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

Luverne, Iowa, was founded in 1880 and sits on the border of Kossuth and Humbolt Counties. It was named after Luverne, Minnesota, which is in the southwest corner of the state to our north.

The senator's proposal focuses on the nine counties in southern Minnesota that border Iowa, which he says were originally part of the Iowa Territory. "Right now, there is a bill drafting in the ...