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U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst tours Amana hotel
Iowa County stop was part of Republican’s tour of state’s 99 counties
Aug. 10, 2022 4:54 pm
Paulette Dietrich (right) shows U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst some of the blankets made at the Amana textile mill as Ernst tours the Hotel Millwright on Wednesday in Amana. The boutique hotel in a renovated woolen mill was the Iowa County stop on Ernst's 99-county tour of the state. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Amana Society CEO Greg Luerkens (left) talks to U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst as looks at the Merino Loft event venue on a Wednesday tour in Amana. The boutique hotel and loft are in a renovated woolen mill. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Sen. Joni Ernst touches indigo cords that decorate one of the bars as she tours the Hotel Millwright in Amana on Wednesday. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Sen. Joni Ernst is reflected in a spindle mirror Wednesday as she tours the Hotel Millwright in Amana. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst jokes with Prairie High School senior Nate Patterson as he takes a break Wednesday from his senior portrait photo session at the Hotel Millwright in Amana. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Weave room technician Shawn Brandt describes the weaving process to U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst as she tours the Hotel Millwright in Amana on Wednesday. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Hotel Millwright general manager Chris Adams (left) shakes hands Wednesday with Sen. Joni Ernst in the Hotel Millwright's whiskey bar, the Electric Thread, as Ernst tours the boutique hotel. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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