Ankeny, said he will introduce a bill in the Iowa General Assembly to purchase the bottom nine counties of Minnesota and make ...

MARSHALL — Lyon County is one of several southwest Minnesota counties that has been called an immigration “sanctuary county” by outside groups. But county officials say they don’t know how they got ...

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 ...

Note: An earlier version of this story did not correctly combine county data, leading to an inflated number associated with ...

MARSHALL — Lyon County is one of several southwest Minnesota counties that has been called an immigration “sanctuary county” by outside groups. But county officials say they don’t know how they got ...