Iowa’s unemployment rate held steady at 3.4% in February. Iowa Workforce Development director Beth Townsend says there are some signs of tightening in sections of the economy. “Employers shed about 4,400 jobs between January and February, and our labor force participation decreased a tenth of a point,” she says. Townsend says there are also positives […]
Muscatine residents feel ‘helpless’ after multiple downtown buildings evacuated
June 25, 2026
Dozens of residents remain without a place to live and several businesses are closed in Muscatine after the eastern Iowa city
