There is no Berlin Wall or 38th Parallel separating Lyle, Minnesota, from Mona, Iowa, just 1.4 miles south along 1st Street, but the two towns are under governments with widely diverging visions. Iowa, once a “purple” state that leaned Democrat is now a “red”…

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By John Hendrickson & John PhelanReal Clear Wire
There is no Berlin Wall or 38th Parallel separating Lyle, Minnesota, fr…