Make Minnesota Iowa? That's the plan of one Iowa state senator. 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.

A central Iowa lawmaker is proposing that Iowa buy the nine southern Minnesota counties that are on the other side of Iowa’s border. State Senator Mike Bousselot, a Republican from Ankeny, is sponsoring a bill to start the ball rolling.

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, announced Tuesday that he’s going to introduce legislation to annex Minnesota.