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Note 6 - Other Borrowings and Unused Lines of Credit (Details)	1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Note 6 - Other Borrowings and Unused Lines of Credit (Details) [Line Items]
Repayments of Other Debt					$ 29,177,000	$ 1,000,000
Gains (Losses) on Extinguishment of Debt				$ (6,900,000)	(6,894,185)
Other Borrowings					115,000,000		$ 150,282,492
Repayments of Long-term Debt					7,350,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Note 6 - Other Borrowings and Unused Lines of Credit (Details) [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	$ 40,000,000			40,000,000			10,000,000
Long-term Line of Credit					0
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity					0
Subsidiaries [Member]
Note 6 - Other Borrowings and Unused Lines of Credit (Details) [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity					347,200,000		351,600,000
Long-term Line of Credit					81,000,000		114,000,000
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity					$ 266,200,000		$ 237,600,000
Number of Lines of Credit					32		35
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Note 6 - Other Borrowings and Unused Lines of Credit (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate	2.50%						2.50%
Subordinated Debt [Member]
Note 6 - Other Borrowings and Unused Lines of Credit (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage							6.00%
Secured Debt [Member] \| Subsidiaries [Member]
Note 6 - Other Borrowings and Unused Lines of Credit (Details) [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity					$ 15,200,000		$ 17,100,000
Unsecured Debt [Member] \| Subsidiaries [Member]
Note 6 - Other Borrowings and Unused Lines of Credit (Details) [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity					332,000,000		334,500,000
Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines [Member]
Note 6 - Other Borrowings and Unused Lines of Credit (Details) [Line Items]
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount					0		0
Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines [Member] \| Letter of Credit [Member]
Note 6 - Other Borrowings and Unused Lines of Credit (Details) [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity					55,000,000		15,000,000
Wholesale Repurchase Agreements [Member]
Note 6 - Other Borrowings and Unused Lines of Credit (Details) [Line Items]
Repayments of Other Debt				$ 10,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	4.40%			4.40%
Gains (Losses) on Extinguishment of Debt				$ (1,202,000)
Other Borrowings					115,000,000		130,000,000
Security Owned and Pledged as Collateral, Fair Value					138,300,000		153,800,000
Wholesale Repurchase Agreements Putable in 2016 [Member]
Note 6 - Other Borrowings and Unused Lines of Credit (Details) [Line Items]
Other Borrowings					50,000,000
Wholesale Repurchase Agreements Putable in 2017 [Member]
Note 6 - Other Borrowings and Unused Lines of Credit (Details) [Line Items]
Other Borrowings					$ 20,000,000
Term Note [Member]
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Other Borrowings		$ 15,275,000					$ 17,625,000
Debt Instrument, Term							4 years
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage	3.27%			3.27%
Repayments of Long-term Debt		$ 2,350,000	$ 2,350,000	$ 15,300,000
Term Note [Member] \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
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Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate							3.00%
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage							3.23%
Series A Subordinated Notes [Member]
Note 6 - Other Borrowings and Unused Lines of Credit (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	6.00%			6.00%
Other Borrowings							$ 2,657,492
Repayments of Long-term Debt				$ 2,700,000