CEDAR FALLS, IA- Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst visited the University of Northern Iowa to engage with the Grow Cedar Valley Coalition and UNI leadership, followed by a tour of the Applied Engineering Building.

During her visit, Ernst participated in discussions focused on small business and economic development. She aims to bring insights from these talks back to Washington, D.C. Conversations with UNI President Mark Nook and Cedar Falls Mayor Danny Laudick highlighted the importance of providing Iowa students with a first-class education.

"Not only coming from the University of Northern Iowa but you'll see a lot of other partners that invested in this space, which tells me they are interested in making sure that the young men and women that are coming through these programs stay local and maybe

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