Walz southern frying of Iowa with humor paints two Americas contrast with Minnesota

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks with audience members after delivering a September 2023 speech in Omaha. (Photo By Douglas Burns)

A modern political Mason-Dixon line appears to be taking form north of Mason City and south of Albert Lea — somewhere around the Minnesota-Iowa border.

The crash of cultures is no accident. And now, the increasing divide will be…