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Note 5 - Allowances for Loan and Lease Losses and Real Estate Losses - Loans Receivable Balances Disaggregated By Impairment Method (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Allowance for loan and lease losses, individually evaluated for impairment	$ 406		$ 567
Allowance for loan and lease losses, collectively evaluated for impairment	17,831		14,424
Loans receivable, allowance	18,682	$ 17,083	15,584	$ 15,112	$ 14,751	$ 14,550
Loan balances, individually evaluated for impairment	19,047		22,180
Loan balances, collectively evaluated for impairment	1,685,609		1,521,340
Loan balances, purchased credit impaired	6,164		12,384	13,288
Receivables Acquired with Deteriorated Credit Quality [Member]
Loans receivable, allowance	445	465	593	845	872	1,515
Loan balances, purchased credit impaired	6,164		12,384
Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] \| One-to-Four-Family Residential [Member]
Allowance for loan and lease losses, individually evaluated for impairment	68		74
Allowance for loan and lease losses, collectively evaluated for impairment	4,235		3,822
Loans receivable, allowance	4,303	4,111	3,896	3,863	3,892	3,870
Loan balances, individually evaluated for impairment	7,082		6,906
Loan balances, collectively evaluated for impairment	383,735		379,487
Loan balances, purchased credit impaired	2,265		2,714	2,833
Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] \| One-to-Four-Family Residential [Member] \| Receivables Acquired with Deteriorated Credit Quality [Member]
Loans receivable, allowance	223		277
Loan balances, purchased credit impaired	2,265		2,714
Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Multifamily Residential [Member]
Allowance for loan and lease losses, individually evaluated for impairment	0		0
Allowance for loan and lease losses, collectively evaluated for impairment	1,036		962
Loans receivable, allowance	1,036	1,062	962	947	779	665
Loan balances, individually evaluated for impairment
Loan balances, collectively evaluated for impairment	92,837		92,460
Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Multifamily Residential [Member] \| Receivables Acquired with Deteriorated Credit Quality [Member]
Loans receivable, allowance	0		0
Loan balances, purchased credit impaired	0		0
Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Nonfarm Nonresidential [Member]
Allowance for loan and lease losses, individually evaluated for impairment	0
Allowance for loan and lease losses, collectively evaluated for impairment	4,259		3,210
Loans receivable, allowance	4,259	3,991	3,210	3,013	3,146	3,599
Loan balances, individually evaluated for impairment	8,760		9,421
Loan balances, collectively evaluated for impairment	557,700		478,176
Loan balances, purchased credit impaired	1,858		7,576	8,353
Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Nonfarm Nonresidential [Member] \| Receivables Acquired with Deteriorated Credit Quality [Member]
Loans receivable, allowance	11		89
Loan balances, purchased credit impaired	1,858		7,576
Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Farmland [Member]
Allowance for loan and lease losses, individually evaluated for impairment
Allowance for loan and lease losses, collectively evaluated for impairment	1,096		863
Loans receivable, allowance	1,096	1,006	863	792	716	714
Loan balances, individually evaluated for impairment	1,174		783
Loan balances, collectively evaluated for impairment	97,986		93,182
Loan balances, purchased credit impaired	29		53	58
Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Farmland [Member] \| Receivables Acquired with Deteriorated Credit Quality [Member]
Loans receivable, allowance	0		0
Loan balances, purchased credit impaired	29		53
Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Construction Loans [Member]
Allowance for loan and lease losses, individually evaluated for impairment	0
Allowance for loan and lease losses, collectively evaluated for impairment	2,162		1,791
Loans receivable, allowance	2,162	2,011	1,791	1,506	1,569	1,456
Loan balances, individually evaluated for impairment	278		539
Loan balances, collectively evaluated for impairment	145,348		123,814
Loan balances, purchased credit impaired	1,445		1,432	1,419
Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Construction Loans [Member] \| Receivables Acquired with Deteriorated Credit Quality [Member]
Loans receivable, allowance	0
Loan balances, purchased credit impaired	1,445		1,432
Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member]
Allowance for loan and lease losses, individually evaluated for impairment	333		488
Allowance for loan and lease losses, collectively evaluated for impairment	4,597		3,421
Loans receivable, allowance	4,930	4,089	3,909	3,896	3,603	2,565
Loan balances, individually evaluated for impairment	1,586		4,358
Loan balances, collectively evaluated for impairment	371,354		318,182
Loan balances, purchased credit impaired	524		556	570
Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Receivables Acquired with Deteriorated Credit Quality [Member]
Loans receivable, allowance	211		227
Loan balances, purchased credit impaired	524		556
Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member]
Allowance for loan and lease losses, individually evaluated for impairment	5		5
Allowance for loan and lease losses, collectively evaluated for impairment	446		355
Loans receivable, allowance	451	$ 348	360	250	$ 174	$ 166
Loan balances, individually evaluated for impairment	167		173
Loan balances, collectively evaluated for impairment	36,649		36,039
Loan balances, purchased credit impaired	43		53	$ 55
Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Receivables Acquired with Deteriorated Credit Quality [Member]
Loans receivable, allowance	0		0
Loan balances, purchased credit impaired	$ 43		$ 53