An Iowa lawmaker wants to extend the state’s borders into nine of Minnesota’s counties, reflecting a similar situation between Missouri and Iowa in the 1800s leading to the famous

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

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

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.

University of Iowa cheerleader Austin Beam, who grew up in Ankeny, is recovering after falling on his neck during a men's basketball game on Jan. 21.

Over the past week, there’s been a buzz hitting mainstream media about the idea of Iowa buying all nine southern-most Minnesota counties bordering the Hawkeye state.

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;

DES MOINES, Iowa (Gray Media Iowa State Capitol Bureau) - Iowa will buy Minnesota’s nine most southern-most counties if an Iowa lawmaker has his way. State Senator Mike Bousselot, a Republican from Ankeny, says Iowa has lower taxes and regulations and would make for a better quality of life for the people and businesses in those nine 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.

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

At the Jack Johnson Classic at the Minnesota Fieldhouse, former Iowa State standout Titus Winders of the MDE team took the victory in the 3,000. Winders ran 8:03.22. Former Sioux City North prep Merga Gemeda, also representing the MDE team, was sixth in 8:24.92.

Among Minnesota's top high school low-post players are, clockwise from left, Cretin-Derham Hall's Tommy Ahneman, Faribault's Ryan Kreager, St. Michael Albertville's Jack Thelen and South St. Paul's Mustafa Mohammed.