Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst tried her hand at cleaning the streets of Orange City Saturday as part of the 79th Tulip Festival Parade.
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Congressman Steve King tells Mayor Deb De Haan he thinks the streets in Orange City need cleaning, which leads to the opening of the Tulip Festival Parade. For the occasion, he even donned wooden shoes.
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Boys enjoy flooding the streets with water in order to clean them as part of the Orange City Tulip Festival.
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Teenagers whip through the streets of Orange City prior to the start of the Tulip Festival Parade.
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Adults dance in the streets in Orange City, Iowa.
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Orange City Mayor Deb De Haan and Sen. Joni Ernst get ready to clean the streets Saturday afternoon.
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A large wooden shoe in the town's park proves to be an enticing Orange City photo opportunity.
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The Pizza Ranch team was decked out in wooden shoe cowboy boots at the Tulip Festival.
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Floats, like this one from Pella Windows, brought delight to parade goers in Orange City.
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The queen of the 79th Tulip Festival, Allison Haverdink, got the festivities going Saturday afternoon.
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Beds of tulips were in full bloom Saturday in Orange City, Iowa.
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ORANGE CITY, Iowa -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, tried her hand at cleaning the streets Saturday afternoon as part of the 79th annual Tulip Festival.
After she and Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, declared the streets dirty, she and Mayor Deb De Haan set to work and started sweeping.
Her appearance -- in a Dutch costume -- proved to be a highlight for many of the parade goers lining the streets.
Congressman Steve King tells Mayor Deb De Haan he thinks the streets in Orange City need cleaning, which leads to the opening of the Tulip Festival Parade. For the occasion, he even donned wooden shoes.
Congressman Steve King tells Mayor Deb De Haan he thinks the streets in Orange City need cleaning, which leads to the opening of the Tulip Festival Parade. For the occasion, he even donned wooden shoes.