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Employee Benefit Plans	12 Months Ended
Employee Benefit Plans	Dec. 31, 2011
Employee Benefit Plans [Abstract]
Compensation and Employee Benefit Plans [Text Block]	EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS Heartland sponsors a defined contribution retirement plan covering substantially all employees. Contributions to this plan are subject to approval by the Heartland Board of Directors. The Heartland subsidiaries fund and record as an expense all approved contributions. Costs of these contributions, charged to operating expenses, were $2.2 million, $1.8 million, and $1.5 million for 2011, 2010, and 2009, respectively. This plan includes an employee savings program, under which the Heartland subsidiaries make matching contributions of up to 3% of the participants’ wages in 2011 and 2010 and up to 2% of the participants' wages in 2009. Costs charged to operating expenses with respect to the matching contributions were $1.3 million, $1.1 million and $863,000, for 2011, 2010, and 2009, respectively.