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Note 7 - Loans (Details Textual)	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Apr. 01, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
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Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Ending Balance	11,330,000	$ 8,256,000	9,836,000		$ 9,309,000
Provision for Loan, Lease, and Other Losses, Total	1,528,000	$ (957,000)
Loans and Leases Receivable, Gross, Total	1,167,473,000		1,182,222,000
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring, Commitment to Lend	$ 0		0
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	0	0
Financial Assets Facing Additional Credit Deterioration Due to Economic Impact of Covid-19 [Member]
Provision for Loan, Lease, and Other Losses, Total	$ 402,000
Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Ending Balance	6,089,000	$ 3,444,000	4,788,000		4,591,000
Loans and Leases Receivable, Gross, Total	569,331,000		578,901,000
Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Financing Receivable Individually Evaluated for Impairment Threshold With Estimated Loss	200,000
Specific Loans Portfolio Segment [Member]
Provision for Loan, Lease, and Other Losses, Total	1,210,000
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Writeoff, after Recovery, Total	1,176,000
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Period Increase (Decrease), Total	(34,000)
Unallocated Financing Receivables [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Ending Balance	585,000	585,000	585,000		499,000
Provision for Loan, Lease, and Other Losses, Total		54,000
Loans and Leases Receivable, Gross, Total	0		0
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Ending Balance	4,383,000	3,991,000	4,182,000		3,986,000
Loans and Leases Receivable, Gross, Total	581,626,000		586,580,000
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Financing Receivable Individually Evaluated for Impairment Threshold With Estimated Loss	400,000
Unfunded Loan Commitment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Ending Balance	0		$ 0
One Real Estate Secured Commercial Loan [Member] \| Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member]
Provision for Loan, Lease, and Other Losses, Total	1,193,000
Loans and Leases Receivable, Gross, Total	$ 3,500,000
Loans Upgraded from Substandard to Special Mention in Following Fiscal Year [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Ending Balance					$ 1,365,000
Number of Loans					2
Loans Receivable 1 [Member] \| Credit Availability Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	0.00%		0.00%
Financial Asset Acquired with Credit Deterioration [Member]
Provision for Loan, Lease, and Other Losses, Total		$ (1,011,000)
Loans and Leases Receivable, Gross, Total	$ 305,000		$ 441,000
Financial Asset Acquired with Credit Deterioration [Member] \| Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member]
Loans and Leases Receivable, Gross, Total	228,000		364,000
Financial Asset Acquired with Credit Deterioration [Member] \| Residential Portfolio Segment [Member]
Loans and Leases Receivable, Gross, Total	77,000		77,000
Changes to Experience Factors Used to Estimate Allowance [Member]
Provision for Loan, Lease, and Other Losses, Total	(67,000)
Impact of Reduction in Loans [Member]
Provision for Loan, Lease, and Other Losses, Total	(17,000)
Monument Bancorp, Inc [Member]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Loans Receivable				$ 259,295,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Loans Receivable, Market Rate Adjustment				(1,807,000)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Credit Fair Value Adjustment on Non-credit Impaired Loans				(1,914,000)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Credit Fair Value Adjustment on Impaired Loans				(318,000)
Monument Bancorp, Inc [Member] \| Financial Asset Acquired with Credit Deterioration [Member]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Loans Receivable				441,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Credit Fair Value Adjustment on Non-credit Impaired Loans				$ 1,914,000
Interest and Fee Income, Loans and Leases, Total	112,000
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses, Loans Acquired	$ 1,011,000		$ 1,216,000