If there were immediate standouts from Tuesday’s matchup, Waukee’s Emilie Sorensen and Ankeny’s Savannah Gage were those players. And despite playing for opposing programs, the two athletes share one attribute: Sorensen and Gage are the only seniors in their teams' starting lineups.

Iowa's boundaries remain largely the same as when the state entered the union in 1846. But one Republican senator wants to change that.

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.

I have a lot of respect for President Trump, but we were talking about buying Minnesota long before he started talking about buying Greenland,” Iowa senator says.

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 Statehouse. Republican State Sen. Mike Bousselot, of Ankeny, is spearheading the effort.

Here are three takeaways from Waukee’s win over Ankeny on Tuesday. The Warriors certainly started with momentum. Four different players – Pete Craig, Jai White, Max Roach and Maverick Inman – scored five 3-pointers in the opening quarter. And that wasn’t across all eight minutes, but rather one right after the other in the opening minutes.

A central Iowa lawmaker proposes that Iowa buy the nine southern Minnesota counties on the Minnesota-Iowa border.

According to the Des Moines Register, Bousselot posted on social media that he wants to "Make Minnesota Iowa Again!" He went on to state that new Iowans would have "lower income, sales, business taxes. A more farm-friendly state. And a better-managed state."

There was no change at the top of any class this week as the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released their latest girls basketball polls. Johnston (5A), Sioux City Bishop Heelan (4A), Mount Vernon (3A),

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.

This week in politics, President Joe Biden delivered his farewell address, the Senate conducted confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump's nominees, the Supreme Court upheld the looming TikTok ban, Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire, Trump's inauguration was moved indoors and more.