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Note 6 - Mortgage Loan Servicing (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Mortgage Loan Servicing [Abstract]

Mortgage Loans Serviced for Others [Table Text Block]

		2014
Mortgage loan portfolios serviced for:
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation		$	589,118,000
Federal Home Loan Bank			1,702,000
Total mortgage loans serviced for others		$	590,820,000

Schedule of Servicing Assets at Fair Value [Table Text Block]

		2014
Balance at January 1, 2014		$	0
Firstbank merger			7,389,000
Additions			575,000
Amortized to expense			(1,252,000	)
Balance at December 31, 2014		$	6,712,000

Servicing Asset at Amortized Cost [Table Text Block]

2015		$	1,560,000
2016			1,256,000
2017			1,023,000
2018			857,000
2019			722,000
Thereafter			1,294,000

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