Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2011	Mar. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2011
Revenues
Advertising	$ 4,876,000	$ 5,315,000	$ 9,708,000	$ 11,085,000
Circulation	1,630,000	1,642,000	3,301,000	3,386,000
Advertising service fees and other	810,000	816,000	1,519,000	1,786,000
Information systems and services	750,000	801,000	1,458,000	1,612,000
	8,066,000	8,574,000	15,986,000	17,869,000
Costs and expenses
Salaries and employee benefits	3,533,000	3,556,000	6,850,000	7,005,000
Other outside services	759,000	739,000	1,463,000	1,502,000
Postage and delivery expenses	335,000	345,000	680,000	714,000
Newsprint and printing expenses	306,000	342,000	663,000	699,000
Dpreciation and amortization	126,000	148,000	245,000	284,000
Other general and administrative expenses	823,000	862,000	1,641,000	1,896,000
	5,882,000	5,992,000	11,542,000	12,100,000
Income from operations	2,184,000	2,582,000	4,444,000	5,769,000
Other income and (expense)
Dividends and interest income	517,000	333,000	843,000	544,000
Interest expense reversal (expense)	66,000	(9,000)	66,000	(18,000)
Gains on sales of capital assets/investments	7,000	1,000	7,000	1,000
Income before taxes	2,774,000	2,907,000	5,360,000	6,296,000
Provision for income taxes	730,000	1,065,000	1,610,000	2,270,000
Net income	2,044,000	1,842,000	3,750,000	4,026,000
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - basic and diluted	1,380,746	1,380,746	1,380,746	1,380,746
Basic and diluted net income per share (in Dollars per share)	$ 1.48	$ 1.33	$ 2.72	$ 2.92
Comprehensive income
Unrealized gains on investments (net of taxes)	12,921,000	1,051,000	16,840,000	6,692,000
	$ 14,965,000	$ 2,893,000	$ 20,590,000	$ 10,718,000