Note 5 - Fair Value - Quantitative Information About Level Fair Value Measurements (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Fair value	$ 18,657,374	$ 18,788,073
Impaired Loans Leases [Member]
Fair value	$ 12,581,982	12,823,121
Valuation technique	Appraisal of collateral
Impaired Loans Leases [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Appraisal adjustments	(10.00%)
Impaired Loans Leases [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Appraisal adjustments	(50.00%)
Other Securities [Member]
Fair value	$ 6,075,392	$ 5,964,952
Valuation technique	Appraisal of collateral
Other Securities [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Appraisal adjustments	0.00%
Other Securities [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Appraisal adjustments	35.00%

This element represents the aggregate of the assets reported on the balance sheet at period end measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis by the entity. This element is intended to be used in connection with the fair value disclosures required in the footnote disclosures to the financial statements.

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- Definition

Percentage of adjustment to the observed price for a similar asset or liability when an identical transaction does not exist, used as an input to measure fair value.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (bbb)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66048111&loc=d3e19207-110258

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Description of the inputs and valuation technique(s) used to measure fair value.

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