of Business And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Ownership percentage       50.00%
Nicolet national bank        
Nature Of Business And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Ownership percentage 100.00%      
United Financial Services Llc | Baylake Corp        
Nature Of Business And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Percentage of indirect interest 49.80%      
Ownership percentage purchased by company 99.20%      
Equity income recognized in business acquisition $ 1,000,000      
Payment made for acquisition 1,600,000 $ 900,000    
Loan amount 200,000      
Carrying value of bank investment $ 8,300,000