Iowa’s unemployment rate went up for the first time in four months in August — moving from 2.8% to 2.9%. Workforce Development Director Beth Townsend says the state is doing well despite several manufacturing layoffs. “Even though we saw a slight uptick in unemployment…we’re 20,000 jobs over where we were this time last year,” She […]
Iowa ag secretary returns from Southeast Asia trade trip
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig is back in Iowa after a nine-day trade mission to Vietnam and Indonesia. Naig, who
