An Iowa lawmaker's proposal to buy nine Minnesota counties draws some similarities to an 1839 skirmish Iowa had at its ...

An Iowa lawmaker has his sights set on some southern Minnesota property — not for himself, but for the Hawkeye state itself.

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

Sen. Mike Bousselot, R-Ankeny, said he will introduce a bill in the Iowa General Assembly to purchase the bottom nine ...

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

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 ...

Bousselot wants Iowa to buy Minnesota’s nine southernmost counties, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Jackson, Martin, ...

A central Iowa lawmaker is proposing that Iowa buy the nine southern Minnesota counties that are on the other side of Iowa’s ...

Some words may be mispronounced. Wow, this really happened. Iowa State Sen. Mike Bousselot stated he plans to introduce legislation to buy back parts of Minnesota`s southern counties. It remains ...

Iowa House and Senate Republicans’ desire for more changes to the state’s property taxes has been a focus for business groups ...

In the Iowa state legislature, elected officials are always trying to come up with new ways to help grow the state of Iowa.

AT THE STATE HOUSE, MARCUS Republican State Sen. Mike Bousselot, of Ankeny, is spearheading the effort. "It's a mergers and acquisitions strategy for growing our state," Bousselot told KCCI.