Iowa state lawmaker proposes to buy 9 Minnesota counties

Iowa Senator proposes purchasing 9 Minnesota counties

IOWA (KWWL) -- In the Iowa state legislature, elected officials are always trying to come up with new ways to help grow the state of Iowa. However, one senator wants

Officials weigh-in on proposal to make Freeborn County, 8 other counties part of Iowa - Albert Lea Tribune

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. Republican Iowa Sen. Michael Bousselot made the announcement Tuesday at the Land Investment Expo, which was shared on a social media post. The counties included were Rock, Nobles, Jackson, Martin, Faribault, Freeborn, Mower, Fillmore and Houston counties…

Iowa senator wants to buy southern Minnesota counties, not everyone is on board

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. 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 part of Iowa. On X, formerly Twitter, he posted: “Make Minnesota Iowa Again! Our new Iowans, former MN residents, wi…

Iowa state lawmaker proposes to buy 9 Minnesota counties

By Marcus McIntosh Click here for updates on this story     DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — 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 Statehouse. Republican State Sen. Mike Bousselot, of Ankeny, is spearheading the effort. “It’s a mergers and acquisitions strategy for growing our state,” Bousselot told…