Note 3 - Loans Leases Receivable - Aging of the Loan Lease Portfolio (Details) - USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Current	$ 3,086,856,057	$ 2,929,430,446
Accruing Past Due 90 Days or More	19,573	88,671
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Nonaccrual Status	12,553,800	11,441,234
Loans and leases	$ 3,105,901,458	$ 2,956,713,493
Current as a percentage of total loan/lease portfolio	99.39%	99.08%
Accruing past due 90 days or more as a percentage of total loan/lease portfolio	0.00%	0.00%
Nonaccrual Loans/Leases as a percentage of total loan/lease portfolio	0.40%	0.39%
Loans and leases as a percentage of total loan/lease portfolio	100.00%	100.00%
Financing Receivables, 30 to 59 Days Past Due [Member]
Past Due	$ 4,663,728	$ 14,795,578
Past due as a percentage of total loan/lease portfolio	0.15%	0.50%
Financing Receivables, 60 to 89 Days Past Due [Member]
Past Due	$ 1,808,300	$ 957,563
Past due as a percentage of total loan/lease portfolio	0.06%	0.03%
Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member]
Current	$ 1,270,508,073	$ 1,124,734,486
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Nonaccrual Status	1,485,295	1,231,353
Loans and leases	1,273,000,094	1,134,516,315
Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Financing Receivables, 30 to 59 Days Past Due [Member]
Past Due	602,885	8,306,829
Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Financing Receivables, 60 to 89 Days Past Due [Member]
Past Due	403,841	243,647
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member]
Loans and leases	1,349,318,914	1,303,491,882
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Owner Occupied Commercial Real Estate Loans [Member]
Current	348,357,289	331,868,142
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Nonaccrual Status	421,838	333,900
Loans and leases	349,007,830	332,742,477
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Construction Loans [Member]
Current	158,999,305	181,558,092
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Nonaccrual Status	1,886,521	4,844,312
Loans and leases	162,644,566	186,402,404
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Other Non-owner Occupied Commercial Real Estate Loans [Member]
Current	832,861,572	782,526,249
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Nonaccrual Status	4,713,601	1,243,728
Loans and leases	837,666,518	784,347,000
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Financing Receivables, 30 to 59 Days Past Due [Member] \| Owner Occupied Commercial Real Estate Loans [Member]
Past Due	228,703	540,435
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Financing Receivables, 30 to 59 Days Past Due [Member] \| Construction Loans [Member]
Past Due	1,758,740
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Financing Receivables, 30 to 59 Days Past Due [Member] \| Other Non-owner Occupied Commercial Real Estate Loans [Member]
Past Due	91,345	572,877
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Financing Receivables, 60 to 89 Days Past Due [Member] \| Other Non-owner Occupied Commercial Real Estate Loans [Member]
Past Due		4,146
Finance Leases Portfolio Segment [Member]
Current	129,115,766	137,708,397
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Nonaccrual Status	2,529,004	2,175,044
Loans and leases	133,196,613	141,448,232
Finance Leases Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Financing Receivables, 30 to 59 Days Past Due [Member]
Past Due	1,019,243	1,305,191
Finance Leases Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Financing Receivables, 60 to 89 Days Past Due [Member]
Past Due	532,600	259,600
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member]
Current	254,927,412	253,261,821
Accruing Past Due 90 Days or More		74,519
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Nonaccrual Status	1,315,151	1,363,806
Loans and leases	257,433,713	258,646,265
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Financing Receivables, 30 to 59 Days Past Due [Member]
Past Due	374,480	3,552,709
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Financing Receivables, 60 to 89 Days Past Due [Member]
Past Due	816,670	393,410
Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member]
Current	92,086,640	117,773,259
Accruing Past Due 90 Days or More	19,573	14,152
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Nonaccrual Status	202,390	249,091
Loans and leases	92,952,124	118,610,799
Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Financing Receivables, 30 to 59 Days Past Due [Member]
Past Due	588,332	517,537
Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Financing Receivables, 60 to 89 Days Past Due [Member]
Past Due	$ 55,189	$ 56,760

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