Note 8 - Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses (Details) - Loans by Loan Class Modified as TDRs- Three Months Ended (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013
Retail:
Number of contracts	1	1	2
Pre- modification outstanding recorded investment	$ 28	$ 288	$ 1,850
Post- modification outstanding recorded investment	28	233	1,850
Retail Home Equity Loans And Lines [Member]
Retail:
Number of contracts	1		1
Pre- modification outstanding recorded investment	28		28
Post- modification outstanding recorded investment	$ 28		$ 28

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Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 310

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 33

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