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Note 15 - Share-Based Compensation Plans (Details Textual) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Oct. 31, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Oct. 31, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2020
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Number of Shares Authorized (in shares)	600,000
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Intrinsic Value \| $	$ 0.2	$ 4.8
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercises in Period (in shares)	9,575		0
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Options, Vested and Expected to Vest, Outstanding, Weighted Average Exercise Price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 16.46	$ 8.82	$ 25.34
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Participants Years of Service (Year)	15 years
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Nonvested Award, Cost Not yet Recognized, Amount, Total \| $	$ 15.4
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Nonvested Award, Cost Not yet Recognized, Period for Recognition (Year)	1 year 7 months 6 days
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Expense \| $	$ 10.3	$ 7.7	$ 2.8
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Expense, after Tax \| $	$ 7.3	$ 5.2	$ 2.6
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross (in shares)	0	0	0
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Number of Directors	6
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Post-vesting Holding Period (Year)	2 years
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Option [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Installments		4
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Expiration Period (Year)	10 years
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Expense \| $	$ 0.1	$ 0.2	$ 0.4
Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation, Reverse of Previously Recognized Expense \| $			$ 2.4
Restricted Stock [Member] \| Participants With Service Requirement [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Participants Age (Year)	58 years
Restricted Stock [Member] \| Nonemployee Director [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Installments		3
Restricted Stock [Member] \| Participants Without Service Requirement [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Participants Age (Year)	60 years
Performance-based Performance Share Units (PSUs) [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Installments				4
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Vested in Period, Deferred (in shares)	116,785
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Volatility Rate	78.82%
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Risk Free Interest Rate	3.04%
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Dividend Rate	0.00%
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period (in shares)	0	0	0
Share-based Compensation Arrangement By Share-based Compensation Award Fair Value Measurement Period (Day)	60 days
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Shares Issued in Period (in shares)	60,130
Market Stock Units [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Percentage of Target Number of Shares Covered by MSU Awards	0.00%
Market Stock Units [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Percentage of Target Number of Shares Covered by MSU Awards	200.00%
Market Stock Units [Member] \| Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Tranche One [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Installments	4
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Award Vesting Rights, Percentage	50.00%
Performance Based MSUs [Member] \| Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Tranche Two [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Installments	4
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Award Vesting Rights, Percentage	50.00%
LTIP Shares [Member]
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Shares Issued in Period (in shares)	17,023
Non Options [Member]
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Expense \| $	$ 10.2	$ 7.4	$ 2.4
Time-based Share Units [Member]
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Vested in Period, Deferred (in shares)	49,484
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period (in shares)	63,159
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Shares Issued in Period (in shares)	60,751