THIS IS A MAP OF THE NINE COUNTIES ... NOT EVERYONE THINKS BUYING NON SOUTHERN MINNESOTA COUNTIES IS THE BEST WAY TO SPEND THE STATE’S SAVINGS AND SURPLUS. I LAUGH. I THINK IT’S STUPID.

MINNEAPOLIS — An Iowa lawmaker has his sights set on some southern Minnesota property ... the legislature to buy "the bottom nine counties of Minnesota" — that would be Rock, Nobles ...