Ankeny, said he will introduce a bill in the Iowa General Assembly to purchase the bottom nine counties of Minnesota and make ...

An Iowa lawmaker wants to expand the state of Iowa by buying Minnesota's southern row of nine counties. Though the proposal is far from a done deal, it's already stirring up conversation at the ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KTTC) – Iowa State Sen. Michael Bousselot (R-Ankeny) announced he will be introducing a bill that proposes ...

Iowa's boundaries remain largely the same as when the state entered the union in 1846. But one Republican senator wants to ...

THIS IS A MAP OF THE NINE COUNTIES ... The senator's proposal focuses on the nine counties in southern Minnesota that border Iowa, which he says were originally part of the Iowa Territory.