(Courtesy of the State of Iowa via Forum News Service) Sen. Mike Bousselot, R-Ankeny, said he will introduce a bill in the Iowa General Assembly to purchase the bottom nine counties of Minnesota ...
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 ...
Iowa's boundaries remain largely the same as when the state entered the union in 1846. But one Republican senator wants to ...
That's the plan of one Iowa state senator. Sen. Mike Bousselot, R-Ankeny, said he will introduce a bill in the Iowa General Assembly to purchase the bottom nine counties of Minnesota and make them ...
An Iowa lawmaker has his sights set on some southern Minnesota property — not for himself, but for the Hawkeye state itself.
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.
MINNEAPOLIS — An Iowa lawmaker has his sights set on some southern Minnesota property ... bill in the legislature to buy "the bottom nine counties of Minnesota" — that would be Rock ...
Local officials are responding after an Iowa senator said he plans to propose a bill in the Iowa Legislature for the state to purchase the nine counties along the southernmost part of Minnesota.
DES MOINES, Iowa (KTTC) – Iowa State Sen. Michael Bousselot (R-Ankeny) announced he will be introducing a bill that proposes ...
A Republican senator hopes to "make Minnesota Iowa again" after introducing a bill that would allow Iowa to buy nine southern Minnesota counties. Sen. Mike Bousselot, R-Ankeny, Iowa, proposed the ...
Iowa legislative leaders disagree on whether a proposal to allow the state buy nine southern Minnesota counties is an "outside the box" idea worth exploring or "frankly offensive" to Iowans with ...