AND BUYING THAT LAND WOULD NOT CHANGE THE ELECTORAL MAP IN EITHER STATE. AT THE STATE HOUSE, MARCUS An Iowa lawmaker wants to expand the state of Iowa by buying Minnesota's southern row of nine ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Make Minnesota Iowa? That’s the plan of an Iowa state senator. Iowa state Sen. Mike Bousselot, R-Ankeny. (Courtesy of the State of Iowa via Forum News Service) Sen.