Senator proposes bill to let Iowa buy 9 Minnesota counties

Iowa leaders amused by proposal to buy 9 Minnesota counties. Minnesota, not so much.
Iowa's boundaries remain largely the same as when the state entered the union in 1846. But one Republican senator wants to change that.
Senator proposes bill to let Iowa buy 9 Minnesota counties: 'Could still buy Gopher gear'
A Republican senator hopes to "make Minnesota Iowa again" after introducing a bill that would allow Iowa to buy nine southern Minnesota counties.
Iowa Senator Proposes State Purchase of 9 Minnesota Counties
A central Iowa lawmaker proposes that Iowa buy the nine southern Minnesota counties on the Minnesota-Iowa border.
Minnesota residents react to Iowa State Senator proposed purchase of nine counties
Iowa state senator Mike Bousselot (R-Ankeny) said Tuesday at a Land Investment Expo that he intends to propose legislation to purchase parts of southern Minnesota. Specifically nine of Minnesota’s southernmost counties;
Iowa lawmaker proposes purchasing Minnesota counties
A central Iowa lawmaker is proposing that Iowa buy the nine southern Minnesota counties that are on the other side of Iowa’s border.
Iowa lawmaker announces he will introduce bill to purchase bottom nine Minnesota counties
An Iowa State Senator has announced he will introduce a bill to purchase nine Minnesota counties to bring them into Iowa.
Iowa state senator wants state to buy 9 MN counties
Republican Iowa state senator Mike Bousselot says he plans to introduce a bill in the Iowa Legislature to purchase nine southern Minnesota counties that border the Hawkeye state.
Iowa Republican to propose bill to buy 9 counties from Minnesota
President-elect Trump wants to annex Canada, Panama and Greenland, Ontario Premier Doug Ford has suggested taking Alaska and Minnesota in response, and now an Iowa senator has proposed the purchase of nine counties from southern Minnesota.
Iowa lawmaker discusses proposed sale of Minnesota counties
(ABC 6 News) — Earlier this week, Iowa State Senator Michael Bousselot proposed the sale of the nine southernmost counties in Minnesota. Senator Bousselot, a Republican from Ankeny, further discussed the proposed sale with ABC 6 News on Wednesday, saying he was serious about his proposal for the State of Iowa to buy the counties.
'Make Minnesota Iowa Again': Senator proposes bill to let Iowa buy 9 Minnesota counties
A Republican Iowa senator wants to "make Minnesota Iowa again" by introducing a bill that would allow Iowa to buy nine southern Minnesota counties.
"Make Minnesota Iowa Again!" - Iowa lawmaker wants to buy MN counties
Seemingly taking a page out of President-elect Donald Trump's page of coveting property that belong to other governments, State Sen. Mike Bousselot (R-Ankeny) a
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Iowa lawmaker suggests Hawkeye State buy nine Minnesota counties
Bousselot wants Iowa to buy Minnesota’s nine southernmost counties, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Jackson, Martin, ...
Brooks: Iowa and Canada want to take over Minnesota. Can you blame them?
Canada wants to buy us. Iowa wants to stage a hostile takeover. Excuse me, despite what the windchill might indicate, we are not actually Greenland. Iowa state Sen. Michael Bousselot, R-Jealous, ...