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 ...

For one of the rare times during the last decade and a half, Craighead County and its seat Jonesboro, collected less yearly sales and use taxes – but barely. The city collected $26.162 million in 2024 ...

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, ...

Michael Bousselot said he will propose a bill in the legislature to buy "the bottom nine counties of Minnesota" — that would be Rock, Nobles, Jackson, Martin, Faribault, Freeborn, Mower ...

Data from the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security showed two Middle Tennessee counties had the highest number of drivers involved in crashes in 2024. President Biden warns of ...

IOWA’S NEWS LEADER. ALSO AT THE STATE HOUSE, ONE LAWMAKER WANTS TO EXPAND IOWA BY BUYING THESE NINE SOUTHERN MINNESOTA COUNTIES. WHO KNEW THEY WERE FOR SALE? IT’S FAR FROM A DONE DEAL ...

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FEMA announced on Tuesday that those in several Tennessee counties (Carter, Cocke, Greene, Johnson, Unicoi and Washington) can expect trailers to begin arriving this week. Those trailers are ...

Iowa state senator Mike Bousselot wants to expand his state’s farmland, by acquiring nine southern Minnesota counties. Some Minnesotans living in southern Minnesota were doubtful of the idea on ...

SAY WHAT? The Indiana General Assembly is considering legislation that would adjust that state’s borders to include Illinois counties that have voted to secede — a move that Illinois House ...

A bill introduced in the Indiana legislature by its Republican House speaker would create a commission to embrace 33 Illinois counties that have voted for a symbolic measure to leave Illinois and ...

DES MOINES, IOWA (WJON News) -- A central Iowa lawmaker proposes that Iowa buy the nine southern Minnesota counties on the Minnesota-Iowa border. State Senator Mike Bousselot, a Republican from ...